Join us for an evening exploring the history of New York, as told by author Bruce W. Dearstyne.Bruce W. Dearstyne holds a BA in history from Hartwick College and a PhD in history from Syracuse University. He has taught history at SUNY Albany, SUNY Potsdam, and Russell Sage College. Dearstyne has written dozens of articles […]
Join us for a conversation with Hannah Lillith Assadi, a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree.Hannah is the author of Sonora, which received the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and The Stars Are Not Yet Bells, a New Yorker and NPR best book of 2022. Her third […]
Lucid Voices Monthly Open Mic series. Monthly open mics hosted by Lucid Voices. All acts are welcome. A safe poetry space for expression and more
Featuring Jerry T. Johnson, Carolyn Marosy, and Pops Peterson.“A Galère of Poetic Autopsies” is a monthly series at Hudson’s historic Park Theater on the first Thursday of each month. Expect the unexpected as poets, writers, and other creatives from the Hudson area and beyond reveal the inspiration and shadows behind their work. Hosted by Jane […]
Word Thursdays Online featuring Georgia Popoff & Suzanne Frischkorn will broadcast live on Thursday, September 12 at 7 PM EST.To attend the event, 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. Suggested donation is $3, and free to students. […]
Please join us for the Senior Center’s poetry/storytelling open mic featuring Writer/Poet Margaret Greaves, Associate Professor of English at Skidmore College and author of Lyric Poetry and Space Exploration from Einstein to the Present (Oxford University Press, 2023)Guest Host: Barbara Ungar RSVP by calling (518) 584-1621 Each open mic participant may read 2 short poems […]
Poetry reading featuring Pierre Joris, Scott Laudati and Nicole Peyrafitte in support of the Lansingburgh Historical Society. Open mic for 2nd Sunday poets and writers immediately following featured poets.Please bring a chair or blanket on which to sit on the lawn as you hear the poets read from the front porch. On-street parking, handicap accessible […]
Poets Christopher Heffernan and Jerrice J. Baptiste will be featured followed by an open mic 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, September 14th, 2024 at 1pm-Special Time (Eastern).Note: This month WPS is meeting at 1pm. WPS meetings are […]
On September 14th, there will be a poetry workshop on Common Ground Farm. It will be a chance to spend mindful time on the farm, read poetry by farmers and gardeners, drink tea with other writers in the area, and generate new poems. Everyone will leave the workshop with a mini-book made in collaboration with another […]
Poet Karen Elizabeth Sharpe will read from her work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY on Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets.Karen Elizabeth Sharpe is a poetry editor at The Worcester Review and author of Prayer Can Be Anything (Finishing Line Press, 2023). Her poems have or will soon appear in On […]
Join us for the 7th Annual Albany Book Festival. Bestselling and award-winning authors, book signings, children’s Room with authors and fun activities, and online how-to workshops for aspiring authors.More at https://www.albanybookfestival.com/
What if you had a superpower? What if you could travel through time? What if machines overtook Schenectady? “What if” questions inspire writers, artists, and filmmakers to create new worlds and imagine alternate realities. This talk explores the “what ifs” that inspired the creations of local science fiction innovators, including Kurt Vonnegut, P. Schuyler Miller, […]
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.
