The prompt is NEXT.Not for the faint of heart, Poets Creating Conversation throws out a single word/idea and asks poets to circle around. The results defy expectations! Click here to register to add your voice to the mix. Equal parts art and community, WordXWord is where words go to be heard. Poets Creating Conversation is […]
Join the Red Hook Library at Taste Budd’s Cafe. Share your favorite flash fiction or original work or just come to enjoy stories, community and great coffee!What is flash fiction? A very short fictional story of 1500 words or fewer that provides a complete story. It is most effective with one central character, one setting, […]
Spencertown Academy Arts Center presents “The Willows,” a theatrical conjuring of Algernon Blackwood’s 1909 supernatural psychedelic horror story, on Saturday, November 23, 7:30pm at the Academy’s Blanche Grubin Auditorium. Performed by celebrated British actress and voiceover artist Victoria Finney and adapted and directed by Alex Harvey, this storytelling performance saturates audience members in an eerie odyssey […]
Written and Produced by Miriam Russell, Ed. D. Welcome to the Premiere of “Born a Secret,” the dramatic story of a woman’s search for her birthparents illustrates the conflict between her right to information about her true identity and the birth mother’s need to keep it a secret.The evening will include short films produced by […]
Join us for the 2024 Hudson Valley Writers Guild Annual Meeting on Zoom on Thursday, December 5, at 6:30 PM.At this meeting, we will present our annual report to the HVWG members and look forward to the year ahead. We will be filling open spots on the board if you want to join the HVWG […]
The Hound Books brings together two debut authors: Danny Goodman & Aaron Jacobs.Reservations: https://resy.com/cities/cllcn/seminary-hil Danny Goodman’s writing has appeared in various publications, and he was the recipient of a writer-in-residence fellowship from Rivendell. He earned his MFA in Fiction from the University of New Orleans, where he was a two-time winner of the Samuel Mockbee […]
Bernadette Mayer’s Midwinter Day: All Day Reading open to any and all to participate!December 21, 2024 – start time 1pm “Midwinter Day” is a 120-page work in prose and poetry written by Bernadette Mayer on December 22, 1978, using notes, tapes, photographs, and memory. It divides the day into six parts: dreams, morning, noontime, afternoon, evening, and […]
Whirlwind, this year’s New Year’s Day Spoken Word/Performance Extravaganza is sponsored by the Saugerties Arts Commission and presented by the Hudson Valley New Years Day Spoken Word/Performance Extravaganza and The Local in Saugerties.The six-hour event will feature more than 110 poets, writers and musicians drawn from the Hudson Valley region. In the spirit of democracy, […]
The Baltimore Consort (Mary Anne Ballard, Mark Cudek, Larry Lipkis, Ronn McFarlane, Mindy Rosenfeld, and Danielle Svonavec), the “rambunctious sextet” (Washington Post), known for their lively renditions of Renaissance tunes are joined by acclaimed writers Sarah Giragosian, Jill Hanifan, Jonathan Dubow, and Susan Comninos in a collaborative performance featuring original poetry inspired by music from […]
This is an in person event at our Saratoga Springs, NY store!The editor and contributors to the anthology Thriving will join us for readings and conversation celebrating this vibrant collection of short works on a single theme. The evening’s speakers will be: Pam Clements, Joe Di Bari, Anne Gotham, Sue Oringel, Alexander Perez, Judith Prest, […]
Joseph LeDoux will read from his novel The Realms of Existence and play songs with Colin Dempsey.Brunch will be available to order. Ahu Terzi, owner of The Hound Books will host Joseph LeDoux is a Professor of Neural Science at New York University, where he also directs the Emotional Brain Institute. His work is focused […]
A laid-back open mic and fun slam at a cafe founded and run by trans and gender non-conforming folks. Allies are welcome and needed! Good food A safe space.Sign-ups start at 6:30. Cafe food. Hat pass for slam winners. First and third Fridays. No cover. Donations accepted.
The Hudson Valley Writers Guild supports the efforts of writers in all genres by sponsoring readings, workshops, and contests and providing a number of valuable resources for the entire literary community.
