REDBIRD NEWS - JULY, 2004

 

1.  SUMMER NEWS

2.  FALL PREVIEW

3. NEWS ABOUT REBIRD WRITERS AND FRIENDS

4. HOW TO: HELP/CONTACT/REPORT

 

1. SUMMER NEWS

 

SUMMER MINI-SESSIONS FOR ADULTS are filled. There are no adult groups

during August. We  begin again in Sept. (See "Fall Preview.")

 

REDBIRD WRITERS READ AT  GROTTO GREEN Sunday, July 18th,  1-3 pm.

(free) Grotto Green is the lawn area immediately behind the studio.

You

are invited to sit in the shade of the old apple tree and hear members

of the afternoon roundtable group read original prose, poetry, essays

and humor. Special guest SHANNON JACKSON ARNOLD is bringing samples

inspired by her new book, "Everybody Loves Ice Cream." (Perfect

timing.

This is Ice Cream Appreciation Month!) Also featured: DOUG JACOBSON,

PAT SCHLICK, DOREEN ZELLER, PAM PARKER, BETH RIDLEY, STEVE BOEHRER,

BARB MCCLOSKEY, MAURA FITZGERALD, JAN ARMATO (Organizer of the event.

Thank you, Jan.)  KRIS BABE, SHARON TRANER, RICHARD CARTER  and MEL

MISKIMEN. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, and maybe a picnic lunch or a

bottle of wine. This event is part of a series presented by the Marian

Center called "Gather @ Grotto Green." For more about the series see

www.mariancenter.net.

 

KIDS CAMPS ALMOST FILLED. The Young Author program is as popular as

ever, and no wonder. What kid who likes to write wouldn't want to

spend

a week in a real writing studio with real writer/teachers and a bunch

of other kids who like to write? (Where do I sign up?) We added an

extra section for Grades 4-5-6 and that's filled, too. If you are

curious about availability: Grades 2-3 with Judy Beehler has a few

spaces left. Grades 4-5-6 with Doris Hayes and Kim Suhr, two sections

are filled. Grades 7-8-9 with Joan Boyce and Pamela Parker is filled.

Grades 10-11-12 with Kim Suhr has a few spaces available. Katie Lance

is assisting for all sections. FUN FACTS: Teacher's assistant Katie

Lance attended the Young Author camps in elementary and high school,

and writer/teacher Pam Parker first came to Redbird when her son

attended the camp.

 

THANKS TO SPONSORS. Council for Wisconsin Writers and a few anonymous

donors provided scholarships for kids who wanted to attend the Young

Authors camps and would not have been able to without assistance. We

don't have a formal fund-raising program, but we  always know of

worthy

youngsters. One future author wanted to come so badly that she wrote

letters asking her relatives for help. When I told a friend about

this,

she reached for her purse and wrote a check for $100. Another friend

read the course description and said, "What, no sports? I'll send a

kid

to that!"  We still have two or three young writers in need of

funding.

So, if you are able to help...

 

2. FALL PREVIEW (details available next week on www.redbirdstudio.com)

 

SHUT UP AND WRITE! w/Judy Bridges. Two sessions this fall. (Shop early

-- we are already receiving registrations)

(New) Monday afternoon session starts Sept. 13th.

Monday evening session starts November 8th.

 

ROUNDTABLE GROUPS:

Tuesday afternoons: Two sessions w/ Judy Bridges -- start Sept. 14th

and Nov. 2nd.

Wednesday evenings: Two sessions w/ Judy Bridges -- start Sept. 15th

and Nov. 3rd.

(New) Redbird West (Delafield area) w/ Shannon Jackson Arnold --

Evening session, Second Tuesdays, starts Sept. 14

 

SATURDAYS AT REDBIRD: Special Days with interesting people. 9:30am -

2pm

--- SELF-PUBLISHING: PERKS AND PITFALLS, with Kira Henschel, Sept.

25th,

--- WRITERLY GIFTS: TREASURES TO GIVE USING YOUR TALENT FOR WORDS,

with

Shannon Jackson Arnold, October 16th,

--- WRITING THE INDEPENDENT FILM, Nov. 13th, with Dan Wilson

--- MARKETING YOURSELF AS A FREELANCE WRITER, Dec. 4th, with Wayne

Mutza

 

JUDY AT OTHER PLACES: Neenah, WI, Fox Valley Technical College, Sat.,

Oct 16, 9:30-2:30. "Make the Magic Work: A Writer's Bag of Tricks"

(www.fvtc.edu)

 

 

3. NEWS ABOUT REDBIRD WRITERS AND FRIENDS (email your news to

jb@redbirdstudio.com)

 

BARBARA MCCLOSKEY's story, "A Higher Education" is in the new Chicken

Soup anthology, Life Lessons for Women.

 

KRIS BABE is writing the Pewaukee column for the Lake Country

Reporter.

 

CONNIE ANDERSON read her story, "May Day" at an arts festival in

northern Illinois.

 

MARK ZIRBEL's story, "Red Equals Green" is the lead story in Peep

Show,

an anthology published by Short, Scary Tales Publications, Birmingham,

England.

 

JEAN SCHERWENKA's essay about her dog, Claude, "The Good Life"

appeared

in Fetch magazine, May/June issue.

 

MARJORIE PAGEL's article "Redbird Studio: Ten Years and Counting"

appeared in the July issue of Creativity Connection, a writers

newsletter published by Marshall Cook. (Text and subscription info

will

be on the Redbird site next week.) Thank You, Marjorie, Marshall and

comment contributors: DIANE PORTER GOFF, JUDY BEEHLER, MEL MISKIMEN,

JON OLSON, SHARON HART ADDY, STEVE BOEHRER, KIM SUHR, KELLY VETTER AND

MARY ROSINA BAER.

 

SHANNON JACKSON ARNOLD's book "Everybody Loves Ice Cream: The Whole

Scoop on America's Favorite Treat" was published by Emmis Books. (ISBN

1-57860-165-7).

 

SHAUNA SINGH BALDWIN's new novel, "The Tiger Claw," is scheduled for

release Sept. 14, by Knopf Canada. Rights have been sold in Europe and

India, but not yet in the USA. She will be on a six-city tour through

Canada the second half of Sept., and attending the Vancouver Writer's

Festival and the International Writer's Festival in Toronto in

October.

Shauna also has a review of Fahrenheit 9/11 at www.blueear.com.

 

THE FIRST GRADE "Redbird" writers in JUDY BEEHLER's class at Madison

Elementary School got into writing in such a big way this year that

they each wrote, illustrated and self-published a book any adult would

enjoy reading.

 

JOHN RONDY's article about the Conservatory of Music appeared in

Milwaukee Magazine's Insider section.

 

SUSAN DAMGARD O'BRIEN'S essay, "Mother: The Job you Never Quit"

appeared in Eastside News, Art Beat.

 

IF YOUR NEWS ISN'T HERE it's because you didn't send it or I screwed

up. In either case, you can fix it.

 

4. HOW TO HELP/CONTACT/REPORT

 

HELP: Distribute flyers/tell people about us/ sign up for a workshop/

contribute to the cause.

 

CONTACT: email jb@redbirdstudio.com or call 414-481-3195

 

REPORT: email jb@redbirdstudio.com