CapCity Slam Grows at The Barn
Our friends over at CapCity Slam recently changed their name from Nitty Gritty Slam and set off on a new course at the Albany Barn.
Dain Brammage
Nitty Gritty Going to The National Poetry Slam in Chicago
The Nitty Gritty Slam Team is heading to Chicago next month to represent the Capital Region at the 2018 National Poetry Slam.
Throwback Audio – Dain Brammage at Poets Speak Loud – April 24, 2006
Dain Brammage was the featured poet at the post-Word Fest edition of Poets Speak Loud at Tess’ Lark Tavern on April 24, 2006.
Nitty Gritty Slam #50 – Celebrating a Milestone at Valentine’s
We’ve made it to Nitty Gritty Slam #50! In September 2011 we had no idea what the future would hold for Albany’s poetry slam. Come out and celebrate with us.
NGS #18 Results – Elizag Wins Again and El Presidente Ties For Second
Another great night for poetry and spoken word at Valentine’s on Tuesday, May 15 as we huddled together for the 18th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam. We had a few poets running late and some more out of town for this night, but we still had a great evening with a couple of new slammers …
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Nitty Gritty Slam #18, May 15
Dustin Walker readingThom Francis, el presidente, was a busy man tonight, hosting the open mic, keeping score & slamming. The open mic offered a great variety of poems & poets, starting with Leslie Michelle doing a poem by someone else, then D…
Nitty Gritty Slam #18 Next Tuesday at Valentine’s
On Tuesday, May 15, we storm back into Valentine’s for the 18th installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam. Can you believe that it has been 9 months since we started this thing? At NGS #17 we had new faces claim the top spots with Tenesha Smith, Kat SoPoetic, and Algorhythm. Who will return to defend their …
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NGS #17 Results – Learning the Alphabet with Algorhythm
We kicked off the month of May with Nitty Gritty Slam #17 at Valentine’s and in the process crowned a new champ. We also had some new faces step up and take the other two top spots. But, before the slam, Mojavi hosted the open mic and welcomed some local poets who have yet to take part in the …
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Nitty Gritty Slam #16 – Word Fest Edition – at Valentine’s on Tuesday, April 17
On Tuesday, April 17, right in the middle of Word Fest week we will the holding the 16th installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam. This time around we are ruight in the middle of the 2012 Albany Word Fest, continuing the poetry and spoken word throughout the week. The last slam at Valentine’s was a close contest …
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NGS #15 Results – Pseudonymous at a Pseudo-slam
This was a night of pseudonyms as there were more folks on stage with alternate names than their given names. Actually there were a couple of poets who had a stage name for their stage name. Very confusing, but a good time all around for the 15th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam. First we had …
Looking Back… 2008 Albany Word Fest
The 2008 Albany Word Fest followed a similar format to the 2007 event, but without the midday performances on Saturday. We gathered at the UAG Gallery on a beautiful spring Friday night for the annual Word Fest Open Mic hosted by Mary Panza. We had poets perform from all over the east coast this year as Max …
Nitty Gritty Slam #15, April 3
It was such a slow crowd growing — who knew if we’d have enough for the Slam, let alone judges (always a problem), but the folks kept on coming in (while even Mojavi the open mic host was late). But AlbanyPoets Thom (el presidente) Francis took over …
