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What: 2010 Meramec Writing Festival When: April 6 and 7 Where: Meramec, one of five St. Louis Community Colleges. 11333 Big Bend Rd. St. Louis, MO 63122-5720 314-984-7500 website: www.stlcc.edu Meramec’s Writing Festival is not to be missed. Just one of the many fascinating sessions features Anne Earney and Colleen McKee: “Are We Feeling Better…
May 8-31st Opening reception: Saturday May 8th, 6-9 p.m. Janiece Senn’s new mixed media work “Sweet Dreams & Nightmares” Marbles Gallery 1905 Park Avenue, just east of Mississippi, in Lafayette Square. Call 314.791.6466 Viisit www.marblesyoga.com. Stop by to share art, wine and meet this talented, playfully creative artist! Janiece Senn’s recent mixed media work with…
“Trade Winds, Flash Flood,” original instrumental by Nancy Lippencott (music video on You Tube). Nancy is our neighbor on Riehl Lane. Pop and I used to play with her.–JGR
Father-daughter team Janet Riehl & Erwin A. Thompson present “Family Stories: Prose & Poetry” on April 25th at 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room at the Hayner Library in Alton Square Mall, 132 Alton Square. Family stories shape our lives. Erwin A. Thompson and Janet Grace Riehl reflect on the power of memory…
Join us on Story Circle Network’s Telling Her Stories as Stephanie Farrow and I continue to discuss the essentials of collaboration in our Creative Catalyst column. This month? Without trust, collaboration ain’t gonna work.
Dr. Curt Madison, 60, will become the new director of distance education for the University of Maine system. He’ll move to that position from Fairbanks, where he has led distance education at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks since 2002. Read more about Dr. Madison’s career in the Kennebec Journal: “UMaine’s new distance-learning chief knows…
Happy International Women’s Day. Here are a few favorite books by women: * “The Little School.” by Argentinian writer Alicia Partnoy. * “The Colour of the Moon” by the Greek author Alkouni Papadaki. * “Once in a Promised Land’ by Jordanian author Laila Halaby. * “A Handbook to Luck,” by Cuban author Cristina Garcia. *…
Yvonne Perry, owner of Writers in the Sky Creative Writing Services http://writersinthesky.com, has master-minded a blog chain for St. Patrick’s Day March 11 through 17 and Riehlife is one link in the chain. Sort of like a chain letter but with more variety. “What is a Blog Chain?” Yvonne says, A blog chain involves about…
Robin Farmer, guest reviewer for “Me and Orson Wells,” brings a compelling view to Jana Segal’s Reel Inspiration. I’m eager to see this film; I know exactly who I want to see it with–a playwright. Here’s how Robin’s review begins: Based on Robert Kaplow’s novel of the same name, “Me and Orson Welles” is a…
Hurry, hurry! Request your poster by March 1st. The Academy of American Poets revealed the National Poetry Month poster for 2010 by award-winning illustrator and graphic designer Marian Bantjes, who recently created several campaigns for Saks Fifth Avenue. Bantjes’s intricate design features kaleidoscopic figures turning beneath a star-filled sky—a scene inspired by the poetry of…