Look what’s going on this week. Try to get to one of these events!

May 14 at 7 pm: Martha Dudman, author of Black Olives and and Nan Bauer-Maglin, author of Cut Loose, a collection of true stories and reflections written by 27 women, read their work at the Old Stone House. Fifth Avenue and 3rd Street in Park Slope

May 15 at 7 pm: Have a post-Mother’s Day cocktail (or two) with NY Sun Columnist, Lenore Skenazy, magazine
writer, Amy Sohn, and the Brooklyn Paper’s tell-it-like-it-really-is
Smartmom and others, who will will shock, amuse, and entertain you, and
they won’t make you eat your vegetables before you get dessert. It’s happening at the elegant and fun The Montauk Club at 7 p.m. Cocktails and a reading. Free.  Lincoln Place and 8th Avenue.

May 17 all day: NY Writer’s Coalition Write-A-Thon: a daylong writing festival will benefit NYWC’s free,
unique and powerful creative writing programs across New York City. Colson Whitehead is the guest speaker. 

Use the day however best serves your writing needs; write on
your own, participate in workshops, or receive fun and stimulating
prompts from our “prompt stations.”
Like a walk-a-thon, our attendees will ask friends and
family to donate in support of their day of writing. These
contributions will help fund NYWC’s creative writing programs for
at-risk youth, the homeless and formerly homeless, the formerly
incarcerated, seniors, and many others that aren’t heard from often
enough in our society. At theNY Center for Independent Publishing. 20 West 44th Street.

May 18: Cho-Chiqq: The ultimate Park Slope backyard theater festival. 11:00am – 4pm
369 1st Street, Garden Apartment – Park Slope. R to Union Street. For details go here.