Award-winning local author Roselee Blooston returns to the stage for 3 performances based on her memoir ALMOST:MY LIFE IN THE THEATER at the CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck. Directed by Emily DePew, this is both a return to the stage and its book launch, in which Blooston tells the story of a decades-long struggle […]
Award-winning local author Roselee Blooston returns to the stage for 3 performances based on her memoir ALMOST:MY LIFE IN THE THEATER at the CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck. Directed by Emily DePew, this is both a return to the stage and its book launch, in which Blooston tells the story of a decades-long struggle […]
“Ekphrastic art” is defined as the response of an artist in one medium to a work of art by an artist in another medium. Its more common manifestation is in poetry written about visual art, e.g., paintings, photographs, drawings, sculptures, etc.Poetic License is a project that turns that around, giving local visual artists (Onna Adams, […]
“I had much fun reading this fictionalized account of the crazy days in America during the Red Scare of the early 1950s,” wrote Times Union reviewer Jack Rightmyer. Author Jon Sorensen “has written a hilarious story that perfectly captures the insanity of the time. The story had a ‘Dr. Strangelove’ feel to it with so […]
The Poetic License – Albany show continues with a featured reading & open mic event at Lark Hall.Join us as we feature some of the poets whose work inspired the visual art hanging on the gallery walls. Poets and writers will also have an opportunity to share their work at the open mic.
Lucy Sante is a transgender, Belgian-born nonfiction writer, art critic, and cultural commentator of astonishingly wide interests, including the Beastie Boys, early photography and the history of New York City reservoirs.She is also “one of the handful of living masters of the American language, as well as a singular historian and philosopher of American experience,” […]
A conversation with Gregory Maguire, beloved author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (the basis of the hit Broadway musical), a multimillion-copy bestselling writer, and a proud University at Albany alum (Class of 1976).He will discuss his writing and his new Wicked spinoff, The Oracle of Maracoor (Oct. […]
Support your mindfulness journey, outside in nature, where you will find the time and space to make new discoveries. Then, share your thoughts and experiences in Zoom workshop with author Iris Jackson and the Telling Trails community.Sunday, October 23 10 am – Zoom Intro – … Then, Hike in your favorite or new location 7 […]
Now in its 20th year of original, evocative poetry and sound effects, Theremin Ghosts! features theremin player and performance artist Carl Welden and poet Robert Milby. Milby’s spoken word poetry chronicles hauntings and strange incidents in the Hudson Valley and beyond–framed by the ethereal, unsettling notes and noises of Welden’s Moog Theremin.Theremin Ghosts! is conjured […]
Join us for the 2022 Hudson Valley Writers Guild Annual Meeting at the Washington Avenue branch of the Albany Public Library on Saturday, November 12.At this meeting, we will present our annual report to the members of the HVWG and look forward to the year ahead. If you want to be a part of the […]
The Hudson Valley Writers Guild takes a look back at the year that was 2022. We rejoice at the highlights, scream at the lowlights, and try to make sense of the big ball of triumph and anxiety.The evening features the region’s most dynamic and engaging wordsmiths and spoken-word artists – D. Colin, Elizabeth Gordon, Brett […]
The Bookstore in Lenox and St. Rocco’s present a marathon reading of Midwinter Day – Bernadette Mayer’s book-length poem about the Town of Lenox, written all on one day, December 22, 1978 – will take place in the Library’s Reading Room from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.Bernadette died at the age of 77 last month at her home in […]
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.
