News Release: Third Thursday Poetry Night, February 19: Ian Macks
Dan Wilcox
The Poetry Motel Foundation
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Ian Macks will read
at the Social Justice Center
Thursday, February 19, 7:30PM
Poet Ian Macks will read from his work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY on Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community writers.
Ian Macks is a 32-year-old poet and writer based in Albany, New York. His full-length poetry collection, Identity Crisis, was published in 2024 via recto y verso editions, inc.
A reading by a local or regional poet/writer has been held since July 2006 each third Thursday at the Social Justice Center. The event includes an open mic for audience members to read. Sign-up starts at 7:00PM, with the reading beginning at 7:30. The host of the readings is Albany poet and photographer Dan Wilcox. The suggested donation is $5.00, which helps support this and other poetry programs of the Poetry Motel Foundation, and the work of the Social Justice Center.
For more information about this event contact Dan Wilcox, 518-482-0262; e-mail: dwl...@gmail.com
The Social Justice Center, founded in 1981, is a non-profit organization working for progressive social change through education, community building and collective action. The center advances the struggles against racism and for peace and justice. For further information about the SJC call 518-434-4037.
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