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Sunday, December 28, 3:30pm at St Marks In-the-Bowery, 131 East 10th Street, NYC 10003

Staten Island OutLOUD is proud to join this seasonal concert by Voyces, a Staten Island-based early music ensemble.  We’ll read from traditional Lessons for the winter holiday season.  Our spoken word will be illuminated with music by Praetorius, Jacob Handl, Richard Deering, Thomas Ravenscroft, and everybody’s favorite Renaissance team, Anonymous and Traditional.  Two settings of O magnum mysterium by Victoria and Gabrieli will encapsulate this rich program.

Voyces is dedicated to the study & performance of Renaissance and Baroque vocal works.  Voyces is directed by its founder Beth Johanning, a Staten Island resident. Staten Island OutLOUD thanks Ms. Johanning for inviting us to join Voyces.

This event is free and open to the public.  St Marks In-the-Bowery is an historic house of worship dating back to early European settlement in New York.  It is a widely-respected center for music, dance, experimental theatre and poetry, and diverse community gatherings.  St. Marks’ musical programming is directed by Jeannine Otis, a Staten Island resident, and a longstanding friend of Staten Island OutLOUD.

Sun, Nov 23, at 2:00pm  at Creative Photographers’ Gallery, 814 Richmond Terrace @Tysen St, SINY 10301 (enter via red door on Tysen St)

Photographer Gail Middleton hosts a dialogue on James Agee & Walker Evans’ stunning photo essay, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.  This remarkable book concerns rural Alabama during the Depression, the era & location where To Kill a Mockingbird took place.

Plenty of free parking on the street.

Sat, Nov 22, at 2:00pm    at Clay Pit Ponds State Park, 2351 Veterans Rd West (@Sharrotts Rd), SINY 10309

We’ll read from To Kill a Mockingbird, together with an unusual selection: “When Children Discover America”.  This essay, which is not well know, is Harper Lee’s observation on what America means to children. Join us for a community conversation, followed by a forest walk. weather permitting.

Saturday, Nov 8, 2:00pm at the Noble Maritime Collection, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building D, Staten Island NY 10301

It is well known that the character of Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird is based on Truman Capote, Harper Lee’s childhood friend. Similarly, Harper Lee inspired Idabel, Capote’s pivotal character in his breakthrough novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms. Their friendship continued into adulthood, as Lee worked closely with Capote on research and writing for Capote’s In Cold Blood.

Staten Island OutLOUD hosts an afternoon of readings & conversation on Harper Lee, and Truman Capote. Our special guest is Staten Island writer/publisher Danforth Prince, co-author of Pink Triangle, which examines Capote’s life and work. 

Friday, Nov 7, 2:30pm at the St George Library Center, 5 Central Ave, SINY 10301

A free screening of the Academy Award-winning film version of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Sunday, Nov 2, 2pm at the Alice Austen House Museum, 2 Hylan Blvd, SINY 10305.

We’ll enjoy Harper Lee’s hilarious “missionary tea” chapter in To Kill a Mockingbird.   You’ll also hear what some Southerners say about Yanks – funny but true!   We may also share a few of their recipes.  Free & open to the public.  .