This is 2-day poetry workshop, “The Creative Fire of Folklore.” It pairs present-day auditory observations with old family sayings, showing how the past informs or intrudes on the present. The course uses Carolyn Forche’s poem “The Morning Baking.”Susan Comninos is a widely published writer and author of a debut book of poems, “Out of Nowhere” […]
Youth Slam In collaboration with Lucid Voices & Electric City Barn Saturday April 29, 2023 starting at 3PM At Electric City Barn (400 Craig Street, Schenectady NY 12307) Free to Enter & Perform Youths 11-17 years of age to Perform 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes come with paid prizes! Hosted by Adonis Richards, of Lucid […]
It’s Coming! The Versefest aka DRIPFEST April 29,2023 at the Linda Performing Arts Center Albany, Ny 7pm ! Tickets are $20 in Advance and $25 at the DoorA Night Of Poetry, Performance, Live Band and ART! Local/International/ National Poets/Artists for a Festive Night Of Incredible Performances! For tickets in advance please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dripfest-tickets-570969574367
Miniature Worlds in VersePlease join the Katonah Museum of Art for Miniature Worlds in Verse, an evening of poetry and conversation exploring themes found in the KMA’s spring exhibition Miniature Worlds: Joseph Cornell, Ray Johnson, Yayoi Kusama. The conversation, led by Victoria Redel, author, poet, and professor of Creative Writing at Sarah Lawrence College will […]
Open Mic Café @ Guilderland Public LibraryIn celebration of National Poetry Month, we’re offering an Open Mic Café! Everyone is welcome to read their own work, or something they enjoy from the library’s collection. This is the final event for the ‘Reads & Roasts Book Challenge’—so get that final bingo card badge and join us! Please […]
Word Thursdays Online featuring Frank Haberle and Alvin Eng will broadcast live on Thursday, May 11 at 7 PM EST.To attend the event on May 11, please click this link just before 7 PM EST: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81577446746 or visit Bright Hill’s Facebook page at 7 PM EST to view the live stream. RSVP to the event on Facebook here. […]
DiBiasepoetry.com and the Hudson Valley Writers Guild will sponsor a reading on Saturday, May 13, for winners and finalists in the annual DiBiase Poetry Contest. The reading will be heldfrom 1:00 pm until about 2:30 pm at the Colonie Town Library. The library requests registration at https://colonielibrary.libcal.com/event/10535615. Readers will include Guild members Cheryl Rice, Anna […]
Woodstock Poetry Society (www.woodstockpoetry.com) is sponsoring the following poetry event as part of the Woodstock “Second Saturdays” Art Events.Poets Jerrice J. Baptiste and Mary K O’Melveny will be featured, followed by an open mike when the Woodstock Poetry Society meets in-person at the Woodstock Library and virtually via Zoom (and streamed live on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WoodstockPoetry) on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 2pm (Eastern). WPS […]
Tom Corrado will discuss “The House of Poetry is a Hotel,” as part of the Rensselaerville Library Thursday evening Talk Series.I’ll be talking about poetry, specifically, Contemporary American Poetry – with examples – what it is, its vast inclusivity of voices, styles, & subjects, all of which works to dispel the mystique of the masterpiece […]
Local writer Alan Catlin will read from his work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets. Alan Catlin has been published in parts of six decades now which basically makes him as old as dirt. During his publishing career, he has […]
If you’re interested in how authors keep their series going—how they track characters, plot lines, locations and more—you’ll enjoy the next meeting of the Upper Hudson Sisters in Crime, Saturday, May 20, from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm EDT.Lori Duffy Foster (NEVER LET GO) will chat with three other authors about how they write more […]
In this workshop, renowned poet Annie Finch shares her trademark technique of Rooted Revision, developed over a lifetime of writing and teaching poetry. Based in fundamental principles of poetic structure, the principles of Rooted Revision apply to poems of all aesthetics and shapes—formal, free verse, performance, or exploratory.Bring one of your unfinished poems and we […]
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.
