Nitty Gritty Slam #62 – Bad Lyric Night
For Nitty Gritty Slam #62, we are bringing back one of the most fun and hilarious themed poetry nights in our history, Bad Lyric Night!
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Thom Francis
Thom Francis is the president of Albany Poets and has been organizing, promoting, and hosting open mics and poetry / spoken word events in Albany such as Nitty Gritty Slam, School of Night, Albany Poets Presents…, and the Albany Word Fest for over 15 years. As a poet and performer, Thom has been featured at many of the upstate poetry and spoken word events from Saratoga to Woodstock as well as LarkFest, Art on Lark, 1st Friday, and the Albany Word Fest.
Nitty Gritty Slam #61*, January 7
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.
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Nitty Gritty Slam #61 – Kicking Off 2014 With Featured Poet Gemineye
Nitty Gritty Slam returns to Valentine’s on Tuesday, January 7, kicking off the new year with NGS #61 featuring acclaimed Def Poet Gemineye.
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Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of December 15, 2013
Another big week of poetry this week as we get closer to the new year with a holiday Nitty Gritty Slam and the Third Thursday Poetry Night.
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Nitty Gritty Slam #60 – Annual Airing of Grievances and Feats of Strength
We are back at Valentine’s for the final slam of 2013 & we’re celebrating the holiday season the only way we know how, with the Airing of Grievances!
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Nitty Gritty Slam #59, December 3
Dan Wilcox made it to Nitty Gritty Slam at Valentine’s for the “Dead Poets’ Slam,” just to see if anyone was going to read one of his poems.
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Nitty Gritty Slam #59 – Dead Poet Slam
On Tuesday, December 3 we start the next phase of Season Three with Nitty Gritty Slam #59 at Valentines with the special Dead Poet Slam.
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Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of November 17, 2013
The week kicks off on Sunday with the new series at the Social Justice Center, OPP – Other People’s Poetry (or Prose), featuring Daniel Nester.
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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.
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Nitty Gritty Slam #58 – The First Team Nitty Gritty Semi Final
The words and excitement continue to flow when we return to Valentine’s on Tues, November 19 for the first Team Nitty Gritty 2014 Semi Final.
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Nitty Gritty Slam #56, October 15
Dan decided to venture out to the slam and take his chances on stage, particularly since this the “Inappropriate Slam” and everyone knows I have plenty of inappropriate poems.
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Nitty Gritty Slam #55 – A Poetyc Points Leader Taking Charge
We are back at Valentine’s on Tuesday, October 1 for the 55th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam, continuing the third season of Albany’s only poetry slam series.
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