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Writers & Books "Big Read" featuring The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick

 

Big Read Calendar of events now available! PDF .DOC

The Big Read Closing Party

Saturday, November 22 @ 8pm
Jewish Community Center
1200 Edgewood Avenue, Rochester
$12 W&B members and students with ID
$15 General Public

Celebrate another successful Big Read program! Cynthia Ozick will join us on live video feed facilitated by Molly Thomas-Hicks, Literature Specialist at the National Endowment for the Arts. Also enjoy music by the New York Klezmer Orchestra and kosher desserts. The Closing Party will take place Saturday, Nov. 22, 8:00–11:00pm, at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Ave. For more information or to purchase tickets call (585) 473-2590 x107. The first 50 people to purchase tickets receive a free copy of The Shawl. Copies of The Shawl will be available at a discount.

Enjoy video and audio clips of the New York Klezmer Orchestra.

 

Due to events beyond the control of Writers & Books the Nov. 8th staged reading of the play
has been cancled.

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The Book Thieves

Hosted by Writers & Books Younger Staff Members
Thurs, Feb 2, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Admission is Free, bring a snack to pass

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Book Kick-off, A Divided Poet: Robert Frost, North of Boston, and the Drama of Disappearance, by David Sanders.

Thursday, Feb. 2, 7 p.m.
$3 members and students with ID/ $4 general public

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First Fridays / Wide Open Mic

Hosted by Norm Davis
Fri., Feb. 3, 7-9 p.m.
Free and open to the public

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Beyond Reading: Blood Drive

Saturday February 4, 9 a.m. -1 p.m.
Red Cross Blood Drive at Writers & Books

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Beyond Reading: Film

Monday, February 6, 7 p.m.
Free and open to the public

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“How Do I Love Thee?” Romantic Love Poems Through the Ages

Tuesday, February 7, 7 p.m.
Free and open to the public. Put a little love in your hearts.

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Afternoon Tea

Wed., Feb. 8, 4:30 - 6 p.m.
Free and open to the public

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The Bertrand Russell Society

Hosted by Phil Ebersol
Thurs., Feb 9, 7 p.m.
Free to W&B members, $3 general public

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