Category Archives: Writing/Storytelling
Native American Video Game Tells Traditional Stories
A group of Alaskan natives have partnered with a game developer to tell traditional stories from their own point of view. Of particular interest is that the story includes the experiences of elders: “‘Never Alone’ is based on a traditional story … Continue reading
Long Beach Senior Arts Colony: Reflections Art Show on 7/15
You’re invited to join us at LBSAC for this exciting art show featuring work by professional and emerging resident artists who live and thrive at this unique senior artists community. A live, interactive art installation will be created, in addition … Continue reading
E.L. Doctorow at National Book Festival on August 30th
The 83-year-old editor, professor and novelist, E.L. Doctorow, has won this year’s Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. The author of such celebrated historical novels as Ragtime, The Book of Daniel, and The March will receive the award during the National Book Festival in … Continue reading
Poets & Writers, Inc. Funds Two EngAGE Poetry Classes
From EngAGE C.O.O. Maureen Kellen-Taylor: At EngAGE we believe in Poetry ! Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes. – Joseph Roux . . . it is through poetry that we give name to those ideas which are—until the poem—nameless and formless, about to be birthed, but already felt. – Audre Lorde We suspect … Continue reading
Lyricist Sheldon Harnick Celebrates His 90th Birthday
We wrote about Theodore Bikel’s 90th birthday concert last week, so it seems appropriate to feature “The Fresh Air Interview” with Fiddler on the Roof lyricist Sheldon Harnick, who has also recently celebrated a 90th birthday. [Since his first appearance as … Continue reading
New Play from Writer Shril Hendryx
Writer/director Shirl Hendryx, 90 years old and well known for his highly successful career in theatre, film, and television (writer of such classic hit TV shows as “Columbo,” “Hawaii Five-0,” and “Combat”) directs the world premier of his riveting drama, “Games On A … Continue reading
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Larry McMurtry and the Mythology of the Old West
“After more than five decades trying, Larry McMurtry—the Pulitzer Prize- winning author of Lonesome Dove, Oscar-winning screenwriter of Brokeback Mountain, and creator of Booked Up, one of the planet’s largest used bookstores—still can’t escape the enduring mythologies of the Old … Continue reading
