Nitty Gritty Slam #52, August 20
Nitty Gritty Slam #52: Season 2 Night of Champions was delivered to us like Monday night wrestling, only not quite (but almost) as scripted.
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Looking Back at the Top 10 Local Poetry Open Mics and Events of the Past
A lot of things have changed over the years in our poetry community, so we asked local poets their thoughts on poetry open mics and events of the past.
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Poetyc Visionz Presents The Real Reality Album Release Party This Friday at The Book Club
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
The Outlawz of Spoken Word Present: Emotional Rollercoaster
We all know that poetry is alive and well in Albany, especially downtown. Contrary to a recent Times Union article, poetry and spoken word has been thriving all over this great city of ours for the better part of 30 years and it is growing more and more each week. With that in mind, some
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The Safe Haven…Business or Pleasure?…, January 31
This is a new open mic series in town that I’ve been meaning to get to, but it’s on Thursdays & I miss at least one a month due to my own venue on the third Thursday & somehow other Thursdays get away from me as well. Finally, I got there this…
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United Artist at The Book Club
This coming Saturday, October 13, at The Book Club (153 South Pearl Street, Albany) there is going to be an amazing show featuring some of the most talented local poets, singers, performers, and spoken word artists as Her Temple Monologues, The Collective, and Urban Guerilla Theatre are all coming together for the first time for United Artist. This
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Between the Lines, July 27
This is a new series at Francesscas Cafe during Troy Night Out, run by poet D. Colin. But before most of the poets arrived a neighborhood regular, Dan Schultz, stepped up to improvise a tune on an Irish tin whistle. Meanwhile other poets wandered in …
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Love Jones, July 6
Or more accurately, half of Love Jones, since I bailed out at the break (end of a long night), at Rudy’s Restaurant in Rensselaer, presented by The Collective. Bless served as host with the lovely Shelly doing trivia contests between the performers. …
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Looking Back… 2009 Albany Word Fest: The First 12-Hour Open Mic
The first 12-Hour Word Fest Open Mic took place at the 2009 Albany Word Fest. In an effort to give everyone an opportunity to share their word at the annual event, we held the open mic portion from 7:00PM Friday, April 17 to 7:00AM on Saturday, April 18. We began the night without any chairs,
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Looking Back… 2005 Albany Word Fest: A New Beginning
After the 2003 Albany Word Fest, Albany Poets went through some major changes. One of those changes was moving the Word Fest from September to April. We began the new annual tradition by expanding it to two days, April 22 and 23, 2005, and having performances and events in four different locations (The Lark Tavern,
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Nitty Gritty Slam, February 21
Tonight, much to the chagrin of the official Slam bartender Kim, we were upstairs at Valentines to make room for a band in the usual poets’ spot. We were just as funky & even louder to carry our voices over the sound of electric guitars & drum…
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NGS #12 Results – In The Money Again…
We were upstairs for this edition of the Nitty Gritty Slam, battling the band downstairs. The voices of the poets rose above it all and we were treated to some great new poetry and some old favorites both at the open mic and the slam. Before the slam began, and while Dain Brammage was rounding
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