Five local poets, Alan Casline, John Roche, Stephen Lewandowski, Martha Treicher, and Mark “obeedúid~” O’Brien, will be featured at a special open reading at the Civil War Memorial in the Village Park in Avon, NY (map) on Friday, October 19 at 2:00PM. Here is a little history and information on the program from Alan Casline: This will be the […]
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On Friday, September 14, 2012 Timothy Lake will be the featured poet at the Pine Hollow Open Mic Series. This great series in nature happens at the Pine Hollow Arboretum (16 Maple Ave., Slingerlands, NY) starting at 6:30 PM. At this open mic, poets can read three short poems or two longer poems. Also two pages of prose will
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It is not very often that you can combine livestock, amusement rides, carnival games, fired food, and poetry, but up here in the capital region we try to fit poetry into everything that is going on. For the 26th year, local poets will be representing the art of spoken word with special readings throughout the afternoon. The long
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Saratoga Springs in August means mortal combat over parking spaces, crowded bars. But I was able to negotiate both to get myself & my guest Ken Hada to the reading on time, after a convivial time at the Parting Glass with the other featured poet, …
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This series of relaxed readings in Slingerlands as been gradually attracting more attention in a rare Friday slot for poetry. Our host, Alan Casline, the director of Rootdrinker Institute (which along with the Delmar Writers Group is a co-sponsor) &am…
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Alan Casline sent along the following information on the next poetry reading at the Pine Hollow Arboretum (16 Maple Ave., Slingerlands, NY) this coming Friday, July 13 at 6:30 featuring John Abbuhl. With Open Mic where others poets can read three short poems or two longer poems. Also two pages of prose will be acceptable.
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Last week was action packed with poetry and spoken word happening all over the area and this coming week is looking just as great starting with Professor Java’s Wide Open Mic on Monday evening. Monday, July 9 8:00pm – Professor Java’s Wide Open Mic Professor Java’s, 217 Wolf Road, Colonie, NY Albany Poets’ monthly reading,
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We had a great week of poetry and spoken word in the area last week and we are not skipping a beat going into the next week. There is no poetry at Art on Lark this year, but starting on Sunday we have another full week of events to look forward to. Sunday, June 10
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Alan Casline sent along information on the next Poetry Reading at Pine Hollow Arboretum (16 Maple Ave., Slingerlands, New York) coming up on Friday June 15, 2012 at 6:30 PM. This reading will feature poet Gary Lawless with an open mic where others poets can read three short poems or two longer poems. Also two
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In the midst of the weekend of parades, Mall sales, & backyard cookouts poets showed up to read their work & listen to others & then … but I’ll leave that for the end. So Mike Burke served as MC then Edie Abrams took over introducing the…
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This venue in Slingerlands, NY has been added to the list of area places where poetry happens on an ongoing basis. This night’s reading was by Helen Ruggieri, with an open mic for local poets. Our host was Rootdrinker Institute director, Alan Casline…
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Alan Casline sent along the following annoucement about the next reading at the Pine Hollow Arboreteum (16 Maple Ave., Slingerlands, NY) this coming Friday, May 25 featuring Helen Ruggieri. Helen is a busy poet this week as she is featuring at Word Thursday at the Bright Hill Center. Helen Ruggieri will be the featured poet
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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.
