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September 2001

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.

 

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