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Phillip Levine (Chronogram Poetry Editor) has sent in the lineup of featured poets and performers for September 2007 at the Colony Café Monday Night Open Mic in Woodstock. There is an open mic for poetry, prose, and performance in addition to the “special guests”. Start time of the Monday Night Open Mic is 7:00PM. Features […]

Poets George Nicholson and Will Nixon will be the featured readers when the Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival meets at the Woodstock Town Hall, 76 Tinker Street, on Saturday, September 8th, 2007 at 2:00pm. The readings will be hosted by Woodstock area poet Phillip Levine. All meetings are free and open to the public. For

Way back in 1993, MTV (which, at that time, was a television channel that aired programs that featured music) had a series called Unplugged, where some of the biggest names in music would play in a small studio with acoustic instruments.  On one episode of the show poetry and spoken word took the stage and

On Saturday, August 25 at 8:00PM Poetry at UUCC, 320 Sawkill Road, Kingston. Wordsworth Poetry Coffeehouse features Leslie Gerber and Judith Saunders plus an open reading and refreshments. General Admission: $5, $2.50 for open readers. Hosted by Shirley Powell. And on Wednesday, September 5 at the Muddy Cup, on Broadway, Kingston, Shirley Powell and Teresa

There is a great article up now on the website for the Independent Weekly from Raleigh, North Carolina area about the growing poetry and spoken word scene in Durham.  “Connected to words like Siamese twins”: That line from Dasan Ahanu’s poem “Deep in Thought” epitomizes the rise of the Triangle’s spoken-word community. Metaphors and similes

The Poetry Motel Foundation presents the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice (Center 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY) on Thursday, July 19, 2007, 7:00 sign up; 7:30 start. This month’s featured poet is Tim Verhaegen with open mic for poets before and after. There is a $3.00 suggested donation for this event. The

Two noted and prolific poets who live in the Hudson Valley, Roberta Gould and Donald Lev, will be the featured readers when Poetry at the Hudson meets at the Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second Street, on Saturday, August 18, 2007 at 2 p.m.  An open mike follows the featured readings, and pianist Don Yacullo will

Arabesques Review, Vol. 03 Issue 02: Contemporary Women’s Literature Anthology is now online What is women’s writing? Is there a separate female discourse in universal literature? Is there any social obligation on the part of women’s writing towards feminism or society? Is there a grand narrative or even lineal progress from one generation to the

Poetry and spoken word continue next week with a many open mics and events going on through out the area.  Here are a couple of open mics of note.  For a complete listing of the poetry open mics and events in the area, go to www.albanypoets.com/events. Albany Poets returns to the Lark Tavern for our monthly

Poets from the Saratoga Springs area will read from their books of poetry. Partway through the readings, Susan Jefts and Carol Graser will lead a poetry workshop for all who are interested. Both have had their poetry published in numerous journals throughout the country and have led poetry workshops for a wide variety of groups

On Thursday, June 7, Word Thursdays will feature two New York City writers: poet Patricia Brody and fiction writer Andrew Weinstein. They will read in Bright Hill’s Word & Image Gallery, now showing Gail Bunting’s “Walking the Woods: Paintings and Giclee Prints. The reading begins with an open mike at 7 p.m., followed by the

Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival as part of the Woodstock Arts Consortium is sponsoring the following poetry event as part of the Woodstock “Second Saturdays” Art Events. For a full listing of “Second Saturday” events, see: www.woodstockartsconsortium.org. Poets Iris Litt and Jana Martin will be the featured readers when the Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival