Sun, Nov 23, at 2:00pm at Creative Photographers’ Gallery, 814 Richmond Terrace @Tysen St, SINY 10301 (enter via red door on Tysen St)
Photographer Gail Middleton hosts a dialogue on James Agee & Walker Evans’ stunning photo essay, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. This remarkable book concerns rural Alabama during the Depression, the era & location where To Kill a Mockingbird took place.
Plenty of free parking on the street.
Sat, Nov 22, at 2:00pm at Clay Pit Ponds State Park, 2351 Veterans Rd West (@Sharrotts Rd), SINY 10309
We’ll read from To Kill a Mockingbird, together with an unusual selection: “When Children Discover America”. This essay, which is not well know, is Harper Lee’s observation on what America means to children. Join us for a community conversation, followed by a forest walk. weather permitting.
Sat, Nov 15, at 7:00pm at the historic Conference House, 7455 Hylan Blvd, SINY 10307
Staten Island OutLOUD hosts a candlelight conversation on “Mockingbird” and its fictional town of Maycomb. We’ll compare Maycomb with Tottenville’s history, people & special character.
Was there a Boo Radley of Tottenville?
Sun, Nov 9, at 2:00pm at the Greenbelt Nature Center, 700 Rockland Ave, SINY 10314
Explore the creaking trees & spooky shadows of Boo Radley’s back yard. Forest walk, weather permitting; kids may find Boo’s treasures among the trees.
Saturday, Nov 8, 2:00pm at the Noble Maritime Collection, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building D, Staten Island NY 10301
It is well known that the character of Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird is based on Truman Capote, Harper Lee’s childhood friend. Similarly, Harper Lee inspired Idabel, Capote’s pivotal character in his breakthrough novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms. Their friendship continued into adulthood, as Lee worked closely with Capote on research and writing for Capote’s In Cold Blood.
Staten Island OutLOUD hosts an afternoon of readings & conversation on Harper Lee, and Truman Capote. Our special guest is Staten Island writer/publisher Danforth Prince, co-author of Pink Triangle, which examines Capote’s life and work.
Friday, Nov 7, 2:30pm at the St George Library Center, 5 Central Ave, SINY 10301
A free screening of the Academy Award-winning film version of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Sunday, Nov 2, 2pm at the Alice Austen House Museum, 2 Hylan Blvd, SINY 10305.
We’ll enjoy Harper Lee’s hilarious “missionary tea” chapter in To Kill a Mockingbird. You’ll also hear what some Southerners say about Yanks – funny but true! We may also share a few of their recipes. Free & open to the public. .
Saturday, Nov 1, 2pm at the Richmondtown Library, 200 Clarke Ave, SINY 10301
You’ll hear the personal story of Rev. George McClain, an Islander who worked in Alabama and MIssissippi as a seminarian and as a young minister in the1960s. He worked in the Mississippi Freedom Summer, and in a range of desegregation initiatives in the Deep South. This event presents living history, a first-hand account of life under Jim Crow. Special guest, Prof. David Seeley, who worked with the US Dept of Justice to implement the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Sunday, Oct 26, 3:00pm at Shiloh AME Zion Church, 779 Henderson Ave, SINY 10310
Co-hosted by Staten Island OutLOUD and the Staten Island Chapter of the NAACP. We’ll explore local history as we consider the founding of the SI Chapter of the NAACP. We’ll honor the founders, we’ll examine the NAACP-SI Chapter’s history, we’ll focus on the Chapter’s current work and we’ll look ahead to the future
Our afternoon gathering on local Staten Island civil rights history will interweave music, poetry and themes in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird Pictured above: (L) William A. Morris, Founder of the Staten Island Chapter-NAACP, (R) NAACP National Organization, founded in 1909 by a coalition of Americans, including W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells, Oswald Garrison Villard, Henry Moskowitz, Mary White Ovington, William English Walling, Lillian Wald, Archibald Grimke, among other leaders.
Friday evening Oct 24 through Tuesday, Nov 25, 2014. After the opening on Friday evening, Oct 24, the exhibition will continue Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm, through Nov 25, 2014.
At Staten Island Academy, 715 Todt Hill Road, SINY 10304
Staten Island Academy students will exhibit their original art, inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird. Led by Island artist & SIA faculty member Kristi Pfister, the students’ art show will open Friday evening, Oct 24, and will be exhibited in the Atrium of Haugen Hall, at the Academy’s main entrance. Ample parking available in the school parking lots and on the surrounding streets.