Symposia Community Events – September 2010
Published author John McCaffrey leads students in a comprehensive writing course exploring the core components of fiction – from story concept to completion. Topics explored include crafting memorable characters, developing engaging plot lines, and honing a unique voice that will resonate with the reader.
Thursday evenings, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
September 16 through October 28, Seven Week Course
Symposia Community Bookstore, 510 Washington Street , Hoboken , New Jersey (www.symposia.us).
The course is $100.
To register or find out more information contact John McCaffrey at jamccaffrey@earthlink.net or phone (917.239.5306).
Registration Deadline is September 10th.
John McCaffrey holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the City College of New York. A former New York Times Fellow, his short stories, book reviews, and essays, have appeared regularly in literary journals, newspapers and periodicals.
Event organized by Debaun Auditorium in collaboration with Stevens Institute of Technology
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Presenting artists from academia and industry, with voices from traditional to modern, co-hosts Siobhan Barry-Bratcher and David Vincenti will introduce you to a panorama of poetry that will stretch not only your view of the art, but your view of your world as well.
Each featured writer will read selections from their collection and then the microphone will open to the public to share their work. This series is at 3 p.m. on the first Sunday of each month at Symposia Bookstore, 510 Washington St., Hoboken (unless otherwise noted). All events in this series are open to the public and free – with a suggested donation of $3. Past artists who have been featured include: Diane Lockward, Brian Bradford, Stuart Greenhouse, Shanna Compton, Valerie Schermerhorn, Sintora Regina Vanderhorst, Sander Zulauf, Deena Linett, George Harvilla, Meg Kearney, BJ Ward, Faith Vicinanza, Joel Lewis, Renee Ashley, John-Paul Marotta, postmidnight, Edmund Conti, Peter Murphy, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Laura Boss, Jack Wiler, Mike Fleming, and David Messineo. Season 2009-2010 All are welcome to come and be part of the reading series. It is not necessary to pre-register for
these events, either to attend or to read during open-mic time |
September 14 at 7 pm
Each participant who sits through the class and at the end fills out an evaluation form will receive a $10 subway card in thanks for their participation.
Beginners welcome!
For more info, contact Carlos at chdesign@cch-online.741.com
TODS Book Club
Educational Hour through the wonder of great books
Fall Theme: Eric Carle for Fall
18-36 months
Fall : September 18, 2010- December 18, 2010
Schedule: Fridays, 3:00 – 3:45pm
4:00 – 4:45pm
Saturdays, 9:30 – 10:15am
Sundays, 10:15-11:00am
Maximum 10 children per class
MATHLICIOUS Club
Math can be fun and easy by learning the thinking process of solving problems.
K-6
Fall: September 12, 2010-December 20, 2010
Schedule: Sundays 9:00am -9:40am
Maximum 8 children per class
For more information for TODS Book Club and MATHLICIOUS Club, please call (866) 576-6572 or email: ecb27@columbia.edu. Please look at our announcements at hobokenmoms@yahoo.group and HFA Bulletin Boards.
