Island calendar
Art/Rich Poetry Roundtable: Tuesdays, 4 p.m., Library.
CoreSyn with Trent: Tuesday and Saturday at 8 a.m. at Fiske Field basketball courts. In bad weather, at the Legion Hall.
English as a second language: Thursdays, 7 p.m. with Teri Piccozzi, Library.
Functional Fitness with Susan on Zoom: Tuesday and Thursday at 9 a.m. Email [email protected] to sign up and receive zoom link.
Intermediate French Conversation: Thursdays, 2 p.m., Library, Zoom.
Music Trivia & Light Movement: Mondays, 11-11:45 a.m., Senior Center via Zoom, 631-749-1059.
Out of school fun zone for grades pre-K to 4: Shelter Island Youth Center from 2:45-5 p.m., Monday-Wednesday. $10 per child, per day. 631-749-0309.
(Credit: Martin Burke)
Ask journalist Erin Coughlin to describe Agatha Christie and without missing a beat she says, “Agatha Christie is the reigning queen of mysteries, period.”
Ms. Coughlin notes that Christie’s books have sold some 2 billion copies. Only the Bible and William Shakespeare have sold more.
Erin Coughlin will be the speaker (via Zoom) at the Jan. 8, 2021 Friday Night Dialogue.
During her interactive presentation, viewers will learn about Christie’s enduring influence on literature, film, television and pop culture. Ms. Coughlin will also talk about Christie’s enormous output: 66 mystery novels, in which the reader meets a number of Christie’s detectives the most famous, of course, being Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.