We had a great week of poetry and spoken word in the area last week and we are not skipping a beat going into the next week. There is no
Nitty Gritty Slam #19 is in the books and what a great night of poetry and spoken word it was. This was a night of new beginnings and big announcements
This coming Monday, June 11, starting at 8:00PM, Albany Poets presents the monthly Wide Open Mic at Professor Java’s Coffee Sanctuary on Wolf Road in Colonie hosted by the Nitty Gritty Slam
We have some exciting news! The Nitty Gritty Slam is now a certified slam, recognized by Poetry Slam, Inc., the governing body of poetry slams around the country. With that
So this past weekend I was in Chicago, and what better way to wind down a weekend of baseball, scorching heat, NATO/99% battles, beaches,bars, and delicious dining than with a
It was a mighty crowd at Professor Java’s this past Monday night for the May edition of the Wide Open Mic. Kevin Peterson began the evening by reminding us that it was,
This coming Monday, May 14, starting at 8:00PM, Albany Poets presents the monthly Wide Open Mic at Professor Java’s Coffee Sanctuary on Wolf Road in Colonie hosted by Kevin Peterson. Sign up starts
We kicked off the month of May with Nitty Gritty Slam #17 at Valentine’s and in the process crowned a new champ. We also had some new faces step up and take
So the center tables in the back room of McGeary’s has become the place where AlbanyPoets (or Albany poets) gather with our drinks & food as we wait for the open mic to begin. There is lots of room & even if you are a poetry virgin, if there i…
It’s all over except the shenanigans (or as we used to say, the “PsychoClusterFuck”). Karaoke + Poetry = Fun was held upstairs at Valentines. Lila ran the music machine & in order to sing you had to first read a poem. There was a great variety o…
Uh-oh, a call from Madame Vice-President (of AlbanyPoets.com) Mary Panza just as I getting ready to head down to the UAG Gallery for the Saint Poem series tribute to e.e. cummings (open mic) that the host, R.M. Engelhardt was under intestinal assault &…
We had a great time at Valentine’s last week when NGS #14 rolled into our favorite slam venue. The night started out slow, but as soon as we started the
