Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of March 25, 2018
Here is a look at all of the spoken word and poetry events, open mics, readings, slams, and workshops coming up this week in the region.
Shannon Shoemaker
Heading Down the Hud,SON!
Saturday night a team of poets from Albany, Brass Tacks, traveled south to Nyack for the 6th Annual Hud,SON! River Regional Poetry Slam.
Day of Poet (Capitaland Cup) Poetry Contest and Open Mic
The 28th Annual “Day of Poet” Poetry Contest and Open Mic will take place Saturday, November 26, 2016 at the William K. Sanford Library.
Live from the Living Room, May 14
As I’ve said ad nauseam, “if your family & friends don’t come to your readings who will?” Samson Dikeman, did just that for his reading.
Albany Word Fest — Episode 5, April 18
When the first Word Fest happened in 2001 it was an open mic. Since then Word Fest has grown & changed, but the one constant is the annual Word Fest Open Mic.
Albany Word Fest — Episode 2, April 15
The Nitty Gritty Slam is held on on each 1st & 3rd Tuesday at The Low Beat here in Albany and that means this week it falls into Word Fest.
Albany Word Fest — Day 1, April 13
The kick-off, the 1st round, the ceremonial 1st pitch, the launch of Up the River, the opening lines of Word Fest in the backroom of McGeary’s.
Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of April 13, 2014
Word Fest week is here! We have a week’s worth of poetry & spoken word events lined up. Plus, there are open mics & reading taking place all over the area.
Inching Closer to the 2014 Albany Word Fest
We are now within two weeks until the 2014 Albany Word Fest, our celebration of National Poetry Month and the poetry and spoken word of upstate NY.
Nitty Gritty Slam #57, November 5
It was a raucous Nitty Gritty Slam night with Eirean Bradley & Leah Noble Davidson as the features, as well as the customary open mic.
Nitty Gritty Slam #41 – The 2nd Team NGS Semi-Final at Valentine’s on Tuesday, April 2
Things are really heating up as we get closer to selecting the team to represent Albany and NGS at the National Poetry Slam in Boston. This 41st edition of Albany’s poetry slam series will be another special slam for the top nine points leaders battling it out in the second semi-final to be part of Team NGS …
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10×10 Poetry Festival, February 18
Albany Poets was/were the featured poets one of the events of this week-long arts festival in Pittsfield, MA, at the yBar on North Street . The (whole sick) crew consisted of el presidente Thom Francis, Jill Crammond, Mojavi, Shannon Shoemaker, Kevin Peterson, Algorhythm & me (DWx). Thom introduced the night with a bar poem, served …
