Third Thursday Poetry Night, July 18
A hot night in the Social Justice Center with the little air-conditioning quickly overwhelmed by the vast crowd with featured poet, Bob Elmendorf,
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Tess Lecuyer
Caffè Lena Poetry Open Mic, July 3
The July edition of the Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic in Saratoga featured Avery and host Carol Graser welcomed over a dozen area poets to the historic stage.
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Looking Back at the Top 10 Local Poetry Open Mics and Events of the Past
A lot of things have changed over the years in our poetry community, so we asked local poets their thoughts on poetry open mics and events of the past.
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Live from the Living Room, May 8
There were actually about 5 more folks in the living room of the Pride Center in addition to the poets that read this night, so the cozy was getting crowded. As always our host was the straight-friendly Don Levy, who had touted this as “Haiku night.” The featured poet was Tess Lecuyer who goes back
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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
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WordFest 2013, Day 6: Open Mic, April 19
Way back in ancient times (i.e., 12 years ago) when Word Fest started, it was just a stumbing toddler in Thatcher Park in the Fall, a grand open mic of everyone & anyone who wanted to & could sign up, a poetic, shall we say, cluster fuck, the alcohol induced birth of the brain-child of
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WordFest 2013, Day 5, April 18 — Third Thursday Poetry Night
They packed the house tonight at the Social Justice Center for the second standing-room-only event of WordFest. Of course it helped that there were 18 featured poets, students from the Poetry in Performance class at the College of St. Rose. But there were also 17 poets signed up for the open mic, loyal regulars, some
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WordFest 2013, Day 1, April 14
Editor Jill Crammond (left) with poetry co-conspirator Carolee Sherwood As I have been wont to say during April, “In Albany, every day is Poetry Month.” Especially today as the week-long WordFest 2013 starts, & this is my second poetry event of the day. It was the “book launch” for the new poetry journal Up the
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Getting Closer… Two Weeks Until the 2013 Albany Word Fest
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
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Poets Speak Loud!, March 24
Mary Panza put on her sexy high-heels, then made sure we noticed, as we gathered in the Back Room of McGeary’s, chasing out the interlopers on their way to the Palace Theater movie or the Capital Rep. Hey, all the theater was here! The featured poet,…
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Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of January 13, 2013
We are now full steam ahead into 2013 and the poetry community is staring the year off strong. We have had some great open mics and events so far. NGS kicked things off on Jan 1, and then the party moved up to Saratoga with Cheryl Rice and Tess Lecuyer featuring at Caffe Lena. This
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Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic Featuring Tess Lecuyer and Cheryl Rice
The first poetry event of 2013 in the area is NGS #34 tonight at Valentine’s but tomorrow night up in Saratoga is the second poetry event of the new year at Caffe Lena with two incredible poets; Tess Lecuyer and Cheryl Rice. Here is more information from host Carol Graser: Happy New Year! Isn’t one of your new
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