Albany Word Fest — Episode 5, April 18
When the first Word Fest happened in 2001 it was an open mic. Since then Word Fest has grown & changed, but the one constant is the annual Word Fest Open Mic.
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Cheryl A. Rice
Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of April 13, 2014
Word Fest week is here! We have a week’s worth of poetry & spoken word events lined up. Plus, there are open mics & reading taking place all over the area.
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Inching Closer to the 2014 Albany Word Fest
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.
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Gary J. Whitehead to Read at Poetry on the Loose
Poetry on the Loose presents Gary J. Whitehead reading his work at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 1 in the Seligmann Studio, 23 White Oak Drive, Sugar Loaf (across from the SLPAC). An open reading will follow Whitehead’s presentation. This reading will be taking place right after a special workshop, “Gods & Heroes: Poetry as Memoir”, being offered by the Poetry Diva
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Up The River, Issue One Update and Preview
First, we want to apologize for the delay in publishing and distributing the first issue of Up The River. Due to an unexpected health issue with one of our editors, the schedule was pushed back quite a bit. We are working feverishly on putting the finishing touches on the journal and hope to get it
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WordFest 2013, Day 6: Open Mic, April 19
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 everyone & anyone who wanted to & could sign up, a poetic, shall we say, cluster fuck, the alcohol induced birth of the brain-child of
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WordFest 2013, Day 1, April 14
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 WordFest 2013 starts, & this is my second poetry event of the day. It was the “book launch” for the new poetry journal Up the
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Getting Closer… Two Weeks Until the 2013 Albany Word Fest
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 year’s event will take place on Sunday, April 14 – Saturday, April 20, 2013 at seven different venues in and around Albany, NY. The week will
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Poets Speak Loud!, May 21
&, man, did we ever have to this night, out in the dining area of McGeary’s rather than in our clubhouse backroom. We also shared the stage with the wonderful Ramblin’ Jug-Stompers, but that was a good thing. They are a blue-grass, old-time, blue…
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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… 2006 Albany Word Fest
After the success of the expanded 2005 Albany Word Fest, we continued the two-day poetry festival in 2006 as we held events at the UAG Gallery, Tess’ Lark Tavern, and Valentine’s to celebrate not only National Poetry Month, but the great poetry and spoken word community here in the upstate NY region. We kicked everything
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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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