Author Archives: beth

Saturday, Dec 27th at 2pm. ETG Book Cafe, 208 Bay St, Staten Island NY 10301 (between Victory Blvd & Hannah Street, about 3 blocks from the Ferry) Join Staten Island OutLOUD for this year’s end community gathering. We’ll explore Joy Harjo’s poem “Exile of Memory” and other short works of reflection, remembrance and resolution. We’ll consider the year that’s quickly … Read More

Saturday, Oct 11th at 2pm ETG Book Cafe, 208 Bay St, SINY 10302 ETG Book Cafe marks it’s 20th anniversary during the month of October. Staten Island OutLOUD is delighted to help celebrate ETG, a beloved community cultural venue. Please join us for this free event – We’ll gather to read and explore “Howl” – a landmark in American poetry. … Read More

Saturday, August 9, 2pm Greenbelt Nature Center 700 Rockland Ave, SINY 10314 (@Brielle Ave) Staten Island OutLOUD invites you to this free event on Saturday, Aug 9 at 2pm, We’ll explore Braiding Sweetgrass, by Dr Robin Wall Kimmerer. This beautiful book interweaves indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants. It focuses on a reciprocal relationship with the living … Read More

Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 6:30pm (Bastille Eve) Bring a lawnchair and join your neighbors, together with Staten Island OutLOUD, at the charming Westervelt Community Garden, 143 Westervelt Ave (near Curtis Place), SINY 10301. FREE. Plenty of free parking on surrounding streets. A candlelight celebration of Bastille Day, the French national commemoration of its 1789 revolution. Bastille Day (July 14) … Read More

Friday, July 4th, 2pm. Historic Fort Wadsworth, located at the intersection of Bay St & School Road. Every July 4th, Staten Island OutLOUD hosts a community reading of the Declaration of Independence and a conversation about our nation’s historic document. Enter the grounds of Fort Wadsworth via the Guard Station at Bay St & School Road (just a few steps … Read More

Saturday, May 3rd, 2pm – Rain cancels! Mariners Marsh Park, 130 Holland Ave, SINY 10303 (btw Benjamin Place & McCormick Place, just a few blocks off Richmond Terrace) Staten Island OutLOUD invites you to join us to read & discuss excerpts from “The Souls of Animals” by Gary Kowalski. After our reading, a Parks Dept volunteer will lead an optional … Read More

Thursday, May 8th at 1pm St George Library Center, 5 Central Ave, Staten Island 10301 This year we continue the celebration of James Baldwin’s centennial. Join Staten Island OutLOUD and our fabulous librarian friends Kristen Strmel and Peter Hegel at the St George Library Center, 5 Central Ave. We’ll explore Baldwin’s novel If Beale Street Could Talk. Plenty of copies … Read More

Sunday, April 27th, 2pm An open mic event Every Thing Goes Book Cafe, 208 Bay Street, Staten Island 10301 Slaying your dragons doesn’t always mean having the courage to do what you love.  Sometimes it means having the courage to do what you don’t want to do, but know that it needs to be done.  This open mic invites you … Read More

Sunday, July 13, 6:30pm (Bastille Eve) At Westervelt Community Garden, 143 Westervelt Ave (near Curtis Place),, SINY 10301 Rain or shine – We’ll have tents! Bring a lawnchair and join Staten Island OutLOUD in the charming Westervelt Community Garden. Free. Plenty of free parking on surrounding streets. A candlelight celebration of Bastille Day, the French national commemoration of its 1789 … Read More