Tuesday at 2 pm at the 161 Washington Avenue branch of the Albany (NY) Public Library
October 27 | Book Review | The Spirit of Philadelphia: A Call to Recover Founding Principles by Chris Gibson. Reviewer: Roger Green, MLS, business librarian retired from the NY Small Business Development Center. (I STILL need to finish this book…)
November 3 | Book Review | Science Be Dammed: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River by Eric Kuhn and John Fleck. Reviewer: Jonathan Skinner, PhD, retired statistician & amateur classicist.
November 10 |Book Review | The Odyssey by Homer and others, including Christopher Nolan. Reviewer: Hans-Friedrich O. Mueller, PhD, professor of Classics, Union College.
November 17| Book Review | This Earthly Globe: A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the World by Andrea di Robilant. Reviewer: Dylan Carey, MS, avid cyclist, hiker, & a railroad history buff.
November 24 | Author Talk | Steve Trimm, peace activist, discusses & reads from his book, Walking Wounded: Men’s Lives during and since the Vietnam War.
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If you like variety, helping people, and working with awesome colleagues, one of these positions with the Albany Public Library could be a good fit!
New location this month
Stories and Spoken Word Poetry Open Mic Night, sponsored by Upper Madison. Tuesday, October 27. The doors open at 6:30, and the show starts at 7.
Your $5 minimum donation helps cover the venue rental.
Your $5 minimum donation helps cover the venue rental.
Location: Cindy B’s Coffee, a lovely new small business located in the Events and Athletic Center at the former Saint Rose Campus! 420 Western Ave in Albany.
Just $5 to attend.
Bring a 5-minute story or spoken word piece to perform. Storytellers are encouraged to share a story in the style of The Moth – personal stories with no notes. Not in the mood to tell a personal story… how about a folktale?
Poets: read or perform their work without reading.
Don’t feel like performing? Be part of the audience – support the artists & this new small business!
Not up for a late night? Neither are we – you’ll be on your way to your next destination by 8:30!
Poets: read or perform their work without reading.
Don’t feel like performing? Be part of the audience – support the artists & this new small business!
Not up for a late night? Neither are we – you’ll be on your way to your next destination by 8:30!
SPECIAL THIS MONTH: audience members will have the chance to win tickets to Tellabration! 2026 on November 22nd at the GE Theatre at Proctors!
Key details:
We will have prompts available at the door that might inspire an impromptu story!
Expect adult themes and language.
We will have prompts available at the door that might inspire an impromptu story!
Expect adult themes and language.
The October Open Mic Night is brought to our community with support from the Story Circle of the Capital District.
SPREAD THE WORD AND BRING A FRIEND, IF YOU CAN.
SPREAD THE WORD AND BRING A FRIEND, IF YOU CAN.
