Woodstock Poetry Society Reading Featuring Judy Lechner and Teresa Costa

Poets Judy Lechner and Teresa Costa will be featured followed by an open mic when the Woodstock Poetry Society meets in-person at the Woodstock Library and virtually via Zoom on Saturday, November 9th, 2024 at 2:00 pm.The readings will be hosted by Woodstock area poet Phillip X Levine. All meetings are free, open to the public, and include an open mic. […]

You Me and Poetry

Lucid Voices, the Honey Drippers, and The Fuze Box will collaborate on curating You Me and Poetry on November 9th. An open mic experience held by the infamous Fuze Box!!Tickets are just $20 and for sale at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1053492728109?aff=oddtdtcreator Shout out to Honeydripper Poetry Collective and Craig Earle for putting this collaboration on with us! Open […]

Poets Creating Conversation: NEXT

The prompt is NEXT.Not for the faint of heart, Poets Creating Conversation throws out a single word/idea and asks poets to circle around. The results defy expectations! Click here to register to add your voice to the mix. Equal parts art and community, WordXWord is where words go to be heard. Poets Creating Conversation is […]

“What’s It All About? Poems that Make Jewish Sense of Nature”

Upcoming Sessions at Congregation Gates of Heavenhttps://www.cgoh.org/event/whats-it-all-about.html 1. Wednesday, November 13, 2024 • 12 Cheshvan 5785 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM 2. Wednesday, November 20, 2024 • 19 Cheshvan 5785 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM 3. Wednesday, December 4, 2024 • 3 Kislev 5785 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM 4. Wednesday, December 11, 2024 • […]

Word Thursdays Online Featuring Megan Merchant & Luke Johnson

Word Thursdays Online featuring Megan Merchant & Luke Johnson will broadcast live on Thursday, November 14 at 7 PM EST.To attend the event, please click this link just before 7 PM EST or visit Bright Hill’s Facebook page at 7 PM EST to view the live stream. Suggested donation is $3, and free to students. Donations to […]

Interview and Interrogation 101

What crime or mystery writer wouldn’t love tips from a municipal police officer, county sheriff’s deputy, or state police officer on the verbal and non-verbal techniques they use when interviewing suspects? A little advice from an expert could go a long way to help writers weave a compelling and realistic story.Retired Onondaga County, NY, sheriff, […]

cARdS POETICA

Calling all poets seeking fresh ideas:Join Rhonda Rosenheck for an afternoon playing cARdS POETICA at the Waterford Public Library – a game she designed to wake up your muse and get your creative juices flowing. All are welcome; no prior writing experience is necessary. Please call the Waterford library at 518-237-0891 to register for this […]

Community Flash Fiction Reading

Join the Red Hook Library at Taste Budd’s Cafe. Share your favorite flash fiction or original work or just come to enjoy stories, community and great coffee!What is flash fiction? A very short fictional story of 1500 words or fewer that provides a complete story. It is most effective with one central character, one setting, […]

Third Thursday Poetry Night featuring John Thomas Allen

Local poet John Thomas Allen will read from his work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY on Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets.John Thomas Allen enjoys all forms of poetry, especially the highly speculative and what allows for the fullest freedom of expression.  He was […]

“The Willows” Supernatural Psychedelic Horror Story

Spencertown Academy Arts Center presents “The Willows,” a theatrical conjuring of Algernon Blackwood’s 1909 supernatural psychedelic horror story, on Saturday, November 23, 7:30pm at the Academy’s Blanche Grubin Auditorium. Performed by celebrated British actress and voiceover artist Victoria Finney and adapted and directed by Alex Harvey, this storytelling performance saturates audience members in an eerie odyssey […]

Short Film Premiere: Born a Secret

Written and Produced by Miriam Russell, Ed. D. Welcome to the Premiere of “Born a Secret,” the dramatic story of a woman’s search for her birthparents illustrates the conflict between her right to information about her true identity and the birth mother’s need to keep it a secret.The evening will include short films produced by […]

Collar City Mushrooms – Write In

Collar City Mushrooms 333 Second Ave., Troy, NY, United States

COLLAR CITY MUSHROOMS -– WRITE-INSPONSORED BY MENTAL HEALTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT Mental Health Empowerment Project, an organization of mental health peers, invites writers to join the Expressive Writing Group it sponsors at Collar City Mushrooms in Troy, regardless of whether the participants identify as living with a mental health issue. THE GROUP IS OPEN TO EVERYONE […]