Little Games at the Eastchester Inn
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| Little Games at the Eastchester Inn - photo by Mike Virsinger |
Little Games, a band featuring my
husband Michael Cefola, made its debut at the Eastchester Inn on September 6. The band plays a riveting mix of 1960s British blues-rock, from Yardbirds,
Animals and Who to later artists such as Eric Clapton, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and Gary Moore. From left to right: keyboardist Anthony Nisi, guitarist Michael Cefola, drummer Tommy Vinton, and bassist
Larry Schwartzman. Be sure to catch Little Games at Foley’s in Pleasantville on November
8 at 10pm. See you there for more
amazing music!
Traditional
English Bookbinder
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| Bookbinder Malcolm Summers |
What a pleasure to discover the joys of bookbinding from Malcolm
Summers, whose sunlit studio above the Chester
Bookworm is filled with quality acid-free paper, Scottish leathers,
space-age glue and old-fashioned presses.
He binds everything from antique books and dissertations to wedding
albums, and his clients span the globe.
You can even take a workshop with
him to learn this noble trade. Aren’t
you relieved to know that someone like Malcom is still crafting books?
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| Linda Simone and new book |
Linda Simone and Archeology
Poet Linda Simone is pleased to
announce the publication of Archeology (Flutter Press, 2014). Linda’s
long-time fascination with archeology led to this collection, which juxtaposes
poems about real archeological finds with poems about modern experiences
that serve to reconnect people--both living and dead. I love Linda’s work, and encourage you to
purchase this
distinctive collection.
Kevin
Pilkington Master Poetry Class
National Book Award poet and novelist Kevin Pilkington is holding
a Poetry Master Class for five sessions
this fall at the Sarah
Lawrence College Writing Institute for students with an MFA or MA in
Writing who would like to get back into a workshop atmosphere, Tuesdays, November
11 - December 16, 6pm-8pm. Here are all of the
details. Kevin's novel, Summer
Shares, is now available as a paperback
on Amazon.
Ferguson in view of Elaine Race
Massacres
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| J. Chester Johnson |
OSilas Gallery Celebrates Local History
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| Hotel Gramatan in Bronxville, NY |
Legacies,
Landmarks & Achievements: Celebrating 350 Years – Eastchester, Tuckahoe,
Bronxville celebrates 30+ local
historical figures as well as the legacies of the Tuckahoe
marble quarry and the famed Hotel
Gramatan. Discover surprising
history in your own backyard! At the OSilas Gallery through November 9; Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Friday: 12-5pm; Thursday: 12-7pm; Saturday & Sunday:
2-5pm.
Quick Draw returns
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| John Lehr as Sherriff John Henry Hoyle |
Calls for Work
Highland
Park Poetry wants poems and photos
about grandparents or great-grandparents. Send poems (30 lines max) and jpegs by
September 23 to jennifer@
highlandparkpoetry.org.
highlandparkpoetry.org.
Vida looking for essays on intersections between gender, race, sexuality,
class, physical abilities; misogyny in workshops/publishing/readings/theater/film
that illuminate larger social issues; feminist literary successes/innovations; making gender privilege
visible in the literary and larger world.
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| Evie Shockley |
Fall ushers in poetry readings and talks to keep
you round and sweet as a Gala apple:
October 7 – Octavio
Paz Centennial Celebration, Poets
House, 7:00pm
The
Frank O'Hara Chocolate Shake
Frank O'Hara
(1926-1966), a premier New York
School poet, loved having a daily cheeseburger and chocolate shake for lunch,
his favorite meal. He'd walk around midtown, get some inspiration and type
up a poem before starting on his afternoon work. Those poems ultimately
became Lunch Poems
(City Lights, 1964). I love his poetry
as much as a good shake, and this one is good
for you.
2 cups almond milk*
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon or more raw cacao powder
1 half of a ripe avocado
1 heaping teaspoon of almond butter
1 tablespoon or more of raw coconut nectar
a dash of cinnamon
Put all ingredients in the blender and
blend on high for a few minutes. Taste to see if the shake is sweet and
chocolaty enough, and adjust if you need stronger flavor. Pour into a
tall glass and enjoy!
*To make your own, soak one-half cup
raw slivered almonds in filtered water overnight. Pour water and almonds
in blender with teaspoon of vanilla, two cups or more water, and blend on high
for three minutes. Strain almond milk through a tea-strainer into a
container with a lid. Keeps three to four days.
'Round
the Net
ALTA list-serve for this article on British
readers gobbling up foreign translations, a new
bio on Proust translator Scott Moncrief, a French
portrait of literary translators, and how
to translate an untranslatable book
Terry
Dugan, poet and filmmaker,
for Powell's 25 Books to
Read Before You Die
Cindy
Dunne, Lakota Kids
Enrichment, for beautiful poetry by Lakota
children
Dennis
Dybeck, translator, on Jerome the
patron saint of translators
Cindy
Hochman, editor of First Literary Review East, for the
latest issue
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| And one more |
Christina Rau, Dancing Girl Press poet, for "Notes From Her Suicidal Bed" selected by Goodreads in July
Jay
Shulman, music
archivist, for this Zombies band documentary and
revelation on Jim Morrison's death; and for celebrating the lives of Bob
Crewe, Charlie
Haden and Johnny
Winter.
Frank
Vitale, filmmaker, for
his “Car
Driving” and “Traffic
Signaling in the Mediated City” videos
Wishing you the ripe creativity of fall,