Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of October 27, 2013
Another big week of poetry starts this evening with Yes! at the Albany Center Gallery and continues all week with open mics and readings.
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Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of September 1, 2013
Just looking at the calendar and realizing, once again, that we have a lot of poetry and spoken word events in the upstate New York region.
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WordFest 2013, Day 6: Open Mic, April 19
Way back in ancient times (i.e., 12 years ago) when Word Fest started, it was just a stumbing toddler in Thatcher Park in the Fall, a grand open mic of everyone & anyone who wanted to & could sign up, a poetic, shall we say, cluster fuck, the alcohol induced birth of the brain-child of
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Getting Closer… Two Weeks Until the 2013 Albany Word Fest
We are now within two weeks until the 2013 Albany Word Fest, our annual celebration of National Poetry Month and the poetry and spoken word of upstate New York. This year’s event will take place on Sunday, April 14 – Saturday, April 20, 2013 at seven different venues in and around Albany, NY. The week will
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Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of December 2, 2012
Welcome to the holiday season in upstate New York. We survived Thanksgiving and the November edition of Poets Speak Loud this past Monday, now we look forward to another great week of poetry and spoken word kicking off the month of December. Things really heat up in the middle of the week with Nitty Gritty Slam on
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Woodstock Poetry Society and Festival Reading Featuring Mike Jurkovic and Rebecca Schumejda
We just can not get enough of Rebecca Schumejda these days. She recently launched her new book down in Kingston with a great reading with Cheryl Rice and Nate Graziano. On top of that she is the featured poet here in the Albany Poets website and will be the performing at Poets Speak Loud on Monday night at
Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of November 11, 2012
Last week was action packed with poetry and spoken word happening all over the area and this coming week is looking just as great. There are a lot of great events lined up with fantastic featured poets. Get out and support local arts this coming week. Sunday, November 11 2:00pm – Poetry + Prose The
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Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of September 30, 2012
We are gearing up for another big week of poetry and spoken word in the area by welcoming John Survivor Blake to the Nitty Gritty Slam on Tuesday evening as the featured poet at NGS #27. Then on Wednesday evening, Carol Graser has the legendary Emily XYZ as the featured poet at Caffe Lena. Here
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COW (Chronogram Open Word) Featuring Bruce Weber, Joanne Pagano Weber, and Teresa Costa
A lot of poetry happening in the Hudson Valley this weekend as the COW series continues this coming Saturday at the brand new Outdated Cafe in Kingston. This is another great monthly poetry event hosted by Phillip Levine with featured performers and an open mic. COW (Chronogram Open Word): Poetry/Prose/Performance is (usually) hosted byChronogram’s poetry editor Phillip
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Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of August 26, 2012
We are at the end of another great week of POETRY and spoken word here in Albany this week. On Tuesday, we crowned local POET and MC, ILLiptical as the Nitty Gritty Slam Season One Champion. We also announced the Season Two schedule for NGS to get everyone ready for the next series of slam
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Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of August 19, 2012
Team Nitty Gritty is back from Charlotte and ready to celebrate the end of the first year of the Nitty Gritty Slam on Tuesday night at Valentine’s. But that is not the only poetry event in town. We have a lot going on as always in the upstate New York region. Here’s is a look at the week
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COW (Chronogram Open Word) Featuring Mayapple Writers’ Retreat Writers
The COW series continues this Saturday, August 4 (after a couple of recent cancellations) at Outdated – An Antique Cafe. This great poetry open mic series is usually hosted by Phillip Levine, but this time around there are going to be two sub-hosts (Bruce Weber and Joanne Pagano Weber) filling his shoes. This month the featured
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