SILENT BEACHES at the BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Wednesday, May 24th
Please join Elizabeth Albert and Underwater New York's Helen Georgas as they explore the strange and wonderful past and present of New York City's lesser-known waterfront!
Brooklyn Public Library
10 Grand Army Plaza
6:30: Wine and Cheese Reception
7:00: Visual Presentation and Fiction Reading
FREE and open to the public!
Join us on
Thursday, September 29, 7:30 PM
at
Greenlight Bookstore / 686 Fulton St. Brooklyn
for a book launch event to celebrate Silent Beaches, Untold Stories: New York City's Forgotten Waterfront
Hosted by author and editor Elizabeth Albert and co-hosted by fiction and poetry editors Underwater New York
Featuring readings by Susan Choi, Kamilah Aisha Moon, Nelly Reifler, and Amy Shearn
A champagne reception will follow the readings!
RSVP and learn more at the Facebook event page!
Underwater New York is thrilled to co-host a reading with Amsterdam-based journal Versal on Thursday, July 28th, at WORD Bookstore in Greenpoint. The seven readers--three representing UNY, four representing Versal--will be engaging with their nautical cities' shared relationship with water and with music.
In from Amsterdam, Versal editors Anna Arov, Jennifer Arcuni and Eleanor Paynter will be reading from their own work, and will be joined by Versal contributing poet Dawn Losinger.
UNY contributors Tobias Carroll, Alanna Schubach and Lauren Waterman will be reading from fiction and nonfiction inspired by the songs Trans-Hudson by My Favorite Citizen, The Downeaster 'Alexa' by Billy Joel and River by Joni Mitchell, respectively. For a preview, check out Alanna Schubach's essay, Islanders Like Me.
Following the reading, we can mosey over to the Brooklyn Barge for drinks and superlative views.
Thursday, July 28, 7 pm.
WORD Bookstore is located at 126 Franklin Street in Greenpoint.
The Brooklyn Barge is located at 97 West Street in Greenpoint.
Photos by Nate Dorr
On April 21st, Underwater New York presented an evening of programming at Marie Lorenz's exhibition Flow Pool at Recess. Read more about the project here. We invited poet Kelly Sullivan and artists Nicole Antebi, Meredith Drum, Maya Edelman and Nate Dorr, Mark Joshua Epstein, Emily Gibson, and Alexis Neider to offer words and artwork based on our list of underwater objects to the pool.
Photos by Dan Selzer
Photo by Farooq Ahmed
On April 16th from 3-5pm, we will be trekking out to Coney Island Creek--home to NYC's infamous real-life yellow submarine--as part of Obscura Day 2016. This will be our fifth time participating in the international day of exploration and it is always a really good time!
Get your tickets and more information here!
