Imagine my surprise to wake Thursday AM to a message from Thom il papa Francis that Mary Panza, R.M. Engelhardt & I had won the top 3 spots in the 2013 Metroland Annual Readers’ Poll for “Best Poet”. Then it dawned on me, I had not voted. I mean, I didn’t even know to vote. Somehow […]
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The 2013 Albany Word Fest is just a month away and we have some exciting updates to tell you about. Here are a few news updates about this year’s festivities including Open Mic sign up, new event added, new featured poets, teams participating in the Word Fest Invitational Slam, and how you can help make this event
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This coming Thursday, March 14, at the Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza local poet R.M. Engelhardt will be launching his brand new book, The Resurrection Waltz, with a special reading and a performance by Murrow (Thom Francis and Keith Spencer). R.M. has been a a big part of the local poetry scene for over 20 years. In that time
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Even though there is snow on the ground, we are still looking ahead to Spring. We turn the clock ahead this weekend and kicking things off with the Poetry + Prose open mic at the Arts Center in Troy hosted by Dan Wilcox and Nancy Klepsch. The words then keep flowing in downtown Troy the
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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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We have gotten a couple calls for submissions for poetry in the past few days and wanted to pass the information along to you. First up is the first issue of the Perfume River Poetry Review out of California. This first issue will feature the Perfume River Poetry Prize. The winner of the contest will be
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Last week we held the last Professor Java’s Wide Open Mic and this week we have news that the Saint Poem Reading Series at the UAG on Lark is on a hiatus until at least January 2013 starting with tonight’s edition of the poetry open mic. Host R.M. Engelhardt posted the following on Facebook this
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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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at McGeary’s Tavern on Clinton Square, especially when we are roasting el presidente of AlbanyPoets.com, Thom Francis, we are not only LOUD but out-fucking-rageous. Of course, led on by our host Mary Panza. But first she had to clear out the room o…
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Once again we have a lot going in the upstate New York region. From poetry and spoken word to story telling and slam, we certainly do cover all the bases here in upstate NY. Here’s is a look at the week ahead… Monday, September 17 6:30pm – Ben & Jerry’s Open Mic Ben & Jerry’s,
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On Monday , September 24, Poets Speak Loud will present our Third Annual Celebrity Roast! Break out the presidential BBQ sauce because this year the poet on the spit is none other than our own Thom Francis. You read it right! We are not holding back on the man that makes it all look so
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Next Monday, after the dust settles on another Lark Fest this weekend, R.M. Engelhardt is bringing poetry back to Lark Street as the monthly Saint Poem Reading Series returns for another evening of the “Honest Expression, Truth & Poetry” at the UAG Gallery (247 Lark Street, Albany). Albany, NY’s Traditional Open Mic Dedicated To Poets &
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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.
