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 […]
St. Rocco’s welcomes you to their first in-person reading of the year! They are not quite ready to move indoors, so this reading will take place behind Urban Aftermath Books in the parking lot.Gather at 4:30pm to hang out or buy books. Reading begins at 5pm. Joshua Edwards was born on Galveston Island. He’s the […]
There are only four more nights of Poetic Vibe: 5/23, 5/30, 6/20, and 7/11, so make sure you get out to The Fish Market if you trying to be there in person!This Monday we’ll be having ALL OPEN MIC 🎤 that means come through and share! Folks who sign up can share 1-2 poems. Doors […]
Two-thousand-year-old redwoods once cloaked the northern California coast like bear fur. As wide as a road and as tall as ten houses stacked on top of each other, they cast a spell on anyone willing to listen. As a boy, Logan Blackburn spent many nights on a platform two hundred feet off the ground in […]
Poets & other citizens will gather on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at 6:00 PM at the Robert Burns statue in Washington Park in Albany, NY to celebrate the birthday of the quintessential American poet, Walt Whitman, with a reading of his poem “Song of Myself”. The event is sponsored by the Poetry Motel Foundation, & the Hudson Valley Writers Guild. It is […]
The first Wednesday of every month is Poetry Night at Caffe Lena. hosted by Carol Graser, this event includes an open mic reading and a featured poet. The doors open for signups at 6:30 and the readings start at 7 PM. In June the featured poet is Kathleen Aguero.The featured reading will also be live-streamed […]
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. This month’s featured performer is Dmitry Wild w/Houses in Motion. Hosted by […]
Word Thursdays Online featuring Julene Waffle and Vladimir Lucien will broadcast on Zoom and Facebook Live at 7 pm on Thursday, June 9, 2022.Julene Waffle, a graduate of Hartwick College and Binghamton University, is a teacher in a rural NYS public school, an entrepreneur, a wife, a mother of three boys, two dogs, three cats, […]
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.
