WORDS OF WISDOM

I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually have to do, ironically, with powerlessness and isolation.

~Adam Arkin,American Actor (b.1956)

TONIGHT!

Saturday, August 29 2009 5:00pm

Smalls Reading Series

Two Features TBA + open mike (sign-up at 4:30pm)
Hosted by George Guida, Lee Kostrinsky and Christine Timm

Smalls Jazz Club
183 West 10th Street (near Sheridan Square on 7th Avenue)
$6 | www.smallsjazzclub.com |leeko@rcn.com | 212-252-5091
Subway: 1/9/A/B/C/D/E/F/V to West 4th Street

TODAY'S WORD

ZEALOT

Syn.- partisan, bigot, enthusiast, patriot, fanatic.

Ant.- shirker, dawdler.

TODAY'S WORD

YEARN

Syn.- crave, desire, hanker, pine.

Ant.- reject, ignore, shun, deprecate.

Mid Week Inspiration

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present.

~Babatunde Olatunji

TODAY'S WORD

WONDER

Syn.-

n.- amazement, awe, bewilderment, admiration, surprise, prodigy, spectacle.

v.- query, ponder, doubt.

Ant.- expectation, commonness, steadiness, hardheadedness.

WORDS OF WISDOM

I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.

-Luis Barragan, Mexican Architect (1902-1988)

TODAY'S WORD

VERACITY

Syn.- truth, reality, accuracy, candor.

Ant.- falsehood, lying, misrepresentation, deceit.

TODAY'S WORD

UNSCRUPULOUS

Syn.- ruthless, unprincipled, dishonest.

Ant.- honest, just, merciful, conscientious

Open Mic

Thursday, August 20 2009 9:00pm

Uzi's Open Mic: Brooklyn

Uzi's open!hosted by Amy Ouzoonian

at HiChristina's

632 Grand St.,

Brooklyn, NY

www.hichristina.comamy.ouzoonian@gmail.com

$5 Donation

WORDS OF WISDOM

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

TODAY'S WORD

TERSE

Syn.- neat, succinct, concise, brief, exact

Ant.- tedious, tiresome, wordy, lengthy, redundant

Reading @ Bluestockings

Thursday, August 13th @ 7PM - $5 Suggested
Performance: Susana Lei’ataua “Through Windows”
Join Susana Lei’ataua in a dramatic reading of her poem “Through Windows,” which takes us to the winter months after 9/11. The autobiographical poem tells the story of a woman working as a coat checker in uptown Manhattan and living in the East Village. Susana Lei’ataua is part of the Lei’ataua and Taupa’u families in Samoa and a recipient of the Fulbright New Zealand Senior Scholar Award for 2008.

Bluestockings is located at 172 Allen Street on the Lower East Side.

TODAY'S WORD

SHREWD

Syn.- sharp, cunning, clever, astute, alert, prudent.

Ant.- unthinking, impetuous, foolish, dense, frivolous, stupid.

WORDS OF WISDOM

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.

~Lewis Mumford

Not On Radar

Below are two authors who, in my opinion, fly under the radar. Read some of their work and share your thoughts.

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Herman Melville

Genevieve

Herstory on the Island

Wednesday, August 5 2009 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Bilingual Herstory:Patchogue

Bilingual Herstory Workshops every Wednesday.

FREE (you do not need to live in the library district to come).

Taught by Herstory Silvia Heredia.

Patchogue-Medford Library , 54-60 E. Main St, Patchogue, NY

(631) 6544-4700 x 23

TODAY'S WORD

RUSTIC

Syn.- countrified, agricultural, bucolic, rude, unpolishd, simple, crude.

Ant.- elegant, cultured, refined, urbane, stylish, sophisticated.

WORDS OF WISDOM

I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass.

~Tracy Kidder