I’m really pleased to announce that very soon we will be celebrating a unique convergence of writers in (L)INK: The Write Disability which runs from May 10-12th, 2012.
THURSDAY MAY 10
LPG & OUTspoken Present:
Kenny Fries, Aaron Ambrose, David Andrew Rubalcava Talamantes on Relationships
Includes the famous GLBTQ Open Mic/Slam
at the Cell Theater 701-First St. NW
Time TBA (6 or 7 pm)
Pass the Hat
Friday May 11th
Beauty is a Verb: Poetry and Prose by Writers with Disabilities
Featuring Denise Leto (San Francisco), Natalie Illum (DC), Kenny Fries (Toronto), Mary McGinnis (Santa Fe), Lisa Gill (Albuquerque), and Emily Rapp (Santa Fe)
7:30 pm @ the Outpost Performance Space
$15/10 members and students
Saturday May 12, 2012
#1
Writing to Heal and Writing for Joy
with Lisa Gill, Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, and Mary McGinnis
9:00 – 10:15 am
at the Tricklock Performance Laboratory
110 Gold SW across from train station
free
#2
From the United Nations to the Bar: About performance with Kenny Fries and Natalie Illum
(with a bonus feature on multimedia work with Denise Leto)
10:30am — 12:00 noon
Tricklock Performance Laboratory
110 Gold SW
Free
#3
Keynote Speakers Kenny Fries, Mary McGinnis, Teresa Blankmeyer Burke
and Q/A session with other LINK Participants
2:00–3:30 pm
at the Main Library Auditorium
Downtown 6th and Copper
Free
#4
Community Open Mic Hosted by Rich Boucher
Plus Final Comments with (L)INK features Kenny Fries, Natalie Illum, Denise Leto, Mary McGinnis, Aaron Ambrose, Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, Lisa Gill
at the Main Library
Downtown at 6th and Copper
free
(Everyone welcome to read on any theme. Disabled or able-bodied.)
More details and bios forthcoming. This is an exciting convergence and we hope you’ll mark your calendar and attend as much as you can. Many events will also be interpreted into sign and ALL venues meet ADA guidelines. For more information, keep watch here or write to Lisa Gill at nearartexperience at yahoo or localpoetsguild (@) yahoo (.) com.
THANK YOUs: This event is made possible by support from the McCune Charitable Foundation, the New Mexico Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special gratitude also goes to Tom Guralnick of the Outpost Performance Space, Bryan Konefsky at Basement Films, Fusion Theater Company and the Cell, Tricklock Theater Company and their brand new Laboratory, plus the Downtown Main Library, and Erin Northern of OUTspoken.
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