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THIS EVENT IS BEING POSTPONED DUE TO COVID 19 SAFETY CONCERNS. NEW DATE & TIME TBA. THANKS.

Saturday, April 18, 2020. 2pm at Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, 3201 Amboy Road, SINY 10306.

Staten Island OutLOUD is proud to host this event for April – National Poetry Month.  We’ll explore the work of some of the stellar writers of the Harlem Renaissance.  Co-hosted by Duane Felton & Lynn Rogers, of Frederick Douglass Memorial Park.

This event is free & good for all ages.  If the weather is fair, we’ll gather outside amidst the daffodils.  If it’s cold or rainy, we’ll be warm & comfy indoors in the conference room.

Free parking onsite.

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THIS EVENT IS BEING POSTPONED DUE TO COVID 19 SAFETY CONCERNS. NEW DATE & TIME TBA. THANKS.

Saturday, April 11, 2020.  2pm at the Greenbelt Nature Center, 700 Rockland Ave, SINY 10314

Staten Island OutLOUD hosts this community event for April – National Poetry Month. Co-hosted by the Greenbelt Conservancy.

We’ll feature several Staten Island poets who’ll read their original work:  MA Dennis,Thomas Fucaloro, Jessica Kratz, Rocio Uchofin, Henne Lena Van Campen.  They’ll also share poems by other writers from around the world.

Poetry giveaway too. Free & family-friendly.

THIS EVENT IS BEING POSTPONED DUE TO COVID 19 SAFETY CONCERNS. NEW DATE & TIME TBA. THANKS.

Saturday, April 4, 2020, 2pm.  At the Henry Hogg Biddle House, 70 Satterlee St, SINY 10307.   Co-hosted by Oprof. Marguerite Rivas, who was recently appointed as Staten Island’s first Poet Laureate.

THIS EVENT IS BEING RESCHEDULED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS PRECAUTIONS.

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Sunday, March 22, 2020, 2pm.  At the Staten Island Children’s Museum, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building…, Staten Island NY 10301 (on the grounds of Snug Harbor Cultural Center)

Staten Island OutLOUD hosts this spoken word event featuring the poetry of Island writer Audre Lorde. Accompanying dance performance by the Staten Island Dance Project.
Good for all ages.

THIS EVENT IS BEING RESCHEDULED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS PRECAUTIONS.

NEW DATE/TIME INFO WILL BE POSTED VERY SOON.  THANKS.

Saturday, March 21, 2020, 8pm at Every Thing Goes Book Cafe, 208 Bay St, SINY 10301.

Staten Island OutLOUD explores this memoir by Mende Nazer & Damien Lewis.

Special musical guests: Elle La Forge & Robert Landsman.  Readings by Elle La Forge.

Saturday, March 7, 2020, 2pm.  At Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve Interpretive Center, 2351 Veterans Rd, Staten Island, NY 10309.  (Off Sharrott’s Road. Take Exit 3 off 440 South – Woodrow Road.)

For Women In History Month, we’ll host a reading featuring “Rural Hours”, a work by Susan Fenimore Cooper, written in 1850.  Cooper (1813-1894) was a pioneering writer whose work highlights environmental issues.
Her work has been forgotten by some, but her influence is significant. Charles Darwin admitted her work, and she influenced Thoreau as he wrote “Walden”.
She was the daughter of James Fenimore Cooper. Her writing is a meditation on New York ecology; her work is relevant to our own community.
“Rural Hours” is readily available on several online resources, including the nypl.org portal & the NYPL rare books collection.

Saturday, Feb 8, 2010, 1-3pm.  Leidy’s Shore Inn, 748 Richmond Terrace, SINY 10301

Leidy’s Shore Inn (est’d 1905) is the oldest bar on Staten Island, and one of the oldest in New York City.
Today, Larry Leidy, great-grandson of the original owner, presides over this picturesque harborside establishment where tugboat captains and their crew still quaff a pint, along with neighborhood regulars.
Larry will share his great-grandfather’s stories of the retired sailors who lived in the neighborhood in the 19th century, plus some colorful local history of 20th century harbor life. Join us for a convivial afternoon as we discuss Nathaniel Philbrick’s In the Heart of the Sea and hear Larry’s stories of the mariners who lived, worked & drank beer on Staten Island’s shores.
Adults only, please.

This program is free, but please patronize Leidy’s by ordering a beer or two. Book giveaway, too.  This event is part of Staten Island OutLOUD’s series for the National Endowment for the Arts/The Big Read on historian Nathaniel Philbrick’s fascinating book, In the Heart of the Sea. It’s the story of the whaleship Essex, rammed and sunk by a whale in 1820.  This tragedy inspired young Herman Melville as he began writing Moby Dick.  

Saturday, February 1, 8pm.  At Every Thing Goes Book Cafe, 208 Bay St, SINY 10301. Directed by Vincent Vok.

Staten Island OutLOUD presents a stage reading of a rarely-performed play by the legendary Orson Welles, directed by Vincent Vok. With John Bostrom, Thomas Fucaloro, Ritty Mahoney, J. Keith McCauley, Gary Moore, Vincent Vok, and Ken Tirado.
First staged in London in 1955, the cast included Christopher Lee, Patrick McGoohan, and Joan Plowright. In the 1960s, a Broadway production featured the young Rod Steiger. Both runs were brief; Welles filmed portions of the London performance, but it was never released, and the film has reportedly been lost. However, some fragile footage of various Welles projects are in storage, perhaps awaiting a day when restoration technology advances.
The play begins with actors milling around on a stage as audience members arrive and take their seats. Actors can be heard joking and gossiping and grousing about their director. Suddenly the director appears, bounds up onto the stage and announces that they’ll rehearse his new adaptation of Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick”.
What happens next is …
“Moby Dick Rehearsed” is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company.
This event is part of Staten Island OutLOUD’s series for The Big Read/NEA on Nathaniel Philbrick’s “In the Heart of the Sea”, the tragedy of the whaleship Essex, rammed and sunk by a giant whale in 1820. The story of the Essex inspired young Herman Melville as he began work on “Moby Dick”. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum & Library Services, and in cooperation with Arts Midwest.  #neabigread  #statenislandoutloud