Canio's launches Cultural Café in Sag Harbor

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Kathryn Szoka, left, and Maryann Callendrille outside Canio's Books.
Photo by Bernard Gotfryd

Canio’s will celebrate its 10th anniversary under the direction of Maryann Calendrille and Kathryn Szoka on Friday, November 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. with the launching of the shop’s new not-for-profit, Canio’s Cultural Café.

The new venture is aimed at expanding on the rich cultural series of events already happening at Canio’s Books, and will ensure continued community programming into the future, the store’s owners said.

Ms. Szoka and Ms. Calendrille envision Canio’s Culture Café as a moveable feast of ideas, according to a press release they issued recently, and “while they won’t exactly be serving meals, they will be serving interesting ideas.”

The mission of Canio’s Cultural Café is to support and engender community interest in the cultural arts, with an emphasis on literature, visual arts, and current events. It will accomplish this by hosting lectures, workshops, seminars and other public forums that will include a diversity of artists and writers who might not otherwise be heard, the press release said.

The public is invited to celebrate the past and the future of Canio’s at the launch on Friday. A suggested donation of $25 to Canio’s Cultural Café is requested.