There is a lot of poetry in the Hudson Valley happening this weekend including the Calling All Poets’ Poetry Marathon and the return of the Poetry Brothel.
Summer is here and what better way to beat the heat than some cool words. The poetry and spoken word will be flowing all week starting on Sunday afternoon in Troy with the Poetry + Prose open mic at the Arts Center.
There is a lot going on next week including new open mics and slams in Western Mass, storytelling at the Olde English, and the return of the Old School Slam
We have updated and overhauled the events listings here on AlbanyPoets.com (more on that later) over the past couple weeks and we have added even more readings and open mics
Way back in ancient times (i.e., 12 years ago) when Word Fest started, it was just a stumbing toddler in Thatcher Park in the Fall, a grand open mic of
We are now within two weeks until the 2013 Albany Word Fest, our annual celebration of National Poetry Month and the poetry and spoken word of upstate New York. This
This week we had some exciting announcements regarding the upcoming Albany Word Fest. We began the online signup for the Friday Night Word Fest Open Mic. There has been a tremendous outpouring
What a great week of poetry and spoken word we have lined up. Our friends over in Pittsfield at WordXWord are part of a great city-wide arts festival called 10X10
We are now full steam ahead into 2013 and the poetry community is staring the year off strong. We have had some great open mics and events so far. NGS
We are coming to the end of another great year of poetry and spoken word in upstate New York. We had a lot of wonderful readings and events over the
It is the start of the holiday season and this coming Thursday is Thanksgiving. What are you thankful for? We at Albany Poets are thankful for the all of the
The upcoming week is jammed packed with poetry events in all over upstate New York. No one can say that poetry is not living and breathing around here. Here’s is
