Fw: Support the Bronx Writers Center this Weekend!

The Bronx Writers Center, the literary program of the Bronx Council on the Arts, hosts The Big Read Weekend. Each event celebrates In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez.   Friday / May 4th / 3:30-5:30pm Westchester Square Branch of the New York Public Library Butterfly Making with Fran Marino, a hands-on free craft workshop. All ages.   Saturday, May 5th / 9:00am-10:00pm Barnes & Noble Bay Plaza A percentage of every sale goes to The Bronx Writers Center/Bronx Council on the Arts. Use ID 10751725 at time of purchase. 2:00pm: Story Time with readers Dominic Colon of "The Electric Company" and Donna Drayton of NYS Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson's Office. 3:30-4:30pm: Write for Your Life hands-on writing workshop with Bronx Writers Center Director Maria Romano.   Saturday / May 5th / 1:00-3:00pm Westchester Square Branch of the New York Public Library Film Screening of Love in the Time of Cholera, based on the book by Gabriel García Márquez.   Sunday / May 6th / 3:00-5:00pm This Side of Paradise at the Andrew Freedman Home WordForward hosted by Flaco Navaja: Tell a story, perform a poem, spin a yarn, impress the audience and make it to the end of this fun and exciting competition for word lovers! The audience chooses the winner. Writers, poets and storytellers perform prepared work of no more than 3 minutes. Finalists are chosen to write and perform a flash piece on the spot, vying for the prize of WordForward Champion.Free tickets still available at http://wordforward562012.eventbrite.com. If you're reading the book, please register at: http://bigread2012group.eventbrite.com/   If you are a teacher or a community organization and would like to hold a reading group, please send an email to bronxwriters@bronxarts.org   Special thanks to our partner, the Westchester Square Branch of the New York Public Library.   The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. For more information, visit www.neabigread.org. Information: 718-931-9500 or bronxwriters@bronxarts.org. Phil Cardone, Information Manager Bronx Council on the Arts 1738 Hone Avenue, Bronx NY 10461 718-931-9500 x33 Bronx Council on the Arts 1738 Hone Ave Bronx, New York 10461 US