Wine, Lunch, and Moving and Hilarious Tales Celebrating Moms

Celebrate Mother’s Day Weekend on Saturday, May 13th, with wine, lunch, and a live matinee performance featuring 14 talented authors sharing 5-minute, true, moving, and hilarious tales about mothers, mothering, and motherhood. Hosted by Writers Read and City Winery New York (Pier 57, West 15th Street on 11th Avenue), doors open at 12:30 pm for lunch, followed by the “Hi, Mom!” Show at 2pm and author Meet & Greet. Tickets, purchased at CityWinery.com (bit.ly/3B4bc6U), helps cover the costs for the nonprofit Writers Read.

Stamford, CT, resident Barbara Espinosa Occhino will entertain with her comedic story, Hog Wild, about an unanticipated twist at a Thanksgiving dinner. Born in Cuba, Barbara's writing is inspired by the people and places that have colored her life in the US and abroad. She has been published in three Chicken Soup for the Soul books and magazines, has been featured at book signings at Barnes & Noble and charities, has been interviewed online and on radio as a guest author, is a member of the Rye, NY, Writes & Bites group, and is a contributing writer for Writers Read. She has earned first-place awards in national marketing competitions and has published numerous works for government agencies, businesses, organizations, and Fortune 500 companies. Barbara is a business owner and sings with her own jazz/Latin bands. Visit BarbaraEntertains.com

WritersRead.org is a nonprofit literary forum creates and promotes performance opportunities for writers through curated live and digital programs. The organization places a strong emphasis on the craft of writing—word choices, sentence structures, and the arc of the narrative. After evaluating hundreds of non-fiction entries, an elite group of authors are selected to read aloud before an audience in the highly popular live shows at City Winery New York. The best of our live shows can be heard in the Writers Read Podcast, streaming on every major podcast outlet.

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