These events have come and gone!
Friday, Oct 26th, 7pm at the historic Conference House, 298 Satterlee Street (at the southern tip of Hylan Blvd), SINY 10307
Island historian Patricia Salmon explores some of Staten Island’s haunted places. . .
What murder mystery began on Castleton Ave and concluded on Westervelt Ave?
When did a young crime reporter named Edgar Allan Poe cover an Island murder trial?
Who still haunts the Conference House?
More mysteries await…
Free, fun & family-friendly.
Thursday, Oct 25th, 4pm. Port Richmond Branch Library, 75 Bennett St, SINY 10302
Join our awesome friends, the staff of Port Richmond Library, and Staten Island OutLOUD for this lively community conversation on Kelly Link’s fantastical short story collection, Pretty Monsters.
Book giveaway, while supplies last.
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
