Urban Guerilla Theatre and Albany Poets are getting together tonight to bring you a special MoHu edition of UGT at The Linda (339 Central Ave., Albany). This month UGT is presenting its’ 3rd Annual Masquerade Ball as part of the MoHu Fest. This event is always a good time and will be even greater this […]
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Urban Guerilla Theatre and Albany Poets are combining forces to bring poetry and spoken word to the MoHu Fest on Friday, October 14 at The Linda for a very special edition of the monthly Urban Guerilla Theatre event. This event will feature the poetry, music, and spoken word of local artists including Carlos Garcia, Dan
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In case you missed the last Nitty Gritty Slam two weeks ago at Valentines, Dan Wilcox has a run-down of the night’s events on his website. This was the second gathering of this new Slam event, tonight upstairs at Valentines because some bands were scheduled downstairs. But this posed no problem for Slam poets who
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Dan Wilcox is one of the hardest working retired men that we know. He runs two monthly events (“The Third Thursday Poetry Night” at the Social Justice Center and “Poetry + Prose” at the Arts Center in Troy), the “Poets in the Park” series every July, and has the “World’s Largest Collection of Photos of
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Welcome back to the Nitty Gritty Slam Live Results. We are upstairs at Valentines tonight and the poetry is rising above the rock music going on downstairs. Round One: Kate Romolder – 22.4 Shannon Shoemaker – 25.5 Elizag – 27.0 Kevin Peterson – 23.6 L-Majesty – 23.9 Sleepy Brent Simpson – 13.2 Dan Wilcox –
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Last week was the debut of Nitty Gritty Slam at Valentines and here is video of our first slam winner, Tammy Lopez. Not only did we have Tammy as our first winner at the first slam, we had a couple other “firsts”. Dan Wilcox got the first zero score. And at the other end of
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This week saw the return on slam to Albany as Albany Poets, Urban Guerilla Theatre, and the Frequency North Reading Series combined forces for the Nitty Gritty Slam. The first in the bi-monthly event series saw Tammy Lopez walk away with the top prize. Shannon Shoemaker came in a very close second and Algorythm came
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Bless was the featured poet for the July edition of Poets Speak Loud. He performed a couple of his pieces and then handed the mic to a new poet to the area, Ben Golden. Before and after there was an open mic with local poets Dan Wilcox, Dain Brammage, Todd Fabozzi, Tess Lecuyer, Jessica Fisher-Smith,
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You have probably seen him at open mics taking pictures and jotting down notes for many years. Local poet and photographer Dan Wilcox will have his work on display at The Arts Center of the Capital Region from September 10 until October 16. An exhibit of photos by Dan Wilcox from “the world’s largest collection
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The next Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center (33 Central Ave., Albany) is on Thursday, September 15 with an open mic and featured poet Elizabeth Thomas. Elizabeth Thomas is a widely published poet, performer, teacher and advocate of the arts. The author of two poetry collections and one book on writing for
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The 10th Annual Albany WordFest was held on Saturday, April 16, at The Linda Auditorium on Central Avenue in Albany. Not only did many Guild members participate throughout the day, but the Hudson Valley Writers Guild had its own one-hour slot. Organized by member Jill Crammond, the Guild reading was hosted by Dan Wilcox, HVWG
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The annual Schenectady Community of Writers took place November 21 at the Schenectady Public Library featuring the following writers: Steve Hellyard Swartz, Margaret Bryant, Kathe Kokolias, Tom Corrado, Keziah Roselin, Rose Kent, Nancy Duci Denofio, Marc Renson, Dean M. DeLuke. (Photos courtesy of Dan Wilcox.) [slideshow]
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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.
