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#NEABigRead      Staten Island OutLOUD’s album of our To Kill a Mockingbird Big Read 2014-15 series:  Here are some representative photos.  More images on our Facebook Page, www.facebook.com/StatenIslandOutLOUD & Instagram  #statenislandoutloud Staten Island OutLOUD has hosted over 35 Mockingbird events: 20+ book discussions, plus a host of special events, including oral histories of the American civil rights movement and local civil rights work, film screenings, an … Read More

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Staten Island OutLOUD’s Big Read series on The Things They Carried continued as we joined Vietnam veterans – and vets of all eras, at two local Veterans Day ceremonies: one event with the Veterans of Foreign Wars, another with the American Legion.  Here are a few photos from the VFW Veterans Day ceremony at Ocean View Cemetery.  After the solemn … Read More

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Staten Island OutLOUD hosted a community forum on veterans’ issues: “Honoring Sacrifice and Service”, a gathering for veterans, their families and friends, and for anyone who cares about veterans, on Saturday, Nov. 17, at the College of Staten Island’s Center for the Arts. We drew a diverse audience of veterans and civilians, ranging in age from teens to seniors. Our … Read More

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Staten Island OutLOUD is proud to be chosen to present The Big Read in our community for the second year in a row.  By popular demand, we are hosting events featuring Tim O’Brien’s  The Things They Carried, a powerful account of the Vietnam experience, stories that resonate with veterans of all eras, all combat areas – and with their loved … Read More

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Staten Island OutLOUD presents some special Big Read event for young readers.  On Saturday afternoon Dec 1, we hosted a cross-cultural event that welcomed Staten Island youth and kids who were injured in war in Croatia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.  They came to Staten Island through Global Medical Relief Fund, an Island-based organization that helps kids injured in war by … Read More

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We combined a reading & discussion of Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, with writing by women who served in Vietnam. We especially featured neighbors who served in Vietnam, and in Iraq. Our special guest was Mary LaManna, who served in the US Army Nurse Corps in the Third Field Hospital in Saigon, and in the 629th Medical Detachment.  Mary … Read More

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Staten Island OutLOUD is having tons of fun presenting a big, rich and varied menu of 30+ events from Jan 28 through March 31, 2012, to celebrate The Big Read and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in our community.   We’ve devoted individual posts to some of our bigger events; this photo gallery features images from a variety of OutLOUD’s … Read More