29th Annual “Day of Poet” (Capitaland Cup) Poetry Contest and Open Mic
The 29th Annual “Day of Poet” Poetry Contest and Open Mic will take place Saturday, November 25, 2016 at the William K. Sanford Library.
Miriam Axel-Lute
Day of Poet (Capitaland Cup) Poetry Contest and Open Mic
The 28th Annual “Day of Poet” Poetry Contest and Open Mic will take place Saturday, November 26, 2016 at the William K. Sanford Library.
27th Annual “Day of Poet” Poetry Contest and Open Mic
The 27th Annual “Day of Poet” Poetry Contest & Open Mic is Saturday, November 28 at the William K. Sanford Library with a top prize of $200.
Throwback Audio – Miriam Axel-Lute at Poetry at the UAG – January 23, 2009
Here is Throwback Thursday (#tbt) Audio of poet Miriam Axel-Lute reading at the “Poetry at the UAG” series on Friday, January 23, 2009.
Pine Hills Review Reading, July 13
This was the second reading from the Pine Hills Review, the literary magazine of The College of St. Rose’s MFA in Creative Writing Program.
Albany Word Fest — Episode 5, April 18
When the first Word Fest happened in 2001 it was an open mic. Since then Word Fest has grown & changed, but the one constant is the annual Word Fest Open Mic.
Inching Closer to the 2014 Albany Word Fest
We are now within two weeks until the 2014 Albany Word Fest, our celebration of National Poetry Month and the poetry and spoken word of upstate NY.
Nitty Gritty Slam #41 – The 2nd Team NGS Semi-Final at Valentine’s on Tuesday, April 2
Things are really heating up as we get closer to selecting the team to represent Albany and NGS at the National Poetry Slam in Boston. This 41st edition of Albany’s poetry slam series will be another special slam for the top nine points leaders battling it out in the second semi-final to be part of Team NGS …
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Nitty Gritty Slam #39 – Dead Poets, March 4
It was with fear & trepidation that I went to this Slam, nervous that someone would read one of my poems, that I had missed the obituary, but then, even dead, no one would probably read my poems, & no one did, not even me. Kevin Peterson, getting used to being the MC at poetry …
Looking Back… 2006 Albany Word Fest
After the success of the expanded 2005 Albany Word Fest, we continued the two-day poetry festival in 2006 as we held events at the UAG Gallery, Tess’ Lark Tavern, and Valentine’s to celebrate not only National Poetry Month, but the great poetry and spoken word community here in the upstate NY region. We kicked everything …
Third Thursday Poetry Night, March 15
So we gathered once again, this time on the Ides of March, at the Social Justice Center not to stab Caesar but to read poetry. It looked like a short night but as the evening progressed more readers showed up. Tonight when I invoked the Muse it was …
Nitty Gritty Slam #10, January 17
At some of the previous Slams here at Valentines, notably #9, the scores were so uniformly high, no matter what was performed, that it was like the judges were all clones, or smoking on the same crack pipe.
