Sunday Four Poetry, February 24
Quite a full house of audience & open mic poets to hear the featured poet, Sylvia Barnard. But always, here, the open mic first. I was first on the list […]
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Third Thursday Poetry Night, February 21
It was a slow-starting night, but by the time the crowd gathered we had 11 open mic poets, plus our featured reader, William Seaton. But first I invoked the Muse, tonight the sadly recently-gone Jayne Cortez with her wonderful, rhythmic, amusing poem,…
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Sylvia Barnard to Read at the Social Justice Center
Sylvia Barnard is a very busy poet these days. She has been featured at the Live From the Living Room series and the Sunday Four Poetry Open Mic as well as
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2013 Albany Word Fest – A Week Long Celebration of the Poetry and Spoken Word of Upstate New York
In celebration of National Poetry Month, Albany Poets is proud to present the 2013 Albany Word Fest featuring the poetry and spoken word of upstate New York. This year’s event
Nitty Gritty Slam #38 – The Women of Albany Poetry Slam, February 19
Jessie & Alex get ready How could I not be there? All women poets in the Slam! But first an open mic (the only way I could read my poems
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New Photos from the Scene
We love to document the poetry readings and open mics in the area whenever we can. Dan Wilcox has been taking pictures of poets for years and has a great
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10×10 Poetry Festival, February 18
Albany Poets was/were the featured poets one of the events of this week-long arts festival in Pittsfield, MA, at the yBar on North Street . The (whole sick) crew consisted
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Live from the Living Room, February 13
Gathered in the living room of the Pride Center we awaited the arrival of the featured poet, who didn’t show, but our host, Don Levy was patient & there were
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Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of February 17, 2013
What a great week of poetry and spoken word we have lined up. Our friends over in Pittsfield at WordXWord are part of a great city-wide arts festival called 10X10
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Poetry + Prose / 2nd Sunday @ 2, February 10
Nancy Klepsch was back as co-host with me, DWx, & a full list of open mic readers, some for the first time, some regulars. George Guarino started us off with a hypnotic reading of his piece “What If,” setting the tone for the afternoon. …
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Albany Poets… in Pittsfield on Monday, February 18
Albany Poets is very proud to be a part of the 10×10 Poetry Festival in Pittsfield on Monday night, February 18. Local poets Shannon Shoemaker, Kevin Peterson, Algorhythm, Jill Crammond,
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Caffè Lena Poetry Open Mic, February 6
I was surprised when I arrived at Caffè Lena to find a taller, more expansive Carol Graser, then realized that it was Alan Casline who was performing the duties, in
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