If you were not at Valentine’s last Tuesday night for Nitty Gritty Slam #27, you missed out on an incredible night of poetry and spoken word. The room was packed […]
NGS #27 Results – A Full House and a Fantastic Feature Read More »
A packed house because St. Rose cancelled classes & the poetry professors sent their students to Valentines (wish they would do that on a Third Thursday sometime). There was a long list of open mic poets so I signed up for the shorter Slam list, w…
Nitty Gritty Slam #27, October 2 Read More »
at McGeary’s Tavern on Clinton Square, especially when we are roasting el presidente of AlbanyPoets.com, Thom Francis, we are not only LOUD but out-fucking-rageous. Of course, led on by our host Mary Panza. But first she had to clear out the room o…
Poets Speak Loud!, September 24 Read More »
Occupy Albany teamed up with AlbanyPoets.com & touring performance poet Jared Paul to present a high-spirited evening of performance & politics at the Social Justice Center in Albany, NY.To start off the night & to represent to the gathered…
Occupy Albany / Jared Paul Reading, September 22 Read More »
at the Social Justice Center, competing with a couple other poetry events in Academe the same night, we still had 5 poets in the open mic & a number of non-readers who came to hear the featured poet, Cara Benson. But first I invoked the Muse, the …
Third Thursday Poetry Night, September 20 Read More »
Ken Hada, who recently read at the July edition of Poets Speak Loud and was featured poet at the Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic in August, just annoucned the release of
A New Poetry Collection From Ken Hada Read More »
but the living room of the Pride Center without the comfy couch & over-stuffed chairs, a bit more Spartan, one would say. But then our host, Don Levy, made it pleasant enough.Kristen Day photographs her Mom, Marilyn DayThe featured poet(s) was the…
Live from the Living Room, September 12 Read More »
Local area poets Cecele Kraus (Tuscaloosa Bypass), Mimi Moriarty (Sibling Reverie, War Psalm), Linda Sonia Miller (Something Worth Diving For), and Jan Tramontano (Paternal Nocturnewill) will be reading from chapbooks recently
Poetry in Copake on Friday, September 21 Read More »
Local poet, activist, photographer, and poetry host Dan Wilcox is included in a new anthology from FutureCycle Press entitled American Society: What Poets See. American Society: What Poets See is a selection
Dan Wilcox Included in “American Society: What Poets See” Read More »
Yesterday we told you about the Frequency North kicking off it’s new season on Thursday, but as we mentioned, there are a few other readings going on at the same
Third Thursday Poetry Night Featuring Cara Benson Read More »
Things like this do not happen very often, but there are three big poetry readings happening on Thursday, September 20 here in Albany. Dan Wilcox has Cara Benson as the
Frequency North’s Eighth Season Kicks Off This Thursday, September 20 Read More »
or as we like to call it 2nd Sunday at 2, into our 3rd year! Me & Nancy Klepsch (your hosts) & the fine collection of writers who show up to read. Nancy started us off with a poem she had just written, “Welcome,” & what better plac…
Poetry + Prose, September 9 Read More »
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.
