This is from our friend Carol Graser: Dear Friends, I recently started running poetry workshops at Tryon Girls Center, a New York State juvenile detention center. I’ve been impressed with what fluid, expressive writing they produce and how much they love poetry. These girls have a lot of difficulty in the classroom but they sit […]
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Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival as part of the Woodstock Arts Consortium is sponsoring the following poetry event as part of the Woodstock “Second Saturdays” Art Events. For a full listing of “Second Saturday” events, see: www.woodstockartsconsortium.org. Roberta Allen and Naton Leslie will be the featured readers when the Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival meets
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Have a lot of books laying around? Need some new books to read for the fall season? Well, on Sunday, October 19 from 9:00AM – 4:00PM you can donate your old books and pick up some new ones at the Old Chatham Quaker Meeting Books and Art Sale. Old Chatham Quaker Meeting is holding a
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It is that time of year again…LARKfest! And again this year Albany Poets will be a part of the event bringing poetry, music and spoken word to upstate New York’s largest arts festival. Albany Poets will also have a table with information about our organization, the open mics and poetry events in the area, local
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The following is the announcement from our friend Daniel Nester about the new season of Frequency North at St. Rose: Mark your calendars! David Rees of “Get Your War On” fame and Rachel Shukert, a Nerve/Salon/Heeb columnist, will come to The College of Saint Rose to kick off the 4th season of the Frequency North
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Poet Jay Rogoff will be reading at Skidmore College at the Surrey Williamson Inn on North Broadway in Saratoga on Thursday, September 11 at 8:00PM. Jay Rogoff’s new book of poems, The Long Fault, appeared from Louisiana State University Press in 2008. LSU will also publish his book of poems concerning dance, The Code of
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The Foundry for Art Design + Culture invites applications from contemporary visual artists, galleries, art museums, art colleges, art organizations, contemporary art spaces and cultural funding bodies for use of The Foundry Studios Internationale starting September 2008. Resident Artist Program The Foundry Studios Internationale Residency Program, opened August 2007, consisting of 9 individual studios which
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The Poet Essence will be releasing her brand new CD, Krooked Change…Smeered, on Wednesday, August 13 at the Bayou Cafe (79 North Pearl Street, Albany). This not-to-be-missed special event will feature poetry, music, and spoken word from Tribal Raine, Houseband of the Apocalypse, The Johnny Bravehearts, Max Parthas, THE Dubber, and, of course, THE POET
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The next Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic is on Wednesday, August 6 with featured poet Steven Huff. Steven Huff is a poet and fiction writer, and the Director of Adult Education and Programming at Writers & Books. He teaches creative writing at RIT and the Eastman School of Music, and is the voice of “Fiction
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From our friend Sally Rhoades: Dear Friends, This dance has been a labor of love. It has tested all my strengths. Myself and five other dancers from NYC will perform on September 10th and 11 at 7 pm, as part of the Philly Fringe festival, at the Painted Bride Art Center at 230 Vine street
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A.P.D. Announces the Publication of “To the Husband I Have Not Yet Met” Poems by Mary Kathryn Jablonski A.P.D. is proud to announce the publication of “To the Husband I Have Not Yet Met,” by Saratoga Springs, NY, poet Mary Kathryn Jablonski. The 28-page chapbook contains 17 poems with a woodcut by Allen Grindle illustrating
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Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival, as part of the Woodstock Arts Consortium is sponsoring the following poetry event as part of the Woodstock “Second Saturdays” Art Events. For a full listing of “Second Saturday” events, go to: www.woodstockartsconsortium.org. Poets Baron James Ashanti and Bertha Rogers will be the featured readers when the Woodstock Poetry Society
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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.
