Ara at the Hygienic! Plays at home! Christie at LaGrua

Hi!
This Friday, Ara Fitzgerald, dancer, choreographer, writer, inventor, will be doing a reading of her book this friday,
May 9th, at 6 pm, at the Hygienic!! Please join us! Clare Byrne and I (Marya) shall be accompanying her as readers. It will be fun – and I would love to see you. details are below.

Also, remember that we are reading Blithe Spirit as part of the Living Room Playreading series, at my home, on May 18th, from 1-4 – RSVP. It is a brisk, fun play! (I have to leave at 4 for Young Playwrights’ Festival at the O’Neill, which is at 5).

Also, on May 19th, from 4-6, please join us in welcoming the First Poet Laureate of Stonington, Christie Williams!!
at LaGrua, from 4-6.

Please come!
xo marya

From Ara:  Spring Greetings Friends,
> Just a note about another event for Slow Dancing Is Easy celebrating
> its leap from stage to page and links to order the book.
> Thank you for being part of this creative journey!

> May 9 at 6pm
> Hygienic Gallery in New London, Conn.
> Clare Byrne and Marya Ursin join me in reading!
> 79 Bank St
> https://www.hygienic.org
>
>
> New London- one of my heart homes. As a kid I had lunch at the Hygienic ( the counter and stools still grace the gallery). In my teen years I worked the breakfast shift at the Whaler Restaurant before heading up to the American Dance Festival, spent my college years at Conn. College, later teaching there and at NTI. Today I’m proud to be on the Board of the Mystic Paper Beasts and thrilled to be joined by Clare and Marya for this reading of stories in motion!

> Join us if you are nearby!

> TO ORDER: Slow Dancing Is Easy
> POD from blurb:
> https://www.arafitzgerald.com/books
> OR SPRING LAUNCH SPECIAL THROUGH JUNE 10th
> Email me at aratfitz@gmail.com to order a signed copy for $25 (shipping included—think of it as a reverse tariff!)
> Payment: Venmo (Still River Books/Slow Dancing)
> or check: 21 Bleecker St. 2E NY, NY 10012

> With gratitude for recent readings/performances:
>
> Rutgers Church Events, NYC’s West 73 St on Dec. 3
> Lesley Farlow performed Yoga Beach and Hale Appleman did Dog Day Ditto to my utter delight. And there was a gallery exhibit of illustrations from the book in the beautiful sanctuary. Enjoy Rutgers Upcoming Events: https://www.rutgerschurch.org/tags/non-worship-events

> Big Red Books, Nyack, NY. Feb. 19th.
> A welcoming audience of old friends and new!
> Upcoming at Big Red: https://www.bigredbooks.net/events

> At the first annual American Dance Guild Book Fair March 30 at Peridance Center, NYC, I shared Slow Dancing Is Easy, as well as Martha Myers, Don’t Sit Down and Stuart Pimsler’s The Choreography of Care. We had 190 attendees at this joyous event.
> The catalogue of books by 37 authors: https://www.americandanceguild.org/bookfair .
>
>
> Honored that it was just added to the research collection at Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts.
>
> At the same time, it’s for sale in the sweet local gift shop, The Little General, in Lincoln Ma. https://www.littlegeneral.co
>
> City book/Country book.
> Gathering together in community performance spaces and independent bookstores feels more important to me than ever in these challenging days.
>
> Best,
> Ara

Ara Fitzgerald Performance:
https://www.arafitzgerald.com/

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