Hosting an open mic is not as easy as it may look. There is a lot that goes into putting a poetry mic together behind the scenes even before the poets start filling the room. ...
After the Yes! Reading I raced (not quite) up Central Ave. to WAMC’s Linda Auditorium for the monthly gathering of UGT. I thought I’d be late, but Mojavi had just taken the stage & was talking about getting smacked as a kid by his mother in the supermarket. He must’ve been soooo cute!
Albany Poets will celebrate the 7th anniversary of Poets Speak Loud at McGeary’s on Monday, January 30, 7:00 PM. The event will also commemorate Tom Nattell, local poet and community activist, who died the same day ...
This year PSi (Poetry Slam Inc.) held an online video slam competition. Poets who live their life as a woman could submit a video that was placed on poetryslam.com for a chance to win a ...
Somehow there has (almost) always been conflicts in the world of Albany arts with this series that brings in a variety of young writers/artists tied to the academic world. But tonight the conflict was what the newspapers, in referring to a non-plane crash, a “near-miss”
Veteran Albany Poet R.M. Engelhardt has just posted information about the next Saint Poem reading, “The Poem Re~Generation Night”, at the UAG taking place on February 20, 2012
I stopped in a the UAG Gallery on Lark St. in Albany, NY on the First Friday Gallery Walk to take in their exhibit “Occupy the UAG,” art from/inspired by the Occupy Albany movement. The art was compelling, varied and affordable.