It is a sure sign of summer when our good friends over at the WordXWord Festival in Pittsfield release information on August’s week long festival of poetry and spoken word. This year’s event will be taking place ...
We are in the spring swing of things here in Albany. Lots going on next week including new open mics in Western Mass, poetry at the Pine Hollow, storytelling at the Olde English, and the ...
Friday, May 31, is going to be a busy night for poetry in the area. Dan Wilcox will be hosting the annual Walt Whitman birthday reading of “Song of Myself” in Washington Park while across the river ...
In honor of me living so long (as I will be 45 next week), my sister will be telling the story: May 23rd, 1968 (the feast of the Assenection) was a beautiful morning. It was ...
On Friday, May 24, poetry and spoken word returns to the Pine Hollow Arboretum in Slingerlands with the second open mic and featured reading of the season. This month the featured poet is Stephen Ellis. ...
We are back at Valentine’s on Tuesday, May 21 with the 45th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam! Last week, at NGS #44, we had our Grand Slam and put together Team Nitty Gritty 2013 with ...
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 ...