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Start: 9:00 am
End: 11:00 am
Saturday
05/01/10 9:30am-11:00am
Writers Support
Group Meeting: Voice to the World
The goal of the
group is to encourage budding and already published writers to finish their
writing projects by providing support, encouragement, and constructive
critiques. The meeting is coordinated
by Vonyee Carrington, who has written since a teenager but has recently
published a book of women's writings called Steps
for Destiny: Poems, Stories and Experiences of Women. This meeting is
open to the public and is free of charge.
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
The Jane Austen Society of North Carolina Presents:
Jane Austen and the Labor of Leisure
Peter W. Graham
Clifford Professor of English at Virginia Tech University & author of Jane Austen and Charles Darwin: Naturalists and Novelists
It's a truth universally acknowledged that the primary activity depicted in Jane Austen's novels is social leisure: balls, dinners, visits, musical performances, excursions. This is not to say that the characters on whom Austen centers don't have practical work to do or serious responsibilities to fulfill--but their labor generally occurs outside the frame of the novel. How does Austen's fictive focus on leisure shape her novels and influence her readers' attitudes toward those works and their characters? This talk will attempt to offer some explanations.
Please email Virginia Claire Tharrington at vct430@gmail.com with any questions
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Sat 5/1 7pm-9pm
Fertile Edges
Join the Medicine Poetry Women’s Circle for a Sacred Performance
Through movement, song, & spoken word witness the journey of igniting the creative force, opening to our shadow, and believing in our capacity for compassion. Receive the healing salve of poetry. Tickets: $10 advanced/$15 at the door. For more information: tembacatherine @gmail.com or 919-929-3293. A major portion of the proceeds go to benefit Club Nova: an organization in Carrboro that provides support and opportunities for individuals with mental illness to lead meaningful lives as a part of community.
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