Summer 2003 Mark Your Author Charles Calendar Johnson Will These Events Take Place in the Library Puppeteers Unless Otherwise Stated
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Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Bainbridge Is, WA Permit No. 106 *ECRWSS* Postal Customer Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 Vol. 6, No. 1 Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison Ave., Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 Summer 2003 Mark your Author Charles calendar Johnson will These events take place in the library Puppeteers unless otherwise stated. give talk on from Madrona School SATURDAY, JUNE 28 Rotary Auction and Rummage Sale at entertained youngsters Bainbridge at the library with a Woodward School, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. BY MARCIA RUDOFF WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 spring production of Library Book Group, Seabiscuit by Prince Narcissus and Celebrated Seattle author Charles Laura Hillenbrand, 7 p.m. Princess Potentilla led Johnson will appear on Bainbridge FRIDAY, JULY 4 by Mary Knighton and Sept. 12 thanks to a joint venture by Library Closed. March in noon parade with library float. Dana Ashton. Puppeteers the library’s affiliate Field’s End and (Gather at library at 11.) included (clockwise from Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities. The event, set for 7:30 p.m. at the WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 top) Magdalena Garcia, Visually Impaired Persons support Jake Mallove, Tristan Performing Arts Playhouse, is the first of group, 1-3 p.m. Koch, and Tonada Koch. projected periodic lectures for the general Kids’ summer event: Reptile Man, public by prominent authors. Year-old Please turn to Pages 6-7 for 10:30 a.m. Field’s End is dedicated to building and SATURDAY, JULY 12 more young people’s news. supporting a writers’ community, and the Friends of the Library book sale, —Photo by Peggy Hughes lectures join the organization’s regular 10 a.m.-2 p.m. writing classes, its monthly free Writers’ TUESDAY, JULY 15 Roundtables at the library, its website Field’s End Writers’ Roundtable with at www.fieldsend.org and other special George Shannon, 7:00 p.m. events in furthering that goal. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 Fall classes slated for Field’s End Johnson, whose novel Middle Kids’ summer event: Marine Science Passage won the National Book Award Center, 10:30 a.m. BY MARCIA RUDOFF tuition for the workshop includes her in 1990, is on the Field’s End’s advisory SUNDAY, JULY 20 afternoon presentation put on by the board. A former director of the creative Gail Dubrow, a visual tour “Sento at Writers from absolute beginners to council. writing program at the University of Sixth and Main”, 4 p.m. polished pros will find classes tuned to Field’s End’s class registration for Washington, he currently holds an WEDNESDAY, JULY 23 their special needs in this fall’s schedule fall will officially open Aug. 19 at an endowed chair in English and teaches Puppets Please Kids’ summer event, offered by Field’s End, the writing appetizer/dessert potluck party hosted 10:30 a.m. fiction at the university. He recently was community affiliated with the library. by Writers’ Roundtable at Field’s End elected to the American Academy of Arts SUNDAY, JULY 27 Two faces will be familiar to students from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the library. Painting the Impressionist Light, and Sciences. a slide show by Lois Girffel, who took Field’s End’s courses its first Registration material is available at the A prolific writer and teacher, he is impressionistic painter, author and year. Islander Kathleen Alcala and library and also at the website www. author of three other novels, Faith and director from the Cape Cod School Priscilla Long again to offer their popular fieldsend.org. of Art, 3:30-5 p.m. workshop classes. Alcala’s workshop class, “The Arc MONDAY, JULY 28 In addition, Skye Moody, author of of the Story,” will continue the format Kids’ summer event: Classic Anime two nonfiction books and five mystery used in her class for Field’s End’s first Film Festival, 6:30 p.m. novels, will teach a craft class on session last fall. Over the course of six WEDNESDAY, JULY 30 developing characters for fiction. weeks, students’ stories will be read and Kids’ summer event: Paws for Finally, nationally-renowned poet critiqued, paying particular attention to Reading, 10:30 a.m. Naomi Shihab Nye will discuss the what makes the beginning, middle and WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6 devotion and discipline of a writing life end of a story work. Library Book Group, Nickel and in a short workshop Nov. 1. Writers of Manuscripts must be pre-submitted Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich, 7 p.m. prose will benefit equally with poets. for this class, and participation will be by SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 Nye’s appearance on Bainbridge is teacher selection. The class will meet on Friends of the Library book sale, a result of a combined effort by Field’s six consecutive Thursday evenings, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. End and the Bainbridge Island Arts 7 to 9 p.m., from Oct. 30 to Dec. 4, with WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 and Humanities Council (BIAHC), and Continued on page 2 Visually Impaired Persons support Charles Johnson group, 1-3 p.m. the Good Thing, Oxherding Tale and SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 Island Theatre Play Reading at the Dreamer. He has produced a collection Library, 7:30 p.m. See you at the Fourth festivities... of short stories, The Sorcerer’s TUESDAY, AUGUST 19 Apprentice; a work of aesthetics, Being Field’s End Writers’ Roundtable, and, of course, the Rotary Auction and Race: Black Writing Since 1970; 6:30 p.m. Black Men Speaking, co-edited with THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 School’s out, summer reading has This year the event returns to John McClusky Jr.; Africans in America: Reading Celebration, 1-4 p.m. begun, and Bainbridge library users Woodward School, where donations are America’s Journey Through Slavery, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 look forward to a season crammed with being accepted up until June 27, and a co-authored with Patricia Smith as a Library Book Group, Angle of Repose activities. preview that evening ($1 admission) gives companion book for a 1998 PBS series; by Wallace Stegner, 7 p.m. The official kickoff to the summer auction goers a look at the merchandise and I Call Myself an Artist: Writings By WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 season is the annual Rotary Auction, and a chance to win a $500 gift certificate and About Charles Johnson, a collection Visually Impaired Persons support scheduled this year for June 28, the from Town and Country Market. of essays. group, 1 p.m,. Saturday before the Fourth. The Island’s Library staff, volunteers, and board In 2001, Soulcatcher and Other SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 biggest sale of the year, every year, members will turn out in droves to support Stories, his 12 historical fictions for Friends of the Library book sale, 10-2. raises hundreds of thousands of dollars the giant auction/rummage sale — which Africans in America, was released as a SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 for worthy causes — including the Friends of the Library book sale Bainbridge Public Library. Continued on page 2 Continued on page 3 continues, 1-4 p.m. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Field’s End Writers’ Roundtable, 7 p.m. Also in this issue: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Travel program, co-sponsored by The Traveler bookstore, 7 p.m. Summer comes to the gardens .................................................. page 5 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Women detectives in modern fiction .......................................... page 9 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Terrific Twos, 10:30 a.m. Island photographers show work at library ............................. page 12 Opinion We have an island You’re of unsung heroes never IT WAS NEARLY midnight when I returned from a brief visit with family in Enumclaw, so I put off too returning voice mail messages until the next day. Then, since deadline for this newspaper loomed, I chatted first young with our writers, advertising volunteers, and library staff. It was easy to ignore the call which went something to enjoy the Bainbridge like “Hi, I’m Liz from the Sun, you’re an unsung hero library. Here, Sal Iaria, and I’d like to talk with you.” But Liz was persistent, 4, smiles shyly for like most good reporters, and tracked me down at the photographer Peggy library later in the week. Hughes. Kathy Dunn, She turned out to be a pleasant young woman, a right, donned Cat in the summer intern and English major from Coe College Hat garb for a Dr. Seuss (in Iowa). It was her first week as a journalist. Like Read Across America most newspaper writers, I’d rather interview than be program this spring. interviewed. But in my years as editor of the Review and its sister papers, I’d always enjoyed working with young interns. Their enthusiasm can be contagious. Liz’s assignment was to find out more about my Continued from front page volunteer work at our Bainbridge library and, since we both love books, it was an easy conversation. I don’t Fall classes know yet (as this is column is being written) whether she no class on Thanksgiving Day. has published numerous essays, creative nonfictions, actually wrote the article or, if so, how it was edited. Long will teach “Becoming a Writer: Approaches poetry, and short fictions. She has awards from the But I hope she got the message that while I do and Practices.” This four week course is designed for Seattle and Los Angeles Arts Commissions and serves enjoy raising funds for our library and publishing beginners and experienced writers alike. In it students as senior editor of historylink.org, and as a writing the Library News; I am only one of many who make will explore approaches to developing or continuing to instructor for the University of Washington Extension.