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January 2012 Events
<— To December 2011 •To February 2012—> Open Mike Comedy NightHosted by Anna Hall Come join the fun! All comics and wannabe comics invited! One to five minutes up at the mike for clean, intelligent standup comedy. Please, clean material only. The Book ThievesHosted by Writers & Books Younger Staff Members Are you a YP in Rochester? Are you new to the area and looking to meet some interesting, lit-loving individuals like yourself? Do you miss reading a book as a group in school, but not the tedious reflection papers that went along with it? Writers & Books has just the group for you. Join The Book Thieves, our YP Book Club as we read, meet, discuss, and eat our way through books of our own choosing. Not a registered YP? Don’t let that keep you away. We are open to any and all individuals out of college and looking for other young people to meet and read with. Call Chris Fanning at 473-2590 ext 105 for more information. Previous Books include: Catch 22, Middlesex, The Devil in the White City, and The Good Thief. Check us out on Facebook for updates- Search: Book Thieves First Fridays / Wide Open MicHosted by Norm Davis W&B will be open on the “First Friday” of each month along with other local galleries and performance spaces from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. We’ll be hosting the Wide Open Mic at 7:00 p.m. — Rochester’s longest running open mic welcomes poets, performers, and writers of all kinds. Share your poetry and prose in a relaxed, fun atmosphere. Hosted by Norm Davis, poet and editor of Hazmat Review. Genesee Reading SeriesHosted by Wanda Schubmehl Start your new literary year with a terrific Genesee Reading Series program featuring Cathryn Smith and Tony Leuzzi. Resolve to give yourself the gift of an evening in the presence of great writers and great writing! Tony Leuzzi teaches writing and literature at Monroe Community College. He is also the author of three books of poems: Tongue-Tied and Singing (Foothills 2004); Radiant Losses (New Sins Press 2010); and Fake Book (forthcoming from Anything Anymore Anywhere Press in 2012). Eclectic, intelligent, and passionate, his poetry has earned good notices from both mainstream and experimental writers alike. BOA Editions will release his book of interviews with 20 American poets in Fall 2012. Cathryn Smith was born and raised just outside New York City, went to the University of New Hampshire for her BA and MA degrees, and has lived in Rochester for the past 21 years. Her publications include many poems in small magazines as well as a memoir, The Glory Walk, about her father’s death from Alzheimer’s disease. Currently she is working on another creative nonfiction project, Finding Jezebel, about her search for a boat owned by her family some 35 years ago. Cathryn is also the chair of the English/Philosophy department at MCC, where she has taught for 19 years. University. Recently, she was awarded a residency at the Millay Colony for the Arts. Senior Reading GroupHosted by Norm Davis Share your writing with other seniors in a comfortable atmosphere at W&B. Afternoon TeaWed., Jan. 11, 4:30 - 6 p.m. “Afternoon Tea” is sometimes called “Low Tea” in England where it is served on a low table, such as a coffee table. Often it is accompanied by scones, jam and cream. Sound good? Join us at Writers & Books for tea and scones and maybe a bit of literary gab. A chance to relax and meet other writers and readers, swap favorite books, and tell a few tall tales. The Bertrand Russell SocietyHosted by Phil Ebersol The Bertrand Russell Society was formed shortly after Russell’s death in 1970. Russell was born in 1872 and worked in fields such as mathematical logic; philosophy; social, religious, and educational reform; anti-war protests and politics. An accomplished writer, Russell received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. This ongoing lecture series promises to enlighten and entertain. Monthly meetings are open to everyone, not just to members of the society. Beyond Reading: Dracula EventMonday, January 16, 7 p.m. Video: Twilight (2008, 122 minutes), directed by Catherine Hardwicke. Popcorn, soda, coffee and tea will be available for sale. Monthly Story SlamTues., Jan. 17, 7-8:30 p.m. An open mic of true loose and spontaneous stories based on one’s own life! Each performer gets approximately 5 minutes. Come prepared to tell a story or just to enjoy them. Each month has an optional story theme. Lunch Break Book TalksHosted by Steve Huff Spice up your lunch hour with a new series of mid-day book talks. Bring a bag lunch. Writers & Books will supply the coffee and tea. Book Discussions at Valley ManorThursday, January 19th from 1:30 - 3:00 PM. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. The Culinary Reading and Discussion GroupHosted by Sandy Bosworth & Kathy Pottetti Cooks like to talk, especially about what they’ve cooked, what they had to drink the weekend before—and about recently discovered cookbooks and books about food adventures. They do not like to talk about calories and carbs and carcinogens. This group is meant to be high on convivium. Come and bring a cookbook that you want to talk about. Join the discussion. Someone might show up with hors d’ oeuvres. Beyond Reading: Dracula EventMonday, January 23, 7 p.m. Video: Twilight: New Moon (2009, 130 minutes), directed by Chris Wietz. Popcorn, soda, coffee and tea will be available for sale. The Novel into FilmTues., Jan. 24, 6:30 p.m. In this series we will view and discuss films that have been adapted from novels, from the innocent Chance in Being There to the inscrutable Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. We’ll discuss ways in which each film departs from the novel, and how the language of film carries the story and theme. Tues., Jan. 24: Being There, introduced by Steven Huff History Reading GroupHosted by Steve Huff Join Writers & Books’ history buffs as they explore the big events, issues and personalities of history. We do not choose specific books, only subjects. You can read any book or other material on the subject and join the discussion. Meets on the fourth Thursday of each month. Thurs., Jan. 26: Early Television Book Kick-off: Poems for an Empty Church by Tom HolmesThursday, Jan. 26, 7 p.m. “Tom Holmes writes of birth and death and the life we live in between those two events in beautifully sculpted lines carved into the white space that surrounds them. ‘I dare say I can hear / muddy angels singing /the lines of God,’ he writes in ‘The Calculus of a Tod Marshall Book of Poems.’ There are plenty of angels in Tom Holmes’ poems too, but one must be still enough to hear and appreciate the whisk of wings hovering over these powerful meditations.” —Sarah Freligh Beyond Reading: Dracula EventMonday, January 30, 7 p.m. Video: Twilight: Eclipse (2010, 124 minutes), directed by David Slade. Popcorn, soda, coffee and tea will be available for sale. 2 Pages/2 VoicesTuesday, January 31, 8 p.m. We are pleased to announce the playwrights and plays selected for our annual Writers & Books/Geva Theatre Center collaboration, 2 Pages/2 Voices. Local writers submitted short plays, all of which contains the word "bat" in the dialogue. Morgan Altland, Rorschach <— To December 2011 • February 2012—> You are here > Home > Programs & Events >January 2011 Events at Writers & Books |
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