In celebration of National Poetry Month, Albany Poets is proud to present the 2009 Albany Word Fest featuring the poetry, spoken word, and music of upstate New York. This year’s event will take place on Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18, 2009. The 2009 Albany Word Fest will start off on Friday night with […]
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Utilizing a teaching method he perfected in the Pacific Northwest, George Wallace will stimulate your writing through exercises based on re-discovering and using your imaginative skills. This one day, two-hour workshop encourages you to play with language and practice your skill at triggering ideas for new poems, in a friendly group setting. Imagination-based poetry moves
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Happy Monday! Yes it is early in the week but Albany Poets thought we would give you a reason to make it until Friday! This Friday, March 13th ALBANY POETS PRESENTS: FRIDAY AT THE UAG, 247 Lark Street. We begin at 7pm! Featuring Amy Halloran and Matthew Klane. Amy Halloran writes short stories, prosey poems,
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Live From The Living Room, a featured reading series with an open mic afterwards is held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at the Capital District Gay & Lesbian Community Center, 332 Hudson Avenue, Albany, NY. The next reading is March 11th with Dan Nester. Dan Nester is a journalist, essayist, poet, editor, and
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Big night for poetry tonight in Albany. Three featured poets, two poetry events, and an open mic. Tonight Albany Poets comes back to the UAG Gallery with poets Matt Galletta and Margot Malia Lynch. We will be streaming this reading on the website. Go to www.albanypoets.com/video.asp and check it out if you are not able
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After the success of broadcasting the Valentines open mic at the UAG a couple weeks ago, we are going to be streaming tonight’s Poets Speak Loud open mic at the Lark Tavern live on albanypoets.com starting at 7:30PM. Go to www.albanypoets.com/video.asp to check it out. And while you are watching, feel free to click on
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Head on over to the Social Justice Center on Thursday for the monthly poetry reading and open mic with host Dan Wilcox. This month the featured poet is Jay Rogoff. Here is the information from Dan himself: the Poetry Motel Foundation presents Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center (33 Central Ave., Albany,
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I recently received an email from a local poet who pointed out that with all of the attention that the local poetry and spoken word scene has been getting over the past few weeks, the main focus has been on the open mics and not much has been said about all of the poetry and
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R.M. Engelhardt has just announced more details about the next Vox at the Fuze Box on Friday, February 27. " Vo X " @ The FUZE BOX : An Open Mic For Poets, Poetry & THE WORD! ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27th AT 8PM ! V o X An Open Mic For Poets, Poetry & Writers
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Live From The Living Room, a featured reading series with an open mic after words is held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at the Capital District Gay & Lesbian Community Center, 332 Hudson Avenue, Albany, NY. The next reading is February 11th with Jan Marin Tramontano. Jan Marin Tramontano is a poet and
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Vince Gallagher from Capital News 9 sat down recently with Mary Panza and Thom Francis to talk about the local poetry scene, poetry and spoken word on the web, and how everyone can now get involved. Poetry has always been one of the truest form of expression, whether spoken or written. There’s an organization that
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The audio recording from last nights Albany Poets Presents open mic at Valentines is now available for download. Albany Poets Presents – February 3, 2009 Thom Francis hosts as Albany Poets returns to Valentines with poetry and spoken word from Dan Wilcox, Dominick, Ja3son Crane, R.M. Engelhardt, Miss Sally, Moses Kash, and Chris Brabham. You
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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.
