Scribbles #326, August 11, 2006
Hey, Scribblers!
C'mon out tonight (Friday, August 11th) to Frankie's Show n' Tell from 4-8 pm at Austin's Coffee and Film on Fairbanks in Winter Park. Art-Music-Spoken Word. Whatelsedoyaneed?
Celebrations:
Let's all celebrate spoken word artist/singer Holly Riggs' upcoming tour by attending a fund-raising sale for her benefit on Sunday, August 13th, from 11 am - 4 pm at Dandelion Cummunitea. Buy a cd and a piece of her amazing hand-crafted jewelry, or just stop by with a nice donation. Seeyathere!
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You think it's hot out? Well - it's gonna get hotter! Come out to Urban Think! five weeks from tonight to find out why ....
Making Love: A Practitioner’s Guide
Featuring Brad Kuhn and Darlyn Finch
Friday, September 15, 2006
6 – 9 P.M.
Reading at 7 P.M.
Urban Think! Bookstore
635 E. Central Blvd.
Thornton Park Central – Downtown Orlando
(407) 650-8004
http://www.urbanthinkorlando.com/
http://www.myspace.com/brad_kuhn
http://www.darlynfinch.com/
http://www.sunscribbles.com/
Scribblers Sharing Info:
Check out http://www.darlynfinch.com/ with updated information. Enjoy!
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Hey, Scribblers:
Just wanted to let you know about a very cool book event I'm hatching (with much help from others, of course...) It's called Murder and Mystery by the Lake and you can check it out here http://surroundedonthreesides.blogspot.com//
Cheers,
Bob Morris
407.622.0923
www.bobmorris.net
http://surroundedonthreesides.blogspot.com//
Author: BAHAMARAMA, JAMAICA ME DEAD
and BERMUDA SCHWARTZ (February 2007)
Caribbean mysteries from St. Martin's Press
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Natalie Rogers needs our help!
WRITERS NEEDED
I write to ask for your help recruiting professional writers to visit
an urban Orlando elementary school to help inspire 4th and 5th
graders to write their autobiographies.
Four professional writers, preferably memoir writers, biography/
autobiography writers, and/or children's book writers, are invited to
participate as one-time "guest artists" to discuss and engage
students with the process of writing autobiography. Each guest artist
will receive a stipend of $100 to visit 2 classes for an hour each.
We'd like to give the children the opportunity to hear a professional
writer speak about the writing process and offer tips and advice to
help them with their own writing.
The project is called "We the Children" and is a program of the
Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Over a seventeen-week period, youth
participants conceive, design, write, and illustrate their
autobiographies. Finished products are bound and embossed and include
a photo and biography of the author. Two copies of each book are
published: one for the student to take home, and one for the school
library. Every project is a memorable experience for the child and
family, and concludes with a celebration in which each young author
has the opportunity to share their story with classmates, family,
friends and community members.
There is a very personal experience that the children have in
interviewing their parents and grandparents. This process offers them
the opportunity to recognize the relationship between the past and
the present. However, there is the more public implication that this
project undertakes, as well. We the Children promotes a mutual
understanding between the disparate demographics that make-up schools
and the surrounding neighborhood. While enhancing reading and writing
proficiency, every child who completes this project builds their self-
confidence, pride and a greater understanding of family, place and
community.
Four guest artists are needed to participate on any Wednesday between
August 30 and November 15. The times are as follows: 4th grade class:
9-10 AM Wednesdays5th grade class: 1-2 PM Wednesdays The school
is:Catalina Elementary (near Orange Blossom Trail and I-4)2510
Gulfstream RoadOrlando, FL 32805 Interested writers should submit a
resume to: florida@bookpals.net or call 321-229-0638 for more
information. Thank you kindly for your help.
Natalie Rogers
Florida BookPALS Coordinator
Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools
Screen Actors Guild Foundation
321-229-0638
florida@bookpals.net
www.bookpals.net
Visit our Celebrity Storyline Online: www.storylineonline.net or Call
Storyline by Phone: 954-351-4878
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Taryn Brown writes:
Join published authors Dara Edmondson and Judith Gilbert from the Central Florida Romance Writers of America at the Orlando Public Library, 101 East Central Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32801 on Sunday, August 13 at 2 p.m. as they present a workshop entitled All About Publishing. Learn the ins about outs of publishing, including the latest trend, e-publishing! Reservations required; please call 407.835.7481 to reserve your spot today!
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Michael Whisenant wants us to know: There is No Newbies meeting for August. The Sept meeting will be as scheduled.
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Kelle Groom sent the following info about the Atlantic Center for the Arts:
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
September 4 though September 24/Residency #119
Artists-in-Residence Program
Artists participating in Atlantic Center’s Artists-in-Residence program are dancer/choreographer Lori Belilove, young adult author Karen Cushman, jazz musician/composer Sam Rivers, and Associates.
Atlantic Center for the Arts
Information: 386.427.6975.
http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org/
Outreach is an important component of Atlantic Center’s internationally acclaimed program, providing the public with the opportunity to interact with the artists. The following programs are open to the public:
Ø Lori Belilove at Atlantic Center for the Arts
Tuesday, September 12, 2 PM
Joan James Harris House Theater
Lecture/Demo and Q&A
Free; Public Invited
Information: 386.427.6975
Ø Karen Cushman at New Smyrna Beach Regional Library
Tuesday, September 12, 4 PM
1001 South Dixie Freeway, Auditorium A
Reading and Discussion
Free; Public Invited
Information: 386.427.6975
Ø Sam Rivers at Atlantic Center for the Arts
Friday, September 15, 2 PM
Joan James Harris House Theater
Lecture and Q&A
Free; Public Invited
Information: 386.427.6975
Ø INsideOUT
Presentation of works by artists participating in the 119th residency session
Friday September 22, 7 PM
Joan James Harris Theater, Atlantic Center for the Arts
1414 Art Center Avenue, New Smyrna Beach
Free to ACA members/$10 non-members
Reservations: 386.427.6975
Atlantic Center for the Arts Hosts Artists-in-Residence Program
Atlantic Center for the Arts’ 119th artists-in-residence program, September 4 through September 24, features dancer/choreographer Lori Belilove, deemed irresistibly joyous by The New York Times and internationally recognized as the premier interpreter of the dance of Isadora Duncan; young adult author Karen Cushman, winner of the Newbery Honor Book and the Newbery Medal for her historical novels; and musician/composer Sam Rivers, the Grammy nominated jazz legend whose 2006 CD release, Aurora, features members of his working orchestra in Orlando.
The essence of Atlantic Center’s Artists-in-Residence program is to provide talented artists the opportunity to work and collaborate with contemporary masters. Selected through a competitive application process and portfolio review by the master artists with whom they wish to work, these associate artists come from around the world, and are university professors, post-graduate students, professionals, or full-time writers, dancers, painters or composers. During their stay, the artists spend a portion of the day working with the Master Artist and their group in meetings, workshops, casual conversations and other activities. They are free to spend the remainder of their time while not with the Master Artist pursuing their own projects; studios are open to all artists 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Dancer/choreographer Lori Belilove’s direct lineage and prestigious performing career have earned her an international reputation as the premier interpreter and ambassador of the dance of Isadora Duncan. Belilove founded the Isadora Duncan Foundation for Contemporary Dance in New York City to house her school and performing company. She is in her seventh year on the faculty of the Dalcroze Institute at The Juilliard School, and through Ball State University, she is the recipient of a grant from Dance/USA to implement a Duncan curriculum. Belilove is also the leading dancer in the award-winning PBS documentary Isadora Duncan: Movement From the Soul narrated by stage and screen actress Julie Harris. Today, Belilove maintains a studio in New York City and is considered an important source for the documentation and interpretation of the Duncan technique and repertory. For more information on Lori Belilove, please visit http://www.isadoraduncan.org/About_Lori/about_lori.html
Associate Artists selected to work with Belilove include Margaret Allen, Miami, FL; Sarah Holcman, Itasca, IL; and Priscilla Machado, Wolcott, CT.
Young adult author Karen Cushman is the author of six historical novels for children and young adults. Her first book, Catherine Called Birdy, written when she was 50, was named a Newbery Honor Book, and her second, The Midwife's Apprentice, won the Newbery Medal. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple was made into a movie for television starring Glenn Close and Jena Malone. Her newest title, The Loud Silence of Francine Green, the only one of her books to be set in the 20th century, was published by Clarion in August 2006. Cushman graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Greek; she also has an MA in Human Behavior and another in Museum Studies. She lives in Vashon Island, Washington. For more information on Cushman, please visit http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/askauthor/cushmanbio.html
Associate Artists selected to work with Cushman include Kerry Collins, Morro Bay, CA; Deborah B. Dean, New Smyrna Beach, FL; Donna Guthrie, La Jolla, CA; Dorothy Anne Love, New Albany, OH; Llewellyn McKernan, Barboursville, WV; and Lenore V. Shapiro, Westfield, NJ.
Jazz musician/composer Sam Rivers attended Boston Conservatory and became involved in the Boston jazz scene. He moved to Miami from 1955 to 1957 to play with Billie Holiday before returning to Boston where he joined Herb Pomeroy’s Big Band. During this time, he acted as musical director for a number of R&B and Blues acts such as Wilson Pickett, B.B. King, Maxine Brown and T-Bone Walker, and in 1964 was offered the saxophone position in Miles Davis’ quintet. From 1964-1967 he recorded four albums as leader for the Blue Note label, led the Harlem Ensemble, and was composer in residence for the Harlem Opera Company. In 1970, he and his wife opened Studio Rivbea, which became a prominent living and rehearsal space for music and dance until its closing in 1979. The Rivbea Allstar Orchestra recorded two albums, Inspiration and Culmination for RCA-Victor; both received Grammy nominations in 1999 and 2000, respectively. In 2006, he released Aurora, a third CD featuring compositions for his Rivbea Orchestra, and the first CD featuring members of his working orchestra in Orlando. For more information on Sam Rivers, please visit http://www.rivbea.com/
Associate Artists selected to work with Rivers include Daniel Blake, Malden, MA;
Patricia Burgess, New York, NY; Alex Coke, Austin, TX; Carol R. Daggs, Saratoga Springs, NY; Rae Howell, Victoria, BC, Canada; Roberta Piket, Brooklyn, NY; Francesco Salomoni, Rome, Italy; and Elise Witt, Pine Lake, GA.
The residency program is sponsored, in part, through the generous sponsorship of the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs.
For more information, visit the website at http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org/
or phone 386.427.6975.
Kelle Groom
Grants Administrator & Communications Coordinator
Atlantic Center for the Arts
1414 Art Center Avenue
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
t. 386-427-6975
f. 386-427-5669
kgroom@atlanticcenterforthearts.org
http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org/
What's Happening:
Brandi Reissenweber's Farewell Reading
Will be Held: August 19th, 8:00 PM at the Kerouac House
Brandi brings the reading series back to the Kerouac House Saturday night, August 19th at 8:00 pm. The Kerouac House is located on the corner of Clouser and Shady Lane in College Park . Come hear Brandi read what she's been working on since arriving at the house back in June. Chips and Sips provided.
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Thanks for your attention!
Darlyn Finch
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