Out of the Darkness: The Poetry Session will feature poets who have written ekphrastic poems based on John Zoccoli's art, plus an open mic!
Free and Open to the Public. Children must be accompanied by an adult.Join the NYS Writers Institute and the RED Bookshelf for a Children’s Pajama Storytime with UAlbany alumni and […]
Let’s take a closer look at your work in progress—story arc, individual scenes, settings, character, and theme—and interrogate those elements for what else might be true about them, all with […]
Free and Open to the Public. Join the NYS Writers Institute as we talk with Sharr White and Maggie Mancincelli-Cahill on “The True,” an off-broadway play chronicling ex-Albany Mayor Erastus […]
Judith Heumann, star of the Oscar-nominated 2020 documentary CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION, is widely hailed as “The Mother” of the Disability Rights Movement. Heumann contracted polio at age 18 […]
The Dead Man’s Press Ink Spoken Word Poetry Showcase returns on Friday, April 1st at The FuzeBox with featured poet R.M. Engelhardt reading work from his most recent book, We […]
The film festival will feature filmmakers and notable film industry leaders hosting discussions and screenings, a short film contest, and the Ironweed Awards presentation, named after Writers Institute’s founder William […]
The Friends & Foundation invite you to our first book sale of the year!April is National Poetry Month and you should start your spring right with some new poetry books […]
Join us at the Albany Film for a screening of “The Booksellers,” followed by a discussion with director D.W. Young and Cheryl McKeon of The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza.12:30 […]
Invocation of the Muse, Albany, NY’s open mic for poets, writers, poetry, and the spoken word continues at its new home, Lark Hall!This reading series takes place on the first […]
Join the Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday, April 5 at 7:00pm for Writers Night Out/In Open Mic on Zoom with featured readers are Karen Skolfield and Rio Santos. Registration […]
In celebration of the 2022 McKinney Student Writing Contest winners at Rensselaer Polytechnic University, the NYS Writers Institute present an Online Event with Colson Whitehead.Registration required for this live-streamed event. Free […]
