Foothills Arts Poetry Series

Foothills Arts Council presents its 2022 Poetry SeriesThis month’s featured poet is Suzanne Rancourt. All begin at 7, with sign-up to read beginning at 6:30. Each poet gets up to 5 minutes. There is a $5.00 per person cover charge which will be split between the venue and the featured poet.

Book Launch Performances of “Almost: My Life in the Theater”

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 […]

Book Launch Performances of “Almost: My Life in the Theater”

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 […]

Book Launch Performances of “Almost: My Life in the Theater”

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 […]

Invocation of The Muse Featuring Austin Houston

The Invocation of The Muse poetry open mic for poets &  poetry returns to Lark Hall with featured poet Austin Houston.7:30pm SignUp *8pm StartTime Hosted by R.M. Engelhardt & Lark Hall Sponsored By Dead Man’s Press Ink Albany NY www.deadmanspressink.com Come On Out And Share Your Work! This Month Our Featured Poet Performer is Poet […]

$5.00

Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic Featuring Lance Henson

Caffe Lena 47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

On Wednesday, October  5, 2022, Caffè Lena will present a poetry reading by Lance Henson. An open mic poetry reading will follow.Doors open for sign-ups at 6:30 pm and the readings will start at 7:00. The host for the event will be Carol Graser and the cost is $5 general, free for students. The featured […]

$5.00

An Evening with Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander, a household name among readers of children’s and YA literature, is the New York Times bestselling author of 35 books, including The Undefeated, winner of the Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor, and The Crossover, winner of the Newbery Medal.His new novel is The Door of No Return (Sept. 2022), the story of Kofi, an 11-year-old boy who is taken […]

Poetic License – Albany Opening Reception

“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, […]

Book Signing for “When Mommy Was a Commie”

“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 […]

Poetic License – Albany Featured Reading & Open Mic

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.

$5.00

An Evening with Writer and Critic Lucy Sante

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, author of “Wicked”

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. […]