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Richard Varney, Pat Lutkins and Roger McKeon read poems by Pablo Neruda at a Friday Night Dialogues in February, 2016.
Readings from the new Richard Varney Poetry Collection will take place in the Shelter Island Library’s Book Sale Room on Tuesday, May 28, from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
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Bluegrass band Flatt Lonesome will headline the end-of-season Creekside Concert series at Sylvester Manor.
BEVERLEA WALZ PHOTO Rich Varney, Pat Lutkins and Roger McLeon read poems by Pablo Neruda at a Friday Night Dialogues in February, 2016.
BY VIRGINIA WALKER
Islander Richard Varney died on May 28 in the Kanas Hospice after a long battle with cancer. As he told his friends, he misjudged how much time he had left. In early May he and I were planning a summer relaunch of the Art Barnett Poetry Roundtable which meets Tuesdays at 4 p.m. in the Shelter Island Library.