What a great way to kick off 2012! The poets gathered at Valentines this past Tuesday for the 9th edition of the Nitty Gritty Slam. After taking a little abuse about his pink sweater Mojavi hosted the open mic portion of the show that saw Jessica Layton, Daniel Nester, Tasha, a returning Dom Rizzo, Elizag, […]
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The poetry slam thrives in Albany! Come on out and slam or check out some of the amazing poet-performer-MCs that make up the Albany slam community. Come out and join us for the next installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam at Valentines on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. Sign up begins at 7:00PM, open mic starts
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With just a couple of days before Christmas and on the first night of Hanukkah the poets gathered at Valentines for the eighth installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam. The night started off with a preview piece from Poetyc Vyzonz’s new CD followed by an open mic hosted by Mojavi that featured Daniel Nester, the
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When You’re Strange (from Poetry Foundation) There are two kinds of people in this world: those who think the Doors are a hokey caricature of male rock stardom and those who think they’re, you know, shamans… Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology (from GalleyCat) The Occupy Wall Street library has produced the first Occupy Wall Street
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Nitty Gritty Slam #4 is this coming Tuesday, October 18 at Valentines. This time around we are upstairs at the club for the slam as the American Music Club with Dan Johnson and John Scarpulla will be meeting under the spoken word. What will Slam Master Brammage and Mojavi have in store for us this
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The Hudson Valley Writers Guildhas two big events coming up in the next couple of weeks. This coming Sunday is their Writers Conference with a panel discussion on e-publishing. HVWG Writers Conference, October 2, 1:30 p.m. The Hudson Valley Writers Guild will sponsor a free Writers Conference on Sunday, October 2, starting at 1:30PM at
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Our friend Daniel Nester recently set up shop at the Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy for “The Memoir Project“. Dan explains the project like this: Inspired by practitioners of personal monologue, first-person documentarians, and conceptual and performance art, The Memoir Office is a working writing space for The Memoirist (Daniel Nester), who
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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.
