WEALTH OF IDEAS

___________________ By Beaven Tapureta ____________________ The Cultural Centre of the Embassy of Spain, inaugurated in February last year, will establish a book club to offer relief to Harare writers and readers through regular book readings and discussions. The initial club meeting to determine logistics, including frequency of meetings and types of books to read, will take place on March 6, 2012 at the Embassy of Spain. Marina Garcia Sanchez, the Embassy’s Cultural Attaché, said the book club has been an initiative of the Deputy Head of Mission at Embassy of Spain Ms. Victoria Tur and Mrs. Lisa Maria Burgess Noudehou, a writer and literature scholar. She said the meeting starts at 5pm. “For our first meeting, we invite suggestions for the format that would most suit members’ tastes.   One of the options is an Open Discussion, where each month we will meet to discuss the books each one of us has read and particularly enjoyed. Members will bring their book...

Saturday, April 28, 2012 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Cosumnes River College 8401 Center Parkway, Sacramento, CA Conference Fee - $35.00 (Includes lunch, workshops, and materials) Registration Deadline: April 22, 2012. Space is limited. W o r k s h o p D e s c r i p t i o n s Painting with Words: Creating  atmosphere in settings Kerstin Feindart “The pictorial and the verbal are similar in that they both take place in two dimensions on paper or canvas,” states author John Updike. To draw readers in and to let them feel what we felt, we can paint with words. This workshop focuses on hands-on exercises that highlight techniques to create atmosphere. In addition, discussions of short sample pieces and exercises completed in the workshop will help writers create the mood of a place and time and bring the past to life... The unfolding moment: on writing scene Valerie Fioravanti Writing in scene gives fiction and memoir its visceral power, that sense that the reader ...

Presents the 2012 Black History Month Poetry performance,  featuring the following poets Anna Marie Spowl, Shevonna Blackshire, Lawrence Dinkins, VS Chochezi, Mario Ellis Hill, and Terry Moore Host: Emmanuel Sigauke Anna Marie Sprowl has been writing and performing poetry for years. Her work ranges from the political to the domestic – her pieces provide both warmth and fire for the reader. Anna Marie’s poetry flows with a smooth style and grace; she fills both pages and stages with her life experiences. Never shy to self-expression, she seeks to see understanding in the eyes of her audiences. Anna Marie has performed at The Show and Underground Books, as well as the Crocker Art Museum, The Guild Theater, and Jazz and Poetry 2010 with the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet.           V.S. Chochezi has resided in Sacramento for more than 20 years. For most of that time she has shared poetry and spoken word at countless venues in...

On February 14, CRC is hosting a BHM poetry reading featuring VS Chochezi, Terry Moore, and Milton Bowens. I look forward to this event, which takes place just a day after another BHM event at the Sacramento Poetry, in which Terry Moore and VS Chochezi be some of the features. The CRC reading will take place in the Recital Hall from 12:00 to 1:20 PM. V.S. Chochezi has resided in Sacramento for more than 20 years. For most of that time she has shared poetry and spoken word at countless venues including colleges and universities, K-12 educational centers, festivals and poetry features. She has been published in numerous publications including Speak, Write, Dream an anthology of contributions from ZICA members, available on LULU.com. ZICA is a Sacramento based creative arts and literary guild with an eclectic, national membership. Chochezi also has been published in several issues of Drum Voices Revue, a publication from Southern Illinois University, Sierra College's litera...