Penn's Village Reads Series
Twice a week, during the quarantine, members of the Penn’s Village program committee read a short story, poem or book excerpt to our members.
October 9th
Worthless Girl
Read by the Author Clare Novak
*This read was not recorded as the work has not yet been pubished*
October 31st
The Monkey's Paw
by W.W.Jacobs
Read by Charlie Berliner
September 11th
To Kill A Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Read by Marion Hoover
September 25th
From Laughter to Tears…A Potpourri of Staged Readings
By the Temple University Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s
Staged Readings Class under the direction of Jean Haskell
August 19th
Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg by P.G. Wodehouse
Read by
Brian Wengenroth
August 29th
The Lame Shall Enter First by Flannery O’Connor
Read by Charles Berliner
Our apologies, due to technical difficulties a recording of this reading is not available.
August 7th
Crosswinds
by Kapri Koflanovich
Read by the author
August 14th
The Rabbit Outbreak by Susan Orlean
Read by Margherita Abe
July 31st
The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
Read by Yvonne Novak
August 4th
Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O’Connor
Read by Marcia Kravis
July 24th
Nearing Ninety by Judith Viorst
Read by Pat Wisch
July 29th
Discovery, Revolution and Poetry
Read by the author Rochelle Owens
July 21st
South American Poetry, Story and Song With Patricia Nemirovsky Alsina
July 22nd
Idyls of the Old South Ward by John E. McDonough
Read by Harrison Wetherill
July 15th
The Waldstein Sonata by Hartmut Lange and The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde
Read by Marjorie Muecke
July 17th
Nemesis by Philip Roth
Read by Howard Green
July 8th
Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Naomi Remen
Read by Dr. Judith Coche
July 10th
Roman Fever by Edith Wharton
Read by Jo Ellen Winter
July 1st
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
Read by Lois Evans
July 3rd
Good Country People by Flannery O’Connor
Read by Charles Berliner
Our apologies, due to technical difficulties a recording of this reading is not available.
Mentioned during our July 1st program:
Eddie Glaude discusses James Baldwin on
C-SPAN
June 19th
Casey at the Bat and
The Celebrated Jumping Frog
Read by Robert Uris and Dante Murphy
June 24th
The Road to Colonus by E.M. Forster
Read by Dan Coren
June 11th
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Read by Patricia Nemirovsky Alsina
June 16th
"Cairo, a Type of love Story"....A.K.A. "Morsi, the Cat" by Peter Hessler
Read By Margherita Abe
June 2nd
A Selection from Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng
Read by Kristin Davidson
June 4th
“The Clicking of Cuthbert” by P.G. Wodehouse
Read by Brian Wengenroth
May 26th
A Selection from Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
Read by Julie Green
May 28th
A Selection from Florida by Lauren Groff
Read by Margaret Mainland
May 18th:
The Piano Tuner's Wives by William Trevor
Read by Jo Ellen Winters
May 21st:
“Big Two-Hearted River” by Ernest Hemingway
Read by Dante Murphy
May 12th:
Wild Wisdom—A Warthog’s Tale by Laurada Byers
Read by Michele Brogan
May 14th:
The Lilac Bus by Maeve Binchy
Read by Donna Murphy
May 5th:
Deep Survival By Laurence Gonzales
Read by Margherita Abe
May 7th:
The Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
Read by Brian Wengenroth
Praise for the Program:
I have attended Friday’s read, The Witness for the Prosecution. What a pleasure! I enjoyed not only the reading itself but also the frequent comments by the reader (relating to the movie) So much so that both my host and I decided to rent the movie that evening. Lovely! We liked it so much!!! - Visitor
April 28th:
Call it Sleep by Henry Roth
Read by Molly Lenowitz
April 30th:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber
Read by Marjorie Muecke
April 21st :
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy
Read by Mark Raymond
April 23rd:
Invisible Women : Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Perez
Read by Olivia Walling
Praise for the Program:
I was on the reading yesterday. It was my first successful zoom attempt. I enjoyed the book, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, & The Horse. I must admit I was not enthralled with the title & didn't have very high expectations. However, I found the mole's philosophy of life to be spot-on.
~Anonymous Member