Mary Panza put on her sexy high-heels, then made sure we noticed, as we gathered in the Back Room of McGeary’s, chasing out the interlopers on their way to the Palace Theater movie or the Capital Rep. Hey, all the theater was here! The featured poet,…
Poets Speak Loud!, March 24 Read More »
Things are really heating up as we get closer to selecting the team to represent Albany and NGS at the National Poetry Slam in Boston. This 41st edition of Albany’s poetry slam series will be another special slam for the top nine points leaders battling it out in the second semi-final to be part of Team NGS
Nitty Gritty Slam #41 – The 2nd Team NGS Semi-Final at Valentine’s on Tuesday, April 2 Read More »
Poetyc Visionz might as well move into the Book Club (153 South Pearl Street, Albany), because he has a busy couple of nights ahead of him at the downtown venue. Tonight he is hosting his weekly “Safe Haven” poetry open mic. The Safe Haven is one of the hottest mics happening right now in Albany and
We don’t always have featured poets at Nitty Gritty Slam, but when we do, we like to bring in some of the most dynamic and powerful performers that we can find. So far this season we have welcomed John Survivor Blake, Meg Waldron, Robyn Bateman, Influence, and McPherson. For NGS #40 activist, educator, poet, musician Jared Paul is coming into town
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Albany Poets was/were the featured poets one of the events of this week-long arts festival in Pittsfield, MA, at the yBar on North Street . The (whole sick) crew consisted of el presidente Thom Francis, Jill Crammond, Mojavi, Shannon Shoemaker, Kevin Peterson, Algorhythm & me (DWx). Thom introduced the night with a bar poem, served
10×10 Poetry Festival, February 18 Read More »
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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Albany Poets is very proud to be a part of the 10×10 Poetry Festival in Pittsfield on Monday night, February 18. Local poets Shannon Shoemaker, Kevin Peterson, Algorhythm, Jill Crammond, Dan Wilcox, and Mojavi will be representing the poets and spoken word artists of Albany at one of the seven poetry events that will be
Albany Poets… in Pittsfield on Monday, February 18 Read More »
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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We are back at Valentine’s this coming Tuesday, February 5 with the 37th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam! This time around we are back in our 1st and 3rd Tuesday groove and having another Open Slam where the points count. One of the major things that we try to remind people, especially new poets getting
Nitty Gritty Slam #37 – The Points Are Not The Point, But They Do Count Read More »
We are back at Valentine’s on Tuesday, January 29 for a special, fifth Tuesday edition of Nitty Gritty Slam. Earlier this season Kevin Peterson and Poetyc Visionz advanced to the Grand Slam, joining Season One Champion of Champions ILLiptical. The Grand Slam will determine who will be representing NGS at the National Poetry Slam in
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Happy New Year! The first slam, actually the first POETRY event of 2013 in the area happened on January 1 at Valentine’s. Some of us came from the incredible annual get together at Dan Wilcox‘s house, other right from the Governor’s open house with Sandra Lee, and the rest were shaking off their hangovers from
NGS #34 Results – The Golden Boy Returns to Albany and Takes Another Win Read More »
Last week at Valentine’s we had a another packed house for poetry and spoken word (and of course our featured poet Influence all the way from Connecticut). This was also the night where we reset the Season Two scores and held an Open Slam. By the end of the night and for the second slam in
NGS #32 Results – An Open Slam With Some Influence Read More »
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