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Nitty Gritty Slam Makes it Official: It’s Going to the National Poetry Slam in Boston

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Nitty Gritty Slam today announced that it will be sending a team of poets to The National Poetry Slam, held in Boston, MA this coming August. This summer will feature special events and fundraisers to fund the trip. Held the first and third Tuesdays at Valentine’s in Albany, Nitty Gritty Slam held its first event […]

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Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of June 2, 2013

Thom Francis / Events

What a great week of poetry and spoken word lined up for this coming week in Upstate New York and Western Massachsetts. We have everything from poetry open mics, a slam, featured readings, and even a variety show. You are not going to want to miss any of the events coming and lucky for you,

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Nitty Gritty Slam #46 – Welcome to the Summer!

Thom Francis / Nitty Gritty Slam / 1 Comment

The summer is heating up and we are getting closer and closer to the National Poetry Slam coming up in August. In the meantime we are still doing our thing at Valentine’s every other week and this coming Tuesday, June 4 is no different when we return for the 46th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam! At

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Nitty Gritty Slam #45 – The Return of the Old School Slam

Thom Francis / Nitty Gritty Slam

We are back at Valentine’s on Tuesday, May 21 with the 45th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam! Last week, at NGS #44, we had our Grand Slam and put together Team Nitty Gritty 2013 with Christopher The Poet, Daniella Watson, Algorhythm, Kevin Peterson, Poetyc Visionz, and ILLiptical. These incredible local poets will be representing Albany

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Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of May 5, 2013

Thom Francis / Events

Summer is on the way and the poetry is heating up here in Albany. We have an exciting week ahead of us with the 2013 Team Nitty Gritty Grand Slam taking place at Valentine’s on Tuesday night. Ten local poets (ILLiptical, Kevin Peterson, Avery, Poetyc Visionz, Algorhythm, Daniella Watson, Mojavi, Tasha Davis, Christopher The Poet, and Victorio Reyes) will be competing

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Nitty Gritty Slam #44 – The 2013 Team NGS Grand Slam

Thom Francis / Nitty Gritty Slam / 1 Comment

Next Tuesday, May 7, everyone will want to be at Valentine’s for the Season Two Grand Slam. The 44th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam will feature 10 poets who have competed all season and left it all on stage to make to this point. The winners of the Grand Slam will be the poets representing

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Nitty Gritty Slam #43 – The Last Chance / Wild Card Slam

Thom Francis / Nitty Gritty Slam

The Grand Slam for Team NGS will be taking place on Tuesday, May 7, but before that we have to get all of the competitors lined up. On Tuesday, April 30 at Valentine’s, we will be hosting the Last Chance / Wild Card Slam with the top two poets of the night moving on to the Grand

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WordFest 2013, Day 3 — Nitty Gritty Slam #42

Dan Wilcox / Albany Word Fest, Dan Wilcox, NGS Results

It was the WordFest edition of the regular Nitty Gritty Slam, a special Haiku slam, & perhaps one could also say the “Jackie Robinson Slam” (42 being his number). My kind of Slam — hard to make a Haiku last 3 minutes. But first the open mic, hosted by Christopher the Poet, as effervescent as

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Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of April 21, 2013

Thom Francis / Events

As the 2013 Albany Word Fest is starting to wind down we are getting ready for more poetry and spoken word coming up next week. But before that we still have three big events in the Word Fest. Tonight is the Word Fest Open Mic at the UAG Gallery starting at 7:00pm. The list already

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2013 Albany Word Fest – Thursday, April 18 – Third Thursday Poetry Night and The Safe Haven

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One week from tonight we will be deep into Word Fest week and for day five there are two opportunities for poets and spoken word artists to get on the stage. The first reading takes place at the Social Justice Center for Dan Wilcox’s Third Thursday Poetry Night with a very special group of featured poets from

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Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of April 7, 2013

Thom Francis / Events

We are now a little over a week until the 2013 Albany Word Fest and we are starting to feel the excitement around the area. But before we start Word Fest week on Sunday, April 14, we have a week of poetry and spoken word events and reading coming up with the last Frequency North

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Getting Closer… Two Weeks Until the 2013 Albany Word Fest

Thom Francis / Albany Word Fest / 1 Comment

We are now within two weeks until the 2013 Albany Word Fest, our annual celebration of National Poetry Month and the poetry and spoken word of upstate New York. This year’s event will take place on Sunday, April 14 – Saturday, April 20, 2013 at seven different venues in and around Albany, NY. The week will

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Poetyc Visionz

Nitty Gritty Slam Makes it Official: It’s Going to the National Poetry Slam in Boston

Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of June 2, 2013

Nitty Gritty Slam #46 – Welcome to the Summer!

Nitty Gritty Slam #45 – The Return of the Old School Slam

Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of May 5, 2013

Nitty Gritty Slam #44 – The 2013 Team NGS Grand Slam

Nitty Gritty Slam #43 – The Last Chance / Wild Card Slam

WordFest 2013, Day 3 — Nitty Gritty Slam #42

Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of April 21, 2013

2013 Albany Word Fest – Thursday, April 18 – Third Thursday Poetry Night and The Safe Haven

Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of April 7, 2013

Getting Closer… Two Weeks Until the 2013 Albany Word Fest

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