Local poet Tim Verhaegen will read from his work at the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center on Thursday, December 19.
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Dan Wilcox made it back from Cape Cod just in time to be part of the August edition of Poets Speak Loud with featured poet Bertha Rogers.
Poets Speak Loud!, August 26 Read More »
This was the 5th Annual “Poets at the Arboretum” invitational in which poets who have read here before are invited back as a group feature.
Poets of the Earth, Water, Tree and Sky, August 9 Read More »
After a very short summer break, the sixth season of the Sunday Four Poetry Open Mic series will be starting up on September 22 with a great list of poets.
Featured Poets Announced for the Sunday Four Poetry Open Mic Series Read More »
The final gathering of the season, before we take a teacherly break during July & August, on a Summer-like day of 2 parades — Albany’s Gay Pride Parade & Troy’s Flag-Day Parade, you might say Albany knocked the “L” out of Troy’s parade.It was …
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Back on our regular day, the 2nd Sunday, at the Arts Center in Troy, me & Nancy Klepsch your hosts. It being Mothers’ Day there were some pieces on that theme, but in general a wide-ranging open mic like we are used to.No one signed up in the firs…
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The first 12-Hour Word Fest Open Mic took place at the 2009 Albany Word Fest. In an effort to give everyone an opportunity to share their word at the annual event, we held the open mic portion from 7:00PM Friday, April 17 to 7:00AM on Saturday, April 18. We began the night without any chairs,
Looking Back… 2009 Albany Word Fest: The First 12-Hour Open Mic Read More »
The 2008 Albany Word Fest followed a similar format to the 2007 event, but without the midday performances on Saturday. We gathered at the UAG Gallery on a beautiful spring Friday night for the annual Word Fest Open Mic hosted by Mary Panza. We had poets perform from all over the east coast this year as Max
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After the success of the expanded 2005 Albany Word Fest, we continued the two-day poetry festival in 2006 as we held events at the UAG Gallery, Tess’ Lark Tavern, and Valentine’s to celebrate not only National Poetry Month, but the great poetry and spoken word community here in the upstate NY region. We kicked everything
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The second Sunday at 2 reading at the Arts Center of the Capital District in Troy, NY, with tag-team hosts Nancy Klepsch & me, Dan Wilcox. It was an eclectic mix of writers (which, of course, was the intent when the Arts Center started this open m…
Poetry + Prose, February 12 Read More »
The Hudson Valley Writers Guild supports the efforts of writers in all genres by sponsoring readings, workshops, and contests and providing a number of valuable resources for the entire literary community.
