On Sunday, October 28 poets will be gathering at the Old Songs Community Center (37 South Main Street, Voorheesville) for the next edition of the Sunday Four Open Mic series. This month the featured poet is Lori Desrosiers, who maintains the Poetry News website, a weekly newsletter/magazine which chronicles the poetry events in the Pioneer Valley and Western MA as well […]
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We are at the end of another great week of poetry and spoken word here in Albany. On Tuesday, we had new poets come out and compete at Nitty Gritty Slam #26 with a some new faces walking away with the prize money at the end of the night. We are now looking forward to
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This Sunday marks the start of the new season of the Sunday Four Open Mic series at the Old Songs Community Center (37 South Main Street, Voorheesville). This month the featured poet is Suzanne Cleary, who recently won the 2012 John Ciardi Prize for Poetry. Here is the announcement from hosts Edie Abrams, Mike Burke, and Dennis Sullivan: A NEW SEASON
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Saratoga Springs in August means mortal combat over parking spaces, crowded bars. But I was able to negotiate both to get myself & my guest Ken Hada to the reading on time, after a convivial time at the Parting Glass with the other featured poet, …
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Starting on September 23, after a short summer break, Dennis Sullivan, Mike Burke, and Edie Abrams will be kicking off the fifth season of the Sunday Four Poetry Open Mic series at the Old Songs Community Arts Center in Voorheesville. This great open mic for “poets, striving to-be poets, and lovers of language” happens every
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We had a great week of poetry and spoken word in Albany this past week. Now let’s take a look at what is coming up in another busy week in Poetryland. Sunday, June 24 3:00pm – Sunday Four Poetry Open Mic Old Songs Community Center, 37 South Main Street, Voorheesville Open Mic for poets and
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On Sunday, June 24, the Sunday Four Poetry Open Mic series will be closing its season with a very special performance from featured poet Bernadette Mayer. Great news! BERNADETTE MAYER is coming to Sunday Four Poetry Open Mic on the 24th of June at Old Songs. She is our clean-up hitter to finish our Fourth
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In the midst of the weekend of parades, Mall sales, & backyard cookouts poets showed up to read their work & listen to others & then … but I’ll leave that for the end. So Mike Burke served as MC then Edie Abrams took over introducing the…
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We have a lot of poetry events coming up next week. For a third week in a row, there are seven full days of open mics and readings going on the upstate area starting on Sunday, May 27 with a poetry and spoken word open mic in Voorheesville with yours truly as the featured poet.
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Hudson Valley Writers Guild Newsletter, October 15 In This Issue Guild Announcements: Community of Writers Reading in Albany, Winners Announced for the Guild’s Short Fiction Contest, The Schenectady Community of Writers Event, HVWG website update and call for member profiles Member Announcements: M.E. Kemp, Barbara M. Traynor Area Announcements: Book Sale at East Line Books,
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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.
