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 A lil SEPTEMBER list → 

 WED SEP 4 /  Cookbook Club: Islas : A Celebration of Tropical Cooking by Von Diaz → 

  Join us at the shop for a community potluck and party! The Archestratus Cookbook Club has been running for 8 years and counting...

IT IS SIMPLE: Cook your way through ISLAS by Von Diaz in AUGUST and drop by with a dish on WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4th! All are welcome! It's a potluck party! It's mad civilized! Potlucks with all of you give us a dose of hope for the universe! More info.

 SAT SEP 7 /   TÈ TIME: italian chamomile confections with Masha Tea and Natasha Pickowicz → 

Buon pomeriggio. It's TÈ TIME at Archestratus.

ALLORA: Maria Geyman of MASHA Tea was in Italy earlier this spring picking wild chamomile for our mugs over in Greenpoint this cozy fall. Earlier this summer, pastry chef and cookbook author Natasha Pickowicz returned from Tuscany for the first time full of inspiration and ideas.

On this Saturday afternoon, join us as we invent our own italian high tea with Sicilian American owner Paige Lipari of Archestratus.! More info. 

 MON SEP 9 to OCT 14 /  PART ONE of SOPHIE TEACHES SCREENWRITING at ARCHESTRATUS → 

Ever had an idea for a screenplay but have no idea where to start? If so, this class is for you!

Local hero and screenwriting professor Sophie Finkelstein will introduce you to the craft of screenwriting and take you through an exploration into the universal art of storytelling.

  Over the course of six weeks, you will learn new ways to think about your work, industry strategies to help organize your ideas, questions to ask yourself, and straight up tricks to make the blank page more approachable and equip you with all the tools you need to turn your story ideas into screenplays. More info. 

 TUE SEP 10 to OCT 15 /  PART TWO of SOPHIE TEACHES SCREENWRITING at ARCHESTRATUS → 

Do you have a draft of a script you are looking to take to the next level? Want to do it with a group of supportive, motivating peers? If so, this class is for you! 

Archestratus Accademia is excited to announce our inaugural PART TWO of Sophie Teaches Screenwriting course. We are offering a continuation of the course for anyone looking to finish or revise a script. More info.

 Over ZOOM: TUES SEP 10 - OCT 15 /  Breaking Into Food Writing with Devra Ferst → 

Join us this fall for a 6-week intensive course on breaking into food writing led by veteran food writer and editor Devra Ferst. 

*We have offered this course over 10 times! It rules!*

We’ll cover matching the tone of a publication, honing the angle of a story, and pitching. Plus, writing functional yet entertaining recipe headnotes, concise and smart maps and guidebook entries, starting your own Substack, and more. Graduates of this course have gone on to write for publications like Food & Wine and Grub Street and launched zines and Substack newsletters of their own. More info. 

 THUR SEP 12 /  DOLCI! American Baking with an Italian Accent with author Renato Poliafito → 

Join us for a very special evening as we kick off The Feast of San Gennaro with our friend and author Renato Poliafito and celebrate his new book DOLCI! American Baking with an Italian Accent: A Cookbook. Renato will be joined in conversation with accomplished cookbook author, and co-author to many of your favorite books, Joshua David Stein. 

Expect a conversation with Renato + Joshua, Q + A with all of you, and a book signing. Definitely a bite. Stay tuned. Books and beverages will be for sale on premises. Preorder and guarantee your book here. More info. 

 WED SEP 18 /   SECOND GENERATION author Jeremy Salamon in conversation with Caroline Schiff → 

Join us for a very special evening as we celebrate SECOND GENERATION: Hungarian and Jewish Classics Reimagined for the Modern Table. Jeremy will be joined in conversation with accomplished cookbook author and future restauranteur Caroline Schiff. 

Expect a chat with Jeremy + Caroline, Q + A with all of you, sweet treats and Hungarian wine from Agi's Counter, and a book signing. Books and other beverages will be for sale on premises. Preorder and guarantee your book here. More info. 

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 FRI SEP 20 /   A PARTY for TASTE IN MUSIC with authors Alex Bleeker & Luke Pyenson + bites and performances → 

SAVE THE DATE! More details to come...

Join us for a very special evening as we celebrate TASTE IN MUSIC: Eating on Tour with Indie Musicians by Alex Bleeker and Luke Pyenson (of the bands Real Estate and Frankie Cosmos, respectively.)

Expect a super fun party atmosphere with bites, drinks, musical performances, a casual convo with the authors, a Q + A with all of you, and a book signing. Lots of coziness and good vibes and books will be for sale on premises. Preorder and guarantee your copy above! More info. 

  SUN SEP 22 /  

  KEEP GREENPOINT WEIRD: Super-Cannes by J. G. Ballard  → 

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP GREENPOINT WEIRD. Read through Super-Cannes by J. G. Ballard in August + September and join us IN PERSON on September 22nd! 

Books for sale!  Current Keep Greenpoint Weird titles are 20% off. More info. 

 A fraction of OCTOBER → 

 WED OCT 9 /   BookBook Club: Small Fires An Epic in the Kitchen by Rebecca May Johnson  → 

Every six-ish weeks we read a new memoir, a collection of essays, novel, or anything else we find interesting that somehow, in a big or small way, relates to food. Then we discuss.

Read through Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen by Rebecca May Johnson in August and September and join us IN PERSON on October 9th! More info. 

 SEP to NOV /   Alicia Kennedy's The Desk Bookclub pick / Eating to Extinction by Dan Saladino  → 

The September/November pick from Alicia Kennedy's The Desk Book Club:

The Desk Book Club will be a monthly space for discussion on four different food nonfiction books per year, ranging from memoir to reportage to, in some cases, more academic food studies work. Paid subscribers only. More info.