Deadline for signups on Pam Houston Rafting Trip is 04/30!

Heading Out

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 Come join us with author Pam Houston on a 4-day, 3-night adventure down a beloved section of the San Juan River, Mexican Hat to Clay Hills, known as "The Little Grand Canyon" for its sandstone colors.   It's a place of surreal beauty and warm water, with petroglyphs, old villages, and cave dwellings in a labyrinth of canyons, including the Moki Stairs, the Tabernacle and Second Narrows, Cedar Mesa, Cowboy Hat and Eagle Rock, and the Goosenecks of the San Juan, which zigzag over seven miles. Waterfalls and natural plunge pools to swim in, and beach camping under the desert stars. Daily writing sessions with Pam Houson at lunch, with group readings, questions and discussions around the campfire at night.  Paint wildflowers and canyons if you like, kayak or row or float through it all, striped with sun and shade, with stops to explore and to hike up enticing side canyons.

 Cost: $775 all inclusive (to hold a place, payments of $250 can each be made in February, March and April). For more information, email WCWF intern, Vanessa, at blueisgood@gmail.com to register, and mail registration form (available for download here) with deposit to WCWF. 

Deposit/Payments

$250 $525 $775

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First "Junction Slam" and Free Performance Workshop at CMU 04/18 & 04/19

SE TH, from Denver, one of the best-known performance poets in Colorado, also beloved teacher, director and producer

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Performance workshop will be at Colorado Mesa University in HOU 110 4-6:30 Thursday 4/18.  It's free and open to all student and adult writers who'd like to learn how to perform poetry or short flash fiction pieces under 3 minutes long.  Come and bring a piece of your own or another writers!  We'll have a signup sheet for the Grand Junction Slam at the workshop.

The Junction Slam will start at 8:30 p.m. Friday 4/19 at the Grand Junction Art Center 1803 N. 7’th St (corner of Orchard Ave. & 7^th St).  Come to read or just hear the writers and SE TH's band, Art Compost and the Word Mechanics.  SE TH will perform first with his band, and the musicians will be available to back up all other slam readers.  Expect the band to also break into rounds of dance music during slam breaks, so bring your dancing shoes.

$10 adults/$5 high school and college students. For information or to sign up to read, email WCWF intern Vanessa Nielson, blueisgood@gmail.com.

TRTC’s 3rd annual Karen Chamberlain Poetry Festival

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Two Local Authors at Grand Valley Books Saturday, March 23rd.

Grand Valley Books at 350 Main Street will host a book signing and poetry reading this Saturday, March 23rd, beginning at 11:30 AM.

Ray Coca, author of "Elite U.S. Dream Team--A Wrestling Story" will be signing copies of his book and discussing the various events that influenced his writing from 11:30AM until 1PM.  Ray is an engaging speaker and a home town boy who took the sport of wrestling to a new level.

Wendy Videlock, nationally known author and artist, will read from her recently published book of poetry "The Dark Gnu and Other Poems" beginning at 1PM.  In reviewing her book, author Sherman Alexie wrote, "In reading this book, I found myself laughing and gasping in equal measures."  Videlock also illustrated her book, using alcohol ink paintings that sparkle and add whimsey to this new collection of her poetry.  It's written for children of all ages.

For further information, call Grand Valley Books at 424-5437.

Poets & Writers of Colorado Mesa University, this Thursday!

It is that time again! This Thursday!

 Planet Earth & the 4 Directions Gallery is pleased to present:

 Poets & Writers of Colorado Mesa University

Reading Series 2012-2013

Where? Planet Earth, 524 Colorado Avenue, Grand Junction, Colorado

When? 3rd Thursdays of the month, excluding December & January

Time? 7 pm until done

ph: 970-256-9630

 March 21:  Maureen McCarney, Luis Lopez, John Nizalowski & Luis Silva-Villar

April 18:   Open reading--Your opportunity to shine also!

We Welcome on this March 3rd Thursday:

The author of Musings of a Bario Sack Boy and the award winning Each Month I Sing, Luis Lopez, Professor Emeritus from CMU, now spends his time writing a new book of poetry, doing various kinds of art work, taking various classes in art, and reading, reading, reading.

 Maureen McCarney has long been an important poetic voice on the Western Slope and beyond. Her work has appeared in various journals, and she currently teaches English at Colorado Mesa University.

 John Nizalowski is the author of two books – Hooking the Sun and The Last Matinée. Most recently his work has appeared in New Mexico Poetry Review, Under the Sun, Slab, The Laughing Dog, and Miriam’s Well. Currently he teaches creative writing and mythology at Colorado Mesa University.

Born in Madrid, Spain, music and writing are a part of the family tradition for Luis Silva-Villar. He attended the Real Conservatorio Superior de Madrid where he studied guitar and theoretical music. Specializing in ethnomusicology and string instruments, he has created several ensembles and folk groups. Nowadays he is a writer, a professor of Language and Linguistics at Colorado Mesa University and a columnist for La Opinion and El Diario.