08 Jun Talking Gourds: West End Stories & Poems Features Buddy Davis, 6/11!
Leslie Ament of Naturita and Art Goodtimes of Wrights Mesa will be hosting Emmett “Buddy” Davis talking about his great-great grandfather, Comanche leader Quanah Parker, at West End Stories & Poems session at the Naturita Community Library June 11 at 6 pm.
Stories & Poems is free and available to library patrons of all ages thanks to the generosity of the library, a Town of Telluride CCAASE grant, private donors and Talking Gourds’ Fischer and Cantor poetry contests..
West End Stories & Poems happens the second Thursday of each month. The featured guest gives a 30-40 min. presentation, followed by a short Q &A period. Then there’s a passing of the gourd to give community members a chance to speak
The library provides free refreshments.
For more information on poetry contests and Talking Gourds programs in general, visit the website www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds or text 970-729-0220 or email Goodtimes at art@tellurideinstitute.org
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At his talk, Davis will draw from S.C. Gwynne’s “Empire of the Summer Moon” about Parker, Pulitzer Prize finalist being made into a movie in the next year or so.
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