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July, 2006
1. MY FAVORITE LETTER
2. FOR YOUNG AUTHORS
3. FOR ADULTS
4. NEWS OF REDBIRD WRITERS AND
FRIENDS
5. OTHER PLACES/FACES
1. MY FAVORITE LETTER Judy
Bridges
In my files, and tucked in boxes and drawers where I can find them
by accident, I keep notes that are guaranteed to make me smile. This is one of
them. Redbird writer, poet, paper artist and proud grandmother Mara Ptacek sent
this email. It arrived just as we were preparing for the first session of our
summer Young Author program.
Hi Judy,
My
granddaughter, Sara, had some good news today. Strange Horizons accepted "Godtouched,"
a piece of fiction she had written recently. It will run in January,
2007. It is her first piece accepted for publication.
You may not remember, but Sara attended a two-week summer session at
Redbird quite a few summers ago. She felt rather challenged at the time, mainly
because she was writing in English when Spanish is her first language.
Now she's in her fifth year of medical school in Paris.
She's studying under a Erasmus scholarship, so she's had to get
her French to a good level. Still, she finds time to write. In English, I might
add.
So thanks, Judy, for getting Sara off to a good start.
Mara
2. FOR YOUNG AUTHORS
YOUNG AUTHORS' SUMMER PROGRAM -- For Kids Who Like to Write
As I write this, the kids in our second group of grade 4-6 authors
are sprawled on the Gazebo steps and benches, writing the day's stories. Every
adult writer who sees them wishes they could trade places. See the Young Author
pages at www.redbirdstudio.com
Writer/teachers: Kim Suhr, Joan Boyce, Robert Vaughan, Katie
Lance, Pam Parker, Judy Bridges and guests
Mon-Fri
9am-2:30pm
$325 ($100 deposit)
Students entering: Grades
4-6, July 17 -- 21 (filled)
Grades
4-6 July 24Ð28 (filled)
Grades
7-8 July 31ÐAug
4 (space available)
Grades 9-12 Aug 7Ð11 (a few spaces available)
YOUNG AUTHORS ROUNDTABLE -- NEW this fall.
Register now.
with Kim Suhr, Director of Young Author Programs
A fantastic opportunity for Young Authors in grades 7-12
SUNDAY AFTERNOONS (2nd Sundays) 1:00-3:00pm
$65 per session (includes all 4 meetings)
Sept 10, Oct 8, Nov 12, Dec 10
(will likely be continued)
3. FOR ADULTS
Register now for fall workshops. See the web site for descriptions
and registration forms.
SHUT UP AND WRITE!
Our premier workshop with Judy Bridges
Fall Session: Mondays, Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Nov 6, 13, 20,
6:30-8:30, $345 (filling fast)
HOW TO GET PUBLISHED IN THE TEEN
& YOUNG READER MARKET
A Saturday Workshop with Debbie Lynn Jacobs
(Class is for adults writing for teens and younger readers)
Saturday, November
11, 9:30am-3pm $95
"THE BEST YEAR OF YOUR WRITING
LIFE"
A workshop/roundtable group with Jo
McReynolds-Blochowiak.
Meets on the ground floor of our building. W/C access. All
levels welcome. No pre-requisite.
2nd & 4th Thursdays 12:30-2:30 pm $85 (Rm 103, Marian Center)
July-Aug: July 13, 27, Aug 10, 24 (okay to pro-rate)
Sept-Oct: Sept 14, 28, Oct 12, 26
Nov-Dec: Dates tba
POETRY ROUNDTABLE
A "home port" for poets with John Lehman.
First Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm $85
Fall Session: Sept 7, Oct 5, Nov 2, Dec 7
ROUNDTABLE CRITIQUE GROUPS with Judy Bridges
and Robert Vaughan
Dedicated writers receive supportive feedback and build a network
of writing friends.
Pre-requisite: Shut Up & Write! or equivalent
Tuesday Afternoons with Judy Bridges 12-2:30
$85
Sept-Oct: Sep 5, 19, Oct 10, 24
Nov-Dec: Nov 7, 21, Dec 5, 19
Wednesday Evenings
(The Inkslingers) with Judy Bridges 6:30-9
$85
Sept-Oct: Sep 6, 20, Oct 4, 18
Nov-Dec: Nov 1, 15, Dec 6, 20
Thursday Evenings with Robert Vaughan 6:30-9
$85 (4 mtgs. One per month)
Sept-Dec: Sep 14, Oct 19, Nov 16, Dec 14
Friday Mornings with Robert Vaughan 9:30-12
$85
Sept-Oct: Sep 15, 29, Oct 13, 20
Nov-Dec: Nov 3, 17, Dec 1, 15
4. NEWS ABOUT REDBIRD WRITERS AND
FRIENDS
Note: "R.W. and Friends" either attended Redbird
workshops, or taught them, or support the studio in some special way. If you
sent information and it did not appear, please forgive and send it again. Web
sites are listed but not necessarily linked.
Dawn Albrecht is writing city and dining reviews for MILWAUKEE MAGAZINE.
Shannon Jackson Arnold will be on the History Channel this Thursday, July 27 at 10 p.m.
Central on a American Eats! Ice Cream episode. (It will also re-run throughout
the next week; check the History Channel website for times.) She is now the
official "churnologist" for Breyers Ice Cream. She did a radio media
tour on July 12 where she was interviewed on 19 different radio stations across
the country that morning. She was in Chicago last week and did appearances on
both Fox and NBC morning shows,
and was quoted in a Chicago Tribune article. This coming week she
travels to San Diego for more of the same.
Kris Babe's "Poem of Retribution" was accepted by ROSEBUD Magazine.
Her essay titled "It's Summertime and the Livin' is Different" was
accepted by CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR. And three of her poems, "After the
Funeral, Sister and Brother Make Supper," "A Breath Comes of Its Own
Accord," and "Juno on the Train" were accepted by the literary
arts magazine, PORCUPINE.
Shauna Singh Baldwin gave the keynote address at the Great Lakes Writers Workshop at
Alverno College, in June. You can read the text of her speech at http://shaunasinghbaldwin.com/GreatLakesWritersWorkshopKeynoteAddress6-06.htm.
This month, Shauna gave a reading in Vancouver, Canada at the University of
British Columbia. She also participated in a panel discussion on Freedom to
Write.
Ludmilla Bollow The Actors Group did a staged reading
of Ludmilla's play, "Choke Cherry Corners - Tavern and Dance Hall" at
The Sunset Playhouse-Studio Theatre in Elm Grove, Wisconsin.
Cari Taylor-Carlson's article "Backpacking it all in" appeared on the front
page of the Food section, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Margo Frey's career mentoring column appears in the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel Business Section.
Bill Gagliani's Bram Stoker Award-nominated novel, WOLF'S TRAP (Leisure Books),
is slated to go to a second printing in August. He's been busy this summer with
drive-by signings, some mail campaigns, and lining up a few events with local
booksellers. In early June, he signed copies of WOLF'S TRAP as a guest in the
Twilight Tales booth at Chicago's Printers Row Book Fair.
Deb Karpek has three daily affirmations in CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE RECOVERING
SOUL book of Daily Inspirations.
John Lehman is conducting a half day workshop at the Mill Street Inn &
Pub in Cambridge, Sunday, July 30th, on autobiography, memoir and biography.
See: www.WriterGallery.com.
Barbara Malcolm won an Honorable Mention in FREE VERSE's The Sporting Life
contest for her poem "Sensory Overload."
Mel Miskimen and her friends Kit Behling and Carolyn Alfvin were featured in a
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article about their weekly podcast, "Single
Married Widowed Divorced." Mel is the author of COP'S KID:A MILWAUKEE
MEMOIR, published by University of Wisconsin Press.
Susan O'Brien won 1st place in the Wisconsin Regional Writers Assn Al P Nelson Feature Article contest.
Also, her essay "Fireworks: A Flashback through Sensation" appeared
in MATC's 2006 literary magazine, the PHOENIX.
Kay Pliszka has another Chicken Soup publication -- this one
a story about her grandson which appeared in CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE MOTHER OF
PRESCHOOLERS SOUL.
Sara Rattan received a letter of acceptance for
her story "IKEA and Me." It will appear in HEARTLANDS Magazine.
Nancy Reiland 's poem, "Touch me, Heal Me," was published in
LUCIDITY, a journal to "showcase poets who write verse which has something
to say in clear and understandable English."
Doreen Zeller's collection of personal essays and stories, CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH
A DANDELION was displayed on a special dandelion theme table at Boerner
Botanical Gardens.
6. OTHER PLACES-OTHER FACES
Alverno Telesis Program
For info on writing programs email nancy.krase@alverno.edu Phone 414-382-6176
Broad Vocabulary, 2241 S. Kinnickinnic Ave, Milwaukee 53207, 414-744-8384
Offers workshops and special programs in the bookstore, www.broadvocabulary.com
The Clearing, Ellison Bay, WI (Door County)
Full catalog of opportunities: www.theclearing.org
"Women's Writing Retreat" led by Judy Bridges, Sept
10-16
Soulstice Theatre, The Marian Center, Bay View
Presents Aida, by
Elton John and Tim Rice, in the Marian Center Auditorium
Thursday, July 27th - 7:30 PM (Preview/) Fri/Sat, July 28, 29, Aug.4, 5, 11, 12 - 8PM
www.soulsticetheatre.org
or 414-431-3187
University of Wisconsin, Madison
School of the Arts at Rhinelander, July 24-28, 2006
Contact Christine DeSmet, cdesmet@cds.wisc.edu
Or, www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/writing
Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP)
Opportunities for poets include Spring Conference and Museletter www.wfop.org
Wisconsin Regional Writers Assn. (WRWA)
Fall Writers Conference, Sept 22-24, Ramada Inn, Janesville
Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee
Presents: Poetry and the News with Kerri Sonnenberg
Sunday, August 13, 1-4pm
WriterÕs Ink
Support group meets in Cudahy
414-425-4066.