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Date
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Time
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Location
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Admission
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January
2005
|
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| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers |
Friday,
January 21 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
|
|
Date
|
Time
|
Location
|
Admission
|
|
| February 2005 | ||||
| Bill Tonelli with authors Fred Gardaphe and Mary Caponegro from his anthology, The Italian American Reader |
Sunday,
February 6 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Reading by authors Leonard Marcus and Jean Nathan |
Sunday,
February 13 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Third Friday reading featuring Doretta Cornell, Cindy Beer-Fouhy, and Ellen Goldsmith. Introductions by Suzanne Cleary. |
Friday,
February 18 |
6:15
- 7:15 pm
|
Coffee Labs |
Free
|
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers |
Friday,
February 18 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
|
| Reading by poets Stephen Stepanchev and Peter Kane Dufault |
Sunday,
February 27 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
|
Date
|
Time
|
Location
|
Admission
|
|
| March 2005 | ||||
| CANCELLED Reading by poet Ray Gonzalez |
cancelled
|
|
||
| Reading by writers Merrill Feitell and Christine Schutt |
Sunday,
March 13 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Third Friday reading featuring Herbert Hadad, Marilyn Johnson, and Michael Carman. |
Friday,
March 18 |
6:15
- 7:15 pm
|
Coffee
Labs
7 Main Street, Tarrytown |
Free
|
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers |
Friday,
March 18 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
|
|
Date
|
Time
|
Location
|
Admission
|
|
| April 2005 National Poetry Month | ||||
| Performance poetry featuring Jack McCarthy and Roger Bonair-Agard |
Friday,
April 1 |
8
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Poetry Caravan celebrates its new anthology. With poet Usha Akella and others. |
Sunday,
April 3 |
3
pm
|
HVWC
|
free
donations welcome! |
| Slapering Hol Press reading by poet Nancy Taylor Everett, 2004 Chapbook Competition winner |
Friday,
April 8 |
8
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Third Friday reading featuring Suzanne Cleary, Jesse Schotter, and Pamela Hart. Introductions by Ann Lauinger. |
Friday,
April 15 |
7
- 8 pm
|
Coffee
Labs
7 Main Street, Tarrytown |
Free
|
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers |
Friday,
April 15 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
|
| Reading by poets Denise Duhamel and Virgil Suarez |
Friday,
April 22 |
8
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
|
Date
|
Time
|
Location
|
Admission
|
|
| May 2005 | ||||
| Reading by short story writers C.M. Mayo and David Means |
Sunday,
May 15 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Third Friday reading featuring Neal Spitzer, Ann Cefola, and Peggy Ellsberg. Hosted by Meredith Trede. |
Friday,
May 20 |
6:15
- 7:15 pm
|
Coffee
Labs
7 Main Street, Tarrytown |
Free
|
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers |
Friday,
May 20 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
|
| Reading by Angie Cruz and Nelly Rosario |
Sunday,
May 22 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
|
Date
|
Time
|
Location
|
Admission
|
|
| June 2005 | ||||
| Reading by Roxana Robinson (A Perfect Stranger and Other Stories) and Mary Gordon (Pearl: A Novel) |
Thursday,
June 2 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Reading by Robert Klein (The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue: A Child of the Fifties Looks Back) |
Thursday,
June 9 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Memoir class celebration of Dan Wolfe's newly published Korean War memoir, Cold Ground's Been My Bed and readings by class members Linda Knapp, Pat Ryan, Julia Mallach, Laura Carraro and Wolfe |
Friday,
June 10 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
Free
|
| Reading by graphic novelists Jessica Abel and Matt Madden |
Thursday,
June 16 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Third Friday reading featuring E.J. Antonio, Susan Pliner, and Estha Weiner. Hosted by Herbert Hadad. |
Friday,
June 17 |
6:15
- 7:15 pm
|
Coffee
Labs
7 Main Street, Tarrytown |
Free
|
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers |
Friday,
June 17 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
|
|
Date
|
Time
|
Location
|
Admission
|
|
| July 2005 | ||||
| Reading by poets Emily Fragos (Little Savage) and Hermine Meinhard (Bright Turquoise Umbrella) |
Thursday,
July 7 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| William Zinsser (Writing About Your Life: A Journey into the Past, On Writing Well, and many others), Catherine Wald (editor of The Resilient Writer: Tales of Triumph and Rejection by 20 Top Authors) |
Thursday,
July 14 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Third Friday reading featuring Conrad Geller, Elizabeth Harrington and Maxine Silverman. Hosted by Meredith Trede. |
Friday,
July 15 |
6:15
- 7:15 pm
|
Coffee
Labs
7 Main Street, Tarrytown |
Free
|
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers |
Friday,
July 15 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
|
| Reading by Demetria Martinez (Mother Tongue and The Devil's Workshop) as part of Curbstone Press celebrating its 30th year |
Thursday,
July 21 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Book party for local writer Matthew McGough and his book Bat Boy: My True Life Adventures Coming of Age with the New York Yankees |
Friday,
July 22 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
Free
|
| Presentation by members of Karen Finley's "Self Scripting" class |
Thursday,
July 28 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
|
Date
|
Time
|
Location
|
Admission
|
|
| August 2005 | ||||
| Presentation by members of Karen Finley's Teen "Self Scripting" class |
Thursday,
August 4 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
Free
|
| Third Friday reading featuring Dominick Angiello and Sana Mulji-Dutt. Hosted by Ann Lauinger. |
Friday,
August 19 |
6:15
- 7:15 pm
|
Coffee
Labs
7 Main Street, Tarrytown |
Free
|
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers |
Friday,
August 19 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
|
|
Date
|
Time
|
Location
|
Admission
|
|
| September 2005 | ||||
| Off World Theatre presents a reading of the new play, Mr. Hoover's Tea Party with playwright Stanton Wood, director Tamilla Woodard, and two actors who play J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Saturday,
September 10
|
8
pm
|
HVWC
|
$8
(nonmembers)
$6 (HVWC members) |
| Third Friday reading |
Friday,
September 16 |
6:15
- 7:15 pm
|
Coffee
Labs
7 Main Street, Tarrytown |
Free
|
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers |
Friday,
September 16 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
|
| Reading by poet Kurt Brown and National Book Award finalist Joan Silber (Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories) |
Sunday,
September 18
|
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| "Folklore in Writing: Washington Irving's Legacy," a brief talk by Dr. Michael Black, kicks off the NY Folklore Society's state conference, followed by a reading and talk by Kirin Narayan (Mondays on the Dark Side of the Moon: Himalayan Foothill Folktales) |
Friday,
September 23
|
7:15
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5 (nonmembers) Free to NY Folklore Society members |
| The HVWC joins in "Farm Days" at Tarrytown's Farmers' Market with stories, music and more |
Saturday,
September 24
|
8:30
am - 2 pm
|
Patriots
Park, Tarrytown
|
Free
|
| Nina Shengold and members of her lower Catskills writers' group celebrate her new book, Clearcut. Introductions by Laura Shaine Cunningham |
Friday,
September 30
|
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
|
Date
|
Time
|
Location
|
Admission
|
|
| October 2005 | ||||
| Second Annual Hudson Valley Golf Classic to benefit the HVWC |
Monday,
October 3 |
12
pm shotgun start
|
Hudson
Hills Golf Course
|
$275
|
| Reading celebrating mystery writing with S. J. Rozan and Joanne Dobson |
Friday,
October 14
|
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| A musical version of Alice Low's The Witch Who Was Afraid of Witches |
Sunday,
October 16 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (children; HVWC members) $10 (family) |
| Actor/comedian/writer Robert Klein reads some of his favorite Scary Stories |
Wednesday,
October 19 |
7:30
pm
|
$20
(nonmembers)
$18 (HVWC & HHV members) |
|
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers |
Friday,
October 21 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
|
| A wine lover's event to benefit the Writers' Center featuring Elin McCoy reading from her book on Robert M. Parker, Jr., The Emperor of Wine |
Sunday,
October 23 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$35
|
| Prayers for Victims of Katrina: Writers Respond with a Benefit Reading of Original Work; presented by members of Karen Finley's workshop |
Thursday,
October 27
|
8
pm
|
HVWC
|
suggested
donation $10
all proceeds to be donated to First Book's "Book Relief" initiative |
|
Date
|
Time
|
Location
|
Admission
|
|
| November 2005 | ||||
|
A reading
by two Middle Eastern poets, Sholeh Wolpe
and Matthew Shenoda, as part of a local week-long celebration,
"The Spirit of Andalusia". Mansour Ajami and Herbert Hadad will also read.
|
Sunday,
November 6 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
Free
|
| Annual Autumn Celebration, honoring Esmeralda Santiago. Dinner, Dance, and Silent Auction to benefit the HVWC |
Friday,
November 11 |
7
pm
|
Sleepy
Hollow Country Club
|
$200
|
| Slapering Hol Press Poetry Series Reading with Cindy Beer-Fouhy, Susan H. Case, Suzanne Cleary, Brenda Connor-Bey, Ann Lauinger, Margo Stever, Meredith Trede, and Estha Weiner |
Wednesday,
November 16
|
7:30
pm
|
Jean
Jacques'
468 Bedford Road, Pleasantville |
$7
includes coffee & pastry |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers |
Friday,
November 18 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
|
| A reading by essayist Herbert Hadad, poet/prose writer Marilyn Johnson, and poet Meredith Trede |
Sunday,
November 20 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
|
Date
|
Time
|
Location
|
Admission
|
|
| December 2005 | ||||
| December Festival with writer Esmeralda Santiago; Latino music by Sonando; traditional refreshments |
Sunday,
December 4 |
2
pm
|
Paulding
School, Tarrytown
|
Free
|
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers |
Friday,
December 16 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
|
| Notes: HVWC = The Hudson Valley Writers' Center, 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY. Events are held in the restored Philipse Manor railroad station. The Masters School is located at 49 Clinton Avenue, Dobbs Ferry, NY. Events are held in the Claudia Boettcher Theatre on the campus. Take Route 9 to Clinton Avenue in Dobbs Ferry; go southeast on Clinton, past two campus houses to main entrance of school; turn left at stone marker. The campus is located about one mile from the Dobbs Ferry railroad station on Metro-North's Hudson River Line. Cab service is available. Sunnyside is located in Tarrytown, New York, one mile south of the Tappan Zee Bridge on Route 9 (turn west on West Sunnyside Lane). Warner Library is located at 121 North Broadway (Route 9), Tarrytown, New York, approximately 1.5 miles north of the Tappan Zee Bridge. Teachers & Writers Collaborative is located at 5 Union Square West, NYC. For directions call 212-691-6590. Jean Jacques' Culinary Creations, Inc. is located at 468 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, New York 10570. Phone number: 914-747-8191. Take Metro-North's Harlem Line train from Grand Central to Pleasantville. For further information about any of these events, call the Writers' Center at 914-332-5953. |