DECEMBER 2016
Join NWU member, children’s author and national diversity speaker Gina Humber for a book reading and signing. Free gift bag with every book purchase.
Saturday, December 17, 2016
to Sisters Uptown Bookstore & Cultural Center
1942 Amsterdam Avenue at West 156th Street
New York, NY
Join NWU member Lee Christine Brownlee for her book launch party for Heartfelt Emotions.
December 9 – Annual Holiday Party
Join us at this festive gathering where we’ll have prizes, fun, and food to share with all of our members, friends, and supporters.
Free, but RSVPs strongly encouraged. Email NWUNY@nwu.org.
December 5 – First Monday Monthly Meetup: Let’s Talk about the Business of Writing
December 4 – BOOK PARTY & DISCUSSION
Dr. Hiva Panahi’s first poem appeared in the Kurdish magazine, Serwe, when she was thirteen. At age sixteen she started a movement against the Iranian theocratic oppression towards women, for which she was imprisoned and tortured. She fled to Greece, where she lives as a refugee and continues writing poems and fighting for women’s rights.
POETRY IS NOT A CRIME: KURDISH POETRY
by Dr. Hiva Panahi
Sunday, December 4, 2016 from 1 – 3 PM
256 W. 38th St., 12th FL (UAW Conference Rooms)
New York, NY 10018
ALL ARE WELCOME
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED
RSVP: info@hardballpress.com, 917-428-1352
December 3: Good Old – Old School Open Mic (Plus)
Writers: Come share your original poetry or prose in a literary nurturing environment.
Or just come and listen as these word artists draw you into their creative worlds.
Saturday, December 3, 2016
to
Muhlenburg Public Library
209 W 23rd St New York, NY
(near Seventh Avenue)
Fully accessible to wheelchairs.
FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE
November 29 – Member Book Reading at The National Arts Club
NWU member Leslie Lawrence invites all to this free reading from her latest work, The Death of Fred Astaire.
The National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park
20th St. & Park Ave
NY, NY
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016
8 pm
When, in the late eighties, the author chooses to raise a child with her lesbian partner, she embraces a life outside the lines—one full of curious adventures as well as the usual catastrophes and everyday pleasures.
As a child of the sixties, Leslie Lawrence knew she didn’t want to duplicate her parents’ lives, yet she never imagined she’d stray so far outside the lines of their—and her own—expectations. The Death of Fred Astaire opens with the story, both wrenching and funny, of how Lawrence says her goodbyes to the iconic images she’s held since her youth; she then proceeds to bear a child and raise him with her lesbian partner. Some essays in this debut collection reflect on legacies Lawrence inherited from her Jewish family and culture. In others, she searches gamely for a rich, authentic life—a voice, a vocation, a community, even a “god” she can call her own.
November 12 –BOOK PARTY FOR NEW CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM HARD BALL PRESS
Join Hardball Press founder and NWU member Timothy Sheard for a book party to present their new children’s books:
Hat’s Off For Gabby; The Cabbage that Came Back; Joelito’s Big Decision;
Manny and the Mango Tree; Margarito’s Forest
Saturday, November 12, 20016, 1-3 pm
UAW/NWU Conference Rooms
256 W. 38th St., 12th floor
New York, NY 10018
Cookies & chocolate milk for the children, Wine & Beer for the grownups!
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November 7 – First Monday Monthly Meetup: Let’s Talk about the Business of Writing
November 5: Good Old – Old School Open Mic (Plus)
Writers: Come share your original poetry or prose in a literary nurturing environment.
Or just come and listen as these word artists draw you into their creative worlds.
Saturday, August 6, 2016
to
Muhlenburg Public Library
209 W 23rd St New York, NY
(near Seventh Avenue)
Fully accessible to wheelchairs.
FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE
October 27 – City Hall Rally: Pass the #FreelanceIsntFree Bill
Please go to the link below, which is an NWU Facebook (FB) event page. Please share it on your FB page, and use it to invite your many FB friends who would be interested. Thanks.
October 23 – El Festival del Libro
El Festival del Libro/Festival of Books is one of several cultural arts entertainment events being organized and produced by AfterDark CATV PRO as a part of La Fortaleza Project. It takes place annually in El Barrio/East Harlem’s Children’s Aid Society Center on East 101st Street & Lexington Ave.
Sunday, October 23, 2016
to
Children’s Aid Society East Harlem Center
130 East 101st Street, New York, NY
It was created to address the lack of visibility and recognition of Latin@ as writers and readers. More over, it was created as a vehicle to maintain the ethnic identity and cultural practices of Puerto Ricans in El Barrio/East Harlem, an ethnic neighborhood being threatened by gentrification and economically motivated encroachment. The event features published writers & authors of Latino descent. It is open to publishers whose titles and writers are Latin@s and who print books in both Spanish & English. Children’s book, adolescents, “do-it-yourself’ books, recipe books, folkloric books. memoirs, and biographic books are on display and available to buyers.
Learn more at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/el-festival-del-librofestival-of-books-2016-tickets-16453298258
when the 30th Anniversary Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival return to Newark from Thursday October 20th through Sunday October 23rd, 2016.into a poetry village featuring some of our most celebrated, diverse and vibrant poets and spoken word artists.
NWU member Jan Clausen will be leading an eight-week lively and much-appreciated Advanced Writing Workshop through NYU’s School of Professional Studies, starting:
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 6:30 PM to
Manhattan Village Academy
43 West 22nd Street, New York, NY
Whether you’re an advanced writer looking for a challenge or a prospective student planning to apply to graduate writing programs, this workshop can help you to hone your craft and further develop your distinctive voice. As a participant in this rigorous MFA-style workshop, have your writing read and critiqued weekly. Challenge yourself to produce new writing or to revise and polish works already in progress. As in many MFA programs, this course is designed to intermingle students working on short stories, novels, and memoirs.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Admission is by permission of the instructor. To apply, email five pages (double-spaced, 12-point font) to Kenneth French at [masked]. Please include your phone number and email address. Admission is on a rolling basis, and the class may fill before the start of the semester. Applicants are encouraged to apply early. For application deadline information, please call[masked]-7289.
Join the NY Labor History Assoc. for the award presentation and a discussion about using history to understand workers’ stories with historian Kimberly Phillips-Fein (NYU), and investigative journalists Juan Gonzalez (Democracy Now!), and Tom Robbins (CUNY)
Thursday October 13, 2016 6-8pm
10th Floor, 70 Washington Square South, Bobst Library, NYU
RSVP recommended, e-mail Tamiment.events@nyu.eduwith guest names & title of event.
This NYLHA award is co-sponsored by LaborArts / Metro New York Labor Communications Council / the NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO / and the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at NYU’s Tamiment Library.
More information at LaborArts.org/Bernhardt; contact info@LaborArts.org or 212 966-4014 x1703
September 24 – From the Personal Point of View
NWU member Serge Hollerbach presents his new book, From the Personal Point of View, a collection of essays on the theme of art, literature and society.
Saturday, September 24, 2016
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National Writers Union
256 West 38 Street, New York, NY
“It is indeed very difficult to find reasons for optimism in the turbulent world of today, with many wars going on, genocides, corruption, population explosion and global warming. Yet… this optimism cannot be called naïve because it is existentially abstract and life enhancing. It is the glass that is always half full and never half empty,” ~ Serge Hollerbach, From the Personal Point of View From the Personal Point of View is a collection of essays – paradoxical and contradictive answer from a famous American artist on the main questions of contemporary art and society. All essays were illustrated by the author – his best reflections upon the Big Apple. Among our special guests: Serge Hollerbach, an academician of the National Academy of Design; Peter von Berg, actor; and Marina Adamovich, the editor-in-chief of the oldest Russian Émigré literary journal The New Review based in New York since 1942.
About the author:
During World War II a Russian teenager was sent to a work camp in Nazi Germany. After the war he immigrated to the U.S. He went from being a worker at a tie-making factory to an academician of the National Academy of Design and a national award laureate. His stories portray a brilliant sense of style, with the subtle humor of a real New Yorker.
Peter Von Berg will read a short excerpt from Mr. Hollerbach’s book. Peter Von Berg is an actor, known for The Americans, Person of Interest, Law & Order, Bad Company, Cast Away, The Purple Rose of Cairo, etc.
After the reading refreshments will be served. Come and enjoy samples of Russian food and French wine.
Sisters and Brothers: There will be a Day of Action to support UAW Local 1508, whose members have been locked out at Honeywell since May 9. Scabs are working in the plant and the more than 4-month lockout has been a great harship to our brothers and sisters. Honeywell is trying to destroy our union while they rake in $4 billion a year in federal contracts, that we pay for!
Last week, the Defense Dept. extended a major contract with Honeywell. We will protest at the Leo W. O’Brien Federal Building at 11 am and call on the Federal Government to withhold all contracts with Honeywell while the lockout continues. We will also ask the Federal Aviation Administration to inspect the locked out plants to ensure the products being produced by scab labor meet federal safety standards.
Get On The Bus in NYC — Wednesday — September 21
Leaves at 7:00 am Returns by 6:00 pm
UAW Offices at 256 W. 38th St., NYC (btw 7th & 8th)
(For NWU members in MA and CT, there may be another bus or carpools from Region 9A offices in Farmington, CT.)
If you are interested in getting on the bus, or going up the night before, send me an email or call me at 212-254-0279.
Let’s make this a day Local 1508 and Honeywell will never forget!
To showcase your book(s) at the NWU booth, join NWU at nwu.org.
Email nwuny@nwu.org to make arrangements or with any questions about the NWU. Spots are filling up!
Bookend Events September 12 – 18, 2016
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Featured performers:
NWU member Garrett Robinson – Soliloquies of Hamlet “To be or not to be” and other poems
Anna Nemerovsky – Play “Hamlet Stages Shakespeare”
Pianist Elena Kushnerova – “Shakespeare in Classical Music” (works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev)Tickets: $30
Discount for members of the Pushkin Society in America and NWU: $15Purchase tickets from www.americanpushkinsociety.com through PayPal. You will receive an e-mail confirmation within 2 days.
Support the NWU and all labor unions by coming to this year’s parade on Fifth Avenue.- NWU and UAW members will meet at 11:30 am on 46th St. between 5th Ave and Vanderbilt Ave.
- We are scheduled to enter the march at 12:45 pm.
- If it is raining, the march may mobilize more quickly due to a smaller turnout, so we may begin marching closer to 12 pm.
- We will march north on 5th Ave to 64th St.
Debra E. Bernhardt (photograph by Jane Latour, 1995)
The winner will be announced at the Tamiment Library on Thursday October 13, 2016, during a forum about the history of labor journalism. We are guided by the vision of the late Debra E. Bernhardt, who worked in so many different realms to share the hidden histories of working people. As head of the Wagner Labor Archives she reached out to an astonishing number of people and organizations, to document undocumented stories and unrecognized contributions, and to make links between past and present.
The prize will be given to insightful work that contributes to the understanding of labor history; shows creativity; demonstrates excellence in writing; and adheres to the highest journalistic standards of accuracy. The work may be an article or a series of articles, published in a labor or a workers’ center publication or by an independent journalist – in print or online – between September 1, 2015 and August 30, 2016.
TO ENTER send an e-mail before Thursday September 1, 2016 to info@laborarts.org with the following information:
Author name
title of article
name of publication
url link to publication if available
date and place of publication
url link for article if available.
IF the entry originally appeared in print,send the above mentioned e-mail and also mail six print copies of the article (with a cover sheet) to Labor Arts, 7th Floor, 25 Broadway, New York, NY 10004. The work should be published between September 1, 2015 and August 30, 2016. Only one entry per person; publications and subject matter should target the United States and Canada; neither books nor plays are eligible. If you have any questions about the prize please email info@LaborArts.org or call 212-966-4014 ext. 1703
NYC educator and national speaker on diversity (and NWU member) Gina Humber is having an intimate book reading & signing event 8/28, and she is inviting you and your child/children/grandchildren to attend. Come and see why her book is making waves in the literacy world, and why Ms. Humber feels all our images should be seen and celebrated.
Come hear her talk to you about the importance of our images being represented and the importance of being seen and heard in children’s literature!
Let your child get a book that discusses, shows & celebrates: melanin, special needs, bullying, ethnicities, religions and let this book show your child what true diversity, inclusion and self acceptance looks and feels like.
We cordially invite you, to a day of coloring, book reading, light refreshments and family fun from 3pm to 7pm. And a few surprises! #Diversityisaverb
Sunday, August 28, 2016
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More info about Ms. Humber,
please visit http://www.ginahumber.com
Twitter: Gina Humber
Instagram: Gina Humber
FaceBook: @Diversityisaverb
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1335 6th Ave
New York, NY 10019
Writers: Come share your original poetry or prose in a literary nurturing environment.
Or just come and listen as these word artists draw you into their creative worlds.
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Saturday, August 6, 2016
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Muhlenburg Public Library
209 W 23rd St New York, NY
near Seventh Avenue, New York, NY (map)Fully accessible to wheelchairs.
FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE
JULY 2016
July 26 – August 7: Letters to Zoey by NWU Member Garrett Buhl Robinson
Letters to Zoey, a play with music, written and performed by Garrett Buhl Robinson BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Using lyrical letters and foot stomping songs, Robinson portrays a young man on a desperate search for liberation and love. This one-man musical was a highlight in last season’s MITF and returns for another engagement.
Letters to Zoey
a play with music
Jewel Box Theater
July 26 8:15 PM Tuesday
July 30 4:15 PM Saturday
July 31 7:00 PM Sunday
https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/27845
Tickets only $20 Order you tickets HERE
July 30 – 31: NYC Poetry Festival
The National Writers Union will have a table where members may display and sell books. Members, please email nwuny@nwu.org if you want to display your books or can watch the table at any time
during the festival.
July 28 – Women Action Media (WAM) NYC Social Justice Communicators Meetup
Meet the people behind the email addresses (and awesome communications work)!
Is your latest communications campaign going amazingly, and you can’t wait to tell people all about it? Have you ever wondered how to produce an effective annual report without breaking the bank? Have you come out the other end of a website relaunch with a trove of lessons learned? Are you trying to measure your impact on target audiences and wondering how others do it? Trying to crack the code of fundraising on social media? Looking for more creative things to mix with gin?
Come meet other smart people working in communications for social justice to share ideas and just hang out! Bring your trickiest problems and your innovative solutions, and come ready to be energized with new perspectives and delightful bar snacks.
Thursday, July 28 @ 6:30 PM
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July 20 – NWU E-Rights and E-Books Webinar: What Authors Need to Know
You are invited to sign up for our new webinar, “E-Rights and E-Books: What Authors Need to Know,” which will be presented by members of our Grievance and Contract Division and Book Division.
The webinar will be Wednesday, July 20, at 8:00 p.m. EDT. It’s free for NWU members.
To sign up, send an email to nwu1ngo@gmail.com with “NWU E-book Webinar” in the subject line. Instructions for joining the webinar will be forwarded to you.
July 16 – Harlem Book Fair
- Email nwuny@nwu.org to make arrangements or ask any questions about the NWU.
- To showcase your book, join the NWU at nwu.org.
- To learn more about the Harlem Book Fair, visit harlembookfair.com.
June 26 –NWU/UAW Joins Pride at Work to March in Solidarity at the Gay Pride Parade
The National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981, stands in solidarity with the LGBT and the Latino community against the Orlando hate crime. As writers who witness and reflect on the events and issues that face us, we express our love and support for all victims of prejudice, discrimination, abuse and attack. Let us replace hatred with love, turn swords into plowshares, provide help to the mentally ill, and welcome all the people of the world who want to live in peace on this fragile earth.
Join us on Sunday, June 26 at 2 pm when we gather to march at 38th and 5th Ave in NYC. From there we’ll meet up with Pride at Work for the event that begins at 34th St. and 5th Ave.
Media Bite: Biggest Writers Group Stands With LGTB Community
June 10 – 18: Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Virtual Reality
Human Rights Watch Film Festival showcases the best of virtual reality, bringing you a fascinating discussion of the hotly debated questions surrounding the cross-over between this new technology and human rights – and by letting you experience solitary confinement in the comfort of the Lincoln Center.
6×9: An Immersive Experience of Solitary Confinement June 10, 2016–June 18, 2016, 7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m. Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Furman Gallery Right now, more than 80,000 people are in solitary confinement in the US, locked in tiny concrete boxes where every element of their environment is controlled. They spend 22-24 hours a day in their cells, with little to no human contact for days or even decades. The sensory deprivation they endure causes severe psychological damage. These people are invisible to us—and eventually to themselves. This powerful VR piece invites you to experience first-hand what life is like in solitary confinement. |
The Emerging World of Virtual Reality and Human Rights June 15, 2016, 6:30 p.m. Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater Questions of responsibility and legitimacy in portraying human rights stories are hotly debated within this emerging field. Join us for a panel discussion with creators, journalists and human rights experts to discuss this exciting and evolving intersection of VR and human rights. Click to find out more |
“Solitary” Film ScreeningJune 16, 2016, 6:15 PM
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New York
Solitary tells the stories of several inmates sent to Red Onion State Prison, one of over 40 supermax prisons across the US, which holds inmates in eight-by-ten foot solitary confinement cells, 23 hours a day. Screening followed by discussion with filmmaker Kristi Jacobson and Jamie Fellner, Senior Advisor, US program, HRW
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June 10 – Book Launch: The Death of Fred Astaire
Attend NWU member Leslie Lawrence ‘s book launch.
“Leslie Lawrence’s essays are sympathetic and patiently observed; she ably demonstrates that hard choices call for careful and humane decisions.”— John Irving
“The Death of Fred Astaire assembles a realistic and venturesome portrait of the author—as writer, teacher, mother, grieving partner, perennial seeker—while capturing the complicated texture of the post-1960s decades of American life. Lawrence’s reach is wide, her narrative skills highly honed, and her tone is resonant with a sense of truth being told.” — Sven Birkerts
Read more: http://leslielawrencewriter.com/
7:00 PM
208 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
June 4 – Good Old – Old School Open Mic Hour
Writers: Come share your original poetry or prose in a literary nurturing environment.
Or just come and listen as these word artists draw you into their creative worlds.
Saturday, June 4, 2016
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Muhlenburg Public Library
209 W 23rd St, New York, NY
near Seventh Avenue, New York, NY (map)
Fully accessible to wheelchairs.
FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE
(between Staton & Rivington)
- Jan Clausen’s new poetry/hybrid Veiled Spill: A Sequence bridges poetry and prose, lyric and documentary, sampling and improvisation, conventional stanzas and impertinent word-bursts. A chapter from my novel in progress is up on line at Hamilton Stone Review: http://www.hamiltonstone.org/hsr34.html
- Sophia Wortzel is a NYC native playing a folky-bluesy mix of original tunes.
May 26 – A Tennis Background: Sportswriting Showcase Presented by Study Hall
Study Hall presents “A Tennis Background,” a sports-themed non-fiction reading series hosted by Ian Frisch.
Featuring: Mary Pilon, Brett Forrest, Greg Hanlon, and David Hill.
Thursday, May 26 @ 7 pm
200 6th Street, #2H,
Brooklyn, NY 11215
For more information, visit the event Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/events/618753881613219
May 23 – Invitation to Soirée des Flâneurs / Book Signing – NYC
For all who enjoy strolling through Manhattan Canyons and those who love mysteries and mystery writers, NWU mystery writers Frank Hickey (Pigtown Books) and Tim Sheard (Hardball Press) and Peter Benjaminson will be there to sign copies of their most recent books.
Monday, May 23, 2016
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
National Writers Union
256 W. 38th Street (btwn 7th and 8th Avenues,
closer to 8th) Room 703
New York, New York 10018
FREE Admission; no RSVP necessary. Bring along
anyone (and/or beverage!) you like.
Just tell the door attendant you are there for the book signing.
Another exciting mixture of crime, labor struggles and medical drama is coming from Timothy Sheard and Hard Ball Press.
May 22 – The Left Forum gets an UpSurge! followed by the Literary Warriors
NWU Members Raymond Nat Turner and Zigi Lowenberg, co-leaders of UpSurge!
Sunday, May 22, 2016 from 4 – 6 pm
Black Box Theater
at the Left Forum Conference
Left Forum
860 Eleventh Avenue at 59 Street
Join the ASJA for two days of education, networking, and sharing winning strategies with top writers, editors, agents, content buyers, and more. Speakers and attendees represent such companies as The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The New Republic, The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, Family Circle, BBC Travel, Inc.com, Fortune, Fast Company,The Atavist, Seal Press, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with more being added all the time.
The 2016 conference will offer more than 35 instructive topic sessions and invaluable one-on-one meetings with editors, agents, and publishers.
With more than 1,200 members, ASJA stands as the country’s leading association of successful nonfiction writers.
THE ROOSEVELT HOTEL
45 East 45th Street & Madison Avenue,
New York, New York 10017
Tickets: $10
Amalgamated Lithographers Union Local 1 –
New York, NY 10003
May 14 – The Green Book Chronicles Documentary Cocktail Fundraiser
Meet documentary creators Calvin A. Ramsey and Becky Wible Searles for a cocktail fundraiser & presentations. It will be a professional level one-hour documentary featuring 12 live action interviews related to the Green Book and travel during Jim Crow with historic photographs, memorabilia, and mixed-media animation.
Saturday, May 14, 2016 from 4 – 7 pm
National Writers Union bldg
256 W. 38th St., 12th floor
New York, NY 10018
For more information, see the production website at www.greenbookchronicles.com.
May 14 – The Secret Theatre & The Flying Solo Theatre Festival Present Letters to Zoey by Garrett Bruhl
Secret Theatre space for production – 99 seats
NWU member Garrett Robinson will perform this musical based on his book as part of The Flying Solo Theatre Festival.
Synopsis: A journey through lyrical letters and foot-stomping songs as a young man rides freight trains and hitchhikes through the country in a desperate search for liberation and love.
Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 6 PM.
Tickets Now Available for $18 –Purchase Here
(If you buy before May 5 use the discount code “earlybird” to get a $3-discount)
The Secret Theatre & The Flying Solo Theatre Festival
4402 23rd St, Long Island City, NY 11101
The Secret Theatre is just over the East River from Manhattan, 2 blocks from
the Court Square/23rd Street subway station where the 7, E, M & G lines intersect.
And a short walk to the N, Q & R lines at Queensboro Plaza.
May 9 – Sixth Annual Clara Lemlich Awards with presentation by NWU Members Zigi Lowenberg & Raymond Nat Turner
Join Labor Arts and the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition on
Monday, May 9, 2016 at 6:30 – 8:30 pm for the
Sixth Annual Clara Lemlich Awards
Honoring unsung activists, women who have been working for the larger good all their lives, in the tradition of those who sparked so many reforms in the aftermath of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
Puffin Gallery for Social Activism
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street
Reception 6:30pm, Program 7:15pm/ RSVP to info@laborarts.org
May 7 – The Workers Unite Film Festival: An Anti-Racist Night at the Movies
The National Writers Union (NWU) invites you to a special event at the Workers Unite Film Festival. In a night dedicated to Black Lives Matter, there will be two full length films:
- Pat Hartley’s, I Heard It Through the GPaRé Vine, II 1982 documentary about James Baldwin and the civil rights years, and
- Profiled, by NWU member Kathleen Foster, about the rise of racist police brutality and how the mothers and daughters of Eric Garner, Ramarley Shantel Davis, Kimani Gray and other victims have become activists and organizers. It will be followed by a panel discussion with some of those interviewed in the film.
NWU member Calvin Alexander Ramsey will show the trailer of his soon to be completed documentary, The Green Book Chronicles. The Green Book was published for over 30 years by Harlem-based U.S. Post Office letter carrier Victor H. Green, and was a guide for African-Americans to travel safely during the days of Jim Crow.
The Workers Unite Film Festival – Saturday, May 7 at 5pm
Cinema Village, 22 East 12th St. in Manhattan
May 7 – Good Old – Old School Open Mic (Plus)
Fully accessible to wheelchairs. Writers: Come share your original poetry
or prose in a literary nurturing environment.
Or just come and listen as these word artists draw you into their creative worlds.
FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE
Saturday, May 7, 2016
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Muhlenburg Public Library
209 W 23rd St New York, NY near Seventh Avenue, New York, NY
May 6 –Metro NY Labor Communications Conference
Join us for coffee and bagels at 9:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m. business meeting, or at 10:00 a.m. for the program. The convention will be held at Local 802, 322 W 48th St, New York, NY 10019
Registration: $25 for members/$35 for non-members.
Special rate for students, interns, retirees and the unemployed: $10
To register, fill out the ONLINE form.
May 6 – NWU Member Barry Levy reads at the UFT’s Authors Open House
NWU member Barry Levy and author of “European Son: a novella” will be participating
in the UFT Retiree Authors’ Open House at the UFT Headquarters.
Friday, May 6, 2016
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
UFT Headquarters, Shanker Hall
52 Broadway, New York, NY
All sessions are delivered via teleseminar.
how to publish, promote, and profit with nonfiction books.
The National Writers Union has partnered with the Nonfiction Writers Conference
to bring our members an exclusive event discount. Join the NWU and receive
30% off registration. Join online at nwu.org. Learn more…
May 3 – FREE PROGRAM: Media’s Role in Supporting Human Rights & Social Change
Media’s Role in Supporting Human Rights & Social Change
In Commemoration of World Press Freedom Day
H.E. Ms. Bénédicte Frankinet
Ambassador & Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations
2:00 PM
777 First Avenue at 44th Street
New York, NY 10017
April 3 – Publishing Workshop: Editing, Marketing, Book Production, and More (at NBWC)
Join book industry leaders; Earl Cox, President of Earl Cox & Associates; bestselling author and editor, Carol Taylor; and AALBC.com’s Founder, Troy Johnson, in a workshop on the publishing process.
This workshop will introduce participants to the book publishing process by detailing the 
path that a book should take from writer’s mind to reader’s hands.
Sunday, April 3, 2016, 12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Medgar Evers College
1650 Bedford Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11225
April 2 – UpSurge! NYC with NWU Members Raymond Nat Turner & Zigi Lowenberg – poets
Saturday April 2 2016
4:00PM
UpSurge! NYC
Raymond Nat Turner & Zigi Lowenberg – poets
Ken Filiano – double bass
Confluence: Jazz Appreciation Month Meets National Poetry Month
Safiya Martinez
Andrea Wolper’s Cento
UpSurge! NYC
Gabriel Ramirez
Golda Solomon
Arts for Art Evolving Series: Justice is Compassion
2:30—6:30PM
$15 for the entire afternoon ($10 students, seniors)
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
Abrazo Interno Gallery on 2nd floor
107 Suffolk Street New York
(F train to Delancey St.)
April 2 – Steering Committee Meeting; and Open Mic at Muhlenburg Public Library
Or just come and listen as these word artists draw you into their creative worlds.
Fully accessible to wheelchairs.
FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE
Muhlenburg Public Library
Saturday, February 6, 2015 from 2 – 4 pm
209 W 23rd St New York, NY (near Seventh Avenue)
NOTE: The steering committee meetings will precede the Open Mic events on the first Saturday of each month
at the Muhlenberg Library from 12:30 – 2 pm.
The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY, announces
the 13th National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) to be held from 
Thursday, March 31, to Sunday, April 3, 2016.
The four-day 2016 National Black Writers Conference will be held on the campus of
Medgar Evers College
1650 Bedford Ave.,
Brooklyn, NY 11225
For detailed info about events and schedule visit- http://centerforblackliterature.org/
NOTE: NBWC info provided by Troy Johnson via AALBC Blog
March 31 –Youth Literacy Program (at the NBWC) with Calvin Ramsey
Join NWU member Calvin Ramsey and other award winning children’s book authors, Jerry Craft, Cheryl and Wade Hudson, and Denise Patrick, as they meet grade school students and talk about their work.
Thursday, March 31, 2016, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Medgar Evers College, Founders Auditorium
1650 Bedford Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11225
- Wednesday March 23, 6 PM
- Friday March 25, 8 PM
- Sunday March 27, 2 PM
Date & Time: Saturday March 12th, 2016; 11 am – 4 pm
Location:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
85 S. Oxford Street (Bet. Lafayette Ave & Fulton St.)
Ft. Greene, Brooklyn
Or just come and listen as these word artists draw you into their creative worlds.
Fully accessible to wheelchairs.
FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE
Muhlenburg Public Library
Saturday, February 6, 2015 from 2 – 4 pm
209 W 23rd St New York, NY (near Seventh Avenue)
NOTE: The steering committee meetings will precede the Open Mic events on the first Saturday of each month at the Muhlenberg Library from 12:30 – 2 pm.
- Sunday – Welcome Plenary from 5pm – 8pm.
- Monday – Morning plenary from 8-11:30; Luncheon, Lobby the State Legislature from 1 – 5. Reception from 5 pm-8pm.
- Tuesday – Lobby from 8:30 – 4:30; Free evening
- Wednesday – Teams report, adjourn at 10am.
Hotel reservations are $101.46/night and must be booked by Feb. 5.
Registration deadline is Feb. 19.
http://contest.metrolabornyc.org.
Everyone will need to create a new login, even if you’ve had one in the past.
Any questions about the contest, please contact Denise Shavers at miden@jps.net.
Questions about the website, please contact Joe Fedele at fedelejoseph@gmail.com.
Also, you need to renew your membership in order to be eligible.
The National Writers Union’s Fifth Annual
New York Conference
Saturday, February 13, 2016
9 am – 6:30 pm
NWU Headquarters
256 West 38th Street (between 7th & 8th Avenues), NYC
CONFERENCE FEE: $20 for union members, $25 for students (student ID required) and seniors (65 or older); $40 for general admission.
Register early. Seating is limited. Year after year our conference attendees filled every chair we have.
Online Registration: Brown Paper Tickets link
Payments will be accepted at the door, but you must RSVP by sending an email message to nwuny@nwu.org.
Or just come and listen as these word artists draw you into their creative worlds.
Fully accessible to wheelchairs.
FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE
Muhlenburg Public Library
Saturday, February 6, 2015 from 2 – 4 pm
209 W 23rd St New York, NY (near Seventh Avenue)
NOTE: The steering committee meetings will precede the Open Mic events
on the first Saturday of each month at the Muhlenberg Library from 12:30 – 2 pm.
The Pushkin Society in America in co-operation with National Writers’ Union of the United States invite you to meet author Tatiana Sheremeteva and celebrate “Tatiana’s Day” – one of major winter holidays in Russia
on 31 January 2016 at 2:30 p.m.
at the Office of the National Writers Union
256 W. 38 Street (between 7th and 8th Ave.), 12th floor
Tatiana Sheremeteva
Born in Moscow. Graduated from Moscow Lomonosov University (MGU), Department of Literature. Moved to New York a few years ago. Over 200 publications in literary magazines in U.S., Russia, Germany, Canada, Ukraine and Belaruss.
- Winner of numerous literary awards. Sat on the jury of literary contests.
- Professional member of the American PEN Center.
- Member of the International Writers’ Guild.
- Member of the NWU.
Author of “To My Not-So-Wise Girlfriends with All My Love. Seventeen Short Stories” (2013) and “Gramercy Park and Other Stories” (The best book of the year-2015” Diploma).
For more information visit her official website: www.tatianasheremeteva.ru
Tatiana Sheremeteva will speak in Russian.
We will offer refreshments, live music and other surprises.
Admission is free.
January 21 – Author Talk: Peter Sherwood Halsey
Join member Peter Sherwood Halsey in a discussion about his two books, “Friendship Fog” and “The Murdery Delicious Hamwich Gumm Mystery.”
- Friendship Fog is an urban fairy tale for anyone who has ever been in love. . .or searched for it desperately.
- The Murdery Delicious Hamwich Gumm Mystery is a hilarious, wickedly clever jewel that earnestly follows the gruesome trials of brothers Reynald and Willoughby Chalmers, who reluctantly become involved in the bloodied, spinach laden trail of a chainsaw-wielding madman
STORYTELLING
MLK, Jr. Weekend Special Storytime: Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
FEATURING:
Calvin Alexander Ramsey
Mon, January 18th, 2016 | 2:00 pm
New-York Historical Society Museum & Library, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
Free with Museum Admission
Recommended for ages 6 and up
Listen to author Calvin Alexander Ramsey read his story of a girl named Ruth, who helps her family navigate the Jim Crow South using the Negro Motorist’s Green Book (published in 1936 by Harlem postman Victor Hugo Green). This book advised African America travelers which southern towns were and were not safe, and which hotels, restaurants, and businesses would serve them. After the reading, the author will answer audience questions in the Barbara K. Lipman Children’s Library and sign books in our Museum Store! In the meantime, chart a course and view digitized Green Books courtesy of the New York Public Library’s interactive website.
Calvin Alexander Ramsey is an accomplished playwright, documentary filmmaker and children’s book author whose objective is to shed light on the missing pages of African American history. He is also a proud recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice Award.
Honor MLK Arts for Arts presentsJANUARY EVOLVING
Not a Police State/ Justice is COMPASSION
Friday January 15, 2016
7 pm Raymond Nat Turner – JournalJazzPoet
(upsurgejazz.com; Black Agenda Report Poet-in-Residence)
8 pm John Hebert – bass
9 pm BLU Farmers
Hamiet Bluiett – reeds
William Parker – bass
Gerald Cleaver – drums
Abrazo Gallery
107 Suffolk St. #3.5
New York, NY 10002
Btw Rivington /Delancey Sts
Sub: FJMZ to Essex St-Delancey
212.254.5420
212-260-4080 x11
January 2 – Steering Committee Meeting; and Open Mic at Muhlenburg Public Library
Or just come and listen as these word artists draw you into their creative worlds.
Fully accessible to wheelchairs.
FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE/ FREE
Muhlenburg Public Library
Saturday, January 2, 2016 from 2 – 4 pm
209 W 23rd St New York, NY near Seventh Avenue, New York, NY
The steering committee meetings will precede the Open Mic events on the first Saturday of each month
at the Muhlenberg Library from 12:30 – 2 pm.
NWU is the sole provider of IFJ Press Passes to freelance journalists in the U.S. 