Word Thursdays Featuring The Teacup Poets

Word Thursdays In Person featuring The Teacup Poets: Teresa Winchester, Sharon Ruetenik, Sharon Cucinotta, Magdalena Tabor, & Laura Wright, will take place in THREE DAYS at Bright Hill Press and will broadcast live on Thursday, July 11 at 7 PM EST.Suggested donation is $3, and free to students. Donations to Bright Hill are gratefully accepted via […]

Saratoga Senior Center Poetry Open Mic

Please join us for the Senior Center’s poetry/storytelling open mic!This month’s featured Author/Poet/Storyteller/Folklorist is Dr. Joseph Bruchac, Saratoga Springs’ Inaugural Poet Laureate with over 180 adult and children’s books published. Each open mic participant may read 2 short poems or 1 longer one. The Saratoga Senior Center Open Mic is supportive, affirming, and non-threatening. RSVP by calling (518) 584-1621 […]

Bob Sharkey at Pine Hollow Arboretum

The Pine Hollow Arboretum Open Mic featuring Bob Sharkey on Friday, July 12, 2024.Doors open and sign-up at 6:00 PM. Reading begins at 6:30 PM. The Arboretum is open from dawn to dusk, you might want to visit the grounds before the reading Bob Sharkey is a poet, writer, contest organizer, and supporter of local […]

Liberating the Heart: Alchemizing Pain into Poetry

Our most precious creative wisdom often resides in the heart of our deepest pain, which resides deeply within our own spiritual hearts. Our hearts, entangled in the emotional stories of past pain and trauma, often stay caged in an act of self-protection.But really, this caging is a form of self-neglect of the deeper expressions the […]

Write 4 a Day

Write 4 a Day is a series of one-day writing retreats in upstate New York. There is:no workshop no agenda no required activities no assignments no schedule no WiFi! Unplug. Write. Don’t write. Think. Daydream. Doodle. Outline. Come for the whole day or just for part of it; network, collaborate or write solo; wander the […]

Creating Your Collection: A 4-week Generative Poetry Course

In this 4-week course, you can expect to create a coherent, genuine poetry collection that reflects your authentic poetic expression. You will be guided to assemble your collection using your already written poetic works as well as writing generated in each 90-min session.During each session, you will: -reflect on written poetry currently existing in your […]

Third Thursday Poetry Night featuring Charlie Rossiter & Tom Nicotera

For the 1st time ever at the third Thursday readings, there will be 2 featured poets reading, Tom Nicotera from Connecticut & Charlie Rossiter from Vermont, at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, on July 18, 2024 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets.Tom Nicotera has published poems in numerous small press publications. He was a […]

A Galère of Poetic Autopsies

Expect the unexpected as poets, writers, and other creatives from the Hudson area and beyond reveal the inspiration and shadows behind their work.Featured readers: Venus de Mars, Lynette Reini-Grandell, and Cat Tyc Hosted by John K Lawson and Jane Ormerod Doors at 6:00 pm, show at 7:00 pm. $10 suggested donation to be shared among […]

Public Reading of John Hersey’s “Hiroshima”

Reading of John Hersey’s Hiroshima Tuesday, August 6, 11:00AM Townsend Park, Albany, NY (Henry Johnson Blvd. & Central Ave.) The event is free and open to the public and the public is encouraged to join in the reading.  Those interested in reading can sign up to participate when they arrive.  Please bring folding chairs. Rain site: Social […]

Word Thursdays Featuring Jacqueline Trimble & Ashley Jones

Word Thursdays Online featuring Jacqueline Trimble & Ashley Jones will broadcast live on Thursday, August 8 at 7 PM EST.To attend the event, please click this link just before 7 PM EST: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81577446746 Visit Bright Hill’s Facebook page at 7 PM EST to view the live stream. RSVP to the event on Facebook here. Suggested donation […]

Saratoga Senior Center Poetry Open Mic

The next Saratoga Senior Center Poetry Open Mic is Friday, August 9, with featured poet/author Lale Davidson, author of Against the Grain and Beyond Sight and Distinguished Professor at Adirondack Community College.RSVP by calling (518) 584-1621 Light refreshments will be served. Suggested donation: $5 Please join us for the Senior Center’s poetry/storytelling open mic! Each open mic participant may read […]

Poetry Open Mic at the Pine Hollow Arboretum

Bring  your poems for Circle of Poetry. Bring 3-5 poems to be read by poets attending. Round-Robin format. Friday August 9, 2024 – Sign-up starts at 6:00 PM with Reading beginning at 6:30 PM. Helping to host the event is the PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUM. Reading held at HQ building at 34 Pine Hollow Road, Slingersland, NY […]