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.
We are working very hard on getting Up The River published and out to everyone who loves poetry and art. In the meantime, we have new poetry up on the site.
The house was packed for today’s featured poet, Jill Crammond, with a long list of open mic poets, introduced by Edie Abrams. I’d gotten there early before the doors were
Way back in ancient times (i.e., 12 years ago) when Word Fest started, it was just a stumbing toddler in Thatcher Park in the Fall, a grand open mic of
Editor Jill Crammond (left) with poetry co-conspirator Carolee Sherwood As I have been wont to say during April, “In Albany, every day is Poetry Month.” Especially today as the week-long
We are very proud to be kicking off the 2013 Albany Word Fest at McGeary’s (4 Clinton Square, Albany), the home of our monthly open mic, Poets Speak Loud, on
We are now within two weeks until the 2013 Albany Word Fest, our annual celebration of National Poetry Month and the poetry and spoken word of upstate New York. This
Our customary intimate gathering for poetry in the living room of the Pride Center of the Capital Region, tonight not only poets to read in the open mic but some
The College of Saint Rose has an interview up on their English Blog with our very own (and Saint Rose M.F.A. student) Carolee Sherwood as part of their “What We Talk
I like to gender balance my readings so since 2 male poets read last week (Don Levy & Donald Lev) I scheduled “The Women Poets of Willett St.” for tonight’s Poets in the Park. It was another fine Summer eve under the shadow of the Robert Burns sta…
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
This coming week it looks like the new open mic series at Ben & Jerry’s on Lark St. will be kicking off after reschuling last month. This reading will be
