06 Oct Talking Gourds: Stories & Poems Features 10/8 & Schultheis/Metrick 10/20!
Famed writer/poet Rob Schultheis of Lawson Hill will join poet performer and writer Elle Metrick of Wrights Mesa for the October 20th session of Stories & Poems. Event takes place at Telluride’s Wilkinson Public Library, 5:15 pm. MDT.
West End Stories & Poems is free and open to 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.
For more information on poetry contests and Talking Gourds programs, visit the website www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds. For questions about the event, text 970-729-0220 or email Goodtimes at art@tellurideinstitute.org
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Rob, courtesy Dur Heral.
“I have been a fan of Rob’s work since I moved to Telluride in the early ‘80s,” said Art Goodtimes, Talking Gourds director. “Elle has been a poet performer colleague and Norwood area friend for over 20 years. It should be a delightful evening.”
Schultheis is an author and journalist who lives in Lawson Hill. He has written about the wars in Afghanistan (both with the Soviet Union and the U.S.) and the 2003 Iraq War, as well as books about Colorado, the Western United States, and extreme sports such as mountain climbing. His pieces have appeared in magazines such as Time, and newspapers such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. But lately Rob been sharing his poetry.
In addition to being a published poet and veteran performer, appearing in Grand Junction last month for the inaugural Book Cliffs Poetry Festival, Metrick is a jane-of-many-trades. She’s taught school, run rivers for a living, made and shoveled snow, lived in my truck and a tipi, built a straw bale home and raised a lovely, thoughtful and creative human being.
Metrick has published books of poetry: “Poetisattva” (Water Woman Productions, 2000) and “Teasing out the Divine” (Mercury Heartlink, 2012). She dabbles in creative nonfiction and is deep into an Icelandic fiction project. She also writes for local newspapers and magazines and is a creative and line editor who partners with clients on passion projects.
For those that like prompts, this month’s will be “Rain” – although stories or poems on any subject are welcome.
In November Stories & Poems Telluride’s live poetry reading happens on Tuesday the 17th at 5:15 pm in the Wilkinson Public Library magazine room with Wrights Mesa poet Daiva Čhesonis.
The West End Stories & Poems series continues at the Naturita Community Library on the second Thursday of each month at 6 pm. Writers and reciters are also invited to share stories and poems of their own — or of their favorite poets/authors — with facilitators Leslie Ament and Goodtimes. The October 8th session focused on Cliff Allred discussing paranormal experiences.
The Bardic Trails virtual zoom series continues on the first Tuesday of each month at 7 pm MST with town support from the Telluride Institute, the Wilkinson Public Library and the Commission for Community Assistance, Arts & Special Events. On November 3rd poet, professor and past Chamberlain Prize winner Kate Kingston of Trinidadwill be the featured guest.
The international Fischer and Colorado state Cantor poetry prize contests ended August 31. Judges are deciding on this year’s winners of over $4000 in prize money. Participants are a primary means of support for all the projects of the Talking Gourds poetry program. The winners were announced September 26th at the Book Cliffs Poetry Festival at Grand Junction’s Art Center of Western Colorado and will appear on the Talking Gourds website soon.
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