Albany Word Fest — Episode 4, April 17
This year with the series a full week of readings and open mics this regular monthly poetry event was a fully official part of Word Fest.
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Alex Sherman-Cross
Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of November 17, 2013
The week kicks off on Sunday with the new series at the Social Justice Center, OPP – Other People’s Poetry (or Prose), featuring Daniel Nester.
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Third Thursday Poetry Night Featuring Alex Sherman-Cross
Poet Alex Sherman-Cross will be the featured poet at the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center on Thursday, November 21.
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Nitty Gritty Slam #52 – The Season Two Night of Champions
Nitty Gritty Slam is marking the end of its second year on Aug 20 with The Night of Champions where we invite all of the winners from Season Two to compete.
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WordFest 2013, Day 5, April 18 — Third Thursday Poetry Night
They packed the house tonight at the Social Justice Center for the second standing-room-only event of WordFest. Of course it helped that there were 18 featured poets, students from the Poetry in Performance class at the College of St. Rose. But there were also 17 poets signed up for the open mic, loyal regulars, some
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Nitty Gritty Slam #38 – The Women of Albany Poetry Slam, February 19
Jessie & Alex get ready How could I not be there? All women poets in the Slam! But first an open mic (the only way I could read my poems tonight) hosted by Mojavi. Brian Dorn was here for the 1st time testing the waters, starting off with a love poem about a smile, then
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Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of February 17, 2013
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 and Albany Poets has been invited to be a part of it. We will be bringing a great mix of Albany poets on Monday to
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Nitty Gritty Slam #38 – The Women of Albany Poetry Slam at Valentine’s
Tuesday, February 19 will mark the first time we hold the Women of Albany Poetry Slam at Valentines. This is going to be a great show, not to be missed. We are featuring four of the most dynamic and powerful female poets in the area for this special edition of NGS. We have held three
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NGS #36 Results – Coming in From The Rain
What started out as a very slow night at Valentine’s ended up being a great evening of poetry and spoken word at NGS #36. It was an unusual 5th Tuesday event for us and we are all still getting used to the new Season Two schedule, but everyone who showed up had a great time
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NGS #30 Results – The Top Two Going to the Grand Slam
What an exciting night Tuesday night was. Election night in America and the first semi-final at Nitty Gritty Slam to determine who will be moving on to the next stage in the team selection process. The night started out with the open mic to warm up the already smokey room, electrical fires be damned. Mojavi
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Nitty Gritty Slam #30 – The First Team NGS Semi-Final on Tuesday, November 6
What better way to spent Election night than at a poetry slam and open mic? Join us on Tuesday, November 6 at Valentine’s for Nitty Gritty Slam #30. This edition of Albany’s poetry slam series will be a special slam for the top eight points leaders so far in the season battling it out in
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NGS #28 Results – With Fifteen Poets in the First Round
If poetry slams and spoken word performances are dead, then we did not get that memo, because we had another packed house at Valentine’s for NGS #28 this past Tuesday. Our featured poets, Meg Waldron and Robyn Bateman, were a fantastic addition to the open mic and poetry slam. Meg and Robyn put on a great show and the
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