What a hoot: Screening "The Shining" for writers!

Free Screening of The Shining with Poets & Writers Magazine

Poets & Writers Magazine celebrates its annual Writers Retreats Issue (March/April 2012) with a screening of the classic writers-retreat-gone-bad flick The Shining. Gather with writers, editors, agents, and Poets & Writers Magazine staff this Thursday at 6pm at DUMBO's Galapagos Art Space.

Admission is free. There will be a cash bar with drink specials, including Red Rum, Danny Boy, and Jack & Coke.

Poets & Writers Magazine
Hosts Screening of The Shining
February 23, 6pm
Galapagos Art Space
16 Main Street, DUMBO
RSVP (not required) on Facebook.

Directions
Galapagos is located at 16 Main Street, corner of Main and Water Streets in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Take the F to York, the A/C to High, or the 2/3 to Clark. Also accessible by the East River Ferry to the Fulton Ferry Landing stop in Brooklyn Bridge.

Giving it to you, word for word

Word for Word Poetry Reading

at Bryant Park

Trinidadian poets Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, Lynne Procope, and Mervyn Taylor share new work at Bryant Park's Word for Word Poetry series, presented by Poets & Writers.

Tuesday, July 12, 7-8:30pm

Bryant Park Reading Room
42nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, Manhattan
(map and directions)
Look for the burgundy and white umbrellas.

Rain Venue:
The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen
20 West 44th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, Manhattan

(Not all rooms in The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen are handicapped accessible. We are sorry for the inconvenience.)

For more information about Word for Word, please visit Bryant Park's Web site.