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Dan Wilcox
Poet, Peace Activist — Host of the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center in Albany NY, member of 3 Guys from Albany, & photographer who has “the world’s largest collection of photos of unknown poets.” Active member of Veterans for Peace. For listings of upcoming poetry events see the calendar on www.albanypoets.com & on www.poetz/hudson.
Local Poets from Finishing Line Press, May 16
This reading, hosted by Mimi Moriarty at the Pine Hollow Arboretum in Slingerlands, featured 5 poets published this year by Finishing Line Press.I am most familiar with Jan Tramontano’s Paternal Nocturne which she has been reading around at various ven…
Nitty Gritty Slam #18, May 15
Dustin Walker readingThom Francis, el presidente, was a busy man tonight, hosting the open mic, keeping score & slamming. The open mic offered a great variety of poems & poets, starting with Leslie Michelle doing a poem by someone else, then D…
Poetry + Prose Open Mic, May 13
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…
Live from the Living Room, May 9
Tonight at the recently refurbished Pride Center there were some folding chairs for the poets, but still no comfy couches — still better than sitting on the radiator, as some did last month.Waiting for the feature to arrive, our host Don Levy started …
Calling All Poets! — Robert Milby & Dan Wilcox, May 4
Calling All Poets! is a popular name for a reading series (there is one over in Connecticut with the same name), this one held the first Friday of each month at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, NY. I read there a few years ago & the folks wh…
Caffè Lena Open Mic, May 2
Through one reason or another the last time I was at Caffe Lena for the open mic was in February — it was good to be back. Our host, Carol Graser, started us off with a reading of Muriel Rukeyser’s poem “Boy with His Hair Cut Short” then on to the op…
Harry Staley/George Drew, May 2
This was a reading & book launch for Harry Staley’s long-awaited book, Truant Pastures, The Complete Poems of Harry C. Staley (SUNY Press). Harry is a UAlbany Professor Emeritus in English & a poet who has read in his heyday t…
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