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Time
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Location
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Admission
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January
2008 HVWC on the Road
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| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, hosted by Dan Rustin. |
Friday,
January 18 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
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HVWC
|
$3
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| Immigrant Voices: Writers Explore Immigration, with Annecy Baez, Helen Barolini, Josephine Lee |
Tuesday,
January 22 |
7
pm
|
Larchmont
Public Library
(Village Center) 121 Larchmont Ave, Larchmont, NY |
Free
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| Size Matters: Image and Script (wine & cheese reception follows) six 5-10 minute short plays inspired by large paintings in the exhibit Size Matters: XXL |
Thursday,
January 24 |
8
pm
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Hudson
Valley Center for Contemporary Art 1701
Main Street Peekskill, NY
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$20
(members
of HVCCA and HVWC $16)
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| Ben Cheever reads from Strides: Running Through History with an Unlikely Athlete |
Friday,
January 25 |
7
pm
|
Westchester
Road Runner
179 East Post Rd., White Plains, NY |
Free
(donations gratefully accepted)
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| Size Matters: Image and Script: six 5-10 minute short plays inspired by large paintings in the exhibit Size Matters: XXL |
Sunday,
January 27 |
3
pm
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Hudson
Valley Center for Contemporary Art 1701
Main Street Peekskill, NY
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$15
(members
of HVCCA and HVWC $12)
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Date
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Time
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Location
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Admission
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| February 2008 Memoir Month | ||||
| Slapering Hol Press Second Friday Cafe with Tara Betts, Lorna Blake, and Sally Bliumis Dunn |
Friday,
February 8 |
7:30
pm
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HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Susan Hodara, Joan Potter, Andrea Rosenhaft read from the new anthology, Illness & Grace, Terror & Transformation (note: the reading will be preceded by a memoir workshop with Joan Potter) |
Sunday,
February 10 |
4:30
pm
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HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| A. R. Baumann, Andrea Chapin, Patricia McCormick, Martha McPhee, Sally Wofford-Girand read from the anthology, The Honeymoon’s Over: True Stories of Love, Marriage, and Divorce |
Wednesday,
February 13 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, hosted by James Joseph |
Friday,
February 15 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
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| Mark Doty and Rigoberto Gonzalez read from their new memoirs |
Sunday,
February 24 |
4:30
pm
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HVWC
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$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
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Date
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Time
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Location
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Admission
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| March 2008 National Small Press Month | ||||
| Slapering Hol Press Second Friday Cafe with Christine Boyka Kluge, Joshua Mehigan, and Marc Straus |
Friday,
March 14 |
7:30
pm
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HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, hosted by Anne Marie |
Friday,
March 21 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
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| Small Press Editors Panel: Meet editors from these literary journals & presses: Inkwell, Marsh Hawk Press, Slapering Hol Press, Lumina and LitMag |
Tuesday,
March 25 |
7
pm
|
Manhattanville
College
Dowd-O’Gorman Writing Center, Purchase, NY |
TBA
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| A reading by Denise Duhamel and our 2007 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition winner, Stephanie Lenox |
Sunday,
March 30 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| A reading by Slapering Hol Press chapbook competition winners Mary Kaiser (2006 ), Stephanie Lenox (2007) and Sean Nevin (2005) |
Monday,
March 31 |
6-8
pm
|
The
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia St., NY, NY |
TBA
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Date
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Time
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Location
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Admission
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| April 2008 National Poetry Month | ||||
| Slapering Hol Press Second Friday Cafe with Joel Allegretti and Jo Pitkin |
Friday,
April 11 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Jeff Gordinier (X Saves the World) and Steven Kurutz (Like a Rolling Stone: The Strange Life of a Tribute Band) |
Sunday,
April 13 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, hosted by Shshi Maisa |
Friday,
April 18 |
8
pm
|
HVWC
|
$3
|
| One Year to a Writing Life with author Susan Tiberghien (note that Susan wil be offering a workshop, "Life Stories: from Journal to Essay to Memoir" from 2 to 5 before her reading) |
Tuesday,
April 29 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
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Date
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Time
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Location
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Admission
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| May 2008 | ||||
| A reading by writers from Inkwell and The Westchester Review |
Sunday,
May 4 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Slapering Hol Press Second Friday Cafe with poets Jo Ann Clark, Brad Davis, Barbara Fischer, and jazz trio Seiferth, Davis & Burnett |
Friday,
May 9 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition Submission Deadline |
Thursday,
May 15 (postmark by) |
n/a
|
n/a
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n/a
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| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, hosted by Dan Rustin |
Friday,
May 16 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
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| Port Chester Fest celebrating community and the cultures of Port Chester; poetry readings co-sponsored by the Writers' Center |
Sunday,
May 18 |
noon
- 9 pm (poetry
from 6 - 9)
|
downtown
Port Chester, NY
|
Free |
| Manhattanville College/Hudson Valley Writers' Center Collaborative Poetry Reading featuring John Hoppenthaler (Inkwell, Spring 2007) and Suzanne Cleary and David Tucker (HVWC’s Slapering Hol Press). |
Wednesday,
May 21 |
7:00
pm
|
Manhattanville
College
Reid Castle |
Free
|
| Second Annual Warner Library Local Author Fair: readings, signings & discussions for adults, teens & children |
Saturday,
May 31 |
10
am - 3 pm
|
Free
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Date
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Time
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Location
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Admission
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| June 2008 | ||||
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, hosted by Anne Marie |
Friday,
June 20 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
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$3
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Date
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Time
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Location
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Admission
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| July 2008 | ||||
| Performing songwriters Anthony DaCosta and Emilyn Brodsky kick off our 2008 Summer Sunset Series |
Wednesday,
July 16 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, hosted by James Joseph |
Friday,
July 18 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
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| Local fiction writers DeLauné Michel and Jamie Malanowski read from their latest novels |
Wednesday,
July 23 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
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$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
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Date
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Time
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Location
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Admission
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| August 2008 | ||||
| Poets Patricia Spears Jones and Elaine Sexton |
Wednesday,
August 6 |
7:30
pm
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HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Poets Renato Rosaldo and Javier Huerta |
Wednesday,
August 13 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers. |
Friday,
August 15 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
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$3
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Date
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Time
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Location
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Admission
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| September 2008 | ||||
| 20th Anniversary Annual Autumn Celebration - dinner, dancing, silent and live auctions |
Friday,
September 19 |
7
pm
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Sleepy
Hollow Country Club, Scarborough
|
$225
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| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers. |
Friday,
September 19 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
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$3
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| Mimi Schwartz and Nahid Rachlin: "Memoir as History: From Germany to Iran” |
Sunday,
September 28 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
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Date
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Time
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Location
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Admission
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| October 2008 | ||||
| Fifth Annual Hudson Valley Golf Classic, benefiting HVWC's community programs to advance the art and craft of writing (10:30 am registration/driving range; 11:30 buffet lunch; 12:30 shotgun start) |
Tuesday,
October 7 |
12:30
shotgun start
|
$325
|
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| Slapering Hol Press Second Friday Cafe, with Lee Briccetti and Jeanne Marie Beaumont |
Friday,
October 10 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Gary Gildner and Peter Selgin |
Sunday,
October 12 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers. |
Friday,
October 17 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
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| Peter Cole and Roger Sedarat |
Sunday,
October 26 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
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Date
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Time
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Location
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Admission
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| November 2008 | ||||
| Slapering Hol Press Second Friday Cafe: Poets & Writers on War and Peace |
Friday,
November 14 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Poetry & Art: a Hudson Valley Writers’ Center and Manhattanville College collaboration with the Hudson River Museum (tour/featured poets/open mike/reception) |
Sunday,
November 16 |
2:30
pm
|
Hudson
River Museum
|
TBA
|
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers. |
Friday,
November 21 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
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| Philip Miller and Robert Minhinnick |
Sunday,
November 23 |
4:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
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Date
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Time
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Location
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Admission
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| December 2008 | ||||
| Slapering Hol Press Second Friday Cafe. Elizabeth Alexander and Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon read from their new Slapering Hol Press chapbook, Poems in Conversation and a Conversation |
Friday,
December 12 |
7:30
pm
|
HVWC
|
$5
(nonmembers)
$3 (HVWC members) |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers. |
Friday,
December 19 |
8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30)
|
HVWC
|
$3
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| Notes: HVWC = The Hudson Valley Writers' Center, 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY. Events are held in the restored Philipse Manor railroad station. Kendal-on-Hudson is in northwest Sleepy Hollow between Phelps Hospital and the Hudson River. It is accessible via Rockwood Road off of Route 9 just north of the entrance to the hospital. Click here for directions. 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. Hollow Brook Golf Club is located in Cortlandt Manor, New York. Click here for directions. Neuberger Museum of Art is located on the campus of Purchase College, State University of New York, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY 10577. For further information about any of these events, call the Writers' Center at 914-332-5953. |