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Sounds of the Sephardim: Immerse yourself in the music of the Sephardim – a unique blend of sounds from Early Spain and the Middle East – as world-renowned artists take you on a soulful journey filled with vivid storytelling and joyful celebration. The addition of Oud, Voices, Recorder, and Percussion promises a one-of-a-kind musical experience.
Kane Mathis, Oud
Rex Benincasa, Percussion
Nell Snaidas, Voice
Daphna Mor, Voice | Recorder
Ilana Davidson, Voice
Purchase Ticket Link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sounds-of-the-sephardim-tickets-1157262496279?aff=oddtdtcreator
$36.00 General Admission
$18.00 Students (promo code student)
* If you prefer to pay with cash or a check, please call or visit Francine in the office (845-358-3767 tel:+18453583767 ).
No service fees apply when using the office.

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The All Ways Writing Circle offers time, space, community, and inspiration to get some writing done. This is for anyone who wants to write—in any genre—and would benefit from dedicated time. Facilitated by Lily Greenberg, participants will be offered a prompt, approximately 45 minutes to write, then a chance to share their work in a warm and supportive group setting. No experience needed, all genres welcome. Snacks and drinks will be provided. Admission is $12.
Participants are encouraged to register on Eventbrite. Walk-ins are also welcome, and can pay at the door by cash, check, or Venmo.
Starting July 11, 2024, our venue is Creative Arts Workshop https://www.arts-workshop.com/ , 171 Main Street Nyack, NY.
For more info and FAQ, visit our website https://allwayswriting.org/writing-circles/ .
This program is offered by All Ways Writing Collective https://allwayswriting.org/ , a group which organizes writing circles, workshops, salons, and author readings in the lower Hudson Valley of New York (Rockland County). Our community members range from aspiring to established writers, and we strive to make our events accessible and engaging for all. Learn more about our community on our Instagram @allwayswriting and our website allwayswriting.org https://allwayswriting.org/ .
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LILY GREENBERG is a poet from Nashville, Tennessee and the author of In the Shape of a Woman (Broadstone Books 2022). Her work has appeared in New England Review, Ecotone, On the Seawall, Cortland Review, and Iron Horse Literary Review, among others. She holds an MFA from the University of New Hampshire and lives in Nyack, New York. More about her at lily-greenberg.com https://lily-greenberg.com/ .

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A Fashionable Funeral by Bette Siler

JANET and BRENDA are the Mutt and Jeff of the over-60 set. While JANET prides herself on being a sophisticate, BRENDA is an innocent who believes that all things come to she who waits; that there is redemption, and beyond that, a heavenly hereafter. They enter a funeral home in Woodside, Queens, New York to view the body of their friend, Nancy. They are not entirely pleased with the mortician’s best intentions. A FASHIONABLE FUNERAL is a comedy that explores aging, death and how to avoid a bad hair day in your casket.

Writer’s Block by Ric Siler

Chief and Boggs are a couple of small-time criminals. When Boggs steals a leather bag with a play and a laptop in it, Chief is intrigued. When the playwright shows up at their door, it brings up questions that may be better left unanswered.

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Our weekly poets circle, Circle Up, is happening every Thursday night from 6 PM to 7 PM at X House in Nyack. This week, I’m thinking on doing a performance/delivery workshop, but usually we do either writing or editing. If you want weekly emails or texts about that, let me know and I can add you to the proper list. If you can swing it, cost is $5, paid directly to the venue.

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Nicole Cooley grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her most recent book is the collection of poetry Mother Water Ash (Louisiana University Press, July 2024) as well as the two poetry collections, Girl after Girl after Girl (Louisiana State University Press, 2017) and Of Marriage (Alice James Books, 2018).  She has published four other collections of poems, Breach, Milk Dress, The Afflicted Girls and Resurrection, as well as a novel, Judy Garland, Ginger Love, two chapbooks, Frozen Charlottes, A Sequence, and Vanishing Point, and a collaborative artists’ book (with book artist Maureen Cummins), Salem Lessons.  Her awards include The Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets, a Discovery/The Nation Award, an NEA, a Creative Artists fellowship from The American Antiquarian Society, and the Emily Dickinson Award from the Poetry Society of America. Currently, she is a professor in the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation and the English Department at Queens College-City University of New York.

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