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Hastings Friday Night Live
Friday, March 4
Hastings Off the Shelf
A Literature Celebration sponsored by
the Hastings Village Arts Commission
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
All Evening MAGNETIC POETRY WALL
Taiim Falafel Shack, 598 Warburton Avenue
Create your own poem! Sponsored by the Purple Crayon.
5:30pm - 6:30pm FAVORITE POEM
Hastings Public Library, Orr Room (all ages)
Bring your favorite poem and come read it aloud. Join in a group poetry-making project with your neighbors. Host: Ann Van Buren
5:30pm - 8pm MARK MAKING: CALLIGRAPHY & BOOKMAKING
James Harmon Community Center (all ages)
Participants should expect to be there from 45 minutes to 1 hour. Materials provided.~Hosts: Samantha Curtis and Matt Siegfried
5:30pm–6:15pm & 7:00pm–7:45pm OFF THE SHELF GOES ON THE AIR
James Harmon Community Center (all ages) Those interested in reading their work or their favorite works on air are invited to join Edie Magnus at the HoH-TV studio. Hosted by Edie Magnus.
6:00pm-8:00pm MEMORY LANE BOOK
Human Bodyworks, 32 Main Street
Marie-Claude Giroux presents Hastings-on-Hudson's own "Memory Lane" book, a collection of village residents' responses to the Spirit Houses on display throughout the village. Will she be reading your entry?
6:00pm-7:00 POETRY READING BY STEPHEN STEPANCHEV
James Harmon Community Center
Stephen Stepanchev, former Queens College professor and the first poet laureate of Queens (1997-2000) will read selections from Beyond the Gate and new work. Q&A to follow.~
6:00pm & 7:00pm CHILDRENS’ BOOK READINGS
Galapagos Books, 22 Main Street (ages 4-8)
6pm: Artie Bennett, The Butt Book.~ Reading & activities.
7pm: Ed Young, illustrator, Moon Bear.~ Reading.
6:00pm-7:00pm POETRY/ FLASH FICTION CONTEST
Bauer Optical, 45 Main St
Contest Winners announced and poems read (all ages)
6:00pm-7:00pm STORYTELLING BY JEHAN CLEMENTS
Hastings Laundromat (all ages)
Teen volunteers will also read one-on-one to children, providing an enriching experience.
6:00pm-8:00pm READINGS BY DYLAN O’BRIEN AND FRIENDS
Indigo, 546 Warburton Avenue
6:30pm – 7:30pm GRAPHIC NOVELS FROM THE EARLY 1900’S
Manhattan Rare Book Company, Warburton Avenue
Read by Mitch Koch and Sean Taggart
7:00pm-8:00pm READINGS BY LYNNE LAWNER
Art Transcending Time, 1 Spring Street
Enjoy a complimentary glass of wine! Sponsored by the Yonkers Museum of Contemporary Art.
7:00pm-8:00pm READINGS BY LLYN CLAGUE AND JIM DAVIS
Spring Street Studio, Spring Street
7:00pm–8:00pm READINGS BY BRUCE JENNINGS & CLEM PAULSEN
Bauer Optical, 45 Main St
7:00pm-8:00pm PO’ JAZZ
James Harmon Community Center
Performed by poets from Hastings and other Rivertowns, including Ann Van Buren, Monique Avakian, and others. This fusion of poetry and jazz will be hosted by Golda Solomon.
7:00pm-9:00pm WRITING FRIENDS: FICTION, NONFICTION AND POETRY
Hastings Station Café, Southside Avenue
Barbara Feinberg, an award-winning author
Marian Fontana, writer and performer for over 20 years.
David Hollander, author of the novel L.I.E.
Kim Larsen, a Brooklyn-based writer who has published essays and articles from Burma
Rickey Laurentiis, whose poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in several literary journals
Penny Wolfson, who won a National Magazine Award for her essay “Moonrise”
7:30pm-9:00pm TEEN POETRY SLAM
Slices, 16 Main Street
Zork hosts the 2nd Annual Hastings Teen Slices Slam
8:00pm-8:20pm SELECTIONS FROM A PLAY BY RICHARD DRESSER
Juniper, 575 Warburton Avenue
Performed by Richard Dresser and Kevin O’Rourke.
8:00pm-9:00pm POETRY READING @ “KNOWN AND UNKNOWN: Collection of Trance Paintings” by Susan Cooper
Hastings Village Hall, 7 Maple Avenue
Readings of Emily Dickinson, Thoreau, Pablo Neruda, etc. by Susan Cooper, Clem Paulsen and Susan Soriano
8:30pm -9:45pm LIVE CONCERT: HASTINGS JAZZ COLLECTIVE
James Harmon Commuinty Center
The Hastings Jazz Collective is an all-star supergroup of jazz artists who all live locally in Hastings or Dobbs Ferry. Appearing will be saxophonist Tim Armacost, guitarist Jay Azzolina, pianist David Janeway, bassist Dean Johnson, and drummer Ron Vincent. The group came together in 2008.
ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS!
5:30pm - 8pm: MARK MAKING: CALLIGRAPHY & BOOKMAKING
James Harmon Community Center (all ages)
Participants should expect to be there from 45 minutes to 1 hour. Materials provided.~Hosts: Samantha Curtis and Matt Siegfried
6:00pm & 7:00pm CHILDRENS’ BOOK READINGS
Galapagos Books, 22 Main Street (ages 4-8)
6pm: Artie Bennett, The Butt Book.~ Reading & activities.
7pm: Ed Young, illustrator, Moon Bear.~ Reading.
6:00pm-7:00pm STORYTELLING BY JEHAN CLEMENTS
Hastings Laundromat (all ages)
Teen volunteers will also read one-on-one to children, providing an enriching experience.
ALL EVENING MAGNETIC POETRY WALL
Taiim Falafel Shack, 598 Warburton Avenue
Create your own poem! Sponsored by the Purple Crayon.
Village of Hastings-on-Hudson
7 Maple Ave, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
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