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Morgantown Poets features nationally recognized author Sara Pritchard March 19
19/03/09 Filed in: Announcements | Classes
Morgantown Poets features nationally recognized author Sara Pritchard on March 19 at MAC!
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Sara Pritchard, whose writing has been acknowledged by the New York Times, will be the featured author during Morgantown Poets’ 7:30 p.m. literary event Thursday, March 19, at Monongalia Arts Center (MAC).
The reading is free and open to anyone interested in the arts.
Pritchard is the author of the novel-in-stories, “Crackpots” (Houghton Mifflin, 2003), which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and the linked-story collection, “Lately” (Houghton Mifflin, 2007).
She won the Bakeless Prize for Fiction in 2002, and has twice been the recipient of a West Virginia Literary Fellowship (2003, 2007).
Pritchard’s stories and essays have been published in Literal Latte, Arts & Letters, New Letters, The Mid-American Review, The Northwest Review, The Chattahoochee Review, and elsewhere.
The author is on the faculty of the Wilkes University Low-Residency M.A./M.F.A. Creative Writing Program in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Pritchard has an undergraduate degree in English from Susquehanna University and a master’s degree in creative writing from West Virginia University. The author lives in Morgantown, with her husband Kevin Oderman and their dogs, Fay and Brownie.
The MAC is at 107 High St., Morgantown. The event will be in Studio II upstairs.
Public parking is available near the MAC in the parking garage at the corner of Pleasant and Chestnut streets and at the city lot behind 142 High Street (enter off Spruce).
The MAC is accessible to individuals with mobility impairments; please call ahead at 304-319-1762, email info@monartscenter.com for more information or view our Accessibility Information.
Morgantown Poets meets monthly, providing literary enthusiasts the opportunity to express themselves, share their work, network and to connect up-and-coming writers with more established authors. New writers are welcome. Meetings usually begin with a spoken reading by a featured author that is followed by a round robin of readings by attendees. Join Morgantown Poets’ e-mail list serve at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motownpoetry or join on Facebook by entering “Morgantown Poets” in Facebook’s search.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Sara Pritchard, whose writing has been acknowledged by the New York Times, will be the featured author during Morgantown Poets’ 7:30 p.m. literary event Thursday, March 19, at Monongalia Arts Center (MAC).
The reading is free and open to anyone interested in the arts.
Pritchard is the author of the novel-in-stories, “Crackpots” (Houghton Mifflin, 2003), which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and the linked-story collection, “Lately” (Houghton Mifflin, 2007).
She won the Bakeless Prize for Fiction in 2002, and has twice been the recipient of a West Virginia Literary Fellowship (2003, 2007).
Pritchard’s stories and essays have been published in Literal Latte, Arts & Letters, New Letters, The Mid-American Review, The Northwest Review, The Chattahoochee Review, and elsewhere.
The author is on the faculty of the Wilkes University Low-Residency M.A./M.F.A. Creative Writing Program in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Pritchard has an undergraduate degree in English from Susquehanna University and a master’s degree in creative writing from West Virginia University. The author lives in Morgantown, with her husband Kevin Oderman and their dogs, Fay and Brownie.
The MAC is at 107 High St., Morgantown. The event will be in Studio II upstairs.
Public parking is available near the MAC in the parking garage at the corner of Pleasant and Chestnut streets and at the city lot behind 142 High Street (enter off Spruce).
The MAC is accessible to individuals with mobility impairments; please call ahead at 304-319-1762, email info@monartscenter.com for more information or view our Accessibility Information.
Morgantown Poets meets monthly, providing literary enthusiasts the opportunity to express themselves, share their work, network and to connect up-and-coming writers with more established authors. New writers are welcome. Meetings usually begin with a spoken reading by a featured author that is followed by a round robin of readings by attendees. Join Morgantown Poets’ e-mail list serve at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motownpoetry or join on Facebook by entering “Morgantown Poets” in Facebook’s search.
MAC Monthly Drum Circle
09/05/09 Filed in: Announcements | Classes
NEXT DRUM CIRCLE MEETINGS: April 11, May 9, and June 13
The MAC Drum Circle meets at Monongalia Arts Center, 107 High Street, Morgantown, WV the 2nd Saturday of every month from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.
The group is founded with the ideals of a community drum circle:
• No experience necessary…..just come, have fun, and participate
• Children are welcome
• Dancing is welcome
• It is free (donations accepted to offset cost and build shared supply of instruments)
• Some instruments are available to borrow (but if you have one to bring or one to share, please do so) Read More...