A barn raising for growing the arts

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

Eat, drink, be merry. Now what?

 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

Ironweed Open Mic With Evan Greer

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

Three New Podcasts Added This Week

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

Trashion Hits Troy This Saturday

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.

Andrea Gibson at Caffe Lena

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

Institute to present writers, their works

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

Upcoming Events in October

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

First Friday Art Shows

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.