What a great week we just had here in Albany. Not only did we celebrate Thanksgiving with our friends, family, and loved ones, we also held our very first Women of the World Poetry Slam prelim. Poets (and Team Nitty Gritty 2012 members) D. Colin and Elizag will be moving on to the WOWps Grand Slam on […]
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On Sunday, November 25 poets from all over the area will be making the post-Thanksgiving pilgrimage to the Old Songs Community Center (37 South Main Street, Voorheesville) for the another edition of the Sunday Four Open Mic series. This month the featured poet is Chronogram poetry editor Phillip Levine. Here is the announcement from hosts Edie Abrams, Mike Burke, and Dennis Sullivan: Sunday Four Poetry
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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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The Hudson Valley Writers Guild recently held a poetry contest and next Saturday at 1:00PM the winners and other participants will read their poems at the Bethlehem Public Library, 451 Delaware Ave., Delmar. If you are a regualr at the poetry open mics in the area, you will recognize some of the names of poets who
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The upcoming week is jammed packed with poetry events in all over upstate New York. No one can say that poetry is not living and breathing around here. Here’s is a look at the week ahead… Sunday, October 14 2:00pm – Poetry + Prose The Arts Center of The Capital Region, 265 River Street, Troy,
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The monthly Woodstock Poetry Society meeting at the Colony Cafe is being pushed back for a week this month due to the Woodstock Film Festival. On Saturday, October 20, poets and friends will gather at the great Colony Cafe for an open mic with featured readers Adrianna Delgado and marina mati. This makes for a
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The COW has moved! Well not physically, even though the venue did change names, but the location stayed the same. The COW reading series has moved down the calendar to the third Saturday of the month. Instead of taking place on the scheduled Oct. 6, the next edition of the Chronogram Open Word will be on Saturday,
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Tomorrow afternoon in Woodstock poets will gather for another meeting of the Woodstock Poetry Society at the beautiful Colony Cafe. This month host Phillip Levine will be featuring David McLoghlin and Tim Dwyer. Poets David McLoghlin and Tim Dwyer will be the featured readers, along with an open mike and the (short) Annual Business & Planning Meeting when the Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival meets
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Last week was action packed with poetry and spoken word happening all over the area and this coming week is looking just as great starting with the return of the Poetry + Prose series at the Arts Center on Sunday afternoon and Kevin Peterson’s Professor Java’s Wide Open Mic on Monday evening. Sunday, September 9
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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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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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We are gearing up for a big week for Albany poetry and spoken word as Team Nitty Gritty will be heading down to Charlotte, NC for the National Poetry Slam representing Albany and upstate New York for the first time ever. Thom Francis and Mojavi will be going with the team (Elizag, ILLiptical, D. Colin,
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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.
