Saturday, Aug 9, 2pm.  Killmeyers Old Bavaria Inn, 4356 Arthur Kill Rd (@Sharrotts Rd), SINY 10309. A macabre new translation, as dark as those Brothers intended.  The Tales of the Brothers Grimm, in a new translation published by our friends at Archipelago Books.  The book is illustrated with 24 paintings by contemporary Haitian artists – beautiful!

We’ll meet in Killmeyers sunny beer garden. Enjoy a delicious lunch of traditional German fare as we explore the world of Grimm, as macabre as the Grimm brothers intended.

This version of Grimm’s tales is not for the little ones!  Sinister, scary, and very grim. You’ll recognize some stories immediately (beheadings, kidnappings, royal weddings).  But there are many tales in this new translation that you’ve never heard before. They’re mysterious, a trip into a mystical German twilight zone.  Plus that fabulous Haitian art –  Voodou meets the Black Forest (or something like that).  

“Even people who have never known hunger, let alone a murderous stepmother, still have a sense – from dreams, books and news broadcasts of utter blackness….  The tales still evoke nature as life’s driving force, and nature is not kind.”  – The New Yorker

This event is free – but OutLOUD participants who order lunch at Killmeyers get a free book (while supplies last), courtesy of Archipelago Books. Killmeyers’ menu of traditional German fare is delicious and reasonably priced.

For directions via public transportation, visit www.hopstop.com.   For driving directions, visit www.killmeyers.com