Hailing originally from the Helderberg Mountains Avery has been in and out of the poetry scene for over a decade. His college days saw him venture deeply into the wilds of poetry and he has been lost there ever since, escaping from time to time to perform in front of audiences and then vanishing back into the nether realms of run on sentences, flowery metaphors and convoluted analogies.
For one night only, Tuesday, March 18, Nitty Gritty Slam #66 will be at The Linda for the final Open Slam as we get closer to the Grand Slam.
On Tuesday, March 4 we are back at our new home, The Low Beat, for Nitty Gritty Slam #65, Albany’s one and only poetry slam series.
On Tuesday, February 18 we are moving to our brand new venue, The Low Beat, for Nitty Gritty Slam, Albany’s one and only poetry slam series.
On Tuesday, February 4 we head back to Nitty Gritty headquarters, Valentine’s, for the 63rd edition of Nitty Gritty Slam, Albany’s poetry slam.
For Nitty Gritty Slam #62, we are bringing back one of the most fun and hilarious themed poetry nights in our history, Bad Lyric Night!
The first slam of 2014 and one of the last to take place at our current home. Dan Wilcox was there, competed, and took a lot of notes.
The annual, pre-Xmas, visit from Sanity Clause, a yearly opportunity for the old fellow to have the badly-behaved good poets of Albany sit on his welcoming lap.
Nitty Gritty Slam returns to Valentine’s on Tuesday, January 7, kicking off the new year with NGS #61 featuring acclaimed Def Poet Gemineye.
We are back at Valentine’s for the final slam of 2013 & we’re celebrating the holiday season the only way we know how, with the Airing of Grievances!
Dan Wilcox made it to Nitty Gritty Slam at Valentine’s for the “Dead Poets’ Slam,” just to see if anyone was going to read one of his poems.
It was a raucous Nitty Gritty Slam night with Eirean Bradley & Leah Noble Davidson as the features, as well as the customary open mic.
The Third Thursday Poetry Night for July featured Jacky Kirkpatrick and she dragged in her friends, making for a great, full open mic list.
