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Saturday, Nov 7th, 2pm at Staten Island Arts’ Culture Lounge, in the St. George Ferry Terminal, 1 Richmond Terrace, SINY 10301.  (The Culture Lounge is located along the main concourse, just before you enter the Ferry waiting room.  Look for the orange overhead “Culture Lounge” sign, across from the Tourist Information Booth and the stairs to the SIR train.  The Culture Lounge is next door to the River Dock Cafe.)

Staten Island OutLOUD continues our exploration of the complex issues in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.  Our Nov 7 event features a conversation on Fitzgerald’s examination of 1920’s views on race, anti-Semitism and sexuality.

This event is best for high school students and adults.  Free & open to the public.    

7Sunday, Nov 1 at 2pm.  Noble Maritime Collection, Building D, 1000 Richmond Terrace, SINY 10301

Staten Island OutLOUD’s Great Gatsby series comes to The Noble Maritime Collection​, whose new Lighthouse exhibit remind us of the green light across the harbor that beckoned Gatsby.
In addition to that romantic element, we’ll consider Gatsby’s darker side: To win Daisy, he had to get rich. Very rich. So he engaged in bond fraud, maybe similar to modern Wall Street shenanigans. We’ll compare Gatsby to some characters in Liar’s Poker, Bonfire of the Vanities, and The Wolf of Wall Street. (Neither a borrower nor a lender be)

Come early & enjoy the marvelous exhibits throughout the Noble Maritime Collection, which was the home of retired mariners for over a century.  The museum opens at 1pm on Sundays.  Co-hosted by Victoria Hallerman & Avi Gvili.

Saturday, Oct 31, 7-10pm.  Venue info provided when your RSVP.  RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL:  LIMITED SPACE!   RSVP by Oct 28 to sioutloud@yahoo.com.

Price of admission:  Beverage or finger-food to share.

Join Scott & Zelda, Staten Island OutLOUD to kick up your heels on All Hallow’s Eve, old sport!  Our favorite Staten Island speakeasy is just like the French Riviera.  Sorta.  (OK, it’s local, but it’s an easier commute than Cannes!)

We’ll feature a Fitzgerald ghost story, music, dancing and Le Jazz Hot.  190s songs by a favorite chanteuse, Joan Moore of Allergic to Bs.

Saturday, Oct 24, 2pm.  Greenbelt Nature Center, 700 Rockland Ave, SINY 10314

For the Halloween season, Staten Island OutLOUD looks at mystery and crime-solving in the 1920s, when The Great Gatsby takes place.  At that time, there were none of the advanced tools available today: No traffic cameras, no GPS, no DNA evidence,  etc.  How did police investigate the hit-and-run in Gatsby, or the smuggling & bond fraud by some of Jay Gatsby’s shady associates?  How do they investigate such crimes today?

For little detectives, we’ll stage a short walk outside where kids can hunt for clues, and maybe find a surprise or two.  Each child can have an evidence bag – A little Halloween seasonal fun for the kids while the adults talk about true-crime-solving.  

Friday, Oct 23, 7pm at Staten Island Academy, 715 Todt Hill Road, SINY 10305

Staten Island OutLOUD hosts a reading & discussion on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” together with excerpts from his short story “Absolution” – One of the “Gatsby quartet” of stories that helped germinate and develop ideas that Fitzgerald incorporated into his novel.

“Absolution” is an unsettling story about Jay Gatsby’s youth.  Can you guess what his story might be, prior to Nick Carraway’s narration?

Hosted by Prof. Edward Fiorelli

Sunday Oct 18 at 3pm.  El Centro de Hospitalidad, 1546 Castleton Ave, SINY 10302.   

Staten Island OutLOUD hosts a book giveaway, bilingual reading & conversation on “El Gran Gatsby” in the heart of the Island’s Mexican community.  Bilingual readings for kids, too.  Delicious refreshments for all.

Thanks to Rev. Terry Troia and our neighbors at Project Hospitality for hosting us – and thanks to them for all they do for our community.

HuSunday, Oct 11, 4pm.  At the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, 338 Lighthouse Ave, SINY 10306.

A brave and inspiring professor taught “The Great Gatsby” in to her class at the University of Tehran as revolution raged. Some students criticized the book as decadent, while others said it exposed the corruption of the filthy rich. The professor had a clever response; she and her students put the book on trial. In the spirit of Jacques Marchais, the Tibetan Museum’s founder, this event will explore how art and literature can foster cross-cultural dialogue.

This Big Read discussion of “The Great Gatsby” is inspired by a chapter from “Reading Lolita In Tehran” by Azar Nafisi. The author shares her experience teaching Nabokov, Fitzgerald, Henry James and Jane Austen in the Islamic Republic of Iran. A story of courage, discipline, hard work and hope.

Co-hosted by James Anthony Phillips.  James is a freelance writer and a longtime instructor in the ESL and the writing departments of Kingsborough Community College.

Saturday, Oct 10, at 2pm.  Historic Richmond Town, 441 Clarke Ave, SINY 10306.

This program is part of Historic Richmond Town’s special Columbus Day event, “Rome Through Richmond Town”, celebrating Italian culture.  Scott and Zelda lived in Rome while he worked on The Great Gatsby, and this event recalls the novel’s Italian connection.

Staten Island OutLOUD hosts a reading & discussion on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” together with excerpts from his short story “The Rich Boy” – One of the “Gatsby quartet” of stories that helped Fitzgeralod germinate and reflect ideas that he incorporated into his novel.     PLEASE NOTE PARKING OPTIONS FOR ROME THRU RICHMOND TOWN ON SAT, OCT 10th:  Valet parking available at Richmond Town, or park for free at SI Mall & take the free shuttle to Historic Richmond Town.  THANKS!

Sunday, Oct 4 at 2pm at Every Thing Goes Book Cafe, 208 Bay St, SINY 10301 (between Victory Blvd & Hannah St).   NOTE NEW LOCATION: FT WADSWORTH IS CLOSED DUE TO HURRICANE WARNING & will remain closed this weekend, even if weather clears.  But ETG Book Cafe is open!  Warm, friendly vibe, hot coffee & teas & plenty of free parking.

Staten Island OutLOUD will explore Chapters 8 & 9 of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.  A terrible accident has just occured, a young woman is dead.  Her husband grieves – and seethes.  Who will do the right thing?

 Featured readers include Victoria Hallerman, Joan Harmon, James Anthony Phillips, Joseph Smith, Tariq Zaid, and others TBA.

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Sunday, Sept 27, 2015 at 2pm.  National Lighthouse Museum, 200 Promenade at Lighthouse Point, SINY 10301.  Enter at the intersection of Bay St & Richmond Terrace, across from Borough Hall.  Follow the walkway downhill, past the Siah Armejani footbridge, and turn right to follow the brick promenade to the waterside Lighthouse Plaza and the Lighthouse Museum.

Staten Island OutLOUD brings “The Great Gatsby” to NYC’s newest museum, the stunning National Lighthouse Museum, overlooking New York Harbor.  We’ll explore Chapter 7 as we enjoy a view that Jay Gatsby would have envied.  If weather is fair, we’ll read outdoors on the plaza, if it rains, we’ll gather inside the museum.

Our featured readers include Robert Heffernan, Caroline Hastie, John McGhee, and James Anthony Phillips.