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Third Thursday Poetry Night Featuring Rebecca Schumejda

Social Justice Center 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY, United States

Poet Rebecca Schumejda will read from her work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets.Rebecca Schumejda is the author of several full-length collections including Falling Forward (sunnyoutside press), Cadillac Men (NYQ Books), Waiting at the Dead End Diner (Bottom Dog Press), Our One-Way Street (NYQ Books) Something Like Forgiveness, a single […]

Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic Featuring Meg Kearney

Caffe Lena 47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

On Wednesday, November 1, 2023, Caffè Lena will present a poetry reading by Meg Kearney. An open mic poetry reading will follow. Doors open for sign-ups at 6:30 pm and the readings will start at 7:00. The host for the event will be Carol Graser and the cost is $5 general, free for students. The featured reading will […]

Third Thursday Poetry Night Featuring Victorio Reyes Asili

Social Justice Center 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY, United States

Local poet Victorio Reyes Asili will read from his work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets.Victorio Reyes Asili has a PhD from the University at Albany, where he completed his dissertation entitled Mic Check — Finding Hip Hop’s […]

2023 Year in Review

The Hudson Valley Writers Guild is proud to present the 2023 Year in Review at MochaLisa’s Caffè in Clifton Park!Mary Panza hosts the Year in Review, highlighting the ups and downs, highs and lows of the year with featured poets EL and Nathan Smith. Are you inspired by everything that has been going on in […]

Invocation – Albany NY’s Open Mic for Poetry & Spoken Word

*INVOCATION*ALBANY NY’S OPEN MIC FOR POETRY & THE SPOKEN WORD RETURNS TO LARK HALL 351 Hudson Ave, Albany, NY ( ELEVEN CLUB) on MONDAY, DECEMBER 4TH! *Sign up At 7:30pm * Start Time 8pm* Hosted By R.M. Engelhardt & S.L. Maurice ~ With Music By Doctor Sax ~ *$5.00 Donation Requested* Sponsored By Dead Man’s […]

Next Year’s Words: A New Paltz Reading Forum

Be Part of the Tenth Season of Next Year’s Words!  Come to the Next Readers Forum:  Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 7:30 at Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz, New YorkThe next session of Next Year’s Words, A New Paltz  Readers Forum, will be held on  December 20, 2023, at 7:30, at Elting Memorial Library, 93 […]

Third Thursday Poetry Night Featuring Suzanne Rancourt

Poet Suzanne S. Rancourt will read from her work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets.Suzanne S. Rancourt is an award-winning, internationally published author of four books: Songs of Archilochus (Unsolicited Press, 2023), Old Stones, New Roads, (MSR Pub., 2021), murmurs at the gate, […]

Poetry/Storytelling Open Mic

Please join us for Saratoga Senior Center’s poetry/storytelling open mic!Featuring Poet David Graham, author of 6 collections of poetry, most recently The Honey of Earth from Terrapin Books Maybe you have been to or heard about Caffe Lena’s iconic poetry open mic. Our open mic will follow a similar format, but will be held once […]

Third Thursday Poetry Night Featuring Avery Stempel

Poet Avery Stempel will read from his work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets. Avery Stempel is a poet turned mushroom farmer from East Berne, NY. Living in the Capital Region since birth, his poems draw inspiration from life experiences, […]

A Galère of Poetic Autopsies

“A Galère of Poetic Autopsies” is held the first Thursday of each month at Hudson’s historic Park Theater. Expect the unexpected as poets, writers, and other creatives from the Hudson area and beyond reveal the inspiration and shadows behind their work.February 1 features: Ifetayo Cobbins, Matthew Hupert, and John K Lawson Hosted and curated by […]

Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic Featuring Samira Sangare and SG

Caffe Lena 47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

On Wednesday, February 7, 2024, Caffè Lena will present a poetry reading by Samira Sangare and SG. An open mic poetry reading will follow. Doors open for sign-ups at 6:30 pm and the readings will start at 7:00. The host for the event will be Carol Graser and the cost is $5 general, free for students. The featured […]

Saratoga Senior Center Poetry/Storytelling Open Mic

Poetry/Storytelling Open MicFeaturing Poet Jay Rogoff, Author of seven books of poetry, including The Cutoff, which won the Word Works Washington Prize, and, from Louisiana State University Press, The Long Fault, The Art of Gravity, Enamel Eyes, and, most recently, Loving in Truth: New and Selected Poems. His new book, Becoming Poetry: Poets and Their […]

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