The third Friday of every month is Open Mike Night at The Hudson Valley Writers' Center, beginning at 8 pm. On your way to Open Mike, be sure to stop by Coffee Labs Roasters at 7 Main Street in Tarrytown (next to the Music Hall) where the Slapering Hol Press Poetry Series of the Writers' Center presents poetry and prose readings from 6:15 to 7:15 * as part of Tarrytown's 3rd Friday festivities. Readers scheduled to date are:

September 16th, 2005 (hosted by Brenda Connor-Bey)

• Deborah Batterman
• Kate M. Gallagher
• Christine Boyka Kluge

August 19th, 2005 (hosted by Ann Lauinger)

• Dominick Angiello
• Sana Mulji-Dutt

July 15th, 2005 (hosted by Meredith Trede)

• Conrad Geller
• Elizabeth Harrington
• Maxine Silverman

June 17th, 2005 (hosted by Herbert Hadad)

• E. J. Antonio
• Susan Pliner
• Estha Weiner

May 20th, 2005 (hosted by Meredith Trede)

• Neal Spitzer
• Ann Cefola
• Peggy Ellsberg

April 15th, 2005 (hosted by Ann Lauinger) *Please note that the April 3rd Friday reading will be held from 7 to 8 pm.

• Suzanne Cleary
• Jesse Schotter
• Pamela Hart

March 18th, 2005

• Herbert Hadad
• Marilyn Johnson
• Michael Carman

February 18th, 2005 (hosted by Suzanne Cleary)

• Doretta Cornell
• Cindy Beer-Fouhy
• Ellen Goldsmith

January 21st, 2005

• Jay Albrecht
• Monique Avakian
• Natalie Safir

Admission is free, but you can thank Coffee Labs for its courtesy by buying a pastry or a cup of tea or coffee (fair trade and rainforest alliance certified!)

For more information about Tarrytown's 3rd Friday, visit www.sleepyhollowchamber.com.

All HVWC readings are made possible in part by grants from the Bydale Foundation, the David G. Taft Foundation, the Orchard Foundation, and the Thendara Foundation; with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and by Westchester Arts Council with funds from Westchester County Government, corporations and individuals.