First off, happy 4th of July, gang!

I don't know about where you are, but where I am, the weather couldn't be more splendid. Totally sunny and not too hot. Not humid. Just gobs and gobs of delightful weather wherever you look!

Here is an announcement from one of my long-time New York writer-friends, Iris N. Schwartz:

COLLABORATE: ARTISTS TEEM with DESIRE
THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2009 / 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Cornelia St. Café
29 Cornelia St. (bet. W. 4th & Bleecker), NYC
All trains to W. 4th St. / Admission: $7 (includes one drink)

Three collaborative sets about many facets of desire—

Including:

A staged reading of Jameson’s Irish
a one-act play by Iris N. Schwartz & David B. McConeghey,
with (in order of appearance):
Shad Ramsey / Keith Amato / Amanda V. Hadad
Patricia Hodges / Michael Kostas / Mickey Pizzo
Heather Leonard / Kimberly Stowell

HOSTED by IRIS N. SCHWARTZ