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Marathon Reading of the Odyssey @One Grand Books (Narrowsburg, NY)


  • The Union, 7 Erie Ave Narrowsbyrg, NY USA (map)

 

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Saturday June 16th

The Odyssey Books 1 & 2: A Marathon launches with Emily Wilson
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
The Union, 7 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

On your marks, get set... read! Emily Wilson launches our marathon reading of The Odyssey with books 1 & 2, in which our hero, Odysseus, is presumed dead, while the goddess Athena sets the scene for an epic journey. The reading is accompanied by "The Suit," a series of reconstructions and musings over the history of the three-piece suit – lead by Morgan Puett, co-founder of Mildred’s Lane and The Mildred Complex(ity.)

 

The Odyssey Book 3: Dylan Baker reads An Old King Remembers
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
The Library, 198 Bridge St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

The Tony-nominated actor continues our marathon reading.

 

The Odyssey Book 4: What the Sea God Said: a virtual reality experience
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
The Library, 198 Bridge St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

 

The Odyssey Book 5: From the Goddess to the Storm: Lucy Taylor and Kameron Neal
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM
Chi Hive, 22 Main St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

The actor Lucy Taylor, best known for her work with Elevator Repair Service and The Wooster Group, reads book five of The Odyssey, "From the Goddess to the Storm," in which the nymph Calypso reluctantly allows the hero to return home. With video by Kameron Neal.

 

The Odyssey Book 6: A Princess and Her Laundry featuring Becky Ann Baker and Tom Bosket
1:15 - 1:45 PM
Chi Hive, 22 Main St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

The Emmy-nominated actor, best known for Freaks & Geeks and Girls, reads from book six of The Odyssey, with a live artscape created by Tom Bosket.

 

A.M. Holmes reads from her new collection of short stories Days of Awe
1:45 - 2:45

 

The Odyssey Book 7: A Magical Kingdom featuring Phillip Goodwin and Amy Yoes
3:00 - 3:30
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance 37 Main St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

Phillip Goodwin reads from book seven with a video performance by Amy Yoes

 

The Odyssey Book 8: The Songs of a Poet featuring Amanda Stern and a video by Rodger Belknap
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Delaware Valley Arts Alliance 37 Main St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

 

The Odyssey Book 9: A Pirate in a Shepherd’s Cave featuring Tannis Kowalchuk & artwork by Hana Marritz
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
256 Bridge St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764


The Odyssey Book 10: The Winds and the Witch featuring Tilda Swinton
4:45 - 5:15 PM
Maison Bergogne, 226 Bridge St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764


The Odyssey Book 11: The Dead featuring Marlon James
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM
St Paul's Lutheran Church, 31 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY 12764


The Odyssey Book 12: Difficult Choices featuring Debbie Fisher Palmarini
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Gazebo by the bridge Narrowsburg, NY 12764

Enjoy local beeswax and honey ice cream

 

The Odyssey Book 13: Two Tricksters
6:30 PM
Gazebo by the bridge Narrowsburg, NY 12764

Immerse yourself in the written word with a Zine created by Jordan Nassar

 

Masha Gessen and Nina Burleigh: The Art of Reporting in Trump’s America
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764, USA

Join Masha Gessen, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and winner of the 2017 National Book Award for The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia, and Nina Burleigh, National Politics Correspondent for Newsweek as they discuss their investigative journalism with WNYC’s political editor, Andrea Bernstein. RSVP to RSVP@grandeditorial.com to guarantee a seat.

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Penny Arcade in Longing Lasts Longer
9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764, USA

The performance legend brings her hit show to the Tusten Theater with cocktails by The Laundrette.

Tickets also available from Narrowsburg Proper, Mayer Wasner, Robin's Wine Store in Narrowsburg, DVAA, and One Grand Books.

 

Sunday June 17th

The Odyssey Book 14: A Loyal Slave featuring Emily Wilson and Marc Switko
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance 37 Main St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

 

The Odyssey Book 15: The Prince Returns
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance 37 Main St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

 

The Odyssey Book 16: Father & Son featuring Mark Ruffalo
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance 37 Main St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

 

The Odyssey Book 17: Insults & Abuse featuring Penny Arcade
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Emerald Ballroom, 40 Main St. Narrowsburg, NY 12764

 

The Odyssey Book 18: Two Beggars
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Mayer Wasner, 58 Main St.

 

The Odyssey Book 19: The Queen and the Beggar
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Union, 7 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

 

The Odyssey Book 20: The Last Banquet featuring Kristin Worrall
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
The Union, 7 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

 

The Odyssey Book 21: An Archery Contest featuring Dr. Lennon
2:15 - 2:45
The Laundrette 20 5th St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

 

The Odyssey Book 22: Bloodshed featuring Ryan Ward and Ken Luck
2:45 - 3:15
The Laundrette 20 5th St, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

 

The Odyssey Book 23: The Olive Tree Bed
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
The Platform, Main St Narrowsburg, NY 12764, USA

 

The Odyssey Book 24: Restless Spirits
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
The Platform, Main St Narrowsburg, NY 12764

 

Movie Homecomings: Sunset Song
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Narrowsburg Union, 7 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

 

Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s 1932 novel, set mostly on the fictional Estate of Kinraddie in northeastern Scotland in the years before World War I, is a British literary classic, no lovingly translated into film by the auteur Terence Davies.

 

Movie Homecomings: Marjorie Prime
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Union Works, 7 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

Starring Geena Davies, Tim Robbins, and Jon Hamm, this sci-fi movies directed Michael Almereyda's sci-fi movies, in which a holographic-generated “prime” helps an 85-year old woman (Lois Smith) deal with Alzheimers, was widely praised on its release last summer. "There’s more going on in this movie’s 90-plus minutes than in many summer blockbusters nearly twice its length," wrote Glenn Kenny in The New York Times.

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Movie Homecomings: I Know Where I'm Going
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Union Works, 7 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

Directed by the great Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, this 1945 romantic drama, stars Wendy Hiller as a young middle class Englishwoman with an ambitious, independent spirit who is forced to wait out a storm on the Isle of Mull.