Asheville Wordfest 2010
Sponsors
ASHEVILLE WORDFEST MAY 5 - MAY 8, 2010
SPONSORED BY THE MOUNTAIN AREA INFORMATION NETWORK
Schedule of Events
POETRY OF RESILIENCE will not be released until the autumn. Therefore, it sadly won't be a part of this year's Asheville Wordfest. It will be a part of Wordfest 2011. learn more
Some more events might be added so keep checking in!
Wednesday May 5
As part of the Asheville Poetry Festival, Wordfest 2010, May 4-8
The Hawk and Ivy is proud to host:
A Poetry Workshop with Laura Hope-Gill, poet (The Soul Tree) and coordinator of Wordfest, and Jim Nave international creativity consultant, poet, and teacher.
"Explore your creativity with Laura Hope-Gill and James Nave who both skilled in opening up spaces where the psyche feels free to speak. Learn to listen to what your poems are saying and to expand upon their wisdom. This is about opening, not closing. About expanding, not narrowing. In this setting we encourage one another to write into what needs shaping, but not to exact form upon what desires to remain formless. Be in nature and be part of nature--create."
This workshop is a free offering by these two incredible people. Don’t miss it!
Wednesday, May 5, 2:30- 5:30 pm at the Hawk and Ivy B&B.
The workshop will be followed by:
A Potluck and Poetry Sharing open to all. From 6:00 pm and into the night.
Both the Workshop and the Poetry Sharing are free though generous donations are gratefully accepted.
Please reserve your space. Contact Hawk and Ivy at 828-626-3486 or info@hawkandivy.com
Thursday May 6
6:00 pm
The Write Site, Asheville's first and only online magazine for young writers by young writers will host a youth poetry reading and open mic at the Firestorm Cafe. Young writers 11-17 are invited to check out the Write Site for fun poetry prompts, get creative and bring their work to the Firestorm.
7:00-9:00 pm
Kathryn Stripling Byer, Holly Iglesias, Katherine Soniat, John Hoppenthaler
Jubilee! Community Church
8:30-10:00 pm
Asheville Poetry Slam at Hookah Joe's
Friday May 7
4:00-6:00 pm
Wordfest Reception Malaprops Bookstore
7:00-9:00 pm
Cathy Smith Bowers, Linda Hogan, Nickole Browne, Raul Zurita
Jubilee! Community Church
10:00—pm
Drinks, Music and Open Mic Poetry at Hotel Indigo, featuring Trey Moore.
Hotel Indigo
(group rates available for travelers coming to town for Wordfest!)
Saturday May 8
9:00am-12:00 pm
Hike and Write on the Blue Ridge Parkway—from Folk Art Center to Lunch Rock.
Hike led by author Danny Bernstein http://www.hikertohiker.com
Contact danny@hikertohiker.com for more info.
The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
10:00-12:00 am
Poetry and Songs for Children: Chris Martin and his troupe of young performers,
David Novak, 6pence, Vix Jil and more.
Spellbound Children’s Bookshop
10:00-12:00 am
Family Poetry Scavenger Hunt and workshop--bring the whole family! We'll gather for instructions and then go hunting for poetic inspiration, ending up back at the Wolfe site to write a family poem and read it aloud--if you'd like. Great Mother's day present! Materials will be provided.
Presented by True Ink. Call 215-9002 for more information.
Thomas Wolfe Memorial Site Visitor Center
10:00-12:00 am
MAHEC Presents:
The Three Marriages: A Talk by David Whyte at MAHEC Auditorium $50.00
www.mahec.net/media/brochures/mh050810.pdf
2:00-5:00 pm
MAHEC Presents:
A Workshop with David Whyte at MAHEC Auditorium $100.00
www.mahec.net/media/brochures/mh050810.pdf
7:00-9:00 pm
Glenis Redmond, Mark Doty, Natasha Trethewey, The Flying Words Project
Jubilee! Community Church
9:00 pm
Hotel Indigo
Asheville Poetry Review Editor Keith Flynn reads with mulit-Grammy Award-winning String Bassist Eliot Wadopian
Contact: Director Laura Hope-Gill at laura@thehealingseed.com or info@ashevillewordfest.org
Dear Laura,
Wordfest 2008 was being within poetry as community, dialogue, coming into being, and a lasting experience. Cultural language and its depth is never abstract or fleeting but is always lasting and solid in the way that life is lasting, no matter what. That's what I like about Wordfest: it is lasting, no matter what.
All best,
Simon Ortiz
Donate and Sponsor a Poet
Make a contribution towards Festival Expenses (supplies, publicity, space rental, website, etc.)
in lump sum format using the PayPal secure server by clicking below:
If you prefer to mail your tax-deductible donation,
please make your check payable to Asheville Wordfest/ MAIN and send to:
Asheville Wordfest
c/o Laura Hope-Gill
101 Christ School Road
Arden, NC 28704
This project is made possible in part by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.   Click here for submission guidelines and more information on the Linda Flowers Literary Award. |