Let’s take a closer look at your work in progress—story arc, individual scenes, settings, character, and theme—and interrogate those elements for what else might be true about them, all with an eye on infusing your story with more dimension, more humanity, and more resonance. Lastly, we’ll focus on how to do all of this with […]
Free and Open to the Public. Join the NYS Writers Institute as we talk with Sharr White and Maggie Mancincelli-Cahill on “The True,” an off-broadway play chronicling ex-Albany Mayor Erastus Corning II and Dorothea Noonan.Sharr White is the author of “The True,” a new play that explores the bounds of love, loyalty, and female power […]
Judith Heumann, star of the Oscar-nominated 2020 documentary CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION, is widely hailed as “The Mother” of the Disability Rights Movement. Heumann contracted polio at age 18 months and has used a wheelchair for most of her life. Over the course of half a century, she served as an organizer of various […]
The Dead Man’s Press Ink Spoken Word Poetry Showcase returns on Friday, April 1st at The FuzeBox with featured poet R.M. Engelhardt reading work from his most recent book, We Rise Like Smoke and the soon to be released Of Spirit Ash & Bone.The Dead Man’s Press Ink Spoken Word Poetry Showcase is a monthly […]
The film festival will feature filmmakers and notable film industry leaders hosting discussions and screenings, a short film contest, and the Ironweed Awards presentation, named after Writers Institute’s founder William Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.“Our niche is a ‘bookish’ film festival that celebrates storytelling on film and focuses on adaptations of novels and stories into films; […]
The Friends & Foundation invite you to our first book sale of the year!April is National Poetry Month and you should start your spring right with some new poetry books at the Friends and Foundation’s Poetry Book Sale, presented in partnership with the Hudson Valley Writers Guild. Our April Poetry Book Sale will feature hundreds […]
Join us at the Albany Film for a screening of “The Booksellers,” followed by a discussion with director D.W. Young and Cheryl McKeon of The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza.12:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m., Lecture Center 1, University at Albany. Free and open to the public About The Booksellers Antiquarian booksellers are part scholar, part […]
Invocation of the Muse, Albany, NY’s open mic for poets, writers, poetry, and the spoken word continues at its new home, Lark Hall!This reading series takes place on the first Monday of the month. Signup is at 7:30, open mic starts at 8:00. $5.00 Donation Requested Hosted by R.M. Engelhardt & Sponsored by Mans Press […]
Join the Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday, April 5 at 7:00pm for Writers Night Out/In Open Mic on Zoom with featured readers are Karen Skolfield and Rio Santos. Registration is required. Register HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email within 24 – 48 hours containing information about joining the meeting.Karen Skolfield is […]
In celebration of the 2022 McKinney Student Writing Contest winners at Rensselaer Polytechnic University, the NYS Writers Institute present an Online Event with Colson Whitehead.Registration required for this live-streamed event. Free and open to the public. Colson Whitehead, one of the leading fiction writers of his generation, is the New York Times bestselling author of The Underground Railroad (an Oprah’s […]
The Albany Public Library and Pine Hills Review have joined forces to present a special National Poetry Month virtual reading featuring the four poets: Lisa Mottolo, Brenda Nicholas, Christian Ortega, and Edward Rinaldi!ABOUT THE POETS CHRISTIAN ORTEGA is a poet, publisher, and artist from NYC. He schooled himself in communications on the job in the […]
On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, Caffè Lena will present a poetry reading by Indran Amirthanayagam and Sara Cahill Marron. 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 […]
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.
