Mon., May 21 / OCCUPY BOOKS, an evening of poetry, prose and non-fiction, 6-8pm

450  Main St/. Catskill
Free Admission

Stop by for a pop-up night of poetry and prose from OCCUPY BOOKS, the literary heart of the Wall Street to Main Street project. Meet the writers at OCCUPY BOOKS for a short reading followed by pay-for-yourself dinner at Wasana's Thai Restaurant, 336 Main St. Hosted by Fence editor Rebecca Wolff, the reading is headlined by Sander Hicks, author of "Slingshot to the Juggernaut: Total Resistance to the Death Machine Means Complete Love of the Truth," just out from Soft Skull Press. He is joined by poet Sparrow on the Power of Silence, Sam Truitt reading poems from Vertical Elegies - Street Mete, and new poems by Rebecca Wolff. More at  www.greenearts.org


Tues., May 22 / Awards reception in celebration of Greene County Council on the Arts' 2012 DEC/CIP grant recipients, 5:30-7:30pm
 
Doctorow Center for the Arts
7971 Main St., Hunter

Presentation by Artistic Director Kenneth Hamrick. Community Arts Grants fund high-quality literature, visual and performing arts programs for all ages and audiences in Greene County. For more information, call 518.943.3400 or go to http://greenearts.org/deccip-awards-reception-may-22