Tuesday Feb 17, 2026 at 7pm

Westbeth Community Room
155 Bank Street
New York, NY 10014

Westbeth writers will be reading original prose and poetry exploring what home means to them.
Anna Shapiro, Kate Walter, Terry Purinton, Steve Clorfeine, Griselda Steiner, Joya Staack, Huguette Martel, Dennis Fitzpatrick, Linda Marks, Barbara Rosenthal, Carole Braden, Halina Warren.

PROGRAM
Steve Clorfeine “Country Detective”
Huguette Martel “A Walk in my Neighborhood”
Anna Shapiro “Home:

Musical Interlude: Charlotte Leist: Eccles – ” Sonata in G major for Cello”

Carole Burden “The House on Eastland Road”
Kate Walter “Empty Spot on the Wall of our Beach House”
Terry Puritan “Thank You for Your Service ” (excerpts)

Musical Interlude: Susan Hyman: Marin Marais – “Les Folies D’espagne for Solo Flute” (excerpts)

Halina Fitzpatrick “Home”
Joya Staack “Alex”
Linda Marks “Summerhouse” poems

Musical Interlude: Maria McAuliffe: Burt Bacharach – “A House Is Not a Home” piano

Dennis Fitzpatric “Turned Around”
Barbara Rosenthal “Caroline’s Sktech Pad I”
Griselda Steiner “Fasten Your Seatbelts” (lyrics) Performed by Eve Zanni