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Logos
Bookstore’s Recommendations
By
H. HARRIS HEALY, III, President, Logos Bookstore,
1575 York Avenue (between 83rd and 84th Sts.)
New York, NY 10028
(212) 517-7292, Fax (212) 517-7197
E-mail: www.nyclogos.citysearch.com
As
summer ends, fall begins, people return to the city and schools
begin, education in different guises is being offered at Logos
from the ongoing children’s story hour every Tuesday afternoon
at 3:30 P.M., to the Kill Your TV Reading Group the first Wednesday
of every month at 7 P.M., September’s selection is White Teeth
by Zadie Smith and October’s is Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis, to
the Siren Project, a reading series of new women writers and performers
every Tuesday at 7 P.M. starting September 11. Up and coming playwright
France-Luce Benson, who is having some plays produced in off,
off Broadway theater settings this fall will present readings
of her plays: Silence of the Mambo and Da Beat Trap respectively
about Haiti on the eve of the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship
and a one woman show about one night club, five women, one beat.
Actress Tessa Martin will perform CaribBeing, a solo performance
about Caribbean life and society. Maria Cabrera, Sirens Project
coordinator and frequent presenter of staged readings at Logos,
will present a one-woman show, Creating Joan about the performer’s
journey to France to research the life of Joan of Arc, and the
play Susan, John and Me about teenagers Mercedes and Susan preparing
for a radio contest, they hope to win to visit Liverpool, the
birthplace of the Beatles.
These are just a few of the offerings of this ambitious project,
which also includes among others a screenplay by former Logos
employee, Samantha Patterson, called Mafia Story. Come join the
fun.
Transit: #4 #5 or #6 Lexington Avenue Subway to 86th
St., M15 Bus (First & Second Aves.), M86 Bus (86th
St.), M79 Bus (79th St.), M31 Bus (York Ave.)
Upcoming Events At Logos
Wednesday September 5, 7 P.M. KYTV Reading Group will discuss
White Teeth By Zadie Smith
Thursday September 13 & Saturday September 22 at 3 P.M. Children’s
Puppet Show
Tuesday September 11, Tuesday September 18 & Tuesday September
25 at 7 P.M.
The Sirens Project: ‘Silence of the Mambo’, ‘Da Beat Trap, ‘Creating
Joan’, ‘Susan, John and Me”
Wednesday, October 3, 7 P.M. KYTV Reading Group will discuss Lucky
Jim by Kingsley Amis.
Education Update, Inc., P.O. Box 20005, New York, NY 10001. Tel:
(212) 481-5519. Fax: (212) 481-3919. Email: ednews1@aol.com.
All material is copyrighted and may not be printed without express consent of
the publisher. © 2001.
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