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.
Tasha Davis
Nitty Gritty Slam #52, August 20
Nitty Gritty Slam #52: Season 2 Night of Champions was delivered to us like Monday night wrestling, only not quite (but almost) as scripted.
Nitty Gritty Slam #52 – The Season Two Night of Champions
Nitty Gritty Slam is marking the end of its second year on Aug 20 with The Night of Champions where we invite all of the winners from Season Two to compete.
Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of May 5, 2013
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 …
Nitty Gritty Slam #44 – The 2013 Team NGS Grand Slam
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
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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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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Nitty Gritty Slam #38 – The Women of Albany Poetry Slam, February 19
Jessie & Alex get ready How could I not be there? All women poets in the Slam! But first an open mic (the only way I could read my poems tonight) hosted by Mojavi. Brian Dorn was here for the 1st time testing the waters, starting off with a love poem about a smile, then …
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Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of February 17, 2013
What a great week of poetry and spoken word we have lined up. Our friends over in Pittsfield at WordXWord are part of a great city-wide arts festival called 10X10 and Albany Poets has been invited to be a part of it. We will be bringing a great mix of Albany poets on Monday to …
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Nitty Gritty Slam #38 – The Women of Albany Poetry Slam at Valentine’s
Tuesday, February 19 will mark the first time we hold the Women of Albany Poetry Slam at Valentines. This is going to be a great show, not to be missed. We are featuring four of the most dynamic and powerful female poets in the area for this special edition of NGS. We have held three …
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Nitty Gritty Slam #35 – The Third and Final WOWps Prelim and Featured Poet McPherson
On Tuesday, January 15, the women of the poetry world in upstate New York will again take over the stage at Valentine’s for Nitty Gritty Slam #35. This will be the third and final preliminary bout to determine who will be representing NGS at WOWps (Women of the World Poetry Slam) in March 2013. And …
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