Nitty Gritty Slam #81, November 4
Dan missed a few of these gatherings, but found his way back to The Low Beat in time to hang out & catch the open mic, with Kevin Peterson as host.
Dan missed a few of these gatherings, but found his way back to The Low Beat in time to hang out & catch the open mic, with Kevin Peterson as host.
The first slam of 2014 and one of the last to take place at our current home. Dan Wilcox was there, competed, and took a lot of notes.
Word Fest week just keeps on going with two events on Friday night, April 19. Kicking off first is the annual Word Fest Open Mic at the UAG Gallery on Lark Street. Then at 9:00pm, just up Central Ave. at The Linda, Urban Guerilla Theatre is presenting “Skit Happens, Too.” Urban Guerilla Theatre is a …
2013 Albany Word Fest – Friday, April 19 – UGT Presents: Skits Happens, Too Read More »
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 …
Getting Closer… Two Weeks Until the 2013 Albany Word Fest Read More »
Poetyc Visionz might as well move into the Book Club (153 South Pearl Street, Albany), because he has a busy couple of nights ahead of him at the downtown venue. Tonight he is hosting his weekly “Safe Haven” poetry open mic. The Safe Haven is one of the hottest mics happening right now in Albany and …
The final reading in the 2012 series was not held in the Park at all but at the Social Justice Center, our rain site. The weather had been so uncertain earlier in the day, & the forecasts reminded me of the newspaper picks for the daily races in S…
The “Dean of Albany Poetry” Dan Wilcox just released information on the Poets In The Park series for this year. The Poets In The Park reading series has been bringing some of the best poetry and spoken word to the people of Albany in Washington Park for a number of years and this years line …
On Tuesday, May 15, we storm back into Valentine’s for the 18th installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam. Can you believe that it has been 9 months since we started this thing? At NGS #17 we had new faces claim the top spots with Tenesha Smith, Kat SoPoetic, and Algorhythm. Who will return to defend their …
Nitty Gritty Slam #18 Next Tuesday at Valentine’s Read More »
We kicked off the month of May with Nitty Gritty Slam #17 at Valentine’s and in the process crowned a new champ. We also had some new faces step up and take the other two top spots. But, before the slam, Mojavi hosted the open mic and welcomed some local poets who have yet to take part in the …
NGS #17 Results – Learning the Alphabet with Algorhythm Read More »
UGT and Albany Poets are coming together for this special Word Fest edition of Urban Guerilla Theatre on Friday, April 20 at The Linda. UGT is mostly Known for it awe inspiring peformances from Poets, Song Stylists, comedians and The UGT BAND.What happens when you combine these performers within skits? You get funny featuring UGT’s …
This was a special UGT titled “Herstory” for Women’s History Month hosted by Tenesha Smith (but of course Mojavi was there too). In fact, in addition to the usual performances of spoken word, music & comedy, there was a fashion show by Shekihah Be…
Urban Guerilla Theatre is back at The Linda this coming Friday, March 16, celebrating all things woman with HERSTORY..A Celebration of Women Through Verse, Performance and Song. This month UGT will be hosted by Tenesha Smith. Here is the information from the folks that make it all happen at UGT, Mojavi and Leslie Michelle: Herstory: …
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