Activities

Around The Block, a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization, cultivates urban community participation in arts and technologies, with a focus on the New York City area. We welcome people of all backgrounds and levels of expertise to our activities, which include workgroups, performances, and exhibits. Membership in Around The Block is not required in order to participate in most ATB activities (and in particular those held at branches of the New York Public Library). Membership dues and contributions are tax-deductible. Contribute

Around The Block Community Principles of Playwriting Course

The course will meet once a week over Zoom, 1:30 – 4 pm Tuesdays for 15 sessions.
Registration fee is $400 for new students, $375 for returning students, but you may pay in two installments.

If interested, send a sign-up email to info@aroundTheBLock.org.
Include in your email:
* a resume or a description of yourself.
Pay the tuition (at least half) as a donation at
https://www.aroundtheblock.org/donate
(scroll to bottom of page).

Semicontinuous

Around The Block / Al Doblar La Esquina

invites you to
Semicontinuous

by Carlos Jerome # # member, Dramatists Guild
director: Ivette Dumeng

at Teatro Círculo
64 E. 4th Street

November 6-10 2024

Will adjunct Professor Sonia leave for a consulting contract? Will her sometime lover Ruben decide once more to forget her? Is there no hope for continuity? Ask their students.

with
John Maria Gutierrez
Pedro Saint Morillo
Marc Reign
Iris Ruberte
Deanna Tarraza

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Theatre
Productions

staged reading of About the Cat

a staged reading
About the Cat

by Gloria Zelaya*
director: Debra Whitfield+

at Open Jar Studios, 1601 Broadway (48th Street entrance, west of Broadway) Studio 11J
Fully accessible Thursday September 5 2024 7:00 pm

Free Admission. But you must RSVP to aboutTheCat@aroundTheBLock.org

Rose and Rob, married for a long time, are now unable to communicate with each other in a healthy way. Can Mia the Cat be the cause? The solution?

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Theatre
Staged readings

Vested Interests reading

Around The Block/Al Doblar La Esquina

Monday June 5, 2023 6:00 pm
at the Dramatists Guild

presents a reading of
Vested Interests
by
Carlos Jerome #
with inspiration from Los intereses creados by Jacinto Benavente
and nods to El caballero de Illescas by Lope de Vega
directed by
Gloria Zelaya*

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Program

Web and Systems Workgroup

ATB Web and Systems Workgroup in collaboration with the Object Data and Knowledge Management Group. Workgroup meeting, Monday,  6:30 – 8:45 pm

Location to be announced.
Please call for location.  212-673-9187

Wireless environment provided. (However, participants are not required to bring laptops.)
The group meets every 2 weeks in the evenings.