*Laura LeHew’s* poem “Killing Your Mother” was published in the Rattlesnake Review, poems “When We Were Robots” and “Pancakes” were accepted to Poetry Now, “Season to Taste” was accepted by Perceptions. She received a Montana Artists Refuge Residency and scholarship, for March 2010.
Miss Lulu Bett will be presented at The New Zone Gallery, 164 W. Broadway in downtown Eugene on: February 12*, 13, 19 & 20 at 7:00 PM and February 14 & 21 at 2:00 PM. All performances are FREE!!
* SPECIAL OPENING NIGHT FILM & PERFORMANCE
On February 12, for one night only, there will be a special showing of William C. deMille’s 1921 silent film,Miss Lulu Bett. Based on the stage production, the film will be followed by a performance of the play itself.
For more information, call 541-914-2374 or 541-302-9497.
The Lane Literary Guild is pleased to announce that it will sponsor up to 10 paid scholarships to attend the OSPA Spring Conference April 16-17 for poets with verifiable financial need. Scholarships are for conference registration only. Please send a brief statement of personal finances and explain why you would be a worthy recipient for financial support to Charles Thielman blueearth4u@hotmail.com by April 2, 2010. Scholarships are not transferable.
For information about the OSPA Spring Conference go to www.oregonpoets.org
Scholarships are also available for John Morrison’s Poetry Craft Workshop on March 9 (see “Workshops”). The Lisa Rosen Memorial Scholarship makes funds available to women for LLG-sponsored workshops. Get in touch with Charles Thielman (see above) for further information.
Toni Van Deusen was a finalist in Calyx’ Sarah Lantz Memorial Poetry Manuscript contest. She, along with other finalists, will read at the Corvallis Art Center on March 13 at 7 p.m.
Michael Hanner’s poem, “in the fog by the river”, has been accepted by Crab Creek Review.
Charles Goodrich will be teaching a poetry writing workshop at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Saturday, Feb. 6, 10 am to 3 pm, (cost: $50, includes lunch) and doing a free reading at the Chemeketa CC Art Gallery, Friday, Feb. 5, 11:30 am.
FMI: contact, Jan VanStavern jan.vanstavern@chemeketa.edu or call (503) 365-4728
Join Claudia Lapp and Willa Koretz on Valentines Day, Sunday, February 14, at 4 o’clock at Tsunami Books for an intimate performance of poems & songs of the erotic.
Sunday, February 7, 2:00
Eugene Public Library, Downtown
FREE
Eugene Public Library will host a reading and talk by W.S. Merwin, one of the most acclaimed and widely-read poets in the United States, on Sunday, February 7, at 2:00 at the Downtown Library. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Book Award, he is also a translator and an outspoken environmentalist and pacifist. Admission is free.
This event is co-sponsored by Eugene Public Library; the Oregon Humanities Center’s Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities; Lane Literary Guild; and the UO Bookstore/Duck Store.
For more information, contact Eugene Public Library at 541-682-5450 or www.eugene-or.gov/library.
Eugene Public Library
541-682-5450
