Asheville Wordfest 2011
ASHEVILLE WORDFEST MAY 3 - MAY 8, 2011
SPONSORED BY THE MOUNTAIN AREA INFORMATION NETWORK
Schedule of Events
Changes to the following schedule are possible. Check back in as the festival draws nearer!
Tuesday May 3
7:00 p.m.
The Day Carl Sandburg Died, Fine Arts Theater
www.thedaycarlsandburgdied.com
Reception follows with local flim-maker Paul Bonesteel, creator of The Day Carl Sandburg Died at YMI Drugstore at Market and Valley Streets
Wednesday May 4
6:00 p.m.
Reception at Roux at Hilton, Biltmore Park.
7:00 p.m.
Quincy Troupe w/ Keith Flynn and the Holy Men. This event is sponsored by Biltmore Farms. Founded in 1897 and located in Asheville, NC, Biltmore Farms has become a guiding force in land management and community development in Western North Carolina, based on George Vanderbilt’s vision of smart planning and healthy communities. The company’s residential, master-planned communities include Biltmore Forest, Biltmore Park, Biltmore Lake® and The Ramble® Biltmore Forest. Biltmore Farms also owns and manages Biltmore Farms Commercial, Biltmore Farms Hotels and Biltmore Farms Homes. For additional information, please visit www.BiltmoreFarms.com
Thursday May 5
7:00 p.m.
The Poetry of Resilience, Fine Arts Theater www.poetryofresilience.com
Reception follows with Academy Award-nominated film-maker Katja Esson at YMI Drugstore at Market and Valley Streets. This film is "a work-in-progress." Some changes will be made following the current screenings.
Friday May 6
4:00 p.m.
Britt Kaufman, Mendy Knott and Luke Hankins
Grateful Steps Publishing House and Bookshop 159 Lexington Station.
7:00 p.m.
Landon Godfrey, Paul Guest, Holly Iglesias, Brian Turner, YMI Cultural Center
9:00 p.m .
An Evening of Translation Altamont Theater at 18 Church St. featuring Thomas Rain Crowe, Emoke B'Racz, Nan Watkins, Luke Hankins, Caleb Beissert
Saturday May 7
10:00 a.m.
Children’s events at Spellbound Children’s Bookshop
10:00 a.m.
Youth Writing Scavenger Hunt at Thomas Wolfe House with Janet Hurley of True Ink
9:30-11:00 a.m.
Resilience Panel with Brian Turner, Paul Guest and Katja Esson
Explore with poets and film-maker and each other how resilience "works," what it is and how we develop it.
11:00 a.m.
WORDslam highlights at YMI Cultural Center
12:00 p.m.
Our Voice: Together We Are Strong reading
This event is sponsored by Our Voice and celebrates the voice and writings of survivors of sexual assault, at YMI Cultural Center.
1:00 pm
THE DAY CARL SANDBURG DIED at Fine Arts Theatre
1-3 p.m.
IMAGINATURE w/ Hobey Ford, Melinda Tennison, Lisa Alcorn, Cindy Bowen, Hal Mahan, Janet Hurley, Heartworks, SisterJ Spiritvoice. A family event where families can move, make art, learn and discover.
Convene at Splashville.
3:00 p.m.
Poetry Under the Magnolia Tree: Listen to the poems our children write!
The Magnolia Tree is between Pack Tavern and the City Building in the park.
4:00 p.m.
William Matthews Poetry Prize Winners YMI Cultural Center
7:00 p.m.
Justin Bigos, Rose McLarney, Kwame Dawes, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Linda Hogan YMI Cultural Center
10:00 p.m.
Mountain Xpress Poetry Bash w/ beer and music YMI Cultural Center
Sunday May 8
8:00 p.m.
The Mother of All Slams at The Masonic Temple ($5.00) at 80 Broadway.
ALL POETRY EVENTS BUT SLAM ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY
Venues
Altamont Theater and Condominiums 18 Church Street (828) 274-8070 www.myaltamont.com
Biltmore Park Hilton Hotel 43 Town Square Blvd (828) 209-2700 Biltmore Park Hilton Hotel
Fine Arts Theatre 36 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville
Grateful Steps Publishing House and Bookshop 159 South Lexington (1/2 block Southwest of Orange Peel) (828) 277-0998 www.gratefulsteps.com
YMI Cultural Center 39 S Market St (828) 252-4614 www.ymicc.org
Spellbound Childrens Bookshop 19 Wall Street, Asheville, NC 28801 Phone: 828-232-2228 Spellbound Childrens Bookshop
Contact: Director Laura Hope-Gill at laurahopegill@aol.com
Follow Wordfest Director Laura Hope-Gill on Twitter (@laurahopegill) and on Facebook.
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
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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.  |