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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We return to McGeary’s on Monday, November 26, less than a week after Thanksgiving, for another edition of Poets Speak Loud with this month’s featured poet Rebecca Schumejda. Rebecca is a fantastic poet and host who is one of the driving forces keeping the words alive in Kingston. She is currently promoting her new book,
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We have another big week of poetry and spoken word ahead of us here in upstate New York. Albany Poets is presenting the first semi-final to determine Team Nitty Gritty 2013 on Tuesday night with the top eight points leaders so far in the season. The next night up in Saratoga, Carol Graser is hosting
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Due to Hurricane Sandy we will not be holding Poets Speak Loud tonight at McGeary’s. We will be rescheduling featured poet Bryan Roessel to join us very soon. Poets Speak Loud will return on Monday, November 26 with featured poet Rebecca Schumejda. We will keep you posted about NGS #29 that is scheduled for tomorrow night at
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Back in May we told you about Cheryl Rice’s brand new book, My Minnesota Boyhood, and what a wonderful collection of poetry it is. Now it looks like the rest of the world is catching up with what have known all along. In the latest edition of Red Fez, Rebecca Schumejda interviews Cheryl about the book
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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of poetry happening in the Hudson Valley this weekend as the COW series continues this coming Saturday at the brand new Outdated Cafe in Kingston.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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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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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.
