Jack Anderson
Barbara Ann Branca
Kerriann Flanagan Brosky
Louisa Calio
Peter Carlaftes
Edgar Carlson
Brian Cohen
Reed Farrel Coleman
Paula Comacho
Paula Curci
Peter Dugan
Florence Gatto
Denis Gray
Bruce Grossberg
George Guida
John Hanc
Deborah Hauser
George Held
Amy Holman
Vicki Iorio
Brenda Janowitz
Chris Knopf
Ellen Meister
Ursula Nouza
Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan
Christine O'Hagan
Tom Phelan
Ellen Pickus
Christina M. Rau
Barb Reiher-Meyers
Phil Reinstein
Saralee Rosenberg
Darren Sardelli
Robert Savino
Tom Schaudel
Herb Siegel
Harriet Slaughter
Doreen Spungin
Alix Strauss
Gayl Teller
Judy Turek
Richard Vetere
Walter Wagner
George Wallace
Clive Young
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Photos from August 9, 2010
Walter Wagner, Brian Cohen, J R (Judy) Turek
Nada Marjanovich & Kerriann Flanagan Brosky
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Coming Up July 12, 2010
A wonderful time was had by all at the Patriotic Readings and BBQ on Monday the 7th. We heard the Declaration of Independence, and from the works of Sojourner Truth, Mark Twain, Teddy Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and Martin Luther King, Jr. Despite the heat the rest of the day, by the time the food was served there was shade and a pleasant breeze on Schoolhouse Green!
Coming up this Monday, July 7th, we feature:
Christina M. Rau
Christina M. Rau is the founder and director of Poets In Nassau, a reading circuit on Long Island. Her poetry has most recently been published in Potomac Review, Examination Anthology, River Poets Journal, and Blue Earth Review. To justify her penchant for watching really bad reality television, she writes an infrequent column for RealityShack.com. Christina teaches English at Nassau Community College. She loves moonbeams and puppies. And sarcasm.
Herb Siegel
Herb Siegel is a great friend of the Gazebo- he is almost always present in our crowd, supporting and enjoying our programs. Herb was a CEO of major public companies, and the recipient of many professional certifications, awards, and articles. He holds a Ph.D. in International Law from Columbia. In between, he assembled a collection of poems titled, "Life Through My Glasses," an eclectic collection of some personal experiences and many universal observations that educate, challenge, and entertain and usually end with a touch of sardonic humor.
Chris Knopf
Chris Knopf writes the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series (The Last Refuge, Two Time, Head Wounds, Hard Stop) and a spin-off series starring Sam's sidekick, Jackie Swaitkowski, beginning with Short Squeeze: "More engaging hard-boiled crime fiction from a rising star." - Booklist.
His novel Elysiana (May, 2010), is a literary thriller set in New Jersey during the summer of 1969. Chris is also chairman of Mintz & Hoke, a marketing communications agency in Avon, CT.
Florence Gatto
Coming up this Monday, July 7th, we feature:
Christina M. Rau
Christina M. Rau is the founder and director of Poets In Nassau, a reading circuit on Long Island. Her poetry has most recently been published in Potomac Review, Examination Anthology, River Poets Journal, and Blue Earth Review. To justify her penchant for watching really bad reality television, she writes an infrequent column for RealityShack.com. Christina teaches English at Nassau Community College. She loves moonbeams and puppies. And sarcasm.
Herb Siegel
Herb Siegel is a great friend of the Gazebo- he is almost always present in our crowd, supporting and enjoying our programs. Herb was a CEO of major public companies, and the recipient of many professional certifications, awards, and articles. He holds a Ph.D. in International Law from Columbia. In between, he assembled a collection of poems titled, "Life Through My Glasses," an eclectic collection of some personal experiences and many universal observations that educate, challenge, and entertain and usually end with a touch of sardonic humor.
Chris Knopf
Chris Knopf writes the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series (The Last Refuge, Two Time, Head Wounds, Hard Stop) and a spin-off series starring Sam's sidekick, Jackie Swaitkowski, beginning with Short Squeeze: "More engaging hard-boiled crime fiction from a rising star." - Booklist.
His novel Elysiana (May, 2010), is a literary thriller set in New Jersey during the summer of 1969. Chris is also chairman of Mintz & Hoke, a marketing communications agency in Avon, CT.
Florence Gatto
Florence Gatto combines her passion for Italy and writing to document an era of transition for her immigrant family in The Scent of Jasmine, Vignettes from a Sicilian Heritage. Her essays are written with, wit, insight, and pride.
Florence's stories have appeared in Newsday, LIWriters Guild anthologies, Sweet Lemons , and Cucina Classica cookbook. She received the LlWritersGuild Lifetime, Diamond Leadership awards and L'Esperienza Magazine honors.
Florence studied in Perugia Italy in a Fulbright program and in Siena with a NY State teacher grant. She calls herself an Italophile and requires frequent trips to Italy to feed her psyche.
It is with great pleasure that Florence returns to the Gazebo
Florence's stories have appeared in Newsday, LIWriters Guild anthologies, Sweet Lemons , and Cucina Classica cookbook. She received the LlWritersGuild Lifetime, Diamond Leadership awards and L'Esperienza Magazine honors.
Florence studied in Perugia Italy in a Fulbright program and in Siena with a NY State teacher grant. She calls herself an Italophile and requires frequent trips to Italy to feed her psyche.
It is with great pleasure that Florence returns to the Gazebo
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Upcoming June 28, 2010
Perfect weather. Beautiful poetry and prose. Simply a great night last Monday on Schoolhouse Green--and an amazing lineup in store for all this Monday!
Doreen Spungin, delicate and thoughtful; Robert Savino, strong and colorful--with a touching tribute to the late Robert Dunn; Louisa Calio's prose, heartwarming and vivid; and George Held, powerful and precise-- a little something for everyone. And brownies, too!
This Monday we feature three accomplished and entertaining poets--and last year's runaway Gazebo favorite. It promises to be an unforgettable evening!
Doreen Spungin, delicate and thoughtful; Robert Savino, strong and colorful--with a touching tribute to the late Robert Dunn; Louisa Calio's prose, heartwarming and vivid; and George Held, powerful and precise-- a little something for everyone. And brownies, too!
This Monday we feature three accomplished and entertaining poets--and last year's runaway Gazebo favorite. It promises to be an unforgettable evening!
Monday, June 28, 2010 we feature:
Tom Schaudel
Born in Queens, NY and raised on Long Island, Tom Schaudel began his career as a dishwasher at the age of fifteen, and continued to cook in various restaurants throughout high school. That fall, he enrolled in the Culinary Institute of America, graduating in 1973, and after six years of working insane hours, in numerous restaurants, under various chefs, Tom landed his first head position in 1979.
Four years later, with the help of two friends, he opened his first restaurant, Panama Hatties. Tom has been the driving force behind numerous restaurants on Long Island, such as 107 Forest Ave, Lemongrass, Downtown Grille and Wine Bar, Tease, Starfish, PassionFish, Spring Close House, Thom Thom, and Maxwell's. His current lineup includes CoolFish, The Jedediah Hawkins Inn, Gabrielle's, and A Mano.
Tom's book, Playing With Fire: Whining & Dining on the Gold Coast is a voyeur's peek into the crazy world of the restaurant culture. Filled with vignettes of difficult customers, stressed-out cooks, harried wait staff, and the truly disturbed, this book takes an affectionate romp through Tom Schaudel's restaurants to introduce you to the most memorable cast of characters he's experienced in his forty years in the business. You'll meet a ninety-year old-woman who happens to be a serial "bird-flipper," a woman trying to drag a twenty-foot Christmas tree out the front door undetected, an elderly gentleman walking out with an 8.5" x 15" metal clipboard menu holder stuffed down his pants, and a woman who got drunk, passed out, got revived, and aced an intervention, all in under twenty minutes. An absolute must read for "foodies," these stories and the many others will provide pure entertainment and lots of laughs for a long, long time to come.
Deborah Hauser holds an MA in English Literature from Stony Brook University and has taught at Stony Brook University and Suffolk County Community College. Deborah's work has appeared in numerous publications including The Wallace Stevens Journal and is forthcoming in Crab Creek Review. She was a finalist in the 2009 Crab Creek Review poetry contest.
She is an active member of the Long Island/New York City poetry community and a featured reader at venues across the Island and the City, including NYU and The Bowery Poetry Club. She is currently working on a collection of modern fairy tales for "grrrls" of all ages.
Vicki Iorio
Vicki Iorio is a native Long Islander-- currently an Oceansider--who has been writing poems since the time she could pick up a crayon. She is a graduate of Hofstra University and a proud member of the Farmingdale Writing Group. Vicki's poetry has appeared in Poetyr Magazine, Mobius, Performance Poet's Association Vol 13, Troubadour 21. Her poem "Old Country Road" was the first place winner of the 7th Annual Princess Ronkonkoma poetry contest, category, our troubled economy.
Look for Vicki's poems in the upcoming North Sea Poetry Scene Long Island Sounds Anthology, the fall edition of Uphook magazine, the North Sea Poetry Scene's Living Outside the Lines, and Gayle Teller's Poetry of Forgiveness collection.
Look for Vicki's poems in the upcoming North Sea Poetry Scene Long Island Sounds Anthology, the fall edition of Uphook magazine, the North Sea Poetry Scene's Living Outside the Lines, and Gayle Teller's Poetry of Forgiveness collection.
Paula Curci
Paula Curci is a spoken word artist, radio talk show host and school counselor. Currently, as a radio talk show host, Paula has been hosting and producing "CALLIOPES CORNER - The Place Where Poets and Songwriters Meet" on WRHU.ORG and WRHU 88.7fm Radio Hofstra University. She also produces the information minute called "What's The Buzz (R).
Paula is the co-founding member of the Acoustic Poets Network (R), a group of poets who coordinated open mic events in Nassau County and formed a poetry band with the same name. Paula has produced two spoken word CD's with the Acoustic Poets Network (R) and has published one chapbook "One Woman's Cathartic Release in Poetry." APN's two CD's called "Emissary" and "Bittersweet" are available through Amazon.com and CDbaby.com. Both CD's also showcase the work of Zoe Jade Austin, Tullio Vacchio, Kiki Calafell and Vinne Del Basso.
Currently she is working on a third spoken word CD, which should be available soon. Paula has several of her titles available on I tunes and through various download stores. Her work can also be found on the Vault's Fear No Art, The POE Project's, The Shakespeare's Project's and LIOMA's music and poetry compilation CD's.
Paula has been published in several anthologies including, LunaSeas' "Hysteria" and the National Association of Poetry Therapists' "Poets Process". Paula has also won several Vault Fear No Art awards for her poetry and the Vault's Guardian Angel award for her contributions to the artist community she serves, where she has facilitated student poetry groups, writers workshops and open mic programs. Moreover, she was also honored by the March of Dimes; they awarded Paula with their Golden Apple Award for her 20+ years of service as a school counselor.
Paula is the co-founding member of the Acoustic Poets Network (R), a group of poets who coordinated open mic events in Nassau County and formed a poetry band with the same name. Paula has produced two spoken word CD's with the Acoustic Poets Network (R) and has published one chapbook "One Woman's Cathartic Release in Poetry." APN's two CD's called "Emissary" and "Bittersweet" are available through Amazon.com and CDbaby.com. Both CD's also showcase the work of Zoe Jade Austin, Tullio Vacchio, Kiki Calafell and Vinne Del Basso.
Currently she is working on a third spoken word CD, which should be available soon. Paula has several of her titles available on I tunes and through various download stores. Her work can also be found on the Vault's Fear No Art, The POE Project's, The Shakespeare's Project's and LIOMA's music and poetry compilation CD's.
Paula has been published in several anthologies including, LunaSeas' "Hysteria" and the National Association of Poetry Therapists' "Poets Process". Paula has also won several Vault Fear No Art awards for her poetry and the Vault's Guardian Angel award for her contributions to the artist community she serves, where she has facilitated student poetry groups, writers workshops and open mic programs. Moreover, she was also honored by the March of Dimes; they awarded Paula with their Golden Apple Award for her 20+ years of service as a school counselor.
See you at the Gazebo!!
Many thanks!
Tony Iovino
tonyiovino@gmail.com
Friday, June 18, 2010
Coming Up June 21, 2010
Last Monday Schoolhouse Green was filled with laughter and fine poetry--and the rain stayed away!
Darren Sardelli, started it off with a series of very funny rhyming poems; Barbara Reiher-Meyers and Peter Dugan treated us to powerful poetry (with Barbara making sure the laughter continued); and Jerry Zezima sent us all home laughing and nodding in recognition with readings from his columns. A fun night.
This Monday we feature four fine author/poets:
George Held
A former professor at Queens College, George Held was a Fulbright lecturer in Czechoslovakia for three years and since 1991 has served on the executive board of The South Fork Natural History Museum, in Bridgehampton. His poems, stories, translations, and book reviews have appeared widely, in such places as Commonweal, Confrontation, New York Quarterly, 5AM, and The Notre Dame Review, and Garrison Keillor read one of George's poems on NPR. He has read from his work at the Amagansett Marine Museum, Canio's Books in Sag Harbor, The Bowery Poetry Club, Cornelia Street Café, and Smalls Jazz Club, among other venues. A five-time Pushcart Prize nominee, he has had poems included in two dozen anthologies. His fourteenth collection of poems, After Shakespeare: Selected Sonnets, will be published this fall.
Robert Savino
Robert Savino is a native Long Island poet. His poems have been published widely, in print, from the Long Island Quarterly to the Haight Ashbury Literary Journal.
Robert was a long-standing Board Member of Island Poets; winner of the Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Society's 15th Annual Poetry Competition (2005); and the winner of the 2008 Oberon Poetry Prize.
His books of poetry include the chapbook, fireballs of an illuminated scarecrow (GOOD JAPAN PRESS, 2008) and his first full-length collection Inside a Turtle Shell (Allbook Books, 2009).
Louisa Calio
Louisa Calio is an award winning poet, performer, and photographer. Director of the Poets and Writers Piazza for Hofstra's Italian Experience for the past 9 years, she was Winner of the 1978 Connecticut Commission of the Arts Award to individual Writers, the 1987 Women in Leadership Award, Barbara Jones and Taliesin prizes for Poetry, The New Voices Trinidad and Tobago, and most recently honored at Columbia/ Barnard as a "Feminist who changed America."
Founder of City Spirit Artists, New Haven, Ct., she has spent a life time committed to bringing arts to people of varied economic levels.
Author of In the Eye of Balance, a book of Visionary Poetry that is also a performance, several chapbooks and a novel (in manuscript). Her writings have appeared in anthologies including, Birthed From Scorched Hearts, Women Respond to War, Sisters Singing, I Name Myself Daughter, She is Everywhere, darkmother, Italian Heart/ American Soul, Shades of Black and White, Remembrances, More Sweet Lemons, Northsea Poetry Anthology ,as well as journals and newspapers: VIA, GRADIVA, STUDIA MYSTICA, SALOME, POET'S ON, FEILE -FESTA, JOURNAL OF ITALIAN TRANSLATION, NEW VOICES(TRINIDAD), International Feminist Journal of Politics NEW VERSENEWS and Jamaica's THE GLEANER, OBSERVER, MIRROR.
She has traveled to East and West Africa, lived in the Caribbean and documented her journeys in photographs and the written word, recently completing an epic poem JOURNEY TO THE HEART WATERS which is also an Exhibition of photos with poems that Opened at Round Hill Resort in Montego Bay (Jan.07) AND "A PASSION FOR JAMAICA" also photos and writing that opened at Round Hill in Jan
Doreen Spungin
Her poetry will appear in the forthcoming anthologies: Writing Outside The Lines, Long Island Sounds 2010 and Toward Forgiveness.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Coming Up June 14, 2010
What an incredible kick-off to our 4th season! Exquisite weather, a large, receptive crowd, lots of delicious desserts--oh, and 4 incredible readings!
Tom Phelan, with his tales from Ireland during WWI--funny and touching; Barbara Ann Branca's vibrant poetry; Christine O'Hagan's humorous-and touching- tales of growing up outsized; and Peter Carlaftes unique brand of insight bordering on insanity-- four strong, compelling Readers making for a perfect start to the summer!
Monday, June 14, 2010 we feature:
Jerry Zezima
Long Island resident Jerry Zezima writes a humor column for his hometown paper, The Stamford Advocate in Connecticut. His column is syndicated and has run in newspapers around the world, including Newsday.
Mr. Zezimais the author of "Leave It to Boomer: A Look at Life, Love and Parenthood by the Very Model of the Modern Middle-Age Man." The book is, he proudly says, a crime against literature.
Mr. Zezimalives in Suffolk County with his wife, Sue. They have two daughters, Katie and Lauren. They also have a dog and three cats. Mr. Zezima has no interesting hobbies.
Peter Dugan
Darren Sardelli
See you at the Gazebo!!
Many thanks!
Tony Iovino
tonyiovino@gmail.com
Upcoming Schedule
6/14/2010
Jerry Zezima Peter Dugan
Darren Sardelli Barb Reiher-Meyers
6/21/2010
George Held Robert Savino
Doreen Spungin Louisa Calio
6/28/2010
Tom Schaudel Vicki Iorio
Paula Curci Deborah Hauser
7/5/2010 Independence Day Celebration
7/12/2010
Christina M. Rau Herb Siegel
Chris Knopf Florence Gatto
7/19/2010
Gayl Teller Denis Gray
Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan Bruce Grossberg
7/26/2010
Reed Farrel Coleman Saralee Rosenberg
Ellen Meister Brenda Janowitz
8/2/2010
Clive Young George Wallace
Jack Anderson Alix Strauss
8/9/2010
Judy Turek Walter Wagner
Kerriann Flanagan Brosky Brian Cohen
8/16/2010
Richard Vetere Harriet Slaughter
Ursula Nouza
8/23/2010
Ellen Pickus George Guida
8/30/2010
Paula Comacho Edgar Carlson
Phil Reinstein Amy Holman
Tom Phelan, with his tales from Ireland during WWI--funny and touching; Barbara Ann Branca's vibrant poetry; Christine O'Hagan's humorous-and touching- tales of growing up outsized; and Peter Carlaftes unique brand of insight bordering on insanity-- four strong, compelling Readers making for a perfect start to the summer!
Monday, June 14, 2010 we feature:
Jerry Zezima
Long Island resident Jerry Zezima writes a humor column for his hometown paper, The Stamford Advocate in Connecticut. His column is syndicated and has run in newspapers around the world, including Newsday.
Mr. Zezimais the author of "Leave It to Boomer: A Look at Life, Love and Parenthood by the Very Model of the Modern Middle-Age Man." The book is, he proudly says, a crime against literature.
Mr. Zezimalives in Suffolk County with his wife, Sue. They have two daughters, Katie and Lauren. They also have a dog and three cats. Mr. Zezima has no interesting hobbies.
Peter Dugan
Peter V. Dugan was born and raised on Long Island. He is a resident of East Rockaway is a graduate of The New School in New York City and listed in Poets and Writers. Wysteria Ltd. published his first book length collection titled Medusa's Overbite in 2001. His second book Members Only was published in January 2009 and his third collection of poems A Cul-de-Sac Off Of Main Street was just released June 2010.
Peter has taught poetry workshops and classes on form and style. His pieces have been published individually in recent years in Aitia, PPA Literary Review, Long Island Sounds Anthology, Brownstone Poets, The Examination Anthology, Asbestos, Soul Fountain, LI Quarterly, Perpetual Toxins, The Poet's Art, The Five Town Forum, The Nassau Herald, the e-magazines Good Liar and Road Poet. He can be seen on poetryvlog.com. and youtube.com.
Darren Sardelli
Children's book author, award winning poet, and comedian, Darren Sardelli, makes poetry fun and exciting for people of all ages. His humorous poems are featured in 12 children's books, 6 textbooks, and have been published in several magazines as well. Aside from writing, Darren visits 50 - 60 elementary and middle schools each year (where he performs his funny poetry for students and teaches them how to spice up their writing with humor, creativity, and imagination). Darren also has poetry programs for libraries and camps. He enjoys playing ice hockey, roller hockey, tennis, running on the beach, and loves to travel. If you'd like to find out more about Darren Sardelli, please visit www.laughalotpoetry.com
When Darren Sardelli was in elementary school, junior high, high school, and college, he played baseball, soccer, lacrosse, ice hockey, roller hockey, and a lot of video games. Although he always worked hard in school, he never enjoyed reading, writing, or doing homework. When Darren was sitting in class, he had the tendency to get distracted very easily and let his mind wander (he still does a lot of day-dreaming). Whenever Darren's teachers called on him (to ask a question), most of the time he would have no idea what they were talking about. He was always in a world of his own.
When Darren Sardelli was in elementary school, junior high, high school, and college, he played baseball, soccer, lacrosse, ice hockey, roller hockey, and a lot of video games. Although he always worked hard in school, he never enjoyed reading, writing, or doing homework. When Darren was sitting in class, he had the tendency to get distracted very easily and let his mind wander (he still does a lot of day-dreaming). Whenever Darren's teachers called on him (to ask a question), most of the time he would have no idea what they were talking about. He was always in a world of his own.
Barbara Reiher-Meyers
Barbara Reiher-Meyers is a Long Island, New York poet, board member of the Long Island Poetry Collective. and the North Sea Poetry Scene. Barbara also curates a poetry calendar for www.poetz.com/longisland, has coordinated events for the Northport Arts Coalition, Smithtown Township Arts Council, and Walt Whitman Birthplace, among others. Her poetry has been published in print journals and on line. Barbara facilitates monthly workshops in Ronkonkoma, sends weekly Emails of local poetry events, and has edited several volumes of poetry . "Sounds Familiar" is the title of her first book of poems.
See you at the Gazebo!!
Many thanks!
Tony Iovino
tonyiovino@gmail.com
Upcoming Schedule
6/14/2010
Jerry Zezima Peter Dugan
Darren Sardelli Barb Reiher-Meyers
6/21/2010
George Held Robert Savino
Doreen Spungin Louisa Calio
6/28/2010
Tom Schaudel Vicki Iorio
Paula Curci Deborah Hauser
7/5/2010 Independence Day Celebration
7/12/2010
Christina M. Rau Herb Siegel
Chris Knopf Florence Gatto
7/19/2010
Gayl Teller Denis Gray
Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan Bruce Grossberg
7/26/2010
Reed Farrel Coleman Saralee Rosenberg
Ellen Meister Brenda Janowitz
8/2/2010
Clive Young George Wallace
Jack Anderson Alix Strauss
8/9/2010
Judy Turek Walter Wagner
Kerriann Flanagan Brosky Brian Cohen
8/16/2010
Richard Vetere Harriet Slaughter
Ursula Nouza
8/23/2010
Ellen Pickus George Guida
8/30/2010
Paula Comacho Edgar Carlson
Phil Reinstein Amy Holman
Monday, May 31, 2010
Upcoming Monday June 7, 2010
Our wait is over! Monday, June 7 we start our 4th Season--and what a lineup we have!! Two returning favorites and two new voices--Monday promises to be a great evening!
(Remember, you can follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news and cancellation info at @summergazebo)
Monday, June 7, 2010 we feature:
Peter Carlaftes
(Remember, you can follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news and cancellation info at @summergazebo)
Monday, June 7, 2010 we feature:
Peter Carlaftes
Peter Carlaftes is a New York-based comic author, screenwriter, playwright, actor, poet, and director. He's authored 12 plays, including a noir treatment of Knut Hamsun's Hunger, and the celebrity rehab center spoof, Spin-Dry. He has appeared in numerous off-Broadway productions, including his comic solo performance piece, Lenny Bruce: Dead & Well. His critically-acclaimed humor book, A Year on Facebook, was issued by Three Rooms Press in January 2010. Three Rooms will also publish DrunkYard Dog, a collection of his poetry, and Triumph For Rent -Three Plays, in May.
Tom Phelan
Tom Phelan, who was born and raised on a farm in Ireland, is the author of the novels In the Season of the Daisies, Iscariot, Derrycloney, and The Canal Bridge. His next novel, Nailer, about a man determined to get revenge, is set against the backdrop of Ireland's abusive industrial schools and the collusion between church and state that allowed them to flourish.
To date, Tom Phelan has seen his works published in four countries and three languages. His first novel, In the Season of the Daisies, was chosen by Barnes and Noble for its Discover Great New Writers series. His most recent novel, The Canal Bridge, was praised by the Irish Independent as a "First World War masterpiece...ambitious, accomplished, and deeply moving." And Books Ireland called it "powerful and deeply affecting."
In 2008,Tom was selected as a Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fellow, one of only five individuals chosen from among several hundred novelists.
Barbara Ann Branco
Tom Phelan
Tom Phelan, who was born and raised on a farm in Ireland, is the author of the novels In the Season of the Daisies, Iscariot, Derrycloney, and The Canal Bridge. His next novel, Nailer, about a man determined to get revenge, is set against the backdrop of Ireland's abusive industrial schools and the collusion between church and state that allowed them to flourish.
To date, Tom Phelan has seen his works published in four countries and three languages. His first novel, In the Season of the Daisies, was chosen by Barnes and Noble for its Discover Great New Writers series. His most recent novel, The Canal Bridge, was praised by the Irish Independent as a "First World War masterpiece...ambitious, accomplished, and deeply moving." And Books Ireland called it "powerful and deeply affecting."
In 2008,Tom was selected as a Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fellow, one of only five individuals chosen from among several hundred novelists.
Barbara Ann Branco
Barbara Ann Branca has been writing and performing since childhood. She considers her poetry creative nonfiction based on her lifelong passions for music, history and the natural world. She has read original works on NPR station WSHU and at Cornelia Street Café, Bowery Poetry Club, Poetry Barn and Walt Whitman Birthplace where she took first place in the LI Poetry Collective's Super Poetry Sunday 2010. Born in Brooklyn and reared on Long Island where she made her stage debut at age six, her passion for the environment goes back to the first Earth Day as a science teacher upstate. After teaching college in Vermont and moving to the Upper West Side, she was a science editor and textbook author who hung out in NYC piano bars and jazz clubs landing a one-woman show at Paulsson's (W. 72nd St.) and fronting an orchestra singing jazz standards on a tour of Greece.
Today you can find Barbara Ann at Stony Brook University's New York Sea Grant where she interviews scientists and writes articles on marine environmental issues (www.nyseagrant.org) and has sung with the Big Jazz Band and the Stony Brook Opera Company. Her Sea Grant colleagues have also egged her on to sit in with bands from Anchorage to Hilton Head, from Seattle to Cape Cod. Barbara Ann recently read original poems as she led a tour of Poets' Walk on the Hudson and is currently working on a collection of "watershed"-based poetry. Some of her poetry can be found at http://barbrann.tumblr.com/.
Christine O'Hagan
Christine O'Hagan is a native New Yorker, and has been a Long Island resident for thirty years. Her novel, BENEDICTION AT THE SAVOIA, received a starred Kirkus Review. Her memoir, THE BOOK OF KEHLS, also received a starred Kirkus Review, and was selected by Kirkus as a "Best Book of 2005." O'Hagan's essays have been published in nine anthologies, several newspapers (including THE NEW YORK TIMES and NEWSDAY), QUEST Magazine and many local publications. She has recently finished a collection of essays, and is working on a second novel.
Friday, May 28, 2010
2011 Sponsors
We have been blessed with a tremendous increase in the number of Sponsors this year. Our thanks, and the thanks of underprivileged kids who will be able to go to Kamp Kiwanis this summer, goes out to these generous people and businesses.
Please support them!!
21st Century Appraisers
Bonbino's Pizza
Bondi Iovino & Fusco, Attorneys-at-Law
Century 21 American Homes (Asip, Dagger & Asip)
Councilman Anthony Santino
Craig DeBaun, Fire Commissioner
Friends of Judge Gary Knobel
Friends of Don Clavin, Receiver of Taxes
Herb & Marian Brown
Home & Hearth Real Estate
Kim & Todd Garrity
Kiwanettes of Oceanside
Lion’s Club of RVC
Long Island Pulse
Mary Jane McGrath, Attorney
Maryanne & Sander Lehrer
Michael Schamroth and Family
Mindy & Roy Kaufman
Municipal Credit Union
Oceanside Federation of Teachers
Oceanville Mason Supply
South Nassau Communities Hospital
Tower's Funeral Home
Westron Lite Bulb
Please support them!!
21st Century Appraisers
Bonbino's Pizza
Bondi Iovino & Fusco, Attorneys-at-Law
Century 21 American Homes (Asip, Dagger & Asip)
Councilman Anthony Santino
Craig DeBaun, Fire Commissioner
Friends of Judge Gary Knobel
Friends of Don Clavin, Receiver of Taxes
Herb & Marian Brown
Home & Hearth Real Estate
Kim & Todd Garrity
Kiwanettes of Oceanside
Lion’s Club of RVC
Long Island Pulse
Mary Jane McGrath, Attorney
Maryanne & Sander Lehrer
Michael Schamroth and Family
Mindy & Roy Kaufman
Municipal Credit Union
Oceanside Federation of Teachers
Oceanville Mason Supply
South Nassau Communities Hospital
Tower's Funeral Home
Westron Lite Bulb
Saturday, May 8, 2010
2010 Schedule
6/7/2010
Peter Carlaftes Tom Phelan
Barbara Ann Branca Christine O'Hagan
6/14/2010
Jerry Zezima Peter Dugan
Darren Sardelli Barb Reiher-Meyers
6/21/2010
George Held Robert Savino
Doreen Spungin Louisa Calio
6/28/2010
Tom Schaudel Vicki Iorio
Paula Curci Deborah Hauser
7/5/2010 Independence Day Celebration
7/12/2010
Christina M. Rau Herb Siegel
Chris Knopf Florence Gatto
7/19/2010
Gayl Teller Denis Gray
Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan Bruce Grossberg
7/26/2010
Reed Farrel Coleman Saralee Rosenberg
Ellen Meister Brenda Janowitz
8/2/2010
Clive Young George Wallace
Jack Anderson Alix Strauss
8/9/2010
Judy Turek Walter Wagner
Kerriann Flanagan Brosky Brian Cohen
8/16/2010
Richard Vetere Harriet Slaughter
Ursula Nouza
8/23/2010
Ellen Pickus George Guida
8/30/2010
Paula Camacho Edgar Carlson
Phil Reinstein Amy Holman
Peter Carlaftes Tom Phelan
Barbara Ann Branca Christine O'Hagan
6/14/2010
Jerry Zezima Peter Dugan
Darren Sardelli Barb Reiher-Meyers
6/21/2010
George Held Robert Savino
Doreen Spungin Louisa Calio
6/28/2010
Tom Schaudel Vicki Iorio
Paula Curci Deborah Hauser
7/5/2010 Independence Day Celebration
7/12/2010
Christina M. Rau Herb Siegel
Chris Knopf Florence Gatto
7/19/2010
Gayl Teller Denis Gray
Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan Bruce Grossberg
7/26/2010
Reed Farrel Coleman Saralee Rosenberg
Ellen Meister Brenda Janowitz
8/2/2010
Clive Young George Wallace
Jack Anderson Alix Strauss
8/9/2010
Judy Turek Walter Wagner
Kerriann Flanagan Brosky Brian Cohen
8/16/2010
Richard Vetere Harriet Slaughter
Ursula Nouza
8/23/2010
Ellen Pickus George Guida
8/30/2010
Paula Camacho Edgar Carlson
Phil Reinstein Amy Holman
2010 Schedule
It is with great pleasure that we announce our 2010 lineup! This summer we feature a wide-range of published authors and poets from Long Island, the NYC metro area--and a return engagement from our favorite poet from the UK! Plan now to join us each Monday evening in June, July & August-- 7 pm-- at Schoolhouse Green!
6/7/2010
Peter Carlaftes Tom Phelan
Barbara Ann Branca Christine O'Hagan
6/14/2010
John Hanc Peter Dugan
Darren Sardelli Barb Reiher-Meyers
6/21/2010
George Held Robert Savino
Doreen Spungin Louisa Calio
6/28/2010
Tom Schaudel Vicki Iorio
Paula Curci Deborah Hauser
7/5/2010 Independence Day Celebration
7/12/2010
Christina M. Rau Herb Siegel
Chris Knopf Florence Gatto
7/19/2010
Gayl Teller Denis Gray
Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan Bruce Grossberg
7/26/2010
Reed Farrel Coleman Saralee Rosenberg
Ellen Meister Brenda Janowitz
8/2/2010
Clive Young George Wallace
Jack Anderson Alix Strauss
8/9/2010
Judy Turek Walter Wagner
Kerriann Flanagan Brosky Brian Cohen
8/16/2010
Richard Vetere Harriet Slaughter
Ursula Nouza
8/23/2010
Ellen Pickus George Guida
8/30/2010
Paula Comacho Edgar Carlson
Phil Reinstein Amy Holman
All funds raised (all--not net--all) by the program help send underprivileged kids to Kamp Kiwanis. Sponsorships are $150 and include your name and logo on signs, posters and the thousands of flyers we distribute, as well as on all announcements (including every email we send).
We are also offering "Program Patrons" for $25. "Program Patrons" will have their names listed on the weekly program we will be distributing each week.
If you would like to become a sponsor or a Program Patron, send your check made payable to "Oceanside Kiwanis" to me at 68 Yorktown Street, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 -- email or include your logo and the listing you want us to print.
If you are interested in being a sponsor, please contact me for more for more information.
Whether you read for us this year or not, I encourage you to come on down, every Monday in June, July and August, for a nice, quiet summer's evening on Schoolhouse Green!!
Many thanks!
Tony Iovino
tonyiovino@gmail.com
6/7/2010
Peter Carlaftes Tom Phelan
Barbara Ann Branca Christine O'Hagan
6/14/2010
John Hanc Peter Dugan
Darren Sardelli Barb Reiher-Meyers
6/21/2010
George Held Robert Savino
Doreen Spungin Louisa Calio
6/28/2010
Tom Schaudel Vicki Iorio
Paula Curci Deborah Hauser
7/5/2010 Independence Day Celebration
7/12/2010
Christina M. Rau Herb Siegel
Chris Knopf Florence Gatto
7/19/2010
Gayl Teller Denis Gray
Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan Bruce Grossberg
7/26/2010
Reed Farrel Coleman Saralee Rosenberg
Ellen Meister Brenda Janowitz
8/2/2010
Clive Young George Wallace
Jack Anderson Alix Strauss
8/9/2010
Judy Turek Walter Wagner
Kerriann Flanagan Brosky Brian Cohen
8/16/2010
Richard Vetere Harriet Slaughter
Ursula Nouza
8/23/2010
Ellen Pickus George Guida
8/30/2010
Paula Comacho Edgar Carlson
Phil Reinstein Amy Holman
Sponsors
We are also offering "Program Patrons" for $25. "Program Patrons" will have their names listed on the weekly program we will be distributing each week.
If you would like to become a sponsor or a Program Patron, send your check made payable to "Oceanside Kiwanis" to me at 68 Yorktown Street, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 -- email or include your logo and the listing you want us to print.
If you are interested in being a sponsor, please contact me for more for more information.
Audience
Whether you read for us this year or not, I encourage you to come on down, every Monday in June, July and August, for a nice, quiet summer's evening on Schoolhouse Green!!
Many thanks!
Tony Iovino
tonyiovino@gmail.com
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Getting Close
With well over 200 requests to read (more than we had this same time last year) we're just about ready to send out our acceptances/regrets.
We thank everyone who expressed an interest in reading this year--and we hope you all will come out this summer!
Some news:
--Sponsor notices went out. Full Sponsorship is $150--Program Patron is $25. If you are interested, let me know.
--We're now on Twitter @SummerGazebo. We'll post updates, cancellation info, etc as the year progresses.
--We will have a modified open read (MOR) schedule. You can sign up, in person, at a reading to read one poem at a future date. Each week we will have 2 or 3 poets read in between the four regularly scheduled author/poets. It will expose our audience to more talented people than we can fit into the regular schedule, and it will give a bunch of poets an opportunity. (Scheduled readers are ineligible for the MOR).
Stay tuned!
Tony Iovino
tonyiovino@gmail.com
We thank everyone who expressed an interest in reading this year--and we hope you all will come out this summer!
Some news:
--Sponsor notices went out. Full Sponsorship is $150--Program Patron is $25. If you are interested, let me know.
--We're now on Twitter @SummerGazebo. We'll post updates, cancellation info, etc as the year progresses.
--We will have a modified open read (MOR) schedule. You can sign up, in person, at a reading to read one poem at a future date. Each week we will have 2 or 3 poets read in between the four regularly scheduled author/poets. It will expose our audience to more talented people than we can fit into the regular schedule, and it will give a bunch of poets an opportunity. (Scheduled readers are ineligible for the MOR).
Stay tuned!
Tony Iovino
tonyiovino@gmail.com
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Announcing Season 4!!
It is with great pride and enthusiasm that the Kiwanis Club of Oceanside, NY announces our Fourth Annual Summer Gazebo Readings series.
The Summer Gazebo Readings feature 4 published authors/poets each Monday evening throughout the summer, set on a village green in Oceanside. An eclectic mix of authors (non-fiction and fiction) and poets read from their works before large, friendly, receptive crowds.
If you would like to be a Reader, please do the following:
Send an email(no attachments) giving the following information:
Contact information (including a number you can be reached on the day of the event in case of inclement weather)
List your available dates. The Readings are held each Monday in June, July & August-- we do an Independence Day program on the first Monday in July-- Please list at least three available dates.
The only restrictions are time (10 minutes, strictly enforced) and the material, as read, must be appropriate for general audiences (think basic cable, not HBO/Showtime).
For more information, see our website: http://summergazeboreadings.blogspot.com/2009/01/readers-guidelines-faq.html
Spaces are limited and will be allocated at the discretion of the committee. One of our criteria will be to include a mix of genres (some poetry, some non-fiction prose, some fiction), so while we won't ask you what specifically you are reading--we will not "judge" or preview material-- we would like to know the general genre of your work.
Please note that we ended last year with over 200 people on our waiting list-- please do not be offended if we can't fit you in. We hope to announce the summer's lineup by May 1.
All funds raised (all--not net--all) by the program help send underprivileged kids to Kamp Kiwanis. Sponsorships are $150 and include your name and logo on signs, posters and the thousands of flyers we distribute, as well as on all announcements (including every email we send).
We are also offering "Program Patrons" for $25. "Program Patrons" will have their names listed on the weekly program we will be distributing each week.
If you would like to become a sponsor or a Program Patron, send your check made payable to "Oceanside Kiwanis" to me at the address below-- email or include your logo and the listing you want us to print.
If you are interested in being a sponsor, please contact me for more for more information.
Whether you read for us this year or not, I encourage you to come on down, every Monday in June, July and August, for a nice, quiet summer's evening on Schoolhouse Green!!
Many thanks!
Tony Iovino
tonyiovino@gmail.com
The Summer Gazebo Readings feature 4 published authors/poets each Monday evening throughout the summer, set on a village green in Oceanside. An eclectic mix of authors (non-fiction and fiction) and poets read from their works before large, friendly, receptive crowds.
Readers
Send an email(no attachments) giving the following information:
Name
Contact information (including a number you can be reached on the day of the event in case of inclement weather)
List your available dates. The Readings are held each Monday in June, July & August-- we do an Independence Day program on the first Monday in July-- Please list at least three available dates.
The general genre of your work (poetry, non-fiction or fiction prose, etc.)
The only restrictions are time (10 minutes, strictly enforced) and the material, as read, must be appropriate for general audiences (think basic cable, not HBO/Showtime).
For more information, see our website: http://summergazeboreadings.blogspot.com/2009/01/readers-guidelines-faq.html
Spaces are limited and will be allocated at the discretion of the committee. One of our criteria will be to include a mix of genres (some poetry, some non-fiction prose, some fiction), so while we won't ask you what specifically you are reading--we will not "judge" or preview material-- we would like to know the general genre of your work.
Please note that we ended last year with over 200 people on our waiting list-- please do not be offended if we can't fit you in. We hope to announce the summer's lineup by May 1.
Sponsors
We are also offering "Program Patrons" for $25. "Program Patrons" will have their names listed on the weekly program we will be distributing each week.
If you would like to become a sponsor or a Program Patron, send your check made payable to "Oceanside Kiwanis" to me at the address below-- email or include your logo and the listing you want us to print.
If you are interested in being a sponsor, please contact me for more for more information.
Audience
Whether you read for us this year or not, I encourage you to come on down, every Monday in June, July and August, for a nice, quiet summer's evening on Schoolhouse Green!!
Many thanks!
Tony Iovino
tonyiovino@gmail.com
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