Click for accessible search Skip Navigation

Story Time for Grown-Ups - New York Shorts: Stories by New York Writers

Share

Recommend
Email
Print
Share
Monday, August 26, 2013, 7 - 8 p.m.

Program Locations:

Mid-Manhattan Library (Map and directions)
Fully accessible to wheelchairs

Love a good story? Sit back and relax as we read you a story or two.

August 2013 — New York Shorts: Stories by New York Writers

 

Wednesday, August 21, 1 p.m. and Monday, August 26, 7 p.m.

 
Johnny One-Eye by Damon Runyon
Rudolph is wanted dead or alive by the D. A. He’s on the run, but he’s been wounded by Buttsy Fagan. He decides to pay Buttsy an unexpected visit to get even. While hiding out in Buttsy’s neighborhood, he finds a frowsy white kitten with only one good eye who is also wounded and in need of a friend. (1941)
 
Other August Story Time Dates - Wednesday, August 7, 1 p.m. and Monday, August 12, 7 p.m.
 
Roman Holiday by Edith Wharton
Two middle-aged ladies on holiday in Rome spend the afternoon reminiscing about their first visit to Rome  twenty-five years before. Their conversation unexpectedly reveals long-held secrets from that visit. (1934)
 
The Furnished Room by O. Henry
The lower West Side is filled with boarding houses offering furnished rooms. Mrs. Purdy just rented her third-floor-back to a young man searching for his sweetheart, who came to New York City to follow her dream of life upon the stage. (1906) 
 

Check the August schedule for Story Time for Grown-Ups.  

All programs are FREE and subject to last minute change or cancellation.

Friend the Mid-Manhattan Library on Facebook.
 

Follow the Mid-Manhattan Library on Twitter.
  

Chat with a librarian now

Follow Mid-Manhattan Library on: