THE COLLECTIVE presents Love Jones Extravaganza providing a live DJ, Singers, Poets, Comedians, and more. Lite food will be served from 8-9, so please arrive early. Also you can purchase popcorn, apple cider, donuts and cookies from the concession stand so you can snack on something while you enjoy the entertainment. Admission is only $10.
The Poetry Motel Foundation presents Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center.
Poetry At The UAGPoets & Experimental Writing. Featured Poets & Their Work As Well As Themes. These Are The Things That Have Made Poetry Open Mics Interesting Over The Years & That Have Kept The Voices Returning. SAINT POEM Is A New Reading Series Which Will Encourage New Poets & Writers And Change, seeing Poetry […]
The Heyday Poetry Series at Half-Moon Books is every 4th Saturday of each month, hosted by Chris Wood. Open mic follows featured poet, suggested donation of $3.00 to support the feature. Acoustic music is also welcome! Come and share something with us, or just enjoy the performances and refreshments.
The 2011-12 “Frequency North” visiting writers reading series at The College of Saint Rose draws to a close on a different note with poet/educators Georgia A. Popoff and Quraysh Ali Lansana discussing their guide to poetry in the classroom and community. Popoff and Lansana will visit and read Thursday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m. in […]
Yes! Reading at the Social Justice Center featuring CA Conrad, Adam Roberts, Kate Schapira, and Michelle Taransky CA CONRAD is the author of A BEAUTIFUL MARSUPIAL AFTERNOON: New (Soma)tics (Wave Books, 2012), The Book of Frank (Wave Books, 2010), Advanced Elvis Course (Soft Skull Press, 2009), Deviant Propulsion (Soft Skull Press, 2006), and a collaboration with […]
The Writers Open Mic held at Pine Hollow Arboretum is beginning the 2012 Season with poet Phil Good as the feature reader at the Pine Hollow Arboretum Visitors Center building at 16 Maple Ave. in Slingerlands, New York on Friday April 13, 2012 starting at 6:30 PM. In the Open Mic format,others poets can read three short poems […]
Monthly open mic for poetry with a featured poet in the heart of Woodstock, NY. This event is hosted by Chronogram poetry editor Phillip Levine.
The monthly poetry reading and open mic at the Unitarian Congregation in Kingston continues on Saturday, April 14 with guest readers are Judith Lechner and Marcia Slatkin.
Pitchapalooza is American Idol for books (only without Simon). Twenty writers will be selected at random to pitch their book. Each writer gets one minute—and only one minute! In the last month, three writers have gotten publishing deals as a result of participating in Pitchapalooza. Co-presented by Frequency North: The Visiting Writers Reading Series at […]
Yes!, in conjunction with Word Fest, invites YOU to take part in this communal reading event. This will NOT be a showcase for anyone's individual work. Rather, it will be an opportunity for poets from various Albany poetry communities to READ TOGETHER in the SAME SPACE. Specific parameters for the event are still being constructed. […]
Closing out the 2012 Albany Word Fest on Saturday night, April 21, at Valentine’s will be Daniel Nester‘s Karaoke + Poetry = Fun. Nester says, “As part of the closing ceremonies for the week long poetry and spoken word festival, poets will read a poem, then sing a song. Singers will sing a song, and read a poem. It’s […]
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.
