This Saturday, May 25, in Saugerties, three incredible Hudson Valley poets, Chris Wood, Pamela Twining, and Phillip Levine, will be the featured readers at the monthly poetry open mic / reading series at the Inquiring Minds Bookstore. This star-studded event is hosted by Laura Ludwig and Sean Willett. Chris Wood is a life long resident of the Hudson valley region of […]
We are coming to the end of another great year of poetry and spoken word in upstate New York. We had a lot of wonderful readings and events over the past 12 months and we want to know what your favorites were. Leave a comment and let us know what you thought about the poetry
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It is the start of the holiday season and this coming Thursday is Thanksgiving. What are you thankful for? We at Albany Poets are thankful for the all of the poets and spoken word artists in the area that make this part of the country so great and keep the arts flowing. Thank you. Here’s
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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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After the Banned Books ReadOut Saturday morning in Troy it’s time to get on the road and head down to one of the great independent bookstores in the Hudson Valley. Starting at 7:00PM on Saturday evening Laura Ludwig is hosting a poetry reading featuring Donald Lev, Patricia Martin, Dean Schambach, and Chris Wood at The Inquiring Mind Book
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We are at the end of another great week of poetry and spoken word here in Albany. On Tuesday, we had new poets come out and compete at Nitty Gritty Slam #26 with a some new faces walking away with the prize money at the end of the night. We are now looking forward to
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Once again we have a lot going in the upstate New York region. From poetry and spoken word to story telling and slam, we certainly do cover all the bases here in upstate NY. Here’s is a look at the week ahead… Monday, September 17 6:30pm – Ben & Jerry’s Open Mic Ben & Jerry’s,
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Team Nitty Gritty is back from Charlotte and ready to celebrate the end of the first year of the Nitty Gritty Slam on Tuesday night at Valentine’s. But that is not the only poetry event in town. We have a lot going on as always in the upstate New York region. Here’s is a look at the week
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Let’s take a look at the week ahead as we make our poetry plans. We have a new open mic series starting on Monday at Ben & Jerry’s on Lark St. to work in concert with the St. Poem Series at the UAG. Should be a dynamic evening of music and spoken word. Then on
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We have a lot of poetry events coming up next week. For another week in a row, there are seven full days of open mics and readings going on the upstate area starting on Sunday, May 20 with a great reading by the Delmar Writers group at the Bethlehem Library. Sunday, May 20 2:00pm –
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Chris Wood, Kingston area poet and host of the Heyday Poetry Series at Half-Moon Books, will be the featured poet at the next Poetry on the Loose event this Saturday, March 3 in Warwick. Here is more information from host William Seaton: Chris Wood will read at the next program in the Poetry on the Loose Reading/Performance Series. The
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Robery Milby is probably the busiest man in poetry business. He works tirelessly to bring poetry and spoken word to as many people as possible each and every month. Even though February is a short month, that is not slowing Robert down. Here is what he has planned for this month in the Hudson Valley.
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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.
