Attentive Wait Staff at McGeary’sBack in the backroom of McGeary’s, Clinton Square, Albany, NY, on the last Monday of December or, as our host, Mary Panza, characterized it, “the post-holiday hangover edition.” She herself was treating the disorder wi…
Poets Speak Loud!, December 26 Read More »
Once again I went down to Valentine’s, hoping for a slot in the Slam (&, of course, hoping to make it at least to the second round). But first an interesting open mic, where folks seem to do real poems, rather than just perform. Mojavi was the ho…
Nitty Gritty Slam, December 20 Read More »
Actually on the third Sunday this month (otherwise it would have been on Christmas Day), with its usual gathering of fine regional poets & a featured poet (Cheryl A. Rice), & a special surprise for me. Co-hosts were Edie Abrams & Denn…
Sunday Four Poetry, December 18 Read More »
With just a couple of days before Christmas and on the first night of Hanukkah the poets gathered at Valentines for the eighth installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam. The night started off with a preview piece from Poetyc Vyzonz’s new CD followed by an open mic hosted by Mojavi that featured Daniel Nester, the
NGS #8 Results – Meet the New Champ, Same as the Old Champ Read More »
I don’t usually “allow” guitar players at my poetry open mic, having in the past been too often the ugly-stepchild-of-poetry at music open mics, but tonight I had to make an exception because the unique poetry-performance duo Murrow was the featured performer.
Third Thursday Poetry Night, December 15 Read More »
Our cozy host, Don Levy, welcomed a tidy audience for the monthly open mic on the 2nd Wednesday — and it really was, even if the third Thursday was the next day, ah the shifting calendar.But first the featured poet, Barbara Ungar, read, not from her…
Live from the Living Room, December 14 Read More »
After a miserable drive up on the Northway (heavy rain & traffic), at least there was a nice dinner with “the ladies” at Ravenous, then on to the open mic, for a respectable crowd in spite of the weather.
Caffè Lena Open Mic, December 7 Read More »
Judge & Score Keepers Adding it UpAs the most documented reading in Albany (or elsewhere) my comments are a bit superfluous, but then no one else has my opinions (or cares about them for that matter). Plus I got there late.Poetyc Vyzonz was just c…
Nitty Gritty Slam, December 6 Read More »
as we often do. & as usual on the Last Monday at McGeary’s Mary Panza was the whip-cracking host. Before the featured poet, we dove into the open mic, a sea of poets tonight.I started it off with an old poem, “Belle du Jour,” that mentions Ted Ad…
Poets Speak Loud!, November 28 Read More »
On September 6, 2011 Albany Poets, Urban Guerilla Theatre, and the Frequency North Reading Series teamed up for the first Nitty Gritty Slam at Valentines. The show started with an open mic hosted by Mojavi with poets Poetyc Vyzonz, Stephen Leslie, Elizag, Michelle Bula, Bless, and Dan Rain all sharing their work. Then slammaster Dain
New Audio – Nitty Gritty Slam, September 6, 2011 Read More »
We have been going through the archives here at Albany Poets HQ and came across this great CD, Volume: A Compilation of Poets, Live, from 1995 that was produced by Mary Panza and Steve Clark chronicling the poetry scene at the time at such venues as the QE2, Margarita’s, and Borders. The poets on this
Blast From The Past – Volume: A Compilation of Poets, Live Read More »
This was one of the last Albany Poets Presents open mics at Valentines before handing everything over to make room for the Nitty Gritty Slam. The open mic featured poetry from Dan Wilcox, Illiptical, Mojavi, Dain Brammage, Ben Golden, new poet Jessica Fisher-Smith, and another new(ish) poet to the scene Nadi Morsch. This was a
New Audio – Albany Poets Presents, July 5, 2011 Read More »
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