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ARKANSAS LITERARY FESTIVAL April 8 - 11, 2010 ARKANSAS LITERARY FESTIVAL April 8 - 11, 2010 FREE READINGS, BOOK DISCUSSIONS, PANELS, AND MORE! www.arkansasliteraryfestival.org ALL SESSONS, PANELS, AND WORKSHOPS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AUTHOR! AUTHOR!, THE COCKTAIL RECEPTION, IS $15. Guests include First Lady Ginger Beebe, Rich STACEYANN CHIN ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA: Events Davis, Darcy Pattison, Carla McClafferty, and tele- Dynamically gifted poet/performer Chin, known PARALLELS IN RACIAL HISTORIES vision personalities Pamela Smith, Donna Terrell, for her one-woman shows and her work on Rus- A PRIZED EVENING: Hannibal Johnson and Grif Stockley, natives of the Bob Clausen, and Jessica Dean. Partially under- sell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam, provides a special Natural State, delve into the complex and similar THE PRESENTATION OF THE PORTER written by Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield. performance and talks about her new memoir The histories of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Johnson’s & WORTHEN LITERARY PRIZES Friday, 9:15 a.m., Arkansas Governor’s Mansion Other Side of Paradise. The session may include Black Wall Street and Stockley’s Ruled by Race Held on Saturday night, this event celebrates the adult language. Sponsored by the Stonewall Dem- will be explored. Sponsored by the Mosaic Tem- winners of these prestigious awards, Bob Ford and THE GATHERING OF THE GROUPS ocratic Caucus of Arkansas. plars Cultural Center.* Grif Stockley. Each prize is awarded annually and CALS, the Testimony to Tolerance Initiative, and Saturday, 1:00 p.m., Cox Ceative Center, 3rd Floor Friday, 12:00 p.m., Mosaic Templars Cultural Center honors the accomplishments of some of Arkan- the Lit Fest invite book club members in the CALS Meeting Room sas’s fi nest writers. Sponsored by the Porter and service area to celebrate group reading. Educa- Brock² Booker Worthen Literary Prizes. tional site coordinator Amanda Ferguson will dis- THE WITS INITIATIVE Treat your ears to two very imaginative writers’ Saturday, 7:00 p.m., Main Library Darragh Center cuss the Tolerance Initiative, and adult programs Fourteen authors take part in the Festival’s Writ- work. Critics’ favorites Brock Clarke, An Arson- coordinator Maribeth Murray will provide informa- ers in the Schools (WITS) Initiative. Traveling to ist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England, and ALADDIN & THE WONDERFUL LAMP tion on free book kits. Lunch provided for those 19 local schools, writers promote literacy, visit Kevin Brockmeier, The View from the Seventh Come see one of the enchanting tales of 1001 who reserve by April 2. Please call 918-3032. with students about the writing process, and share Layer, will thrill you with their satirical and fantasti- Arabian Nights. Wonder and intrigue abound in the Thursday, 11:00 a.m., Main Library Darragh Center new work. Authors include Rus Bradburd, Dori cal passages. Arkansas Arts Center’s play about a poor street Butler, Georgia Anne Butler, Lucha Corpi, Jason Saturday, 4:00 p.m., Cox Creative Center 2nd Floor urchin who unearths a mysterious lamp. With the PEN WOMEN MINI FEST Edwards, Gwendolyn Hooks, Christian Lander, Meeting Room help of a clever genie, Aladdin learns to rely upon The National League of American Pen Women, Beth Mahoney, Margaret McMullan, Jerdine Nolen, himself. Don’t miss this magic carpet ride! the oldest arts organization for women in the Unit- Janis K. Percefull, Alice Randall, Qaisra Shahraz, FORUM ON AFRICAN AMERICAN Saturday, 1:00 p.m., HAM Ottenheimer Theater ed States, believe in the power of words, art, and and Peggy Sissel-Phelan. Sponsored by Wright, FICTION music to illuminate the human experience, fi re the Lindsey and Jennings LLP. Daniel Black, Alice Randall, and RM Johnson com- ART TO GO imagination, and nourish the soul. The Mini Fest Thursday & Friday, all day, Pulaski County Schools bine for a powerfully entertaining panel about their Celebrating self-esteem by letting kids see that comprises three sessions—come to one, or all new works Perfect Peace, Rebel Yell, and The they can be artists in many ways, this play with three. Maureen Stack Sappèy will discuss Vinnie WOLFE AT THE DOOR PUPPETS Million Dollar Demise. Partially underwritten by the music takes K-5 students “into the park for a night Ream, the fi rst female sculptor to receive a com- Whether a standard fairy tale or a story created for Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. of adventure and learning”! With snippets from mission from the U.S. government for a statue. the specifi c group, this lively and energetic hand Friday, 5:30 p.m., Mosaic Templars Cultural Center Ichabod Crane, I Pagliacci, and even Martin Luther Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret will focus on iconic pho- puppet show is sure to delight. Led by master King, this new Wildwood Park production is de- tos of women. Steve Weinberg will speak about puppeteer Jan Wolfe, this show will keep the wee FOUR TIMES THE ROMANCE signed to bring a diversity of arts to life onstage. trailblazer/inspirational journalist Ida Tarbell, who ones rapt. Some participation may be required! From the sweet to the saucy, four experienced Saturday, 11:00 a.m., HAM Ottenheimer Theater investigated John D. Rockefeller and the prac- Saturday, 1:00 p.m., Main Library Puppet Room 333 scribes, Christine Lynxwiler, Gina Wilkins, Amanda tices of Standard Oil. Sponsored by the National Stevens, and Laura Parker Castoro deliver a feast AUTHOR! AUTHOR! League of American Pen Women. WOOED AND WON of romance. How much can you handle? Meet and mingle with many Festival authors at Friday, 1:00 p.m., 2:15 p.m., & 3:30 p.m., Two actors tear through some of Shakespeare’s Saturday, 11:30 a.m., Cox Creative Center 3rd Floor once. This party, featuring hors d’oeuvres and liba- HAM Ottenheimer Theater best-known lovers and fi ghters in a sampler de- Meeting Room tions, is geared for adults. Books will be available signed to introduce kids to the Bard. Featuring for purchase. This is the only Festival event with PUB OR PERISH sword fi ghting, audience participation, and some COMICALLY GRAPHIC OR an admission price. Tickets are $15. A cash bar is Festival authors and additional local authors unite of the most colorful characters, this action-packed GRAPHICALLY COMIC? available. Please call 918-3009 to reserve a spot. to read from their works. A limited number of open (and accessible!) 40-minute Arkansas Shake- BAM! POW! ZAP! Forget that. Four illustrators Sponsored by Little Rock Soirèe. mic slots will be available beginning at 9 a.m., speare Theatre show is a great introduction to and writers share insight into the state of today’s Friday, 7:00 p.m., ASI Concordia Hall Friday, April 9. For a slot or for more information, these amazing plays and beautiful poetry. progressive comic and graphic novel industry. The email David Koon: [email protected]. Spon- Saturday, 2:00 p.m., Main Library Youth Services/ panel includes Eric Shanower, Age of Bronze; sored by the Arkansas Times. BLESSED IS THE MATCH Poetry Café Randy Duncan, The Power of Comics; Dusty Saturday, 8:00 p.m., Prost Narrated by Joan Allen, Blessed Is the Match is Higgins, Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer ; and Ron a documentary fi lm about Hannah Senesh, the YOUTH POET COMPETITION Wolfe, Hellraiser. * World War II-era poet and diarist who became a SILHOUETTE CITY/A KINGDOM AT ANY Come give a listen to youth poetry fi nalists, chosen Sunday, 1:30 p.m., ASI Room 124 paratrooper, resistance fi ghter, and modern-day COST from CALS branch competitions. Winners from this Joan of Arc. Through Senesh’s diary entries, po- Filmmakers/authors Natalie Zimmerman and Mi- event will perform readings at the Little Rock Zoo NOLAN, RAZORBACKS & RACE etry, and correspondence with her mother, Blessed as part of Earth Day and a conservation poetry in- chael Wilson participate in this “illustrated” session, Rus Bradburd, Forty Minutes of Hell: The Ex- Is the Match explores the complex life of a talented stallation on Saturday, April 17, 2010. weaving clips from the fi lm Silhouette City and the traordinary Life of Nolan Richardson, joins with girl who came of age in a world descending into Saturday, 3:00 p.m., Main Library Youth Services/ material from the companion book A Kingdom at Razorback legends Pat Bradley and Darrell Brown madness. The fi lm, which will be shown on Ho- Poetry Café Any Cost into a directed discussion of America’s to discuss everything from integration to NCAA locaust Remembrance Day, is suitable for those recent history of apocalypticism and resurgent mili- Championships. over the age of 12. tancy in the wake of the economic crisis and 2008 Saturday, 2:30 p.m., Main Library Darragh Center Sunday, 1:30 p.m., Main Library Youth Services election. Sponsored by Hendrix College. Panels Saturday, 4:00 p.m., Main Library Darragh Center OXFORD AMERICAN SOUTHERN FOOD BOOK ART 826 VALENCIA /THE MEMORY PROJECT An exhibition of the creative ways artists use the SUPER FAMILY FUN NIGHT ISSUE Co-founded by author Dave Eggers and locat- New Orleans author Lolis Elie, Smokestack Light- book as a form of artistic expression. Get ready for a fun family time with Rich Davis, ed in the back of San Francisco’s Pirate Sup- ning: Adventures in the Heart of Barbeque Coun- The exhibition will be displayed in the Mezzanine children’s book illustrator from Arkansas. Watch ply Store, 826 VALENCIA supports students and try; Brett Anderson, restaurant critic and features Gallery of the Arkansas Studies Institute from April Davis speed-draw a whole picture to music and helps teachers get students excited about writing writer at the New Orleans Times-Picayune; and 8 to June 30. then lead the group on a simple but fun journey of through free programs, including drop-in tutoring, freelance writer Sam Eifl ing chat about the cuisine imagination, through a drawing game the whole fi eld trips, specialized workshops (from college en- of the South and their work in the Oxford Ameri- BRIAN AND TERRI KINDER family can play.
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