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Dear Scribblers:



We’ve officially entered the Winter with the Writers convergence with ArtsFest week, so there will be even LESS sleep and more FUN for all literary-minded folks. C’mon out and see what’s happening.



Celebrations:

Check out the beautiful Joanna O’Keefe reading her poetry:

http://www.joannaokeefe.com

YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ91ILqdHW0



Everyone is invited to come to downtown Orlando between 11 am and 3 pm on Friday, February 12 to listen to other Central Floridians read 154 Shakespeare Sonnets for the first time in an outdoor public gathering in our corner of the globe.

Please send this invite to everyone so we can spread the word about this innovative free event given by Shakespeare Theatre in Partnership with UCF to honor the Bard and celebrate Valentine’s Day weekend.



Saturday, March 20

6:30 PM



Urban Think! Bookstore will host the Orlando Book Party for Kelle Groom's third collection of poems, Five Kingdoms. Groom, a longtime Orlando resident who now lives in New Smyrna Beach, will read from her new book. Groom’s previous collections are Luckily, winner of a Florida Book Award, and Underwater City (University Press of Florida, 2004). Her poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, Ploughshares, and Poetry among other magazines, and is forthcoming in Best American Poetry 2010, guest edited by Amy Gerstler (Scribner, 2010). A book signing will follow the reading.



Urban Think! Bookstore

625 East Central Boulevard

Orlando, FL 32801-2916

Information: (407) 650-8004



Kelle Groom's new book, Five Kingdoms, attempts to categorize the world, make sense of its violence, loss, and beauty. Her poetry cross-references politics, biology, history, domesticity, and war. Her work glows with her spirit and intellect, explodes with joy and grief. Five Kingdoms sings with what it is to be human. -- Denise Duhamel



Kelle Groom's poems are like underwater songs, sung from the submerged continent of the inner life, the life we don't often expose to the outer world, the one we don't speak of. They are wry, artful, sad, loving, and moving. A true pleasure. -- Tony Hoagland





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Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF is proud to announce the appearance of Philip Seymour Hoffman at PlayFest – The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays. An Evening with Philip Seymour Hoffman.



Philip Seymour Hoffman will appear at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF at PlayFest – The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays. Entitled An Evening with Philip Seymour Hoffman, this special PlayFest keynote event will take an Inside the Actor's Studio approach to discussing Mr. Hoffman’s career in theater and film, as well as his work in new play development. The event will be led by Orlando Shakespeare Theater Artistic Director, Jim Helsinger.



"We are so excited to have Philip with us," says Helsinger. "Most audiences know him from his distinguished film career. Our audiences will be thrilled to find out more about his work in new play development as a member of LAByrinth Theater Company in New York City.



The event will be held at the John & Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Loch Haven Park on Saturday evening, April 10, 2010 in the Margeson Theater. Tickets go on sale to the General Public on March 1st at 10 a.m. Exact time, ticket prices and other details for this event will be online at www.orlandoshakes.org as they become available.



About Philip Seymour Hoffman



Hoffman just directed Brett C. Leonard’s gripping play The Long Red Road in Chicago at the Goodman Theater. Other theatrical directing credits include the world premieres of The Little Flower of East Orange, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Our Lady of 121st Street, Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train and In Arabia, We’d All Be Kings, all written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and produced by LAByrinth Theater Company. Additionally, Mr. Hoffman directed Rebecca Gilman’s The Glory of Living at MCC Theater. He traveled to Australia to direct Andrew Upton’s Riflemind at the famed Sydney Theatre Company and also mounted the play later in London.



As an actor, Mr. Hoffman’s theater credits include Othello (The Public Theater/LAByrinth Theater Company), Jack Goes Boating (The Public Theater), Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Broadway), The Seagull (The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival), True West (Broadway), Defying Gravity (American Place Theatre), The Merchant of Venice (Goodman Theatre/Europe directed by Peter Sellars), Shopping and F*cking (New York Theatre Workshop) and The Author’s Voice (Drama Department).



Mr. Hoffman will next be seen in the film version of Jack Goes Boating, based on the LAByrinth Theater Company production of the same name, in which he reprises his role of Jack while also stepping behind the camera to make his feature directorial debut. His recent film credits include Pirate Radio; Synecdoche, NY; Doubt; The Savages; Charlie Wilson’s War; Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead and Capote, which Mr. Hoffman executive produced through his company, Cooper’s Town Productions. His additional film credits are Mission Impossible: III, Along Came Polly, Cold Mountain, The Party’s Over, Owning Mahowny, 25th Hour, Red Dragon, Punch-Drunk Love, Love Liza, Almost Famous, State and Main, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Magnolia, Flawless, Patch Adams, Happiness, The Big Lebowski, Boogie Nights, Twister, Nobody’s Fool, Scent of a Woman and HBO’s Empire Falls.



What's Happening:

Feb. 10, Soft Exposure at Infusion Tea on Edgewater, Alicia Shandra Holmes (featured). 7:00PM



Feb. 12 Alicia Shandra Holmes Farewell Reading at the Kerouac House 8:00PM



Feb 13-14 Corozon Festival see poster and Information Below



Feb. 26- 28 Darlyn Finch has the Writer's Weekend at the House- details on website www.kerouacproject.org



March 1, Urban Flats Fundraiser Downtown 5:30-7:30pm



April 9-11 "Beat Reunion", David Amram, Joyce Pinchbeck (Johnson), Chris Felver, John and Mellon Tytell, Details TBA (Program by Bellamy Road, with support by David Turner Warner Foundation, Inc.)



Corazon Art & Music Festival

ArtsFest 2010: Arts Day at The Kerouac House



The Kerouac House

1418 Clouser Ave.

Orlando , FL 32804

Please respect the residential neighborhood setting. On-street parking on Shady Lane Drive.

Doors will be closed during Special Reading, while Workshops are in session and/or if capacity is reached.





Friday, February 12, 2010

8 PM Doors Open, 9 to 10 PM Special Reading

Alicia Shandra Holmes, Resident Writer Bids Farewell



Kindly bring refreshments or snacks to share.



Alicia Shandra Holmes is the current Writer in Residence at the Kerouac House. Alicia has been writing up a storm of fiction and non-fiction during her time in Orlando. At this Special Reading, Alicia will share her work and discuss her process and experience here. Alicia has published fiction in The Bitter Oleander, Rosebud, CRATE, Many Mountains Moving, and The Blue Earth Review. She was also a resident at the Sanskriti Kendra cultural center in New Delhi, India, funded through the UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists Programme, and the recipient of a Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation grant for nonfiction. She has a background in newspaper journalism.





Saturday, February 13, 2010

Arts Day at the Kerouac House

12:30 PM Doors Open, Workshop Sessions 1 PM to 3 PM



Writing Workshop 1 PM to 3 PM

Facilitators: Geoff and Janna Benge (Silver Fern Writing Workshop)

In Attendance: Alicia Shandra Holmes, Resident Writer

Art Inspiration: Pamela Z. Daum, Photographer/Artist

Bring pen and paper or writing implements of your choice.



With brief instruction by accomplished authors Geoff and Janna Benge, attendees will produce their own creative writing piece. Participants will enjoy this rare experience to write in the environment where Jack Kerouac lived and worked at the time he emerged as an important American literary figure.



Geoff and Janna provide a risk-free atmosphere along with helpful critiques emphasizing positive elements of the writers’ works. To “open the door” for a flood of creative juices, writers will be prompted to consider a mysterious image generously donated by local photographer/artist, Pamela Z. Daum.



Both novices and experienced writers will find this exercise valuable for developing their craft and voice. There will be opportunities to read short pieces or poems at the “Artistic Jam” open forum later in the evening at the Corazon Festival venue, Rock Bottom Farms Community Center.



Art Workshop 1 PM to 3 PM

Facilitator: Kimberly Buchheit (Kerouac Project Board of Directors)

Come as you are…take a minute to get creative !!



Participants will be provided with materials and ideas to create their own handmade art cards suitable for all occasion greetings, an old fashioned thank you, a love note for your Valentine, or whatever message comes to mind. A handpicked playlist of background music will honor Jack Kerouac’s desire to promote creativity in all forms of artistic expression.



Additional Supplies are welcome: Bring used holiday or greeting card fronts and/or colorful spent calendars to “turn the page” for a totally recycled experience. Scissors, glue sticks, markers and ink stamps won’t hurt. Or simply dust off that sketch book and old box of art supplies in the back of your closet, bring it with you and get busy. Get inspired to start or restart your own art, even if you cannot attend!





Boston’s Dakota Darkhorse will be at Austin's this Wednesday, February 10th at 8pm

Here is a recent video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WErGq_6t6Ss





Calls for Submissions:

Poetry Ensemble of Orlando invites all poets to participate in our 2010 annual poetry contest. We welcome all forms and all themes of original, unpublished poetry of 32 lines or fewer.



Deadline: Contest begins December 1, 2009. Entries must be received by March 5, 2010; winners will be notified by March 20.



First Prize: A collection of poetry books, certificate, and invitation to read the winning poem with Poetry Ensemble of Orlando during a May performance at Maitland Public Library.



Second Prize: A poetry book, certificate, and invitation to read the poem with the Ensemble.



Third Prize: A certificate and an invitation to read the poem with the Ensemble.



Entry Fee: $5.00 for the first poem; $4.00 for each additional poem (no limit on entry number).



To Enter: Mail a typed copy, photocopy, or computer printout of each poem. Manuscripts cannot be returned. Attach a cover sheet with name, address, telephone number, email address, poem title, and the number of lines. The author’s name must not appear on the entry.



Make checks payable to: Poetry Ensemble of Orlando. Send to Poetry Ensemble of Orlando c/o Bob Osborne, 319 Casa Grande Court, Winter Springs, Florida 32708. Entries must be postmarked by March 5, 2010.



Email arf603@FBS.net (Alice R. Friedman) for more information. For acknowledgement of manuscript receipt, enclose a self-addressed postcard with adequate postage. For a list of winners, include a self-addressed, stamped #10 (business size) envelope with entry. Poets retain all rights to their work. Enter today!





Thanks for your attention!



Darlyn Finch

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