Staten Island OutLOUD

Sunday, Aug 3rd, 1pm at Historic Fort Wadsworth

Saturday, July 26, 2pm

Greenbelt Nature Center 700 Rockland Ave, SINY 10314 (@Brielle Ave)

Staten Island OutLOUD invites you to this free event on Saturday, July 26 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 world and what we might learn if we understood plants as our teachers. Free.

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 away from Von Briessen Park). Then park in the Visitors Center lot & follow the sidewalk to the scenic Harbor Overlook).

For public transportation to Fort Wadsworth, take the S51 bus from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. Ask the driver to alert you when the bus reaches Bay Street and School Road. Then enter the grounds of Fort Wadsworth via the Guard Staten walk about 3 blocks fro

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 walk around this unusual park. Mariners Marsh has been restored as a wild marshland, home to an interesting variety of plant and animal life. The site was formerly used for heavy industry, but now it is enjoyed by the public as vibrant parkland.

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 are available at the library.

FREE EVENT.

If Beale Street Could Talk is set in Harlem of the 1970s. 19 year-old Tish is expecting a baby with her childhood sweetheart Fonny. Their dreams of marriage an parenthood are threatened when Fonny is imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. Tish and her family try to clear his name, despite a justice system that had failed so many. This event is best for readers ages 14 and up. Parental discretion advised for young readers.

The St. George Library Center is near the intersection of Central Ave & Hyatt Street. It’s just a few steps uphill from Borough Hall, and the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. It’s accessible via all SIR trains and Staten Island buses. Parking available on surrounding streets, and two large parking ramps are located a half block away on Central Avenue, between Hyatt Street & Slosson Terrace.