NAC revives mentor programme for young writers (Channel NewsAsia)
SINGAPORE : The National Arts Council (NAC) is bringing back a mentorship programme for young writers. To be relaunched on June 30, the Mentor Access Project (MAP) will last 18 months and allow young writers to be tutored by established writers and playwrights....more...Arts briefs (Las Cruces Sun-News)
Call to writers: The 2007 Santa Fe Writers Conference convenes Monday through Saturday at the Hotel St. Francis in downtown Santa Fe. The conference includes six days of workshops, afternoon talks and free public readings every evening....more... Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal)
The Madear's Kids professional youth dance troupe from Gainesville Florida will perform the musical ?Once On This Island? as a benefit for Southside Community Center on Friday, June 22, in a 2 p.m. matinee and at 7 p.m. at the café at Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University. A suggested donation of $10 for adults and $5 for children will go toward helping Southside Community Center children and ......more... California Council for the Humanities Taps 17 Projects for California Story Fund Awards (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The California Council for the Humanities announced today that it has awarded $10,000 California Story Fund grants to 17 projects across the state. The projects will tell the stories of people of various ages, economic levels and ethnic backgrounds, including Latinos who help build California's bridges, gay veterans of war, a well-known Filipino activist and individuals in rural California ......more... Men In Exile Feed On Dreams (Hartford Advocate)
?I knew if I wanted to make it, I had to get to Detroit.? That?s not something you hear every day, but speaker Ramin Ahmadi isn?t one for saying everyday things....more... Community Calendar June 13, 2007 (San Francisco Bay View)
Speak up for a child in foster care. SF?s foster children need your help. Be a Court Appointed Special Advocate. Men and people of color are especially needed. Training provided. Call for upcoming orientations dates and locations, 415-398-8001. Info at www.sfcasa.org....more... Journalist receives provincial award; Story on Jim Cully inspired judges (Pembroke Daily Observer)
The Daily Observer's Anthony Dixon has received a prestigious award presented annually to an Ontario journalist by the provincial association for community living....more... 2007 WebGUI Users Conference (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Plain Black Corporation® is pleased to bring this year's annual WebGUI Users Conference back to their hometown, Madison, WI from Oct. 17-19, 2007. The WebGUI Users Conference is an annual event that brings together Plain Black staff and field experts from around the globe to present on all things WebGUI....more... The Art of Organization (The Morning News)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- Art workshop fliers are stacked in neat piles. A laptop computer complete with a presentation of visiting artists is running in another room....more... |