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October 2008 Programs & Events

Visiting Writers Series: William Heyen

Thursday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m.
$4 W&B members, $6 general public

William Heyen, poet, author of Shoah Train, Erika: Poems of the Holocaust, and many other books, will read from his work.

First Fridays

Friday, October 3 6:00 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free

Along with other local galleries and performance spaces, W&B will be open on the first Friday evenings of each month hosting a series of readings and performances in our Verb Café and Performance Space.

Genesee Reading Series

Hosted by: Wanda Schubmehl
Featuring: Steve Fellner & Paulette Swartzfeger
Tuesday, October 7 7:30 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
$3W&B members, $6 general public

Now in its 23rd year, the Genesee Reading Series presents writers from the greater Genesee Valley region reading in the Verb Cafe. Learn more about our featured authors.

Senior Reading Group

Tuesday October 7 2:00 pm- 4:00p.m.
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free and open to the public

Share your writing with other seniors in a comfortable, supportive atmosphere at W&B.

Women Celebrate: Publication Party

Thursday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m
Free to W&B members, $3 general public

A celebration of a new chapbook, Women Celebrate, of writing by area women.

The Bertrand Russell Society

Hosted by: Dr. David White
Thursday, October 9, at 7:00 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Admission: Free to W&B Members; $3/General Public

This ongoing lecture series promises to enlighten and entertain. Monthly meetings are open to everyone, not just members of the Bertrand Russell Society.

This Month: Ted Lechman on Harry G. Frankfurt’s On Bullshit.

During the late 1920s and early 30s, Bertrand Russell, then a world-famous philosopher, did a series of three books for Horace Liveright, the New York publishing house which had invented the Modern Library and was well known for publishing controversial authors. Russell's books and the U.S. lecture tours he took at the same time were all great successes. Some of his ideas for reform of self, marriage, education and society are taken for granted today, others have been rejected, but the study of Russell's popular advocacy between the wars provides us with a unique portrait of what the American mind was seeing and thinking about during what came to be called the Jazz Age..

David White
Dr. White teaches philosophy at St. John Fisher College, is president of the New York State Philosophers Association, and is a founder of the Greater Rochester Russell Set.

For further information, call 415-5925 or e-mail: tmadigan@rochester.rr.com

Open History Reading Group

Hosted by: Steve Huff
Thursday, October 16, at 7:00 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free to W&B members, $3 general public

Join us for meetings of an open history-reading group. In these gatherings we choose historical topics rather than specific books, and then you choose a book on the subject that most interests you. The discussions are convivial, exciting, and informative.

Wide Open Mic

Hosted by: Norm Davis
Moday October 27 7:30 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free to W&B members, $3 general public

W&B is proud to sponsor Rochester's largest running open mike, hosted by Norm Davis, poet and editor of HazMat Review. Known for its eclectic mix. Wide Open Mike welcomes poets, performers, and writers of all kinds.

25 And Under

Hosted by: Sally Bittner Bonn
Tuesday October 28 7:00 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free to W&B members, $3 general public

More than a quarter century ago W&B first opened its doors. To celebrate that milestone anniversary we initiated a brand new monthly reading series featuring writers who are 25 and younger. Join us as we discover a new generation of writers for the next quarter century.

Veronica Culver left Greece, New York after High School for Florida and Connecticut, where she sang in a band. She recently returned to Rochester with a journal full of evocative, imagistic, and passionate lyrics and poems, and is slowly working her way into the writing scene here while finishing her college education.

Shana King is a spoken word poet on a mission to improve the community and the world through poetry, her vehicle for spreading love. King mixes spoken word with singing on some pieces. She has performed at several locations including: St. John Fisher College, Hochstein, Venu, RCTV Channel 15, Bulls Head Plaza, The Phyllis Wheatley Library, and ArtWalk Alive. A senior at St. John Fisher College, she worked as the 2008 public relations intern for Slam High. Born and raised in Rochester, she plans to stay in Rochester as an artist teacher in urban schools

Ja’Daiza Johnson took first place in the 2008 Writers & Books at-large teen slam for teens from high schools without teams. A student at Brockport High School, she is a dedicated poet with strong lyrics and professional deliveries which belie her youth.

A Literary Costume Party: Halloween Open Mic 2

Hosted by: Gregory Gerard and Sonia Livingston
Friday October 31, 7:00 pm
In the Perfomance Space at W&B
Free to W&B members, $3 general public

“If you’re going to turn into a pig, my dear,”
Alice said seriously, “I’ll have nothing more to do with you!”
—Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Come as you aren’t! Here’s your once-a-year opportunity to don a new persona. Join us for A Halloween Open Mic 2 featuring readings from local writers—and the opportunity to read a few pages of your own (or your favorite author’s) poetry or prose. Come dressed as a character from literature (perhaps one who inspires your reading or writing!) The fun begins at 7 p.m. on Halloween in Writers & Books new performance space. R.S.V.P.s are appreciated (but not required) to GregoryGerard@rochester.rr.com by October 15 to reserve a slot at the podium. Costumes required, snacks provided, donations encouraged.

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