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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.

Author bio

Reader's Guide

Teacher's Guide

Creative Writing ideas for students

Read-a-Thon

Additional information for teachers: to come

 

 

 

 

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First Fridays

Friday, July 3 7:00 pm
Free and open to the public

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: Melissa Slocum & Kitty Jospe
Tuesday, July 14 7:30 pm
$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 July 14 2:00 pm- 4:00p.m.
Free and open to the public

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

The Bertrand Russell Society

Hosted by: Dr. David White
Thursday, July 11, at 7:00 pm
Admission: Free to W&B Members; $3/General Public

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.

Ted Lechman on The Philosophy of Leibniz

Open History Reading Group

Hosted by: Steve Huff
Thursday, July 16, at 7:00 pm
 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
Monday July 27 7:30 pm
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.

 

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