The Heyday Poetry Series at Half-Moon Books is every 4th Saturday of each month, hosted by Chris Wood. Open mic follows featured poet, suggested donation of $3.00 to support the feature. Acoustic music is also welcome! Come and share something with us, or just enjoy the performances and refreshments.
The 2011-12 “Frequency North” visiting writers reading series at The College of Saint Rose draws to a close on a different note with poet/educators Georgia A. Popoff and Quraysh Ali Lansana discussing their guide to poetry in the classroom and community. Popoff and Lansana will visit and read Thursday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m. in […]
Yes! Reading at the Social Justice Center featuring CA Conrad, Adam Roberts, Kate Schapira, and Michelle Taransky CA CONRAD is the author of A BEAUTIFUL MARSUPIAL AFTERNOON: New (Soma)tics (Wave Books, 2012), The Book of Frank (Wave Books, 2010), Advanced Elvis Course (Soft Skull Press, 2009), Deviant Propulsion (Soft Skull Press, 2006), and a collaboration with […]
The Writers Open Mic held at Pine Hollow Arboretum is beginning the 2012 Season with poet Phil Good as the feature reader at the Pine Hollow Arboretum Visitors Center building at 16 Maple Ave. in Slingerlands, New York on Friday April 13, 2012 starting at 6:30 PM. In the Open Mic format,others poets can read three short poems […]
Monthly open mic for poetry with a featured poet in the heart of Woodstock, NY. This event is hosted by Chronogram poetry editor Phillip Levine.
The monthly poetry reading and open mic at the Unitarian Congregation in Kingston continues on Saturday, April 14 with guest readers are Judith Lechner and Marcia Slatkin.
Pitchapalooza is American Idol for books (only without Simon). Twenty writers will be selected at random to pitch their book. Each writer gets one minute—and only one minute! In the last month, three writers have gotten publishing deals as a result of participating in Pitchapalooza. Co-presented by Frequency North: The Visiting Writers Reading Series at […]
Yes!, in conjunction with Word Fest, invites YOU to take part in this communal reading event. This will NOT be a showcase for anyone's individual work. Rather, it will be an opportunity for poets from various Albany poetry communities to READ TOGETHER in the SAME SPACE. Specific parameters for the event are still being constructed. […]
Closing out the 2012 Albany Word Fest on Saturday night, April 21, at Valentine’s will be Daniel Nester‘s Karaoke + Poetry = Fun. Nester says, “As part of the closing ceremonies for the week long poetry and spoken word festival, poets will read a poem, then sing a song. Singers will sing a song, and read a poem. It’s […]
Out of the Darkness: The Poetry Session will feature poets who have written ekphrastic poems based on John Zoccoli's art, plus an open mic!
Free and Open to the Public. Children must be accompanied by an adult.Join the NYS Writers Institute and the RED Bookshelf for a Children’s Pajama Storytime with UAlbany alumni and children’s book author Fabian Ferguson. Fabian Ferguson, who received his B.S. in Marketing and Management from the UAlbany School of Business in 2007, is an […]
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 […]
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.
