https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events daily 0.75 2026-04-03 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/improv-comedy-with-blind-tigers-house-teams monthly 0.5 2026-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/f5ceb789-f0e7-4003-9689-b8ebfcf2d4b8/PIF_ILYG.jpg.webp Events - Improv Comedy with Blind Tiger's House Teams - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c-a73ht-sppcl-gb8c5-pstmp-zn8jg-ewpcp-yp876-faeeg-ffml6-azced-839yb-aezr6-3sds4-wd8bp-ykyfc-5jkjr-kwj5w-pzmat monthly 0.5 2026-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/book-launch-tell-me-by-deborah-leipziger-featuring-jared-harel monthly 0.5 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/4159e780-94ba-4a2e-a7af-752877e910cb/tell+me+front+cover+%281%29.jpg Events - Book Launch: "Tell Me" by Deborah Leipziger, featuring poet Jared Harel - About Tell Me Tell Me is collection of love poems for nature, the environment and for family. “Deborah Leipziger’s latest book Tell Me forms a spiritually rich, ecologically attuned, and emotionally resonant collection rooted in themes of transformation, memory, and the sacred in everyday life. Whether drawing on paintings by women artists, religious rituals and recipes from the poet’s ancestors, or concerns about endangered species, each poem sings in a voice both tender and unflinching. Monarchs, hummingbirds, marzipan, and candied citron come to vivid visual life on the page, as do larger themes of migration, resilience, and transformation. Reading these poems reminds us of what it means to be aware of, vulnerable to, and transformed by the world around us. A real pleasure for both heart and mind.” -Donna Baier Stein, Publisher of Tiferet Journal and author of The Silver Baron’s Wife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/163a0930-5e72-4917-aff6-7945bcdc020e/headshot.jpg Events - Book Launch: "Tell Me" by Deborah Leipziger, featuring poet Jared Harel - About Deborah Leipziger Deborah Leipziger is an author, poet, and advisor on sustainability. Born in Brazil, Deborah’s poems have been published in ten countries in such journals as Salamander, Pensive and The Bombay Literary Review. Her second poetry collection, Tell Me, is available from Lily Poetry Review Books. She is the author of several books on human rights and sustainability. She has had residencies at T S Eliot House and Wellspring House and has received grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and JArts. She has been a Writer in Residence at the Center for Spirituality, Dialogue, and Service at Northeastern University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/20d80dfa-31c4-4aa7-8e59-c95f51027ca6/jared+harel+headshot.JPG Events - Book Launch: "Tell Me" by Deborah Leipziger, featuring poet Jared Harel - About Jared Harel Jared Harél’s most recent poetry collection, Let Our Bodies Change the Subject (University of Nebraska Press, 2023), was selected as the Winner of the Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize and named a Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and the Paterson Poetry Prize. His poems have recently appeared in such journals as 32 Poems, Beloit Poetry Journal, Lit Hub, Ploughshares, Poetry Daily, Southern Review and The Sun. Awarded the Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize from American Poetry Review as well as the William Matthews Prize from Asheville Poetry Review, Jared teaches creative writing at Manhattanville University, plays drums, and lives with his family in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. For more info, visit jaredharel.com https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/green-ossining-earth-day-festival-1 monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/ada01219-dffb-4fce-8335-600cd057e933/ED2025_SaveTheDate-copy-768x888.jpg Events - Green Ossining Earth Day Festival - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lp01qums1rvo0om5h0a3zjt40bj073-jd7y3-kmy2p-jzgjs-s5z4h-lcnar-ha3sh-223by-yh83n-y523z-mm67t-lzbfr-z7zz8-grwdx-xe5e6-hr86s monthly 0.5 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/27649f60-e2f5-438d-954b-634c409b0701/unnamed-4.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/839ecd50-dff4-472e-a00f-c277d3945452/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. Learn more about Katie and listen to her music here: www.soundwellcenter.com https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lp01qums1rvo0om5h0a3zjt40bj073-jd7y3-kmy2p-jzgjs-s5z4h-lcnar-ha3sh-223by-yh83n-y523z-mm67t-lzbfr-z7zz8-grwdx-xz462 monthly 0.5 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/27649f60-e2f5-438d-954b-634c409b0701/unnamed-4.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lp01qums1rvo0om5h0a3zjt40bj073-jd7y3-kmy2p-jzgjs-s5z4h-lcnar-ha3sh-223by-yh83n-y523z-mm67t-6blyp monthly 0.5 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/f73c3f7b-96dd-4be4-9e9b-7912407d0e40/Francesca+book+cover.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle and Book Event - About the Book In this little gem of a book, Francesca Genco extends a forthright and generous invitation to each of us to expand our soul-singer selves in deep, playful, and liberating ways. Offering a plethora of simple, powerful exercises, she literally en-courages the vocal explorer to replace ambition with curiosity and judgment with attention and presence. Francesca wisely situates our human body-voices within the polyrhythmic symphony of all of nature—in itself a radically healing act—and shows us the way, through embodied singing, to engender the kind of vibrant, empowering community for which we long. —Rabbi Diane Elliot Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and teacher of Body-Mind Centering® https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/27649f60-e2f5-438d-954b-634c409b0701/unnamed-4.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle and Book Event Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/839ecd50-dff4-472e-a00f-c277d3945452/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle and Book Event Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. Learn more about Katie and listen to her music here: www.soundwellcenter.com https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl-ynl7h-8x3as-md3rb-w4kly-8jmmf-je227-p2lyk-e2d4l-m8fcn-at89l-wpydc-p22pc-ga8h2-eee44-5yhgy-c4pgx monthly 0.5 2026-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/6cf47675-39f9-49bf-8c8d-b93fb36fdf2e/1.png Events - Open Mic at the Bookstore! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/sketchbook-journal-exhibit-1 monthly 0.5 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/8fc9e7e1-0230-4ab5-a33a-88f96e0f6c3c/IMG_8234.png Events - Sketchbook Journal Exhibit - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/building-bridges-through-books-a-social-justice-book-group-9mnkt-8jetg-hgwba-l4kky-xd6jl-b44ry-5rx5z-pywaa-3833y-3bst2-jdsws monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/8398a46f-2ad0-47d1-8e40-87be3b9f0ff1/9780593490174.webp Events - Building Bridges Through Books: April 21 - About the Book At our April 14 meeting, we’ll discuss Heart of a Stranger, a fascinating memoir by Angela Buchdahl (the first East Asian to become an ordained rabbi AND the first woman to lead NYC’s Central Synagogue). This book exquisitely explores themes of cultural and religious identity, faith, and belonging. Angela Buchdahl was born in Seoul, the daughter of a Korean Buddhist mother and Jewish American father. Profoundly spiritual from a young age, by sixteen she felt the first stirrings to become a rabbi. Despite the naysayers and periods of self-doubt—Would a mixed-race woman ever be seen as authentically Jewish or chosen to lead a congregation?—she stayed the course, which took her first to Yale, then to rabbinical school, and finally to the pulpit of one of the largest, most influential congregations in the world. Angela has written a book that is both memoir and spiritual guide for everyday living, which is exactly what so many of us crave right now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/69a5b1df-91c3-4b34-84b5-83f576d416e5/IMG_0135.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: April 21 - About Joyce Sharrock-Cole Award winning Historian and Genealogist Joyce Sharrock Cole is dedicated to helping others know themselves by knowing their family histories. A native of Ossining, where she serves as the Village Historian, Joyce’s groundbreaking work, particularly in the African American community, extends beyond the boundaries of Westchester County. With a BS from Mercy College and certification as a Genealogical Researcher from Boston University, Joyce brings expertise and passion to her craft. Her engaging, storytelling style makes her a popular speaker. Houses of worship, libraries, municipalities, and schools reach out for her help in uncovering black history and culture, subjects too long overlooked by the gatekeepers of history. She came to this calling when researching her own family history. It extends back to Bertie County, North Carolina, where her ancestors were enslaved on the Sharrock plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d9601896-89e4-4efa-a226-8aa506ecd98d/SAM-0226+%282%29.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: April 21 - About Abbe Marcus Abbe Marcus, has spent decades building relationships with people in communities throughout the country with lived wisdom and understandings of history and justice. Her educational and social justice experiences as the Co-Founder and Executive Director at J-Teen Leadership, and in positions at The Workers Circle, the 92nd St. Y, the Jewish Education Project and Westchester Jewish Community Services have shaped her passion for immersive and experiential learning. She has created, developed, and led numerous trips for teens and adults to Cuba, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Washington, DC, Detroit, Charleston, Oklahoma City and Nashville, immersing participants in the sites' civil rights history, exposing https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl-ynl7h-8x3as-md3rb-w4kly-8jmmf-je227-p2lyk-e2d4l-m8fcn-at89l-wpydc-p22pc-ga8h2-eee44-5yhgy-hh6yk monthly 0.5 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/991977de-66a2-46b4-a012-8f29e80a52c0/POETRY+SPOKEN+WORD+MUSIC+Friday%2C+March+14+730+PM+%2410-20+suggested+donation+at+door.+Door+proceeds+go+toward+host%2C+performers%2C+and+BAC.-4.png Events - Open Mic @ Bethany Arts Community—Poetry Month Celebration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/resewn-workshop monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/3bdb0bf1-f0b3-4c6e-bb84-7fa55f106cbb/IMG_7298.jpg Events - Make an Upcycled Denim Pouch! Using discarded cotton/blend denim pants, participants will create a functional zippered pouch while learning foundational skills in cutting, tracing, and sewing. The workshop focuses on garment reuse, aligning with MAKE ANEEW’s mission to reframe textile waste as a valuable resource. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/5c621b2f-3dda-47e8-b170-94b919625871/CarolinaBedoya_HeadShot.jpg Events - Make an Upcycled Denim Pouch! - About Carolina Carolina Bedoya is the Ossining-based Co-Founder of MAKE ANEEW, a textile artist, circular systems strategist, and sustainability educator. Her work focuses on extending the lifecycle of textiles through art, remanufacturing, and material transformation, reframing waste as a resource within circular design systems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/18e20d10-f8ce-41c3-9fb7-4f7314bd85e7/CarmenGama_HeadShot_2026.jpg Events - Make an Upcycled Denim Pouch! - About Carmen Carmen Gama is Co-Founder of MAKE ANEEW and Director of Circular Design at EILEEN FISHER. With over a decade of experience, she develops and leads circular design systems that extend the lifecycle of textiles through remanufacturing, reuse, recycling and regenerative strategies. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/61a99d3lzg3610ihe9saia9mqb3lnb monthly 0.5 2026-02-28 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/art-book-reading-party-fylgm monthly 0.5 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/03849ef7-f905-4978-9df7-6afc79dc6c27/cozy+books.png Events - Art Book Reading Party - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/4fd7d208-d4d1-4982-a159-cdd556f22a4b/reading.drawing.jpg Events - Art Book Reading Party - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/e3bp8d5mfops5aqr2h9tl0z1tc9okp monthly 0.5 2026-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/e46f6fbe-d099-4dc6-ad34-a57e0b052b6e/GO1A9445-Edit+copy.jpg Events - Jim Martin’s Tire Isle Band - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/book-launch-the-subtlety-of-the-street-by-m-peregrine-balmat monthly 0.5 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/83da9103-0954-4886-8168-116db4ac63db/book+cover.jpg Events - Book Launch: “The Subtlety of the Street” by M. Peregrine Balmat - About The Subtlety of the Street Balmat’s book, The Subtlety of the Street, shows how street-level workers (e.g. teachers and social workers) construct responsibility through problematic communicative choices in their work with marginalized people. Analyzing constellations of words that together he calls “the Gestalt of Responsibility,” he illustrates how workers construct responsibility in everyday practice, how those constructions change over time due to worker demands and policy constraints, and how they potentially function as racialized microaggressions. The book argues for nuanced professional development that helps workers explore how performance measurements impact how they do their job and the communicative choices they make. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d2ad80a7-c1d2-45aa-a225-28d2df54bcf2/Perry+Balmat--eyebrow+raise.jpg Events - Book Launch: “The Subtlety of the Street” by M. Peregrine Balmat - About Perry Balmat Perry Balmat has a doctorate in International Educational Development (Literacy & Linguistics) from Teachers College, Columbia University and is Professor of Academic Literacy & Linguistics at the City University of New York. He specializes how teachers, social workers, and law enforcement communicate with those they serve. He is a co-editor and co-author of Analysing Social Work Communication: Discourse in Practice, and he teaches Forensic Linguistics, Language in the Helping Professions, Language & Power, Language & Culture, Language, Race & Ethnicity, and Gender & Women’s Studies. His newest research returns to his sociolinguistic and linguistic anthropological roots, as he investigates a dying language variety among circus, carnival, and sideshow people in the United States and the sociocultural and economic shifts that contribute to its loss. Perry is an artist, circus sideshow performer, and snappy dresser. He has also published under "Maureen Matarese." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/ffe24fec-879e-4e77-b9f2-0abebade8d7a/RobinGIsserles.jpeg Events - Book Launch: “The Subtlety of the Street” by M. Peregrine Balmat - About Robin Isserles Robin G. Isserles is Professor of Sociology at the Borough of Manhattan Community College of the City University of New York, where she has been teaching for over 30 years. Robin has spent her career researching pedagogy and classroom teaching, as well as academic interventions designed to support first generation students. Since the publication of her 2021 book, The Costs of Completion: Student Success in Community College (Johns Hopkins University Press), Robin has shared her findings with faculty, staff, students, administrators, and community college leaders across the country. In 2024, Robin co-edited a special issue for Teachers College Record, “Re-imagining the Multiple Missions of the Community College”. Robin’s current research analyzes first year community college student intra-term enrollment patterns, looking at the “credit gap” whereby students enroll in more credits than they earn, to examine the efficacy of “15 to finish” style initiatives. A recipient of the 2024 ASA Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award from the American Sociological Association, Robin is only the 2nd community college faculty to receive this honor. Throughout her career, Robin has sought to raise the visibility of and respect for those who make their academic home in the community college. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/dan-elias-presents-1 monthly 0.5 2026-02-18 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/hudsonics-a-songwriters-showcase-presented-by-eli-musser-378xs monthly 0.5 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/32f77ad2-35b3-40fc-ad6f-dc5194ccb93a/Bitter+End.png Events - Hudsounds: A Songwriter’s Showcase, presented by Eli Musser - About Siobhan O’Malley Siobhan O'Malley is a singer-songwriter who released three critically-acclaimed albums, and has played her music all around the country. She was signed to the label Blue Cocoon records. She released two new singles in January 2026 and is happy to be playing out, writing, recording and doing all the musical things again! She also produces the Songwright: Westchester Songwriters' Circle series at Bethany Arts. “Siobhan is fantastic, super-expressive; she dives deep then surfaces.”—Mike Viola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/32aa8ed7-f935-4309-9434-966ceb0a7fd1/JeanetteDMoses-MattDeMello-3481.jpg Events - Hudsounds: A Songwriter’s Showcase, presented by Eli Musser - About Matt DeMello Matt DeMello is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and singer-songwriter based in Peekskill, New York. His latest album of original music, 2022's Confetti in a Coalmine combines hyperpop energy with classic Great American Songbook and protest folk tropes that painstakingly highlight the ways neoliberalism has eroded our social bonds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/490010a0-4203-4e76-b104-c45136bbd708/Untitled+design-63.png Events - Hudsounds: A Songwriter’s Showcase, presented by Eli Musser - About Eli Musser Eli Musser has performed on countless stages in the NYC area over the past two decades, has been featured in Billboard, Songwriting Magazine UK and The Big Takeover, and his songs have been spun on SiriusXM. An International Songwriting Competition finalist and longtime rock and roll bandleader, Eli’s robust catalog of guitar-driven solo material also incorporates jazz, folk and classical — all through the lens of his soulful Appalachian roots. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/building-bridges-through-books-a-social-justice-book-group-9mnkt-8jetg-hgwba-l4kky-xd6jl-b44ry-5rx5z-pywaa-3833y-swws4 monthly 0.5 2026-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/6630e2a1-3dc8-47cc-9355-a24ad33223b2/51CaWAFuEEL._SY445_SX342_ML2_.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: March 10 Gathering - For March 10 For our March 10 meeting, we’ll continue our 2025 discussion of Isabel Wilkerson’s critically-acclaimed The Warmth of Other Suns. In this beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson presents a definitive and dramatic account of one of the great untold stories of American history: the Great Migration of six million Black citizens who fled the South for the North and West in search of a better life, from World War I to 1970. - From bookshop.org Stop by the bookstore and pick up a copy for 10% off! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/69a5b1df-91c3-4b34-84b5-83f576d416e5/IMG_0135.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: March 10 Gathering - About Joyce Sharrock-Cole Award winning Historian and Genealogist Joyce Sharrock Cole is dedicated to helping others know themselves by knowing their family histories. A native of Ossining, where she serves as the Village Historian, Joyce’s groundbreaking work, particularly in the African American community, extends beyond the boundaries of Westchester County. With a BS from Mercy College and certification as a Genealogical Researcher from Boston University, Joyce brings expertise and passion to her craft. Her engaging, storytelling style makes her a popular speaker. Houses of worship, libraries, municipalities, and schools reach out for her help in uncovering black history and culture, subjects too long overlooked by the gatekeepers of history. She came to this calling when researching her own family history. It extends back to Bertie County, North Carolina, where her ancestors were enslaved on the Sharrock plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d9601896-89e4-4efa-a226-8aa506ecd98d/SAM-0226+%282%29.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: March 10 Gathering - About Abbe Marcus Abbe Marcus, has spent decades building relationships with people in communities throughout the country with lived wisdom and understandings of history and justice. Her educational and social justice experiences as the Co-Founder and Executive Director at J-Teen Leadership, and in positions at The Workers Circle, the 92nd St. Y, the Jewish Education Project and Westchester Jewish Community Services have shaped her passion for immersive and experiential learning. She has created, developed, and led numerous trips for teens and adults to Cuba, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Washington, DC, Detroit, Charleston, Oklahoma City and Nashville, immersing participants in the sites' civil rights history, exposing https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c-a73ht-sppcl-gb8c5-pstmp-zn8jg-ewpcp-yp876-faeeg-ffml6-azced-839yb-aezr6-3sds4-wd8bp-ykyfc-5jkjr-kwj5w monthly 0.5 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - CANCELED: Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/otown-reads-the-correspondence monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/b9a7ea3a-9520-447f-a3aa-aa8e4eafcee2/image.png Events - OTown Reads: The Correspondent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/3rj3zumw17h4r2cdw5oii8tsa2hi6q monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/18yaeajtsg9z9c9f4t04rdjezldh2l monthly 0.5 2026-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/c84e5a3f-c014-4021-ac12-7cbe3f6dbcfa/Untitled+design+%281%29.png Events - Laughter Chapter Comedy Show - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/446fdc34-6a18-449c-8d49-7f80566ed2e8/IMG_2247.jpeg Events - Laughter Chapter Comedy Show - About Jack Jack Ludlum is a stand-up comedian that has been performing and producing shows all over New York State and the Hudson Valley area for over a decade. A longtime native of Ossining, New York, and a self-proclaimed “encyclopedia of useless information”, Jack Ludlum’s act has evolved from his myriad of interests ranging from science, history, film, music, and even his own turbulent personal life. His influences include George Carlin, Colin Quinn, Patrice O’Neal, Dave Attell, and Doug Stanhope. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/what-we-carry-poetry-identity-and-the-work-of-becoming monthly 0.5 2026-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d1dba573-55e5-49f6-b429-f578a7700e25/Susan+Coronel+headshot.jpg Events - What We Carry: Poetry, Identity, and the Work of Becoming - About Susan Michele Coronel Susan Michele Coronel is the author of In the Needle, A Woman (Finishing Line Press, 2025), winner of the 2024 Donna Wolf Palacio Poetry Prize. Three poems from the collection were nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her work has appeared in journals including Gone Lawn, Mom Egg Review, Nixes Mate, One Art, Pedestal, Spillway 29, and SWWIM. She is the recipient of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival’s 2023 First Poem Award and has been a finalist for several national poetry prizes. Her work explores feminist lineage, family, and memory. She lives in New York City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/edcefc3c-852b-48fb-8a85-da923959aa30/Susan+cover.png Events - What We Carry: Poetry, Identity, and the Work of Becoming - About In the Needle, A Woman In her debut poetry collection, In the Needle, A Woman, Susan Michele Coronel deftly weaves together strands of challenging life experiences, including the complexities of the mother-daughter bond, divorce, family losses, and her Jewish ancestors' past. Through captivating imagery and a lyrical imagination that accompanies us from childhood through adolescence and adulthood, In the Needle, A Woman culminates in the speaker's life as an independent woman with her own desires and needs. Through it all, the healing power of poetry helps her to mend the torn fabric of her life and to find purpose. In "Was My Mother the Ocean or a Rainstorm?" the speaker writes: "Pain nourishes me because it contains/seeds of goodness. I put on a blindfold/ & keep still. Now I don't need/ to choose. I am not afraid." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/e89b3c36-9904-4c25-b242-1ac23ffa6f8b/Dawn+Leas+book+photo+-+Dawn+Leas.jpg Events - What We Carry: Poetry, Identity, and the Work of Becoming - About Dawn Leas Dawn Leas is the author of two chapbooks and two full-length collections, including her newest, The Sin of Being Okay (Kinsman Avenue Publishing 2025). Her poetry has appeared in New York Quarterly, Wild Roof Journal, The Paterson Literary Review, SWWIM, Literary Mama, and elsewhere. She’s a writing coach, teaching artist, and assistant director of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative at Wilkes University. She’s also a proud back-of-the pack runner (when not injured), newish hiker, salt-water lover, and mom of two grown sons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a1cd057f-68f6-4c4c-82f7-7ec08f291e5e/The+Sin+of+Being+Okay+-+Cover+Art+-+LoRes_5x8+-+Dawn+Leas.jpg Events - What We Carry: Poetry, Identity, and the Work of Becoming - About The Sin of Being Okay The Sin of Being Okay is a contemplative exploration of the everchanging landscapes of love, loss, and trying to answer who am I? The poems speak to the path forward not only being fraught with storms, but also pockets of quiet and solitude; peace and grace. They unveil a knowing that we must often walk alone through a messy and beautifully hard fog of heartache, but by doing so, there’s much to gain including redemption, forgiveness, letting go of the past, and a better understanding of/compassion for self and others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/c248eca8-8521-4ab8-83f0-7ad55a29dd92/Amy+Small-McKinney+headshot.jpg Events - What We Carry: Poetry, Identity, and the Work of Becoming - About Amy Small-McKinney Amy Small-McKinney is the author of three chapbooks and three full-length poetry books, including her newest full-length, & You Think It Ends (Glass Lyre Press, 2025). Her second full-length collection, Walking Toward Cranes, won The Kithara Book Prize (Glass Lyre, 2016). Her poems have been published in numerous journals, for example, American Poetry Review, Tahoma Literary Review, Verse Daily, among others, and are forthcoming in Cultural Daily. Small-McKinney has also been published in several anthologies, for example, Rumors, Secrets, & Lies: Poems about Pregnancy, Abortion, & Choice (Anhinga Press, 2022), 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millenium (Ashland University, 2021), and most recently, Keystone Poetry, Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania (Penn State University Press, 2025). Her poetry has also been translated into Romanian and Korean. Small is a Montgomery County PA Poet Laureate Emeritus, 2011. January 2026, Small-McKinney taught a One Art virtual workshop: Speaking To & Listening To Our Aging Bodies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/79ab925d-ed99-498f-909d-b466937a78a6/Amy+Small-McKinney+cover.jpg Events - What We Carry: Poetry, Identity, and the Work of Becoming - About & You Think it Ends Poetry: & You Think It Ends begins with the quote from a Linda Hogan poem, When the Body: “When the body wishes to speak, she will.” & You Think It Ends moves from girlhood and early violence, both personal and worldwide, to motherhood, the discovery and embracing of ancestors, and finally love and acceptance of an aging self and body. The poet’s story and the stories of other women are interwoven and speak to these very difficult times we live in. By the end of the book, the poet’s body speaks to her, and she listens. Poet, Eleanor Wilner says, “Reading these poems is a passionate experience of an intensely aware, evolving consciousness––from early self-division, assault, “the airlessness of fear” at the random violence of men: “a young girl as torn paper.” Later, in a spare language with offbeat images that freshen perception, “a form found for fury,” a self is slowly reclaimed: “today, I name myself. Seen & Remembered.” Years on, by joy surprised, “Blue leans into me like new love.” And you think it ends? Read these open-hearted poems and think again.” https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/meditative-drawing-workshop-af6pc-xzjy2 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a2f3aac1-ca15-41ab-aca6-c803e8b7b1d2/marisa-portraits-78+copy+2.png Events - Meditative Drawing Workshop - Meet Your Facilitator Marisa Löwenstein is a Creative Director and certified Vedic Meditation teacher with over 15 years of meditation experience. Trained in New York and India, she blends meditation with guided practices such as Meditative Drawing to help people quiet the mind, improve focus, and creative problem-solving. Drawing from her background in design, teaching, and mentorship, Marisa leads thoughtful, practical workshops that support clarity and creative flow. She teaches in English and Spanish and has worked with institutions such as FIT, The High Line, Boston University, and Ralph Lauren. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/meditative-drawing-workshop-af6pc monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a2f3aac1-ca15-41ab-aca6-c803e8b7b1d2/marisa-portraits-78+copy+2.png Events - Meditative Drawing Workshop - Meet Your Facilitator Marisa Löwenstein is a Creative Director and certified Vedic Meditation teacher with over 15 years of meditation experience. Trained in New York and India, she blends meditation with guided practices such as Meditative Drawing to help people quiet the mind, improve focus, and creative problem-solving. Drawing from her background in design, teaching, and mentorship, Marisa leads thoughtful, practical workshops that support clarity and creative flow. She teaches in English and Spanish and has worked with institutions such as FIT, The High Line, Boston University, and Ralph Lauren. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/meditative-drawing-workshop monthly 0.5 2026-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a2f3aac1-ca15-41ab-aca6-c803e8b7b1d2/marisa-portraits-78+copy+2.png Events - Meditative Drawing Workshop - Meet Your Facilitator Marisa Löwenstein is a Creative Director and certified Vedic Meditation teacher with over 15 years of meditation experience. Trained in New York and India, she blends meditation with guided practices such as Meditative Drawing to help people quiet the mind, improve focus, and creative problem-solving. Drawing from her background in design, teaching, and mentorship, Marisa leads thoughtful, practical workshops that support clarity and creative flow. She teaches in English and Spanish and has worked with institutions such as FIT, The High Line, Boston University, and Ralph Lauren. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/short-attention-span-book-club-c3k5p-l5btp-4ehy5-cz8rk-tfbjm-zkfmx monthly 0.5 2026-02-02 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/short-attention-span-book-club-c3k5p-l5btp-4ehy5-cz8rk-tfbjm monthly 0.5 2026-02-02 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/short-attention-span-book-club-c3k5p-l5btp-4ehy5-cz8rk monthly 0.5 2026-04-03 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/short-attention-span-book-club-c3k5p-l5btp-4ehy5 monthly 0.5 2026-02-02 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/short-attention-span-book-club-c3k5p-l5btp monthly 0.5 2026-02-16 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/once-i-ate-storytelling-event monthly 0.5 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/9659279a-41e6-4c19-8f00-cff60b63c5bc/Once+I+Ate+Flyer_draft_3.png Events - Once I Ate: An Evening of Stories About Food - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/building-bridges-through-books-a-social-justice-book-group-9mnkt-8jetg-hgwba-l4kky-xd6jl-b44ry-5rx5z-pywaa-3833y-3bst2 monthly 0.5 2026-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/f73d668b-7b77-4ac1-a157-771055f2cb2b/Silence+of+the+Choir.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: Feb. 10 - About the Book At our February 10 meeting, we’ll discuss The Silence of the Choir, by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr. Bookshop.org describes The Silence of the Choir as follows: A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A polyphonic tale of immigration and community by "the most promising Senegalese writer of his generation" (Le Monde) and winner of the 2021 Prix Goncourt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/69a5b1df-91c3-4b34-84b5-83f576d416e5/IMG_0135.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: Feb. 10 - About Joyce Sharrock-Cole Award winning Historian and Genealogist Joyce Sharrock Cole is dedicated to helping others know themselves by knowing their family histories. A native of Ossining, where she serves as the Village Historian, Joyce’s groundbreaking work, particularly in the African American community, extends beyond the boundaries of Westchester County. With a BS from Mercy College and certification as a Genealogical Researcher from Boston University, Joyce brings expertise and passion to her craft. Her engaging, storytelling style makes her a popular speaker. Houses of worship, libraries, municipalities, and schools reach out for her help in uncovering black history and culture, subjects too long overlooked by the gatekeepers of history. She came to this calling when researching her own family history. It extends back to Bertie County, North Carolina, where her ancestors were enslaved on the Sharrock plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d9601896-89e4-4efa-a226-8aa506ecd98d/SAM-0226+%282%29.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: Feb. 10 - About Abbe Marcus Abbe Marcus, has spent decades building relationships with people in communities throughout the country with lived wisdom and understandings of history and justice. Her educational and social justice experiences as the Co-Founder and Executive Director at J-Teen Leadership, and in positions at The Workers Circle, the 92nd St. Y, the Jewish Education Project and Westchester Jewish Community Services have shaped her passion for immersive and experiential learning. She has created, developed, and led numerous trips for teens and adults to Cuba, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Washington, DC, Detroit, Charleston, Oklahoma City and Nashville, immersing participants in the sites' civil rights history, exposing https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/dan-elias-presents-kw76j-p8xkt-69kmk monthly 0.5 2026-01-19 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lp01qums1rvo0om5h0a3zjt40bj073-jd7y3-kmy2p-jzgjs-s5z4h-lcnar-ha3sh-223by-yh83n-y523z-mm67t-lzbfr-7alt5 monthly 0.5 2026-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/27649f60-e2f5-438d-954b-634c409b0701/unnamed-4.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lp01qums1rvo0om5h0a3zjt40bj073-jd7y3-kmy2p-jzgjs-s5z4h-lcnar-ha3sh-223by-yh83n-y523z-mm67t-lzbfr monthly 0.5 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/27649f60-e2f5-438d-954b-634c409b0701/unnamed-4.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/839ecd50-dff4-472e-a00f-c277d3945452/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. Learn more about Katie and listen to her music here: www.soundwellcenter.com https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/ecs6ape5eawcn1fky0luipx70hh7yj monthly 0.5 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a883399e-6950-4a00-abf4-a7a47cd16ded/Teresa+Hsu.jpg Events - Asian American Teen Mental Health Workshop - About Dr. Hsu Teresa Hsu, PhD, is the Founder and Executive Director of S.P.E.A.K., a Supportive Place for Empowering Asian Americans & Kin, which focuses on Asian American mental health and wellness through education, destigmatization, research, and services. She currently holds a dual appointment as an Assistant Professor of General Academic Pediatrics and Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/6b6b1a72-41c2-489b-b7dc-554a570814e7/Asian+American+Teen+Workbook_.jpg Events - Asian American Teen Mental Health Workshop - About the Book It's time to prioritize your mental health and achieve a more balanced, empowered, and confident sense of self. From navigating academic pressures and planning for your future to dealing with peers and the often-toxic social media arena--being a teen in today's world is hard. And if you're an Asian American teen with immigrant parents, you may also face racism, stigmatization, cultural challenges, and intense family expectations. Juggling the social and emotional demands of two different cultures can leave you feeling stressed, anxious, and depressed. But there is help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/ec70036f-67aa-4aea-8e10-7ce84714295f/Untitled+design.png Events - Asian American Teen Mental Health Workshop - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/special-read-aloud-with-author-nancy-castaldo-whales-in-the-city monthly 0.5 2026-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/25d594c8-3db7-40c2-a306-54d5be5791c4/Whales+cover.jpg Events - Special Read-Aloud with Author Nancy Castaldo: Whales in the City - About Whales in the City This kid-friendly picture book is a true story about how community action saved the whales of New York Harbor and reversed the effects of climate change. Spanning from pre-colonization to today, learn how the industrial revolution, overfishing, and pollution drove whales away from New York Harbor and the Hudson River by the early 20th century. Passionate citizens were able to join together and clean up the harbor through activism and legislation. the first whales were spotted in the Hudson after over 100 years in 2019! This uplifting environmental success story full of towering skyscrapers and underwater dramatics highlights the power of community and how we can coexist with wildlife! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/dbbb46fb-1b77-49de-81a7-aec206df820f/Nancy+headshot.jpg Events - Special Read-Aloud with Author Nancy Castaldo: Whales in the City - About Nancy Castaldo Whales in the Hudson? Award-winning STEM author Nancy Castaldo has written dozens of books about our planet, but her newest stories swim close to home. Based in New York’s Hudson Valley, Nancy brings her global research and photography—from the Galápagos to Russia—to the Hudson River in two new releases: the picture book Whales in the City and the middle-grade nonfiction title Riverkeeper. Nancy loves sharing her adventures with readers and believes everyone can make a difference. Her books are designed to inform, empower, and inspire young people to care for the world around them. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/community-mixer monthly 0.5 2025-12-31 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c-a73ht-sppcl-gb8c5-pstmp-zn8jg-ewpcp-yp876-faeeg-ffml6-azced-839yb-aezr6-3sds4-wd8bp-ykyfc-5jkjr monthly 0.5 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/building-bridges-through-books-a-social-justice-book-group-9mnkt-8jetg-hgwba-l4kky-xd6jl-b44ry-5rx5z-pywaa-3833y monthly 0.5 2026-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/8613fc66-b8ec-471d-82a1-98c7f4880820/9780525436140.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: Jan. 20 Gathering - For January 20 At our fourth meeting of the season, we’ll discuss There There, by Tommy Orange. Bookshop.org describes There There as follows: PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A wondrous and shattering award-winning novel that follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. A contemporary classic, this “astonishing literary debut” (Margaret Atwood, bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale) “places Native American voices front and center” (NPR/Fresh Air). Stop by the bookstore and pick up a copy for 10% off! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/69a5b1df-91c3-4b34-84b5-83f576d416e5/IMG_0135.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: Jan. 20 Gathering - About Joyce Sharrock-Cole Award winning Historian and Genealogist Joyce Sharrock Cole is dedicated to helping others know themselves by knowing their family histories. A native of Ossining, where she serves as the Village Historian, Joyce’s groundbreaking work, particularly in the African American community, extends beyond the boundaries of Westchester County. With a BS from Mercy College and certification as a Genealogical Researcher from Boston University, Joyce brings expertise and passion to her craft. Her engaging, storytelling style makes her a popular speaker. Houses of worship, libraries, municipalities, and schools reach out for her help in uncovering black history and culture, subjects too long overlooked by the gatekeepers of history. She came to this calling when researching her own family history. It extends back to Bertie County, North Carolina, where her ancestors were enslaved on the Sharrock plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d9601896-89e4-4efa-a226-8aa506ecd98d/SAM-0226+%282%29.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: Jan. 20 Gathering - About Abbe Marcus Abbe Marcus, has spent decades building relationships with people in communities throughout the country with lived wisdom and understandings of history and justice. Her educational and social justice experiences as the Co-Founder and Executive Director at J-Teen Leadership, and in positions at The Workers Circle, the 92nd St. Y, the Jewish Education Project and Westchester Jewish Community Services have shaped her passion for immersive and experiential learning. She has created, developed, and led numerous trips for teens and adults to Cuba, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Washington, DC, Detroit, Charleston, Oklahoma City and Nashville, immersing participants in the sites' civil rights history, exposing https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/blind-tiger-improv-2-hce3m monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/blind-tiger-improv-2 monthly 0.5 2026-01-15 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl-ynl7h-8x3as-md3rb-w4kly-8jmmf-je227-p2lyk-e2d4l-m8fcn-at89l-wpydc-p22pc-ga8h2-eee44-5yhgy monthly 0.5 2026-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/6cf47675-39f9-49bf-8c8d-b93fb36fdf2e/1.png Events - Open Mic at the Bookstore! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl-ynl7h-8x3as-md3rb-w4kly-8jmmf-je227-p2lyk-e2d4l-m8fcn-at89l-wpydc-p22pc-ga8h2-eee44 monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/4be0df52-9d73-40ea-83ed-1a26b4c1f0f0/1.png Events - Open Mic at the Bookstore! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lp01qums1rvo0om5h0a3zjt40bj073-jd7y3-kmy2p-jzgjs-s5z4h-lcnar-ha3sh-223by-yh83n-y523z-mm67t-je5sl monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/27649f60-e2f5-438d-954b-634c409b0701/unnamed-4.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/839ecd50-dff4-472e-a00f-c277d3945452/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. Learn more about Katie and listen to her music here: www.soundwellcenter.com https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/poetry-for-strangers-cxr94-48bne-zy5x7-sawt8-f753p monthly 0.5 2025-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/8dc1ab42-aeef-41e4-9159-719c91bfc2af/Headshot.jpg Events - Poetry for Strangers - About Glydel Glydel Go, a Filipino-American poet and open mic frequenter based in New York, writes to explore mental health, identity, and our desire for connection. She helped establish the monthly open mics at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity and occasionally hosts them when not at SUNY New Paltz pursuing a Digital Media Production degree. She is currently published in acouple youth magazines like Morning Star Literary and The Phonebook. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/minding-your-memory-book-talk-with-lisa-feiner-and-susanne-saltzman-bs4wa monthly 0.5 2026-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a0f12f52-a159-4984-98b1-ec8db854008a/cover.png Events - Minding Your Memory: Book Talk with Lisa Feiner and Dr. Susanne Saltzman - About the book Minding Your Memory offers a comprehensive and approachable guide for anyone concerned about memory loss—whether you’ve lost a loved one to dementia, are worried about your own cognition, or simply want to learn how to maintain a sharp mind throughout life. Grounded in extensive scientific research and backed by a diverse team of healthcare practitioners, this book demystifies Alzheimer’s disease—currently the most common form of dementia, representing 60–70 percent of cases—and explores how to identify and address its root causes. You’ll discover that cognitive decline is not an inevitable part of aging. Citing research studies and medical literature, Minding Your Memory clearly explains how lifestyle factors such as nutrition, physical activity, social engagement, stress management, and oral health can play a powerful role in preventing or delaying dementia. Yet the book goes further, delving into “The Deeper Dive”—causes of memory loss that require professional testing and treatment. These include hormonal imbalances, exposure to toxins and heavy metals, hidden infections, snoring and sleep apnea, and even the lingering effects of emotional trauma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/71e0e23e-1859-41ab-8a8d-ef36f63bd019/LFeiner2025.jpg+copy.png Events - Minding Your Memory: Book Talk with Lisa Feiner and Dr. Susanne Saltzman - About Lisa Feiner Lisa is a board-certified Health and Wellness Coach and co-founder of the nonprofit Sharp Again. She received her MBA from Columbia University and worked for almost a decade in corporate human resources and consulting before embarking on her coaching career. Lisa has worked with clients in a myriad of ways, teaching about stress reduction, nutrition, and how to lead a more balanced and fulfilling life. She speaks locally and nationally to diverse audiences to empower everyone to take steps to preserve their memory and brain health. Lisa writes on a variety of topics and is interviewed on podcasts, radio and TV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/ef55db12-a528-404b-89f9-3e3a40af2fd6/Sr.+Saltzman-300x300+lightened.png Events - Minding Your Memory: Book Talk with Lisa Feiner and Dr. Susanne Saltzman - About Dr. Susanne Saltzman Dr. Susanne Saltzman received her Medical Degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She has been in practice over 30 years treating acute and chronic illness in children and adults. Her emphasis is on homeopathic and functional medicine to decrease dependency on pharmaceutical drugs. Dr. Saltzman served as President of the Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York, is the past Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Homeopathic Medicine, and is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, the oldest extant national physicians’ organization in the U.S., established in 1844. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/author-talk-and-book-signing-with-barbara-finkelstein-and-samus-mcelearney monthly 0.5 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/e10a6aa7-213f-400f-9322-840fb4fd374a/Flipping+Capo_Cover.jpg Events - Author Talk and Book Signing with Séamus McElearney and Barbara Finkelstein: Flipping Capo: How the FBI Dismantled the Real Sopranos - About Flipping Capo Séamus McElearney's early days on an FBI organized crime squad were full of grunt work. For months he was mired in administrative tasks, including the transcription of secret recordings of the DeCavalcante and Bonanno crime families. Eighteen months later, McElearney assisted in his squad's arrest of thirty-nine Mafia suspects; he led the team arresting Anthony Capo, a DeCavalcante soldier linked to stock fraud and conspiracy to commit murder. Barely a week after Capo's arrest, McElearney accomplished what no other law enforcement agent had ever done in the hundred years of the DeCavalcante crime family's existence: he flipped one of their made men. Anthony Capo confessed to dozens of illegal activities, including two murders and eleven murder conspiracies, and agreed to work with the government to bring down his former family. What followed was a spiral effect of cooperation as McElearney and colleagues flipped three more DeCavalcante associates, one captain, and an acting boss. Flipping Capo resulted in the Bureau solving eleven murders, convicting seventy-one defendants, and dismantling the DeCavalcante crime family. Thanks to the redemptive relationship he built with Capo, McElearney helped unmask a criminal network that led to the RICO convictions of the entire DeCavalcante hierarchy, just as the world was coming to know them as the "real Sopranos." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/5811d553-20a7-482f-9af3-f4da9a579b01/Seamus.headshot.jpg Events - Author Talk and Book Signing with Séamus McElearney and Barbara Finkelstein: Flipping Capo: How the FBI Dismantled the Real Sopranos - About Séamus McElearney Séamus McElearney began his distinguished career with the FBI in 1998, joining Squad C-10 of the New York Organized Crime Branch. Tasked with investigating the Bonanno and DeCavalcante crime families—infamously known as “the real Sopranos”—Séamus quickly made his mark. He retired from the FBI in 2019. Today Séamus is the global head of corporate security for a major financial institution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/dbac32fc-66e3-462b-8f8e-e1d1f6935ed1/barbara_finkelstein.heashot.jpg Events - Author Talk and Book Signing with Séamus McElearney and Barbara Finkelstein: Flipping Capo: How the FBI Dismantled the Real Sopranos - About Barbara Finkelstein Barbara Finkelstein is the author of Summer Long-a-coming (HarperCollins). She has also published non-fiction and essays with Walker and Company, W.W. Norton and Company, and Syracuse University Press. She has contributed book reviews and articles to The New York Times, Newsday, The Plain Dealer, HeadButler, The Forward, and many other media outlets. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/rewriting-the-legacy-of-trauma monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/2f3fc157-59c7-4d5f-a2a3-ba850004b0a7/Aron+headshot.jpeg Events - CANCELED: (Re)Writing the Legacy of Trauma: A Discussion with authors Aron Hirt-Manheimer and Ellen Satinof - About Aron-Hirt Manheimer Elie Wiesel described Aron Hirt-Manheimer as “a writer possessed of a rare blend of integrity, persuasiveness, and good literary sense.” Aron co-authored Jagendorf’s Foundry: A Memoir of the Romanian Holocaust and Jews: The Essence and Character of a People, published in 10 languages. He served as editor of the largest circulated Jewish magazine, Reform Judaism from 1976 to 2014, and he founded the trailblazing West Coast quarterly, Davka, in 1970. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/f980a183-a42f-49c9-b367-7ebf82ed0eef/Aron+cover.jpg Events - CANCELED: (Re)Writing the Legacy of Trauma: A Discussion with authors Aron Hirt-Manheimer and Ellen Satinof - About Sons of Survivors The authors of this dual memoir did not live through the trauma of the Holocaust; they inherited it. Whether their survivor parents revealed what they endured or erected barriers of silence, the horrors they experienced permeated the lives of their children. Aron Hirt-Manheimer and Marty Yura grew up in the close-knit community of Yiddish-speaking refugees in America. After meeting in Los Angeles as high school students, the two became fast friends with much in common, including the fact that they were both conceived in the same displaced persons camp in US-occupied Germany. This book traces their colorful growing-up adventures through fast-paced alternating passages. Though the Holocaust formed the backdrop of their lives, they didn’t talk much about it—until, as older adults, they embraced the imperative to bear witness. They set out to discover everything they could about what happened to their parents and other relatives in Poland during World War II. For Aron, the most powerful revelations were contained in a nearly forgotten memoir written by his uncle fifty years earlier in Argentina. Marty’s breakthrough came after participating in a Zen Peacemakers immersion retreat on the killing fields of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Navigating this haunted terrain together, the friends realized that the love they inherited from their parents transcends the trauma. This joint memoir attests to a legacy of love against hate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/81f183d7-166b-4e1c-9665-1e4fb38710c8/Ellen.headshot.jpg Events - CANCELED: (Re)Writing the Legacy of Trauma: A Discussion with authors Aron Hirt-Manheimer and Ellen Satinof - About Ellen Satinoff Ellen Satinoff was born in Ft. Benning, GA; her parents returned to New York when she was eight months old. Although she now resides with her husband in York, PA, and despite a six-month stint in Colorado, she identifies as a native of her beloved New York. Satinoff began working when she was 14 and at the age of 43, while still working and raising her children, volunteering at both her church and her children's schools, and also hosting a foreign exchange student, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Her memoir is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream to write a book. Post-graduation, Satinoff entered therapy to understand and resolve her depression and the bouts of anger she felt unable to control. She filled many journals, and through the writing process came to recognize the abject dysfunction and trauma of her developing years. Her memoir, "In a Mirror Dimly," recounts episodes - by turns somber and comical - from her youth. It is a story of misery and brokenness, but also of hope - how a family can be redeemed and restored. Ellen has five children, 12 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/73022f48-8db0-4f81-a23a-1c61d68ace3a/Ellen.cover.jpg Events - CANCELED: (Re)Writing the Legacy of Trauma: A Discussion with authors Aron Hirt-Manheimer and Ellen Satinof - About In a Mirror Dimly "In a Mirror Dimly" reflects the tumultuous life of a daughter born to a Catholic mother from Manhattan and a Jewish father from Brooklyn —she is a self-proclaimed “Jew-wop-y.” Familial violence is juxtaposed against political and cultural innocence, creating a childhood of uncertainty and contradiction. Mental illness and her parents’ divorce play leading roles and usher our heroine to the altar at age 17. From Greenwich Village to Queens, Long Island, and the Bronx… Colorado, California… Westchester County, her youth is shaped and overshadowed by a mother who exacted a steep price for her mental illness. Fuzzy memories of abuse and dysfunction crystalize into images that give clarity to the woman she became. Poignant—and at times comic—Satinoff recounts the experiences that created her broken inner self, and the burgeoning faith that ultimately leads her to insight, acceptance, and finally, forgiveness. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/holiday-music-with-school-of-rock monthly 0.5 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/04891c44-1a70-4abf-a14d-ef5aefe0f9b3/Untitled+design+%284%29.png Events - Holiday Music with School of Rock - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/meet-greet-john-cappello monthly 0.5 2025-12-02 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/fall-of-freedom-a-read-in-of-books-banned-in-prisons monthly 0.5 2025-11-22 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl-ynl7h-8x3as-md3rb-w4kly-8jmmf-je227-p2lyk-e2d4l-m8fcn-at89l-wpydc-p22pc monthly 0.5 2025-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/991977de-66a2-46b4-a012-8f29e80a52c0/POETRY+SPOKEN+WORD+MUSIC+Friday%2C+March+14+730+PM+%2410-20+suggested+donation+at+door.+Door+proceeds+go+toward+host%2C+performers%2C+and+BAC.-4.png Events - Open Mic at the Bookstore! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/drag-queen-read-aloud-and-gift-wrapping-with-dd monthly 0.5 2025-11-22 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/drag-queen-gift-wrapping-1 monthly 0.5 2025-11-22 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lp01qums1rvo0om5h0a3zjt40bj073-jd7y3-kmy2p-jzgjs-s5z4h-lcnar-ha3sh-223by-yh83n-y523z-mm67t monthly 0.5 2025-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/27649f60-e2f5-438d-954b-634c409b0701/unnamed-4.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/839ecd50-dff4-472e-a00f-c277d3945452/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. Learn more about Katie and listen to her music here: www.soundwellcenter.com https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lp01qums1rvo0om5h0a3zjt40bj073-jd7y3-kmy2p-jzgjs-s5z4h-lcnar-ha3sh-223by-yh83n-y523z monthly 0.5 2025-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/27649f60-e2f5-438d-954b-634c409b0701/unnamed-4.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/839ecd50-dff4-472e-a00f-c277d3945452/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. Learn more about Katie and listen to her music here: www.soundwellcenter.com https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/building-bridges-through-books-a-social-justice-book-group-9mnkt-8jetg-hgwba-l4kky-xd6jl-b44ry-5rx5z-pywaa monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/57d203b3-94b2-4070-b5ee-d9e8f260384e/61w3tx1RrsL._AC_UF1000%2C1000_QL80_.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: Dec. 9 Gathering - For December 9 At our third meeting of the season, we’ll discuss The Tragedy of True Crime, by John C. Lennon. This book provides a first-person journalistic account of the lives of four men who have killed, written by a man who has killed. Lennon entered the New York prison system with a sentence of 28 years to life but after he stepped into a writing workshop at Attica Correctional Facility, his whole life changed. Reporting from the cell block and the prison yard, Lennon challenges our obsession with true crime by telling the full life stories of men now serving time for the lives they took. —Bookshop.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/69a5b1df-91c3-4b34-84b5-83f576d416e5/IMG_0135.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: Dec. 9 Gathering - About Joyce Sharrock-Cole Award winning Historian and Genealogist Joyce Sharrock Cole is dedicated to helping others know themselves by knowing their family histories. A native of Ossining, where she serves as the Village Historian, Joyce’s groundbreaking work, particularly in the African American community, extends beyond the boundaries of Westchester County. With a BS from Mercy College and certification as a Genealogical Researcher from Boston University, Joyce brings expertise and passion to her craft. Her engaging, storytelling style makes her a popular speaker. Houses of worship, libraries, municipalities, and schools reach out for her help in uncovering black history and culture, subjects too long overlooked by the gatekeepers of history. She came to this calling when researching her own family history. It extends back to Bertie County, North Carolina, where her ancestors were enslaved on the Sharrock plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d9601896-89e4-4efa-a226-8aa506ecd98d/SAM-0226+%282%29.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: Dec. 9 Gathering - About Abbe Marcus Abbe Marcus, has spent decades building relationships with people in communities throughout the country with lived wisdom and understandings of history and justice. Her educational and social justice experiences as the Co-Founder and Executive Director at J-Teen Leadership, and in positions at The Workers Circle, the 92nd St. Y, the Jewish Education Project and Westchester Jewish Community Services have shaped her passion for immersive and experiential learning. She has created, developed, and led numerous trips for teens and adults to Cuba, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Washington, DC, Detroit, Charleston, Oklahoma City and Nashville, immersing participants in the sites' civil rights history, exposing https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/dan-elias-presents-kw76j-p8xkt monthly 0.5 2026-01-16 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/acting-shakespeare monthly 0.5 2025-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/ff8d2aaf-b075-416e-aa64-347d7034cf9d/unnamed-5.png Events - Ian McKellan’s Acting Shakespeare - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/book-launch-a-walk-down-memory-lane-by-sarah-bracey-white monthly 0.5 2025-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/33a2c9ec-2d27-4d11-9612-9caf6b4f976f/cover.webp Events - Book Launch: "A Walk Down Memory Lane" by Sarah Bracey White - About the book Take a heartwarming stroll through the past with A Walk Down Memory Lane—a collection of 50 nostalgic short stories designed especially for seniors, older adults, and caregivers. From school dances in the 1950s to family road trips in the 1980s, each two to three-page story brings familiar moments to life and gently encourages cognitive engagement, memory recall, and meaningful conversation. Whether your loved one is enjoying independent reading or living in an assisted living or nursing home environment, this book is a perfect way for them to stay mentally active and emotionally uplifted—one story at a time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/e9313f3e-0a27-4240-9f2d-4c5d681a3dd8/Sarah+Bracey+White+headshot.jpg Events - Book Launch: "A Walk Down Memory Lane" by Sarah Bracey White - About Sarah Bracey White Sarah Bracey White is a southern storyteller who uses her personal history to create poetry, short stories, essays, fiction, plays and memoirs. A graduate of Morgan State University and the University of Maryland, Sarah has worked as a teacher, college and legal librarian. She is a motivational speaker and an arts consultant. When her memoir “Primary Lessons” was transformed into “Transcendence” - an immersive, dramatic musical - Sarah was cast in the starring role of her own life and set off on a journey to becoming an actor, playwright and producer. She made her off-off Broadway acting debut in Louisiana Shoal, which reached finalist status in The Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival. Her other published books include The Wanderlust: A South Carolina Folk Tale; and Feelings Brought to Surface, a poetry collection. Her essays have been anthologized in Children of the Dream; Dreaming in Color, Living in Black and White; Aunties: 35 Writers Celebrate Their Other Mother; Gardening on a Deeper Level, and most recently in Mothers, Martyrs and Jezebels, a feminist anthology, and Well Said, Well Read, a collection of curated essays from Writers Read, a Hudson Valley literary performance group. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/building-bridges-through-books-a-social-justice-book-group-9mnkt-8jetg-hgwba-l4kky-xd6jl-b44ry-5rx5z monthly 0.5 2025-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/69a5b1df-91c3-4b34-84b5-83f576d416e5/IMG_0135.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: Nov. 11 Gathering - About Joyce Sharrock-Cole Award winning Historian and Genealogist Joyce Sharrock Cole is dedicated to helping others know themselves by knowing their family histories. A native of Ossining, where she serves as the Village Historian, Joyce’s groundbreaking work, particularly in the African American community, extends beyond the boundaries of Westchester County. With a BS from Mercy College and certification as a Genealogical Researcher from Boston University, Joyce brings expertise and passion to her craft. Her engaging, storytelling style makes her a popular speaker. Houses of worship, libraries, municipalities, and schools reach out for her help in uncovering black history and culture, subjects too long overlooked by the gatekeepers of history. She came to this calling when researching her own family history. It extends back to Bertie County, North Carolina, where her ancestors were enslaved on the Sharrock plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d9601896-89e4-4efa-a226-8aa506ecd98d/SAM-0226+%282%29.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: Nov. 11 Gathering - About Abbe Marcus Abbe Marcus, has spent decades building relationships with people in communities throughout the country with lived wisdom and understandings of history and justice. Her educational and social justice experiences as the Co-Founder and Executive Director at J-Teen Leadership, and in positions at The Workers Circle, the 92nd St. Y, the Jewish Education Project and Westchester Jewish Community Services have shaped her passion for immersive and experiential learning. She has created, developed, and led numerous trips for teens and adults to Cuba, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Washington, DC, Detroit, Charleston, Oklahoma City and Nashville, immersing participants in the sites' civil rights history, exposing https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/author-talk-k-drama-school-with-author-grace-jung-in-conversation-with-helen-park monthly 0.5 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/078fcefa-8a27-4b56-b045-17db784de168/Grace+cover.jpg Events - Author Talk: K-Drama School with author Grace Jung (in conversation with Helen Park) - About K-Drama School K-Drama School analyzes everything from common tropes like amnesia and slapping to conspicuous product placements of Subway sandwiches and coffee; to representations of disability, race and gender; to what Korea's war-torn history says about South Korea's media output and the stories being told on screen. With chapters organized by "lessons," each one inquiring into a different theme of Korean television, K-Drama School offers a groundbreaking exploration into this singular form of entertainment, from an author who writes with humor and heart about shows that spur tears and laughter, keeping us glued to the TV while making fans of us all. Shows discussed include: Squid Game, SKY Castle, Crash Course in Romance, Extraordinary Attorney Woo, My Mister, Something in the Rain, One Spring Night, DP, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, Autumn in My Heart, Winter Sonata, Our Blues, and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/e820db14-8c00-4999-a24b-f0ca7a75c80b/Grace+headshot.jpg Events - Author Talk: K-Drama School with author Grace Jung (in conversation with Helen Park) - About Grace Jung Grace Jung is a comedian and host of K-Drama School podcast with appearances on NPR, TBS, and The Bechdel Cast. She taught media studies at UCLA and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her book K-Drama School is featured in TIME and Literary Hub. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/655286c8-cc4d-4846-b085-a75347fdbc70/__HelenParkLCSW01.jpeg Events - Author Talk: K-Drama School with author Grace Jung (in conversation with Helen Park) - About Helen HyunKyung Park Helen Park, LCSW, MFA, is a psychotherapist, artist, and writer who practices at the thresholds of healing and art, between language, lineage, and embodiment. Rooted in the relational and the contemplative, her work moves through the unseen terrains of emotional inheritance, where the personal becomes ancestral and the body remembers what words cannot. Drawing from Indo-Tibetan Buddhist psychology, somatic abolitionism, and the healing poetics of neuroaesthetic perception, Helen approaches each encounter as a site of repair—an unfolding between the relational, psyche, and story. A Fulbright Fellow in Performance Art to South Korea, she holds a Master of Social Work from New York University and a Master of Fine Arts in Digital Art/New Media from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is currently writing a hybrid memoir tracing three generations of a Korean diasporic family through spiritual inheritance, migration, and the quiet reweaving of belonging. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/wju6ggzgqycumov0c8f1rcts2zilr2 monthly 0.5 2025-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/4974bae5-843a-4193-8d48-68b8ede74613/ENG.png Events - (s)mother stories: shedding (y)our skin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d620fdf8-a6f2-468a-9a41-0c07cc8cab7d/ENG+%282%29.png Events - (s)mother stories: shedding (y)our skin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/bgj6r2vj3a1cnmv5adhqdjhprfzara monthly 0.5 2025-10-27 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/make-a-scene-production-fall-hodgepodge-wy3p6 monthly 0.5 2025-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/5acc2f61-a303-4ad2-9844-808dd0c3a05f/Untitled+design+%287%29.png Events - Make a Scene Production: Holiday Story Hour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl-ynl7h-8x3as-md3rb-w4kly-8jmmf-je227-p2lyk-e2d4l-m8fcn-at89l-wpydc monthly 0.5 2025-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/470d4fed-3ab6-43ce-b43e-b60055cef5da/Tom+Ray.jpeg Events - Open Mic with Host Tom Ray - Meet Your Host Yonkers native Tom Ray, known as a Poet/ Spoken Word Artist, 3x Published Author, Host, Teaching Artist, Curator of The Family Affair Open Mic Held in Yonkers & Founder of The Share Your Heart Share Your Art Foundation. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/book-talk-with-susan-cheever-author-of-when-all-the-men-wore-hats monthly 0.5 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/cdc49e3e-fd03-437d-973b-bd2cd4f3e093/cover.jpg Events - Book Talk and Signing with Susan Cheever, author of "When All the Men Wore Hats" - About When All the Men Wore Hats In this elegant and loving portrait of a fellow writer—her father— Susan Cheever takes a deep dive into the mechanics and imagination of story-telling. Both a writing lesson and a critical study, this book shows how the flow of influences around him brilliantly merged in John Cheever's imagination and became the best short stories of the century. This work is an exploration of the connections between art and life, delving into how everyday moments—local gossip, myth, even a translation of Madame Bovary—became the seeds for masterpieces like "The Swimmer" and "The Country Husband." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/2fd75903-0d84-4e4e-ba9a-165b6eb18c43/heaadshot.jpg Events - Book Talk and Signing with Susan Cheever, author of "When All the Men Wore Hats" - About Susan Cheever Growing up, Susan, John Cheever’s eldest child and only daughter, read what he read, heard what he heard, bantered and gossiped with him and her brothers and mother at the dinner table, and later watched her father type on the cheap yellow paper he favored. A daughter much like Susan appears in many of Cheever’s stories and a family much like theirs is at the center of his writing. Susan Cheever is the author of many books on American history, the most recent of which is Drinking in America: Our Secret History. She is also the author of numerous novels; a biography of the Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder Bill Wilson; and Home Before Dark, a memoir about her father, John Cheever. She teaches at Bennington College and the New School in their MFA programs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/af9fee0b-f63d-4f75-9ff0-bca3fb09b313/BenCheever+headshot.png Events - Book Talk and Signing with Susan Cheever, author of "When All the Men Wore Hats" - About Benjamin H. Cheever Benjamin H. Cheever has published four novels (The Plagiarist, The Partisan, Famous After Death, The Good Nanny). He’s also responsible for two works of nonfiction (Selling Ben Cheever and Strides). He edited The Letters of John Cheever. He’s taught at The New School for Social Research, and the Bennington M.F.A. program. Cheever, based in Westchester County and father of two adult sons, hosts a TV show called “About Writing,” of which the 50+ episodes can be seen at PCTV76.org. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/artisan-showcase-2-of-2 monthly 0.5 2025-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/ab7f367b-b5ef-4a9f-a0f7-eb4fcc102efd/Artisan+Showcase+Show+2-3.png Events - Artisan Showcase 2 of 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/artisan-showcase-1 monthly 0.5 2025-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/559f7827-1278-4fb5-bdb5-fc6660aeec8c/Artisan+Showcase+Show+1.png Events - Artisan Showcase 1 of 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/dan-elias-presents-kw76j monthly 0.5 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/67625540-ae81-4033-b9f2-171fe41fd88c/3A40AB0F-98CC-4827-97D9-49F4078C6F55.jpeg Events - Dan Elias Presents: The Elias Ladino Ensemble - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/death-cafe monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/1f838005-7ab9-4399-9a23-5613b4250615/Death+Cafe+3.png Events - Death Cafe - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lp01qums1rvo0om5h0a3zjt40bj073-jd7y3-kmy2p-jzgjs-s5z4h-lcnar-ha3sh-223by-yh83n monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/27649f60-e2f5-438d-954b-634c409b0701/unnamed-4.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/839ecd50-dff4-472e-a00f-c277d3945452/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. Learn more about Katie and listen to her music here: www.soundwellcenter.com https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/poetry-for-strangers-cxr94-48bne-zy5x7-sawt8 monthly 0.5 2025-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/8dc1ab42-aeef-41e4-9159-719c91bfc2af/Headshot.jpg Events - Poetry for Strangers - About Glydel Glydel Go, a Filipino-American poet and open mic frequenter based in New York, writes to explore mental health, identity, and our desire for connection. She helped establish the monthly open mics at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity and occasionally hosts them when not at SUNY New Paltz pursuing a Digital Media Production degree. She is currently published in acouple youth magazines like Morning Star Literary and The Phonebook. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/make-a-scene-production-fall-hodgepodge monthly 0.5 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/e7b582a7-778f-4089-b657-23ad686e354e/Fall+Hodgepodge.jpg Events - Make a Scene Production: Fall Hodgepodge - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/minding-your-memory-book-talk-with-lisa-feiner-and-susanne-saltzman monthly 0.5 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a0f12f52-a159-4984-98b1-ec8db854008a/cover.png Events - POSTPONED: Minding Your Memory: Book Talk with Lisa Feiner and Dr. Susanne Saltzman - About the book Minding Your Memory offers a comprehensive and approachable guide for anyone concerned about memory loss—whether you’ve lost a loved one to dementia, are worried about your own cognition, or simply want to learn how to maintain a sharp mind throughout life. Grounded in extensive scientific research and backed by a diverse team of healthcare practitioners, this book demystifies Alzheimer’s disease—currently the most common form of dementia, representing 60–70 percent of cases—and explores how to identify and address its root causes. You’ll discover that cognitive decline is not an inevitable part of aging. Citing research studies and medical literature, Minding Your Memory clearly explains how lifestyle factors such as nutrition, physical activity, social engagement, stress management, and oral health can play a powerful role in preventing or delaying dementia. Yet the book goes further, delving into “The Deeper Dive”—causes of memory loss that require professional testing and treatment. These include hormonal imbalances, exposure to toxins and heavy metals, hidden infections, snoring and sleep apnea, and even the lingering effects of emotional trauma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/71e0e23e-1859-41ab-8a8d-ef36f63bd019/LFeiner2025.jpg+copy.png Events - POSTPONED: Minding Your Memory: Book Talk with Lisa Feiner and Dr. Susanne Saltzman - About Lisa Feiner Lisa is a board-certified Health and Wellness Coach and co-founder of the nonprofit Sharp Again. She received her MBA from Columbia University and worked for almost a decade in corporate human resources and consulting before embarking on her coaching career. Lisa has worked with clients in a myriad of ways, teaching about stress reduction, nutrition, and how to lead a more balanced and fulfilling life. She speaks locally and nationally to diverse audiences to empower everyone to take steps to preserve their memory and brain health. Lisa writes on a variety of topics and is interviewed on podcasts, radio and TV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/ef55db12-a528-404b-89f9-3e3a40af2fd6/Sr.+Saltzman-300x300+lightened.png Events - POSTPONED: Minding Your Memory: Book Talk with Lisa Feiner and Dr. Susanne Saltzman - About Dr. Susanne Saltzman Dr. Susanne Saltzman received her Medical Degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She has been in practice over 30 years treating acute and chronic illness in children and adults. Her emphasis is on homeopathic and functional medicine to decrease dependency on pharmaceutical drugs. Dr. Saltzman served as President of the Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York, is the past Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Homeopathic Medicine, and is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, the oldest extant national physicians’ organization in the U.S., established in 1844. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/you-dont-suck-a-guided-workshop-on-facing-imposter-syndrome monthly 0.5 2025-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/cdfe3ecf-3f86-4d30-aaad-26d3438b06a9/Max+headshot.png Events - You (don't) Suck: Author Talk and Guided Workshop on Facing Imposter Syndrome - About Max Masure Max Masure (they/them) is a disabled white trans masculine author who published “You (don’t) Suck: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome,” a self-help memoir, in 2022. They openly write about their life growing up as a girl and coming out as trans-masculine when they were thirty-five, with the lens of healing and self-growth. Storyteller, parent, artist, activist, trans advocate, and public speaker, Max is known for their raw and honest writing processing trauma, motivated by their experiences as a survivor of incest, living with C-PTSD and chronic illnesses. They have been selected to be part of the small cohort of the 2-year Stanford Memoir Writing Certificate, where they’re writing their new memoir about their transness, trauma, and healing: “Becoming OAK.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/60d73676-8545-4613-94c6-72a1256cc172/Max.cover.2.png Events - You (don't) Suck: Author Talk and Guided Workshop on Facing Imposter Syndrome - About You (don’t) Suck Have you ever felt like a fraud in your own life, incapable or unworthy of success? Have you ever worried that everyone has their act together except for you? Imposter syndrome is a persistent feeling of self-doubt and failure. It impacts millions of competent, successful people and often results in anxiety, stress, and burnout. In this hybrid memoir, “You (don’t) Suck: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome,” Max Masure explores why so many of us struggle to acknowledge our achievements and live true to our values and beliefs. With warmth and candor, Masure recounts their own journey from severe burn-out and misalignment with their inner self to coming out as a transmasculine person, recognizing their potential, and finally speaking their truth. Masure shows you how to build a better work-life balance and grow the confidence you need to flourish at work and in your personal life. Through exercises and activities, each chapter helps you define what success means to you, gain clarity about your needs and goals, set boundaries, and reimagine who you want to be. You’re capable of great things when you trust yourself and access your inner power. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/k2di3ghhal9f1dt92bjup2inv7g9ww monthly 0.5 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/b8651041-401a-47d4-8321-2ead6e8f4e82/hvmag2-e1420811965624.jpeg Events - Edgar Allan Poe Storytelling - About David Nielsen David Neilsen is a classically-trained actor and professional storyteller who has spent the past decade telling spooky stories to adults and children alike up and down the Hudson River Valley. He has performed at the NY Botanical Gardens, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Washington Irving's Sunnyside, Historic Philipsburg Manor, The Hudson River Museum and more. He is also an accomplished writer, having written a number of creepy tales for all ages including Dr. Fell and the Playground of Doom, The Kettlebaum Kids and the Adventure Beyond the Doors, Lillian Lovecraft and the Harmless Horrors, and the anthology Legends of Sleepy Hollow. Learn more on his website at www.david-neilsen.com. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/special-book-signing-part-of-the-solution-by-elana-michelson monthly 0.5 2025-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d97e605b-ff9d-4f20-b735-1a07a2d98e9f/Part-of-the-Solution-Front-Cover-092325-507x800.jpg Events - Special Book Signing: "Part of the Solution" by Elana Michelson - About Part of the Solution It's 1978, and Jennifer Morgan, a sassy New Yorker, has escaped to the counterculture village of Flanders, Massachusetts. Her peaceful life is disrupted when one of her customers at the Café Galadriel is found dead. Everyone is a suspect -- including the gentle artisan woodworker, the Yeats-wannabe poet, the town's anti-war hero, the peace-loving Episcopalian minister, and the local organic farmer who can hold a grudge. Part of the Solution blends snappy dialogue, unconventional settings, and a classic oldies soundtrack, capturing the essence of a traditional whodunnit in a counterculture era. Agatha Christie meets the days of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/b992143d-532f-4920-aa43-bff2ee757fa3/Screen+Shot+2025-07-19+at+5.37.43+PM.png Events - Special Book Signing: "Part of the Solution" by Elana Michelson - About Elana Michelson Elana Michelson is a native New Yorker now living with wife Penny in the Hudson Valley, where she writes, reads, gardens, and volunteers with local social justice organizations. After thirty-five years as a professor, she has put down a beloved career of academic writing (and student papers) in favor of writing murder mysteries. She earned a PhD in English from Columbia University, but gained her knowledge of the life and times of Part of the Solution by, well, having been there. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl-ynl7h-8x3as-md3rb-w4kly-8jmmf-je227-p2lyk-e2d4l-m8fcn-at89l-x76yl monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/m479ridnd5sn4lgqj1shomnqp7qyxf monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/ac41cf43-3c91-4207-bb2e-061adb5cb347/9780063337312.jpg Events - OTown Reads Book Club Gathering to Discuss The First State of Being, by Erin Entrada Kelly - About the Book When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed forever. From bestselling author Erin Entrada Kelly, also the winner of the Newbery Medal for Hello, Universe and a Newbery Honor for We Dream of Space, this novel explores themes of family, friendship, trust, and forgiveness. The First State of Being is for fans of Rebecca Stead’s When You Reach Me. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/once-i-wore-an-evening-of-stories-about-the-memories-we-wear monthly 0.5 2025-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/85ba07c2-6844-4c61-a7b2-edab3ba1b132/Untitled+design+%281%29.png Events - Once I Wore . . . An Evening of Stories about the Memories We Wear - Make it stand out Paintings — to be exhibited at the event — by Dorothy Johnson. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c-a73ht-sppcl-gb8c5-pstmp-zn8jg-ewpcp-yp876-faeeg-ffml6-azced-839yb-aezr6-3sds4-wd8bp-ykyfc monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/fqas71tzs7cy6uhjc84lrmbz73c0b4 monthly 0.5 2025-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/72aa1289-f62a-4454-9af2-97c214eb03f8/Kennedys+promo+photo+2025.png Events - Music and Book-Signing by The Kennedys - About the Kennedys A husband and wife duo, Pete and Maura set out on the road together in the early 90s as members of Nanci Griffith's Blue Moon Orchestra, and since striking out on their own, they have traveled the US, Canada and Europe for three decades as a two-person band. Higher energy than a folk act, but not as loud as a rock band, they mix passionate songwriting with a flair for entertainment and a repertoire of classic songs drawn from their sixteen albums of uplifting original material. Think of a song by Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers or the Beatles, and that smile on your face is the same smile you’ll be wearing when The Kennedys hit the stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/2f736a35-a70e-43d4-bda5-980a4134f744/tempImageikGEHS.jpg Events - Music and Book-Signing by The Kennedys The Mystery at Owl Canyon, volume three of The Floodwood Chronicles finds intrepid professor Artemis Fletcher once again on assignment tracking art thieves around the globe and into the frontiers of the paranormal, as Pete Kennedy gives us another wild, warm-hearted ride through history, art, folklore, and high adventure. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/blind-tiger-improv-1-7z3mc-c3xtj-tcbbz-4mcte-x43xc monthly 0.5 2025-11-22 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/blind-tiger-improv-1-7z3mc-c3xtj-tcbbz-4mcte-b2td7 monthly 0.5 2025-11-06 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/blind-tiger-improv-1-7z3mc-c3xtj-tcbbz-4mcte-6tdb4 monthly 0.5 2025-09-20 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/new-york-blood-center-blood-drive monthly 0.5 2025-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/e76b15aa-47cc-420f-811a-c756ffbb492b/image003.png Events - New York Blood Center Blood Drive - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lp01qums1rvo0om5h0a3zjt40bj073-jd7y3-kmy2p-jzgjs-s5z4h-lcnar-ha3sh-223by monthly 0.5 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/27649f60-e2f5-438d-954b-634c409b0701/unnamed-4.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/839ecd50-dff4-472e-a00f-c277d3945452/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. Learn more about Katie and listen to her music here: www.soundwellcenter.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/071c9bcc-7ccb-4b47-ae5d-3f41c89a1f2b/EileenHazel.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Eileen Hazel wears many hats, seamlessly blending her roles as a priestess, a devoted seeker of beautiful melodies, and a soulful bard attuned to the intricacies of the human spirit. Her music transcends boundaries, creating a tapestry that weaves together spirituality, nature, and the profound emotions that resonate within us all. Learn more about Eileen and her music here: eileenhazel.com https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/book-launch-when-we-were-gun-by-deborah-schupack monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/fe63ef80-507b-4d6b-8e2e-4a01f3df0071/WWWG+cover+august.jpg Events - Book Launch: "When We Were Gun" by Deborah Schupack (in conversation with Kathryn Davis) - About the book Deborah Schupack's fourth book, "When We Were Gun," occupies a narrative space between poetry and prose and a psychic space between everyday and end-of-the-world. The twenty narrative poems are told in a "Greek chorus" of parent voices as they wait outside the scene of a school shooting, forging a remarkable chronicle of the ordinary exigency of parenting. Winner of the 2025 Louisville Review National Poetry Prize, “When We Were Gun” is published by Fleur-de-Lis Press. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/4dd990e8-a9f7-4e94-8521-715ef9768a92/Schupack+bw.jpg Events - Book Launch: "When We Were Gun" by Deborah Schupack (in conversation with Kathryn Davis) - About Deborah Author of the award-winning "When We Were Gun," Deborah Schupack has also written two novels, "The Boy on the Bus" and "Sylvan Street," and the narrative nonfiction book "Relentless" about the science and medicine of Covid pandemic. She lives in Croton-on- Hudson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/6dd3d3a7-1dbc-4526-b7d2-6b758aac7e41/Kathryn.headshot.webp Events - Book Launch: "When We Were Gun" by Deborah Schupack (in conversation with Kathryn Davis) - About Kathryn Kathryn Davis is the author of the memoir Aurelia, Aurélia, as well as eight novels, including The Silk Road and Duplex. She has won many national writing awards, including the Katherine Anne Porter Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and is the senior fiction writer on the faculty of The Writing Program at Washington University. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/6a3kljdvob38wf0xqf2ypkx1jfu0rm monthly 0.5 2025-09-12 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/pop-up-book-signing-all-the-possible-bodies monthly 0.5 2025-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/c2bf7108-9ffd-4079-8e1e-7a3358c34d21/Copy+of+Pre-order+your+copy+of.png Events - Pop-Up Book Signing: All the Possible Bodies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/kzn12wwws7wllx3ek7erxtugrx1hsh monthly 0.5 2025-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/c2d2bd3e-1ac1-4c5a-9814-0efd2fb88393/Oct+12+Sketchbook+Party+Invitation.png Events - Sketchbook Celebration: You’re Invited! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/leemos-con-alicia-dal-pra-dy7z4-kjaj5-9zrfs-djyyy-zd4te-9ghfb-zphmp-pg9gs monthly 0.5 2025-09-07 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/leemos-con-alicia-dal-pra-dy7z4-kjaj5-9zrfs-djyyy-zd4te-9ghfb-zphmp monthly 0.5 2025-09-07 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/pop-up-zine-workshop monthly 0.5 2025-09-03 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/romance-in-new-york-a-conversation-with-authors-stacey-agdern-priscilla-oliveras-and-km-jackson monthly 0.5 2025-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d141d797-964c-4ebf-8850-33d169ba734b/Stacey+headshot.pdf.png Events - POSTPONED: Romance in New York: A conversation with romance authors Stacey Agdern, K.M. Jackson, and Priscilla Oliveras - About Stacey Stacey Agdern is an award-winning romance writer and fomer bookseller who has reviewed romance novels in multiple formats and given talks about various aspects of the romance genre. She incorporates Jewish characters and traditions into her stories so that people who grew up like she did can see themselves take center stage on the page. She lives in New York, in a town known for its contributions to literary history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/92c86d94-ec7b-4c59-ba2d-c0e3795ca2ef/km+headshot.pdf.png Events - POSTPONED: Romance in New York: A conversation with romance authors Stacey Agdern, K.M. Jackson, and Priscilla Oliveras - About K.M. A native New Yorker, Kwana Jackson, who also writes as K.M. Jackson, spent her formative years on the ‘A’ train where she had two dreams: 1) to be a fashion designer and 2) to be a writer. After spending over ten years designing women’s sportswear for various fashion houses, this self-proclaimed former fashionista took the leap of faith and decided to pursue her other dream of being a writer. Now a USA Today Bestseller, Kwana has been tapped by Oprah Magazine, ShondaLand and NPR for their Best Romance lists. A mother of now young adult twins, Kwana currently lives in a suburb of New York with her husband. You can find her online at www.kmjackson.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/420d50ea-ad4f-442f-9334-d95de892b564/Priscilla+headshot.png Events - POSTPONED: Romance in New York: A conversation with romance authors Stacey Agdern, K.M. Jackson, and Priscilla Oliveras - About Priscilla Priscilla Oliveras is a USA Today bestselling author and Tall Poppy Writers member who writes stories that stir your heart. Proud of her Puerto Rican-Mexican heritage, she brings authenticity to her novels by sharing her Latine culture with readers. Her books (including His Perfect Partner, Island Affair, and West Side Love Story) have earned Starred Reviews and praise from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, O, The Oprah Magazine, the Washington Post, New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, and more. Priscilla earned her Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. Now she is adjunct faculty in the MFA program and teaches the online class “Romance Writing” for ed2go.com. A long-time romance enthusiast, Priscilla’s also a sports fan, beach lover, and Zumba aficionado, who enjoys practicing the art of hammock napping and never says no to a slice at her favorite Brooklyn pizzeria. Find out more about her at https://prisoliveras.com and catch up with her on Facebook www.facebook.com/prisoliveras or on Instagram and other social media via @prisoliveras. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/author-caroline-choe-with-genevieve-yam monthly 0.5 2025-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/9da36c4a-5102-4a56-842a-601b6efa1dc8/headshot.png Events - Chuseok Celebration (booktalk and tasting event) with chef and author Caroline Choe–featuring Genevieve Yam - About Caroline Caroline Choe is a chef, artist, teacher and writer based in New York City, and is a proud daughter of Korean American immigrants. After a long career in education, she continued her journey into a culinary and creative career. She recently published her debut cookbook, "Banchan: 60 Korean American Recipes for Delicious, Shareable Sides" with Chronicle Books, which was named as one of "The 26 Best Cookbooks for 2024" by Serious Eats She is also the founder of Create & Plate, a business devoted to helping create community through arts and food education. Both she and her work have been featured in Food & Wine, NPR, Food52, Glamour, Cherry Bombe Magazine, NBC's Today Show, and Good Morning America. For more information, visit CreateAndPlate.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/204a274f-99d7-40f6-b97c-d905fcc81fc3/GenevieveYam-Headshot.webp Events - Chuseok Celebration (booktalk and tasting event) with chef and author Caroline Choe–featuring Genevieve Yam - About Genevieve After graduating from the International Culinary Center, Genevieve cooked at Blue Hill at Stone Barns and Per Se. Prior to joining Serious Eats, she was an editor at Epicurious. She worked on the most recent edition of The Essential New York Times Cookbook with Amanda Hesser and has contributed to Food52, Bon Appétit, and Epicurious. She grew up between Toronto and Hong Kong and is a graduate of the University of St Andrews in Scotland. She currently lives in New York with her husband and two cats. You'll often find her at the farmers market with a tote bag full of vegetables or at home burying her nose in a wrinkled copy of Nigella Lawson's How to Eat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/653d79ee-d2f2-4b8b-982d-d57d42670ec5/Cover.png Events - Chuseok Celebration (booktalk and tasting event) with chef and author Caroline Choe–featuring Genevieve Yam - About the book Banchan, the shared side dishes that accompany a Korean meal, are often the real stars of the table, and it's time we celebrate them. This first-of-its-kind cookbook showcases the wide world of banchan, from traditional staples to modern Korean American renditions, with 60 recipes from the kitchen of chef Caroline Choe. Highlighting this underrepresented aspect of Korean cuisine, Banchan offers 60 mouthwatering recipes for classic and modern banchan dishes so home cooks everywhere can get in on the deliciousness. From namul (fresh vegetables) to buchimgae (pancakes), these tasty sides are proof that big flavor can be found in small bites: Smoky Gochujang Chicken Salad rounds out a delightful midweek lunch. Perfectly tender-on-the-inside, crisp-on-the-outside Hobakjeon (Zucchini Pancakes) are what dreams are made of. Pa Muchim (Shaved Green Onion Salad) is a must-have with a Korean barbecue meal or an unexpected pizza topping. And, of course, a favorite: Kimchi! Use Mom and Dad's Kimchi, a favorite recipe passed down through Caroline's family, to make Kimchi Mac & Cheese or Creamy Kimchi Bacon Dip for a crowd-pleasing party dish. With tips on stocking a Korean American pantry and ideas for making banchan into a meal--add to a quiche, wrap in a kimbap, pile on a sandwich--Banchan shares an ancient and beloved feature of Korean cooking that will make every meal sing. MODERN KOREAN COOKING: In addition to traditional recipes, the book showcases chef Caroline Choe's original renditions and modern applications of banchan, such as a grilled "Kimcheese" sandwich, Tomato Potato Miso Soup, Smoky Gochujang Chicken Salad, and Pa Muchim Pizza. DELICIOUS SHAREABLE RECIPES: These recipes are tasty and easy to make, written with the home cook in mind. Anyone can bring the essential banchan into their home kitchen! FIRST OF ITS KIND: The first U.S. cookbook covering this topic, Banchan elevates a beloved aspect of Korean cooking that deserves the spotlight for both its significance to the cuisine as well as its undeniable deliciousness. A CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST-GENERATION EXPERIENCE: In addition to a trove of new and old recipes, Caroline shares stories about her background and upbringing as a first-generation Korean American. Following in the footsteps of successful cookbook authors such as Eric Kim and Andrea Nguyen, Caroline joins a strong tradition of authors passionately sharing their experiences and the cuisines of their heritage with American readers. Perfect for: Home cooks of all skill levels interested in learning more about Korean American cooking, Korean food enthusiasts, First-generation cooks, Shoppers who frequent H-Mart and other popular Asian markets, Fans of Korean American, My Korea, First Generation, Crying in H Mart, or Chili Crisp. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/dan-elias-presents-clz85 monthly 0.5 2025-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d33d43e7-b119-4b1a-be87-630d2ab1c36a/IMG_6934.PNG Events - Dan Elias Presents: The Brooklyn Swing Ensemble - About The Brooklyn Swing Ensemble Swing and spunky contra music with a mix of traditional fiddle music and tunes you might have heard at a Brighton Beach Bar Mitzvah in 1953. Featuring Sam Zygmuntowicz on fiddle, Marco Brehm on bass, Norman Plankey on guitar/banjo, and Dan Elias on clarinet. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/short-attention-span-book-club-c3k5p monthly 0.5 2026-02-02 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/short-attention-span-book-club-c3k5p-pb7ww monthly 0.5 2025-09-25 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/short-attention-span-book-club monthly 0.5 2025-08-29 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c-a73ht-sppcl-gb8c5-pstmp-zn8jg-ewpcp-yp876-faeeg-ffml6-azced-839yb-aezr6-3sds4-wd8bp monthly 0.5 2025-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/huh-talking-plants-read-aloud monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/219d43f9-1348-45d3-8215-cda08257344a/71TnzXyk5pL._SY522_.jpg Events - Huh? Talking Plants: Read-Aloud, Q&A, and Book Signing with Author Joyce Markovics - About the book You might think of plants as the green silent type. But new discoveries are turning that idea upside down. Science shows that plants can sense—and make their own—sounds! Plants also communicate in other surprising ways. Did you know that some plants make noises when they’re stressed? Others can “hear” caterpillars munching on their leaves or bees buzzing nearby! This book takes young readers (ages 5-12) on a fascinating–and giggle-inducing–journey into the new and exciting world of plant communication. Along the way, they’ll get to know experts in the field, learn some cutting-edge science, and conduct their own “talking plant” experiment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/fb6a7713-7834-41f0-b84d-b4997637f1c5/unnamed.jpg Events - Huh? Talking Plants: Read-Aloud, Q&A, and Book Signing with Author Joyce Markovics - About Joyce Joyce Markovics writes children’s nonfiction books on topics ranging from killer plants and space junk to protest marches and Black filmmakers. She is passionate about telling stories that captivate and inspire young readers. Joyce has published more than 500 titles and has received starred reviews from Booklist as well as awards from the National Science Teaching Association. Several of her books have also been chosen as Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/poetry-for-strangers-cxr94-48bne-zy5x7 monthly 0.5 2025-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/8dc1ab42-aeef-41e4-9159-719c91bfc2af/Headshot.jpg Events - Poetry for Strangers - About Glydel Glydel Go, a Filipino-American poet and open mic frequenter based in New York, writes to explore mental health, identity, and our desire for connection. She helped establish the monthly open mics at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity and occasionally hosts them when not at SUNY New Paltz pursuing a Digital Media Production degree. She is currently published in acouple youth magazines like Morning Star Literary and The Phonebook. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/building-bridges-through-books-a-social-justice-book-group-9mnkt-8jetg-hgwba-l4kky-xd6jl-b44ry monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/38622969-229c-4af0-8d1f-057138c3a159/%E2%80%9C%5BA%5D+truly+astounding+tale.+.+.+.+Say+Anarcha+is+an+important+book+and+deserves+to+be+widely+read.+.+.+.+In+the+introduction%2C+Hallman+tells+us+that+his+goal+is+%E2%80%9Cto+subvert+every+aspect+of+the+frau-3.png Events - Building Bridges Through Books: Oct. 14 Gathering - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/69a5b1df-91c3-4b34-84b5-83f576d416e5/IMG_0135.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: Oct. 14 Gathering - About Joyce Sharrock-Cole Award winning Historian and Genealogist Joyce Sharrock Cole is dedicated to helping others know themselves by knowing their family histories. A native of Ossining, where she serves as the Village Historian, Joyce’s groundbreaking work, particularly in the African American community, extends beyond the boundaries of Westchester County. With a BS from Mercy College and certification as a Genealogical Researcher from Boston University, Joyce brings expertise and passion to her craft. Her engaging, storytelling style makes her a popular speaker. Houses of worship, libraries, municipalities, and schools reach out for her help in uncovering black history and culture, subjects too long overlooked by the gatekeepers of history. She came to this calling when researching her own family history. It extends back to Bertie County, North Carolina, where her ancestors were enslaved on the Sharrock plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d9601896-89e4-4efa-a226-8aa506ecd98d/SAM-0226+%282%29.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: Oct. 14 Gathering - About Abbe Marcus Abbe Marcus, has spent decades building relationships with people in communities throughout the country with lived wisdom and understandings of history and justice. Her educational and social justice experiences as the Co-Founder and Executive Director at J-Teen Leadership, and in positions at The Workers Circle, the 92nd St. Y, the Jewish Education Project and Westchester Jewish Community Services have shaped her passion for immersive and experiential learning. She has created, developed, and led numerous trips for teens and adults to Cuba, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Washington, DC, Detroit, Charleston, Oklahoma City and Nashville, immersing participants in the sites' civil rights history, exposing https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lp01qums1rvo0om5h0a3zjt40bj073-jd7y3-kmy2p-jzgjs-s5z4h-lcnar-ha3sh monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/27649f60-e2f5-438d-954b-634c409b0701/unnamed-4.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/839ecd50-dff4-472e-a00f-c277d3945452/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. Learn more about Katie and listen to her music here: www.soundwellcenter.com https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/authors-jaime-lynn-ferrucio-and-jennifer-degl-disability-and-motherhood monthly 0.5 2025-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d89fa93c-aac1-42ba-afe5-4fb60435f1f8/IMG_3693+-+Jaime+Ferrucio.pdf.png Events - Authors Jaime Lynn Ferrucio and Jennifer Degl: Disability and Motherhood - Jaime Lynn is a lighthearted writer who shares her ups and downs of raising two girls, one with special needs. She invites you into her heart and home and puts a positive spin on the daily struggles that would be devastating to many. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/32a57c9a-dbc1-41b6-a983-74a4cda6483b/Degl.png Events - Authors Jaime Lynn Ferrucio and Jennifer Degl: Disability and Motherhood - Jennifer Degl is the mother of four, including a micro preemie who was born at 23 weeks gestation, and the founder of Speaking for Moms & Babies, Inc. Her mission is to educate the public on maternal and neonatal health issues. She is the author of three books and several articles in the Journal of Pediatrics, Journal of Perinatology, Frontiers in Pediatrics, and more. Jennifer is also a passionate public speaker, an active member of the International Neonatal Consortium Leadership Team and the co-chair of the International Children's Advisory Network Parent Chapter. Jennifer is also the President of the NICU Parent Network and seves on the Board of Directors for the NIDCAP Federation International. Jennifer is the creator and coordinator of Maria’s Hope, the NICU parent mentor program at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center in NY and she has been working in public education for over 25 years. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/author-hyeseung-song-and-docile monthly 0.5 2025-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d4c986fc-8a87-4f93-8aa0-7e1f4ae4c01e/HyeseungSong2025.jpg Events - Authors Hyeseung Song and Elissa Altman: Writing the Memoir - About Hyeseung Hyeseung Song is a first-generation Korean American painter and the author of Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl. Docile has been called a "savagely beautiful memoir" by David Henry Hwang, a "revelation" by Chloé Cooper Jones and was named a "Best Book" by Apple and “Most Anticipated” by Electric Literature, BookRiot and more. Raised in Texas, Song studied philosophy at Princeton and Harvard Universities, and painting at the Grand Central Atelier in New York City. A two-time Greenshields award winner, TedX speaker, and resident artist of the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico, the Vermont Studio Center and the Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program, Song has also taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art and the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is at work on her first novel. Song lives in Brooklyn and upstate New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d1720066-c44c-4d89-88a1-39aeb0d1dd3a/Headshot2.jpeg Events - Authors Hyeseung Song and Elissa Altman: Writing the Memoir - About Elissa Elissa Altman is the award-winning author of the memoirs Motherland, Treyf, and Poor Man’s Feast, and the bestselling essay substack of the same name. A longtime editor, she has been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, Connecticut Book Award, Maine Literary Award, and the Frank McCourt Memoir Prize, and her work has appeared in publications including Orion, The Bitter Southerner, On Being, O: The Oprah Magazine, LitHub, the Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and the Washington Post, where her column, “Feeding My Mother,” ran for a year. Altman writes and speaks widely on the intersection of permission, storytelling, and creativity, and has appeared live on the TEDx stage and at the Public Theater in New York. She teaches the craft of memoir at Fine Arts Work Center, Maine Writers & Publishers, Kripalu, Truro Center for the Arts, Rutgers Community Writing Workshop, and beyond, and lives in Connecticut with her wife, book designer Susan Turner. Elissa Altman is the award-winning author of the memoirs Motherland, Treyf, and Poor Man’s Feast, and the bestselling essay substack of the same name. A longtime editor, she has been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, Connecticut Book Award, Maine Literary Award, and the Frank McCourt Memoir Prize, and her work has appeared in publications including Orion, The Bitter Southerner, On Being, O: The Oprah Magazine, LitHub, the Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and the Washington Post, where her column, “Feeding My Mother,” ran for a year. Altman writes and speaks widely on the intersection of permission, storytelling, and creativity, and has appeared live on the TEDx stage and at the Public Theater in New York. She teaches the craft of memoir at Fine Arts Work Center, Maine Writers & Publishers, Kripalu, Truro Center for the Arts, Rutgers Community Writing Workshop, and beyond, and lives in Connecticut with her wife, book designer Susan Turner. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/author-elana-michelson-in-conversation-with-lawrence-bush monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/f88f2d8d-40da-47eb-af9b-d22df8426d48/Screen+Shot+2025-07-19+at+5.37.43+PM.png Events - POSTPONED - Authors Elana Michelson and Lawrence Bush: What is Justice? - Elana Michelson is a native New Yorker now living with wife Penny in the Hudson Valley, where she writes, reads, gardens, and volunteers with local social justice organizations. After thirty-five years as a professor, she has put down a beloved career of academic writing (and student papers) in favor of writing murder mysteries. She earned a PhD in English from Columbia University, but gained her knowledge of the life and times of Part of the Solution by, well, having been there. Elana Michelson is a native New Yorker now living with wife Penny in the Hudson Valley, where she writes, reads, gardens, and volunteers with local social justice organizations. After thirty-five years as a professor, she has put down a beloved career of academic writing (and student papers) in favor of writing murder mysteries. She earned a PhD in English from Columbia University, but gained her knowledge of the life and times of Part of the Solution by, well, having been there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/30e92f98-9553-4298-8e6a-007bced486e0/Bush+Head+Shot.jpg Events - POSTPONED - Authors Elana Michelson and Lawrence Bush: What is Justice? - Lawrence Bush is editor emeritus of Jewish Currents magazine and the author of numerous books, including two novels, HYMAN and BESSIE: A NOVEL OF LOVE AND REVOLUTION. He is currently co-editor of ALTE: Getting Old Together and plays guitars in a jazz duo and trio called Starlight. He also runs a mail-art project called Babushkin's Playhouse (babushkinsplayhouse.org). Lawrence Bush is editor emeritus of Jewish Currents magazine and the author of numerous books, including two novels, HYMAN and BESSIE: A NOVEL OF LOVE AND REVOLUTION. He is currently co-editor of ALTE: Getting Old Together and plays guitars in a jazz duo and trio called Starlight. He also runs a mail-art project called Babushkin's Playhouse (babushkinsplayhouse.org). https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/blind-tiger-improv-1-7z3mc-c3xtj-tcbbz-4mcte-c7b3w-6j782-apfjc monthly 0.5 2025-08-06 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/dan-elias-presents monthly 0.5 2025-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/141b7340-0883-475f-b095-6b1478945bae/ReckonSo1.jpg Events - Dan Elias Presents: Reckon So - Reckon So Reckon So is Danny Weiss & Mary Olive Smith. They have been on NYC's music scene since their official debut in 2005, but have been making music together for years. Danny & MO's natural connection on stage, great tunes, hot picking, dynamic vocals, sweet duets and a mix of Americana, Roots Country, Honky-Tonk, Western Swing and Bluegrass always make for an infectious good time. The two have long roots in bands like Tony Trischka & SKYLINE, The SMOKIES, SILK CITY, NYC's ALPHABET CITY OPRY, and others. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/natasha-williams-and-meg-kissinger monthly 0.5 2025-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/aaafce5d-93ea-440b-8bd5-f831ab4c9d67/Natasha+Williams.png Events - Authors Natasha Williams and Meg Kissinger in conversation with Dr. Leslie Pereira: The Power of Telling our Stories Natasha Williams has worked as an adjunct biology professor at SUNY Ulster in the Hudson Valley of New York and as a consultant for the International Public-School Network, coaching science teachers. She has an MA from the University of Pennsylvania. In the summer of 2020, she continued working on the manuscript summers at the Bread Loaf School of English and at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference in 2023. Excerpts of The Parts of Him I Kept, published in April 2025 from Apprentice House Press, have been published in the Bread Loaf Journal, Change Seven, LIT, Memoir Magazine, Onion River Review, Writers Read, Post Road, and South Dakota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/48538343-a422-4e4b-b1e6-34b5d8a3015b/Meg+Kissinger.png Events - Authors Natasha Williams and Meg Kissinger in conversation with Dr. Leslie Pereira: The Power of Telling our Stories Meg Kissinger, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author, will help you see and think about people with mental illness in a new light. Her best-selling memoir, “While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence,” has been praised for its incisive reporting, boundless compassion and surprising humor. It was named as an Outstanding Work of Literature winner and an editors’ choice by the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Amazon, Goodreads and Independent Booksellers Association. Audible chose it as the Best of the Year. Kissinger spent more than two decades traveling across the country for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to report on our nation’s failed mental health system, winning more than a dozen national honors, including two George Polk Awards and the Robert F. Kennedy National Journalism Award. She taught investigative reporting at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and is a trainer for the school’s Dart Center on Trauma and Journalism. Kissinger lives in Milwaukee, Wis., with her husband, Larry, near the shores of Lake Michigan, her favorite place to plunge, even on the coldest day in January. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/eli-musser-music monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/06a80a70-5376-4cde-a5b5-44af273f19d9/Eli+Musser.png Events - Eli Musser with Pete Donnelly - About Eli Musser Eli Musser has performed on countless stages in the NYC area over the past two decades, has been featured in Billboard, Songwriting Magazine UK and The Big Takeover, and his songs have been spun on SiriusXM. An International Songwriting Competition finalist and longtime rock and roll bandleader, Eli’s robust catalog of guitar-driven solo material also incorporates jazz, folk and classical — all through the lens of his soulful Appalachian roots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/64b1f2b8-5bfd-44b9-8684-68e3b0b3b653/8363887.jpeg Events - Eli Musser with Pete Donnelly - About Pete Donnelly New York-based dynamic songwriter, musician, producer, and performer, Pete Donnelly is a founding member of the Figgs and also an honorary member of NRBQ. Pete’s Music is built upon sturdy melodies and arrangements, with songs spun out of impulse and eagerness, played with a genuine sense of care. Equally adept in the studio, Donnelly has produced, engineered and performed on hundreds of records: Shelby Lynne, Soul Asylum, John Legend, Graham Parker, Mike Viola, Eric Bazilian, among others. Follow Pete on Instagram! https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/poetry-for-strangers-cxr94-48bne monthly 0.5 2025-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/8dc1ab42-aeef-41e4-9159-719c91bfc2af/Headshot.jpg Events - Poetry for Strangers - About Glydel Glydel Go, a Filipino-American poet and open mic frequenter based in New York, writes to explore mental health, identity, and our desire for connection. She helped establish the monthly open mics at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity and occasionally hosts them when not at SUNY New Paltz pursuing a Digital Media Production degree. She is currently published in acouple youth magazines like Morning Star Literary and The Phonebook. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/music-by-the-blue-train-project monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/f4ac38ab-84d3-408d-baf0-2260305f2a42/unnamed-2.png Events - Brazilian-Inspired Music by The Blue Train Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c-a73ht-sppcl-gb8c5-pstmp-zn8jg-ewpcp-yp876-faeeg-ffml6-azced-839yb-aezr6-3sds4 monthly 0.5 2025-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/36l3xl013wn84y4q5wgk4bvq9gb8f8 monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/52db4718-5e59-4099-8d7d-a77c169c64cc/IMG_5402.jpg Events - Andrea Saposnik and Andrew Marino Recital - About Andrea Saposnik Mezzo-soprano Andrea Saposnik savored the pleasures of close musical collaboration when she sang with luminaries like oboist Ronald Roseman of the New York Philharmonic, and violist Lawrence Neuman of the Chicago Symphony, and she is delighted to rekindle the joys of musical partnership with guitarist Andrew Marino in Duo Voxara. Sharing Andrew’s keen interest in performing works by living composers, she also relishes bringing her unique sensibilities to bear on beloved classics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/6fc43179-6749-409f-a353-ca1cf27348b6/Marino+headshot.png Events - Andrea Saposnik and Andrew Marino Recital - About Andrew Marino Guitarist Andrew Marino is always looking for opportunities to perform in dynamic and unique chamber groups. Although not a Spanish-speaker himself, as a guitarist, Andrew is excited to bring Spanish-language classical repertoire for guitar, the instrument most associated with Spanish music, to audiences. He’s also a proponent of giving voices to living composers, and to that end he truly enjoys performing music by, and collaborating with, composers of our time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/15586cb3-1f30-4e7e-903d-36faa697a2fd/IMG_4350.jpeg Events - Andrea Saposnik and Andrew Marino Recital - About Duo Voxara Duo Voxara is a dynamic and versatile classical guitar and mezzo-soprano duo that is dedicated to bringing together the timeless elegance of classical music with the boldness of contemporary composition. With a shared passion for innovation and artistry, Andrea Saposnik and Andrew Marino combine their rich musical training and diverse backgrounds to create captivating performances that resonate with audiences of all tastes. Andrea and Andrew met shortly after Andrea joined Hoff-Barthelson Music School in 2023, where Andrew was a faculty member. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/blind-tiger-improv-1-7z3mc-c3xtj-tcbbz-4mcte-c7b3w-6j782-g6ppd monthly 0.5 2025-07-12 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl-ynl7h-8x3as-md3rb-w4kly-8jmmf-je227-p2lyk-e2d4l-m8fcn-at89l monthly 0.5 2025-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/cf08f7d1-508f-4762-81f2-78d468be59f2/Sofia+campoamor.jpg Events - Open Mic - About Sofía Born in Washington, DC, Sofía Campoamor first started writing songs to make school projects more fun. This lighthearted approach to academics led her to study music at Yale University, where she composed everything from a cappella arrangements to podcast theme songs, and performed around the world as the first woman member of the Whiffenpoofs. Campoamor now writes, records, and performs original indie folk in Brooklyn, and sings as a cantor and section leader with the Oratory Choir of St. Boniface. She is a community music facilitator at Gaia Music Collective, hosting collaborative open mics, songwriting circles, and one-day choirs. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/singer-songwriter-lee-marvin-with-hasan-bakr-8bg4p monthly 0.5 2025-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/ae62ea79-bc98-468f-b073-c59358d34530/0-2.jpg Events - Musicians Lee Marvin and Hasan Bakr - About Lee Singer-songwriter and Ossining resident Lee Marvin performs solo and duo using his signature MIDI piccolo bass. With song titles like Each Face of the Dream and The Secret of Flying, the music reflects his long, varied musical career and his spiritual nature. Currently, Lee is working on an upcoming album featuring percussionist Hasan Bakr. Monday nights find Lee at his longstanding gig with Phil Young’s House of Blues at Silvana in Harlem. The 3rd Bell has been Lee’s working quartet for a number of years. He is an adjunct professor at Lehman College. Lee also works as a musician with the Maryknoll Sisters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/6d7dd8f5-5ee4-4bfd-bdb8-17c61217a6b3/Hasan+pic+1.jpg Events - Musicians Lee Marvin and Hasan Bakr - About Hasan Hasan Bakr is a multi-percussionist, singer, and composer whose career spans 5 decades. He has studied with a number of master percussionists such as Chief Bey (shekere and bell), Babafeami (Conga), Nana Vasconcelos (berimbau and caxixi), Little Ray Romero (timbales), and Mbemba Bangoura on (Djembe). Hasan, born in Savannah, Georgia, is a guardian of the traditions of his ancestry, which stem back to West Africa. In addition to his many percussion talents, Hasan has molded a dynamic vocal ability for 3 groups: Spirit Ensemble, Heritage OP, and Afara. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/poetry-for-strangers-cxr94-awsg2 monthly 0.5 2025-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/8dc1ab42-aeef-41e4-9159-719c91bfc2af/Headshot.jpg Events - Poetry for Strangers - About Glydel Glydel Go, a Filipino-American poet and open mic frequenter based in New York, writes to explore mental health, identity, and our desire for connection. She helped establish the monthly open mics at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity and occasionally hosts them when not at SUNY New Paltz pursuing a Digital Media Production degree. She is currently published in acouple youth magazines like Morning Star Literary and The Phonebook. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/ruben-de-escapado-poetry monthly 0.5 2025-06-22 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/otown-reads-feeding-ghosts-by-tessa-hulls monthly 0.5 2025-06-22 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c-a73ht-sppcl-gb8c5-pstmp-zn8jg-ewpcp-yp876-faeeg-ffml6-azced-839yb-aezr6 monthly 0.5 2025-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/blind-tiger-improv-1-7z3mc-c3xtj-tcbbz-4mcte-c7b3w-6j782 monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c-a73ht-sppcl-gb8c5-pstmp-zn8jg-ewpcp-yp876-faeeg-ffml6-azced-839yb monthly 0.5 2025-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/poetry-for-strangers-cxr94 monthly 0.5 2025-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/8dc1ab42-aeef-41e4-9159-719c91bfc2af/Headshot.jpg Events - Poetry for Strangers - About Glydel Glydel Go, a Filipino-American poet and open mic frequenter based in New York, writes to explore mental health, identity, and our desire for connection. She helped establish the monthly open mics at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity and occasionally hosts them when not at SUNY New Paltz pursuing a Digital Media Production degree. She is currently published in acouple youth magazines like Morning Star Literary and The Phonebook. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/poetry-for-strangers monthly 0.5 2025-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/8dc1ab42-aeef-41e4-9159-719c91bfc2af/Headshot.jpg Events - Poetry for Strangers - About Glydel Glydel Go, a Filipino-American poet and open mic frequenter based in New York, writes to explore mental health, identity, and our desire for connection. She helped establish the monthly open mics at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity and occasionally hosts them when not at SUNY New Paltz pursuing a Digital Media Production degree. She is currently published in acouple youth magazines like Morning Star Literary and The Phonebook. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl-ynl7h-8x3as-md3rb-w4kly-8jmmf-je227-p2lyk-e2d4l-m8fcn monthly 0.5 2025-07-12 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/songwriters-showcase-2 monthly 0.5 2025-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/2584a350-0784-4da6-aed9-b7eb87392e0c/Becks%2BFlatt%2BGuitar.jpg Events - Songwriter's Showcase - About Becks Flatt Singer/composer/multi-instrumentalist Becks has a B.A. in vocal performance from the University of North Texas with an emphasis on jazz and classical music. For the last 15 years, Becks has performed as a singer songwriter and recorded vocals for dozens of independent and commercial projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/5804a94d-531f-429c-978d-6a137b69443d/67daedcd05c3c9d0ca228884.png Events - Songwriter's Showcase - About Kat Lee Rivers Kat Lee Rivers spins tales straight from the heart, her voice weaving through a landscape of Americana, jazz, and the warm rhythms of Brazil. A finalist in the 2014 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Competition, she's got the chops, but it's the soul that shines through. Think porch-swing stories and late-night melodies, all delivered with a voice that'll stop you in your tracks. Kat plays piano, ukulele, bass and guitar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/2571de66-589f-48dd-b31c-a91e2d83b3c4/Osei.jpeg Events - Songwriter's Showcase - About Osei Essed Osei Essed is a multi-platform artist, whose recent composition credits include "Speak" (2025 Sundance debut) , "Creede, USA" (2025 SXSW debut) and "Becoming Katherine Graham" (Amazon). Alongside his film work, Essed tours and performs with the New York-based bands Wolf Suit and Big Hands Rhythm and Blues Band. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/poetry-workshop-for-kids-r9kp6-kls65 monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d4f0919d-9559-4b4e-9c61-4aa25c29edb1/Valerie+Rivera.png Events - Poetry Workshop for Kids! - About Valerie Valerie Rivera is 30-year retired New York State elementary, ELA, and ENL educator. Also a published poet and children’s book author, Valerie writes under the pen name VA Rivera. At the age of 7, Valerie wrote her first poem for a class assignment. After the teacher wrote a big red mark and the words VERY GOOD at the top of her paper, Valerie was hooked! She has been writing ever since. Valerie's other superpowers are helping people and laughing out loud. Valerie’s poetry workshops are always positive, encouraging and uplifting. In her spare time, Valerie likes to listen to soft piano music, munch on dark chocolate, and practice yoga with her cats, SweetiePie and Miss Tish. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/poetry-workshop-for-kids-r9kp6 monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d4f0919d-9559-4b4e-9c61-4aa25c29edb1/Valerie+Rivera.png Events - Poetry Workshop for Kids! - About Valerie Valerie Rivera is 30-year retired New York State elementary, ELA, and ENL educator. Also a published poet and children’s book author, Valerie writes under the pen name VA Rivera. At the age of 7, Valerie wrote her first poem for a class assignment. After the teacher wrote a big red mark and the words VERY GOOD at the top of her paper, Valerie was hooked! She has been writing ever since. Valerie's other superpowers are helping people and laughing out loud. Valerie’s poetry workshops are always positive, encouraging and uplifting. In her spare time, Valerie likes to listen to soft piano music, munch on dark chocolate, and practice yoga with her cats, SweetiePie and Miss Tish. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/oys1mlvadh8ngdvwg4r9ymjejugu7q-d9fdn-58387-edd5t-wx326-3zga2-89p6e-57bec-zk4xh-j369l-gsmc9 monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/shadow-islands monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/348a3f71-9b1f-4273-b09c-5c040d26d034/CWPJ+photo.jpeg Events - Shadow Islands, with Author Chris Jones - About Chris Chris Jones was born on Long Island and raised on Manhattan Island. He currently splits his time between Hutchinson Island and the Hudson Valley with his wife, Margaret. They have four daughters and three grandchildren. Chris graduated from Iona University and Fordham Law School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/ba489237-641a-4dbd-bd15-f795a7ae4680/Shadow+Islands.jpg Events - Shadow Islands, with Author Chris Jones - About the Book "A political scandal, stolen millions, and a cryptic map lead four Vietnam veterans to an abandoned CIA base on a remote Caribbean Island. The only obstacles to making off with the loot: modern-day pirates, a local naval garrison, and some well-armed ex-CIA agents." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/690e8132-3648-4295-9480-5bdbf7b53462/VS+Kemanis+-+2024.jpg Events - Shadow Islands, with Author Chris Jones - About V.S. (Vija) Award-winning author, dance artist, and lawyer V.S. Kemanis has published six novels of legal suspense and courtroom drama, most recently Power Blind, a Readers' Favorite Award finalist for Best Legal Thriller. Her latest novel, Indelicate Deception, is a family story set in her hometown, Berkeley, California. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/7c8vzj3itfns5yzrgirluc2vs4i7vw-entj6 monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/7b281249-f172-4bb9-8cb4-0a56b225cbdd/dvp+photo+202504+%281%29.png Events - From Memory to Masterpiece: Storytelling Made Simple - About Deb Meet Deb Pagnotta, a Storytelling Pioneer and Connection Builder Deb is a master storyteller, story coach, and teacher who believes in the power of true stories to bridge divides and create meaningful connections. As the founder of ULUstory PBC, Deb has dedicated her career to helping people craft and share their stories to foster empathy, trust, and understanding. Born to tough Bronx parents, Deb’s childhood unfolded across three continents (Africa, Europe, and North America) where she discovered how storytelling could connect her with people from vastly different cultures. This early realization became the cornerstone of her life’s work. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/7c8vzj3itfns5yzrgirluc2vs4i7vw monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/7b281249-f172-4bb9-8cb4-0a56b225cbdd/dvp+photo+202504+%281%29.png Events - From Memory to Masterpiece: Storytelling Made Simple - About Deb Meet Deb Pagnotta, a Storytelling Pioneer and Connection Builder Deb is a master storyteller, story coach, and teacher who believes in the power of true stories to bridge divides and create meaningful connections. As the founder of ULUstory PBC, Deb has dedicated her career to helping people craft and share their stories to foster empathy, trust, and understanding. Born to tough Bronx parents, Deb’s childhood unfolded across three continents (Africa, Europe, and North America) where she discovered how storytelling could connect her with people from vastly different cultures. This early realization became the cornerstone of her life’s work. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/no-10-doyers-street-a-gripping-tale-with-author-radha-vatsal monthly 0.5 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/130b83eb-2009-402c-a19f-d77b41ca3db1/Radha+Vatsal+by+Shin+Ono+2+%281%29.jpg Events - No. 10 Doyers Street: Talking Crime, Immigration, and NYC History with Author Radha Vatsal - About Radha Radha Vatsal is the author of the acclaimed Kitty Weeks mystery novels set in World War I-era New York: Murder Between the Lines and A Front Page Affair. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Born and raised in Mumbai, India, she earned her ph.D. in Film History from Duke University and has worked as a film curator, political speechwriter, and freelance journalist. She lives in New York City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/97f7f674-1cd6-4b4c-bd0a-7d317fd37c92/No.+10+Doyers+Street.jpg Events - No. 10 Doyers Street: Talking Crime, Immigration, and NYC History with Author Radha Vatsal - About No. 10 Doyers Street Radha Vatsal’s historical crime novel, No. 10 Doyers Street, is set against the backdrop of New York City’s Chinatown in the early 1900s. When Archana Morley, a woman journalist form India, becomes embroiled in a case involving the infamous gangster Mock Duck and his young daughter, she soon realizes that the case could be tied to the mayor’s plan to raze Chinatown. Vatsal offers an original pan-Asian exploration of Ne York City history, bringing to life the challenges immigrants faced as the city made way for the modern era. Inspired by real events, No. 10 Doyers Street is a gripping crime novel about New York City on the cusp of modernity, as seen through a unique immigrant perspective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/7f95737f-62b4-4284-84d1-301fbe07c5bc/ChunyeeYip.jpeg Events - No. 10 Doyers Street: Talking Crime, Immigration, and NYC History with Author Radha Vatsal - About Chunyee Through her impact work in apparel (Ann Taylor, Global Brands Group), non-profit (U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Museum of the Chinese in Americas, Third Street Music Settlement), and the built environment (Lendlease), Chunyee has advanced environmental and social strategies across sectors. Currently, Chunyee serves as the Chief Impact Officer for Raise for Good, where she engages in capacity building for multiple clients. Chun Yee was named a Sustainability Power Player in 2023 by Politics NY and selected Top 100 Responsible in 2022 by City and State New York. She was raised in and near Chinatown, NYC. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/8shmrd55y0mo9h6gj9paaj0tulbqzx monthly 0.5 2025-05-10 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/craig-bernardini-author-event monthly 0.5 2025-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/aaaf0aa7-a687-4885-81b6-75f85e707581/Bernadini+and+book.jpg Events - Authors Craig Bernardini and Ethan Rutherford in Conversation - About Craig and His Book Craig Bernardini's stories and essays have appeared in AGNI, Conjunctions online, The Gettysburg Review, New Ohio Review, and many other lovely journals. His story collection 12 Oxen Under the Sea won the 2023 New American Press Fiction Prize. He teaches English at Hostos Community College, a CUNY school in the Bronx, and lives in Hopewell Junction with his partner, dogs, and chickens (cats RIP). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/87440409-f946-439b-ba84-241afe8c764e/Rutherford+and+book.jpg Events - Authors Craig Bernardini and Ethan Rutherford in Conversation - About Ethan and His Book Ethan Rutherford is the author of two story collections—Farthest South and The Peripatetic Coffin and Other Stories—and for these works has been named a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, a finalist for the John Leonard Prize and CLMP’s Firecracker Award, received honorable mention for the PEN/Hemingway Award, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and was the winner of a Minnesota Book Award. North Sun, or the Voyage of the Whaleship Esther is his first novel. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/listening-party monthly 0.5 2025-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/1746217271616-HHYLA2G9AHR1KPPM2KUL/FWM_JJ_3335_LR.jpg Events - Sip & Spin with John Jarboe and Christina Picciano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/1746217286811-JEUPDTQLA4V1GUJ74GAQ/FWM_JJ_3353.jpg Events - Sip & Spin with John Jarboe and Christina Picciano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/1746217299667-JAO1VR7RBAKIB7IOS6CM/Sip+and+Spin+2025.png Events - Sip & Spin with John Jarboe and Christina Picciano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/1746217321977-HGNAUYO1EWQW7FPGNBD7/FWM_JJ_3293.jpg Events - Sip & Spin with John Jarboe and Christina Picciano https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/barbara-probst-author-event monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/89da8185-08aa-4a1f-97ac-dd4d7cff0e4a/Untitled+design+%2837%29.jpg Events - Author Barbara Linn Probst in Conversation with Artist Erin Carney - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/85212ba2-0591-40bb-b937-570eb487877c/Author+Headshot.jpeg Events - Author Barbara Linn Probst in Conversation with Artist Erin Carney - About Barbara Barbara Linn Probst is an award-winning author of contemporary women’s fiction living on an historic dirt road in New York’s Hudson Valley. Each of her novels has been a medalist for prestigious national awards, including the Nautilus Award, the Independent Book Publishers Award for both popular and literary fiction, and the Sarton Award for Contemporary Fiction. Barbara’s latest novel, Roll the Sun Across the Sky, launches in May of 2025—a mesmerizing and unforgettable story that New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis calls “a treasure—profound and moving, and impossible to put down.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a208ff57-4cef-4cb0-9ddf-a7e160c299b6/Roll+the+sun+across+the+sky.jpg Events - Author Barbara Linn Probst in Conversation with Artist Erin Carney - About the Book From the ruins of Egypt to the privileged life of Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the story of a woman’s odyssey through the maze of love, loyalty, recklessness, and remorse, as the consequences of her acts ripple through the generations. Approaching a milestone birthday, Arden Rice has seen it all: three marriages, hardship and wealth, choices she both regrets and defends, all fueled by the same fierce desire—to give her daughter the best possible life. At least, that’s what Arden tells herself. But nothing is simple. Arden is haunted by her impetuous history, with its trail of damage and deception. Yet she’s finally made a life where she can be her best self—until the unthinkable happens, and a train engineer’s lapse in attention throws that life into chaos. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/kdm10z066830d3tr8v27f5v3k7x0mv-amgls-79ng3-cnapz-w93jd monthly 0.5 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d1b8addd-caad-401e-963d-622ea60a00f8/Untitled+design.jpg Events - American Red Cross Blood Drive Schedule at www.RedCrossBlood.org and use sponsor code: Ossining Or scan the code at left and apply directly. It couldn’t be easier to do the right thing. 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Her book helps readers identify their “activist archetype" and map a personal action plan for engaging in small, change-making activities with potentially big impacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/cd91d9cd-956b-4363-90ab-d36085803fcf/Microactivism.jpg Events - Omkari Williams: Micro Activism for Introverts - About the Book In this age of social justice, those who don't necessarily want to lead a movement or join a protest march are left wondering, "How can I make an impact?" In Micro Activism, former political consultant turned activism coach Omkari Williams shares her expertise in empowering introverts and highly sensitive people to help each of us, no matter our temperament, find our most satisfying and effective activist role. Using Williams's Activist Archetype tool, readers discover their unique strengths and use this to develop a personal strategy. To ensure sustainable involvement, Williams encourages starting small, working collaboratively, and beginning locally. Advice on self-care practices, burn-out prevention, and profiles of activists engaged in a range of activities and causes (from voter registration to craftivism, literacy programs, community gardens, and more), provide readers with the inspiration and practical know-how needed to engage in small, doable actions that make a lasting impact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/4dfbab92-591e-4423-8b6f-dc26589c6119/Denise+Bessette+headshot.jpg Events - Omkari Williams: Micro Activism for Introverts - About Denise Bessette Denise was a Founding Producer of Hudson Stage Company here in Westchester for its 25 year run, whose final production of the original play, OFF PEAK, transferred Off-Broadway and has been published and produced at other theatres. As an actress she has been seen in TV, film and theatre, most recently in MAX's THE OTHER TWO. She taught at Purchase College and Pace University for many years, and enjoys her creative work with adults with mental illness. She has known Omkari for a lifetime, and is honored to introduce her and her work to this community. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/building-bridges-through-books-a-social-justice-book-group-9mnkt-8jetg-hgwba-l4kky-xd6jl monthly 0.5 2025-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/69a5b1df-91c3-4b34-84b5-83f576d416e5/IMG_0135.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: A Social Justice Book Group - About Joyce Sharrock-Cole Award winning Historian and Genealogist Joyce Sharrock Cole is dedicated to helping others know themselves by knowing their family histories. A native of Ossining, where she serves as the Village Historian, Joyce’s groundbreaking work, particularly in the African American community, extends beyond the boundaries of Westchester County. With a BS from Mercy College and certification as a Genealogical Researcher from Boston University, Joyce brings expertise and passion to her craft. Her engaging, storytelling style makes her a popular speaker. Houses of worship, libraries, municipalities, and schools reach out for her help in uncovering black history and culture, subjects too long overlooked by the gatekeepers of history. She came to this calling when researching her own family history. It extends back to Bertie County, North Carolina, where her ancestors were enslaved on the Sharrock plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d9601896-89e4-4efa-a226-8aa506ecd98d/SAM-0226+%282%29.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: A Social Justice Book Group - About Abbe Marcus Abbe Marcus, has spent decades building relationships with people in communities throughout the country with lived wisdom and understandings of history and justice. Her educational and social justice experiences as the Co-Founder and Executive Director at J-Teen Leadership, and in positions at The Workers Circle, the 92nd St. Y, the Jewish Education Project and Westchester Jewish Community Services have shaped her passion for immersive and experiential learning. She has created, developed, and led numerous trips for teens and adults to Cuba, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Washington, DC, Detroit, Charleston, Oklahoma City and Nashville, immersing participants in the sites' civil rights history, exposing https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/green-ossinings-15th-annual-earth-day-festival monthly 0.5 2025-04-08 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/permission-writing-your-memoir-freeing-your-soul-with-author-elissa-altman monthly 0.5 2025-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/255c5e85-8902-4193-a777-29e77aa5efa1/Headshot2.jpeg Events - Author Elissa Altman on Permission: Writing Your Memoir, Freeing Your Soul - About Elissa Altman Elissa Altman is the award-winning author of the memoirs Motherland, Treyf, and Poor Man’s Feast, and the bestselling essay substack of the same name. A longtime editor, she has been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, Connecticut Book Award, Maine Literary Award, and the Frank McCourt Memoir Prize, and her work has appeared in publications including Orion, The Bitter Southerner, On Being, O: The Oprah Magazine, LitHub, the Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and the Washington Post, where her column, “Feeding My Mother,” ran for a year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/bf837d54-b52b-42e0-b853-9639e59879a4/Permission_Cover2.jpeg Events - Author Elissa Altman on Permission: Writing Your Memoir, Freeing Your Soul - About Permission “Elissa Altman’s marvelous, passionate and charming new book, Permission, is going to breathe freedom into your life. It is a clarion call for writers to tell their hard, lifelong truth, no matter how may decades they have agreed to stay silent. Lies and cover-ups won’t save you. This book just might.” - Anne Lamott, New York Times bestselling author of Bird by Bird Permission is a master course, not only on how to craft memoir, but how to begin and keep going when you've been told you can't, and how to give yourself permission to transcend the fear that keeps vital stories from being written. This book will inspire and guide all creatives to a place of transformation, of freedom from the constraints of shame and fear in all their forms, and to the understanding and recognition of the ethics of story-making, art-making, truth-telling, and creative soul-saving. (bookshop.org) https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/author-nikki-grimes-in-conversation-with-kendall-buchanan monthly 0.5 2025-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/7d410df6-c19d-4902-990d-7c85876c7b07/DSC05032+copy.jpg Events - Ossining Stories: An Evening of Poetry and Music with Nikki Grimes and Kendall Buchanan - About Nikki Grimes New York Times bestselling author Nikki Grimes was inducted into the Black Authors Hall of Fame in 2023. Her honors include the CSK Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award, the ALAN Award for significant contributions to young adult literature, the Children’s Literature Legacy Medal, and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Author of the Coretta Scott King Award-winner Bronx Masquerade, and five Coretta Scott King Author Honors, she won the Printz Honor and Sibert Honor for her memoir Ordinary Hazards. Her latest titles include Garvey’s Choice:The Graphic Novel, a School Library Journal 2023 Best Book; Lullaby for the King, one of Book Riot’s 25 Best Christmas Books of All Time; Glory in the Margins: Sunday Poems; and A Walk in the Woods, recipient of 8 starred reviews, and 11 Best Book listings for 2023, including the New York Times, NPR, and Smithsonian Magazine. Ms. Grimes lives in Corona, California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/43139094-ad69-4955-ade3-3fa6215955a8/IMG_2365.jpeg Events - Ossining Stories: An Evening of Poetry and Music with Nikki Grimes and Kendall Buchanan - About J. Kendall Buchanan Following an early foray into broadcast radio, bassist Kendall Buchanan has built an impressive resume of musical performance at such venues as The Urban Arts Corp in New York City, Medgar Evers College, Avery Fisher hall, the JVC Jazz Festival, and The Ed Sullivan Theater. He has recorded with jazz legend Sonny Shamrock, and has toured the U.S. and Europe with his bass guitar. Kendall continues to perform in and around the Hudson Valley with his band Sundad. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/read-aloud-with-nikki-grimes monthly 0.5 2025-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/069213bf-78c4-4b25-bb40-aa10c605f1d1/DSC05032+copy.jpg Events - Read Aloud with Nikki Grimes - About Nikki Grimes New York Times bestselling author Nikki Grimes was inducted into the Black Authors Hall of Fame in 2023. Her honors include the CSK Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award, the ALAN Award for significant contributions to young adult literature, the Children’s Literature Legacy Medal, and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Author of the Coretta Scott King Award-winner Bronx Masquerade, and five Coretta Scott King Author Honors, she won the Printz Honor and Sibert Honor for her memoir Ordinary Hazards. Her latest titles include Garvey’s Choice:The Graphic Novel, a School Library Journal 2023 Best Book; Lullaby for the King, one of Book Riot’s 25 Best Christmas Books of All Time; Glory in the Margins: Sunday Poems; and A Walk in the Woods, recipient of 8 starred reviews, and 11 Best Book listings for 2023, including the New York Times, NPR, and Smithsonian Magazine. Ms. Grimes lives in Corona, California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/e9ee555a-01a9-469d-843d-ff62cadfd61c/A+Cup+of+Quiet.jpg Events - Read Aloud with Nikki Grimes - About A Cup of Quiet When the squeal of tires and thrum of Grandpa’s hammer fill the air, Grandma gets thirsty for a cup of quiet. “That’s silly, Grandma,” her granddaughter says. “Quiet can’t fit in a cup and you can’t drink it.” But together, they venture into the garden to collect the calming sounds of nature, and their cup grows and grows. A bee’s buzz, a leaf’s crackle, a whistling wind, a hummingbird’s whir. By slowing down and appreciating the gentler sounds of nature, Grandma and her granddaughter step away from the hubbub of daily life and refresh. 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Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/839ecd50-dff4-472e-a00f-c277d3945452/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. 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Slater: About the Lunatic - About Michelle Michelle B. Slater, PhD is a scholar of comparative literature and president of the Mayapple Center for the Arts and Humanities. Her first book, Starving to Heal in Siberia delves into how she was cured of the debilitating effects of advanced Lyme disease. Her latest book, Soulmate Dog, is about pushing the boundaries of the relationship between the human and the non-human animal. Michelle holds a Ph.D. in French Literature from Johns Hopkins and spends her time between Connecticut and Switzerland. Michelle is the author of the forthcoming novel The Lunatic. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/building-bridges-through-books-a-social-justice-book-group-9mnkt-8jetg-hgwba-l4kky monthly 0.5 2025-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/69a5b1df-91c3-4b34-84b5-83f576d416e5/IMG_0135.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: A Social Justice Book Group - About Joyce Sharrock-Cole Award winning Historian and Genealogist Joyce Sharrock Cole is dedicated to helping others know themselves by knowing their family histories. A native of Ossining, where she serves as the Village Historian, Joyce’s groundbreaking work, particularly in the African American community, extends beyond the boundaries of Westchester County. With a BS from Mercy College and certification as a Genealogical Researcher from Boston University, Joyce brings expertise and passion to her craft. Her engaging, storytelling style makes her a popular speaker. Houses of worship, libraries, municipalities, and schools reach out for her help in uncovering black history and culture, subjects too long overlooked by the gatekeepers of history. She came to this calling when researching her own family history. It extends back to Bertie County, North Carolina, where her ancestors were enslaved on the Sharrock plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d9601896-89e4-4efa-a226-8aa506ecd98d/SAM-0226+%282%29.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: A Social Justice Book Group - About Abbe Marcus Abbe Marcus, has spent decades building relationships with people in communities throughout the country with lived wisdom and understandings of history and justice. Her educational and social justice experiences as the Co-Founder and Executive Director at J-Teen Leadership, and in positions at The Workers Circle, the 92nd St. Y, the Jewish Education Project and Westchester Jewish Community Services have shaped her passion for immersive and experiential learning. She has created, developed, and led numerous trips for teens and adults to Cuba, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Washington, DC, Detroit, Charleston, Oklahoma City and Nashville, immersing participants in the sites' civil rights history, exposing https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/oys1mlvadh8ngdvwg4r9ymjejugu7q-d9fdn-58387-edd5t-wx326-3zga2-89p6e-57bec-zk4xh monthly 0.5 2025-04-10 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/ritual-yoga-7ffnb monthly 0.5 2025-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/3e1140e4-a1c9-4382-a0ae-142217ba9b85/lunge+eagle+arms.pdf.png Events - Ritual Yoga: Spring Cleaning - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/pictures-and-words-a-sketchbook-art-show monthly 0.5 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/3ab2f772-6e38-4a95-bb12-f60055124249/Invitation+Pictures+%26+Words+-+3-25-25.png Events - Pictures and Words: A Sketchbook Art Show - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/warren-berger-author-in-residence monthly 0.5 2025-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/cdf4de35-8296-4973-9e36-a9cc808d02f3/Untitled+design-19.jpg Events - Warren Berger: Author-in-Residence - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/eli-musser-and-friends-acoustic-evening monthly 0.5 2025-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/9fb08bd2-f907-466a-91b3-ca744153b126/Untitled+design+%2829%29.jpg Events - Eli Musser and Friends Acoustic Evening - Eli Musser Going on two decades as a performing NYC area singer/songwriter, Eli Musser brings a robust catalog of lyrical and melodic brilliance with him to the stage. Starting with his Appalachian roots, his guitar-driven solo material incorporates elements from multiple genres — folk, jazz, blues and classical — which adorn his more modern rock-influenced compositions. Expect Chris-Cornell-meets-John-Legend, plus some harmonica for fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/8c9c2e08-d0f7-4bbc-9a78-1840ce38fe3c/IMG_5357.jpg Events - Eli Musser and Friends Acoustic Evening - Joe Lambert Joe Lambert is a lifelong musician who spent his youth playing guitar touring with bands. He is a multi Grammy-nominated renowned mastering engineer who has mastered thousands of albums from artists all over the world. His love of playing and performing has never left him, so whenever he gets the chance to play and sing he takes it. Joe plays a mix of new and old rock songs while also playing some of his own originals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/b79f1742-a9fe-4fe7-8be0-1e73bb887361/PD_1+BLUE_A+2.jpg Events - Eli Musser and Friends Acoustic Evening - Pete Donnelly New York-based dynamic songwriter, musician, producer, and performer, Pete Donnelly is a founding member of the Figgs and also an honorary member of NRBQ. Pete’s Music is built upon sturdy melodies and arrangements, with songs spun out of impulse and eagerness, played with a genuine sense of care. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/poets-mary-newell-and-bk-fischer monthly 0.5 2025-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/eff18a84-6a35-4be0-8d44-ab80917b4fbd/headshot+22+50%25.jpg Events - Poets Mary Newell, B.K. Fischer, and Elizabeth Zuba - About Mary Newell Mary Newell is the author of ENTWINE (BlazeVox Press, 2025) and poetry chapbooks TILT/ HOVER/ VEER (Codhill Press) and Re-SURGE (Trainwreck Press, now from the author), poems in numerous journals and anthologies, and essays including “When Poetry Rivers” (Interim journal 38.3). She is co-editor of Poetics for the More-than-Human-World: An Anthology of Poetry and Commentary and the Routledge Companion to Ecopoetics. Newell (MA Columbia, BA Berkeley) received a doctorate from Fordham University with a focus on environment and embodiment in contemporary women’s writing. She teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Connecticut, Stamford and intermittent online classes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/89085415-2a48-4791-a630-6991534ee07f/320810_2498597267266_1926380417_n.jpeg Events - Poets Mary Newell, B.K. Fischer, and Elizabeth Zuba - About B.K. Fischer B.K. Fischer is the author of Ceive (BOA Editions), a finalist for the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award, and four previous collections of poetry—Radioapocrypha (Mad Creek, Ohio State UP, 2018), My Lover’s Discourse (Tinderbox Editions, 2018), St. Rage’s Vault (The Word Works, 2013), and Mutiny Gallery (Truman State UP, 2011). Fischer’s Ceive, a novella-in-verse, retells the Noah’s Ark story as happening in a dystopian near-future on a container ship. She is also the author of a critical study, Museum Mediations: Reframing Ekphrasis in Contemporary American Poetry (Routledge, 2006). Her poems and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, The Paris Review, Kenyon Review, Poetry Northwest, Boston Review, Jacket2, FIELD, WSQ, Ninth Letter, Blackbird, Los Angeles Review of Books, Modern Language Studies and elsewhere. She holds a BA from the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars, an MFA in poetry from Columbia University, and a PhD in English and American Literature from New York University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/686395a3-9c3f-4cef-9192-2580588f23dc/Elizabeth_Zuba_headshot.2025.jpg Events - Poets Mary Newell, B.K. Fischer, and Elizabeth Zuba - About Elizabeth Zuba Elizabeth Zuba is the author of two full-length poetry collections, Decoherent The Wing’ed (SplitLevel Texts) and the forthcoming Where Is Everyone! (Conduit) which won the 2024 Minds on Fire Book Prize; and the chapbook May Double as a Whistle (The Song Cave). She also translates and edits art books (Granary Books, Printed Matter, Inc., Siglio Press, and Ugly Duckling Presse.) https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/barbara-worten-author-event monthly 0.5 2025-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/ca7ca1cd-be2a-4528-82a1-9cca4457010a/Barbara-Edited-4_SW_V2.jpg Events - Barbara Worton, Author of Chatterbox: Stories from a Noisy Life - About Barbara Barbara Worton is an author, poet, playwright, blogger, and songwriter. Her books include Bedtime Stories: The Short, Long and Tall Tales of a Sleepwriter and the award-winning children’s book Too Tall Alice. She coauthored the choreo-poem If I’m Talking, Why Aren’t You Listening? with Linda Dini Jenkins and the web memoir and blog The Adventures of The Baker’s Daughter with Rochelle Udell. Barbara’s story “London Calling” appears in Memories of John Lennon, edited by Yoko Ono. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/20150263-8296-4cf2-b081-9146e5839fb3/Chatterbox.jpg Events - Barbara Worton, Author of Chatterbox: Stories from a Noisy Life - About the Book To be seen and not heard was never going to happen forBarbara Worton, a.k.a. Chatterbox. Talking, which she started doing in full sentences at fourteen months, is in her DNA. Her Italian American mother was a champion talker. Her German Dutch father had to be a listener. Her mother’s parents and ten brothers and sisters all talked at once. Music, both recorded and live, played constantly. Life was noisy, and Barbara watched and cataloged what she saw and heard -- then and all through her life. As only a true chatterbox knows, Barbara winds and weaves through stories from her Long Island childhood to life in the present. Each of her forty-three mini-memoirs paints a portrait of what makes the everyday beautiful, giving readers a wonderfully detailed glimpse into memories like being in her grandmother’s kitchen (where making pasta sauce was almost a “military maneuver”). With wit and poignancy, she wrestles with the world’s paradoxes and recalls moments that show just how much we all have in common. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl-ynl7h-8x3as-md3rb-w4kly-8jmmf-je227-p2lyk monthly 0.5 2025-04-06 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/oys1mlvadh8ngdvwg4r9ymjejugu7q-d9fdn-58387-edd5t-wx326-3zga2-89p6e-57bec monthly 0.5 2025-03-07 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/leemos-con-alicia-dal-pra-dy7z4-kjaj5-9zrfs monthly 0.5 2025-02-14 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/building-bridges-through-books-a-social-justice-book-group-9mnkt-8jetg-hgwba monthly 0.5 2025-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/69a5b1df-91c3-4b34-84b5-83f576d416e5/IMG_0135.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: A Social Justice Book Group - About Joyce Sharrock-Cole Award winning Historian and Genealogist Joyce Sharrock Cole is dedicated to helping others know themselves by knowing their family histories. A native of Ossining, where she serves as the Village Historian, Joyce’s groundbreaking work, particularly in the African American community, extends beyond the boundaries of Westchester County. With a BS from Mercy College and certification as a Genealogical Researcher from Boston University, Joyce brings expertise and passion to her craft. Her engaging, storytelling style makes her a popular speaker. Houses of worship, libraries, municipalities, and schools reach out for her help in uncovering black history and culture, subjects too long overlooked by the gatekeepers of history. She came to this calling when researching her own family history. It extends back to Bertie County, North Carolina, where her ancestors were enslaved on the Sharrock plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d9601896-89e4-4efa-a226-8aa506ecd98d/SAM-0226+%282%29.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: A Social Justice Book Group - About Abbe Marcus Abbe Marcus, has spent decades building relationships with people in communities throughout the country with lived wisdom and understandings of history and justice. Her educational and social justice experiences as the Co-Founder and Executive Director at J-Teen Leadership, and in positions at The Workers Circle, the 92nd St. Y, the Jewish Education Project and Westchester Jewish Community Services have shaped her passion for immersive and experiential learning. She has created, developed, and led numerous trips for teens and adults to Cuba, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Washington, DC, Detroit, Charleston, Oklahoma City and Nashville, immersing participants in the sites' civil rights history, exposing https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lp01qums1rvo0om5h0a3zjt40bj073-jd7y3-kmy2p-jzgjs-s5z4h-lcnar monthly 0.5 2025-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/27649f60-e2f5-438d-954b-634c409b0701/unnamed-4.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/839ecd50-dff4-472e-a00f-c277d3945452/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. Learn more about Katie and listen to her music here: www.soundwellcenter.com https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/songwriters-showcase-1 monthly 0.5 2025-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/7ada1738-5d64-4fe0-93fb-188c39862438/unnamed-3.jpg Events - Songwriter's Showcase - David Ray A former New York City cab driver, bartender, bouncer, and actor, David Ray’s award-winning songs have been described as “cinematic.” They’ve been sung by artists as varied as Grammy-winner Shawn Colvin and Dove Award winner Kathy Troccoli, and recorded by producers from Arif Mardin (Aretha Franklin) to Ric Wake (Whitney Houston). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/fe26b7f3-7893-4258-a2f4-16f53478ce23/hoegerAndStringham.png Events - Songwriter's Showcase - Cougars Are Cats Too & This.Xor.That Cougars Are Cats Too (Katarina Hoeger) and This.Xor.That (Jessica Stringham) are a live coding audio-visual duo who met as students in California and reconnected over their performing practices in NYC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/4908a674-fabf-46bd-a2f3-657bceee509a/ted+h+pic+1+032_o.jpg Events - Songwriter's Showcase - Ed Horan While traveling in Spain, Ed was put under a spell by the beautiful melodic strains of gypsy flamenco music, in this trancelike state, he was set upon by a band of gypsies and robbed. Vowing revenge, he has studied their musical forms for a number of years – hoping to weave a few spells of his own… https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl-ynl7h-8x3as-md3rb-w4kly-8jmmf-je227 monthly 0.5 2025-02-17 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/book-launch-jane-mcmanus-inside-the-surging-business-of-womens-sports monthly 0.5 2025-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d53a5959-4bc4-4fe0-85de-feb45105a2c1/2018-10-02-jane-mcmanus-sports-center-new-director-HEADER.jpg Events - Book Launch: Jane McManus, Inside the Surging Business of Women's Sports - About the Author Jane McManus is an author, academic and sports writer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/2208a07a-c822-4784-b598-4cca293debdc/81U5QAJC7pL._AC_UF1000%2C1000_QL80_.jpg Events - Book Launch: Jane McManus, Inside the Surging Business of Women's Sports - About the Book "No one cares about women's sports" is a familiar refrain from vocal skeptics, but as The Fast Track shows, a series of watershed moments reflect the increasing popularity of and support for women's sports from both investors and fans. Veteran sports journalist and academic Jane McManus examines both this upward trend and the forces that have held women's sports back since the early 1970s when Title IX became law (and Billie Jean King soundly defeated Bobby Riggs). As the fervor for Caitlin Clark during the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball championship illustrates, there is big money to be made from broadcasting, merchandising, and investing in women's sports. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/18c1c0db-6f87-44b8-89e2-9e7c7919986f/Kavitha.png Events - Book Launch: Jane McManus, Inside the Surging Business of Women's Sports - About Kavitha Emmy-award winning journalist and author Kavitha A. Davidson was a correspondent for HBO's Real Sports, sports writer for The Athletic. She was previously co-host of The Lead, The Athletic's daily podcast. Before that, she was a columnist at ESPN and Bloomberg, focusing on the intersection of sports and business, culture, race, and gender. Her work has also been published in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and NBC News THINK, and has been noted in Best American Sports Writing. She has appeared on SportsCenter, Outside the Lines, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC. She currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Yogi Berra Museum. She wrote, with Jessica Luthor, "Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back." https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/1cwgvcaxhbwsg7nesmzxomaqj07spp monthly 0.5 2025-01-26 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lp01qums1rvo0om5h0a3zjt40bj073-jd7y3-kmy2p-jzgjs-s5z4h monthly 0.5 2025-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/27649f60-e2f5-438d-954b-634c409b0701/unnamed-4.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/839ecd50-dff4-472e-a00f-c277d3945452/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. Learn more about Katie and listen to her music here: www.soundwellcenter.com https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/oys1mlvadh8ngdvwg4r9ymjejugu7q-d9fdn-58387-edd5t-wx326-3zga2-89p6e monthly 0.5 2025-01-18 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/film-screening-sister-river monthly 0.5 2025-02-03 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/my-greenwich-village-dave-bob-and-me monthly 0.5 2025-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/2b746815-d6cb-464e-a81b-989dd674ff9e/Terri+Thal_hand+to+forehead_Photo-Susan+Stava.jpg Events - My Greenwich Village: Dave, Bob, and Me - About Terri Terri Thal grew up in Brooklyn. Then, in the 1960s and 70s, she lived in Greenwich Village, hanging out with and managing folk singers including Dave Van Ronk (then her husband and always a friend), Bob Dylan, the Holy Modal Rounders, and Maggie and Terre Roche. She was part of this vibrant music scene—as well as a member of socialist organizations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/dad93e38-b3d1-4e31-807a-e297f6003d2a/9780857162489.jpg Events - My Greenwich Village: Dave, Bob, and Me - About the Book "Terri Thal's memoir is told from the privileged position of not only having been there for the crowning, but as a woman on the cultural front lines. Her detailed recall brings a fresh perspective on the Greenwich Village folk scene of the '60s." -- Marc Eliot, best-selling author of Phil Ochs: Death of a Rebel My Greenwich Village: Dave, Bob, and Me (McNidder and Grace, 2023) is a personal story of the world of folk music in 1960s New York written by a Jewish woman from Brooklyn who, although not a musician, was an intrinsic part of this scene. Terri describes Greenwich Village as a community that was supportive, musically exciting and one in which people had fun. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/blind-tiger-improv-1-7z3mc-c3xtj monthly 0.5 2025-01-10 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/blind-tiger-improv-1-7z3mc monthly 0.5 2025-02-08 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/celebrate-the-year-of-the-snake-with-us monthly 0.5 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/6e4c2a38-7fe3-40b5-8d9e-c7c5d44f8a00/YearoftheSnake_2025cute.jpg Events - Celebrate the Year of the Snake with us! - Celebrate the Year of the Snake at the Bookstore! School will be closed, so we’re here for you. Open to kids, ages 3-10, and their caregivers. We’ll start the hour with a Read Aloud, followed by a kid-friendly activity and light snacks - all in the Lunar New Year theme. Suggested fee per person: $3, payable at the door (to cover cost of snacks) RSVP here. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/otown-reads-martyr-by-kaveh-akbar monthly 0.5 2025-01-05 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/poet-abolitionist-antoinette-cooper-in-conversation-with-iain-pollock monthly 0.5 2025-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/4f274b65-eddb-4fe5-ab83-869ffbf0c0ae/Antoinette+Cooper+%28Credit-Theik+Smith%29.jpg Events - Poet-Abolitionist Antoinette Cooper in Conversation with Poet Iain Haley Pollock - About Antoinette Antoinette Cooper is a poet and collective trauma facilitator whose work explores the intersections of racial identity, healing, and embodied wisdom. Her documentary poetry collection UNRULY (Legacy Book Press LLC, 2025) examines intergenerational trauma and the resilience of Black women's bodies. Cooper's work has appeared in The Poetry Foundation, Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine, and The Amistad Literary Arts Journal. She is the founder of Black Exhale, a nonprofit dedicated to creating sanctuary spaces for the liberated Black body. Her recent honors include the LMCC Workspace Residency and grants from the Café Royal Cultural Foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/f4b0acaf-571e-4bf0-8006-cf63ec664e2a/UNRULY+3D.png Events - Poet-Abolitionist Antoinette Cooper in Conversation with Poet Iain Haley Pollock - About UNRULY UNRULY honors the Black female body as a site of profound resilience and complex histories. In this groundbreaking debut, Antoinette Cooper weaves poetry, memoir, and documentary evidence into an ineffable work of embodied storytelling. With uncompromising honesty and lyrical precision, Cooper explores intimate experiences of Black women—from historical medical abuses to contemporary health disparities, intergenerational trauma, and personal encounters with healing. This revelatory collection offers language to articulate the full spectrum of Black women's embodied realities—in all their pain, power, and possibility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/926543ec-11b4-4cd4-a607-d6cb503d6adc/Pollock.Official_Mville+%282%29.jpg Events - Poet-Abolitionist Antoinette Cooper in Conversation with Poet Iain Haley Pollock - About Iain Haley Pollock Iain Haley Pollock is the author of three poetry collections, Spit Back a Boy (2011), Ghost, Like a Place (Alice James, 2018), and the forthcoming All the Possible Bodies (Alice James, September 2025). Pollock has received several honors for his work including the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, the Alice Fay di Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America, a 2023 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Poetry, the Bim Ramke Prize for Poetry from Denver Quarterly, and a nomination for an NAACP Image Award. 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A native of Ossining, where she serves as the Village Historian, Joyce’s groundbreaking work, particularly in the African American community, extends beyond the boundaries of Westchester County. With a BS from Mercy College and certification as a Genealogical Researcher from Boston University, Joyce brings expertise and passion to her craft. Her engaging, storytelling style makes her a popular speaker. Houses of worship, libraries, municipalities, and schools reach out for her help in uncovering black history and culture, subjects too long overlooked by the gatekeepers of history. She came to this calling when researching her own family history. It extends back to Bertie County, North Carolina, where her ancestors were enslaved on the Sharrock plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d9601896-89e4-4efa-a226-8aa506ecd98d/SAM-0226+%282%29.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: A Social Justice Book Group - About Abbe Marcus Abbe Marcus, has spent decades building relationships with people in communities throughout the country with lived wisdom and understandings of history and justice. Her educational and social justice experiences as the Co-Founder and Executive Director at J-Teen Leadership, and in positions at The Workers Circle, the 92nd St. Y, the Jewish Education Project and Westchester Jewish Community Services have shaped her passion for immersive and experiential learning. She has created, developed, and led numerous trips for teens and adults to Cuba, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Washington, DC, Detroit, Charleston, Oklahoma City and Nashville, immersing participants in the sites' civil rights history, exposing https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/building-bridges-through-books-a-social-justice-book-group-9mnkt-8jetg-zskwm monthly 0.5 2024-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/69a5b1df-91c3-4b34-84b5-83f576d416e5/IMG_0135.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: A Social Justice Book Group - About Joyce Sharrock-Cole Award winning Historian and Genealogist Joyce Sharrock Cole is dedicated to helping others know themselves by knowing their family histories. A native of Ossining, where she serves as the Village Historian, Joyce’s groundbreaking work, particularly in the African American community, extends beyond the boundaries of Westchester County. With a BS from Mercy College and certification as a Genealogical Researcher from Boston University, Joyce brings expertise and passion to her craft. Her engaging, storytelling style makes her a popular speaker. Houses of worship, libraries, municipalities, and schools reach out for her help in uncovering black history and culture, subjects too long overlooked by the gatekeepers of history. She came to this calling when researching her own family history. It extends back to Bertie County, North Carolina, where her ancestors were enslaved on the Sharrock plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d9601896-89e4-4efa-a226-8aa506ecd98d/SAM-0226+%282%29.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: A Social Justice Book Group - About Abbe Marcus Abbe Marcus, has spent decades building relationships with people in communities throughout the country with lived wisdom and understandings of history and justice. Her educational and social justice experiences as the Co-Founder and Executive Director at J-Teen Leadership, and in positions at The Workers Circle, the 92nd St. Y, the Jewish Education Project and Westchester Jewish Community Services have shaped her passion for immersive and experiential learning. She has created, developed, and led numerous trips for teens and adults to Cuba, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Washington, DC, Detroit, Charleston, Oklahoma City and Nashville, immersing participants in the sites' civil rights history, exposing https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/caroline-levine-on-ageless-her-grandmothers-final-novel monthly 0.5 2025-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d3a1b7b9-3fdd-4c53-a9d3-2a4301a06306/Headshot_Ren%C3%A9e+Schaeffer.jpg Events - Keeping Memories Alive: Caroline Levine on Ageless, Her Grandmother's Novel - About Renée Schaeffer Renée Schaeffer was a lifelong New Yorker and a self-taught writer who had always been fascinated by technology and where it may lead us. She channeled this curiosity into crafting her debut novel, Ageless, her life's work and passion project. Renée dedicated herself to bringing Ageless to fruition, a labor of love that spanned the course of a few decades. Renée never gave up on her dream, and finally put the bow on her work just before she passed away in October 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/e3fef31f-1373-45bd-a9e7-07d43db11cc5/Untitled+design-4.jpg Events - Keeping Memories Alive: Caroline Levine on Ageless, Her Grandmother's Novel - About the Book Ageless is a genre-bending novel that mixes elements of classic sci-fi with historical fiction, chronicling the journey of Naissa, a woman who lives from 1850 to 2118. Renée poured much of herself into the story: Naissa’s name means “rebirth” and Renée means “reborn.” The novel is a testament to the perseverance of both women, exploring love, loss, and a search for identity. Renée is a beloved grandmother, wife, and friend — and now, an author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d068393d-83f5-40eb-9ea0-4e8f4b26a900/Professional+Headshot_Caroline+Eleanor+Levine.jpg Events - Keeping Memories Alive: Caroline Levine on Ageless, Her Grandmother's Novel - About Caroline Levine Caroline Levine is the proud granddaughter of Renée Schaeffer who shares her deep passion for social and environmental justice. She received her Master of Science in Sustainability Management at Columbia University where she is now a Teaching Assistant for two courses. She fuses this ethos with her creative work as the former Senior Fashion Editor and Managing Editor for Blush Magazine, the Fashion Institute of Technology's student-run publication. Caroline most recently co-authored a thought leadership piece for the Global Reporting Initiative and has worked and consulted for NGOs and brands across the fashion industry. She is currently working on the launch of her vintage collective in 2025. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/kdm10z066830d3tr8v27f5v3k7x0mv-amgls-79ng3 monthly 0.5 2024-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d1b8addd-caad-401e-963d-622ea60a00f8/Untitled+design.jpg Events - American Red Cross Blood Drive Schedule at www.RedCrossBlood.org and use sponsor code: Ossining Or scan the code at left and apply directly. It couldn’t be easier to do the right thing. Thank you! https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lp01qums1rvo0om5h0a3zjt40bj073-jd7y3-kmy2p-jzgjs monthly 0.5 2025-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/27649f60-e2f5-438d-954b-634c409b0701/unnamed-4.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/839ecd50-dff4-472e-a00f-c277d3945452/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. 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He is the author of three biographies: Bloody Sam: The Life and Films of Sam Peckinpah (1991); Harvey Keitel: The Art of Darkness (1998); and Accidental Genius: How John Cassavetes Invented the American Independent Film (2006). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/0b1d5e01-fdc9-4370-80e2-97b851e74e68/Robert+Klein+by+Dan+Dion+2020.jpg.jpeg Events - Author Marshall Fine in Conversation with Robert Klein - About Robert Klein For more than fifty years, Robert Klein has entertained audiences, in an acclaimed career that encompasses stand-up comedy, Broadway, television, radio and film. He was the subject of a 2017 documentary, “Robert Klein Still Can’t Stop His Leg,” in which comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Maher, Ray Romano, David Steinberg, Fred Willard, Jon Stewart, Jay Leno and others discussed Klein’s influence on their careers and comedy as a whole, and their reverence for his comedic genius. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/425ffa4f-ff28-443d-8609-1cac885b76d2/Autumn+of+Ruth+Winters+half+size.jpg Events - Author Marshall Fine in Conversation with Robert Klein - About The Autumn of Ruth Winters Ruth Winters is retired, widowed, and resigned to spending the rest of her life alone in her suburban home. She likes her routine and uses it to avoid having to spend time with other people. She probably wouldn’t call herself fulfilled, but it’s too late now to go chasing happiness. Then three things happen at once: a beloved niece makes a big announcement, an old flame reaches out, and her estranged sister receives life-changing news. 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Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/elise-hart-and-dangerous-play monthly 0.5 2024-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/17eb6cd3-0fd2-443e-b218-50cc4b47f894/Untitled+%2811+x+4.25+in%29.jpg Events - Kick-Ass Women Talk Crime, Romance, and Sports - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/f35de97c-a8e3-4bdc-a75d-91f1fb9f6c5d/photo.jpg Events - Kick-Ass Women Talk Crime, Romance, and Sports - About Stacey Stacey Agdern is an award-winning former bookseller and romance writer who has reviewed romance novels in multiple formats and given talks about various aspects of the romance genre. She incorporates Jewish characters and traditions into her stories so that people who grew up like she did can see themselves take center stage on the page. She lives in New York, not far from her favorite hockey team’s practice facility. Photo credit: Megan Walski https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/140e0f49-4894-4775-92aa-3d4bdb738090/headshot+elise+2019.jpg Events - Kick-Ass Women Talk Crime, Romance, and Sports - About Elise Elise Hart Kipness is a television sports reporter turned crime fiction writer. The first book in her Kate Green thriller series, LIGHTS OUT, was an Amazon bestseller, Men’s Journal Top ten pick of 2023 and Woman’s Day Reads selection. The Kate Green Series is based on Elise’s experience in the high-pressure, adrenaline-pumping world of live TV. Like her protagonist, she chased marquee athletes through the tunnels of Madison Square Garden and stood before glaring lights reporting to national audiences. (At five feet, she often stood on a milk crate to interview NBA players). https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/bookstore-yoga-3cgye-x3m62 monthly 0.5 2024-10-31 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/bookstore-yoga-3cgye-x3m62-yszna monthly 0.5 2024-10-31 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c-a73ht-sppcl-gb8c5-pstmp-zn8jg-ewpcp-lt4t2 monthly 0.5 2024-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/ossining-arts-council-art-show-reception monthly 0.5 2024-10-28 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl-ynl7h-8x3as-md3rb-49z9m monthly 0.5 2024-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d5e219c1-5df6-4051-b985-412c2106bd73/Tom+Ray.jpg Events - Open Mic Yonkers Own Tom Ray , 3x Publish Author, Spoken Word Artist / Poet , Teaching Artist , Curator & Host of The Family Affair Open Mic in Yonkers. Instagram @tr_dats_it / FB Tom Ray https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/building-bridges-through-books-a-social-justice-book-group-9mnkt monthly 0.5 2024-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/69a5b1df-91c3-4b34-84b5-83f576d416e5/IMG_0135.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: A Social Justice Book Group - About Joyce Sharrock-Cole Award winning Historian and Genealogist Joyce Sharrock Cole is dedicated to helping others know themselves by knowing their family histories. A native of Ossining, where she serves as the Village Historian, Joyce’s groundbreaking work, particularly in the African American community, extends beyond the boundaries of Westchester County. With a BS from Mercy College and certification as a Genealogical Researcher from Boston University, Joyce brings expertise and passion to her craft. Her engaging, storytelling style makes her a popular speaker. Houses of worship, libraries, municipalities, and schools reach out for her help in uncovering black history and culture, subjects too long overlooked by the gatekeepers of history. She came to this calling when researching her own family history. It extends back to Bertie County, North Carolina, where her ancestors were enslaved on the Sharrock plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d9601896-89e4-4efa-a226-8aa506ecd98d/SAM-0226+%282%29.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: A Social Justice Book Group - About Abbe Marcus Abbe Marcus, has spent decades building relationships with people in communities throughout the country with lived wisdom and understandings of history and justice. Her educational and social justice experiences as the Co-Founder and Executive Director at J-Teen Leadership, and in positions at The Workers Circle, the 92nd St. Y, the Jewish Education Project and Westchester Jewish Community Services have shaped her passion for immersive and experiential learning. She has created, developed, and led numerous trips for teens and adults to Cuba, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Washington, DC, Detroit, Charleston, Oklahoma City and Nashville, immersing participants in the sites' civil rights history, exposing https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/make-a-scene monthly 0.5 2024-11-12 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/flip-brown monthly 0.5 2024-10-19 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/guest-read-aloud-with-yangsook-choi monthly 0.5 2024-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/c2d34c3d-3ef0-410c-93b2-cab6665bfabc/Untitled+design-3.jpg Events - Guest Read Aloud with Yangsook Choi - Make it stand out Internationally acclaimed children’s author/illustrator Reads Aloud in our store! https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/new-croton-review-reception monthly 0.5 2024-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/4969703f-e1d6-4dec-bc09-686cf5bb8f98/Nov+9+2024+QR+Code.jpg Events - New Croton Review Reception - RSVP Here If you’d like to attend the reception for the New Croton Review, please scan the QR code at the left and follow the RSVP instructions. See you on the 9th! https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/songwriters-showcase monthly 0.5 2024-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/4645f6eb-eefb-4717-9ffb-5a8a0d7c36eb/PXL_20241012_235557479.jpg Events - Songwriters' Showcase - Stay Sunday Stay Sunday, is a local band focused on uplifting communities through the joy of music! Primarily a duo, other musicians sometimes play with them, depending on the venue. They perform play a selection of originals, and covers, including a wide range of styles from Rock to Jazz, Folk, Blues, and Beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/c691b372-77a7-4102-b2fc-f9ae1183191f/Untitled+design-29.jpg Events - Songwriters' Showcase - Eli Musser Going on two decades as a performing NYC area singer/songwriter, Eli Musser brings a robust catalog of lyrical and melodic brilliance with him to the stage. Starting with his Appalachian roots, his guitar-driven solo material incorporates elements from multiple genres — folk, jazz, blues and classical — which adorn his more modern rock-influenced compositions. Expect Chris-Cornell-meets-John-Legend, plus some harmonica for fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/8097a66a-ecf2-467b-93e1-aab7c0015b36/IMG_2816.jpg Events - Songwriters' Showcase - Marcus DaSilva Marcus began his life in music as a young classical guitarist in his hometown of Rio de Janeiro. Influenced by a vibrant mix of Brazilian folk music, pop and rock, he soon added bass and twelve-string guitar to his repertoire. Marcus has performed around the New York area, including Kenny’s Castaways, The Bitter End, The Marquee and CBGB’s, as well as Art Galleries, street fairs and farmers’ markets. From Rio to Ossining, classical to Brazilian pop, alt-rock and jazz, Marcus DaSilva remains dedicated to musical excellence, discipline, simplicity and discernment. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/30jguqjkuvz87tbyaj499lcr5h5rqe monthly 0.5 2024-10-05 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c-a73ht-sppcl-gb8c5-pstmp-zn8jg-ewpcp-yp876-faeeg monthly 0.5 2024-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c-a73ht-sppcl-gb8c5-pstmp-zn8jg-ewpcp monthly 0.5 2024-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/bruce-ballard-author-of-invitations monthly 0.5 2024-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/34d4acb7-da0d-4a62-b1ae-d29ad8772d83/Bruce_Ballard_headshot01.jpg Events - Bruce Ballard, author of Invitations - About Bruce Ballard Dr. Bruce Ballard is a native New Yorker who spent many years teaching English in the U.S.A. and foreign countries. After finishing undergraduate school, he joined the Peace Corps in 1975 and taught English in South Korea. He later earned a Master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages and a doctorate in Applied Linguistics, both at Columbia University. For three years he served as the Director of the Intensive English Program at a branch campus of Southern Illinois University in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/70786b05-f5fc-45e1-ba4f-a570ad2bc07f/Invitations-cover01.jpg Events - Bruce Ballard, author of Invitations - About Invitations Dr. Ballard’s book, Invitations: Fiction and Poetry from a Life of Writing, consists of poems and short stories he wrote over the past dozen years, ever since he and his husband moved to Ossining. Most of the poetry is about his life with Parkinson’s disease, which he was diagnosed with in 2012. The short stories are a mix of topics, many of which overlap with the poetry, exploring related themes concerning illness, death, and joy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/5a32e9fe-615e-481a-81ad-32dbe2fafa0a/Daniel_Tamulonis_headshot.jpg Events - Bruce Ballard, author of Invitations - About Daniel Tamulonis For Daniel Fergus Tamulonis, puppetry, the Peace Corps, theatre, music, children, and teaching filled and continue to fill his life. Writing has been part of all of these paths. His short story, 'Slung Mugs', was published by The Society of Misfit Stories/Bards and Sages. _Paper Lanterns_, a journal out of Dublin, published his short story, 'Verona, after ...'. In 2019, Tamulonis was selected as a mentee in The Association for Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Writer to Writer Fellowship, working with mentor Mark Jude Poirier. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/ahxgeqseauoh01pppv2dfti3lymr80 monthly 0.5 2024-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/730e6a28-8830-4cd5-8249-0ad616813917/swing+du+jour+12-14-2024.png Events - Swing du Jour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/3gkj9t8wz64zioak5bd10xq31tcsvx monthly 0.5 2024-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/502b4180-b739-40e8-9760-412e1e56c383/unnamed-2.png Events - Is Renewable Energy Right for You? - About Your Presenter Nick Tedrow has been part of Sustainable Westchester for 3 years and is the Deputy Program Director of Westchester Power. He is also a 3 year resident of Ossining since moving to the East Coast with his wife and daughter from California. Nick is an active volunteer with the local sustainability group Green Ossining, and he serves on the Village's Environmental Advisory Council. Nick is passionate about environmental issues and making the world a better and more secure place for everyone. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/ghosts-of-sleepy-hollow monthly 0.5 2024-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/8f2dda73-aa91-452b-89b2-15e81acef086/103811160_10158341536754297_6947865115467225609_n+%281%29.jpg Events - Ghosts of Sleepy Hollow - About the Author Sam Baltrusis, author of Ghosts of Salem: Haunts of the Witch City and featured in The Curse of Lizzie Borden shock doc, has penned eighteen paranormal-themed books including Haunted Boston Harbor and Ghosts of Sleepy Hollow: Haunts of the Headless Horseman. He has been featured on several national TV shows including the Travel Channel's A Haunting, Most Terrifying Places, Haunted Towns, and Fright Club (1 & 2). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a8d847c8-b09e-41ca-b153-967cab397572/452192297_10161365364744297_8613125867627219646_n+%281%29.jpg Events - Ghosts of Sleepy Hollow - About the Book Nestled on the banks of the Hudson River, Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown are steeped in history and ghost lore. Famous for Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” the storied Westchester region also has a dark history of witches, rakes and rogues. Rumors of Headless Horseman sightings surge during spooky season, while visitors flock to the Valley’s haunted hot spots like the Old Dutch Church and the famed writer’s Sunnyside home. Join author and journalist Sam Baltrusis on a bone-chilling journey through the streets of Sleepy Hollow as he breathes new life into the legendary village’s long-departed souls. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/muriel-fox-the-womens-revolution monthly 0.5 2024-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/074a0795-182e-452f-8cdf-cca95335d3ad/portrait-muriel-fox-screen-grab-2012.JPG Events - Muriel Fox: The Women's Revolution - About the Author Feminist icon Muriel Fox cofounded the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the powerful NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (now Legal Momentum), pivotal forces in the Second Wave Feminist Movement. An organizing lieutenant to Betty Friedan and head of NOW’s communications, Fox was central in creating both national NOW and its New York Chapter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/35ad51bd-2944-4ae5-b402-83e11a049672/TheWomen%27sRevolution_COVER.jpg Events - Muriel Fox: The Women's Revolution - About the Book In her candid, compelling memoir about the Second Wave feminist movement, Muriel Fox offers remarkable, firsthand stories of 30 people whom history should not forget. As NOW's public relations director, vice president, then chair of the board, Fox served as Betty Friedan's main lieutenant and director of operations. She drafted numerous letters sent by NOW under Friedan's signature to government officials demanding faster action to reduce sex discrimination, including a letter that helped persuade President Lyndon Johnson to add gender to Affirmative Action and open opportunities for millions of women. Fox's memoir reveals the movement’s struggles, betrayals, defeats, and victories large and small—some contradicting inaccuracies by previous writers. This is a noteworthy, comprehensive book about the laws, lawsuits, and victories that helped the modern women's movement change the world. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/kxu8ydju82yjew0peerzk2zu8ttn6t monthly 0.5 2024-10-19 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/collage-by-michael-bertone monthly 0.5 2024-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/1726774258276-5ML2CWG1U2Y9R7ATIJUN/IMG_3900+2.jpg Events - Michael Bertone Collage Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/1726774268924-A2G0XG3WGE8S17VNNONQ/IMG_3884+2.jpg Events - Michael Bertone Collage Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/1726774280826-018HE0LV4TX6MVK69K7W/IMG_2308.jpeg Events - Michael Bertone Collage Show https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/banned-books-discussion monthly 0.5 2024-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/16f866d9-24f0-48c2-8808-49efec44e538/IMG_5555.jpg Events - Young Adult and Children’s Banned Books: A Candid Discussion - Who are we? Ann Barringer Spaeth lived in Rye for 55 years before moving to Briarcliff in 2021. She was the creator and Founding Director of FIRST, which was dedicated to providing access to free, accurate and confidential information about human services using trained trusted messengers After retirement from FIRST she started a multicultural/bilingual bookstore called Panacea in Port Chester NY. Since retirement her greatest joy is sharing books with her family. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/bookstore-yoga-3cgye-4xbng monthly 0.5 2024-09-15 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/bookstore-yoga-3cgye monthly 0.5 2024-09-15 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/bookstore-yoga-b3xyf-9cyts-bwyrl monthly 0.5 2024-09-15 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/caroline-curvans-historic-sail monthly 0.5 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/89ab3108-8f10-44e5-a397-b6f7a616eae4/Headshot+-+Caroline+Curvan.jpg Events - Sailing the South Pacific with Town Historian Caroline Curvan - About Caroline Curvan Caroline Ranald Curvan is a professional researcher and writer. She led the research team for the critically acclaimed American Masters/PBS documentary Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page. A writer with popular local blog OssiningHistoryontheRun.com and an adjunct professor of research and composition, she is a deep and passionate student of history. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/otown-reads-book-club-gathering monthly 0.5 2024-09-13 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/otown-reads-impossible-creatures-by-katherine-rundell monthly 0.5 2024-09-17 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/fkaimb0ar9n7293kkaf8k6y83xv0h4 monthly 0.5 2024-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/2fd187d8-05ce-4fb3-b02e-6b0634056721/image001+%281%29.jpg Events - The Screech Owl Companion: Author Jim Wright in Conversation with Michael Pietsch - About Jim Wright Prize-winning writer Jim Wright has written about raptors since 2007 when The Record (Northern New Jersey) published Jim’s full-page article about them. He has observed raptors all over the Northeast and in Central America and has written many newspaper columns about them. ­­­­­­He monitors Peregrine Falcons and Red-shouldered Hawks for the state of New Jersey and is a volunteer raptor counter during the fall migration at State Line lookout on the Hudson River Palisades. On his best afternoon, Sept. 15, 2022, he helped count more than 1,300 raptors in three hours, but he’ll take one local Peregrine up-close any day. He is currently working on a book on Peregrine Falcons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/e56dc630-7eed-4d28-a394-8e7f95f822b3/Michael+Pietsch+photo+.png Events - The Screech Owl Companion: Author Jim Wright in Conversation with Michael Pietsch - About Michael Pietsch Michael Pietsch has worked in book publishing for 45 years as an editor, publisher, and CEO, and is presently Chairman of Hachette Book Group. He and his wife Janet lived in Ossining for twenty+ years and are now in Sleepy Hollow. They enjoy birdwatching together in Croton Point Park, Rockefeller State Park, and other area sanctuaries—and even their three now-grown-up kids can usually tell a hawk from a handsaw. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/oys1mlvadh8ngdvwg4r9ymjejugu7q-d9fdn-58387-edd5t-wx326-3zga2 monthly 0.5 2024-09-07 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/oys1mlvadh8ngdvwg4r9ymjejugu7q-d9fdn-58387-edd5t-wx326 monthly 0.5 2024-09-07 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/oys1mlvadh8ngdvwg4r9ymjejugu7q-d9fdn-58387-edd5t monthly 0.5 2024-09-07 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/guest-read-aloud-little-meena-and-the-big-swim monthly 0.5 2024-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/ab15e6b0-ff1b-487c-a1d3-9ce19940da70/Lorna+Gonsalves+Headshot.jpg Events - Guest Read Aloud: Little Meena and the Big Swim - About Lorna Gonsalves Dr. Lorna Gonsalves has worked as a crisis counselor, university professor, non-profit director, and youth advocate. Her life and work experiences in India and the United States have underscored the importance of storytelling, the arts, and collective action in building a just world. She currently resides in the Hudson Valley region of New York. “This children’s story tells a tale of how to respond when someone bigger and stronger is mean and unfair; it tells a tale of what a fish – or a child (or even an adult) – can do. Her story is timely and timeless, as she unfolds a simple truth that too often is forgotten.” –Kurt Stand, Portside https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lhwl60v1fv6i3zwmp0w0723bfx7vj4 monthly 0.5 2024-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/b6c52985-61a6-4824-b447-a4e6e65a7cfd/Headshot_AreevaStudio_230929_2834.jpg Events - Sounding Our Way Home: Japanese American Musicking and the Politics of Identity - About Susan Miyo Asai Susan Miyo Asai is professor emerita of ethnomusicology at Northeastern University, with expertise spanning Japanese traditional performing arts, Japanese American music and identity formation, and the intersection of Asian American and African American music and politics. She is coeditor of At the Crossroads: Music and Social Justice and author of Nōmai Dance Drama: A Surviving Spirit of Medieval Japan and has contributed to numerous edited volumes, including The Music of Multicultural America: Performance, Identity, and Community in the United States, published by University Press of Mississippi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/6be27087-ccb3-4572-bde6-b7f87f9ced83/41dt4dxGDlL._SR600%2C315_PIWhiteStrip%2CBottomLeft%2C0%2C35_SCLZZZZZZZ_FMpng_BG255%2C255%2C255.jpg.jpg Events - Sounding Our Way Home: Japanese American Musicking and the Politics of Identity - About the Book A product of twenty-five years of archival and primary research, Sounding Our Way Home: Japanese American Musicking and the Politics of Identity narrates the efforts of three generations of Japanese Americans to reach "home" through musicking. Using ethnomusicology as a lens, Susan Miyo Asai examines the musical choices of a population that, historically, is considered outside the racial and ethnic boundaries of American citizenship. Emphasizing the notion of national identity and belonging, the volume provokes a discussion about the challenges of nation-building in a democratic society. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/blind-tiger-improv-6ce48-6pgwh-h6ax4-e8ppr monthly 0.5 2024-12-01 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/blind-tiger-improv-6ce48-6pgwh-h6ax4 monthly 0.5 2024-08-29 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/blind-tiger-improv-6ce48-6pgwh monthly 0.5 2024-08-29 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/j82nxiq5cf9gyg6tjxmhkz11cnngfm monthly 0.5 2024-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/f5440a75-cf4e-436e-bbcc-9ed19ebd7eb6/BNJ_FRONT+copy.jpg Events - Burying Norma Jeane - About Burying Norma Jeane Already in the throes of grief after the sudden loss of her husband, Miriam Renata is shaken by the news that Hugh Hefner, the lecherous founder of Playboy, has been recently entombed next to Marilyn Monroe nearly sixty years after her death. Unable to accept her idol sharing a crypt with this succubus for eternity, Miriam and her teenaged daughter set out on a road trip across the West to liberate Norma Jeane and themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/9bf27a8a-7fc8-48c9-b5f8-3dc0369d725d/unnamed-5.jpg Events - Burying Norma Jeane - About Leah Rogin Leah Rogin enjoys researching fetal chimeras and other ways that people live inside of us. Her first published novel, Burying Norma Jeane (Blackwater Press) was released on August 4 and is a mother-daughter road trip novel to liberate Marilyn Monroe’s body from Hugh Hefner’s lecherous grasp in the crypt beside her and also a biography of Marilyn Monroe written through film reviews. It makes sense when you read it. You can check out her website at Author and educational consultant Leah Rogin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/3490cedd-903a-4e74-b0a1-2abea01ab010/Kona+Morris_Headshot+%28unedited%29.jpg Events - Burying Norma Jeane - About Kona Morris Kona Morris is a writer, storyteller, comedian, and educator. She is a Moth StorySLAM winner and she’s been featured on podcasts such as RISK! and It's Funny Now. Kona starred in Denver's Live Drunk History Comedy Troupe, and she was Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Fast Forward Press. Her short stories, prose poems, and articles have appeared in a variety of publications, from anthologies to literary journals. For more information, visit Kona's website: https://www.konamorris.com/ https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/ddg1lkw63ge49rajpf7p0fb8ginbuz monthly 0.5 2024-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/81135b2d-5caf-478a-9b54-253f0a751e68/Cover+design+by+Sabrina+Bedford%2C+cover+photo+by+Julie+Dermansky.jpg Events - Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It - with author Justin Nobel - About the Book An acclaimed science journalist’s extraordinary seven-year investigation into how the U.S. oil and gas industry has avoided environmental regulations and created a dangerous and radioactive public health crisis. As Justin Nobel traveled the United States reporting on the oil and gas industry he learned a disturbing and little-considered fact: a lot more comes to the surface at a well than just the oil and gas. Each year the industry produces billions of tons of waste, much of it toxic and radioactive. The fracking boom has only worsened the problem. So where does it all go? Petroleum-238 provides the shocking answer. Shielded by a system of lax regulations and legal loopholes, this waste has been spilled, spread, injected, dumped, and freely emitted across America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/f4005cc7-cb5d-4d17-8a4f-da287bf7ff48/justin-nobel-courtesy-Joshua-B.-Pribanic-2-e1714763858162-1200x1026.jpeg Events - Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It - with author Justin Nobel - About Justin Nobel Justin Nobel writes on science and environment for US magazines, investigative sites, and literary journals. His work has been published in Best American Science and Nature Writing and Best American Travel Writing. A book he co-wrote with a death row exonoree, The Story of Dan Bright, was published in 2016 by University of New Orleans Press. His 2020 Rolling Stone magazine story, “America’s Radioactive Secret,” won an award for longform writing with the National Association of Science Writers and inspired this book. Justin’s writing has helped lead to lawsuits, public dialogue and been taught at Harvard’s School of Public Health. Photo courtesy of Joshua B. Pribanic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/9fc0cd43-2d3b-47ba-974a-5979d2608b64/Rene+with+snow+monkeys.JPG Events - Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It - with author Justin Nobel - About Rene Ebersole Rene Ebersole is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist. Her work can be found in Rolling Stone, National Geographic, the Washington Post, The Marshall Project, Mother Jones, Outside, AARP Magazine, Undark, and Audubon, where she is a contributing editor. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/building-bridges-through-books-a-social-justice-book-group monthly 0.5 2025-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/69a5b1df-91c3-4b34-84b5-83f576d416e5/IMG_0135.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: A Social Justice Book Group - About Joyce Sharrock-Cole Award winning Historian and Genealogist Joyce Sharrock Cole is dedicated to helping others know themselves by knowing their family histories. A native of Ossining, where she serves as the Village Historian, Joyce’s groundbreaking work, particularly in the African American community, extends beyond the boundaries of Westchester County. With a BS from Mercy College and certification as a Genealogical Researcher from Boston University, Joyce brings expertise and passion to her craft. Her engaging, storytelling style makes her a popular speaker. Houses of worship, libraries, municipalities, and schools reach out for her help in uncovering black history and culture, subjects too long overlooked by the gatekeepers of history. She came to this calling when researching her own family history. It extends back to Bertie County, North Carolina, where her ancestors were enslaved on the Sharrock plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d9601896-89e4-4efa-a226-8aa506ecd98d/SAM-0226+%282%29.jpg Events - Building Bridges Through Books: A Social Justice Book Group - About Abbe Marcus Abbe Marcus, has spent decades building relationships with people in communities throughout the country with lived wisdom and understandings of history and justice. Her educational and social justice experiences as the Co-Founder and Executive Director at J-Teen Leadership, and in positions at The Workers Circle, the 92nd St. Y, the Jewish Education Project and Westchester Jewish Community Services have shaped her passion for immersive and experiential learning. She has created, developed, and led numerous trips for teens and adults to Cuba, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Washington, DC, Detroit, Charleston, Oklahoma City and Nashville, immersing participants in the sites' civil rights history, exposing https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/author-panel-on-self-publishing monthly 0.5 2024-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/c400a1eb-882f-4089-84be-3d5b730f6fdd/03-2021.08.04-Perratore%2CEd-018a+cropped.jpg Events - So You’ve Finished Your Book . . . Now What? - About Ed Perratore Ed Perratore’s books include two horror novels: The Coven Tree and Hindred Spirits. He is well into a third horror novel, based in upper Westchester. His other published book is the nonfiction work One Man’s Journey: A Walk on the Croton Aqueduct Trail. Ed’s career has been in magazine writingand editing at Consumer Reports, PC Magazine and other renowned publications; but his earliest roots in horror are from TV fare such as Chiller Theater, Creature Features and The 4:30 Movie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a2ca8d03-f805-4c69-ba0e-a8cfa04abf82/Untitled+design-14.jpg Events - So You’ve Finished Your Book . . . Now What? - About Ed’s Books The Coven Tree, a horror novel set in New York’s Adirondack Region, relates a dark and torturous journey for Johanna and Daniel Keane and their teenage son, Randall, after they unwittingly allow—into their own home—the instrument of their family’s destruction. The horror novel Hindred Spirits tells of Natalie Leffingwell, nine, one of many children—mostly the abused—who cope by willing their spirits to exit their bodies for a few hours at a time. In case of physical danger, children learn to quickly reunite. Nevertheless, one night Natalie becomes trapped as a spirit. Lonely, she needs a friend and resolves to win one...even if she has to kill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/81c137fa-ac5f-402d-bad5-37e39c5ffac3/Samantha+E+Talbot+headshot.jpg Events - So You’ve Finished Your Book . . . Now What? - About Samantha E. Talbot Samantha (Sam) Talbot is a proud introvert, weirdo, and lover of the morbid, mysterious, and macabre. You can often find her communing with the birds of Brinton Brook Sanctuary, skulking among the tombstones at any of Westchester’s many old cemeteries, or paddling along the Croton River. A self-taught writer and eternally curious autodidact, she took a detour into spec screenwriting before recently returning to novelcraft. A Thunderbolt Into Nettle is her second self- published work. The first, The Weight of Moonlight, was a digital-only offering through Smashwords in 2005, and has since been pulled by the author. She is pleased to join fellow authors Ed and Richard to inspire others to embrace their own stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/f2816942-9e9f-4227-8461-ea81959653bf/A+Thunderbolt+Into+Nettle.jpg Events - So You’ve Finished Your Book . . . Now What? - About A Thunderbolt Into Nettle Lady Astrid Rimensberger, headstrong daughter of the lower Silesian nobility, travels to Csjethe, Hungary to retrieve her sister, who has mysteriously ceased all communication with her family after being chosen to attend a conservatory for young ladies headed by that region’s notorious countess, Erszébet Báthory. After being turned away at the castle gates, and subsequently failed by the Hungarian Palatine, Astrid realizes she has no choice but to shed her title and enter the castle in the guise of a servant to continue her search. Lady Astrid will have to cross the steely societal boundaries of class and gender—as well as traverse her own dark inner terrain—to save not only herself, but also the souls of all those the countess and her attendant witch have sacrificed in service to their perverse legacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a765a335-5bac-4119-bf3b-d3bf7a84d958/Richard+Finn+headshot.jpg Events - So You’ve Finished Your Book . . . Now What? - About Richard Finn Richard Finn was born in Manhattan and has lived for more than 20 years in Goldens Bridge with his wife Andrea and their two grown daughters Stephanie and Jacqueline. He graduated from Colgate University where he played varsity tennis. Finn has spent his professional life in the sports industry, beginning with a long and accomplished career as a sports journalist for USA Today, New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Associated Press. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/bb4eed90-bc2f-4dc3-8fe4-1bd8e9c35b8f/Hildy%27s+Promise+final+cover.jpg Events - So You’ve Finished Your Book . . . Now What? - About Hildy’s Promise Hildy Swanson, a wealthy Westchester County socialite and community benefactor, is kidnapped at gunpoint in her home in the New York suburbs on a beautiful spring day. After leaving a ransom note on the kitchen counter, the two masked kidnappers lock Hildy in the cellar of a deserted farmhouse alone and fearful of the men’s intentions. Because she inherited a considerable fortune after her first husband died, Hildy is a tempting mark for the kidnappers. When RG Cassidy, Hildy’s husband, returns home, the former golf champion finds the strange ransom note ordering him to meet the kidnappers for 18 holes of golf to win Hildy’s freedom. The note also includes a large cash demand. The next day at the first tee Cassidy is told of an unnerving set of rules for the game. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl-ynl7h-8x3as-md3rb monthly 0.5 2024-10-24 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/bob-gluck-stories-beyond-words monthly 0.5 2024-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/b90ba940-01a1-453d-b6c1-5aeb7e8e7c70/Cover_Metheny_lores.jpg Events - Book Talk and Trio Concert by Bob Gluck, with Transcendence: Christopher Dean Sullivan and Carl Latham - About the Book In Pat Metheny, Stories beyond Words (University of Chicago Press), Bob Gluck provides a birds-eye view of the musical ideas of this acclaimed guitarist and composer. Gluck, whose perspective as pianist, composer, and educator has illuminated the music of Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis in previous books, now focuses his lens on Pat Metheny’s self-conception as a musician and the threads that unite and distinguish his creative process. Drawing upon a wealth of new interviews and close readings of musical examples, Gluck’s book, much like Metheny’s signature style, is accessible to a wide range of readers and listeners, presenting new clarity, musical insight, and historical perspective about the legacy of Metheny’s groundbreaking music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/200f7a93-861a-4816-a408-da5295c90fd7/glucksullivanlatham2.jpg Events - Book Talk and Trio Concert by Bob Gluck, with Transcendence: Christopher Dean Sullivan and Carl Latham - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/kim-liao-book-event monthly 0.5 2024-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/6d8d3800-e52d-49d6-b3ee-cbf78466ba67/Liao+Photo+2024+%281%29.jpg Events - Authors Kim Liao and Jimin Han in Conversation - About Kim Kim Liao’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Electric Literature, Lit Hub, The Rumpus, McSweeney’s, The Millions, Salon, Fourth River, Hippocampus, and others. A former Taiwan Fulbright Creative Research Scholar, her work has received support from the Vermont Studio Center, the Jentel Foundation, the Hambidge Center, the Anderson Center, and the Ragdale Foundation. She lives with her family near New York City and teaches writing to students of all ages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/406f206e-dd69-4662-9f34-48290d20ab93/IMG_2453.jpg Events - Authors Kim Liao and Jimin Han in Conversation - About Jimin Jimin is the author of The Apology (now available in papeback!), a 2023 Barnes and Noble Discover Pick; a best audiobook by Booklist; and a best book of the summer by the LA Times, Vanity Fair, Shondaland, Apple Books and more. She is also the author of A Small Revolution and has written for American Public Media's Weekend America and Poets & Writers, among other media outlets. She teaches at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, Pace University, and community writing centers. Born in Seoul, South Korea, she grew up in Providence, Rhode Island; Dayton, Ohio; and Jamestown, New York. Her work has been supported by the New York State Council on the Arts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/da9026fe-3047-4a51-a662-fc70dbf35105/Liao+Book+Cover+Image+%281%29.jpg Events - Authors Kim Liao and Jimin Han in Conversation - About Where Every Ghost Has a Name In 2010, Kim Liao traveled to Taiwan to learn the truth about her family. After WWII, her grandfather Thomas Liao (Liao Wen-Yi) became the leader of the Taiwanese independence movement, his land was seized, his relatives were arrested, and his nephew was sentenced to death. With their lives at stake, Thomas’s wife Anna brought their four children to America to start a new life—never speaking a word about Thomas again. When Kim arrived in Taiwan six decades later, she was shocked to learn that the KMT government had erased much of the story of Taiwanese independence from the official historical record. For years, Taiwanese citizens were kept in the dark about the violence that transpired during four decades of martial law, with the silenced voices of the White Terror Period mirroring the silencing of the Liao family’s story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a52cefed-5af1-40a6-8fd4-e9b5e9ef3f70/apology.jpg Events - Authors Kim Liao and Jimin Han in Conversation - About The Apology This "sweeping intergenerational saga" tells the story of a pampered and defiant South Korean matriarch thrust into the afterlife from which she seeks a second chance to make amends (Kirstin Chen)--and fights off a tragic curse that could devastate generations to come. In South Korea, a 105-year-old woman receives a letter. Ten days later, she has been thrust into the afterlife, fighting to head off a curse that will otherwise devastate generations to come. Hak Jeonga has always shouldered the burden of upholding the family name. When she sent her daughter-in-law to America to cover up an illegitimate birth, she was simply doing what was needed to preserve the reputations of her loved ones. How could she have known that decades later, this decision would return to haunt her--threatening to tear apart her bond with her beloved son, her relationship with her infuriatingly insolent sisters, and the future of the family she has worked so hard to protect? https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/james-martins-tyre-island-band monthly 0.5 2024-08-10 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/oys1mlvadh8ngdvwg4r9ymjejugu7q-d9fdn-58387 monthly 0.5 2024-09-07 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c-a73ht-sppcl-gb8c5-pstmp-zn8jg monthly 0.5 2024-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/singer-songwriter-lee-marvin-with-hasan-bakr monthly 0.5 2025-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/ae62ea79-bc98-468f-b073-c59358d34530/0-2.jpg Events - Singer-Songwriter Lee Marvin with Hasan Bakr - About Lee Singer-songwriter and Ossining resident Lee Marvin performs solo and duo using his signature MIDI piccolo bass. With song titles like Each Face of the Dream and The Secret of Flying, the music reflects his long, varied musical career and his spiritual nature. Currently, Lee is working on an upcoming album featuring percussionist Hasan Bakr. Monday nights find Lee at his longstanding gig with Phil Young’s House of Blues at Silvana in Harlem. The 3rd Bell has been Lee’s working quartet for a number of years. He is an adjunct professor at Lehman College. Lee also works as a musician with the Maryknoll Sisters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/6d7dd8f5-5ee4-4bfd-bdb8-17c61217a6b3/Hasan+pic+1.jpg Events - Singer-Songwriter Lee Marvin with Hasan Bakr - About Hasan Hasan Bakr is a multi-percussionist, singer, and composer whose career spans 5 decades. He has studied with a number of master percussionists such as Chief Bey (shekere and bell), Babafeami (Conga), Nana Vasconcelos (berimbau and caxixi), Little Ray Romero (timbales), and Mbemba Bangoura on (Djembe). Hasan, born in Savannah, Georgia, is a guardian of the traditions of his ancestry, which stem back to West Africa. In addition to his many percussion talents, Hasan has molded a dynamic vocal ability for 3 groups: Spirit Ensemble, Heritage OP, and Afara. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/music-and-meditation-with-matthew-l-cohen monthly 0.5 2024-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/f9d0110e-65c6-4a2a-85d2-26c02e260593/img_1056-dWxbPR15xBF8X9Jp.jpeg Events - Music and Mindfulness with Matthew L. Cohen - About Matthew L. Cohen Matt holds a Master of Science in Music Therapy from SUNY New Paltz and has worked as a professional musician for over 25 years. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Psi Chi honor societies. Additionally, he is one of 24 individuals in New York to hold a certification in NICU music therapy. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/music-by-the-barn-vultures monthly 0.5 2024-08-03 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/author-event-with-ona-gritz monthly 0.5 2024-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/653b9102-7d85-4a0e-81c5-97b71392990c/2024+Author+Photo.jpeg Events - Ona Gritz, Author of Everywhere I Look - About Ona Ona Gritz’s new memoir, Everywhere I Look, won the Pencraft Best Book Award in Memoir, the Readers’ Choice Gold Award for Best Adult Book, and the Independent Author Award in both New Nonfiction and True Crime. Her poems and essays have appeared widely, including in The New York Times, The Guardian, Ploughshares, Brevity, and River Teeth. Among her recent honors are two Notable mentions in The Best American Essays, a Best Life Story in Salon, and a winning entry in the Poetry Archive Now: Wordview 2020 Project. She is the author of two 2024 young adult verse novels, The Space You Left Behind, which was featured in the Children’s Book Council’s Hot Off the Press roundup of anticipated best sellers, and Take a Sad Song, described as a “thoughtful must-read” in a starred Kirkus Review. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/66c6d00c-8fa0-4339-8f0d-3b8bb072a97d/A-Cornyn-photog-Beyoona+Dashti.jpg Events - Ona Gritz, Author of Everywhere I Look - About Allison Alison Cornyn is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and educator whose work often incorporates public memory and archives. For over 20 years, Cornyn has initiated new forms of storytelling in installations and online, investigating pressing social issues from multiple perspectives. Many of her projects address the US criminal legal system and mass incarceration. Her current project, Incorrigibles, examines youth justice for girls – past and present, starting in New York. Incorrigibles investigates the long-term use of stigmatizing language to define and confine young women and tells the stories of women who were incarcerated in their youth to create an archive of first-person testimonies that counter and broaden institutional histories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/c3a0cafd-452a-41d7-bdd4-67f28eae0434/Everywhere+I+Look+Cover.jpeg Events - Ona Gritz, Author of Everywhere I Look - About Everywhere I Look In 1982, twenty-five-year-old Angie Boggs, pregnant with her second child, was brutally murdered, along with her husband and infant son. Ill equipped for the horror of that violence and the enormity of her loss, Angie's sister Ona, a college sophomore, felt numb. She also felt deeply ashamed of her inability to grieve. But shame, like her sister's absence, was something Ona knew well. For as long as she could remember, she'd felt ashamed of being their parents' blatantly favored child. The disabled daughter they'd coddled and protected while they alternately punished and neglected Angie, and finally sent her away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/fd7b1f45-3dc5-4f95-a27e-1effd5f9969c/9781978597419.jpg Events - Ona Gritz, Author of Everywhere I Look - About Take a Sad Song It's the summer of 1970, and 15-year-old Jane is still reeling from the violent death of her father. She starts partying to deal with her grief, but a frantic call from her mother leads to her arrest. Jane awaits her hearing with hope, but instead she is sentenced to a yearlong stay at the New York State Training School for Girls. She faces bullying and solitary confinement, and all seems lost. Then she's introduced to the Racket, an underground world of gender role-play, romantic relationships, and chosen families the inmates have created. She befriends and develops deep feelings for fellow inmate Jo-Jo, who shares her love of music. Jane comes to appreciate the complex lives of people she never would have gotten to know on the outside--but she knows that her new family can be taken away in an instant. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lp01qums1rvo0om5h0a3zjt40bj073-jd7y3 monthly 0.5 2024-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/27649f60-e2f5-438d-954b-634c409b0701/unnamed-4.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/bb9e2b06-1bb4-4ea1-8a1e-09f89a6db639/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Hudson River Singing Circle Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. Learn more about Katie and listen to her music here: www.soundwellcenter.com https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/kdm10z066830d3tr8v27f5v3k7x0mv-amgls monthly 0.5 2024-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d1b8addd-caad-401e-963d-622ea60a00f8/Untitled+design.jpg Events - American Red Cross Blood Drive Schedule at www.RedCrossBlood.org and use sponsor code: Ossining Or scan the code at left and apply directly. It couldn’t be easier to do the right thing. Thank you! https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/blind-tiger-improv-6ce48 monthly 0.5 2024-07-18 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/blind-tiger-improv monthly 0.5 2024-07-18 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c-a73ht-sppcl-gb8c5-pstmp monthly 0.5 2024-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/wxnltbo3h5s3c0okupbsxbzf6udq4w monthly 0.5 2024-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/bf7f3547-6fcf-4765-bf38-6ef130aad9b9/FrictionFarmLiveBlack+Backround.jpg Events - Music by Friction Farm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/bcumk51bqiur1fpcfv7lv0db5nxrr9 monthly 0.5 2024-09-12 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/poetrycamera-photo-walk monthly 0.5 2024-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/7c322a11-00df-42c7-a13c-1b1c7342adb7/tempImageRcGwxI.jpg Events - Poetry.camera Photo Walk - Ryan and his poetry camera in the bookstore. To find out more about the camera on Instagram, visit @poetry.camera. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yoga-at-the-bookstore-rglnd-bpmb6-nbxeg-et7x7-adc3h-kyxak-xlpf3-dwbtc-27ra4-92ltp monthly 0.5 2024-07-25 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yoga-at-the-bookstore-rglnd-bpmb6-nbxeg-et7x7-adc3h-kyxak-xlpf3-dwbtc-27ra4 monthly 0.5 2024-07-18 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yoga-at-the-bookstore-rglnd-bpmb6-nbxeg-et7x7-adc3h-kyxak-xlpf3-dwbtc monthly 0.5 2024-07-11 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c-a73ht-sppcl-gb8c5 monthly 0.5 2024-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/36pr0zdje2ls5f8gg87zidj7o66uu7 monthly 0.5 2024-07-04 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/andrea-saposnik-and-andrew-marino-in-concert monthly 0.5 2024-06-24 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/cg73x5tdpx0g26pdtvpxn5ctkw3bfy monthly 0.5 2024-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/03d529b3-6b0a-4f95-9d9e-4e4cb81bcdf4/Untitled+design+%2821%29.jpg Events - Poetry in the House, with Eloy Rios and Momma.Nyabbo Eloy will have their artwork on display throughout the evening. And they will be joined by Momma.Nyabbo for a musical performance all their own. Please let us know if you’re planning to join us! We’re offering a sliding scale ($5-15) to make this event as accessible as possible. Thank you, and see you on the 5th. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/cf6e687d-dddc-497e-b2ab-a2395223c274/Untitled+design+%2822%29.jpg Events - Poetry in the House, with Eloy Rios and Momma.Nyabbo - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lmu1tyvwkqgusjhfnbfemnc9fl88ae-l66wy-d3cfw-49dxz-9fp3c-sma7w-j4naj-ymsb4-lht37-p89jd-p96s6 monthly 0.5 2024-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/128e6ba6-1d48-42be-81cd-177733aef30b/Mainstage_Show2024.jpg Events - The Mainstage Improv Performance - The Mainstage Three powerhouse improv teams will create comedy on the spot based off of your suggestions! Plus: Each show features a Mixer, where you can sign up to play with a member of our ensemble. Come on down and have some fun. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/read-aloud-with-dd monthly 0.5 2024-06-10 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/corky-lees-asian-america-at-the-scarsdale-library monthly 0.5 2024-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/efadd490-0e50-4474-a6ba-65c715438321/Corky+Lee+Book+Event+-+Scarsdale+Library+Flier.pdf.jpg Events - Corky Lee's Asian America at the Scarsdale Library Come celebrate the life and work of Corky Lee who captured and explored the nuances and richness of Asian American life in the United States through his photographs. He described his life mission as a campaign to “Change America one photograph at a time,” to correct historical inaccuracies, fight stereotypes, injustice & celebrate the everyday struggles and accomplishments of AAPI communities. Active from the 1970s through to his death during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lee was present to document key events in Asian American history and to advocate for change and equality in New York City. In partnership with OCA-WHV and the Corky Lee Estate, examples of Lee's photography will be present in exhibition during a talk on his life and achievements. Copies of the book Corky Lee's Asian America: Fifty Years of Photographic Justice will be available to purchase after the event. (Hudson Valley Books for Humanity will be the on-site bookseller.) Refreshments will be served. Advance registration required. This event is taking place at the Scarsdale Public Library, 54 Olmsted Road, Scarsdale. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c-a73ht-sppcl monthly 0.5 2024-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/make-music-day-with-guitarist-mike-cerniglia monthly 0.5 2024-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/b914b438-bef8-4ba3-a608-167af426e0a1/Mike+Cerniglia.png Events - Make Music Day with Guitarist Mike Cerniglia - Mike Cerniglia is bringing his soulful interpretations of classic rock and pop hits to Hudson Valley Books for Humanity as part of Make Music Ossining Briarcliff. From Hendrix to Harburg, Van Halen to The Beatles, Mike Cerniglia’s original guitar work breathes new life into favorite tunes. Expect a relaxed atmosphere filled with the rich sounds of jazz and blues fusion. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear familiar songs reimagined with a touch of sophistication. Hear Mike on Youtube. Follow Mike on Instagram. Make Music Ossining Briarcliff is brought to you in partnership with Mike Risko Music, Ossining’s go-to music destination. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/couples-creative-portrait-drawing monthly 0.5 2024-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/96010f91-099f-487f-992c-ebbb4c3d6554/sorry+post.jpeg Events - CANCELLED: Couples' Creative Portrait Night - Your Facilitator Brenda Fredericks is a mother, writer, podcaster, alchemist and a middle school teacher turned guide of the feminine. She believes being fully YOU is the medicine needed in the world and loves to paint, be creative and bring more play and joy into life. She shows mothers how to have better relationships with their children, families and cultivate self love along the way. She co-hosts the Desire as Medicine podcast. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/kdm10z066830d3tr8v27f5v3k7x0mv monthly 0.5 2024-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d1b8addd-caad-401e-963d-622ea60a00f8/Untitled+design.jpg Events - American Red Cross Blood Drive Schedule at www.RedCrossBlood.org and use sponsor code: Ossining Or scan the code at left and apply directly. It’s never been easier to do the right thing. Thank you! https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/fvwjvxqo8a96zs6vpqtq0qx2hf0bq6 monthly 0.5 2024-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/4fc98528-63c7-4e2f-9742-9f6071729bfe/Untitled+design-2.jpg Events - Inside Poetry: Readings and Conversation with Six Poets - About Bonnie Jill Emanuel Bonnie Jill Emanuel is the author of Glitter City, which released earlier this year. Poems in this collection were nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best-Of-The-Net, and first appeared in American Poetry Review, Colorado Review, Mid-American Review, and more. Emanuel is the recipient of the Jerome Lowell DeJur Award in Creative Writing and the Irwin and Alice Stark Poetry Prize from The City College of New York. Like glitter - tiny, precision-cut, reflective particles - the poems in Glitter City shine by reflection with flashes of light. Narrative, cinematic, and often trance-like, the poems trace their way back in time. From Fulton Street, Brooklyn to Detroit's Woodward Avenue, over city scaffolds and rural fields, across graveyards and weedy highways, Emanuel's debut collection grieves and loves, glittering fiercely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/117a8692-16de-40db-aef4-9c30809d4964/Untitled+design-3.jpg Events - Inside Poetry: Readings and Conversation with Six Poets - About Thea Goodman Thea Goodman, author of The Invented Mother Finishing Line Press, 2023, a finalist in The New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition 2022, is a poet, novelist and educator in Chicago and the co-chair of the National Council of Graywolf Press. Her novel, The Sunshine When She’s Gone (Henry Holt) appeared in 2013 to critical acclaim and her short works have been published in New England Review, Arrowsmith, Columbia, among many others and received a Pushcart Prize Special mention and the Columbia Fiction Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a8fed1c3-d8b2-4abe-aa7d-5064b4e1d0e5/CHAYES-LINDA-HILLMAN-WEB.jpg Events - Inside Poetry: Readings and Conversation with Six Poets - About Linda Hillman Chayes Linda Hillman Chayes is the author of the poetry chapbooks Not My First Walk On The Moon and The Lapse, both published by Finishing Line Press. She also co-wrote and co-edited The Voice of the Analyst: Narratives in Developing a Psychoanalytic Identity. She practices as a psychologist/psychoanalyst in NYC and Westchester. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/0f5bc493-aa10-47b5-948f-a28c3445b3a8/SMITH-VANESSA-H.-WEB-REVISED-U.jpg Events - Inside Poetry: Readings and Conversation with Six Poets - About Vanessa Hedwig Smith Poet Vanessa Hedwig Smith, author of Room Tone, Finishing Line Press, is also a painter and filmmaker. She has lived and worked in India, Nepal, England, and the United States, and is most proud of a BBC Correspondent piece she produced which was instrumental in helping to free a teenage girl from prison, which helped changed Nepalese law, and which won the Amnesty International Media 2000 Award. In addition, Smith is a co-founder of the mental health series Let’s Talk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/102632ee-ee53-4e99-8d36-3c9b7c731872/michele_headshot.png Events - Inside Poetry: Readings and Conversation with Six Poets - About Michele Karas Michele Karas is a New York-based writer with roots in San Diego. Her poems can be read widely online and in print. Michele holds an MFA from The City College of New York where she was a recipient of The Jerome Lowell DeJur Award for Creative Writing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/290fa7a3-80ee-4d1f-90a4-6f215175c916/Untitled+design-4.jpg Events - Inside Poetry: Readings and Conversation with Six Poets - About Sherry Stuart Berman Sherry Stuart Berman’s poetry has appeared in journals and anthologies such as SWWIM, Guesthouse, The Night Heron Barks, 2 Horatio, Paterson Literary Review, and Malala: Poems for Malala Yousafzai. She is a psychotherapist and lives in Staten Island, NY, with her husband and son. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/read-aloud-en-espaol-con-alicia monthly 0.5 2024-05-19 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lp01qums1rvo0om5h0a3zjt40bj073 monthly 0.5 2024-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/27649f60-e2f5-438d-954b-634c409b0701/unnamed-4.jpg Events - Cancelled: Hudson River Singing Circle Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/bb9e2b06-1bb4-4ea1-8a1e-09f89a6db639/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Cancelled: Hudson River Singing Circle Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. Learn more about Katie and listen to her music here: www.soundwellcenter.com https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lmu1tyvwkqgusjhfnbfemnc9fl88ae-l66wy-d3cfw-49dxz-9fp3c-sma7w-j4naj-ymsb4-lht37-p89jd monthly 0.5 2024-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/9407204f-92f8-4b36-891b-3183e6ca1d7f/Heading+%284%29.jpg Events - The Mainstage Improv Performance - The Mainstage It's Blind Tiger Improv's Mainstage where three powerhouse improv teams will create comedy on the spot based off of your suggestions. This week’s performance will feature guest emcee DD! Plus: Each show features a Mixer, where you can sign up to play with a member of our ensemble. Come on down and have some fun. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/fawzia-afzal-khan-author-event monthly 0.5 2024-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d818c4f7-b24d-4696-b72c-551061a9ea0c/image_123650291.JPG Events - Traveling Feminista, with Fawzia Afzal-Khan - Traveling Feminista, A Modern Muslim Woman Travels Through the World Come hear Fawzia Afzal-Khan (author, educator, activist, musician) in conversation with Raza Ahmad Rumi, as she shares her recent experiences traveling in the north of Pakistan. She’ll share stunning images and footage from the region while reflecting on identity, culture, socio-political upheaval, and how it is possible to navigate the world embodying multiple truths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/f089d63b-eb32-42ff-a592-ce9bde38f456/unnamed.jpg Events - Traveling Feminista, with Fawzia Afzal-Khan Fawzia Afzal-Khan is University Distinguished Scholar and Professor of English at Montclair State University, who has commuted to campus for over 35 years from her home in Ossining! Afzal-Khan received her BA from Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan, and her MA and PhD in English Literature from Tufts University. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/read-aloud-and-tea-party-with-karen monthly 0.5 2024-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/1b613daa-8483-4391-baca-bee3f6b477e3/Justin%27s+Tea+Party+cover.jpg Events - Read Aloud and Tea Party with Karen! - About Justin’s Tea Party When Justin is told he can’t join the neighborhood tea party because “tea parties aren’t for boys,” he decides to throw his own party instead. But after his practice party doesn’t go as planned and his toy guests start acting up, he begins to feel upset. Fortunately, after a little pep talk from Mom, Justin learns that parties can be whatever—and with whomever—you want them to be. This sweet and touching story teaches children to embrace their passion and invite others to enjoy it with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/80f6ea54-306a-4eac-9965-715e6a9fe706/20230831_162126+%281%29.jpg Events - Read Aloud and Tea Party with Karen! - About Karen Karen Clark grew up in Mahopac, NY and now lives in Durham, NC with her husband, 3 kids, and scrappy rescue dog. She has been teaching middle school science for 20 years. While searching for a holiday gift for her niece and nephew she couldn’t find a good book, and was inspired to write this story. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c-a73ht monthly 0.5 2024-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/upcycled-art-with-jessica-colon-5d899-c5xk7-bp4s8-a9jkk-g2w7l-6498c-39dpg-ghb5a-rksgb monthly 0.5 2024-05-03 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yoga-at-the-bookstore-rglnd-bpmb6-nbxeg-et7x7-adc3h-kyxak-xlpf3 monthly 0.5 2024-05-30 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yoga-at-the-bookstore-rglnd-bpmb6-nbxeg-et7x7-adc3h-kyxak monthly 0.5 2024-05-03 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yoga-at-the-bookstore-rglnd-bpmb6-nbxeg-et7x7-adc3h monthly 0.5 2024-05-03 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yoga-at-the-bookstore-rglnd-bpmb6-nbxeg-et7x7 monthly 0.5 2024-05-09 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/ottman-leftovers-talk monthly 0.5 2024-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d6149aeb-ebec-4d7a-9925-88c74837c7dc/Ottman+Leftovers+Talk+Art+Work+Screen+Shot+2024-05-02+.png Events - Using Them Up: How the World Makes Leftovers Taste Like New - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/9a00ef97-85f3-4a8a-8cb2-9798fda33cd5/IMAGE+JO+Cooking+Headshot+Jacquelyn+Ottman+Crop+02+05+21+++copy+%281%29.jpg Events - Using Them Up: How the World Makes Leftovers Taste Like New - About Jacquie Jacquelyn Ottman is a native New Yorker and an advocate for zero waste. A pioneer in the field of green marketing since 1989, she is the author of several books on the subject, including three editions of “Green Marketing” (Berrett-Koehler, 2012), considered the definitive text on the subject. Used in college and graduate schools, it has been translated into five languages. She is immediate past chair, Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board, and principal author of “Creating a Culture of Recycling and Reuse in Your NYC Multifamily Building” and “Engaging Residents of NYC Multifamily Building in Organics Collection.” Both of these free guides, developed as a public service are available as a download from the ManhattanSWAB website. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/author-event-lettie-teague-in-conversation-with-ben-cheever monthly 0.5 2024-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/56e52b74-e8e8-48fa-bb58-1152c7b877c1/Dear+Readers+and+Riders.jpg Events - Authors Lettie Teague and Ben Cheever in Conversation - About the Book In certain circles, her name inspires immediate recognition and pronouncements of a committed admiration that has likely spanned decades. As an author, Marguerite Henry was prolific, with 59 books published, millions of copies sold, and nearly 80 years of her life spent writing them—or responding personally to the stacks of fan mail she received—at her typewriter. Her books, including her Newbery Award winner King of the Wind, the book that changed an island, Misty of Chincoteague, and the glowingly reviewed Justin Morgan Had a Horse, have had an outsized influence on those who grew up reading them. But despite a professional existence that became profoundly public, Henry’s own life was mostly shielded from view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/01a2428b-fb2b-4670-9082-1691d62e9ae3/IMG_4690.JPG Events - Authors Lettie Teague and Ben Cheever in Conversation - About Lettie Lettie Teague has been The Wall Street Journal’s wine columnist since 2010. Before joining the Journal, Teague was the executive wine editor and columnist for Food & Wine magazine. She is the author of two books, Wine in Words and Educating Peter, and co-author and illustrator of Fear of Wine. Her writing has won three James Beard Awards, including the M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award. More importantly, Teague has been a fan of bestselling children’s book author Marguerite Henry since she was nine years old: Teague’s first horseback ride took place around the same time as her first Marguerite Henry book (Born to Trot) and she, like Henry, grew up in the Midwest aspiring to be a writer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/8cb65f56-bf01-45a3-b653-6f77bec20fdb/IMG_3515.jpeg Events - Authors Lettie Teague and Ben Cheever in Conversation - About Ben Benjamin H. Cheever has published four novels (The Plagiarist, The Partisan, Famous After Death, The Good Nanny), as well as two works of nonfiction (Selling Ben Cheever and Strides). He edited The Letters of John Cheever. He’s taught at The New School for Social Research, and the Bennington M.F.A. program. And he has contributed to The New York Times, The New Yorker, Town and Country, Gourmet, Runner’s World. The Reader’s Digest, The Nation, and Audiofile. Based in Westchester County, Ben is the father of two adult sons and the host of a TV show called “About Writing,” of which the 50+ episodes can be seen at PCTV76.org. Read more about the genesis of this long-running series. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lmu1tyvwkqgusjhfnbfemnc9fl88ae-l66wy-d3cfw-49dxz-9fp3c-sma7w-j4naj-ymsb4-lht37 monthly 0.5 2024-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/528b6399-9d12-4bc3-8387-68de3ec98c46/Untitled+design-20.jpg Events - The Mainstage Improv Performance - News Flash: It’s a Star Wars- Themed Mainstage! Join us for a very special Blind Tiger Improv performance. Here we showcase world-class house ensembles in a night of comedy that's never been before and will never be seen again! Everything is improvised, which means it's all made up on the spot based on your suggestions. AND, this month, the theme of the evening will be Star Wars! (Feel free to dress for the occasion.) https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/0p4e4v2hxxx8k6gnc0r5cxph3cc1lh monthly 0.5 2024-04-22 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/u8oe7r88qcbzpaab1tnx257r3jausk monthly 0.5 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/0112e106-109d-4fdd-b895-619ab9d33037/BAC+Poets+in+Residence+FREE+Public+Reading.png Events - On Craft: An Evening With Five Poets - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/hold-for-brenda-fredericks-event monthly 0.5 2024-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/585231d8-8cde-489a-9d28-56a928c06df9/Brenda.jpeg Events - Courageous Conversations: Embracing the Messy Beautiful Reality of Motherhood - About Brenda Brenda Fredericks is a mother, writer, podcaster, alchemist and a middle school teacher turned guide of the feminine. She believes being fully YOU is the medicine needed in the world. She shows mothers how to have better relationships with their children, families and cultivate self love along the way. She co-hosts the Desire as Medicine podcast. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/remarkable-women-project monthly 0.5 2024-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/7286ec77-c315-4631-a547-d8881340168b/Untitled+design+%288%29.jpg Events - Remarkable Women: Reclaiming Their Stories - About the Book Throughout history, remarkable women have taken breathtaking risks, and overcome tremendous societal, gender and racial barriers to make their indelible mark on society and culture, with impacts that still reverberate today. But most of these important stories have not been celebrated – until now. From Ada Lovelace, who was the first computer programmer in 1843 to Opal Lee, the “grandmother of Juneteenth”, to Katalin Kariko, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine for her groundbreaking work that made COVID-19 vaccines possible -- remarkable women have changed our world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/c8f4b394-f904-4647-8d5f-fb6290318a09/AliceLookheadshot.jpg Events - Remarkable Women: Reclaiming Their Stories Alice Look, of Darien, Connecticut, is a writer, former journalist and veteran television production executive. At A&E, she managed an in-house production team that created episodic series, documentaries and short form content for A&E, fyi, HISTORY and Lifetime networks. She oversaw the process from concept pitch, rights, script, edit, music and delivery for domestic and global distribution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/abb68eab-6ba2-4d45-b9db-ca9139e1b702/J.+Applegate+headshot.jpg Events - Remarkable Women: Reclaiming Their Stories Jane Applegate, of Verplanck in Westchester County, NY, has produced a variety of feature films and documentaries, including To Keep the Light, a period drama set in Jonesport, Maine in the 1860’s and health docs for NBC and Discovery Health. She teaches the Business of Film course at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema at Brooklyn College. Applegate is the author of five books on business success and the co-founder of Showbizing.com, a company offering entertainment career guidance and production consulting. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/18d4ce4gtxl5lqj2nrd1765h9au2fz monthly 0.5 2024-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/67145ab4-2dab-407a-a03b-689fc6e5ab6a/Stay-Sunday-11.jpg Events - Music by Stay Sunday Join us for the sounds of Stay Sunday, a new local band focused on uplifting communities through the joy of music. They play a selection of originals and covers, including a wide range of styles from Folk Rock to Funk, to Reggae and Blues, and Beyond! https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/visit-us-at-the-earth-day-festival monthly 0.5 2024-04-09 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg-6h67c monthly 0.5 2024-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/sound-immersion-ykz96 monthly 0.5 2024-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/3812c75c-d504-4d86-903e-de793f33ed92/FrankeeWeddingScarf.jpg Events - Sound Immersion: A Vibrational Journey - About Francesca Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/74e3ee99-3448-4b3c-80d1-f3cb3e282912/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Sound Immersion: A Vibrational Journey - About Katie Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. Learn more about Katie and listen to her music here: www.soundwellcenter.com https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yoga-at-the-bookstore-rglnd-bpmb6-nbxeg monthly 0.5 2024-04-22 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/wenling-wang-book-event monthly 0.5 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/b1f0878f-af58-4a41-8804-a99b7b09b209/unnamed-3.jpg Events - The Path to Immortality, with Wenling Wang - About Wenling Wang Wenling started Tai Chi practice at the age of five under the guidance of her parents and masters in northern China. While still a student, she was featured on the 1994 cover of China National Tai Chi Magazine. Following her arrival in the U.S. in 1996, Wenling pursued an advanced degree in Economics while also studying - and eventually becoming a teacher of - Yoga. Wenling enjoyed a successful career in Finance for nearly two decades and was a Managing Director at Bank of New York Mellon. By 2023, she had been in solitary retreat for over seven years, fully dedicated to spiritual practices while investigating the ancient Daoist, Yogic, Tantric and Buddhist scriptures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/b66ea2a1-c02a-4a04-a0c1-4544f4acfe26/unnamed-2.png Events - The Path to Immortality, with Wenling Wang - About Path to Immortality Path to Immortality explores essential teachings on the subject of immortality, according to the ancient wisdom traditions of Daoism (Taoism), Yoga, Tantra and Buddhism. It is believed that, as the fear of death is the prevailing basis of suffering, true knowledge of immortality shall destroy all dissatisfaction and fear, ultimately bringing genuine happiness. This book reveals the nearly forgotten knowledge - the “secret” knowledge - of immortality, which will not only inspire you to rise above mundane struggles, but also to discover and eventually realize your highest potential in life. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/meet-marianne-williamson-at-the-bookstore monthly 0.5 2024-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/5c506697-ba78-4c63-a21f-e10c2d803e32/MarianneHeadshot2BluewGray.png Events - Meet Marianne Williamson at the Bookstore! - About Marianne Williamson Marianne Williamson has been a leader in spiritual and progressive circles for over three decades. She founded Project Angel Food to deliver meals to ill and dying homebound patients. She co-founded The Peace Alliance to support the creation of a U.S. Department of Peace. Throughout her career, Marianne has worked on poverty, anti-hunger, and racial reconciliation issues. The basis of Marianne’s presidential campaign is an agenda for an economic U-turn, a return of power from the hands of a small corporate elite to the average citizens of the United States. If elected, she will be the first female, the first mother, and the first grandmother to be president of the United States. Learn more at marianne2024.com. Follow Marianne Williamson at any of these social media sites: Twitter/X: @MarWilliamson Instagram: @MarianneWilliamson TikTok: @MarWilliamsonOfficial https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl-ynl7h-s6d2g monthly 0.5 2024-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/da525cdf-e772-426f-a922-fe29cda39ba3/spoken+word+pride+poster.png Events - Open Mic Calling all poets, spoken word artists, and musicians! Join us for our monthly Poetry/Spoken Word/Music Open Mic - this month honoring our LGBTQ+ community. Come on by and share your latest poetry/spoken word/music projects with a supportive audience. All door proceeds and 20% of sales from Pride-related goods will support the Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ young people. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl-ynl7h monthly 0.5 2024-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/c25db9f5-3a3d-4e7e-a918-0e79ad54d9c8/EN.png Events - A (s)mother’s Day Open Mic A (s)mother’s Day Open Mic! Join us for our monthly Poetry/Spoken Word/Music Open Mic. But this time, with a twist. We’re partnering with Bethany Arts Community and our friends at (s)mother to bring you an Open Mic night focused on how we care for each other and ourselves. We’ll have featured performers as well as walk-ons. So please come on by for a fun and heartfelt evening. As always, our Open Mic evenings come with a supportive audience. All are welcome. Advance registrations strongly recommended. Suggested $5-$15 per audience member. Ticket sales support our featured artists. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl-ynl7h-8x3as monthly 0.5 2024-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/57d6deb1-b9f0-4583-98d3-1a925c679bcc/**April+12+open+mic.png Events - Open Mic at BAC Calling all poets, spoken word artists, and musicians! Join us for our monthly Poetry/Spoken Word/Music Open Mic. In honour of National Poetry Month, April’s Open Mic will be hosted by Westchester Poet Laureate Phylisha Villanueva. And, we are holding this event at Bethany Arts Community (40 Somerstown Road, Ossining). All ages are welcome to this very special Open Mic. Advance RSVPs are strongly recommended. This is one Open Mic you won’t want to miss! Co-sponsored by Arts Westchester https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/9ed8b990-57c7-4e47-9b9c-56e9a55d98eb/Phylisha-Villanueva-WC-Poet-Laureate-2024-225x300.jpg Events - Open Mic at BAC - About Phylisha Villanueva Phylisha Villanueva is a Belizean-American poet, author and cultural activist. Villanueva’s own written work focuses on identity, resilience, women’s empowerment and black culture, among other topics. She specializes in Community Arts Development, co-founded the Yonkers Writing Group and, as a teen, founded the first teen open mic in downtown Yonkers, which lasted for five years. She is a teaching artist for ArtsWestchester, and a member of both the Jazz and Poetry Choir Collective, and Tesoro, an international women’s poet collective. Villanueva is currently serving a three- year term as Westchester County’s newest Poet Laureate. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/2kbjuchiwbm38w0p5p9f881ko85f2y monthly 0.5 2024-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/c1b6a27f-13e7-4f22-827f-bfff067892f4/unnamed-2.jpg Events - Melissa Trombetta Book Launch - About the Book I Thought I Knew takes place in Upstate New York. It’s 1995, and protagonist Nicole Doherty is days away from her college graduation— that is, if she graduates—ready to move into her own apartment and start a new job in a prestigious accounting firm when an unseen assailant attacks her, only steps away from the safety of her dorm, changing her forever. Nicole is desperate to move on, vowing never to tell anyone what happened to her, but her past continues to follow her and pull her back. She’s forced to relearn how to trust herself and thrive in an uncontrollable reality, navigating relationships, old and new, often left wondering, who was her attacker? Could it have been a complete stranger—or someone she knows? And do you ever really know someone? I Thought I Knew is women’s commercial fiction aimed at readers who enjoy elevated book club reads. With its strong female lead, thought-provoking supporting characters, and final twists, it is also a story of hope and resolve. It values the toll suffering in silence takes and ultimately realizes that to survive, you must first learn to be comfortable with being uncomfortable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/f5b41508-dc72-4e72-9661-2e8c582f2f43/unnamed.png Events - Melissa Trombetta Book Launch - About the Author Melissa Trombetta is a long-time Ossining resident, a wife, mother of two teenagers, and a long-standing member of corporate America. While she is both a mom and an accountant, she strives not to dress like either. Writing in her free time and dancing at country music festivals like her kids aren’t standing next to her are her guilty pleasures. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lmu1tyvwkqgusjhfnbfemnc9fl88ae-l66wy-d3cfw-49dxz-9fp3c-sma7w-j4naj-ymsb4 monthly 0.5 2024-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a033b387-e873-49ac-b67c-5b78a6a9ef01/Mainstage_Show2024+%282%29.jpg Events - The Mainstage Improv Performance - The Mainstage It's Blind Tiger Improv's Mainstage. Here we showcase all of our world-class house ensembles in a night of comedy that's never been before and will never be seen again! Everything is improvised, which means it's all made up on the spot based on your suggestions. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/author-audrey-birnbaum-at-the-budarz-theater monthly 0.5 2024-03-08 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx-8ltzg monthly 0.5 2024-02-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/uynriu6d3dvre59yevz9djz3mymsa3 monthly 0.5 2024-02-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/dfaae551-b556-44e7-a0f5-fe51d4eabdc8/IMG_9913.jpg Events - Superheroes on the Spectrum - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/38b2be53-cfbd-47d2-847e-b9a36f5180c7/IMG_9913.jpg Events - Superheroes on the Spectrum - About Superheroes on the Spectrum This groundbreaking book transcends boundaries, unveiling a kaleidoscope of voices that span the spectrum of autism. Our 33 contributors, hailing from the United States, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, invite you to learn about their diverse perspectives, experiences and insights as they share their personal stories. Inside these pages, you'll discover the power of embracing differences and celebrating the unique gifts that neurodiversity bestows upon us. It's a beacon of hope in a world where judgment and criticism have no place-because we believe that every voice deserves to be heard and every superhero on the spectrum deserves to shine. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/book-launch-claire-hilbert-and-jump-rope-girl monthly 0.5 2024-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/df153d7a-30b7-4bd5-a765-a20319fcc203/Rana+official+cropped+headshot+smile+whte+shrt.jpg Events - Celebrate Claire Hilbert and the Launch of Jump Rope Girl - About Claire Intermixing just-so words with occasionally outrageous concepts, creating imaginative stories and uncovering truths … these are a few favorite pastimes of YA novelist Claire Hilbert, who had early dreams of reporting from around the world as a Foreign Correspondent. She’s a dog person who instead has two cats because sometimes life has other plans. Claire lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her husband, two sons, and two felines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/aadfea74-1ed1-4089-b498-231c2bdd30bb/Untitled+design+%281%29.jpg Events - Celebrate Claire Hilbert and the Launch of Jump Rope Girl - About Jump Rope Girl "I don't want to leave my friends," that's young Frannie's whole point. Fair enough, except that in practically as many years as Frannie is old, her family has moved. It only gets harder over time. Moving is taking a toll on her family, who can't agree when she and her brother Nick decide getting a new dog will ease their pain. Joining the jump rope crowd seems enticing, but that's not so easy. There's solace in her pursuit of all things French, but that seems to go only so far, or does it? Making friends here and there is not the problem, but feeling comfortable where she is proves tricky. Roadblocks abound on her hoped-for path to newfound acceptance and tranquility. Can Frannie withstand possibly losing everything? What would it take for her cherished dream to become real? Sometimes a surprise is the best clincher. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/zen-meditation-1-dac26-k7cm5-yzkm4-ael4h-6j3wc monthly 0.5 2024-02-09 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/zen-meditation-1-dac26-k7cm5-yzkm4-ael4h monthly 0.5 2024-02-09 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/oys1mlvadh8ngdvwg4r9ymjejugu7q-d9fdn monthly 0.5 2024-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/92fb31ea-29e3-420b-a354-f110d0bc3c78/June+25+Book+Club.jpg Events - Short Attention Span Book Club - Short Attention Span Book Club Join the Sing Sing Prison Museum and Hudson Valley Books for Humanity for the third session of the brand new reading experience called the Short Attention Span Book Club. We meet at the bookstore every other month on Tuesdays from 12:30 to 1:30 PM. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/oys1mlvadh8ngdvwg4r9ymjejugu7q-79wxs monthly 0.5 2024-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/658b1e8a-5118-46f2-8b53-6dd58edd2453/Short+Attention+Span+%282%29.jpg Events - Short Attention Span Book Club - Short Attention Span Book Club Join the Sing Sing Prison Museum and Hudson Valley Books for Humanity for three sessions of the brand new reading experience called the Short Attention Span Book Club. We will meet at the bookstore every other month on Tuesdays from 12:30 to 1:30 PM. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/oys1mlvadh8ngdvwg4r9ymjejugu7q monthly 0.5 2024-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/1b7a6277-5447-4642-90d0-6777e5a0f27d/Short+Attention+Span+%282%29.jpg Events - Short Attention Span Book Club - Short Attention Span Book Club Join the Sing Sing Prison Museum and Hudson Valley Books for Humanity for three sessions of the brand new reading experience called the Short Attention Span Book Club. We will meet at the bookstore every other month on Tuesdays from 12:30 to 1:30 PM. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992-pjbjl monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/3fa131f8-0c3d-415b-9a31-d36a4a64ef85/spoken+word+%28Instagram+Post%29.png Events - Open Mic Calling all poets, spoken word artists, and musicians! Join us for our monthly Poetry/Spoken Word/Music Open Mic. Come on by this month - or any second Friday of the month - and share your latest poetry/spoken word/music projects with a supportive audience. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yhmlzfb1p4hc037aph4r5irb6111cx monthly 0.5 2024-02-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/61a1e383-8940-4c3d-a0ef-4a0ade5866fd/Untitled+%2811+x+8.5+in%29+%282%29.jpg Events - Human Story Swap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/yoga-at-the-bookstore-rglnd-bpmb6 monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic-s3992 monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/3fa131f8-0c3d-415b-9a31-d36a4a64ef85/spoken+word+%28Instagram+Post%29.png Events - Open Mic Calling all poets, spoken word artists, and musicians! Join us for our monthly Poetry/Spoken Word/Music Open Mic. Come on by this month - or any second Friday of the month - and share your latest poetry/spoken word/music projects with a supportive audience. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/d137xxj40enj4m3o4m5nx7ixzpb4qa monthly 0.5 2024-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/65d79888-80fb-4728-a09d-d230626bb54f/Untitled+design-4.jpg Events - Authors Lisa Ko and Jimin Han in Conversation - About Lisa Ko Lisa is the author of The Leavers, which was a 2017 National Book Award forFiction finalist, won the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction,and was a finalist for the 2018 PEN/Hemingway Award. The Leavers was a nationalbestseller and was named a best book of the year by NPR, Entertainment Weekly,BuzzFeed, the Los Angeles Times, and others. Ko’s short fiction has appeared in BestAmerican Short Stories and her essays and nonfiction have been published in The NewYork Times, The Believer, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/172f3675-761c-48f9-ac35-ccc78aca0d60/Untitled+design-5.jpg Events - Authors Lisa Ko and Jimin Han in Conversation - About Jimin Han Jimin is the author of The Apology, a 2023 Barnes and Noble Discover Pick; a best audiobook by Booklist; and a best book of the summer by the LA Times, Vanity Fair, Shondaland, Apple Books and more. She is also the author of A Small Revolution and has written for American Public Media's Weekend America and Poets & Writers, among other media outlets. She teaches at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, Pace University, and community writing centers. Born in Seoul, South Korea, she grew up in Providence, Rhode Island; Dayton, Ohio; and Jamestown, New York. Her work has been supported by the New York State Council on the Arts. The Apology paperback is available May 7, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/b89b8ca9-baa4-482e-a6a7-05acf4eb3a7b/MEMORY+PIECE+cover.jpg Events - Authors Lisa Ko and Jimin Han in Conversation - About Memory Piece Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by their shared sense of alienation and desire for something different. “Allied in the weirdest parts of themselves,” they envision one another as artistic collaborators and embark on a future defined by freedom and creativity. As their friendship matures and changes over several decades, their definitions of success become complicated, and their sense of what matters evolves. Moving from the predigital 1980s to the art and tech subcultures of the 1990s to a richly imagined por-trait of the 2040s, Memory Piece is an innovative and audacious story of three lifelong friends as they strive to build satisfying lives in a world that turns out to be radically different from the one they were promised. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lmu1tyvwkqgusjhfnbfemnc9fl88ae-l66wy-d3cfw-49dxz-9fp3c-sma7w-j4naj-np3a3 monthly 0.5 2024-01-26 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/lmu1tyvwkqgusjhfnbfemnc9fl88ae-l66wy-d3cfw-49dxz-9fp3c-sma7w-j4naj monthly 0.5 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a033b387-e873-49ac-b67c-5b78a6a9ef01/Mainstage_Show2024+%282%29.jpg Events - The Mainstage Improv Performance - The Mainstage It's Blind Tiger Improv's Mainstage. Here we showcase all of our world-class house ensembles in a night of comedy that's never been before and will never be seen again! Everything is improvised, which means it's all made up on the spot based on your suggestions. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/love-songs-with-spencer-smith monthly 0.5 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/1d6053fe-02ee-4937-b765-0ea7a0012ec3/IMG_4542.jpg Events - Love Songs, with Spencer Smith - About Spencer Spencer Smith, bass-baritone, sang at New York City Opera and the Metropolitan Opera for 28 years. He also sang with regional opera companies, where he performed Papageno (Magic Flute), the Count (La Pericole), Mercurio (Romeo and Juliet) and other roles. Spencer was a member of Spotlite on Opera and sang over 2,000 performances introducing opera to students in the tri-state area. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/upcycled-art-with-jessica-colon-5d899-c5xk7-bp4s8-a9jkk-g2w7l-6498c-39dpg-ghb5a monthly 0.5 2024-05-03 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/upcycled-art-with-jessica-colon-5d899-c5xk7-bp4s8-a9jkk-g2w7l-6498c-39dpg monthly 0.5 2024-03-20 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/nv7w28zizeom9ilbdvddxisq1r9fjv monthly 0.5 2024-01-19 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/upcycled-art-with-jessica-colon-5d899-c5xk7-bp4s8-a9jkk-g2w7l-6498c monthly 0.5 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/4ed5451d-7f35-430f-868e-8589d7a70a9e/JMC.jpg Events - Upcycled Art Workshop: Repurposing Books - About Jessica Jessica M. Colón's upbringing on her grandmother's farm in the mountains of Puerto Rico instilled in her a profound reverence for nature and ignited her passion for education. When she moved to New York City and became fluent in English, she realized the importance of bridging her two worlds together. Currently, Jessica serves as co-coordinator at Access Nature Project and oversees the division that reaches out to community organizations serving those in need. She is also an Educator at The New York Botanical Garden's school programs, where she shares her knowledge and love for nature with students. Additionally, she works as a Museum Educator at the Bronx Children's Museum and Morris Jumel Mansion Museum, engaging children and families in interactive learning experiences. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/otown-reads-remarkably-bright-creatures monthly 0.5 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/591f86a1-1054-4edd-8c9c-4376f0180117/booktrib-remarkably-bright-creatures-scaled.jpeg Events - OTown Reads Remarkably Bright Creatures - About the Book "Remarkably Bright Creatures [is] an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut. . . . Memorable and tender." -- Washington Post NAMED A BEST BOOK OF SUMMER by: Chicago Tribune * The View * Southern Living * USA Today https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/improv-workshop-with-blind-tiger-h6dlr monthly 0.5 2024-01-13 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/improv-workshop-with-blind-tiger monthly 0.5 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/cede565b-698f-4c66-8757-345e8c259ec8/3ABE434B4B844AF4AEE9E0B0A4C0CF4E.jpg Events - Improv 101: Workshop with Blind Tiger - Improv 101: 6-Week Class Have you ever watched an improv show and asked yourself, “How do they do that? Can I do that too?” Yes, you can do that too, and you can learn all about how in this class! This 6-week course, led by Blind Tiger Improv, will teach you the fundamentals you need to come up with great comedy on the spot. This class serves as an introduction to improv and the Blind Tiger style. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/francesca-genco-event monthly 0.5 2024-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/2faac136-1656-436a-b5a8-97d8fe065340/FrankeeWeddingScarf.jpg Events - Singing the Body - About Francesca Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World inTransition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. Additionally, Francesca is the founder of Song of the Body, which offers classes, workshops and retreats in embodied voice, sound healing, yoga and creative expression. Her teaching experiences led her to write a book, Singing the Body into Being: Healing Yourself and Community through Song. Her classes and private sessions are centered on creating an intimate relationship with the body as we learn to listen and respond to its natural intelligence and resonance. Listen to Francesca's music here: francescagenco.bandcamp.com Learn more about Francesca here: lilacmusic.com and songofthebody.com Francesca's solo song in Serj Tankian's orchestral concert, Invocations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twN8otgrc-g https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/sound-immersion monthly 0.5 2024-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/3812c75c-d504-4d86-903e-de793f33ed92/FrankeeWeddingScarf.jpg Events - Sound Immersion - About Francesca Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher. Francesca has released two albums, Numinous River (2008) and Lullabies for a World in Transition (2012). Her singing is featured in many films and TV shows, including Neill Blomkamp’s film Elysium and the BBC’s An Honourable Woman. She was also a featured vocalist in the world premier of Serj Tankian’s (lead singer of System of a Down) orchestral concert, Invocations. Additionally, Francesca is the founder of Song of the Body, which offers classes, workshops and retreats in embodied voice, sound healing, yoga and creative expression. Her teaching experiences led her to write a book, Singing the Body into Being: Healing Yourself and Community through Song. Her classes and private sessions are centered on creating an intimate relationship with the body as we learn to listen and respond to its natural intelligence and resonance. Listen to Francesca's music here: francescagenco.bandcamp.com Learn more about Francesca here: lilacmusic.com and songofthebody.com Francesca's solo song in Serj Tankian's orchestral concert, Invocations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twN8otgrc-g https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/74e3ee99-3448-4b3c-80d1-f3cb3e282912/KD+Maha+Rose.jpg Events - Sound Immersion - About Katie Katie Down is a music therapist, sound artist, and sound healing practitioner. She works with many musicians in the Hudson Valley and NYC as an improviser, sonic healing artist, and educator. Katie is a classically trained flutist, jazz improviser, and member of the notorious ukulele group, The Ukuladies! Her psychotherapy practice, Sound Well Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is a holistic, somatic therapy practice. Learn more about Katie and listen to her music here: www.soundwellcenter.com https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/hold-for-drumming-and-salsa monthly 0.5 2024-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/e7644637-f732-4633-aaa9-fac309157412/image0-2.jpg Events - An evening of rhythms, poetry, and salsa! - About Alessandra González Meet Alessandra, a Latina singer-songwriter from the heart of the Hudson Valley. With a dynamic musical range spanning salsa, merengue, bachata, cumbia, and reggaeton, she has become a familiar face at Latin festivals throughout the region. Her performances has transcended age barriers, and her passion for music has left a mark in audiences all over the Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/f0e8eefa-78fb-419e-9250-e1a7676e1520/image2.jpg Events - An evening of rhythms, poetry, and salsa! - About Daniel Villegas Daniel Villegas is a dynamic Slam poet and spoken word artist who captivates audiences with his rhythmic and rhyming performances. Using the power of the congas, he skillfully weaves poetry and expression, delivering poignant life lessons through his art. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/the-long-covid-reader monthly 0.5 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/95ea2e90-49dc-4d82-9415-ae38705a5778/images-2.jpg Events - The Long COVID Reader - About The Long COVID Reader Living with Long COVID is tough. The Long COVID Reader (November 15, 2023, Long Hauler Publishing) features essays, poetry, stories, and commentaries that explore the challenges of living with Long COVID. The anthology is authored by forty-five U.S.-based long haulers, including established writers and poets Pato Hebert, Emily Pinkerton, Morgan Stephens, and Nina Storey. This historical book is the first of its kind and reflects broad demographics, diverse skill sets, underrepresented voices, and those with little writing experience. The Long COVID Reader was featured on NPR’s California Report and is available in paperback, e-book and audiobook formats at bookstores, libraries, and online. Long COVID stems from the SARS-CoV-2 virus and is a potentially damaging illness that can have long-term impacts on people’s lives. The Long COVID Reader uses storytelling to gain recognition and support while giving readers a humanized view of chronic illness. In addition, the book raises awareness about this little-understood illness which affects millions. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/winter-blood-drive monthly 0.5 2024-01-09 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/open-mic monthly 0.5 2024-01-29 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/vision-board-workshop monthly 0.5 2024-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a009ef8a-f69c-4c53-8542-7cebf56e4b5f/Screen+Shot+2023-12-12+at+2.56.31+PM.png Events - Vision Board Workshop - About the Facilitator Brenda Fredericks is a mother, writer, podcaster, and a middle school teacher turned guide of the feminine. She believes being fully you is the medicine needed in the world, and teaches embodiment and devotion to self. Her signature body of work is FLOURISH, Motherhood as a Spiritual Practice, and she co-hosts the Desire as Medicine podcast. 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Art glass, hammered aluminum. Calder inspired. 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His honors include a Golden Kite Award, a Pura Belpré Award, and both gold and silver medals in the Society of Illustrators Original Art show. Born in New York City, Colón lived in Puerto Rico as a boy and now resides in New City, New York, with his family. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/upcycled-art-with-jessica-colon-5d899-c5xk7 monthly 0.5 2023-09-01 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/upcycled-art-with-jessica-colon-5d899 monthly 0.5 2023-10-29 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/upcycled-art-with-jessica-colon-n9z6h monthly 0.5 2023-09-01 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/author-event-seth-zuiho-segall monthly 0.5 2023-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/9c84168b-81ce-4870-9e27-7dd142575190/unnamed-2.jpg Events - Seth Zuiho Segall, author of The House We Live In: Virtue, Wisdom, and Pluralism - About Rabbi Emerita Shira Milgrom Rabbi Emerita Shira Milgrom served as rabbi for Congregation Kol Ami in White Plains for thirty-seven years, building a community of activism, joy and spiritual courage. She has served as keynote speaker at major American conferences on youth leadership, women and feminism, and problems of the aging and the elderly, and is the editor of a unique prayer book used in Jewish settings across the continent. As a rabbi and a former head of the interfaith White Plains Religious Leaders she pioneered notable events that brought the Black and Jewish communities of White Plains together in common purpose. She has also played an active role in helping resettle Syrian immigrants, promoting Israeli-Palestinian and American Jewish-Muslim dialogue, and making Kol Ami a LGBTQ-friendly spiritual community. She reflects a generation of rabbis who passionately create extraordinary encounters with Jewish texts, rituals, and traditions that merge the intimate and personal with a grand vision of the Jewish people. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/upcycled-art-with-jessica-colon monthly 0.5 2023-09-11 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/zen-meditation-jhata-rrw8f-2dw5h-nrhpm-6c4l9 monthly 0.5 2023-08-29 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/zen-meditation-jhata-rrw8f-2dw5h-nrhpm monthly 0.5 2023-08-29 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/zen-meditation-jhata-rrw8f-2dw5h monthly 0.5 2023-08-29 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/zen-meditation-jhata-rrw8f-3fbrk monthly 0.5 2023-08-29 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/zen-meditation-jhata-rrw8f monthly 0.5 2023-08-29 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/zen-meditation-jhata monthly 0.5 2023-08-29 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/zen-meditation monthly 0.5 2023-08-29 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/wehgw3u564ifd6v9d3xla1jnpu6nvp monthly 0.5 2023-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/a2798ab0-e34d-413a-b26b-4185ca7f1f26/Screenshot+2023-08-22+at+9.50.36+AM.png Events - Children’s Event: The Hudson River Through Music - About the Book My Hudson River is a sing-a-long story about the Hudson River and folk musician Pete Seeger’s efforts to clean it up and bring it back to life. This is a story of MUSIC and Environmental Activism for all ages. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/otown-reads-an-immense-world-elzxx monthly 0.5 2023-08-28 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/otown-reads-an-immense-world monthly 0.5 2023-08-28 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/a-closer-look-at-saris monthly 0.5 2023-08-21 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/tietkn1e5343mgrbrxjpj6llat0ulj-7hfpt monthly 0.5 2023-08-25 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/blind-tiger-improv-class monthly 0.5 2023-08-21 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/saturday-poetry-with-rosanna-young-oh-carlie-hoffman-and-anna-rose-welch monthly 0.5 2023-08-23 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/debut-novelist-elise-hart-in-conversation monthly 0.5 2023-10-24 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/hold-for-4-way-poetry-event monthly 0.5 2023-09-25 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/maringotka-gypsy-jazz-performance monthly 0.5 2023-10-14 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/author-event-battlefield-cyber monthly 0.5 2023-08-01 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/tietkn1e5343mgrbrxjpj6llat0ulj monthly 0.5 2023-08-21 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/ls6e7sw3zedjhwvesq0fsly57bd3f3 monthly 0.5 2023-07-27 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/hold-for-origami-workshop-for-kids monthly 0.5 2023-07-19 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/vd0qpydemvcg3iq17sl6fl16twzom6 monthly 0.5 2023-07-08 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/summer-sketch-journal-workshop monthly 0.5 2023-08-25 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/1f4grow0xakwwy24a8mqtb2gy5op91 monthly 0.5 2023-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/f8c8733e-f74e-4d69-b56b-41a2ffe1e835/Eric_Katz+Photo.jpg Events - Michael Hickins, author of The Silk Factory: Finding Threads of My Family’s True Holocaust Story About Eric Katz Eric teaches history, geography, and psychology at New Rochelle High School. He has been involved in social justice as Co-chair of the Greenburgh Human Rights Committee (2014-17), Chair of Woodlands Community Temple’s Bridges to Faith and Friendship Task Force (2019-present), and Advisor for the NRHS Human Rights Club. Among many professional opportunities, he has participated in the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center’s Educators Tour to Germany and Poland (2012) and Heart Mountain, Wyoming and the Japanese American Incarceration (National Endowment for the Humanities, 2022). He holds a BA from Haverford College and an MA from the Fletcher School, Tufts University. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/author-jenny-laden-this-terrible-true-thing monthly 0.5 2023-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/ebeba49c-2f11-4816-ad18-92594a1aed28/IMG_0384.jpg Events - Author Jenny Laden: This Terrible True Thing! - Make it stand out Zoey works at HV Books for Humanity, where her energy and creativity elevate all of us. When she’s not at the store, Zoey attends Ossining High School, writes, reads, works with younger kids around literacy and self-esteem, and plays basketball. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/poetryspoken-word-openmic-b7kjb-xszt3-rl7y4-br8sz-nhs5k-67p6b-hzekz monthly 0.5 2023-11-28 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/poetryspoken-word-openmic-b7kjb-xszt3-rl7y4-br8sz-nhs5k-67p6b monthly 0.5 2023-10-27 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/poetryspoken-word-openmic-b7kjb-xszt3-rl7y4-br8sz-nhs5k monthly 0.5 2023-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/3897f6ec-bdbc-4ba6-a1e2-c7bb78f9e808/bac+logo.png Events - Poetry/Spoken Word/Music Open Mic - Make it stand out About Bethany Arts Bethany Arts Community (BAC) is a space and environment where all forms of art can be learned and expressed. 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What does it mean to “see”? And who or what does the seeing? Whether it is the wildlife of Westchester or the contents of a silverware drawer, Ann Lauinger’s poems play with the possibilities. If human perception, mixed as it is with memory and imagination, must inevitably impose on what it sees, her poems also evoke the stubborn strangeness of creatures and things that bloom with their own resistant beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/3a827d6c-69a5-4a26-a401-2eec1afcae17/46c7ab05-eed5-44db-93f2-9722f2569874.png Events - Poetry Reading with Ann Lauinger, Margo Stever, and Kate Johnson Margo Taft Stever’s full length collections include The End of Horses (Broadstone Books, 2022), winner of a 2022 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award; Cracked Piano (CavanKerry Press, 2019) shortlisted with honorable mention for the 2021 Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize; and Frozen Spring (2002 Mid-List Press First Series Award for Poetry). Her latest chapbook is Ghost Moose (Kattywompus Press, 2019). Her poems, essays, and reviews have appeared in magazines and anthologies, including Plume, Verse Daily, “poem-a-day” on poets.org, Prairie Schooner, Connecticut Review, Cincinnati Review, upstreet, and Salamander. She is founder of the Hudson Valley Writers Center and founding and current co-editor of Slapering Hol Press. She teaches poetry at Children’s Village, a residential school for at-risk children and adolescents. (www.margotaftstever.com). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/2cf8ab9f-1b7a-49a4-a30e-ba805d7d35c9/Untitled+design+%288%29.png Events - Poetry Reading with Ann Lauinger, Margo Stever, and Kate Johnson “Kate Johnson is an ecstatic writer, a writer of overflowing spiritual awareness, but, particularly, her ecstasies are indistinguishable from her precisions, her clarities, her specificities, her power to atomize vision into image and drama and the exquisite human moment. Her poems are a stunning marriage of sight and what sight sees.” - Vijay Seshadri, author of 3 Sections, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/hold-for-jennifer-langrobin-wald-book-event monthly 0.5 2023-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d302fff1-6412-4f55-877d-5b1e8b56d514/cover.jpg Events - A Conversation Between Friends: Authors Jennifer Lang and Robin Wald - About Places We Left Behind In Places We Left Behind, Jennifer puts her marriage under a microscope, examining commitment and compromise, faith and family while moving between prose and poetry, playing with language and form, daring the reader to read between the lines. "Jennifer Lang's Places We Left Behind is an utterly engaging journey. It's a poetic, playful and sometimes painful story of marriage, perseverance, commitment, and most of all love—for our families, our partners and finally—ourselves." ~ Corie Adjmi, award-winning author of The Marriage Box and Life and Other Shortcomings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/bd157ada-4564-48db-9904-c2df9d08f8d2/Untitled+design-24.jpg Events - A Conversation Between Friends: Authors Jennifer Lang and Robin Wald - About In My Jupiter for Personal Growth and Purpose In My Jupiter for Personal Growth and Purpose: An Astrology Coaching Workbook, Robin Wald guides you to create new awareness and insight about your personal growth, aspirations, and purpose by exploring Jupiter’s archetypes, placement in your birth chart, and cycles through your life. Offering hands-on, self-reflective worksheets, this book gives you practical tools to apply astrology, coaching, and other helpful practices to positively impact your happiness, success, and potential. Whether you are brand new, intermediate, or advanced in your knowledge of astrology, this book will support your growth and inspire you in brand new ways. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/hold-for-braver-angels-event monthly 0.5 2023-05-23 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/the-barn-vultures-trio monthly 0.5 2023-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/48372314-9cb6-4119-982c-2897e0ff824f/TBV_Trio_HVBH_Event+Listing.jpg Events - The Barn Vultures Live Acoustic Revue - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/1ebickze7uxd86ial5n2sxsp7z3j9x monthly 0.5 2023-05-11 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/srqn47sib4bdzcnk7p34s070x84o3w monthly 0.5 2023-06-06 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/hold-for-building-body-confidence-in-kids monthly 0.5 2023-05-10 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/poetryspoken-word-openmic-b7kjb-xszt3 monthly 0.5 2023-06-22 https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/hold-for-poetry-reading monthly 0.5 2023-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/c9a6be2d-fc67-465e-9e08-9aa0fff282ec/IMG-8552.jpg Events - An Evening of Poetry - If Some God Shakes Your House Jennifer Franklin reimagines an Antigone for our times in her new collection, If Some God Shakes Your House, where filial devotion is the incitement to disobedience and lifelong disability the occasion for captivity. Franklin’s Antigone honors no gods, brooks no argument, and solicits no mercy. These stark, unyielding lyric persona poems bristle with defiance, sibilate with refusal, and thrum with resignation, while never wavering from the assured ear and unerring hand of a poet revisiting all-too-familiar territory. The Antigone we meet in these pages is as recognizable to us today as she was to ancient Athenians—the locus of the consequences of overweening state power, when “the one who does the judging judges things all wrong.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/64cff4b1-cbe9-462c-b322-97020af0e971/Ghost+Like+a+Place+COVER.jpg Events - An Evening of Poetry Ghost, Like a Place, Iain Haley Pollock's second collection of poems and a follow up to his Cave Canem Poetry Prize winning debut, highlights the complexities of fatherhood and raising young children while bearing witness to the charged movements of social injustice and to the inequities of race in America. Memory, culpability, and our very humanness course through this book and strip us down to find joy and inspiration amid the darkness. The collection was nominated for a NAACP Image Award in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/712b41eb-c6fa-49f4-9819-2069cc0cf384/Singer-Today+in+the+Taxi-Cover-spreads.jpg Events - An Evening of Poetry - In Today in the Taxi, Sean Singer has accomplished, with remarkable succinctness, an amazing number of things: he has reinvented the picaresque for the 21st century; he has created a poetic form, the major component of which is the automobile; and he has conceived a narrator who is both Spenserian and Kafkaesque—all in stark, spare language as convincingly conversational as it is literary in the best sense of the word.” —T.R. Hummer “I am reminded of Calvino’s Invisible Cities, of Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn...Today in the Taxi is intricate, plain, suggestive, deeply respectful of the reader, and utterly absorbing. Like Honey and Smoke before it, which was one of the best poetry books of the last decade, this is work of the highest order.” —Laurie Sheck Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hvbooksforhumanity.com/events/author-event-with-george-black monthly 0.5 2023-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/c39d6202-ef0b-42fb-9e4c-9557774370c1/9E1A54FD-AABB-4DD4-8731-06E2212BEB48_1_201_a.jpg Events - Author George Black in Conversation with Rene Ebersole Rene Ebersole is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist specializing in stories about science, health, and the environment. 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We feature books and artisan items linked to social justice, planet-friendly living, historically marginalized communities, and the magic of the Hudson Valley. If you are a local author or artisan with a product that addresses one or more of the categories above, we’re happy to hear from you. That said, please keep in mind the following: Books We generally order 1 or 2 copies of any new book - even the best-sellers - since we are primarily a “pre-loved” bookstore. Given the relatively small number of new books carried, we strongly favor those that are available through Ingram Distributors. (We will order bulk copies through publishers if we expect an author event to draw a large audience.) Artisan Products Artisan products are selected with price point, customer appeal, and overall store aesthetic in mind. Please don’t be offended if we cannot carry your product at this time. If we choose to carry your product, we will either purchase an order at your wholesale price OR offer your product through a 60:40 consignment arrangement. For inquiries related to book or product sales, please email amy@hvbooksforhumanity.com. Are you the author of a children’s book, and looking for a place to hold a read aloud or book signing? You’re in the right place! Fill out this form to be considered for our Saturday Morning Read-Aloud Series: Read-Aloud Interest Form. Or email Betsy (betsy@hvbooksforhumanity.com) for more information. For all other inquiries related to author events, please complete the attached form: Author Event Interest Form. Please note: While we welcome inquiries of all sorts, we generally prioritize book launches/receptions, as well as grouped author panels organized around social, cultural, or otherwise topical themes. 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Her vision of saving books from landfills grew to include the idea of a bookstore that would promote diverse authors, social justice issues and planet-friendly living, as well as featuring local artisans and events for the community. Her vision became a reality in November 2021, and Amy now oversees everything from event planning to artisan curation to all-around supervision of the store. She also continued her decades-long work in sustainability at Eileen Fisher and plays the bassoon in various local orchestras and instrumental groups. Bonus: Amy is now a 2023 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. Photo credit: InOssining.com Favorite Books: A Different Kind of Power, by Jacinda Ardern; The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley; The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/eb8a85ed-964d-4aa3-9bde-0ec40e373845/Rob.jpeg Our Team - Rob Lowenthal Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/d6c7943c-45d5-40f2-ab4d-d4964de7fa72/Janet.jpeg Our Team - Janet Kraybill Janet is a bookseller and book buyer and oversees the inventory of new, used, and rare & collectible books in the store. She has worked in the book business for many years, including at Penguin Books and Barnes & Noble, and is a recent graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. She loves the mission and creative collaboration at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity, as well as being part of the store's ongoing contribution to the community. Favorite Recent Books: The Sisters by Jonas Hassen Khemeri, Colored Television by Danzy Senna, Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout, and Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/8a359f58-4210-4c22-98bc-1ee01cdb8b38/Betsy.png Our Team - Betsy Kates Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/65af76df-990c-473e-8d0b-3c77d5e139a8/tempImageufd659.jpg Our Team - Chris Jaroszewski Añazco Chris helps with a variety of tasks around the store. He is an avid reader and a book collector with a personal library far too big for his home. He’s passionate about a wide range of topics including history, economics, sociology, business, tech, spirituality, ecology and plant medicine. He's also a developer working on the next big thing in e-commerce. Favorite books: The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow, The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea1ecd053cef023eae07b79/c680091c-e6df-4d67-92d6-978225ec600c/IMG_8530.jpg Our Team - Natalie Partridge Natalie helps with many things around the store, including sorting, shelving, and organizing books, helping customers, and other various projects. She always been passionate about reading, and loves the peaceful environment and community building aspect of the bookstore. She is a student and loves listening to music, being active, and painting or creating art. 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