We had a small, but mighty crowd at Valentines for the seventh installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam. The rain and sudden cold weather kept some poets away from the heat of the spoken word, but those who did make it out were in for a treat. The open mic portion of the show featured […]
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What a great night of poetry and spoken word at Valentines! The sixth installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam was a fantastic showcase of the local talent that exists here in upstate New York. We started off the night with Dan Wilcox, Kevin Peterson (with a brand new stage name), Elizag, Jessica Layton, Mojavi, and
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We are live downstairs at Valentines tonight for the fifth installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam presented by Albany Poets, Urban Guerilla Theatre, and Frequency North Reading Series. Here is how the scores worked out for the slam after the short open mic with poets Jessica Layton, Rain Dan, Ed Rinaldi and Bless hosted by
Welcome to the Nitty Gritty Slam #4 upstairs at Valentines. There were a couple of poets who took the stage for the open mic including Jessica Layton, Thom Francis, and Kevin Peterson. Host Mojavi even shared a couple poems before introducing Dain Brammage. Round One: L-Majesty – 22.7 Leslie Mazimba – 19.4 Poetyc Vyzonz –
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Good evening everyone and welcome to the live results coverage of the third installment of Nitty Gritty Slam at Valentines. We will be updating the scores through out the night on the NGS Results Page. We will be starting the open mic and slam in just a few minutes. Round One: Dan Wilcox – 21.1
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Welcome back to the Nitty Gritty Slam Live Results. We are upstairs at Valentines tonight and the poetry is rising above the rock music going on downstairs. Round One: Kate Romolder – 22.4 Shannon Shoemaker – 25.5 Elizag – 27.0 Kevin Peterson – 23.6 L-Majesty – 23.9 Sleepy Brent Simpson – 13.2 Dan Wilcox –
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Welcome to the live coverage of the first Nitty Gritty Slam at Valentines. Be sure to refresh often as we will be updating this page with the results and winners of the slam all night. Round One: Algorhythm – 23.9 Jessica Layton – 16.0 Tammy Lopez – 27.0 Emily Epstein – 21.2 Shannon Shoemaker –
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