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Wednesday, Oct 24th, 3pm. At Richmondtown Branch Library, 200 Clarke Ave, SINY 10306.

Details TBA

Saturday, Oct 20th, 2pm. At Mont Sec House, 112A Mo t Sec Avenue. on the grounds of historic Fort Wadsworth, Bay Street & School Road, Staten Island NY 10305. (Mont Sec Avenue is just a block past the guard station, which is at the end of Bay St & School Road)

Join us for an informal reading from Kelly Link’s short story “The Wrong Grave” & conversation in the charming 19th century parlor of Mont Sec House, located on the grounds of historic Fort Wadsworth. Enter via the guard station at the end of Bay Street at School Road. Free parking in the Visitors Center.
Mont Sec House is located on Mont Sec Avenue, just to the left of the guard station, off New York Avenue.

Gateway National Recreation Area

Friday, Oct 19th, 7pm. 7 Navy Pier Court @Urby (Front Street & Navy Pier), Staten Island NY 10304. (One block from Bay Street)

Meet us at the Staten Island Arts gallery, where our candlelight stroll begins. We’ll walk from Urby to Tappen Park, then to MakerPark, then to the Urby waterfront as we explore Sonic Gates, the large kinetic sculptures installed in each of those locations.

Each audience member will be given bells and glow sticks as we stroll along this 4-block circuit around Stapleton.

Special musical guests: Bobbaloo Basey and Tracey Wright on pennywhistle.

Featured dancers: Melisande Echinique, Alyssa Rapp, Rosita Roldan, and Shawna Salmon – creation dance collective.

Costumed dancers will lead us along the way, and at each location we’ll pause for a reading from Kelly Link’s fantastical short stories, Pretty Monsters. Dancers will perform at each location, then they’ll lead us to the next site. Our stroll will return to the Staten Island Arts gallery, where we’ll have drinks, conversation and fellowship. Free, fun and family-friendly!

Saturday, Oct 13, 3pm at the Great Kills Branch Library, NY Public Library, 56 Giffords Lane, Staten Island NY 10306

Staten Island OutLOUD is delighted to join our pals, the awesome librarians at the Great Kills Branch Library, for another fun community conversation on Kelly Link’s short stories, Pretty Monsters. Book giveaway, while supplies last.

Thursday, Oct 11, 5:30pm at the South Beach Branch, New York Public Library, 21-25 Robin Road, Staten Island NY 10305

Staten Island OutLOUD is delighted to join Jordana Gross, our awesome librarian pal, for another lively community chat on Kelly Link’s short story collection, Pretty Monsters. Book giveaway while supplies last!

Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link is the featured literature this autumn, when Staten Island OutLOUD presents The Big Read in our community for the National Endowment for the Arts! A 2018 MacArthur Fellow, Kelly Link’s work has been described as “pushing the boundaries of literary fiction in works that combine the surreal and fantastical with the concerns and emotional realism of contemporary life.”
Her fascinating short story collection, Pretty Monsters, is a kaleidoscope of magical realism, suspense, and flat-out funny!
Our Pretty Monsters series will run from mid-October to mid-December, with events for adults, teens, kids, and intergenerational fun.
https://www.macfound.org/fellows/1017/

Saturday, August 11, 2pm at Historic Richmond Town, 441 Clarke Ave, SINY 10306.

Staten Island OutLOUD and Historic Richmond Town welcome you to a special event featuring the work of Jacob Riss, 19th century photo-journalist and social activist. Special musical guests: Elle LaForge and Rob Landsman.
Riis’ book broke new ground by combining photography with a compelling narrative about the brutal challenges that working people, especially new Americans, overcame to survive in New York City.
“How the Other Half Lives” helped raise awareness of 19th century urban housing and public health issues. Its publication helped bring about reforms in fire safety, fair housing and child labor laws, among other important reforms.

Saturday, August 4th, 2pm at Tottenville Branch Library, NYPL, 7430 Amboy Road, SINY 10307.

This event is part of the Once City, One Book series taking place throughout NYC this summer.
We’ll explore “Manhattan Beach”, the compelling novel by Jennifer Egan.
Details to come. Free and open to the public

Saturday, July 28, 2016, at 4pm.  At the historic Biddle House, 70 Satterlee St (at Shore Road), SINY 10307.  Free parking on surrounding streets. The Biddle House is located about 500 feet from the corner of Sattlerlee St & Hylan Blvd, past the Conference House.  BRING A LAWNCHAIR!

This event is good for all ages. Our performance will take place rain or shine. Free parking on the surrounding streets.

Staten Island OutLOUD hosts our annual celebration of Herman Melville’s haunting tale of the sea.  Maritime music by the Brass Ensemble of the Staten Island Philharmonic Orchestra. You’ll hear the story of the mystical voyage of the Pequod as it circumnavigated the earth. You’ll meet Ishmael and the crew as they discover Captain Ahab’s mad obsession with the great whale, Moby Dick.

“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul… then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.”

The historic Biddle House is an Island architectural treasure. Captain Henry Hogg Biddle, who owned the ferryboat between Tottenville and Perth Amboy, as well as Biddle’s Grove, a summer resort for temperance groups, constructed this house about 1845. It is a rare example in New York of the Greek Revival architectural style, with identical sweeping, sloped rooflines on both facades.

Wednesday, July 4th, 2pm at Fort Wadsworth, Bay St & School Road (enter via the Guard Station, park in the Visitors Center lot & follow the sidewalk to the scenic Harbor Overlook).

Staten Island OutLOUD hosts our annual community reading & conversation on the Declaration of Independence – plus a few surprises. When’s the last time you read it? Good for all ages. Free.