The Hudson Valley Writers Guild recently held a poetry contest and next Saturday at 1:00PM the winners and other participants will read their poems at the Bethlehem Public Library, 451 Delaware Ave., Delmar. If you are a regualr at the poetry open mics in the area, you will recognize some of the names of poets who […]
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We are at the end of another great week of poetry and spoken word here in Albany, but there is more to come next week. This past Tuesday, we saw a great crowd at Valentine’s for Nitty Gritty Slam #28 featuring Meg Waldron and Robyn Bateman. It was also our largest slam in terms of participants with
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We are gearing up for another big week of poetry and spoken word in the area by welcoming John Survivor Blake to the Nitty Gritty Slam on Tuesday evening as the featured poet at NGS #27. Then on Wednesday evening, Carol Graser has the legendary Emily XYZ as the featured poet at Caffe Lena. Here
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The one-two punch of poetry and spoken word on the first Tuesday and Wednesday of the month continues the night after NGS #27 on Wednesday, October 3 with the Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic featuring Emily XYZ with reading partner Myers Bartlett. Emily XYZ is an American writer and performer best known for her spoken-word
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One of the great small press publishers in our area needs our help. They suffered a terrible tragedy two months ago, lost all of their equipment, and need to rebuild. FootHill Publishing has long been a huge supporter of local poetry. In the past few years Michael Czarnecki and his crew have published many local poets
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Back up to Saratoga Springs, this month with my friend Don Levy tagging along for the first time in many months. It was another full list of open mic poets & a similar program of the featured poets, the Nitty Gritty Slam team out of Albany, NY, fr…
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On Wednesday, September 5, just one day after we kick off the new season of the Nitty Gritty Slam, the team will be traveling up to the historic Caffe Lena for the monthly poetry open mic. Not only is this going to be a special event, highlighting the incredible talent from Albany’s poetry slam series,
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Saratoga Springs in August means mortal combat over parking spaces, crowded bars. But I was able to negotiate both to get myself & my guest Ken Hada to the reading on time, after a convivial time at the Parting Glass with the other featured poet, …
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This Wednesday, after a day at the track, poetry returns to Saratoga Springs in its normal, first Wednesday of the month spot at Caffe Lena. This month host Carol Graser has Mark O’Brien and Ken Hada as the featured poets. As always, there is an open mic for poetry and spoken word at this fabulous,
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We had a great week of poetry and spoken word in Albany this past week. Now let’s take a look at what is coming up in another busy week in Poetryland. We are kicking the week off with Poets Speak Loud at McGeary’s with featured poet and Nitty Gritty Slam team member, ILLiptical. This is
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Because the Indpendence Day holiday landed on the first Wednesday this year, host Carol Graser moved the monthly Caffe Lena poetry open mic to the second Wednesday. So this coming Wednesday, July 11, poetry will be back at one of the most historic and wonderful venues in the area with featured poets Jill Crammond and
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Last week was action packed with poetry and spoken word happening all over the area and this coming week is looking just as great starting with Professor Java’s Wide Open Mic on Monday evening. Monday, July 9 8:00pm – Professor Java’s Wide Open Mic Professor Java’s, 217 Wolf Road, Colonie, NY Albany Poets’ monthly reading,
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The Hudson Valley Writers Guild supports the efforts of writers in all genres by sponsoring readings, workshops, and contests and providing a number of valuable resources for the entire literary community.
