Saturday, March 23rd, 2pm at Nothing New Thrift Shop, 4916 Arthur Kill Road, SINY 10309. Special thanks to Jodi Kenny of Nothing New, for her hospitality!

Staten Island OutLOUD hosts a stage reading of Kelly Link’s magical story.
Directed by Vincent Vok. Featuring Melisande Echanique, Rona Solomon and others TBA.
A sweet grandmother has a very old handbag. If you open the clasp one way, you’ll look inside her purse and see her grandmotherly handbag things.
But if you open the clasp another way, the handbag opens to reveal an old European village with cobblestone streets, wishing wells, picturesque people, steeples and cats.
Be careful, or you could fall in. And then, you could …
This event is free & open to the public.
Book giveaway, too!

This event is part of our series on Kelly Link’s short story collection, Pretty Monsters, for the National Endowment for the Arts / The Big Read. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute for Museum and Library services, and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. www.neabigread.org