We return to McGeary’s on August 26 for another edition of Poets Speak Loud with one of the finest poets in the nation as our featured poet, Bertha Rogers.
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On Monday, we start another great week packed with open mics, slams, and featured readings with Poets Speak Loud featuring Brian Dorn kicking things off.
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Mary is known for her mouth and not being able to keep her comments to herself. In this edition of Housewife Tuesday she explains how she ruined porn night.
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Mary Panza is back with her first, albeit a week late, post-vacation Housewife Tuesday packed with tales from Cape Cod, coffee, and catching up with TV.
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We return to McGeary’s on Monday, July 29 for another edition of Poets Speak Loud with this month’s featured poet Brian Dorn. Brian is a great new face on the scene who has brought is rhyming poems to almost every poetry and spoken word reading and open mic in the area for the past year. He
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A lot of things have changed over the years in our poetry community, so we asked local poets their thoughts on poetry open mics and events of the past.
Looking Back at the Top 10 Local Poetry Open Mics and Events of the Past Read More »
Mary Panza doesn’t like the outdoors without a lot of bug spray and cocktails. In this edition of Housewife Tuesday, Mary lets you know why.
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On Monday, June 24 we are back downtown for the June edition of Albany Poets’ long-running open mic series, Poets Speak Loud. This time around we will have a special guest host as our usual Mistress of Ceremonies, Mary Panza, will be out of town. Taking charge for the evening will be none other than one of
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Capri’s mother (Capri senior) had one of the best quotes I have ever heard, “TV, what else is there?” I have to agree. I’m no intellectual. The days of thinking I’m somehow high art are long since past. Truth be told, as a fat child, TV was good to me. It didn’t mock me. It
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Poets Speak Loud!, May 27 This series is held on the last Monday of the month & so each year it falls on Memorial Day in May. Today we gathered in spite of (or because of) the Holiday in the back room of McGeary’s, our busy, attentive waitress was Victoria (a real cutey) & our
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We just told you about our fantastic new events calendar system on the site, but we still want to give your weekly run down of what is going in the area. We have another full week ahead of us with poetry, music, spoken word, and some storytelling. Here is what is coming up in Poetryland
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By the time you are reading this I hope to be suffering a massive hangover from giant shots of tequila. I’ve decided to kick it old school. I am deciding this on Wednesday. God knows how I will feel tomorrow. The last week or so things have been strange. I got hit on Friday night.
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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.
