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Our friends at The Arts Center in Troy are starting up a brand new open mic on the second Sunday’s of each month at 2:00PM. Dan Wilcox and Nancy Klepsch are hosting this new venue for poetry and spoken word starting on Sunday, November 14. More information can be found on The Arts Center website.

The Adirondack Center for Writing is bringing the best performance poets of Brooklyn and Chicago to your doorstep. A performance by three spoken word poets on Thursday, October 28 at 7 p.m. will push and blur boundaries between music, art, theatre and literature. The Adirondack Center for Writing and Bluseed Studios present Word!, a night

The Frequency North reading series continues with two big events coming up this Thursday and next Wednesday with writers Meghan Daum and Scott Rosenberg. October 14th 7:30-8:30pm located on St. Rose Campus at the Events and Activities Center, 2nd floor, 420 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203. Meghan Daum is the author, most recently, of Life

Poet, writer, promoter R.M Engelhardt is bringing his “experimental forum” back to the FuzeBox this coming Friday night at 8:00PM. Last month he kicked off the newly titled monthly open mic for poets and more and it was a great time. Techo/House music and dancing usually follow the open mic. Here is the information from

This coming Saturday, The Pine Hollow Arboretum hosts writer Walt Franklin. Here is the information on the reading and an afternoon tour. At 7 pm Pine Hollow Arboretum Presents Author Walt Franklin Reading and Book Signing for his new outdoor/nature book, Sand & Sage The Trails Beyond at the Arboretum Headquarters Building Walt Franklin is

Alan Casline sent along an announcement for an upcoming poetry event at the Pine Hollow Arboretum on Friday, August 13 at 7:30PM. POETRY AT THE ARBORETUM at Pine Hollow Headquarters Building (16 Maple Avenue Slingerlands, NY) on Friday August 13, 2010 at 7:30 pm.  Members and other local poets. FRIDAY 13th FULL MOON METEOR SHOWER

This month Carolee Sherwood is guest-hosting the Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic up in Saratoga Springs. Alan Casline will be the featured poet at the historic folk venue. Here is more info on Alan and the event. Alan Casline is an American poet, editor, and small press publisher. He was born in Fort Johnson, New

Two great poets are featuring at the Bohemian Book Bin on Thursday night in Kingston. definitely worth the trip. Here is the info POETRY READING @ Bohemian Book Bin: Thursday – July 8, 2010 at 7:00 PM with features Alison Koffler & Dayl Wise followed by open reading (signup: 7p; 5-min limit – (there are

The New York State Writers Institute is proud to announce the reading schedule of the Summer Writers Institute at Skidmore University in Saratoga. All events, apart from the opening event with former U. S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, take place in Palamountain Hall. For directions to Skidmore, click here. Call (518) 580-5599 for more information.

Poetry is going to be back on television thanks to the good folks over at Proctors and Open Stage Media.  Here is information on “Define Poetic” Define Poetic — A new televised reading series presenting performances by established local poets, who will then introduce us to up-and-coming ones. We at Define Poetic believe that poetry

Poet and writer D. Alexander Holiday has a brand new book out. In The Care of Strangers is now available for purchase at the offical website, www.inthecareofstrangers.com.  Here is some information on Holiday and the new book. D. Alexander Holiday, author of three previous books of poetry and prose, has published his memoir on the

On Thursday, May 27, Word Thursdays will feature Binghamton writer Jaimee Wriston Colbert and Woodstock and Bronx poet Alison Koffler. They will read from their work after the open mic, which begins at 7 pm. The readings will take place in Bright Hill’s Word & Image Gallery. There will be an intermission with refreshments. Bright