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Saturday, July 4, Noon, at the historic Conference House, 7455 Hylan Boulevard (at Satterlee St), SINY 10307.  Plenty of free parking on the street, and in the Conference House Visitors’ parking lot.   BRING A LAWNCHAIR!

This is a non-partisan event.  Every year, Staten Island OutLOUD invites neighbors to gather, read the Declaration of Independence together, and to share ideas about our nation’s founding document.  We’ll also read some related historic texts, plus a few more contemporary surprises.

This event is free & good for all ages.

Rain or shine!   If the weather is fair, we’ll gather on the lawn of the Conference House, and enjoy the beautiful view of Raritan Bay.  If it rains, we’ll gather inside the picturesque kitchen of the Conference House, where we’ll be dry & comfortable.

Saturday, June 20, 6:30pm. Great Kills National Park – Gateway, RAIN LOCATION We’ll be dry & comfy inside the Education Field Station (opposite Parking Lot A).  Enter the park grounds at 3270 Hylan Boulevard (at Buffalo St), SINY 10306. Drive along the road inside the park that hugs the shore.  Watch for a sign on your left for “Parking Lot A”.  The Education Field Station is right across the road.

Staten Island OutLOUD presents a candlelight reading of “Treasure Island”, a tale of pirates and buried treasure on a mysterious Island. Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel has fascinated readers for more than a century.

Pirate tunes by Bobaloo Basey & Vincent Vok.  A tale of pirates, mutiny & mayhem, but it’s fun for all ages.  Kids may find a few gold doubloons…

Perfect for all ages. Free!

For directions, please visit:  http://www.nyharborparks.org/visit/grki.html

Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 2pm.  Alice Austen House Museum, 2 Hylan Boulevard, SINY 10305

Staten Island OutLOUD hosts a special program to honor the 30th anniversary of the Alice Austen House Museum and it’s celebratory exhibit on Alice’s home.   OutLOUD presents readings of short works about what “home” can mean – by two American writers, Sara Orne Jewett and Gwendolyn Brooks.

There is a poignant aspect to the story of Alice Austen and her family home, Clear Comfort.  She and her partner Gertrude were evicted in 1945, and she lost the fine old home that had been in her family for generations.  Years later, the wrecker’s ball threatened – But the home was saved, and transformed into a museum that honors Alice’s pioneering work.  OutLOUD’s readings will reflect this compelling story, and invite you to share your own thoughts on what it means to come home.  Free & open to the public.

Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 2:30pm.  Greenbelt Nature Center, 700 Rockland Ave (@Brielle), SINY 10314

Staten Island OutLOUD presents a spoken word performance of this Persian classic, with original choreography & dance performance by Melissa West, with music by Tom Bones.  Free, fun and family-friendly.  Face-painting & bird whistles for kids.  Feathers & fun for all.

Saturday, May 30, 2015, at 2pm –  Historic Lake Cemetery, 1688 Forest Avenue (near Willowbrook Road), SINY 10302.

Staten Island OutLOUD is proud to join Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries for their annual Memorial Weekend tribute to veterans.  2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II,  and the 40th anniversary of the conclusion of US engagement in Vietnam.

OutLOUD will present readings to honor veterans from those eras, as well as to honor the memory of all who have served.  More details TBA.

Saturday, May 16, 2pm.  At the Conference House, 7455 Hylan Blvd (at Satterlee St, southern tip of Hylan Blvd), SINY 10307.

Staten Island OutLOUD is happy to be part of the “For the Birds” Festival – a special afternoon of events, hosted by the historic Conference House and the NYC Dept of Parks & Recreation.  OutLOUD will host one of the day’s forest walks; we’ll invite our guests to read poems about the forest’s birds, as we quietly walk through the woods that surround the Conference House. You’ll see a beautiful array of woodland birds, and waterfowl that nest & feed on the shore of Raritan Bay.  This event is good for all ages.

Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 3pm.  In the Culture Lounge – Staten Island Arts – Located in Staten Island Ferry Terminal (at the intersection of Richmond Terrace & Bay St, St George, SINY 10301.  (Look for the orange overhead sign marked “Culture Lounge” in the main throughway near the waiting room. The Culture Lounge is opposite the stairs leading to the SIR Train entrance, and next door to the River Dock Cafe.  It’s about 100 feet from the west plaza entrance & stairway from the parking lot)

Staten Island OutLOUD is proud to team up again with our friends at Archipelago Books to present this event for National Poetry Month, featuring the poetry of Yannis Ritsos, with English translation by Edmund Keeley and Karen Emmerich.

We’ll give away copies of this beautiful book, which features cover art by Paul Klee (while supplies last).

Loved and hated during his lifetime, Ritsos was a political prisoner during the years following the Greek Civil War. Twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.  Diaries of Exile is his personal reflection of those years of imprisonment: poetry of exile, poetry of indictment, poetry of protest, poetry of survival.

“… We do not sing in order to be
Conspicuous in the world.
We sing
To unite the world. …”

Saturday, April 25, 2015 at NOON.  At Bay House Noodle Shop, 228 Bay St, SINY 10301 (The noodle shop is a few doors from ETG Book Cafe, between Victory Blvd & Hannah St, across from Tompkinsville Park).

Our reading is free – BUT WE ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THE NOODLE SHOP by ordering something from their delicious menu: Starts as low as $4 for a huge bowl of noodles, plus other tasty selections. 

This event is part of the colorful St George Day Festival, hosted by Every Thing Goes Book Cafe, in Tompkinsville Park, Bay Street bet Victory Boulevard & Hannah Street.

Staten Island OutLOUD is happy to present a spoken-word event at our community’s annual St. George Day Festival, which also includes music, art, books, crafts, family activities and many other fun features.

Staten Island OutLOUD stalwarts will perform their own original work, plus some global classics.   We’ll perform at noon, rain or shine, inside the cozy noodle shop.  Join us, order a bowl of noodles – Delicious and reasonably priced.

This event is free & open to the public.  Join us!