Foothills Arts Council, Inc is sponsoring a poetry open mic at 10 AM-12 noon on Saturday, April 1st, 2023, at the Amsterdam Free Library, 28 Church St., Amsterdam, NY.Free and open to the public. Judith Prest will be the featured speaker. Sign ups begin at 10 AM. Contact Irving (Jay) Towne at 518 496 2707
April is National Poetry Month! Stop by the Washington Avenue branch Children’s room to create your own unique cut-up poetry all month long. What is cut-up poetry, you ask? It’s the process of cutting words out of books, magazines, or newspapers and putting them together to create a poem. We will have a cut-up poetry […]
The NYS Writers Institute at the University at Albany proudly presents the 3rd Annual Albany Film Festival, a celebration of the convergence of film and storytelling featuring a lineup of award-winning filmmakers, novelists, and screenwriters, feature-length film screenings and conversations, and a presentation of the Ironweed Awards and short film awards.The Ironweed Award for Exemplary […]
Join the library for a two-week weekend workshop with published poet Susan Comninos. Comninos will discuss and employ techniques for incorporating elements of your own community’s folklore into identity-based poems that can function as your own “origin stories.”Come prepared to try your hand at techniques for folding family sayings, stories, and more into poetry that’s […]
The Friends & Foundation invite you to our first book sale of the year! April is #NationalPoetryMonth! Start your spring right with some new poetry books at the Friends and Foundation’s Poetry Book Sale! Presented in partnership with Hudson Valley Writers Guild. Our April Poetry Book Sale will feature hundreds of poetry books donated by Friends […]
Do you know a child or teen who loves poetry and has memorized a favorite poem? We invite them to recite it for us at the Delaware Branch Reference Desk any day during April, which is National Poetry Month. Participants will receive an ice cream coupon and a chance to win the children’s book, “A […]
Join Iris Jackson for a Book Signing with a twist – You!Want to be included in the next part of the Telling Trails Tour? Contribute to the Telling Trails Series in your own, personal way – Check out Telling Trails on this unique April day!
“Spirit in Nature” Art Opening, Poetry Reading and Open Mic at Golden Leaf Bookshop in Waterford, NYJoin A Cauldron of Crones for poetry, art and conversation at Golden Leaf Bookshop, a local hub for ideas and camaraderie. Rhonda Rosenheck, Judith Prest, Carol Graser and Nancy Klepsch write poems that are visual, musical, truth-telling and evocative. […]
Tuesday, Apr. 4, 5:30pm to 6:30pmJoin this evening book group as we explore the wide world of mysteries. We will discuss mystery classics and those that are favorites. Focus will be on one book, as chosen by the group. No registration necessary. For March, we will be discussing The Searcher, by Tana French A “taut, […]
Ann Lauterbach, author of Or to Begin Again, and a finalist for the 2009 National Book Award in poetry will read from DOOR, her new collection of vivid, personal and provocative work. In Ann Lauterbach’s eleventh collection, the image of a Door recurs across several poems, as she considers the perpetual dialogue between what is open and […]
Join us for a romance book club, aptly titled “The Happily Ever After Book Club.” The only rule is that the book has to have a happy ending! The book club meets on the first Wednesday of each month. Tea and light refreshments will be provided.We will be meeting April 5th to discuss The House in the […]
The first Wednesday of every month is Poetry Night at Caffe Lena. Hosted by Carol Graser, this event includes an open mic reading and a featured poet. The doors open for signups at 6:30 and the readings start at 7 PM. In April, the featured poet is Chase Twichell.The featured reading will also be livestreamed; […]
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.
