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Hastings Friday Night Live:
Hastings Off the Shelf -- Friday, March 4
In collaboration with the Hastings Village Arts Commission, Friday Night Live kicks off its 2011 season on Friday, March 4th, with Hastings Off the Shelf, a community-wide series of events celebrating the magic of words, their hold on our imagination.
Timed to coincide with March is Literature Month, Hastings Off the Shelf features:
• HFNL Writing Contest
Theme: Imagine Spring
Form: Unpublished short (flash) fiction or poetry.
The challenge: 100 words or less.
Who can enter: Open to all ages.
No entry fee. All ages. Details to come. Entry deadline: Feb 28, 2011.
• Artist Marie Claude Giroux’s sneak preview from the Memory Lane “birdhouse” book. Will she be reading your entry?
• Teen Poetry Slam
• Activities for kids of all ages and their families. Materials provided.
• Hastings resident storytellers, folklorists, and poets presenting their latest, greatest, on the shelf, undercover, or in-progress work.
• Common Ground Downtown presents An Evening of Spoken Word Poetry and World-Class Jazz
Headlining the evening at 8:30 will be The Hastings Jazz Collective, featuring Tim Armacost, Jay Azzolina, David Janeway, Dean Johnson, and Ron Vincent. From 7-8 pm, Janeway, Johnson and Vincent will improvise accompaniment to original spoken word poetry, performed by local poets, including Ann Van Buren, Monique Avakian, Golda Solomon, and others. If you are a local poet and would like to participate, please contact Golda Solomon at gs@goldajazz.com or Carter Smith at commongroundfusw@aol.com.
Mark your Calendars for the 2011 Season!
Visit the website to download the schedule
Hastings Friday Night Live Returns with an Exciting 2011 Line-up.
April 1 – Art Walk. Check the website for entry details.
May 6 – Celebrates Dance
June 3 – Celebrates Theater & Spring Thing
July 8 – Midsummer Magic
August 5 – Beach Party
September 9 – Hastings Harvest
October 7 – Celebrates Music
November 4 – Film Festival
December 2 – Lights up the Night
Village of Hastings-on-Hudson
7 Maple Ave, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
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