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Editor Angie Manfredi and contributors Bruce Sturgell and Rachelle Abellar will read from this fabulous collection celebrating beauty in all sizes.
Please join the artists of Future Prairie for our autumn show, hosted at the gorgeous Bodecker Foundation! As we transition from summer to autumn, the equinox asks us to honor the changing seasons with a balance of light and dark. Traditionally, this is a time for gathering, grounding, and comfort. The veil between the spiritual and mortal worlds is particularly thin around the autumnal equinox. Our variety show is inspired by the chautauquas of the 19th and early 20th centuries, where people from all walks of life came together to experience education, entertainment, and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians, and entertainers. We will have American Sign Language interpreters thanks to a grant from Regional Arts & Culture Council. Thank you as…
Wonderland Award-winning Bizarro/Noir/Horror author Garrett Cook. Hour newcomer and serious poet Meghan Bell. And from the unholy bowels of the upcoming H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival's roster and guest list: Poet, scholar and humorist Dan Clore. Cosmic Horror author and Hour newcomer Jason Squamata. And...me, with a new commission piece spawned by a former WEIRD TALES editor. The Hour is now quarterly, so Halloween comes a month early. Come get scared. We're good at it. FORD FOOD AND DRINK. 2505 SE 11TH AVE. SUN. SEPT 29. 7-9:40 PM. FREE BY DONATION. NOMINALLY ALL-AGES.
Marilynne Eichinger’s Over the Peanut Fence (Marilynne Eichinger) asks one question: Is eliminating youth homelessness a hopeless endeavor? The search for an answer began when Eichinger and her partner invited a 20-year-old street youth into their home. The book tells the story of Zach and the trauma he experienced as a result of childhood abuse and neglect. Raised in poverty, he was the fifth of nine children in a family plagued by drugs and alcohol. Zach was a survivor and eventually clawed his way from hopelessness to a future filled with possibilities. Part storybook, part memoir, and part analytic study, Eichinger’s book shows what is and what will be when society is moved to action.