We are postponing this event due to public health concerns! Please watch this space for information regarding the rescheduled date.
Halfway There Lit Crawl – Halfway Through the Festival Week, join us for a literary walk around downtown Montclair, hosted by Halfway There.
Now in our fourth year of providing literary programming in Montclair, Halfway There is thrilled to present a new addition to this year’s Succeed2gether Montclair Literary Festival: the LIT CRAWL! Taking place the evening before Festival Day, the Lit Crawl will feature a series of five events beginning with wine and ending with a party. What could be more literary than that?
5:00-5:45 pm – Wine Tasting
We will assemble at Amanti Vino to start the evening right with a glass of wine. Venue: Amanti Vino, 30 Church St, Montclair 07042
6:00-6:45 pm – Good Stories About Bad People
Writers Thomas Pluck, Livia Llewellyn, Scott Alderberg, and Z. Williams, MD will read their work and discuss writing "unlikeable” characters, as well as likeable characters who do terrible things. Venue: Java Love, 49 Church St, Montclair 07042
7:00-7:45 pm – Dreams and Visions: Writing the Music of New Jersey
New Jersey has a unique and rich musical heritage from hip-hop to jazz, and of course, rock and roll. This panel will examine what makes it so special and resonant by way of Bruce Springsteen and other important New Jersey musicians and scenes. Tobias Carroll will moderate this reading and discussion featuring Dewar MacLeod, author of Making the Scene in the Garden State: Popular Music in New Jersey from Edison to Springsteen and Beyond, Ronen Kauffman, author of New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye: Bands, Dirty Basements, and the Search for Self, and Naomi Gordon-Loebl, writer of a piece in The Nation entitled “Things that Can Only Be Found in the Darkness on the Edge of Town: The Queerness of Bruce Springsteen.” Venue: Clerestory Fine Arts, 40 Church St, Montclair 07042
8:00-8:45 pm – Fun & Games + The Halfway There 6X6
Halfway There 6x6—six writers, six minutes each! Halfway There, a quarterly literary reading series in Montclair, is pleased to present our annual Montclair Literary Festival panel at the Lit Crawl this year. Hosted by series co-founder, Apryl Lee, our panel of local New Jersey writers Victor Alcindor, Marina Carreira, Martha Moffet, Doreen Oliver, Abby Sher, and Shelby Vittek will read from their work. Venue: Legacy Coffee, 41 Glenridge Ave, Montclair, 07042.
9:00 pm till late – Party
Abby Sher leads a literary party game before we celebrate the lit fest and community at our after party! Enjoy a NJ-centered playlist programmed by DREAMS AND VISIONS panelist and local Montclair business owner, Dewar MacLeod. Venue: Legacy Coffee, 41 Glenridge Ave, Montclair, 07042.