Travels with Charley in Search of America
June 7 – 8, 2024
CALLING ALL READERS: Sign up HERE
Join our community-wide reading of John Steinbeck’s endearing classic, Travels with Charley. Starting in Sag Harbor Cove during Hurricane Donna, the book travels the country “in search of American.”
Sign up to read in or sponsor this community event.
Travels with Charley not only showcases Sag Harbor, but proves Steinbeck’s acumen for finding the pulse of our country at a time of social upheaval. Our Travels marathon begins and ends at Canio’s, with stops at the Whaling Museum and Jermain Library along the way. Don’t miss the ride!
To READ, please sign up HERE.
Or, email caniosculturalcafe@gmail.com with Travels reader as subject. Include the date & two-hour window you’re available. You will read for ten minutes. We’ll send a confirming email.
The Marathon is a fundraiser for our educational non-profit, Canio’s Cultural Cafe (CCC). Please choose your level of support:
Hurricane Donna: $75 receives our gratitude CLICK HERE
Fayre Eleyne: $125 receives our gratitude & a Steinbeck sticker CLICK HERE
Steinbeck: $250 receives above & copy of Travels with Charley CLICK HERE
Rocinante: $375 receives gratitude, sticker & copy of LOA Steinbeck hardcover
Charley: $700 receives gratitude, sticker & 4-volume LOA Steinbeck set. CLICK HERE
You can also mail your check, payable to: Canio’s Cultural Cafe, 290 Main Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963. Contributions are tax deductible.
We can’t wait to hear from you! Thanks for supporting our Travels with Charley fundraising effort.
with appreciation,
~ Kathryn & Maryann
Travels with Charley in Search of America Marathon events
Thursday, May 30, 6 pm Film, Travels with Charley with narrator Henry Fonda and Executive Producer, Lee Mendelson.
Marathon Reading Schedule
Friday, June 7
5:00 – 7:30 pm Canio’s Books
Saturday, June 9
10:00 am – noon John Jermain Memorial Library Rotunda
12:15 – 2:15 pm Sag Harbor Whaling Museum
2:30 – 5:00 pm Canio’s Books
5:00 – 6:30 pm Canio’s Books LAWN: AFTER PARTY with Silent Auction, Music by Job Potter, Food & FUN!
Thanks to Captain Anton Hagen, Arthur Leipzig estate,
East End Blueprint, Eva Iacono, Library of America, Job Potter,& Steve Skoldberg,
Southampton Soaps for donations.
The mission of Canio’s Cultural Cafe (CCC) is to support and engender community interest in the cultural arts, with an emphasis on literature, visual arts, and current events. The CCC will accomplish this by hosting lectures, workshops, seminars and other public forums that will include a diversity of artists, writers, educators, independent scholars, students, and community members who might not otherwise be heard. Canio’s Cultural Cafe is a 501 (c)(3).
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