Seasonal Qi-Full Nature and Art Excursion IV, Autumn with Celeste Graves

Music, poetry, community qigong, tai chi and qigong demos.

Free style group dance finale.

Celeste Graves: MA in Dance Therapy from New York University, dedicated to blending movement, dance, yoga, qigong, and meditation for artistic expression as well as for health, personal evolution, and physio-spiritual exploration. She worked at the Saugerties Ballet Center and Woodstock Arts and Sports Center. Celeste studied practicing and teaching TaiChi for Health Programs, and served for several years as a senior trainer with Dr. Paul Lam’s international Tai Chi for Health Institute, (TCHI).  She shares these programs through Ulster County Office for Aging.

Everyone has a story to tell. This is a workshop on finding the voice that lets that story flow. 

Two-hour workshop on short form storytelling (1-2 pages) for fiction and nonfiction. The focus is on how we tell stories and what voice gives us wings and gets us there. We’ll look at some great examples, then you’ll have time to generate your own work. Those comfortable will share for a group discussion, with an emphasis on positive feedback. The goal: everyone goes home with a 1-2 page piece of writing in their own, unique, wonderful voice.

Bring whatever writing material you need (notebooks, laptops), as well as a drink if you’d like (no alcohol please). Water provided.

Small donation appreciated for use of the space.

Registration, by 10/10: info@shoutoutsaugerties.org 

Jana Martin is the author of Russian Lover and Other Stories and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, a contributor to Women Who Rock, Avedon: The Sixties, and editor of Vanishing Point Forever. She was an editor on The Weeklings.com and has appeared in The New York Times, Post Road, Glimmer Train, Mississippi Review, Five Points, Vassar Review, and other publications. She’s taught writing at SUNY New Paltz, WordCafe, Sonoma State and Loyola universities. She received a Susana Meyer Biannual Creative Arts Award from ShoutOut Saugerties and is currently working on a new book.

On the first Wednesday of every month, Jan Alexander leads a Fiction based book club focused on novels that reflect the diverse world we live in.

Book Club meets from 5:30 to 7:00 either on Zoom or in-person. Contact info@shoutoutsaugerties.org for more information.

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler.

On the first Wednesday of every month, Jan Alexander leads a Fiction based book club focused on novels that reflect the diverse world we live in.

Book Club meets from 5:30 to 7:00 either on Zoom or in-person. Contact info@shoutoutsaugerties.org for more information.

Join Celeste for Qigong in the back garden of St. Gregory's Church

Rain date: Sun 8/24, 4-6pm

On the first Wednesday of every month, Jan Alexander leads a Fiction based book club focused on novels that reflect the diverse world we live in.

Book Club meets from 5:30 to 7:00 either on Zoom or in-person. Contact info@shoutoutsaugerties.org for more information.

LTW is touring screenwriter Katie Cokinos' adaptation and update of the classic novel Railway Children, by Edith Nesbit. 

Shelley Wynant directs a cast of five -- Melissa Mathews, Lisa Nicholas, Hannah Munson, John Remington, and Jared Reinmuth -- in this tale of a family displaced from their city home to a country cottage. A train runs by the house and leads the kids to a station with unusual characters. LTW once again tours to summer programs in the area with a stop at the Orpheum.

Donations accepted.

“Words move hearts and hearts move limbs." - Hamza Yusuf ,

Shout Out Saugerties presents readings and songs from new and historic speeches, and original writing that speak to our present times. 

On the first Wednesday of every month, Jan Alexander leads a Fiction based book club focused on novels that reflect the diverse world we live in.

Book Club meets from 5:30 to 7:00 either on Zoom or in-person. Contact info@shoutoutsaugerties.org for more information.

Paper Spells, is a group art exhibit produced in collaboration with the Elm St.Art Salon. The Salon comprises a group of women artists and writers who have been meeting monthly for several years to share their work and give support to new projects. The Paper Spell project came about in response to the stress and pressures that many of us are experiencing in current times. Paper Spells use the power of images and words to draw positive energies to redirect events that arise in our lives.
Participating artists include Amanda Gulla, Nansi Lent, Ann Sherrill, Elin Menzies, Debra Moskowitz, Tracy Phillips, Martha Hill, Virginia Casper, Joan Barker, Katherine Burger, Leslie Ruckman, Yvonne Rojas-Cowan, Cameron Myler, Sandy Silverman, Veronica Lawlor, Suzanne Parker, Angela Gaffney-Smith, Anne Leith, Anne Crowley, Linda Shultz, Gloria Mirsky, Carol March, Sabine Reckewell, Lucille Colin, Theresa Landi Daniel, Gabrielle Walter and Tania Kravath.

The exhibit will be open Saturdays and Sundays June 8-June 29th from 1-5.

Paper Spells, is a group art exhibit produced in collaboration with the Elm St.Art Salon. The Salon comprises a group of women artists and writers who have been meeting monthly for several years to share their work and give support to new projects. The Paper Spell project came about in response to the stress and pressures that many of us are experiencing in current times. Paper Spells use the power of images and words to draw positive energies to redirect events that arise in our lives.
Participating artists include Amanda Gulla, Nansi Lent, Ann Sherrill, Elin Menzies, Debra Moskowitz, Tracy Phillips, Martha Hill, Virginia Casper, Joan Barker, Katherine Burger, Leslie Ruckman, Yvonne Rojas-Cowan, Cameron Myler, Sandy Silverman, Veronica Lawlor, Suzanne Parker, Angela Gaffney-Smith, Anne Leith, Anne Crowley, Linda Shultz, Gloria Mirsky, Carol March, Sabine Reckewell, Lucille Colin, Theresa Landi Daniel, Gabrielle Walter and Tania Kravath.

The exhibit will be open Saturdays and Sundays June 8-June 29th from 1-5.

Author Gail Straub will read from her new memoir - Home Inside the Globe, Embracing our Human Family.

In a world run amuck with seemingly irreparable differences and conflicts, Gail Straub’s memoir offers an antidote. As a seeker on pilgrimage across the Sahara with indigenous Tuaregs, trekking off the beaten trail high in the Himalayas, the intrepid Straub seeks out all that is different so that she can become whole. As an activist, Gail becomes immersed in Gorbachev-era Russia and Deng Xiaoping-era China. She empowers sex-workers in India and Syrian refugees in Jordan. Here out beyond man-made political borders, she finds a boundless realm where we connect as human beings transcending nationality, skin color, gender, socio-economic status, and religion. Home Inside the Globe is an invitation to awaken as individuals so that we can fully participate in creating a better world for all people.

Gail Straub is the author of eight award-winning books. As the co-founder of the Empowerment Institute, she is a leading authority on women’s empowerment where her work to help women heal from violence and lead productive lives has impacted several million people throughout Africa, India, and the Middle East. gailstraub.com 

A disccussion with Bev D’Onofrio and audience Q&A will follow the reading.

Beer, wine, sodas, coffee, and food will be available for purchase during the event.

This interactive workshop is for adults, children, and families.

Storyteller and artist Jill Oleskar, recipient of the 2025 Susanna Meyer award, will bring candles down by the Creek for a storytelling circle. There, people can share their stories of the Lower Esopus Creek from Saugerties to the Hudson River. They will then have the opportunity to draw any stories or memories that they have told, as well as any other Creek or River stories that come to mind. Each participant is invited to draw two pennants. One will be hung by the Creek for a while so the stories will be carried to the Creek by the Wind, while the second pennant will be taken home by participants. This workshop will run for roughly two hours. Participants should bring their own lawn chairs if possible.

Can’t make this workshop? Jill is offering another workshop at the Tina Chorvas park on Friday, June 13 from 6-8PM

Paper Spells, is a group art exhibit produced in collaboration with the Elm St.Art Salon. The Salon comprises a group of women artists and writers who have been meeting monthly for several years to share their work and give support to new projects. The Paper Spell project came about in response to the stress and pressures that many of us are experiencing in current times. Paper Spells use the power of images and words to draw positive energies to redirect events that arise in our lives.
Participating artists include Amanda Gulla, Nansi Lent, Ann Sherrill, Elin Menzies, Debra Moskowitz, Tracy Phillips, Martha Hill, Virginia Casper, Joan Barker, Katherine Burger, Leslie Ruckman, Yvonne Rojas-Cowan, Cameron Myler, Sandy Silverman, Veronica Lawlor, Suzanne Parker, Angela Gaffney-Smith, Anne Leith, Anne Crowley, Linda Shultz, Gloria Mirsky, Carol March, Sabine Reckewell, Lucille Colin, Theresa Landi Daniel, Gabrielle Walter and Tania Kravath.

The exhibit will be open Saturdays and Sundays June 8-June 29th from 1-5.

A workshop on making Paper Spells will be given by Elin Menzies and Debra Moskowitz, co-authors of the how-to book, Paper Spells, Making Magic with Words and Images. The workshop is open to ages 10 and up. Free! Space is limited. To attend, please email us at info@shoutoutsaugerties.org

Paper Spells, is a group art exhibit produced in collaboration with the Elm St.Art Salon. The Salon comprises a group of women artists and writers who have been meeting monthly for several years to share their work and give support to new projects. The Paper Spell project came about in response to the stress and pressures that many of us are experiencing in current times. Paper Spells use the power of images and words to draw positive energies to redirect events that arise in our lives.
Participating artists include Amanda Gulla, Nansi Lent, Ann Sherrill, Elin Menzies, Debra Moskowitz, Tracy Phillips, Martha Hill, Virginia Casper, Joan Barker, Katherine Burger, Leslie Ruckman, Yvonne Rojas-Cowan, Cameron Myler, Sandy Silverman, Veronica Lawlor, Suzanne Parker, Angela Gaffney-Smith, Anne Leith, Anne Crowley, Linda Shultz, Gloria Mirsky, Carol March, Sabine Reckewell, Lucille Colin, Theresa Landi Daniel, Gabrielle Walter and Tania Kravath.

The exhibit will be open Saturdays and Sundays June 8-June 29th from 1-5.

Paper Spells, is a group art exhibit produced in collaboration with the Elm St.Art Salon. The Salon comprises a group of women artists and writers who have been meeting monthly for several years to share their work and give support to new projects. The Paper Spell project came about in response to the stress and pressures that many of us are experiencing in current times. Paper Spells use the power of images and words to draw positive energies to redirect events that arise in our lives.
Participating artists include Amanda Gulla, Nansi Lent, Ann Sherrill, Elin Menzies, Debra Moskowitz, Tracy Phillips, Martha Hill, Virginia Casper, Joan Barker, Katherine Burger, Leslie Ruckman, Yvonne Rojas-Cowan, Cameron Myler, Sandy Silverman, Veronica Lawlor, Suzanne Parker, Angela Gaffney-Smith, Anne Leith, Anne Crowley, Linda Shultz, Gloria Mirsky, Carol March, Sabine Reckewell, Lucille Colin, Theresa Landi Daniel, Gabrielle Walter and Tania Kravath.

The exhibit will be open Saturdays and Sundays June 8-June 29th from 1-5.

Paper Spells, is a group art exhibit produced in collaboration with the Elm St.Art Salon. The Salon comprises a group of women artists and writers who have been meeting monthly for several years to share their work and give support to new projects. The Paper Spell project came about in response to the stress and pressures that many of us are experiencing in current times. Paper Spells use the power of images and words to draw positive energies to redirect events that arise in our lives.
Participating artists include Amanda Gulla, Nansi Lent, Ann Sherrill, Elin Menzies, Debra Moskowitz, Tracy Phillips, Martha Hill, Virginia Casper, Joan Barker, Katherine Burger, Leslie Ruckman, Yvonne Rojas-Cowan, Cameron Myler, Sandy Silverman, Veronica Lawlor, Suzanne Parker, Angela Gaffney-Smith, Anne Leith, Anne Crowley, Linda Shultz, Gloria Mirsky, Carol March, Sabine Reckewell, Lucille Colin, Theresa Landi Daniel, Gabrielle Walter and Tania Kravath.

The exhibit will be open Saturdays and Sundays June 8-June 29th from 1-5.

Join us for this interactive workshop for adults, children, and families.

Storyteller and artist Jill Oleskar, recipient of the 2025 Susanna Meyer award, will bring candles down by the Creek for a storytelling circle. There, people can share their stories of the Lower Esopus Creek from Saugerties to the Hudson River. They will then have the opportunity to draw any stories or memories that they have told, as well as any other Creek or River stories that come to mind. Each participant is invited to draw two pennants. One will be hung by the Creek for a while so the stories will be carried to the Creek by the Wind, while the second pennant will be taken home by participants. This workshop will run for roughly two hours. Participants should bring their own lawn chairs if possible.

Can’t make this workshop? Jill is offering a second workshop at the Saugerties Beach on Sunday, June 22 from 1-3PM

Paper Spells, is a group art exhibit produced in collaboration with the Elm St.Art Salon. The Salon comprises a group of women artists and writers who have been meeting monthly for several years to share their work and give support to new projects. The Paper Spell project came about in response to the stress and pressures that many of us are experiencing in current times. Paper Spells use the power of images and words to draw positive energies to redirect events that arise in our lives.
Participating artists include Amanda Gulla, Nansi Lent, Ann Sherrill, Elin Menzies, Debra Moskowitz, Tracy Phillips, Martha Hill, Virginia Casper, Joan Barker, Katherine Burger, Leslie Ruckman, Yvonne Rojas-Cowan, Cameron Myler, Sandy Silverman, Veronica Lawlor, Suzanne Parker, Angela Gaffney-Smith, Anne Leith, Anne Crowley, Linda Shultz, Gloria Mirsky, Carol March, Sabine Reckewell, Lucille Colin, Theresa Landi Daniel, Gabrielle Walter and Tania Kravath.

The exhibit will be open Saturdays and Sundays June 8-June 29th from 1-5. Opening reception is June 8th from 4-6PM

On the first Wednesday of every month, Jan Alexander leads a Fiction based book club focused on novels that reflect the diverse world we live in.

Book Club meets from 5:30 to 7:00 either on Zoom or in-person. Contact info@shoutoutsaugerties.org for more information.

ShoutOut participates yearly in the Annual Saugerties Library Street Fair. This year ShoutOut Member Chloë Saban-Mayor will offer a drawing workshop Animal Alphabet for kids to have fun decorating their names. Materials provided. May 31st, 10am to 2pm, behind the Library.

Jan Alexander leads a Fiction based book club focused on novels that reflect the diverse world we live in. This month features the book, Isola, by Allegra Goodman.

Book Club meets from 5:30 to 7:00 either on Zoom or in-person. Contact info@shoutoutsaugerties.org for more information.

ShoutOut and the Orpheum present an evening of moderated discussion exploring future growth for the Village and Town.

Free.

Facilitated by: Suzanne Bennett, Katie Cokinos

Books Alive presents a reading of selections from the children's classic Charlotte's Web.
Featuring Little Theater of Wonder actors Gary Brownlee, Hannah Munson, Lisa Nicolas, Philip X Levine, and Chantez Engeleit. The reading will be followed by a creative arts activity with Lisa Nicholas. Please contact info@shoutoutsaugerties.org if you are interested in attending.

This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council

Second reading added!

Poetry month is back and we’re celebrating. Poets featured in "Poems in the Windows" will read selected works at The Pig. Join us for an afternoon of poetry!

Taking place in The Esopus Bend Nature Preserve from the Sterley Avenue entrance to the fabulous South Trail, this is the second of four seasonal outings sponsored in part by ShoutOut Saugerties, Susana Meyer grant for the arts.  

On this special day we are also celebrating  WORLDWIDE TAIJI/QIGONG DAY!

Following an opening poetry welcome by Mikhail Horowitz, Celeste will lead a group qigong session to attune with the nature of the season, preparing bodies, minds, hearts and spirits for a silent walk through the preserve to the edge of the creek.  Upon returning there will be an opportunity to share experiences and to watch presentations of Taiji and Qigong forms offered by Ulster County students and practitioners of these arts.

Meet up for carpooling at Simmons Plaza, (northerly side), 1 pm.

Contact Celeste for more information:

celestegraves@gmail.com   845 943 0375

Raindate: April 27

Poetry month is back and we’re celebrating. Join Tina Barry, Mikhail Horowitz, Guy Reed and others in our annual poetry reading. Guy Reed’s latest book “Time Under the Overlook” will be available for purchase at the event. About the Poets:

Tina Barry: Books: I Tell Henrietta (Aim Higher, Inc.), Beautiful Raft and Mall Flower (Big Table Publishing). Once a restaurant critic for the Brooklyn Paper, she wrote food and relationship stories for the NY Daily News, among other papers; 5 Pushcart Prize nominations. Teaches at The Poetry Barn and Writers.com

Mikhail Horowitz: Books: Big League Poets (City Lights; The Opus of Everything in Nothing Flat (Outloud/Red Hill; Rafting into the Afterlife (Codhill Press); Ancient Baseball (Alte Books). Performed throughout the U.S. with Giles Makine, musician and composer. Wrote and performedwith Actors and Writers of the Hudson Valley. For years, Horowitz was Arts Editor for the Woodstock Times.

Guy Reed: Books: Time Under the Overlook (Bushwack Books), Second Innocence (Luchador Press), The Effort To Hold Light (Finishing Line Press), and co-author, with Cheryl A. Rice, of Until The Words Came (Post Traumatic Press). Winner 2022 Littoral Press poetry prize. Graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, wrote and performed for the film I Dream too Much. 

Following the reading, a conversation will take place among the authors facilitated by Phillip X Levine, poet and editor of poetry for Chronogram.

Doors open at 5:00. Beer, wine, sodas, coffee, and food will be available for purchase during the event.

This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Books Alive presents a reading of selections from the children's classic Charlotte's Web.

Featuring Little Theater of Wonder actors Gary Brownlee, Hannah Munson, Lisa Nicolas, Philip X. Levine, and Chantez Engeleit. The reading will be followed by a creative arts activity with Lisa Nicholas. All are welcome.

On the first Wednesday of every month, Jan Alexander leads a Fiction based book club focused on novels that reflect the diverse world we live in.

Book Club meets from 5:30 to 7:00 either on Zoom or in-person. Contact info@shoutoutsaugerties.org for more information.