From the time-honored village of Ballston Spa, NY, Brian Dorn has been publishing rhyming-poetry on the internet for several years. A graduate of The University of Albany and SUNY Adirondack, Brian has effectively leveraged cyberspace to circulate his clever wordplay throughout an increasingly paperless world. Thanks to the web, Brian Dorn’s poetry has reached an audience far beyond upstate NY. Brian has authored hundreds of poems, many of which can be found in his two-volume collection, From My Poems To Yours.
We are now within two weeks until the 2014 Albany Word Fest, our celebration of National Poetry Month and the poetry and spoken word of upstate NY.
We have another big week of poetry and spoken word including a fresh Nitty Gritty Slam and the Third Thursday Poetry Night right on Central Ave.
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.
Back at the Garden Room of the Pride Center for this intimate, warm open reading (there is no mic nor no need for one), with our host Don Levy.
Coming up this week, there are seven days of readings, events, and open mics great featured performances by Brian Dorn and Cornelius Eady.
It was a raucous Nitty Gritty Slam night with Eirean Bradley & Leah Noble Davidson as the features, as well as the customary open mic.
We gathered at the living room of the Pride Center of the Capital Region to chat before listening to the night’s featured poet and open mic.
Dan Wilcox made it back from Cape Cod just in time to be part of the August edition of Poets Speak Loud with featured poet Bertha Rogers.
Nitty Gritty Slam #52: Season 2 Night of Champions was delivered to us like Monday night wrestling, only not quite (but almost) as scripted.
The Third Thursday Poetry Night for July featured Jacky Kirkpatrick and she dragged in her friends, making for a great, full open mic list.
Back at McGeary’s with our hosts, Mary Panza and Molly, and a hard-core of community poets for the open mic and featured poet, Brian Dorn.
A hot night in the Social Justice Center with the little air-conditioning quickly overwhelmed by the vast crowd with featured poet, Bob Elmendorf,
