Stories on Stage; Dorine Jennette & Poetry in Davis; Poetry and the Harvest; Horse Wisdom and Healing Arts; WritE by the LakE

Hello friends!

As usual, lots going on lately in our local writing world. In this post, I am also going to mention a few fee-based programs that I think might be of interest to you, at bottom. But we'll start with the usual: free programs for your listening enjoyment! Keep reading, listening and writing... ~Kate


TONIGHT: Stories on Stage, featuring Stacia Saint Owens, author of the story collection Auto Erotica, and emerging writer Maureen O'Leary

Friday, September 24th, 2010, 7:30PM
Sacramento Poetry Center1719 25th Street (Between Q & R)

donation: $5 Join us for refreshments, beginning 7PM

More info at http://valeriefioravanti.com/SoS.aspx


Coming soon: Poetry in Davis features Dorine Jennette

For the full scoop, head to http://poetryindavis.com/

Short version: The Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome award-winning poet and essayist Dorine Jennette, who currently lives in Davis, on Wednesday, October 6th at 8 P.M. She will be performing Bistro 33 at 226 F Street.

The Facebook event for this event is at:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=161797597170837
You are also invited to join the Poetry in Davis mailing list on Facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2290130152&ref=ts


Poetry and the Harvest: A Workshop, October 14-November 18, 2010 (free)

POETRY AND THE HARVEST, a special workshop made possible by funding from Poets & Writers Inc (through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation) and the community sponsorship of the Davis Food Co-op, will meet Thursdays 10 AM-noon, October 14-November 18, at Cache Creek Nature Preserve in Woodland. If you’d like to register, reply to workshop facilitator Rae Gouirand by email at rgouirand@gmail.com with your name, email, and contact phone number.


SOME INTERESTING LOCAL FEE-BASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITING:

Horse Wisdom and Healing Arts, October 2, 2010

Here is a new way to get some writing done in our area: check out Horse Wisdome and Healing Arts workshops at Little Winds Equine Guided Education. Details, schedules and fees are on the website at http://www.littlewindsege.com/healing.html.

"Horses help us see ourselves in a new light and bring to surface things that have been waiting to emerge while guided poetry, painting and sound healing allow participants to further explore and express the insights and possibilities that arise through the horse-human connection. A day spent immersed in the beauty of the rural Yolo County landscape will surely inspire a sense of connection to nature and community that many of us find missing in our daily lives." --From the Little Winds website

for Women Writers: WritE by the LakE with Jennifer Basye Sander: October 8-10, 2010

Full schedule details and fee information are available at http://writebythelake.blogspot.com/

Fromt the website: "'A room of one’s own,' Virginia Woolf once famously suggested, is what a woman needs to get any writing done. Alas, even if you have a writing room in your house, the rest of your house is still there to interrupt you when you sit down to focus your creativity… Wait! Did you remember to start the dishwasher this morning? Better get up and check. Oh, is that the doorbell? Look, a neighbor has arrived to chat. And did you ever return those phone calls from yesterday? Better do it now before you forget. Finally, a moment arrives when you can get back to your thoughts and really dig in… my, but how the time has flown and now you’ll need to get dinner started.Sound familiar? Instead, why not spend the weekend in Lake Tahoe in a quiet room at 'Write By the Lake' with other women writers, lots of wine, and wonderful food? I’ll be there too – Jennifer Sander, of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Published and some fifty other titles. A former Random House editor and long time book packager and publishing consultant, I’m happy to build a cozy fire and chat all night long about the trials and tribulations of the publishing world."