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Date |
Time |
Location |
Admission | |
| January
2009 | ||||
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, with guest host Reggie Marra. |
Friday, January 16 | 8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30) |
HVWC |
$3 |
| The Form of Matter collaborative art & writing project featuring six 5-10 minute short poetry performances inspired by works of art in HVCCA's "Origins" exhibition. Stage directors: Mara Mills and Tom Kramer. Tickets: 914.788.0100 or email info@hvcca.org |
Saturday, January 24 | 2
pm | Hudson
Valley Center for Contemporary Art 1701 Main Street Peekskill, NY | $15.00
(HVCCA & HVWC members) $20.00 (nonmembers) |
| Performance with formal reception: The Form of Matter collaborative art & writing project featuring six 5-10 minute short poetry performances inspired by works of art in HVCCA's "Origins" exhibition. Stage directors: Mara Mills and Tom Kramer. Tickets: 914.788.0100 or email info@hvcca.org |
Saturday, January 24 | 6
pm | Hudson
Valley Center for Contemporary Art 1701 Main Street Peekskill, NY | $25.00
(HVCCA & HVWC members) $35.00 (nonmembers) |
| The Form of Matter collaborative art & writing project featuring six 5-10 minute short poetry performances inspired by works of art in HVCCA's "Origins" exhibition. Stage directors: Mara Mills and Tom Kramer. Tickets: 914.788.0100 or email info@hvcca.org |
Sunday, January 25 | 2
pm | Hudson
Valley Center for Contemporary Art 1701 Main Street Peekskill, NY | $15.00
(HVCCA & HVWC members) $20.00 (nonmembers) |
| Big Read Kick-Off: Community Reads at Mount Vernon Public Library, The Westchester Mall, White Plains Galleria, Yonkers Riverfront Library |
Saturday, January 31 | 11am - 5pm | various |
Free |
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Date |
Time |
Location |
Admission | |
| February 2009 | ||||
| A reading by SHP poets David Tucker and Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, followed by a conversation about the chapbook form with SHP founder/co-editor Margo Stever (funded by Arts Council of Rockland) | Sunday, February 1 | 4
pm | Free | |
| Big Read event: Is Criminal Justice Just? Leading experts in criminal justice in a panel discussion about the contemporary system of criminal justice and its effect on individuals, families and society. |
Tuesday, February 10 | 6:30
pm | White
Plains Public Library 100 Martine Avenue | Free |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, hosted by Dan Rustin. | Friday, February 20 | 8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30) |
HVWC |
$3 |
| Big Read event: Film Screening: A Lesson Before Dying, starring Don Cheadle and Cicely Tyson | Wednesday, February 25 | 11
am - 1 pm | Westchester
Community College 75 Grasslands Rd, Valhalla - classroom bldg rm 200 |
Free |
| The Big Read (NEA/Westchester Arts Council/HVWC collaboration): Live teleconference with Ernest Gaines (A Lesson Before Dying) Please reserve seats by calling Lauren Milo at 914.428.4220 x235 or e-mail lmilo@artswestchester.org |
Thursday, February 26 | 7:30
pm | Free | |
| A reading by writer David Surface and student Tom Mellana | Friday, February 27 | 7:30
pm | HVWC
| $5
(nonmembers) $3 (HVWC members) |
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Date |
Time |
Location |
Admission | |
| March 2009 National Small Press Month | ||||
| Big Read event: The American Ethic: Do We Have a Duty to Care? community dialogue led by Kerry Kennedy and Delores Scott Brathwaite, Esq. |
Sunday, March 1 | 2:30
- 4 pm | ArtsWestchester’s
Arts Exchange 31 Mamaroneck Ave, White Plains | Free |
| Big Read event: The Play & the Playwright reading of A Lesson Before Dying, adapted for theatre by Romulus Linney, followed by a conversation between the playwright and John Dillon, Director, Theatre Program, Sarah Lawrence College. Reading directed by Mara Mills. |
Tuesday,
Mar 10 | 8
pm | Westchester
Community College 75 Grasslands Rd, Valhalla - classroom bldg rm 200 |
Free |
| Slapering Hol Press Second Friday Cafe poets Kate Light and Matt Schwartz |
Friday, March 13 | 7:30
pm | HVWC |
$5 (nonmembers) $3 (HVWC members) |
| Book discussion and signing: Blake Bailey, author of a new biography of John Cheever, Cheever: A Life, (Knopf) in conversation with Max Rudin of Library of America, which is publishing two volumes of Cheever’s writing. Co-sponsored by Ossining Public Library and HVWC. | Saturday, March 14 | 2:00
pm | Free | |
| Reading by memoir/young adult authors Da Chen and Padma Venkatraman | Sunday, March 15 | 4:30
pm | HVWC |
$5 (nonmembers) $3 (HVWC members) |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers. CANCELLED |
Friday, March 20 | 8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30) | HVWC |
$3 |
| Reading by poets Cornelius Eady and 2008 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition winner Liz Ahl | Sunday, March 22 | 4:30
pm | HVWC |
$5 (nonmembers) $3 (HVWC members) |
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Date |
Time |
Location |
Admission | |
| April 2009 National Poetry Month | ||||
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, hosted by James Joseph. | Friday, April 17 | 8
pm | HVWC |
$3 |
| HVWC celebrates Westchester's National Book Award honorees: Young People's Literature Winner Judy Blundell of Katonah and Poetry Finalist Patricia Smith of Tarrytown | Sunday, April 19 | 4:30
pm | HVWC |
$5 (nonmembers) $3 (HVWC members) |
| Slapering Hol Press presents a reading by poets from Toadlily Press: Marcia Arrieta, Michael Carman, George Kraus, Pamela Hart, and Maxine Silverman | Friday, April 24 | 7:30
pm | HVWC |
$5 (nonmembers) $3 (HVWC members) |
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Date |
Time |
Location |
Admission | |
| May 2009 | ||||
| Slapering Hol Press Second Friday Cafe with poets Amy Lemmon and Stephanie Strickland | Friday, May 8 | 7:30
pm | HVWC |
$5 (nonmembers) $3 (HVWC members) |
| Meet the Authors at the Warner Library, co-sponsored by HVWC. A full day of readings, signings, Q&A, and Broadway music, with programs for children, teens, and adults. | Saturday, May 9 | 11
am - 4:30 pm | Warner
Library | Free |
| Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition Submission Deadline |
Friday, May 15 (postmark by) | n/a
| n/a |
n/a |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers. | Friday, May 15 | 8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30) | HVWC |
$3 |
| One Word/Many Voices: Bilingual literary event co-sponsored by the Writers' Center as part of the day-long Port Chester Fest celebrating community and the cultures of Port Chester. | Sunday, May 17 | 4
- 7 pm | Copacabana 29 North Main Street Port Chester, NY | Free |
| Local Journals, Local Writers: Inkwell and The Westchester Review | Sunday, May 31 | 4:30
pm | HVWC |
$5 (nonmembers) $3 (HVWC members) |
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Date |
Time |
Location |
Admission | |
| June 2009 | ||||
| New York Quadricentennial River Day Celebration / Sleepy Hollow Arts Festival. The Writers' Center will present a special reading by writers including Hudson Talbott (River of Dreams) and the winners of a young writers' Haiku-on-the-Hudson contest co-sponsored by the Junior League of Westchester-on-Hudson and the Writers' Center. | Saturday, June 6 | 11
- 4 readings at 1 pm | Kingsland
Point Park (Palmer Avenue at the Hudson River) Sleepy Hollow |
Free |
| Reading celebrating online journals, featuring poets and writers from The Acentos Review and the Ozone Park Journal. Q&A with the journal editors follows. |
Sunday, June 14 | 4:30
pm | HVWC |
$5 (nonmembers) $3 (HVWC members) |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, hosted by Dan Rustin. | Friday, June 19 | 8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30) | HVWC |
$3 |
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Date |
Time |
Location |
Admission | |
| July 2009 | ||||
| Reading by Slapering Hol Press poets Liz Ahl and Susana Case |
Friday, July 10 | 7
pm | ||
| Sleepy Hollow Second Sunday After Hours: Writers Carlos Hernandez, Richie Narvaez and Sergio Troncoso reading from the anthology Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery | Sunday, July 12 | 4:30
pm | Que
Chula Es Puebla 180 Valley Street Sleepy Hollow, NY | suggested
donation $5 ($3 HVWC members) |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, hosted by Shshi Maisa. | Friday, July 17 | 8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30) | HVWC |
$3 |
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Date |
Time |
Location |
Admission | |
| August 2009 | ||||
| Sleepy Hollow Second Sunday After Hours: Sofia Quintero, Elisha Miranda, and David Gonzalez | Sunday, August 9 | 4:30
pm | J.P.
Doyle's 48 Beekman Avenue Sleepy Hollow, NY | suggested
donation $5 ($3 HVWC members) |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, hosted by James Joseph. |
Friday, August 21 | 8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30) | HVWC |
$3 |
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Date |
Time |
Location |
Admission | |
| September 2009 | ||||
| Sleepy Hollow Second Sunday After Hours: A staged reading of the new drama "Welcome, This is a Neighborhood Watch Community" by Howard Meyer |
Sunday, September 13 | 4:30
pm | HVWC |
$5 (nonmembers) $3 (HVWC members) |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, hosted by Dan Rustin. |
Friday, September 18 | 8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30) | HVWC |
$3 |
| Annual Autumn Celebration: Dinner, dancing, silent & live auctions; special reading by Christine Lehner from her new comic novel Absent a Miracle. Honoring Westchester County Legislator Lois T. Bronz and Tarrytown Superintendent of Schools Dr. Howard W. Smith. | Friday, September 25 | 7
pm | Sleepy
Hollow Country Club, Scarborough | $225 |
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Date |
Time |
Location |
Admission | |
| October 2009 | ||||
| Slapering Hol Press Second Friday Cafe: poets Colette Inez, Gretl Clagget, and Alison Woods |
Friday, October 9 | 7:30
pm | HVWC |
$5 (nonmembers) $3 (HVWC members) |
| Book Release Party and Author Reading celebrating Mary Carroll Moore's new novel, Qualities of Light | Tuesday, October 13 | 7
pm | HVWC | Free |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, hosted by Andrea Alterman. |
Friday, October 16 | 8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30) | HVWC |
$3 |
| The Comic Novel: A reading by Christine Lehner (Absent a Miracle) and Ed Park (Personal Days) |
Sunday, October 25 | 4:30
pm | HVWC |
$5 (nonmembers) $3 (HVWC members) |
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Date |
Time |
Location |
Admission | |
| November 2009 | ||||
| Reading by Susan Gregory Thomas and Allison Gilbert on issues affecting parents | Sunday, November 8 | 4:30
pm | HVWC | $5
(nonmembers) $3 (HVWC members) |
| Slapering Hol Press Second Friday Cafe Writers on War & Peace, featuring poets D. Nurkse and Frances Richey with community poets & writers | Friday, November 13 | 7:30
pm | HVWC |
$5 (nonmembers) $3 (HVWC members) |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, hosted by Shshi Maisa. | Friday, November 20 | 8
pm (sign-up begins at 7:30) | HVWC |
$3 |
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Date |
Time |
Location |
Admission | |
| December 2009 | ||||
| Slapering Hol Press Second Friday Cafe: poets Estha Weiner, Patricia Carlin, and Helen Barolini | Friday, December 4 | 7:30
pm | HVWC | $5
(nonmembers) $3 (HVWC members) |
| Free Arts Day: Reading by Cynthia Ozick at Pelham Art Center | Sunday, December 6 |
2:30
pm
| Pelham
Art Center | Free |
| Open Mike Night for poets, fiction writers, essayists, and other writers, hosted by Raul Maldonado. |
Friday, December 18 | 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. 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. Manhattanville College is located at 2900 Purchase Street, Purchase New York. For information or to reserve a space, call (914) 323-5300. For directions, see www.manhattanville.edu. For further information about any of these events, call the Writers' Center at 914-332-5953. |