Events

Join us every Wednesday in June to learn about a different aspect of the profession and how to apply to genetic counseling programs. REGISTER HERE.

Connecting fish, rivers, and people - join CURB staff in the Hudson for a turn at seining and adding to our aquatic population research. This activity is organized as a first come first serve basis for those ages 5+. All materials needed for seining provided on site.

Join us every Wednesday in June to learn about a different aspect of the profession and how to apply to genetic counseling programs. REGISTER HERE.

Presented by Groundwork Hudson Valley, the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence, and Tables of Contents. Join us for Books on the Barge, a unique author talk and cocktail hour on the Science Barge in Yonkers, NY. Guests will enjoy hors d'oeuvres inspired by the author's book before an intimate reading and author talk with Allegra Hyde, author of The Last Catastrophes (Penguin 2023). Don't miss this evening dedicated to the intersection of environmentalism, fiction and community! 

REGISTER HERE.

Join us every Wednesday in June to learn about a different aspect of the profession and how to apply to genetic counseling programs. REGISTER HERE.

The Wrexham Road Reading Series brings together writers from within and beyond the Sarah Lawrence College community. We're looking forward to hosting authors Barbara Josselsohn, Cynthia Manick, Helen Schulman, and Priyanka Taslim. Join us at the beautiful Remy Theater to celebrate new books from these four writers across poetry and fiction. All are welcome! Free & open to the public, refreshments will be served. REGISTER HERE. 

Celebrate the waterfront with YPRC Hudson River Riders, Beczak, and CURB for a day of fun in the sun. Free kayaking, food, music, yoga, activities and more!

Join us every Wednesday in June to learn about a different aspect of the profession and how to apply to genetic counseling programs. REGISTER HERE.

SLC Child Development Institute presents Summer CAPE workshops at the Yonkers Riverfront Library in Downtown Yonkers (1 Larkin Place). 

CAPE stands for Community Adventure Play Experience. CAPE is a hallmark of CDI's work to promote meaningful play opportunities for all ages. Children of all ages are welcome to participate. Read more about CAPE and their community outreach work here. 

SLC Child Development Institute presents Summer CAPE workshops at the Yonkers Riverfront Library in Downtown Yonkers (1 Larkin Place). 

CAPE stands for Community Adventure Play Experience. CAPE is a hallmark of CDI's work to promote meaningful play opportunities for all ages. Children of all ages are welcome to participate. Read more about CAPE and their community outreach work here. 

SLC Child Development Institute presents Summer CAPE workshops at the Yonkers Riverfront Library in Downtown Yonkers (1 Larkin Place). 

CAPE stands for Community Adventure Play Experience. CAPE is a hallmark of CDI's work to promote meaningful play opportunities for all ages. Children of all ages are welcome to participate. Read more about CAPE and their community outreach work here. 

Who is your main character? What do they want? What's at stake for them? If your story’s stakes are too low or unclear, readers will wonder, “So what?” And if we want readers to keep reading, we’d better have a good answer to that question. So we raise the stakes for our characters.

The stakes don’t have to be life or death, but they should be compelling and create tension. What does your character have to lose? What are they trying to gain? What risks do they encounter along the way? What's standing between your characters and what they want? Is it interesting, unexpected, terrifying, nuanced, subversive, outrageous, disruptive, unusual, surprising, or unpredictable? Further, the more layers and rough edges a character has, the more complicated they are, and that means more possibilities for high stakes in their lives. How messy and difficult can you make things for your characters? Perhaps timing is a factor in how high the stakes are. Is your character’s big crisis happening at the worst possible time? At a defining moment of their life? Or maybe there’s a clock ticking. Higher stakes lead to your character’s growth and evolution, and they help your story sustain its momentum. What are the broader implications and repercussions of these stakes for other characters and the larger world?

In this craft seminar, we’ll discuss and practice different ways to raise the stakes in fiction. Through generative writing exercises, attendees will raise stakes for characters from their work-in-progress, or start something new.

This is an open enrollment webinar, including writing exercises and a moderated Q&A. A password protected recording of the workshop will be made available after the event for participants who cannot attend synchronously. 

REGISTER HERE. 

SLC Child Development Institute presents Summer CAPE workshops at the Yonkers Riverfront Library in Downtown Yonkers (1 Larkin Place). 

CAPE stands for Community Adventure Play Experience. CAPE is a hallmark of CDI's work to promote meaningful play opportunities for all ages. Children of all ages are welcome to participate. Read more about CAPE and their community outreach work here. 

The CURB Blue Team is a 6-week paid internship opportunity offered to Yonkers Public Schools students who have previously participated in a weeklong Winter Water Academy learning intensive.
Students conduct research on river pollution issues, explore different scientific lab processes, and plan a community event scheduled for Saturday, August 5th. Please save the date and join us in supporting these amazing students! RSVP HERE.