One week from tonight we will be deep into Word Fest week and for day five there are two opportunities for poets and spoken word artists to get on the
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
Last year this event kicked off the Word Fest, this year it is taking place one week early, just missing our annual event. Pitchapalooza is a great concept and opportunity
Frequency North: The Visiting Writers Reading Series at The College of Saint Rose, the great series of readings from poets and writers curated by our good friend Daniel Nester is back
Always one of the highlights of the year, Poetry Out Loud returns to Albany on Thursday, Feb 21 with the first regional poetry recitation competition. Once again, many local poets and performers
We had 16 poets get on stage and share their work throughout the evening at Nitty Gritty Slam #31 on Tuesday, November 20 at Valentines between the open mic and
What an exciting night Tuesday night was. Election night in America and the first semi-final at Nitty Gritty Slam to determine who will be moving on to the next stage
The Friends of Albany Public Library will be honoring Daniel Nester at the Fall Book and Author Event at the University Club on Washington Ave. on Saturday, November 17. Daniel
The Frequency North Writers Series continues next week, November 15, at The College of Saint Rose featuring readings by former dominatrix-turned-author Melissa Febos and prize-winning young poet Eduardo C. Corral. Melissa Febos is the
If poetry slams and spoken word performances are dead, then we did not get that memo, because we had another packed house at Valentine’s for NGS #28 this past Tuesday. Our featured poets, Meg
With tornado warnings hitting the news, rain pouring down, and bluegrass playing downstairs, the poets still came out to Valentine’s for Nitty Gritty Slam #26 last Tuesday. We were joined by some
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
