Date and Time of Class: Tuesday, November 22 & 29, 6-8 PM Ages: Open to all ages over 16 Cost: $40 Instructor: KM Smith TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENT: Highly engaging, eliminates writer’s blocks, great for crisp imagery, and effective symbolism. Materials Required: Feel free to bring a laptop, notebook, and/or writing utensils. Metaphors are literary devices that […]
Join us for a moderated discussion about books with Jewish themes. This month’s selection: "The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred" by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Winner of the 2022 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award; A Smithsonian Magazine Best Science Book of 2021; A Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Book of the Year […]
Date and Time of Class: Tuesday, November 22 & 29, 6-8 PM Ages: Open to all ages over 16 Cost: $40 Instructor: KM Smith TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENT: Highly engaging, eliminates writer’s blocks, great for crisp imagery, and effective symbolism. Materials Required: Feel free to bring a laptop, notebook, and/or writing utensils. Metaphors are literary devices that […]
Date and Time of Class: Tuesday, November 22 & 29, 6-8 PM Ages: Open to all ages over 16 Cost: $40 Instructor: KM Smith TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENT: Highly engaging, eliminates writer’s blocks, great for crisp imagery, and effective symbolism. Materials Required: Feel free to bring a laptop, notebook, and/or writing utensils. Metaphors are literary devices that […]
"If a Poem Could Live and Breathe: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt's First Love" by Mary Calvi. Studded with the real love letters between a young Theodore Roosevelt and Boston beauty Alice Lee―many of them never before published―If a Poem Could Live and Breathe makes vivid what many historians believe to be the pivotal years […]
Join us for a moderated discussion about books with Jewish themes. This month’s selection: "The Prison Minyan" by Jonathan Stone "The Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville, New York stands apart from most prisons." "...the prison's minimum-security camp has 'long been the lockup of choice among Jewish white-collar offenders', who are able to access kosher food […]
Please join us for our warm and welcoming Open Write Nights, recurring monthly on the Second Saturday of each month. This group will take place in HYBRID FORM, meaning that there will participants in person at HVWC as well as joining on the big screen via Zoom. Your hosts Michelle Thomas and Cassie Cartaginese will […]
DETAILS The Beauty As Fuel For Change project is excited to announce its First Art Exhibition, Opening Sunday January 15, 2023, 2-5PM, and continuing Mondays-Fridays 8:30AM-4PM, January 16-February 17. The exhibition will be at The Wenberg Family Art Gallery, Fonseca Center, Masters School, 49 Clinton Ave, Dobbs Ferry, NY. Participants, inspired by the theme to […]
Date and Time of Class: Tuesday, November 22 & 29, 6-8 PM Ages: Open to all ages over 16 Cost: $40 Instructor: KM Smith TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENT: Highly engaging, eliminates writer’s blocks, great for crisp imagery, and effective symbolism. Materials Required: Feel free to bring a laptop, notebook, and/or writing utensils. Metaphors are literary devices that […]
Join us Thursday, January 19 at 7 PM for a Poetry Slam open mic! Bring your poems, your spoken word pieces, your raps All forms of poetry are welcome Up to 5 minutes per person This event is intended for performers aged 13-18. Light refreshments provided Tickets are $5 per person. All attendees will be […]
January 20 @ 11 am / Join illustrator Risa Horiuchi for a bilingual reading, art demonstration and craft in the Children’s Room. For 2-7 yr. olds (younger siblings welcome). 20 de enero a las 11am / Únase con ilustratdor Risa Horiuchi para un cuento bilingue, una demostración de arte y una manualidad en el Salón […]
Story is about a lifelong friendship between two very different women but shared histories and buried secrets, tested at the twilight of their lives. This Library-sponsored book group is led by Diana Cunningham, Librarian, who selects the books to be discussed, chosen in consultation with Tara Ferretti, Head of Public Services, with feedback and suggestions […]
We are excited to hold Open Mic Night in hybrid form, both in-person at HVWC and virtually! Physical and virtual doors open at 7:20 pm for event starting at 7:30 pm. Due to popular demand to participate, we’ve had to limit the amount of readers to 20. All performers, whether “in person” or on Zoom, […]
Join novelist, Lauren Acampora (THE HUNDRED WATERS, Grove, 2022) in spirited conversation with David Means (TWO NURSES, SMOKING, FSG, 2022) as they discuss craft, the difference of writing novels vs stories, and their new projects. NB: This reading will take place in-person at HVWC and will be live-streamed on Zoom. Masks are strongly encouraged for […]
Date and Time of Class: Tuesday, November 22 & 29, 6-8 PM Ages: Open to all ages over 16 Cost: $40 Instructor: KM Smith TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENT: Highly engaging, eliminates writer’s blocks, great for crisp imagery, and effective symbolism. Materials Required: Feel free to bring a laptop, notebook, and/or writing utensils. Metaphors are literary devices that […]
We’re happy to present another installment in this writing series for teens! Returning students are welcomed back for new prompts and new discussion. New students are encouraged to join Tina’s fun and engaging classes at any time. Do you love to write fiction? Would you like to generate new work week after week? Would it […]
Join us on Zoom as we welcome Sharon Dolin, Stephen Massimilla, Miller Oberman, and Elaine Sexton as they read from their latest poetry collections. Sharon Dolin is an award-winning American poet, translator, essayist, memoirist, and aphorist, who teaches poetry workshops in New York City and Barcelona, Spain. She is the author of six poetry collections, […]
Date and Time of Class: Tuesday, November 22 & 29, 6-8 PM Ages: Open to all ages over 16 Cost: $40 Instructor: KM Smith TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENT: Highly engaging, eliminates writer’s blocks, great for crisp imagery, and effective symbolism. Materials Required: Feel free to bring a laptop, notebook, and/or writing utensils. Metaphors are literary devices that […]
On Wednesday, February 1, at 6 pm, Pulitzer-winning historian Stacy Schiff will discuss her New York Times best-selling new book, “The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams,” in a virtual discussion with Jay Heritage Center (JHC) Executive Director Kevin Peraino. Go to jayheritagecenter.org to register. Schiff’s new book was named one of the best books of 2022 by […]
Slapering Hol Press welcomes you for this wonderful reading. It will take place on Zoom. The link will be sent to the email that you use to register as soon as you reserve a spot. (Please check your spam folder and save the link to your calendar.) It will also be sent to you the […]
Live and In Person! February 3 & 10 / Join Children's author Susie Jaramillo for stories and songs in English and Spanish on the 3rd floor. Perfect for ages 0-5. 3 y el 10 de febrero / Venga a escuchar cuentos y canticos con autora Susie Jaramillo en Inglés y Español. Perfecto para niños de […]
Creative Alliance Project and Westchester Ballet Company presents a program of original music and dance, ' Got My Wings', inspired by the life and writings of Jarvis Jay Masters, a Buddhist practitioner and innocent man on death row in San Quentin State Prison. Got My Wings was created by Daniel Blake, jazz composer and saxophonist, with […]
Creative Alliance Project and Westchester Ballet Company presents a program of original music and dance, ' Got My Wings', inspired by the life and writings of Jarvis Jay Masters, a Buddhist practitioner and innocent man on death row in San Quentin State Prison. Got My Wings was created by Daniel Blake, jazz composer and saxophonist, with […]
We’re happy to present another installment in this writing series for teens! Returning students are welcomed back for new prompts and new discussion. New students are encouraged to join Tina’s fun and engaging classes at any time. Do you love to write fiction? Would you like to generate new work week after week? Would it […]
Creative Alliance Project and Westchester Ballet Company presents a program of original music and dance, ' Got My Wings', inspired by the life and writings of Jarvis Jay Masters, a Buddhist practitioner and innocent man on death row in San Quentin State Prison. Got My Wings was created by Daniel Blake, jazz composer and saxophonist, with […]
Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology offers 54 poets’ takes on often-unsung facets of this diamond in a rhinestone world—calling in Dolly’s impeccable comedic timing, her lyric mastery, her business acumen, and her Dollyverse advocacy. These poems remind us to be better and to do better, to subvert Dolly cliché, and they […]
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