LOCAL LITERARY NEWS:
THE BARD AT OHS:
Ossining High School students will perform Shakespeare's classic comedy, "The Taming of the Shrew," in a four-day run: Thursday, Feb. 1 at 4 pm, Friday, Feb. 2 and Saturday Feb. 3, at 7 pm , and Sunday, Feb. 4, at 2 pm. Free! At the library, check out books by and about Shakespeare as well as DVDs of the movie (with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor) and of the Cole Porter musical adaptation, 'Kiss Me Kate."
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS:
Westchester Library System's annual African-American Writers & Readers Literary Tea, on Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 15, at Tappan Hill, Tarrytown, with authors Kellye Davis (The Bliss Principle), Flores A. Forbes (Will You Die With Me?), William C. Rhoden (40 Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete) and Erica Simone Turnipseed (Hunger). Tickets start at $60. Info: 231-3226
BOOK CHAT AND A MOVIE:
The Burns Film Center in Pleasantville hosts a Family Book Chat on Saturday, Feb. 3 at noon, after a screening of the movie version of Holes, based on Louis Sachar's award-winning novel. It's about a boy who's doomed to serve time with other kids digging holes in the desert -- until he escapes. Kids who bring a copy of the book get in free!. 747-5555. www.burnsfilmcenter.org.
BOOK AND A PLAY:
The Burns Film Center in Pleasantville stages an original radio play based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, on Sunday Feb. 11 at 1 p.m., followed by a discussion with the cast and director Arthur Yorinks. See www.nightkitchenradio.com or the Burns: 747-5555, www.burnsfilmcenter.org
CALLING ALL YOUNG POETS:
The Bronx Zoo is sponsoring a Poetry Safari Contest for poets between the ages of 8 and 13, for poems in several categories. Deadline is Feb, 23. www.bronxzoo.com
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