Beginning & Experienced Writers 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Open mike before & between scheduled readers Where: Ravenna Third Place Books in the Honey Bear Bakery 6504 20th Ave NE 206-525-2347 Wheelchair accessible ~ Free For information: eahelfgott2@comcast.net 206-527-8875 It's About Time's Yearly Schedule: www.itsaboutimewriters.homestead.com The It's About Time Writers Reading Series exists for all those who want to write. It is dedicated to the memory of Anna Helfgottt, (1899-1996), a Gray Panther, who began writing after age 70, & to the memory of Nelson Bentley (1918-1990), the quintessential teacher who gave Anna, & scores of others, help & hope. It's About Time is dedicated to an end of racism, homelessness, homophobia & war. - Esther Altshul Helfgott, coordinator FEATURED SPEAKER ~ Marjorie Rommel ~ on THE WRITER'S CRAFT Marjorie Rommel lives in Auburn, Washington. A newspaper reporter and editor for many years, she now works as photographer/media relations consultant for the City of Auburn. She teaches at Highline College, Pierce College, and Pacific Lutheran University, where she is a member of the Rainier Writing Workshop Low Residency MFA Program inaugural class. She was a 2000 Willard R. Espy Literary Foundation resident, and received an Adam Family Foundation White Bridge Traveling Fellowship in 2001. Holly Thomas works as a technical editor by day, by night she writes poetry and nonfiction. She also paints to explore the creative edge. Her poem Chiapas was selected in 2003 for the Poets Against the War anthology edited by Sam Hamill for the Nation Press, and her poems The Hapless Waxwing and In the Bamboo, Waiting" are forthcoming in Tundra Journal and the Hawaii Pacific Review. She's working on her first chapbook, under the working title, Manna. Holly moved to Seattle in 1996 after 13 years as a land use and environmental planner in New York's mid-Hudson Valley. Alma Maria Rolfs is a psychotherapist, teacher, poet and poetry therapist. She has a full-time private psychotherapy practice, teaches part-time in the Department of Psychology at Antioch University, and conducts a poetry therapy training program. She served on the Board of the National Association for Poetry Therapy for many years and is currently on the Editorial Board of Arts in Psychotherapy Journal. All her work is informed by a belief in the inherently curative potential of creativity and empathic connection, and a conviction that words can create the bridge and the environment in which healing and growth can flourish. She will be reading from her chapbook, Opening Again to Music, which is a tribute to her son Jeremy who died in 1997, and an example of Alma's commitment to be there with words. Crysta Casey was put on a military psych. ward after declaring herself a "Resident Poet" while serving in the Marine Corps. She is still under the delusion that she is a poet. Crysta has been published in The Monthly Review, Fine Madness, Kansas/Arkansaas Quarterly, The Seattle Reviw, Pontoon, ONTHEBUS, Chrysanthemum, and has contributed to Real Change, a paper to empower the homeless in Seattle. Her first book is "Heart Clinic" (Bellowing Ark Press, 1993). She is a winner of the Richard Hugo Prize. Writer's Craft Talks Posted:in Order of Presentation 2005 Calendar Thurs. Aug. 11, 2005 # 193 - Lynn Miller, Karen Cronacher, Cheryl Latif & Jeannine Hall Gailey on The Writer's Craft Thurs. Sept. 8, 2005 # 194 Julian Mueller, Pamela Moore Dionne, Michael Dylan Welch + Allen Braden on The Writer's Craft Thurs. Oct. 13, 2005 # 195 Migael Scherer, Denise Michaels, Aaron Silverberg + Martha Silano on The Writer's Craft Thurs. Nov. 10, 2005 #196 - Marisis Nelson, Carlos Martinez, Kelli Russell Agodon + Sharon Cumberland on The Writer's Craft Thurs. Dec. 8, 2005 #197 - Chris Jarmick, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Sharon Svendsen + Sharon Carter on The Writer's Craft 2006 Calendar is filled through June 2006. Complete listing is at home. Thurs. Jan 12, 2006 # 198 Suzanne Paola, Julene Weaver, Susan Casey + Bruce Beasley on The Writer's Craft Thurs. Feb. 9, 2006 # 199 Larry Ebersole, Kathleen Smith, Geri Gale + Idore Anschell on The Writer's Craft Thurs. March 9, 2006 # 200 David Horowitz, Janee Baugher, + Curt Colbert on The Writer's Craft Thurs. April 13, 2006 # 201 Contributions for the upkeep of this site may be sent to: It's About Time Writers Reading Series P.O. Box 15443 Seattle, WA. 98115 Thank you for supporting the It's About Time Writers Reading Series. Esther Altshul Helfgott, coordinator, www.itsaboutimewriters.homestead.com ***************************************************************************************************** Be sure to check out the Peace and Justice Events in the Seattle area ***************************************************************************************************** |
It's About Time Writers Reading Series # 192 Thurs. July 14, 2005 |
Beginning & Experienced Writers 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Open mike before & between scheduled readers Where: Ravenna Third Place Books in the Honey Bear Bakery 6504 20th Ave NE 206-525-2347 Wheelchair accessible ~ Free For information: eahelfgott2@comcast.net 206-527-8875 It's About Time's Yearly Schedule: www.itsaboutimewriters.homestead.com The It's About Time Writers Reading Series exists for all those who want to write. It is dedicated to the memory of Anna Helfgottt, (1899-1996), a Gray Panther, who began writing after age 70, & to the memory of Nelson Bentley (1918-1990), the quintessential teacher who gave Anna, & scores of others, help & hope. It's About Time is dedicated to an end of racism, homelessness, homophobia & war. - Esther Altshul Helfgott, coordinator FEATURED SPEAKER ~ Marjorie Rommel ~ on THE WRITER'S CRAFT Marjorie Rommel lives in Auburn, Washington. A newspaper reporter and editor for many years, she now works as photographer/media relations consultant for the City of Auburn. She teaches at Highline College, Pierce College, and Pacific Lutheran University, where she is a member of the Rainier Writing Workshop Low Residency MFA Program inaugural class. She was a 2000 Willard R. Espy Literary Foundation resident, and received an Adam Family Foundation White Bridge Traveling Fellowship in 2001. Holly Thomas works as a technical editor by day, by night she writes poetry and nonfiction. She also paints to explore the creative edge. Her poem Chiapas was selected in 2003 for the Poets Against the War anthology edited by Sam Hamill for the Nation Press, and her poems The Hapless Waxwing and In the Bamboo, Waiting" are forthcoming in Tundra Journal and the Hawaii Pacific Review. She's working on her first chapbook, under the working title, Manna. Holly moved to Seattle in 1996 after 13 years as a land use and environmental planner in New York's mid-Hudson Valley. Alma Maria Rolfs is a psychotherapist, teacher, poet and poetry therapist. She has a full-time private psychotherapy practice, teaches part-time in the Department of Psychology at Antioch University, and conducts a poetry therapy training program. She served on the Board of the National Association for Poetry Therapy for many years and is currently on the Editorial Board of Arts in Psychotherapy Journal. All her work is informed by a belief in the inherently curative potential of creativity and empathic connection, and a conviction that words can create the bridge and the environment in which healing and growth can flourish. She will be reading from her chapbook, Opening Again to Music, which is a tribute to her son Jeremy who died in 1997, and an example of Alma's commitment to be there with words. Crysta Casey was put on a military psych. ward after declaring herself a "Resident Poet" while serving in the Marine Corps. She is still under the delusion that she is a poet. Crysta has been published in The Monthly Review, Fine Madness, Kansas/Arkansaas Quarterly, The Seattle Reviw, Pontoon, ONTHEBUS, Chrysanthemum, and has contributed to Real Change, a paper to empower the homeless in Seattle. Her first book is "Heart Clinic" (Bellowing Ark Press, 1993). She is a winner of the Richard Hugo Prize. Writer's Craft Talks Posted:in Order of Presentation 2005 Calendar Thurs. Aug. 11, 2005 # 193 - Lynn Miller, Karen Cronacher, Cheryl Latif & Jeannine Hall Gailey on The Writer's Craft Thurs. Sept. 8, 2005 # 194 Julian Mueller, Pamela Moore Dionne, Michael Dylan Welch + Allen Braden on The Writer's Craft Thurs. Oct. 13, 2005 # 195 Migael Scherer, Denise Michaels, Aaron Silverberg + Martha Silano on The Writer's Craft Thurs. Nov. 10, 2005 #196 - Marisis Nelson, Carlos Martinez, Kelli Russell Agodon + Sharon Cumberland on The Writer's Craft Thurs. Dec. 8, 2005 #197 - Chris Jarmick, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Sharon Svendsen + Sharon Carter on The Writer's Craft 2006 Calendar is filled through June 2006. Complete listing is at home. Thurs. Jan 12, 2006 # 198 Suzanne Paola, Julene Weaver, Susan Casey + Bruce Beasley on The Writer's Craft Thurs. Feb. 9, 2006 # 199 Larry Ebersole, Kathleen Smith, Geri Gale + Idore Anschell on The Writer's Craft Thurs. March 9, 2006 # 200 David Horowitz, Janee Baugher, + Curt Colbert on The Writer's Craft Thurs. April 13, 2006 # 201 Contributions for the upkeep of this site may be sent to: It's About Time Writers Reading Series P.O. Box 15443 Seattle, WA. 98115 Thank you for supporting the It's About Time Writers Reading Series. Esther Altshul Helfgott, coordinator, www.itsaboutimewriters.homestead.com ***************************************************************************************************** Be sure to check out the Peace and Justice Events in the Seattle area ***************************************************************************************************** |
