Katherine Devine is interested in getting some folks together to discuss The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Johnathan Haidt. The book has shaped a great deal of conversation about how we work together through our differences. From Rebecca Litchfield's review in the London School of Economics Review of Books: “Audacious… what… Continue reading ★ Join the Conversation: The Righteous Mind
Category: THE CITYSCAPE
★ GET WRITING: Words3 – City Lights and Nights – June 13
The June theme: City Lights and Nights Sign up to read. Mark your calendar to attend. This edition of Words3 will take place at the RSO Green Room on Campbell Avenue. (Look for the musical crosswalk.) If you're interested in reading, use the form below to contact organizer Cara Ellen Modisett. Some details...no more than 6… Continue reading ★ GET WRITING: Words3 – City Lights and Nights – June 13
★ READ LOCAL at the Salem Museum: Saturday, May 20
SAVE THE DATE: The Salem Museum and Historical Society will host readers and area writers on Saturday, May 20, for READ LOCAL: A Celebration of Local Authors. This is the first year for the event which will take place in the museum's galleries. The day will include signings and book sales by two dozen local authors. Watch for more on the event in… Continue reading ★ READ LOCAL at the Salem Museum: Saturday, May 20
FindingRoanoke
Finding Roanoke; A Fall 2017 book club style conversation series on What I Found in a Thousand Towns. Explore the ideas at work in our community by sitting down with the locals making things happen here. Read the opinion piece from the Oct 4 Roanoke Times. Download a PDF of the schedule for your refrigerator door. Add… Continue reading FindingRoanoke
★ Soul Sessions’ Bryan Hancock: What we bring and what we do with it
Every other Wednesday night at 16 West, truths are served up. The spoken word night, Soul Sessions, offers community members 5 minutes of stage time in a supportive, nonjudgmental environment. There is little room for negativity in a space meant to bridge. "We learn from each other's words," says organizer Bryan Hancock, "and those words connect us."… Continue reading ★ Soul Sessions’ Bryan Hancock: What we bring and what we do with it
★ Inside the writer’s studio with MMT’s Moonlight and Magnolias
Take a break from writing for a light look at the creative process. Mill Mountain Theater opens the 2017 Main Stage season with a play about adapting a book for a film - specifically Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. Moonlight and Magnolias (Ron Hutchinson, 2004) imagines a last-minute collaborative push. Everything's ready to go; Selznick just needs a… Continue reading ★ Inside the writer’s studio with MMT’s Moonlight and Magnolias
★ The dimensions of a creative community with Cara Ellen Modisett
Since returning to Roanoke, Cara Ellen Modisett has revived the monthly community reading series that was shepherded for a time after her departure by Dwayne Yancey of The Roanoke Times and faculty at Community High School. The busy musician and writer slowed down enough to share with us some of the thinking behind Words3, the encouraging environment… Continue reading ★ The dimensions of a creative community with Cara Ellen Modisett
★ Area writers at Virginia Festival of the Book
Several local authors participated in the 23rd annual Virginia Festival of the Book. A program of the Virginia Center for the Book and produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, the event attracts more than 20,000 participants over 5 days. Beth Macy, Elizabeth Poliner, and Cathryn Hankla read from recent works and sold books. Melody Warnick was a featured… Continue reading ★ Area writers at Virginia Festival of the Book
★ Kalanithi Memoir chosen for 2017 Roanoke Valley Reads
The memoir of the late surgeon Paul Kalanithi has been chosen as the book for the 2017 Roanoke Valley Reads. When Breath Becomes Air (Random House, 2016) includes the physician's final reflections after his 2013 diagnosis with stage IV lung cancer. The book topped The New York Times Bestseller list and is frequently listed as one of the best books of 2016. Roanoke Valley Reads, a program of Blue Ridge… Continue reading ★ Kalanithi Memoir chosen for 2017 Roanoke Valley Reads
★ Liz Long’s Welcome Invasion: Saturday, April 8
Liz Long is a force. By day, the LeisureMedia360 associate editor writes for the leading regional glossies. Then she heads home to fill volumes with tales of the super-powered. In April, she'll open the Star City for an invasion of more than a hundred authors of Young Adult fiction from up and down the East Coast. And… Continue reading ★ Liz Long’s Welcome Invasion: Saturday, April 8
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