Saturday, July 15th at 7:30pm
LIVE at The Hilltop Barn
Roeliff Jansen Park
9140 NY Route 22, Hillsdale NY 12529
Crystal Radio Sessions, curated by Ashley Mayne, showcases fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction and personal essays by established and emerging writers from the Hudson Valley. Crystal Radio believes in the power of the spoken word and is devoted to transmitting compelling literary expression through the ether. This year’s reading will feature “The Yellow“ by Samantha Hunt, and “Sugar Bath” by Harris Lahti.
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Featured Authors
Samantha Hunt
Samantha Hunt is the author of five books. The Unwritten Book, a non-fiction investigation into our relationships with the dead; The Seas, about a girl who might be a mermaid; The Dark Dark, a collection of short fictions; Mr. Splitfoot, a ghost story; and The Invention of Everything Else about Nikola Tesla. Hunt is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Bard Fiction Prize, the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Prize, the St. Francis College Literary Prize and a blue-ribbon winner of the Montgomery Place Pie contest. She has been a finalist for the Orange Prize and the PEN/Faulkner. Hunt teaches at Pratt Institute and lives in Tivoli, New York where she is mother to three daughters, a gardener, a beekeeper, a wild swimmer, and a wild singer.
About Samantha’s Story, The Yellow
Loneliness, a car accident and a resurrected dog bring together two strangers in the suburbs.
Harris Lahti
Harris Lahti's fiction has appeared in Southwest Review, Bomb, Archway Editions Journal, Ninth Letter, Blue Arrangements, and elsewhere. He edits for Fence and paints houses in New York's Hudson Valley. His debut short story collection, Mental Health Professional, is forthcoming from the new Cash for Gold Books in the spring of 2024. Read more: harrislahti.com
About Harris’s Story, Sugarbath
A house flipper and his pregnant wife discover gravestones in the basement of their new house.
Featured Performers
Joey Taylor is a graduate of Dutchess Community College, and Western Connecticut State University where he studied theatre and performance. By day, he is a Box Office Associate/Education Assistant for the Bardavon 1869 Opera House and the Ulster Performing Arts Center. By night, he is a totally rad theatre artist who has been spotted consorting with the coolest theatre collective of all time: Definitely Human Theatre. When he’s not lurking around theaters, he indulges in all things punk rock, horror literature, and Pokémon. Recent credits include, My Love Letter to Godzilla (Dir.), Howie the Rookie (Rookie/Dir.) and Speech & Debate (Dir.)
Sandy York is delighted to be working with Ancram Opera House again after performing in The Snow Queen in 2019. She spends her time between Sharon, CT and NYC with her husband, George--and they're adding Pittsburgh into the mix this fall. NYC: No Strings (J2 Spotlight), Vaclav Havel’s…Pig (UTC #61); Things as They Are (NYMF); Sayonara (Pan Asian); House of Bernarda Alba (Prospect); Tempest (Pulse), Fringe Deaths (St. Luke’s), Harvey (OOTB). Regional: The Glass Menagerie (New Stage), Shear Madness (Sharon Playhouse), Time Stands Still (Cape May); Christmas Story (ASF); Gift of the Magi (Arkansas Rep), Norman Conquests, Boeing, Boeing (Depot); also Trinity Rep, McCarter, Centenary, Forestburgh, Arc, American Heartland, Shadowland, Oldcastle, STONC. Film/TV: The Good Nurse, Pink Moon; 411; Pose, FBI, OLTL. Princeton University, NYSF Lab, Trinity Rep Conservatory (MFA). www.SandyYork.com
About the Hilltop Barn at Roeliff Jansen Park
The Hilltop Barn, located on a scenic hilltop overlooking the surrounding countryside, boasts stunning views of the Roeliff Jansen Park. The park holds a variety of offerings: several hiking trails, community gardens, and a weekly farmers’ market.