Press Release: Third Thursday Poetry Night, March 19: Caitlin Conlon
Dan Wilcox
The Poetry Motel Foundation
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Caitlin Conlon will read
at the Social Justice Center
Thursday, March 19, 7:30PM
Poet Caitlin Conlon will read from her work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community writers.
Caitlin Conlon is the author of two poetry collections published with Central Avenue, Burning the Ghost Light (2025) and The Surrender Theory (2022). As a proud employee of an independent bookstore, she reads a lot of books (and really wants to talk about them with you).
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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