Save the Date: 'Speak Up For Earth'

Canio's in Sag Harbor will host an Earth Day celebration on April 20.

Part of its Canio's Cultural Cafe, "Speak Up For Earth" will include readings from great nature writers that express concern for the earth, like Henry David Thoreau, Rachel Carson, Wendell Berry, Barry Commoner and Carl Safina.

Community members, such as the poet George Held, publisher James Monaco, and the Rev. Alison Cornish of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork, will read excerpts.

Earth Day is April 22.

Canio's is inviting the public to read a short excerpt of a favorite piece. Register in advance.

Also, the book store will announce its Earth Conscious Essay Contest and a new Northwest Earth Institute course that will be offered later this season.

The celebration begins at 5 p.m.