Rocky Mountain Writers Festival, April 2010
Here's the current update on what is happening with the Writers Festival. For pictures and other commentary by Jill Jorgensen, be sure to check her Facebook page for the Writers Festival.
Today: 7 pm Main Street Coffee and News. Jill Jorgensen, Emcee. Local Writers plus Utah writers: Star Colebrook and some of her writing students from Logan Utah. Great coffee, tea and other beverages, plus snacks. Tony's coffee house has been a frequent place for literary readings over the years. I love the way he makes Chai Tea.
Tomorrow:5:30 no-host dinner starts at Cafe Rowan, in Station Square, 200 S. Main. Their dinner menu features a variety wraps, and they have vegan and vegetarian options. Be sure to BYOB if you want beer or wine.
At 7 pm the readings begin. Leslie Leek is the host. This last night of the festival will include "a tribute to Rose and Rick Ardinger and their Limberlost Press and feature readings by well-known regional writers whose work they've published. There also will be a celebration of Ray Obermayr's 90th year and a revisiting of Pocatello's literary past." the readings "will start with a reading of poems by Rowan smith, the 15-year-old daughter of Neal Smith, Cafe Rowan owner and Shelley Canalia, a local actor and store manager."
Yesterday: If you missed this reading (or read at one of them and want a copy of your own), or Wednesdays at Portneuf Valley Brewing, you can either purchase a copy of the DVD of it through the City of Pocatello's Vision 12 department for $15. Contact them for information about buying a copy. You can also watch it on your own or a friends cable television. It should be shown in a few weeks. I will add notes about future videos, and am pretty sure they plan to video the Saturday readings.
The reading opened with announcements of the future readings, plus a repeat of the Idaho Writers and Readers thing in Boise. See my earlier description and link for more information. Joan Juskie (me) opened with a reading from her 2011 chapbook Enchantments and Other Poems. Sara Thurber followed with her first reading. She had a wonderful poem titled "A Poem for Billy Collins.". "Lecture Ninja" Brandon Hall followed with a story about his children which was very amusing and entertaining. Susan Swetnam concluded the first half with a wonderful essay about growing up in the new west, which will be included in an anthology on that theme. I will post information on Pocatello Readings when the book becomes available. I sure want to read it, but for now will have to be satisfied with reading Susan's other wonderful Pocatello book, Home Mountains.
After a fun break the reading resumed with Carlen mentioning that this blog, Pocatello Readings, is being updated daily during the Rocky Mountain Writers Festival. I would like to add that it's only once a day because I don't have home internet, and have to go to one of the two libraries in town to do anything on the internet, and am limited to one, one-hour turn per day.
Mitch Christensen started the second set of readings with a really funny story. We had so many humorous writers in this evening of readers that we wound up laughing even more than the previous evening when Roger Schmidt read. Jeff Pearson read some of his amazing poetry next. Idaho State University is producing a wonderful group of creative writers this year. Jeff is going on for an MFA after he graduates. Josh Mayes, another ISU graduate read some of his "flash fiction" short pieces. He is lucky and has a job where he can read and write during the slow times--this should be a productive year for him. Finally the evening was concluded with a reading by Erin Gray, who is currently working 4 jobs--a DJ at KISU, teaching at EIS and ISU, and working at the Flip Side. He had a very entertaining and funny April Fools article.
Today: 7 pm Main Street Coffee and News. Jill Jorgensen, Emcee. Local Writers plus Utah writers: Star Colebrook and some of her writing students from Logan Utah. Great coffee, tea and other beverages, plus snacks. Tony's coffee house has been a frequent place for literary readings over the years. I love the way he makes Chai Tea.
Tomorrow:5:30 no-host dinner starts at Cafe Rowan, in Station Square, 200 S. Main. Their dinner menu features a variety wraps, and they have vegan and vegetarian options. Be sure to BYOB if you want beer or wine.
At 7 pm the readings begin. Leslie Leek is the host. This last night of the festival will include "a tribute to Rose and Rick Ardinger and their Limberlost Press and feature readings by well-known regional writers whose work they've published. There also will be a celebration of Ray Obermayr's 90th year and a revisiting of Pocatello's literary past." the readings "will start with a reading of poems by Rowan smith, the 15-year-old daughter of Neal Smith, Cafe Rowan owner and Shelley Canalia, a local actor and store manager."
Yesterday: If you missed this reading (or read at one of them and want a copy of your own), or Wednesdays at Portneuf Valley Brewing, you can either purchase a copy of the DVD of it through the City of Pocatello's Vision 12 department for $15. Contact them for information about buying a copy. You can also watch it on your own or a friends cable television. It should be shown in a few weeks. I will add notes about future videos, and am pretty sure they plan to video the Saturday readings.
The reading opened with announcements of the future readings, plus a repeat of the Idaho Writers and Readers thing in Boise. See my earlier description and link for more information. Joan Juskie (me) opened with a reading from her 2011 chapbook Enchantments and Other Poems. Sara Thurber followed with her first reading. She had a wonderful poem titled "A Poem for Billy Collins.". "Lecture Ninja" Brandon Hall followed with a story about his children which was very amusing and entertaining. Susan Swetnam concluded the first half with a wonderful essay about growing up in the new west, which will be included in an anthology on that theme. I will post information on Pocatello Readings when the book becomes available. I sure want to read it, but for now will have to be satisfied with reading Susan's other wonderful Pocatello book, Home Mountains.
After a fun break the reading resumed with Carlen mentioning that this blog, Pocatello Readings, is being updated daily during the Rocky Mountain Writers Festival. I would like to add that it's only once a day because I don't have home internet, and have to go to one of the two libraries in town to do anything on the internet, and am limited to one, one-hour turn per day.
Mitch Christensen started the second set of readings with a really funny story. We had so many humorous writers in this evening of readers that we wound up laughing even more than the previous evening when Roger Schmidt read. Jeff Pearson read some of his amazing poetry next. Idaho State University is producing a wonderful group of creative writers this year. Jeff is going on for an MFA after he graduates. Josh Mayes, another ISU graduate read some of his "flash fiction" short pieces. He is lucky and has a job where he can read and write during the slow times--this should be a productive year for him. Finally the evening was concluded with a reading by Erin Gray, who is currently working 4 jobs--a DJ at KISU, teaching at EIS and ISU, and working at the Flip Side. He had a very entertaining and funny April Fools article.
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