If you like to attend author events to ask questions and buy autographed books, imagine having several authors in one place!The Upper Hudson Chapter of Sisters in Crime and the Rensselaer Public Library invite you to join several area authors for a discussion on what makes them and their novels tick! Their award-winning novels cover […]
On Wednesday, November 6, 2024, Caffè Lena will present a poetry reading by Joseph Bruchac. 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 featured reading will also […]
Poetry Open Mic, hosted by Rachel Baum, featuring poet, painter, and podcaster Marilyn McCabe at the Saratoga Senior Center.Marilyn McCabe is the author of Perpetual Motion, Glass Factory, Rugged Means of Grace, and Being Many Seeds. 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.
Poetry reading and open mic at the Pine Hollow Arboretum with featured poet Alan CatlinSign-up starts at 6:00 PM with Reading beginning at 6:30 PM. Reading held at HQ building at 34 Pine Hollow Road, Slingerlands, NY 12159. Site is the former home of John and Kay Abbuhl. Alan Catlin, a poet of legendary presence […]
Form creates a structure, which allows the beautiful chaos of expression to unfold + flow with the understanding that it will always be held. When the organic flow of creative expression is held in a container that honors it, this creative expression becomes more magnetic — its energy glows brighter with authentic potency.But what structure […]
Poets Judy Lechner and Teresa Costa will be featured followed by an open mic when the Woodstock Poetry Society meets in-person at the Woodstock Library and virtually via Zoom on Saturday, November 9th, 2024 at 2:00 pm.The readings will be hosted by Woodstock area poet Phillip X Levine. All meetings are free, open to the public, and include an open mic. […]
Lucid Voices, the Honey Drippers, and The Fuze Box will collaborate on curating You Me and Poetry on November 9th. An open mic experience held by the infamous Fuze Box!!Tickets are just $20 and for sale at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1053492728109?aff=oddtdtcreator Shout out to Honeydripper Poetry Collective and Craig Earle for putting this collaboration on with us! Open […]
The prompt is NEXT.Not for the faint of heart, Poets Creating Conversation throws out a single word/idea and asks poets to circle around. The results defy expectations! Click here to register to add your voice to the mix. Equal parts art and community, WordXWord is where words go to be heard. Poets Creating Conversation is […]
Upcoming Sessions at Congregation Gates of Heavenhttps://www.cgoh.org/event/whats-it-all-about.html 1. Wednesday, November 13, 2024 • 12 Cheshvan 5785 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM 2. Wednesday, November 20, 2024 • 19 Cheshvan 5785 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM 3. Wednesday, December 4, 2024 • 3 Kislev 5785 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM 4. Wednesday, December 11, 2024 • […]
Word Thursdays Online featuring Megan Merchant & Luke Johnson will broadcast live on Thursday, November 14 at 7 PM EST.To attend the event, please click this link just before 7 PM EST or visit Bright Hill’s Facebook page at 7 PM EST to view the live stream. Suggested donation is $3, and free to students. Donations to […]
What crime or mystery writer wouldn’t love tips from a municipal police officer, county sheriff’s deputy, or state police officer on the verbal and non-verbal techniques they use when interviewing suspects? A little advice from an expert could go a long way to help writers weave a compelling and realistic story.Retired Onondaga County, NY, sheriff, […]
Calling all poets seeking fresh ideas:Join Rhonda Rosenheck for an afternoon playing cARdS POETICA at the Waterford Public Library – a game she designed to wake up your muse and get your creative juices flowing. All are welcome; no prior writing experience is necessary. Please call the Waterford library at 518-237-0891 to register for this […]
Join the Red Hook Library at Taste Budd’s Cafe. Share your favorite flash fiction or original work or just come to enjoy stories, community and great coffee!What is flash fiction? A very short fictional story of 1500 words or fewer that provides a complete story. It is most effective with one central character, one setting, […]
Local poet John Thomas Allen will read from his work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY on Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets.John Thomas Allen enjoys all forms of poetry, especially the highly speculative and what allows for the fullest freedom of expression. He was […]
Spencertown Academy Arts Center presents “The Willows,” a theatrical conjuring of Algernon Blackwood’s 1909 supernatural psychedelic horror story, on Saturday, November 23, 7:30pm at the Academy’s Blanche Grubin Auditorium. Performed by celebrated British actress and voiceover artist Victoria Finney and adapted and directed by Alex Harvey, this storytelling performance saturates audience members in an eerie odyssey […]
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.
