Albany Poets was/were the featured poets one of the events of this week-long arts festival in Pittsfield, MA, at the yBar on North Street . The (whole sick) crew consisted of el presidente Thom Francis, Jill Crammond, Mojavi, Shannon Shoemaker, Kevin Peterson, Algorhythm & me (DWx). Thom introduced the night with a bar poem, served […]
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Tonight, UGT is presenting the 4th Annual Love and History show at The Linda. Mojavi is once again promising a great event featuring some of the best poets, musicians, comedians, spoken word artists, and more. A month of Love and History is a benchmark event that consists of the this region and beyond in POETRY,
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What a great week of poetry and spoken word we have lined up. Our friends over in Pittsfield at WordXWord are part of a great city-wide arts festival called 10X10 and Albany Poets has been invited to be a part of it. We will be bringing a great mix of Albany poets on Monday to
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Albany Poets is very proud to be a part of the 10×10 Poetry Festival in Pittsfield on Monday night, February 18. Local poets Shannon Shoemaker, Kevin Peterson, Algorhythm, Jill Crammond, Dan Wilcox, and Mojavi will be representing the poets and spoken word artists of Albany at one of the seven poetry events that will be
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Tuesday, February 19 will mark the first time we hold the Women of Albany Poetry Slam at Valentines. This is going to be a great show, not to be missed. We are featuring four of the most dynamic and powerful female poets in the area for this special edition of NGS. We have held three
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What started out as a very slow night at Valentine’s ended up being a great evening of poetry and spoken word at NGS #36. It was an unusual 5th Tuesday event for us and we are all still getting used to the new Season Two schedule, but everyone who showed up had a great time
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We are back at Valentine’s this coming Tuesday, February 5 with the 37th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam! This time around we are back in our 1st and 3rd Tuesday groove and having another Open Slam where the points count. One of the major things that we try to remind people, especially new poets getting
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We are back at Valentine’s on Tuesday, January 29 for a special, fifth Tuesday edition of Nitty Gritty Slam. Earlier this season Kevin Peterson and Poetyc Visionz advanced to the Grand Slam, joining Season One Champion of Champions ILLiptical. The Grand Slam will determine who will be representing NGS at the National Poetry Slam in
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Albany Poets will celebrate the 8th anniversary of Poets Speak Loud at McGeary’s on Monday, January 28, 7:30 PM. The event will also commemorate Tom Nattell, local poet and community activist, who died the same day the poetry open mic began, January 31, 2005. Tom had been scheduled to be the first featured reader at the new
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Last week at Valentine’s we had a another packed house for poetry and spoken word (and of course our featured poet Influence all the way from Connecticut). This was also the night where we reset the Season Two scores and held an Open Slam. By the end of the night and for the second slam in
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We are very proud to be partnering with the Albany Barn again in 2013 to bring teens through the process of writing, editing, and performing their poetry with the return of the From The Page to The Stage workshop series. This time around the series will be taking place at the Brighter Choice Middle School for Girls. This will
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We had 16 poets get on stage and share their work throughout the evening at Nitty Gritty Slam #31 on Tuesday, November 20 at Valentines between the open mic and the slam. This was a special night though, because this was our very first Women of the World Poetry Slam prelim bout. The top two
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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.
