Canio's Cultural Cafe

03/17/2026

03/08/2026

Celebrating International Women’s Day!! We gathered at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork and read works by Women writers, including bell hooks, Virginia Woolf, Isabel Wilkerson, Elizabeth Bishop, Zadie Smith, and more. A great community gathering! Kimberly Quinn Johnson Eva Iacono Martha Tiger Potter Sigrid Meinel

02/22/2026

The African American Read In planned for 2pm at the John Jermain Memorial Library today is cancelled due to weather. Eastville Community Historical Society and Canio's are co-hosts. I was going to read from Imani Perry's book, "Black in Blues." An amazing book. What's your current favorite book by an African American writer? Lora Tucker Kimberly Quinn Johnson Heidi Rain Kimberly Wilder

02/11/2026

The African American Read In has been postponed til Sun., 2/22, 2pm. Join us then!

09/13/2025

We’re at HarborFest! Come say Hello. Free Raffle prizes! It’s a great day to be out & about in Sag Harbor.

09/12/2025

Stop by Harbor Fest this weekend and say Hello ! We’ve got a booth on Long Wharf offering raffle
Prizes. See you Saturday & Sunday.

07/03/2025

In a cozy corner room upstairs, two huge windows face south; another welcomes sunrise from the east. This quiet space, above the chapel at The Old Whalers Church, we’re calling home for Canio’s Cultural Café. Upstairs from the church office, Room 29 offers a peaceful place to meet and talk, to stop in and share ideas. It’s not a bookshop, but a place to let your imagination wander. Come for coffee. Take a workshop. Make a new friend. Read in our next community marathon event. Find a comfortable corner to imagine a new story unfolding; to discuss the latest news. We’re offering editorial help, after-school tutoring, workshops, seminars and book discussions. We invite your curiosity as we create new events to intrigue and inform.

Find us during summer office hours Tuesdays and Fridays from noon to 4:30, with more hours available by appointment. Entrance from the west side of the building (44 Union Street), brings you through the church office doors. We’re upstairs, the last room on the right, past the library. We regret the room is not handicap accessible. But meet us in the chapel via the ramp on the east side of the building. Please let us know ahead of time. We look forward to seeing you soon!

06/13/2025

By Stephen J. Kotz Canio’s Cultural Café will move into the historic First Presbyterian (Old Whalers’) Church on Union Street in the heart of Sag Harbor. The new location provides a home for the educational nonprofit that had operated out of Canio’s