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Patchogue Arts Council, Inc.

Encouraging, Promoting and Supporting the Arts - Since 2008

Artists – Literary Arts

The literary arm of the Patchogue Arts Council was born with live spoken word performances during PAC’s Annual Autumn Arts Festival.   Local poets raised their voices and the audience’s spirit during this day-long event held in the lobby of the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts.

Over the past five years, the PAC literary committee cultivated a wonderful partnership with Herstory Writer’s Workshop.  Through weekly workshops held in our gallery, writers of all skill levels are learning to harness the power of memoir writing circles and to use their stories to inspire the Patchogue community.   Memoirs of Motherhood: Connecting Through Our Stories was a women’s writing circle that brought mothers of all ages together to share their joys, sorrows, hopes, hardships, and dreams.   Bridges to Justice: Connecting Through Our Stories continues to unite human rights activists, high school and college students, and community members with the goal of crafting first-person testimonies of their struggles to create a more equitable and inclusive world.  Excerpts from these memoirs have been featured annually at public readings held at the Plaza Mac Media Center and the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts.

The literary committee is thrilled to announce that, through our partnership with Herstory Writer’s Workshop, PAC will be hosting a Freedom Forum, representing the Long Island Region in a statewide literary event designed to spotlight the ongoing struggles to preserve our democratic values such as freedom, equality, and justice under the law. On October 28th, we will be joining forces with Herstory and other partners at the Patchogue-Medford Public Library to host this day-long event featuring a presentation by poet Kathy Engel, followed by selected Herstory Writers reading memoir excerpts highlighting their journeys towards justice.  The program will then shift to a town-hall format wherein participants will discover how they can turn their own personal story into a literary work that will help mend the bridges in communities torn apart by violence and hatred.

The Freedom Forum will serve as a springboard for subsequent workshops during which participants can complete their stories.  The over-arching goal is to bring together members of Suffolk County’s hidden communities to cultivate empathy and a deeper understanding of the challenges confronting them in the current climate.  With the writers’ permission, the stories will be shared in various formats ranging from Herstory’s Digital Archive to local newspapers to sermons in churches, mosques, and synagogues.

In the future, the Literary committee looks forward to continuing its partnership with Herstory Writer’s Workshop while also returning to its roots by focusing on spoken word.   It is our goal to expand on PAC cultural offerings to the community by promoting poetry in Patchogue.  Stay tuned!


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Meet us in Patchogue | PRIDE with PAC & Friends Community • Drag • Performance • Music • Poetry • Art • Film • Love Saturday, June 25 from 1:00 – 6:00 PM • Free and open to the public Terry Street, Patchogue

We invite you to Meet Us In Patchogue for PRIDE with PAC & Friends and connect through the arts. In the heart of Patchogue on L.I.’s official arts district we come together  in PRIDE.

Saturday, June 25 from 1: 00 PM – 6:00 PM we will have a day of celebration on Terry Street featuring live performances from local, national, and international artists, mini art exhibits, drag, poetry, music, film, live painting, L.I.local organizations and the launch of the Discover Patchogue Magazine!

This event is made possible in partnership with Patchogue Arts Council • Museum of Contemporary Art L. I., Plaza Media Cinema & Center, Patchogue Medford Library, Village of Patchogue, Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce, SEA of Visibility, Long Island PRIDE Festival, BOPPI, Project Hope, SEPA Mujer, and growing.

BORN THIS WAY & LOVE WINS PERFORMERS Curated by Anu Annam  1:00 – 6:00 PM | Outside on Terry Street

*LOVE WINS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL @ PLAZA MEDIA CINEMA & CENTER (ticketed event) 4:00 PM – 11:00 PM | Inside Plaza Media Cinema Link below for tickets

https://www.plazamac.org/love-wins-film-festival

This event is made possible with public funding and support from; Suffolk County Village of Patchogue Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce

BORN THIS WAY PERFORMERS | RAINBOW CONNECTION Curated by Anu Annam

THE QUEENS Toni Homeperm—emcee LaBelle—emcee

Bella Noche

Annie Manildoo

POETRY 

Rusty Rose 

Travis Madison 

Bri Onishea 

Terri Muuss

Jerome Lewis (Poetry & Music)

MUSICAL GUESTS

SINGER-SONGWRITER 

Rorie Kelly—guitar and piano

Brandon Ramirez 

Kyle Royce—piano

Delaney (Belle Curves)

Andraleia Buch-Bass

Marylin Pardo-Classic Rock

CLASSICAL

Zephyr Chuaprasert—Viola

Danielle Davis—Opera

RAP

Capitol (Rainer)

MOSAIC VISUAL ARTISTS EXHIBITING

Visual Artists

Eileen Novack

Rob Miller

Mark Propper

Sam Neuk

Puneeta Mittal

Laura Resurreccion 

NIRI Art

Robyn Bellospirito 

Con Artist

John Schindler 

Billy Gotharts Levenberg 

Nicole Franz

Carol J. Amodeo

Dan Seagraves

Greg Fox

Anu Annam

Teen Artists 

Zephyr

Leila Barrett

Leo Gagliardo 

Corey Richter

Dahlia Soto

LOVE WINS PERFORMERS (TBA)

Patchogue Bloomsday 2022

Patchogue Arts Council & James Joyce Restaurant & Bar partner for Patchogue Bloomsday
Bloomsday is coming to Patchogue  June 16, 2022 $10 pp ( include a drink voucher ) Special menu items available $10 raffle tickets at the door






What’s that you may ask? A horticultural event?

No. It’s a celebration of Irish author James Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses published in 1922 and celebrating its 100th birthday this year. Bloomsday has been celebrated in Dublin since 1954 and has been ever expanding to cities and towns around the world. 
It occurs annually on June 16 because the entire 640-page novel takes place all on one day: June 16, 1904.
On June 16, 1954, poet Patrick Kavanaugh, and journalist-novelist Flan O’Brien with four other compatriots walked and rode in horse-drawn coaches on a pilgrimage through the streets of Dublin stopping at locations depicted in the book.  As the day passed, a home movie captured their increasingly unsteady footing. Since then, it has become a more formal homage to the author and his book.


Bloomsdays now often center around individuals (often celebrities) reading excerpts from the famous (once infamous) book, and  Irish musical interludes fill the space between the readings.  In some locales, to mimic the original walk through Dublin, participants may travel from performance space to performance space which hardly by accident often are pubs, taverns, or bars.  Some cities hold marathon readings in theaters.
This year PAC•MoCA L.I. in cooperation with Patchogue’s own James Joyce Restaurant & Bar will offer our inaugural Bloomsday celebration as a fund raiser on June 16 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.  Join us on one of the bar’s stately balconies for recitations, musical moments, and good cheer.  Be part of the local literati! 

LOOKING FOR JOYCE’S VOICESBe a Patchogue Bloomsday Reader….
PAC•MoCA L.I. is looking for 14 folks who are interested and bold enough to read one passage each from James Joyce’s Ulysses at the inaugural celebration of Bloomsday (June 16, 2022) to be held at the James Joyce Restaurant and Bar in Patchogue, NY on South Ocean Avenue.


Join us at this local celebration of the world-wide event celebrating Joyce’s modernist masterpiece.  It’s an auspicious year for Joyceans and PAC/MoCA to launch this annual event because Ulysses turned 100 this February!


Readings will be separated with brief Irish musical interludes; food and libations will be available too.
Please note that volunteering is not a guarantee that you will be selected. Depending upon the number and nature of would-be participants, we may not be able to offer a slot to you. Fourteen is the maximum number.  But in coming years there will be other opportunities to be among Joyce’s voices.
Forward your name and contact information to Ed Schmieder, email: gardeneng2@gmail.com Cell# 631.804.8890. Please provide both email and cell phone number..See you on the 16th for “words so beautiful and sad, like music.”

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