Attend the Craft of War Writing Workshop's Winter Reading on December 8, 3pm. 

Voices From War celebrates and honors veterans and veteran stories in the historic home of African-American inventor and Union Army Civil War veteran Lewis H. Latimer on November 10, 3-5pm. Come hear original writing by Voices From War participants on Veterans Day Weekend: Omar Columbus, Rafael Diaz, Emmanuel Duvivier, Ellen Emerson, Leo Farley, Ted Hayes.

Register free here.

Attend a reading of the 2018 AITAF Bridge Award - War Stories, by Vinnie Lyman. RSVP to events@aitaf.org to attend.

Attend the Many Voices of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder on October 30, 1-4pm. 

The keynote speaker is Cherissa Jackson (Capt, USAF, retired), author of At Peace, Not in Pieces: Powering Through My Pain. 

Following the talk, there is a panel discussion, Veterans: Surviving to Thriving. Panel moderator is Christian Benedetto, Jr., a Marine veteran who is the founder of Marine Journal.

Light refreshments will be served. The first 100 participants will receive a copy of Jackson's book. 

Patchogue Theater for Performing Arts presents Veterans on the Loading Dock - Comedy Night on November 13, 6:30-8:30pm. Hosted by Dave Rogers and Aynisa Leonardo. All proceeds go to Military Resilience Foundation and VFW Post 2913.

Get tickets here.

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Patchogue Theater for Performing Arts presents Veterans on the Loading Dock - a Night of Music & Spoken Word on November 6, 6:30-8:30pm. Hosted by Dave Rogers and Aynisa Leonardo. All proceeds go to Military Resilience Foundation and VFW Post 2913.

Get tickets here.

www.LoadingDockPatchogue.com

Patchogue Theater for Performing Arts presents Veterans on the Loading Dock - a Night of Music and Theater on November 20, 6:30-8:30pm. Hosted by Dave Rogers, Aynisa Leonardo, and Suzie Dunn. All proceeds go to Military Resilience Foundation and VFW Post 2913.

Get tickets here.

www.LoadingDockPatchogue.com

Attend After Burn by Barbara J. Garshman at New York International Fringe Festival October 14-20. The play is based on interviews with combat soldiers returning from deployment in Iraq in 2005 and has been enriched with the continuing conversations with many veterans since then who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.  

Attend An Evening with Colonel Jack Jacobs, Medal of Honor Recipient on October 30, 7:30-9pm.

Colonel Jacobs was an adviser to a Vietnamese infantry battalion when it came under devastating fire that disabled the commander. Although bleeding from severe head wounds, then First Lieutenant Jacobs took command, withdrew the unit to safety and returned again and again under intense fire to rescue the wounded and perform life-saving first aid. He saved the lives of a U.S. adviser and 13 allied soldiers.

Jacobs served on the faculty of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the National War College in Washington, D.C. He is currently a military analyst for NBC/MSNBC.

This event is free and open to the public, with registration in advance. You can register here.