Past Events
Staten Island Songwriters’ 20th Annual Holiday Show
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Join us to sing and celebrate the holidays. What a line-up!!!
Queen Tipsy
Rob and Elle
The Snugs
Gary and Joan
& Jim Indell
Staten Island History Hub Welcomes Erin Urban!
Saturday, November 22, 2025
Staten Island History Hub at ETG Book Cafe is pleased to welcome Erin Urban as our special guest.
Erin Urban is the Founding Executive Director of the Noble Maritime Collection on Staten Island.
She co-founded the maritime museum dedicated to celebrating the working waterfront, particularly Sailors' Snug Harbor. We look forward to her sharing of her writing, her life and her mission.
Frank Troy and Friends
Friday, November 21, 2025
Join old ETG friend and local singer/ songwriter/ guitarist Frank Troy, oft accompanied by family.
Frank performs original work as well as some favorite covers
Pop Up Dance and Games Party!
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Join us for simple joy this Saturday night.
Bring your feet and hands and a willingness to join in
dancing or listening to music
conversation with new friends and olde
participating in or observing games
Warm and cool drinks together with cakes and snacks will be available.
Community Conversation: Be Paid For Your Values On Racial Equity for NYC!
Friday, November 14, 2025
Staten Islanders have your voice heard on NYC's racial equity priorities!!
Do you care about fairness?
Do you value justice?
Are you 11 or older?
This is a conversation for you to join.
The Dark Side of the Rainbow — Film and Dialogue
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
What happens when you watch The Wizard of Oz with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon?
Be prepared for unbelievable synchronicity.
Coincidence?
Some believe otherwise.
Come and share in the film, food and dialogue.
Presented by Subterranean Cinema Club and Channel Winds.
The Common Thread
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
We're all humans
We all have stories to share
Let's bridge cultures with the simple act of listening to one another's stories
Join us 5-6 to connect and 6-7 for stories
Halloween Show
Friday, October 31, 2025
Join Phil Robinson, Jeffery Roth and ETG's good friend Samantha Echo at our Halloween Show. Samantha's favorite day/night of the year is Halloween and she brings her magic and extraordinary singing-songwriting skills, together with her friends to spirit us all away!
$5 cover charge — as always, no one turned away.
Banisher — A Different Type of Game Experience!
Friday, October 31, 2025
Banisher, a creation of Hypothesis, is a psycho-spiritual table-top board game for liberating humanity from sinister forces. One of the game designers, Joe Quinn, will be guiding us through the experience. Joe describes himself as an underground video and performance artist, a mathematician, a curriculum designer and a teacher.
Are you up for a challenge? Come learn how to play.Banisher — A Different Type of Game Experience!
Halloween Children’s Book Giveaway!
Friday, October 31, 2025
All day children receive a trick or treat book from the mystery book box!
Vaunt Showcase
Saturday, October 25, 2025
For those of you who filled the Book Cafe in August for the first Vaunt Showcase of music, poetry and storytelling, you will be thrilled to know that Vaunt returns in October.
For those who missed it, mark the date of the 2nd VAUNT!
Watch this space for the revelation of performer names!
Looking forward to seeing you.
As with our last event, there will be a limited 'pick out of the hat' Open Mic at the evening's end.
A Special Saturday afternoon — A Reading of 5 Short Stories
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Relax, Sit back and just Listen. 5 authors read their Short Stories.
Rocio Uchofen is a dear friend of the ETG Book Cafe. She brings her poet and writer friends from local New York spaces and those from far away lands to share their works. On this special Fall Saturday afternoon, 5 authors will read their own short stories.
Sit back, relax and be read to while sipping tea, coffee or a cold drink!
FINAL NIGHT! ETG Book Cafe 20th Anniversary Festivities!
Saturday, October 11, 2025
WE invite YOU to express yourself on our Living Stage!
Tonight’s MC will be Jonathan Bricklin!
Bring a song, poem, story, dance, artwork pantomime, short play, dream or favorite ETG Book Cafe memory.
Allen Ginsberg’s “HOWL” Participatory Reading
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Beth Gorrie will lead a Staten Island OutLOUD event, featuring Allen Ginsberg's "HOWL”.
Read aloud with friends and neighbors in our charming backyard garden!
ETG Book Cafe 20th Anniversary Festivities!
Friday, October 10, 2025
WE invite YOU to express yourself on our Living Stage!
Tonight’s MC will be Phoebe Blue!
Bring a song, poem, story, dance, artwork pantomime, short play, dream or favorite ETG Book Cafe memory.
ETG Book Cafe 20th Anniversary Festivities!
Thursday, October 9, 2025
WE invite YOU to express yourself on our Living Stage!
Bring a song, poem, story, dance, artwork pantomime, short play, dream or favorite ETG Book Cafe memory.
Open Mic 6pm to 8pm.
Tonight’s MC will be Jahtiek Long!
John Lennon Birthday Sing-Along 8pm to 10pm, led by Joan and Gary Moore!
ETG Book Cafe Memories Mail Art Workshop
Thursday, October 9, 2025
What is your favorite memory (or memories) of ETG Book Cafe from the last 20 years? Please come and join us for a DAY DE DADA mail art* workshop, led by Mary Campbell. You create a postcard that will be sent to another participant, and you will receive a postcard from someone else!
Supplies will be available, just bring yourself and your memories.
{*Note: Mail Art is art created specifically to be sent through the mail.}
ETG Book Cafe 20th Anniversary Festivities!
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
WE invite YOU to express yourself on our Living Stage!
4 Nights! Wednesday October 8 to Saturday October 11
(see other evenings below)
This evening’s MC will be Maya da Poet!
Bring a song, poem, story, dance, artwork, pantomime, short play, dream or favorite ETG Book Cafe memory.
Staten History Hub: Lighthouse-Keeper Ida Lewis
Friday, September 26, 2025
Special event: Lenore Skomal shares her biography of Lighthouse-Keeper Ida Lewis
Join us to listen to the story of Ida Lewis through the eyes of her biographer Lenore Skomal.
ETG is thrilled to welcome Lenore to share her important biography of the woman dubbed as “the bravest woman in America,” (1842-1911) who saved countless lives as the keeper of Rhode Island Lighthouse.
Lenore just came upon ETG this summer, dropping in for a coffee and felt quite at home. After chatting with staff, we were so happy to find that she would return to our History Hub and share stories.
Lenore's book will of course be available for sale and to be autographed.
Old History Hub members and new alike are so welcome! Discuss the unique past! Find threads of connection with your life.
Poetic Drip Open Mic
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Cyn's Poetic Drip Open Mics monthly at the book cafe are growing a following — both with performers and an audience. Join us with your offering or your presence as an audience member.
Featured poet: Midas Alvo
Featured musician: Justin Legends
Staten Island Meeting — The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Visitors welcome!
Meeting for Worship, children’s story, worship sharing
More Info: StatenIslandQuakers.org
Vaunt: An Eve Of Oration And Mixed Media Performance
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Join us as we VAUNT for three featured performers telling their Staten Island stories. Vaunt, by definition is to boast or praise excessively. Enjoy an evening of oration and mixed media performance.
There will be a limited, raffle style, open mic.
Featured StoryTellers:
Ri Tornello
Rocio Uchofen
M.A. Dennis
Spotlight: Kia Phay
Cohosted by Matt Figgz
Curated by Cynthia (Cyn) Rodriguez
VAUNT is made possible by a DCLA Premier Grant from Staten Island Arts, with public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
Fiber Art Meetup
Saturday, August 16, 2025
We connect with our projects. Some folks knit, others crochet. Some craft assorted creations.
We all enjoy sharing stories, chatting and listening! We would love you to join us with yours!!
Zines Workshop
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Join two zines makers to design and write your own.
Jenno Snyder and Kwynn Hogan will enthuse and support you to share your passion!
Liberation Open Mic
Friday, August 1, 2025
Liberation Open Mic invites you to sense liberation —
To express yourself richly
To be heard by fellow humans
Sound off about the state of the world,
Imagine a better one.
Bring a poem, a song, your guitar or ukelele, an artwork or anything at all that you wish to share with us, your local community.
Discovering Our Humanity in an Uncertain World: Share, Connect and Look for Wisdom Together
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
What can we learn from each other’s feelings and responses to the current state of the world?
How have artist and writers throughout history made sense of chaos, change and instability?
We look forward to you joining us in a multigenerational group.
We explore and listen to ourselves and consider writers, poets and visual artists‘ stimuli!!
WWW! Wild Writers’ Workshop
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Come find yourself the writer — it's inside us all. Use the ink of a whole pen at a wild writer’s workshop obstacle course led by Renaps. Open your mind to new ways of putting yourself on the page. And most importantly, have a blast getting deep with creativity.
Abolition Teach-In with Spirit: Campaign to Free Political Prisoner Kamul Sadiki!
Saturday, July 19, 2025
A unique chance to experience a poetical and musical Abolition teach-in with Spirit and friends. Supporting the freeing of political prisoner Kamau Sadiki.
Join us for social connection after the teach-in!
The event is jointly hosted by
Maroon Party for Liberation
The Legacy Eric Garner Left Behind
International Campaign to free Kamau Sadiki
SI4P
An Early Summer Poetry Eve — Mike Graves and friends
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Mike Graves is a poet known to many of you. Curator of the Phoenix poetry group for some 2 decades, Mike convened some of his friends last year to a full-house event here at ETG.
We're showcasing more poets. Come sip summer drinks and soak in poems. There will be limited spots for open mic poets so you may want to arrive early to get on the list.
Watch this spot for details of featured poets!
Open Forum Empire Outlets
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Come share your thoughts on the future of the Empire Outlets.
Different ideas are afoot for use of the space. Contribute yours!!
Musicians Carrie Ann and Real Life Superhero at ETG for a sweet chill night
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Carrie Ann
Love, loss, and the messy, beautiful parts of being human.
Carrie Ann's music tells stories that feel familiar, inviting you to an experience of connection and reflection.
Real-Life Superhero
Comic book heroes, pop music, and serendipitous sunsets combine to bring you Real-Life Superhero.
Juneteenth History with Poet Jimmy Wright
Friday, June 20, 2025
Join us to commemorate Juneteenth — a significant date in U.S. history. Jimmy summarizes the history we all should know.
Poetic Drip Open Mic
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Cyn's Poetic Drip Open Mic is a rich experience for both performers and audience. And deepening each month as we grow our experience of returning poets. Join us with your offering or your presence as an audience member.
Featured this month — Poets Destiny Padilla and Matt Figgz
Destiny Padilla is a spoken word artist and multi genre creative, from the Bronx, New York. Spirituality, NYC, Womxn, Boriken, and the Diaspora experience are driving forces behind her work. In 2020, she was recognized as a premier artist of her borough. Destiny is the previous host and curator of Word Masters Poetry Showcase, MiCasa Writers Group at the Bronx Art Space, and Women Orators Wednesdays at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. In 2021, she founded The Healing Vida, through which she organizes her annual healing arts gathering — The Summer Ceremony. Destiny is also an actress, with lead roles in indie short films such as Apocalyptic Hearts (2020) and Sweet Boys (2024).
Matt Figgz is a math & creative writing educator who loves reading, anime, and cold leftovers. He is also the co-founder of "Poetry in the Park" (@official_poetryinthepark), a free outdoor open mic series. Matt's poetry collection, "Adolescence", is available on Amazon.
Kraft with Kwynn and Katie
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Join us with your krafty hands to
* bead * sew * draw or color
* collage * paint * crochet/ knit/ embroider
or DIY and mix & match
Bring your project or start one here
Socialize while you create!
Pluto and the Forms
Saturday, June 7, 2025
ETG discovered Pluto & The Forms when they played at an Open Mic. The audience loved what they heard. They are comprised of Anthony, the Inquisitor, Michael, the Lumberman and Tate, the Sailor —a musical conglomerate of family and friends. With brief beginnings on Staten Island at the tale end of the 2010s, covid-19 moved the band's location into the air itself — making their first album entirely online. After years of patience, the band finally began playing live in late 2023, and their body of work has grown twofold ever since.
A flavor of their music can be found in their Snug Harbor Show.
Staten History Hub — Theaters
Come explore the history of Staten Island. Discuss the unique past! Explore the local history of places where we live. Consider making change through the lens of the past.
Each session includes a theme and this month we explore Staten Island theatres. When did they start? What are their stories? Do you have questions or secret gems to share? Join us!
grand pepper of reality
Saturday, May 31, 2025
grand pepper of reality is a Psychedelic/Alternative Rock band that sometimes gets Proggy or Folky. It features the music of Doug Principato and his band. For this event at ETG, he will be joined by band members Shoshana Vogel and Josh Manashowitz. Based in NYC, songs resonate from the heart for the heart. They have released two albums, Songs That Saved My Life and Calling The Air (available as CD and/or download). See https://www.grandpepper.com/.
Banisher — A Different Type of Game Experience!
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Banisher, a creation of Hypothesis, is a psycho-spiritual table-top board game for liberating humanity from sinister forces. One of the game designers, Joe Quinn, will be guiding us through the experience. Joe describes himself as an underground video and performance artist, a mathematician, a curriculum designer and a teacher.
Are you up for a challenge? Come learn how to play.
Frank and Friends
Friday, May 16, 2025
Local Singer/Songwriter Frank Troy is back. The warmth and joy in the music that Frank and family create is palpable and we're thrilled to have them back at ETG!
Poetric Drip Open Mic
Friday, May 9, 2025
Cyn's Poetic Drip Open Mics monthly at the book cafe are growing a following — both with performers and an audience. Join us with your offering or your presence as an audience member.
Featured this month- Comfort Cat and Tom Cintula
Comfort Cat is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in Staten Island. She has a cat named Jack and also teaches the violin and ukulele.
Instagram: @comfortcatmusic
Tom Cintula is a local Staten Island poet and writer with three full-length poetry collections and two chapbooks; Chameleon and Tornado. Tom has multiple writing contributions for poetry including The Borgen Project, Game 7 Sports Club and All Access MMA. He is a graduate of The College of Staten Island with degrees in Sociology, Anthropology and Philosophy.
Facebook: Tom Cintula
Instagram: @cintulatom
YouTube: @TACintula
Teachers Gone Wild: What Teachers Do When They're Not Teaching You
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Join us to honor teachers on Teacher Appreciation Day. Listen to local teachers share. Contribute open mic style with your own stories and memories.
Featuring an array of presentations
· Susan Fowler, St. John’s University, reading from the SI Arts sponsored Japan/Korea: Two Teachers Abroad, a Generation Apart
· Eve LeBer, artist and art teacher at Lifestyles for the Disabled, showing off her students’ art.
· Gary Moore, Staten Island Advance’s “Old Guy,” retired teacher and musician, reading from his essays.
· Nanci Richards, retired teacher and stand-up comedian, doing a set on teaching.
and our Mistress of Ceremonies the vibrant Vivian Vassar, Day de Dada and owner of Hey Viv! Vintage Clothing.
“Big Stretch”: The “Family” Class and Book Event
Saturday, May 3, 2025
Have you ever been part of an ACTIVE BOOK READING? JOIN US with your children!!
Animals stretch before sleeping... Do you think YOU can too?
A free “Grown-Up & Me” class full of healthy and fun movement. Erica Marcano, author of Big Stretch, takes participants through fun and gentle stretches based on the natural movements of favorite animals.
Your children will experience the fun of exercise — alongside you! You will all develop strength, balance, and mobility! Exercise IS play! A joyful and healthy message with lifelong benefits.
Come dressed as your favorite animal in movement-friendly clothing.
Bring yoga mat if you have one.
Wiggles and giggles encouraged!
Erica will sign books, which will of course be available for purchase
A Good Man: A Story in Song
Saturday, April 19, 2025
A Good Man: A Story in Song by Chris Kitlan Burns & Andy Kass. Narrated by Phoebe Blue
Opening Act: Singer-songwriter Joe Endozo
A homeless veteran runs into an old friend by chance. Distrust and disappointment from their past run deep in the songs they throw at each other. Will the memory of friendship be enough to heal them?
Andy Kass returned to music and writing after a long detour as an entrepreneur, participating in the Over50 Project, Art by the Ferry, Staten Island OutLOUD, the Songwriters' Potluck Circle and Folk Music Society of New York's Song Circle, and regularly playing Staten Island Open Mics; recordings collected in The Way So Far EP are available at andykass.bandcamp.com.
Chris Kitlan Burns, MSW, has worked with ex-cons, some of whom were veterans, in a transitional residence in East Harlem, and as a member of the band Such As Us has played original music at concerts, environmental festivals and activist events throughout the tri-state region; recordings are available at https://www.reverbnation.com/suchasus and Spotify.
Opening Act: Singer-songwriter/producer Joe Endozo has performed at ETG Open Mics. You may know him for his 2024 feat of writing a song weekly. Joe's collaborators include Ari Lennox, Hegazy, Telecoms, and The Buffalo 24
Poetic Drip Open Mic
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Cyn's Poetic Drip Open Mics monthly at the Book Cafe are growing a following — both with performers and an audience. Join us with your offering or your presence as an audience member.
Featured this month — Rezt Les and Yetvart (Ed) S. Majian.
Rezt Les is the goth pop alter ego of Staten Island rapper and musician Joey Patches. He hopes to capture the darkness and danciness latent in all of us with a synthy, sardonic, and snappy set of new songs and unlikely covers.
Yetvart (Ed) S. Majian is a first-generation Armenian-American poet / performer, a Sifu in Chinese Kung Fu tradition, a facilitator experienced in healing modalities tied to inter-generational trauma and the current Poet in Residence for Washington Park Association in Hudson County, New Jersey. He has two collections of poetry. In “Survival Witness,” dedicated to the Armenians of Artsakh and Palestinians of Gaza, he focuses on subtleties of human intersubjectivity, drawing from his Armenian legacy of genocide and diaspora, themes of social justice, memory and political witness. | IG: @emajian
Poetry Month Listening Party!
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
We'll be listening to recordings of poetry on vinyl! Selections by poets T.S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas, and Robert Penn Warren, reading their own works.
This is the second in a series, highlighting overlooked LP's for sale in our "record room".
"The Gift From Aelius" Book Event
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Do you enjoy fantasy and sci-fi? Meet A191, a Codex with artificial intelligence, who feels like a misfit in Paradise, a walled city in the middle of an endless desert where humans imprisoned his race long ago. He longs to meet humans and make peace with them so man and Codexes can be reunited in the world. A191 is creation of NYC born author Michael Colon. Come meet Michael and 191!
Launch of Annual Spring Seed Swap!
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Get seedy with us at our annual SEED SWAP. We will ce.lebrate EARTH DAY all month with our seed swap which will commence today! Bring seeds you'd like to give to other folks- seeds you collected/saved as well as seeds you purchased but didn't use. Take home seeds that others have brought. Our SEED SWAP continues all month. {You don't need to bring seeds in order to take seeds.},
Staten History Hub
Friday, April 4, 2025
Join us as we start up the ETG Staten History Hub - First Friday of every month!
Discuss the unique past! Explore the local history of places where we live. Consider making change through the lens of the past.
Each session will include sharing a couple of themes. Our first session looks into First Nations' Lenapehoking People as well as the island's historic lighthouses.
As the sessions are interactive, please feel encouraged to bring any ephemera or stories that you may have.
Book Event: Losing Moments Of Sanity — A Post-Partum Memoir
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Losing Moments Of Sanity — A Post-Partum Memoir is the sensitive and vulnerable personal story of Collette V. Grant, a local Staten Island attorney. Writing her memoir took immense courage because postpartum depression is often surrounded by shame and silence. Collette wants women to understand that seeking help—whether through therapy, medication, and/or a strong support system—is not a sign of failure. She shared the earlier stages of the book with us at the cafe and is now ready to share the published book with the broader community! A brief reading will be followed by a Q & A!
"A Journey Through the Tarot" Book Event and Readings
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Hannah Troyer's "A Journey Through the Tarot" was birthed from Hannah's intention to see people empowered to understand & place themselves inside the story of the tarot. Each card has a slightly different application for each person's life, and she aims to help people intuit their own meanings rather than always having to rely on others."
Hannah is an akashic records channel, energy work practitioner & lover of esoteric knowledge.
Celebrating Staten Island Women Musicians: Welcome Shoshana and Samantha!
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Shoshana Vogel is a human of many gifts and she fuses them in her music. Shoshana does specific work with babies and brain development as part of her musical life. In addition she organizes community engagement and teaches and plays music. She grew up in the ETG hood, plays in a local band and loves to support local community in all she does.
Samantha Echo is a singer, songwriter, and actress who has been performing since the age of six. She loves incorporating fairy tales and mythology into her work. Her music video “Nick’s Mom” was described by actress Ruby McCollister as “the most beautiful, nuanced work of our time.”
Poetic Drip Open Mic
Friday, March 14, 2025
Poetic Drip Open Mic invites all art forms to flow freely. Share, create and amplify your voice in poetry or song. Bring your musical energy or enjoy witnessing performers take the stage.
Featured March Poet: Jenny Pisani is a local Staten Island multidisciplinary artist and educator. She has called many places home, yet always returns to pray at the temple of poetry. Take down any walls you have built, and meet her here, in this honest place.
Featured March Musician-Comedian: Seann Cantatore is an NYC musician-turned-comedian who combines musical theater, improv and silly goose-ness. A classical and jazz-trained singer and pianist with over 12 years of professional experience, she believes in humor that welcomes everyone to the party: belly-laughing and confronting deep emotional vulnerabilities, alongside her.
International Musical Women's Night at ETG: Renaps, Kay and Leahy!
Saturday, March 8, 2025
ETG is thrilled to be celebrating International Women's Day with a warm musical and tale-telling evening event. Introducing three musicians; Renaps, Kay and Leahy.
Sit back, enjoy and celebrate!
Renaps is a songwriter/multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Staten Island. She'll be here with her traveling companion John to tell some tales ranging from an imaginary bird fighting a king to questioning how one even knows they're in love at all. She is honored to celebrate a special evening of creative women, and also to be a woman too.
Kay Ashley is a talented singer, guitar player and songwriter with a deep passion for justice for all. Author and music critic Andrew Hultkrans had this to say specifically about Kay's debut album, Heliotrope -
“Kay Ashley's gorgeous, moving "Heliotrope" occupies a charmed point triangulated by Joni Mitchell's "Hejira,” Paul Simon's "Graceland," and Nick Drake's “Pink Moon." A master of stacked vocal harmonies and alternate guitar tunings, Ashley's melodies are instantly memorable yet devoid of cliche. Copies will be available on the night.
Leahy Ardon is a cellist and singer-songwriter. Her soulful music ranges from mellow ballads to raging anti-war songs. Imagine Regina Spektor meets Dolores O’Riordan meets Mike Block. As a lifelong feminist and activist, Leahy believes in the power of music to inspire and empower us to keep fighting the good fight.
Meet Volunteer Team for African History Month Children's Book Drive
Sunday, February 23, 2025
ETG partners with the Staten Island Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc by hosting their 6th annual book drive! Throughout February, bring in children's books in good condition from home, and/or you may like to purchase our second-hand books and donate them to the book drive. Simply add the books – from home or bought here – to the collection box at the Book Cafe.
If you would like support in choosing appropriate books or would appreciate connection with the volunteers involved, drop by on Sunday, February 23, from 12-3PM, when the collected books will be sorted. The vibe last year in the Book Cafe as people prepared the stash for the children was so energizing!!
For more information please visit the website at dstsialumnae.org.
African American Rebel Poets of the 1960s
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Join us for a night of poetry remembering the African American Rebel poets of the 1960s. Jimmy Wright is joined by fellow poet Alicia Dunnigan and actor Karen Murphy to share the poets' works and a taste of the history about this movement. Pictured is poet Nikki Giovanni, one of the poets whose work will be featured.
Banisher — A Different Type of Game Experience!
Friday, February 21, 2025
Banisher, a creation of Hypothesis, is a psychospiritual board game for liberating humanity from sinister forces. Up for a challenge? Come learn how to play.
WWW! Wild Writers' Workshop
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Come find yourself the writer — it's inside us all. Use the ink of a whole pen at a wild writer’s workshop obstacle course led by Renaps. Open your mind to new ways of putting yourself on the page. And most importantly, have a blast getting deep with creativity.
All are welcome!!
Poetic Drip Open Mic
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Poetic Drip Open Mic invites all art forms to flow freely. Share, create and amplify your voice in poetry or song. Bring your musical energy or enjoy witnessing performers take the stage.
Featured February Poet: Grei from Queens, NYC, is a published poet, a filmmaker and educator. They were a featured poet at the NYC Poetry Festival among several other popular open mic venues. Grei is a former 2018-2019 Fulbright U.S Student Researcher, exploring the intersections of film and folklore in the Dominican Republic and creating their award-winning short film “Si Ardiera La Ciudad.” They are currently host of Queens Get the Mic and Masquerade Open Mic.
Self-Care for Our Hearts
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Valentine’s Day can be a Challenge!
Join us for “Self-Care for Our Hearts," a participatory program led by Laura Martocci. We'll begin with a guided meditation, which will lead into a short writing exercise.
The Black King of Vaudeville: Remembering Bert Williams
Friday, February 7, 2025
Bert Williams (1874-1922) was one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era, and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. In an age when racial inequality and stereotyping were commonplace, he became the first Black-American to take pioneer leading roles, both on Broadway and in the 1914 film Darktown Jubilee, pushing back racial barriers in his 3-decades long career. Tony-nominated actor Larry Marshall who starred in "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Hair", and "Porgy & Bess” rejuvenates the life and music of Bert Williams. Larry Marshall will be joined by Rick Cordova on piano.
Foot Tapping Fun with Bob Conroy, Norm & Jean Pederson and Bill Doerge
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Bob Conroy and Norm Pederson are committed to the preservation of traditional folk songs that illustrate the life, values, and work ethic of the American people. Since the 60s they have performed at festivals locally, throughout the country and abroad.
Bob plays five-string banjo, six-string guitar, and twelve-string guitar. You may know him as one of the mainstays of the monthly sea shanty sing-along on Staten Island. Norm plays multiple instruments, including fiddle, mandolin, banjo, and guitar. Jean grew up in the folk revival among family of noted singers and musicians. Bill also plays multiple instruments including 12 string guitar and accordion.
Liberation Open Mic
January 31, 2025
Liberation Open Mic invites you to sense liberation —
To express yourself richly
To be heard by fellow humans
Sound off about the state of the world,
Imagine a better one.
Bring a poem, a song, your guitar or ukelele, an artwork or anything at all that you wish to share with us, your local community.
Read-in Cafe
Friday, January 31, 2025
Do you love to read but never have enough time? Join us at ETG’s Read-in Cafe. Where we read, share book ideas, and meet kindred spirits! Relax with your own book or one you find in our Book Cafe while enjoying refreshments.
Enjoy the vibes. Bring yourself or friends and have some fun!!
Reynaldo's Piano Bar
Saturday, January 25, 2025
You choose the song and you sing! Reynaldo will accompany you live on the piano. Join and sing along or just come and listen.
Poetic Drip Open Mic
Friday, January 17, 2025
Poetic Drip Open Mic invites all your art forms to flow freely. Witness creativity drip as fellow performers take the stage. Share your poems, comedy, music, dance, art and speech. Or simply come listen and be the audience we love.
Featured Performer: Urban folk singer/songwriter and guitarist, beloved neighbour Saint Maurice Phillips of "Outside the Temple".
Host Cynthia Rodriguez @Cyn.is.Cyn For more info, send email to Createdbycyn@outlook.com.
Friday Evening Film and Q&A— “The Interview": What's Wrong With Our Parole System?
Friday, January 3, 2025
Join us to watch a striking short film on our parole system. We follow this with a panel discussion featuring people in the documentary and/or others who have gone through the parole release system. We close with a Q&A.