You are cordially invited to Barzakh‘s Spring Celebration at the Albany Distilling Co. 75 Livingston Ave., Albany, NY on Friday, April 29th from 7-10PM. This year’s celebration is totally free and will feature live music from Albany’s very own Doctor Baker as well as short readings of prose and poetry from the digital pages of Barzakh Magazine!Barzakh Magazine is an online literary […]
Please join us in combatting the dreariness of “mud season,” as well as our long “pandemic hibernation,” by celebrating Spring, poetry, and this beautiful place/planet that we call home, at our 18th annual Favorite Poem Project – featuring the inimitable Claire North as emcee, local poets and musicians, and YOU (our friends and neighbors).Every April, […]
April is National Poetry Month! Come celebrate poetry on the last day of April at the Meadowbrook Saloon. Richard Nilsen will be featured poet, and others may sign up to read. Each reader will get 5 minutes to read. $5 Cover Charge. Come on out to hear local Mohawk Valley and Capital Region poets reading live!Richard […]
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 month’s featured poet is K.R. Morrison from San Francisco. K.R. Morrison is a poet and drummer who during The Plague days, splits her time between the Bay Area and a place she […]
Aditi Machado is a poet, translator, and essayist from Bangalore, India. Her second book of poems, Emporium (Nightboat, 2020), received the Academy of American Poets James Laughlin Award. Her other works include the poetry collection Some Beheadings (Nightboat, 2017), winner of the Believer Book Award; and a translation from the French of Farid Tali’s Prosopopoeia (Action […]
On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, Caffè Lena will present a poetry reading by James Henry Knippen. 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 […]
Poetic Vibe is back at The Fish Market with featured poet Tarishi “M.I.D.N.I.G.H.T.” Shuler! Doors open and sign up for the open mic starts at 7 pm.This is hosted by D. Colin, Artist in Residence for The Fish Market Community Project brought to you by the Arts Center of the Capital Region Award winning American […]
Join MHAction as they present different perspectives and responses to the fight for housing justice in Upstate New York. They will be highlighting and discussing key issues affecting manufactured housing residents, including: The social, public, and environmental health repercussions that arise due to land exploitation The importance of housing justice in the Upstate New York […]
Storytellers, it’s time to bring out your best! Our open mic this month is two days before The Moth comes to town for a (twice-postponed) Main Stage event at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. So, why not pretend like we’re practicing to take the stage, too?This month’s theme is “Best in Show” and we want […]
When you arrive, you’ll be welcomed with local food and beverages while discussing your current and upcoming projects. Writers of all experience levels are welcome.We’ll begin the writing portion of the program by using prompts — whether an object or an idea— to open pathways of creativity. At the beginning of the second hour, you […]
Next Year’s Words a New Paltz Reading Forum, finally welcomes spring with three extraordinary poets, Melanie Klein, Leslie Gerber, and Nirmala Nataraj, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. via ZOOM.With subtlety and precision, poet and sculptor Melanie Klein presents multiple events operating within the poem’s framework simultaneously. People and physical objects can be […]
Local Poet Tim Verhaegen will read from his work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 7:30PM. Tim Verhaegen has lived in the Capital District since 1980. He spent his childhood summers in East Hampton, New York. The “old people” living there adopted him, loved him, and made his traumatic […]
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.
