Signings & sightings.NEW YORK CITY New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , NY PEN World Voices: The New York Festival of International Literature from April 16-22, 2005, features writers from every continent for dialogues, discussions and readings. The festival will include Wole Soyinka, Nigerian-born Nobel laureate, along with Edwidge Danticat, Nuruddin Farah, Oscar Hijuelos and Toni Morrison. For further information, contact Michael Roberts, at PEN, 212-334-1660, ext. 103, or e-mail at mroberts@pen.org. Eat, Drink & Be Literary at BAMcafe (Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn Academy of Music, performing arts center located in the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y. and popularly known as BAM. Founded in 1859 and opened in 1861, it is the oldest such institution still in operation in the United States. ), a dinner and a reading with author Walter Mosley, March 10, 2005. For details, call BAM Bam (bäm), town (1996 pop. 70,100), Kerman prov., SE Iran, on the intermittent Bam River. Located on the western edge of the Dasht-e Lut, Bam is a trade center in a henna-growing region. Dates and other fruits are also grown; camels are raised. Ticket Services at 718-636-4100. NYACK, NY The 1st Nyack African American Book Conference and Book Fair will be held 10 A.M. to 5 P.M., March 19 from at the Nyack Public Library, followed by a Meet-the-Author reception. A panel discussion on urban/street fiction will be simulcast to libraries around the country. The events benefit the library's Black Studies Book Section. For more information, call 845-893-3037. PHILADELPHIA, PA The 28th Annual Conference on Black History in Pennsylvania will be April 20-23, 2005. Donna Brazile, a senior fellow at the Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
PLATTSBURGH, NY Annual North Country Writers Institute and Retreat for Writers of Color, Upstate New York Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911 out of New York State's total 18,976,457. Were it an independent state, it would be ranked 13th by population. , June 19-25. The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College Medgar Evers College (MEC) is a college campus (offering bachelor's and associate's degrees) of The City University of New York. MEC was founded in 1970 through cooperation from educators and community leaders in central Brooklyn. (CUNY CUNY City University of New York ), the State University of New York at Plattsburgh On January 26, 1929, a fire completely destroyed the Plattsburgh Normal School. The fire started in the boiler room on a cold Saturday morning. Aided by high winds, the entire structure was fully engulfed in flames within a half-hour. ; and the Paden Institute and Retreat for Writers of Color produce an intensive retreat for emerging writers. Applications must be postmarked no later than March 4. To apply online and for further information visit: /webdev.plattsburgh.edu/offices/academi c/writers of color, or call Dr. Brenda Greene at 718-270-6976. SAN FRANCISCO, CA Deborah Santana, author of Space Between the Stars, will read and sign her book on March 3, 2005, at 7 P.M. at Borders Books & Music, 400 Post Street, 415-399-1633 NASSAU, BAHAMAS The Sisterhood Cruise, hosted by Tajuana TJ Butler, (author of The Night Before Thirty) will depart from Miami, Florida on August 5 on the Carnival Cruise Line's "Fascination Fun" ship traveling to Nassau. For more information and to register, visit www.tjbutler.com or www.theconnectionclub.com. tjbutler@tjbutler.com; or 323-270-0716 Log on to www.bibookreview.com for updates on black book events, and to send information of upcoming events. |
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