Past Events

Sunday, Aug 13th, 2pm at the Greenbelt Nature Center, 700 Rockland Ave, SINY 10314

Staten Island’s Greenbelt owes a lot to self-taught naturalist Matilde Weingartner. Born in Switzerland, she emmigrated to the US with her family in the early 1920s & graduated from Curtis High School. She was a mainstay of the Staten Island Museum, where she taught generations of Islanders to value our environment. Tillie establshed the William T. Davis Wildlife Preserve,and she helped lay the groundwork for the present-day Greenbelt Conservancey, and she helped preserve much of the beautiful wilderness and parkland that distinguishes Staten Island today.

We’ll feature Island writer Eileen Monreale’s biography, “Matilde Weingartner: A Staten Island Naturalist”.

Saturday, Aug 5th, 2pm at the Greenbelt Nature Center. 700 Rockland Ave, SINY 10314

Kids (up to age 10) can have fun & practice their skills by reading aloud to JJ, an adorable licensed therapy dog. This popular program is hosted by Doris Nielsen, a therapy dog trainer & OutLOUD board member. JJ is gentle, and she’s a very good listener!

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Saturday, July 29th, 6pm at the historic Biddle House, 70 Satterlee St, SINY 10307 (2 blocks from Hylan Blvd)

Staten Island OutLOUD’s annual celebration of Melville’s haunting tale of the sea, of Captain Ahab, of the crew of the Pequod, and of the great white whale.

Maritime music by the brass ensemble of the Staten Island Philharmonic Orchestra.

Free. Good for all ages.

The Biddle House is on Sattlerlee St, just 2 short blocks from the Conference House. Plenty of free parking on the surrounding streets (including Shore Rd & Craig Ave) & lots of free parking space in the Conference House Visitors Center parking lot (Hylan Blvd & Satterlee).  The #78 bus stops at the Conference House, then walk 2 blocks down Satterlee to the Biddle House.

Rain or shine – If the weather is fair, we’ll gather on the lawn, overlooking Raritan Bay.  If it rains, we’ll enjoy the performance inside the charming Biddle House – a Staten Island landmark.

Bring a lawnchair.  Good for all ages!

Saturday, July 15, 2pm at Killmeyers Old Bavaria Inn, 4254 Arthur Kill Road, SINY 10309

Staten Island OutLOUD explores Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me” – it won the Natl Book Award & was a finalist for the Pulitzer. It is a narrative for his teenage son on the realities of being Black in the US. Toni Morrison says that Coates the intellectual successor to James Baldwin.

Sunday, June 25th, 2pm.  Location info provided when you RSVP (Please RSVPto sioutloud@yahoo.com  by 5pm, Sat June 24th 0 Thanks!)

Staten OutLOUD invites you for champagne & conversation in a lovely hillside Victorian, reminiscent of the San Francisco of Dashiell Hammett’s novels. We’ll explore some of his unpublished short stories – with plot twists like you wouldn’t believe!  FREE!

Location info provided when you RSVP.  Please reserve to sioutloud@yahoo.com by 5pm on Sat June 24th.  Thanks!

Saturday, June 24th, 2pm at Silver Lake Park, Forest Ave & Victory Blvd, SINY 10301. (Enter the park at the intersection of Victory & Forest, then take the path downhill to the reservoir.  OutLOUD will perform on the grassy lawn (to your left as you face the reservoir) at the water’s edge. Bring a lawn-chair!  Good for all ages.

Global Water Dances will take place all over the world on Saturday, June 24th – Thousands of performers world-wide, will dance to raise awareness on the crucial need for safe water for everyone, everywhere.

Staten Island will celebrate this global event in Silver Lake Park, led by the cre-a-ion dance collective, a vibrant group of Island dancers and choreographers. Staten Island OutLOUD will collaborate with cre-a-tion to present dance and poetry to highlight our concern for safe water. Dance and spoken word: Perfect together.

Free & open to the public. Bring a lawn-chair or blanket.
More details TBA.

.statenislandoutloud.org www.globalwaterdances.org

Global Water Dances serves a global community of choreographers and dancers who inspire action and international collaboration on water issues through the universal language of dance.

Friday, June 16th, 7:30pm at SI MakerSpace, 450 Front St, Unit B, SINY 10304 (corner Thompson & Front Sts, one block from Bay St & 2 blocks from Tappen Park).  Free parking on the surrounding streets.

Staten Island OutLOUD’s annual celebration of James Joyce’s comic epic “Ulysses” at SI MakerSpace.

Free. Adults only, please.

Saturday, Feb 11th, 3pm at Every Thing Goes Book Cafe, 208 Bay St SINY 10301.

Staten Island OutLOUD explores the world of Dashiell Hammett, his politics, and the “The Maltese Falcon”.

Music by Allergic to Bs.

Book giveaway, while supplies last.

(Original Caption) New York: Held In Contempt Of Court. Mystery writer Dashiel Hammett (Left), chairman of the Civil Rights Congress’ Bail Fund, and W. Alphaeus Hunton, a trustee, are handcuffed together as they enter a police van after being remanded to cells for contempt of court, July 9. Both men refused to answer Federal Judge Sylvester Ryan’s questions about who put up the money for the four Communist leaders who have jumped their bail. Another trustee, millionaire Frederick Vanderbilt Field, has been sentenced to 90 days on the same charge.