HVWG Presents the 2024 Word Fest
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Hudson Valley Writers Guild is proud to present the 2024 Word Fest featuring the poetry and spoken word of upstate New York.
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Julie Lomoe
River Poems at the Melville House in Troy
River Poems, an afternoon of poetry and prose on the banks of the Hudson River at the historic 1786 Melville House in Troy, NY.
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Poets at the Arboretum, August 13
Dan Wilcox went out to the Pine Hollow Arboretum for a rare (in these pandemic times) in-person poetry open mic.
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2nd Tuesday Open Mic, January 12, 2021
Charlie Rossiter, our host, welcomed us to “Bennington” with his rap-inspired open mic welcome chant, and off we went.
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Poets Speak Loud!, February 24
Another great turnout at the Poets Speak Loud open mic at McGeary’s in Albany for our featured poet Glenn Cassidy.
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Poets Speak Loud!, November 25
Dan Wilcox checks in from the last Poets Speak Loud of 2019 at McGeary’s with the featured poet Mary Kathryn Jablonski.
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Poets Speak Loud!, September 30
Dan Wilcox breaks down the September 2019 edition of Poets Speak Loud at McGeary’s that featured the great Rebecca Schumejda.
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Upcoming Literary Events – Week of September 22, 2019
We have another great week of readings, open mics, events, workshops, and slams in the area to celebrate the literary arts.
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Word Fest 2019 — Readings Against the End of the World, April 12 – 13
Dan Wilcox spent a lot of time at the 2019 Word Fest Readings Against the End of the World open mic and took notes.
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Poets Speak Loud!, January 28
Dan Wilcox not only hosted the 14th Anniversary edition of Poets Speak Loud at McGeary’s, he also took notes on who stepped up to the mic.
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We’re Already Looking Forward to 2019 with The Troy Poetry Mission!
Jeff Doherty from NY Writer’s Compendium went to the last Troy Poetry Mission open mic of 2018 with featured poet Nancy Dunlop.
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Poets Speak Loud!, November 26
The old folks commandeered the center cluster of tables while others, including some new faces were spread about the rest of the room.
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