This is a new series at Francesscas Cafe during Troy Night Out, run by poet D. Colin. But before most of the poets arrived a neighborhood regular, Dan Schultz, stepped up to improvise a tune on an Irish tin whistle. Meanwhile other poets wandered in …
Between the Lines, July 27 Read More »
We are proud to add long time poet / artist / educator Nancy Klepsch to the Albany Poets website and we keep asking ourselves, “what took so long?” Nancy has been involved in the area poetry community for over 20 years now and currently co-hosts an open mic for poetry and prose in Troy with
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We had a great week of poetry and spoken word in the area last week and we are not skipping a beat going into the next week. There is no poetry at Art on Lark this year, but starting on Sunday we have another full week of events to look forward to. Sunday, June 10
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Back on our regular day, the 2nd Sunday, at the Arts Center in Troy, me & Nancy Klepsch your hosts. It being Mothers’ Day there were some pieces on that theme, but in general a wide-ranging open mic like we are used to.No one signed up in the firs…
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After the 2003 Albany Word Fest, Albany Poets went through some major changes. One of those changes was moving the Word Fest from September to April. We began the new annual tradition by expanding it to two days, April 22 and 23, 2005, and having performances and events in four different locations (The Lark Tavern,
Looking Back… 2005 Albany Word Fest: A New Beginning Read More »
For the 2003 Albany Word Fest we decided to move the event inside the walls of Valentine’s, which was at the time the home of the monthly open mic School of Night. This was the first time that the annual event took place in the city of Albany. In 2002 we had our first featured
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I am pleased to co-host (with Nancy Klepsch) this monthly free event at the Arts Center of the Capital Region. A number of us had just been here the day before to participate in the Write Here! Writers Conference sponsored by the Arts Center & the…
Poetry + Prose Open Mic, March 11 Read More »
The second Sunday at 2 reading at the Arts Center of the Capital District in Troy, NY, with tag-team hosts Nancy Klepsch & me, Dan Wilcox. It was an eclectic mix of writers (which, of course, was the intent when the Arts Center started this open m…
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There are a few great poetry events going on in the area this weekend. Starting on Saturday with the monthly Poetry on the Loose reading at 4:00 in Warwick with featured reader Steve Calitri. Calitri to Read at Poetry on the Loose Steve Calitri will read his work at the next program in the Poetry
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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.
