Foothills Writers Series

FOOTHILLS WRITERS SERIES, Fall 2009

The Foothills Writers Series presents international, national, regional, and local writers reading their own works. The readings are held in the Peninsula College Little Theater on selected Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the academic year.For over 35 years, this series has been a fine slate of writers to the Peninsula to pique your interest and keep you reading and writing so please join us. Readings are free and open to the public.

We send best wishes to our colleague Alice Derry on her retirement from Peninsula College. As director of the Foothills Writers Series for many years, she welcomed and encouraged countless poets and writers. Her love for the written and spoken word has brought many fine writers to our stage to share their work with the campus and community. Thank you, Alice.

Please note that we have a new time schedule. Unless otherwise indicated, the readings will be from 12:35 to 1:25 in the Little Theater (J-16).

Thursday, October 08, 2009 — Writer Tess Gallagher
We are happy to welcome to our stage our own Port Angeles celebrity. She will introduce two books to us, her own book of collected short stories, The Man from Kinvara: Selected Stories (Graywolf Press), and Raymond Carver’s American Library Edition, The Collected Stories. The book Beginners, which includes stories newly restored to Carver’s original manuscripts, is contained in this volume. A well-loved figure on our local scene, Gallagher continues to bring her work and that of her late husband throughout the world, with new translations appearing regularly.

In both short story and poem, Gallagher’s work is some of the best being written in English today. Joyce Carol Oates writes that “It is impossible to read Tess Gallagher’s poems without being drawn into their mesmerizing rhythms and convinced of the rightness of her intense yet unforced images.” October 8 will be a great day of celebration for the Olympic Peninsula.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 — Indian Voices
Tonight, the Peninsula College Longhouse will host Indian Voices Night. Everyone is invited to come to the 5:30 pm event, which will begin with soup and a potluck. All Indian Voices are invited to participate in the reading portion of the evening. Come early, bring something to share, and the Longhouse will provide buckskin bread, fresh fruit and coffee. Or come at 6:00 to enjoy the Voices of the Peninsula. The event is cosponsored by the Longhouse, the Foothills Writers Series and the English Depart-ment. For more information please call Tor Parker, 360.417.6215.

Saturday, November 14, 2009 — Annual Reading for Hunger Relief
Faculty writers will once again entertain you with poetry and prose as they read from their newest works to support the Sequim and Port Angeles Food Banks. In the current economic situation, the need is greater than ever as many people, in-cluding working families in our community, must use the food bank. The reading will be in the Raymond Carver Room in the Port Angeles Public Library at 7:00 pm. There will be a $5 donation at the door; a $10 do-nation will get you a chapbook containing the evening’s readings. Cosponsored with Alan Turner of Port Book and News, who will provide refreshments.

Friday, November 20, 2009 — Oregon Shakespeare Festival Actors
You’ll have three chances to see the two actors turn into a whole cast of Shakespeare’s characters: at 9:10, 12:35 and 7:00 p.m. Students can also participate in two acting workshops throughout the day. Whether performing or teaching, these actors are not to be missed.

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Peninsula College Faculty Carmen Germain (360-417-6371), Kate Reavey (360-417-6490) and Janet Lucas (360-417-6361) will lead the Foothills Writers Series fall quarter. To receive a quarterly Foothills brochure, please contact one of the co-directors. Leave your address/email on voice mail on one of the phone numbers above.

This program has vigorously observed principles of equal opportunities, not discriminating on the basis of color, national origin, sex, or handicap. If you or someone you know might be interested in reading, please contact the co-directors. We encourage unestablished writers—of prose as well as of poetry—to apply. We do not censor our readers in any way, and audience members may be offended by a reader’s language. Nevertheless, we feel this freedom of expression is necessary.

Tidepools 2010, the campus and community art and literary magazine, will be accepting submissions this quarter. Contact Janet Lucas, faculty advisor, at 360-417-6361 for further information.