The COW series continues this Saturday, August 4 (after a couple of recent cancellations) at Outdated – An Antique Cafe.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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We had a great week of poetry and spoken word in Albany this past week. Now let’s take a look at what is coming up in another busy week in Poetryland. We are kicking the week off with Poets Speak Loud at McGeary’s with featured poet and Nitty Gritty Slam team member, ILLiptical. This is
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Starting on September 23, after a short summer break, Dennis Sullivan, Mike Burke, and Edie Abrams will be kicking off the fifth season of the Sunday Four Poetry Open Mic series at the Old Songs Community Arts Center in Voorheesville. This great open mic for “poets, striving to-be poets, and lovers of language” happens every
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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 Professor Java’s Wide Open Mic on Monday evening. Monday, July 9 8:00pm – Professor Java’s Wide Open Mic Professor Java’s, 217 Wolf Road, Colonie, NY Albany Poets’ monthly reading,
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This was a great week for Albany Poets as we held our first in what we hope to be many live broadcasts of Poets Speak Loud at McGeary’s with featured poet Alicia Ortiz. We are bringing the equipment with us to Valentine’s this coming Tuesday for 21st installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam. Speaking of
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The Woodstock Poetry Society will be meeting again this coming Saturday, June 9 at the Colony Cafe (22 Rock City Road, Woodstock) with an afternoon open mic for poetry and spoken word featuring Cate McNider and Judith Lechner hosted by Phillip Levine. Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival as part of the Woodstock Arts Consortium is sponsoring the
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It’s a new month and summertime is here in upstate New York. There are a lot of poetry events coming up next week. On Tuesday night, we are back at Valentine’s for the 19th edition of the Nitty Gritty Slam. We will have some big announcements regarding Team Nitty Gritty and the National Poetrty Slam, so this event is
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We have a lot of poetry events coming up next week. For a third week in a row, there are seven full days of open mics and readings going on the upstate area starting on Sunday, May 27 with a poetry and spoken word open mic in Voorheesville with yours truly as the featured poet.
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Coming up this weekend, Phillip Levine will be hosting the monthly Woodstock Poetry Society reading at the Colony Cafe in beautiful Woodstock with featured poets Bobbi Katz and George Nicholson. This is a great series in one of the finest poetry venues in the Hudson Valley. Hers is the information on this weekend’s reading from
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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
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The Hudson Valley Writers Guild just sent out the following formation on this years writing contest. Every year the genre of the contest changes and this year it is something that we know a little about here at Albany Poets. The judging panel this time around looks like a very interesting group of poets, representing the diversity
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The COW poetry/prose/performance series keeping moooving along every first Saturday of the month in uptown Kingston. On April 7, host and Chronogram poetry editor Phillip Levine welcomes Chris Wheeling and Robert Milby as the featured poets at the BEAhive. COW (Chronogram Open Word): Poetry/Prose/Performance is hosted by Chronogram’s poetry editor Phillip Levine, it runs on the first Saturday of every month at
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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.
