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Bright Hill has sent us this announcement for their last Word Thursdays reading for the year with featured poets Robert Milby (the busiest poetry host in upstate New York) and Christopher Zegers (from New York, NY).  On Thursday, November 8, Word Thursdays, for its last regular reading of 2007, will present Florida, NY poet Robert […]

On Saturday, November 10 at 8:00PM a Harvest Celebration with multimedia artist Nicole Peyrafitte, saxophonist Joe Giardullo and poet Pierre Joris will take place at the Sanctuary For Independent Media (3361 6th Ave., Troy). The trio will celebrate, harvest, and gather together non linear momentum through their music, poetry, voice, visuals and yes, a soup! Nicole,

Here is a great resource for poets and spoken word artists in the Western Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut areas.  The site is updated every week by Lori Desrosiers with a complete (and I mean complete) listing of the poetry open mics, readings, and events throughout New England.  Be sure to check it out if you are heading

I came across this blog post this morning with some tips for beginning poets and how to not jump in the art.  I personally like tip number six: “When a magazine rejects your submission, screw it. And screw the editor, too. They’re out to get you, jealous freaks. Send them a piece of your mind,

Live From The Living Room, a featured reading series with an open mic afterwards is held on the second Wednesday of every month at the Capital District Gay & Lesbian Community Center, 332 Hudson Avenue, Albany, NY.  The next reading is October 10, 2007 featuring poet and Metroland scribe Miriam Axel-Lute. Miriam is a performance-oriented poet from Albany, NY. 

Teresa Costa sent us information on the open mics that she is hosting this month in Kingston. If you are in the area, be sure to check out these great events. Wednesday, October 3 at 7:30PM at the Muddy Cup, 516 Broadway in Kingston with featured poets Barbara Boncek and Donald Lev. This reading is

Welcome back to our second edition of the Dan Wilcox Open Mic Commentary Round-Up, where we list the most recent poetry open mic and reading commentaries from Dan’s blog. Third Thursday Poetry Night, September 20 Another third Thursday at the Social Justice Center, with your fantastic (objectively speaking) host, Dan Wilcox — hey, that’s me.

Since Dan began his blog where he features his thoughts on the open mics and poetry readings that he goes out to, many people have mentioned his “reviews” while on stage.  With that in mind, we thought we would start a new feature here on the Albany Poets Blog where we would round-up the previous

Poets and those who appreciate the art we out supporting poetry and spoken word at the California Poetry Festival recently with former US poet laureate Robert Hass, Victoria Chang, and Diem Jones.  Over 100 people filled the seats on Saturday morning at History Park to listen to the poets discuss, among other topics, how poetry

Two Hudson Valley poets with their own distinctive voices, Ken Holland and Mary Panza, will be the featured readers when Poetry at the Hudson meets at the Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second Street, on Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 2 p.m.  An open mike will be part of the event. Ken, who lives in East

Live From The Living Room, a featured reading series with an open mic afterwards is held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at the Capital District Gay & Lesbian Community Center, 332 Hudson Avenue, Albany, NY.  The next reading is September 12th with Pierre Joris. Pierre’s most recent books are Aljibar and Meditations on the Stations

Rhodora Penaranda will read her original work at the next Poetry on the Loose event.  The program will begin at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 1 at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 6 Orchard Street (at Main) in Middletown.  Her presentation will be followed by an open reading during which anyone may participate.    Penaranda has written