Tag Archive | "Charlotte Writers Club"

Lenoir-Rhyne’s Rand Brandes coming to writers’ club

Posted on 17 February 2010. Tags: ,

Rand Brandes

Rand Brandes

On Thursday, March 4, Charlotte Writers’ Club North will welcome Lenoir-Rhyne University professor Dr. Rand Brandes as its guest speaker. Dr. Brandes, who is a writer and scholar of Irish poet Seamus Heaney, will speak at 7 p.m. at The Sanctuary of Davidson, 108 S. Main St.
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Poet Riviere-Seel here Feb. 4; N.C. gets new poet laureate

Posted on 29 January 2010. Tags: , , ,

literary newsNorth Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue on Friday announced she has chosen Cathy Smith Bowers as the state’s new Poet Laureate. Meanwhile, poet Pat Riviere-Seel will be in Davidson Thursday, Feb. 4, as the guest speaker at a meeting of Charlotte Writers’ Club North. Those and other literary tidbits below, including details about when to get your tickets for Margaret Atwood’s Feb. 25 appearance at Davidson College. Read the full story

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Playwright Marla Brown visits writers’ club Jan. 7

Posted on 31 December 2009. Tags: , ,

Marla Brown

Marla Brown

literary-newsPlaywright and performance artist Marla Brown will be the guest speaker at the Jan. 7 meeting of Charlotte Writers’ Club North. Also, a new year of workshops is beginning at Weathers Creek Writers Series.
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Writers’ Club features poet and cellist

Posted on 01 April 2009. Tags: , ,

Original and Adapted Pieces; Where the Music of the Cello Meets the Words of the Poem

On Thursday, April 2, at 7 p.m., Charlotte Writers’ Club North will welcome poet Larry Sorkin and cellist Tanya Bechtler for an evening of words and music in celebration of National Poetry Month. The meeting is at So Alive Art Gallery, 108 S. Main St. Read the full story

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Writers, French film, Benches on the Green

Posted on 30 March 2009. Tags: , ,

Actual Proof plays Friday at Summit Coffee.

Actual Proof plays Friday at Summit Coffee.

Charlotte Writers Club North hosts poet Larry Sorkin and Charlotte Symphony cellist Tanya Bechtler at its meeting Thursday. And the Francophone Film Festival continues at Davidson College. Meanwhile, also this week in and around Davidson: Parenting expert John Rosemond speaks tonight at Davidson IB Middle School in a program sponsored by the Church of the Good Shepherd. Children’s Arts Project and the Creative Art Exchange hold their “Taste for Art” fund-raiser Tuesday. At the weekend, the Music at St. Alban’s series continues, there’s a regional egg hunt in Huntersville, and Benches on the Green will feature bench-painting projects, music and juggling on the Village Green..

In sports, Davidson men’s and women’s tennis teams play at home Wednesday against Elon and UNC Greensboro, respectively, while the baseball team is on the road for games against North Carolina and Samford. And the Davidson women’s soccer team hosts UNC Greensboro on Sunday.
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Our Town Cinemas, 227 Griffith St., Sadler Square, Davidson. Box office opens daily 1 p.m. Advance tickets and reservations: 704-237-3238 NOTE: Parentheses indicate matinee prices.

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THURSDAY, FEB. 2

THE DESCENDANTS (R) - (1:15), (4:15), 7:15. MAN ON A LEDGE (PG-13) - (1:40), (4:20), 7:25. THE IRON LADY (PG-13) - (1:30), (4:10), 7:10. WAR HORSE (PG-13) - (1:00 PM). THE ARTIST (PG-13) - (1:30), 7:00. HUGO (PG) - (4:00 PM).

FEB. 3-9

THE DESCENDANTS (R) - Fri - Thu: (1:15), (4:15), 7:15. MAN ON A LEDGE (PG-13) - Fri - Thu: (1:40), (4:20), 7:25. THE IRON LADY (PG-13) - Fri - Sun: (4:10), 7:10; Mon - Thu: (1:20), (4:10), 7:10. THE ARTIST (PG-13) - Fri - Thu: (1:30), 7:00. HUGO (PG) - Fri - Sun: (1:20), (4:00); Mon - Thu: (4:00 PM).

FEB. 10-17

THIS MEANS WAR (PG13) - Tue - Thu: (1:50), (4:30), 7:25. JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) - Fri & Sat: (1:30), (4:00), 7:00, 9:30; Sun - Thu: (1:30), (4:00), 7:00. SAFE HOUSE (NR) - Fri & Sat: (1:25), (4:15), 7:15, 9:55; Sun - Thu: (1:25), (4:15), 7:15. THE VOW (PG-13) - Fri & Sat: (1:40), (4:10), 7:10, 9:40; Sun - Thu: (1:40), (4:10), 7:10.

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