Lights of Laramie Literary Festival to Be Held at UW Art Museum |
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April 1, 2003 -- The "Lights of Laramie," a literary festival featuring local winners of Wyoming Arts Council awards and fellowships, will be held from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m., Saturday, April 5, at the University of Wyoming Art Museum.
The festival includes a book fair by Second Story Books, readings of fiction, nonfiction and poetry and panels about issues of interest to writers. The events are free and open to the public on a drop-in, drop-out basis.
The schedule is as follows:
9:30-10 a.m. -- Children's fiction: Janel Hanson, reading Q&A.
10-11 a.m. -- Creative investigations: Julene Bair, Mark Jenkins and Vicki Linder.
11-11:15 a.m. -- Coffee break & book fair by Second Story Books.
11:15 a.m.-noon -- Panel, "New Directions for Western Writing," with Julene Bair, Elizabeth Jennings and Mark Jenkins.
Noon-1 p.m. -- Lunch (for participants) and book fair.
1-2 p.m. -- Poetry by D. Panozzo, C.L. Rawlins and Paisley Rekdal.
2-2:15 p.m. -- Tea break.
2:15-3:15 p.m. -- "New Opportunities for Wyoming Writers," Mary Jane Edwards (Jentel Artists Residency Program), Ann McCutchan, Wendy Bredehoft (art in Wyoming) and Scott Boberg (writers, artists and museums).
3:15-4 p.m. -- New essays by Chavawn Kelley, Ann McCutchan and Geoff O'Gara (UW visiting writer).
4-4:15 p.m. -- Break and book fair.
4:15-5 p.m. -- Speak-out on publishing in the 21st century.
7-8:30 p.m. -- "Return of the Native" fiction and poetry by Maija Devine; "Unveilings," new work by Jack Clinton, Karol Griffin and Jeffe Kennedy.
8:30 p.m. -- Dessert reception and book fair.
This event is sponsored by the Wyoming Art Council, the UW Department of English and the UW Art Museum. For more information call Vicki Linder at (307) 742-0209. Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2003
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