06/13 Monday 7pm Gazebo Readings, at Schoolhouse Green Oceanside Road and Foxhurst Road, Oceanside, New York (just east of Long Beach Road). http://summergazeboreadings.blogspot.com/2008/01/directions.html Featured Authors: Tom Phelan, Louisa Calio, Steven Schmidt, Roxanne Hoffman http:/roxanne-hoffman.blogspot.com and http://pwpbooks.blogspot.com.
06/18 Saturday 9:30 A.M.-2 P.M. Piping Plover Poetry Writing Workshop Poets , your language skills can help. They are enduring severe environmental disruption. poetry writing workshop conducted by Maxwell C. Wheat, Jr., at the Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center, Jones Beach State Park. Introductory Talk & Guided Walk . To Register & for Directions Phone: 516-780-3295 Jerry Ahern, Sea Cliff, song writer, guitarist, folk singer sharing his environmental and Long Island songs. Bring Brown Bag Lunch, Pens, Pencils for Outdoor Notes, Notebook, (If Possible)—Binoculars Poems will be collected and sent with authors’ permission to organizations involved with these animals suggesting they be used for newsletters, read at meetings, etc. Newsday in spring carries frequent stories about the Piping Plover when Nature Conservation and other volunteers rope and fence off this endangered species’ ocean beach nesting territories, annoying nearby home and second-home owner residents sighting these protective efforts out their windows. These plover nest and hatch young on sandy terrain among the dunes, blocking people’s easy access to the surf. These areas thus are protected from human intrusion—hence news provoking conflicts between property owners and the plover protectors. A situation calling for poetic attention and advocacy with the words and phases of powerful verse that Paumanouk Poets can produce.
at the Robert W. Krueger Bandstand the Village Park, at the foot of Main Street in Northport. Parking is availabe at the park, across the street from the park, and on Main Street. Plan to arrive early – parking spots get scarce as early as one hour before the concerts begin!
07/22 Friday 7:30pm Do-Ing Music — Artist TBA at the Northport Library, 151 Laurel Ave. Free admission, meet the artist reception immediately following.