On Thursday, October 12, Word Thursdays at Bright Hill Center will present New York novelist Henry Grinberg and Delhi poet Sharon Ruetenik. They will read from their works after the open reading and intermission, which begins at 7 PM. The poets will be reading in the Word & Image Gallery, now featuring the 5th Bright […]

On Thursday, October 5, the Times Union ran an article about The Barn.  “…after nearly two years of organizing concerts, gallery shows and benefits with its sister organization Rock2Rebuild, the Albany Barn is working on creating another kind of home — an actual structure where artists can live, work and play.” Be sure to check

 The Times Union had this article in the Sunday paper this weekend about the redevelopment of downtown Albany and how the scenery has changed in the past ten years, making the area an “entertainment district.”  “The eating-and-drinking efflorescence seems an undeniable success. It also raises questions: Has downtown reached its saturation point for bars? Is

Open Mic on the topic of Occupation and Resistance with Evan Greer from Riotfolk Wednesday, October 25th at 8:00pm at 98 Grand St., Albany On October 25th the Ironweed House is having a petroleum-free day (no electricity, heat, hot water, or stove) in conjunction with Lights out America and the Declaration of Peace to protest

We have updated the Albany Poets Podcast three times this week. You can now download the September edition of Poets Speak Loud featuring Pierre Joris with Mitch Elrod at the Lark Tavern and Albany Poets Presents from September and October with a featured performance from The Poet Essence. You can download these new podcasts here

Trashion Tickets on Sale Now!All proceeds benefit the Fulton Street Gallery and the Roarke Center. Saturday, October 7, 2006, Revolution Hall, 425 River St. Troy, NY. Doors open at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm. Fashion Show starts at 10pm. Art installations & dance performances throughout the night. Trashion is a recycled fashion show which will

On Wednesday, October 4 Andrea Gibson will be the  Featured Performer at Caffe Lena’s first Wednesday of the month poetry open mic. Andrea is a powerful spoken word artist with a strong political bent. She is currently touring the east coast. Her full bio is below and sample poems and recordings are on her website; www.andreagibson.org Caffe Lena Poetry Open MicWednesday Oct

The New York State Writers Institute began its 2006 Fall Visiting Writers series last week with short story writer Amy Hempel (“The Dog of the Marriage”) and novelist Margot Livesey (“Eva Moves the Furniture”).  According to the Times Union: Poets, fiction writers, historians and journalists will be on hand in the coming months to read from their works

Jack Prelutsky is the inaugural winner of the Children’s Poet Laureate award from the Poetry Foundation. The announcement was made at the third annual Pegasus Awards ceremony last night on the stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park in Chicago. The new award aims to raise awareness that children have a natural receptivity

There are a couple of special poetry and spoken word events coming up in October. Tuesday, October 10 at 8:00PMWize WordsWAMC Performing Arts Center, Central Ave., AlbanyWAMC sponsors an evening of spoken word/ poetry slam that will challenge every conventional rule of poetry. Come support local wordsmiths at the Linda. Wednesday, October 11 at 7:30PMAn

From the Upstate Artists Guild: The Arts are alive in Albany! 1st Friday September brought almost 400 people to Lark Street to see the openings of 4 new art shows. For October, the Albany Center Galleries will be joining this new Albany Art tradition and promises to make the evening even bigger. Our mission is

WAMC’s RoundTable program this morning is asking listeners to call in and tell who their favorite local artist, musician, or artist, alive or dead. It is about time that people are realizing that there is a lot of talented people in this area involved in the arts.  From what I have heard of the show so