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Monday, December 5, 7pm at the Staten Island OutLOUD Cutlure Lounge, in the SI Ferry Terminal (St George side of the harbor), 1 Bay St, SINY 10301.  The Culture Lounge is located on the main concourse, near the waiting room, next door to the River Dock Cafe.

Staten Island OutLOUD & Staten Island Arts host Linda Fairstein, best-selling mystery writer & former Chief of Manhattan DA’s Special Victims Unit.  We’ll host a reading & conversation with Linda, who’ll discuss & sign her latest young adult detective novel & her fantastic ongoing Alex Cooper mysteries.

This event is part of Staten Island OutLOUD’s Big Read series on Dashiell Hammett’s classic detective novel “The Maltese Falcon”. (Photo above by Katherine Marks)

Friday, Dec 2, 2016 at 7:30pm.  Every Thing Goes Book Cafe, 208 Bay St, SINY 10301

Staten Island OutLOUD features Island writer Richard Ryan’s new book (and his first novel), “The Vatican Cameos: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure”. The noted mystery writer Lee Child (author of the Jack Reacher series) said that The Vatican Cameos is, “an extravagantly imagined and beautifully written Holmes story”. Here’s a chance to meet a local author, explore his new novel and hear his ideas on the art and craft of the mystery writer.

FREE.

This event continues our series on The Maltese Falcon for The Big Read/NEA.

Friday, Nov 18, 2016 at 2:30pm.  New Dorp Branch Library, 309 New Dorp Lane, SINY 10306

Join popular librarian Emily Lacey and Staten Island OutLOUD for a conversation on Dashiell Hammett’s “The Maltese Falcon”.  Free copies for book discussion participants (while supplies last).  The New Dorp Library is a vibrant community hub, conveniently located mid-Island and close to public transportation.  Free & fun.  You should come!

Thursday, Nov 10, 2016, 4pm.  Stapleton Library, 132 Canal St, SINY 10304

Staten Island OutLOUD hosts its special program for very young readers, Paws & Read OutLOUD for Kidz. Children ages 5-10 can practice their skills & have fun reading aloud to a gentle, licensed therapy dog. Their younger siblings can just sit back & enjoy being read to.
For the special Big Read for Little Readers OutLOUD event, we’ll focus on age-appropriate adaptations of “The Maltese Falcon”, including “The Malted Falcon”, stories about falcons, and other fun surprises.
Children must be accompanied by a parent or by an adult caregiver.

Plenty of parking on surrounding streets.  Close to buses & SIR train.

Sunday, Nov 6, 2pm at Historic Richmond Town’s Courthouse, 441 Clarke Ave, SINY 10306

Staten Island OutLOUD & the Staten Island Women’s Bar Association join forces to present “Women and the Criminal Justice System,” a community dialogue on the reasons why most women are in prison and the challenges they face.

Guest speakers: Hon. Michael McMahon, Richmond County District Attorney; Hon. Wanda DeOliveiria, Chief of the Special Victims Bureau of the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office; Mario Galluci, Esq., noted defense attorney; and others TBA.

If the case against Brigid O’Shaughnessy were brought to trial now, how would it be prosecuted? How would she be defended? Does the system treat female defendants differently from male defendants? If so, what are those differences? How are formerly incarcerated women reintegrated into society upon release?

Other issues that we’ll explore include: a layperson’s overview of criminal work; how defense attorneys work with the police & DA; how defense attorneys work with private investigators. We’ll also examine a frequent layperson’s question: “How can a defense attorney represent a ‘bad guy'”? More details TBA

Saturday, Nov 5, 2pm at the Tibetan Museum, 338 Lighthouse Ave, Staten Island NY 10306

As Staten Island OutLOUD celebrates Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon for The Big Read, we’ll take a cultural detour to explore on of Staten Island’s treasures, the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art.  And there we’ll find some intriguing & unexpected tie-ins to some themes and imagery in The Maltese Falcon.

We’ll examine how Tibetan art and art objects incorporate bird images (plenty of cranes, maybe a falcon or two), and the Himalayan custom of sky burial (plenty of vulture, and maybe a few falcons, as they eat carrion).  We’ll also hear from Meg Ventrudo, the museum’s Director, about a notorious  Asian art heist – Shades of The Maltese Falcon?

This event is free and open to the public.