Kentucky Great Writers Series

It was great to see the 75 of you that came out for the KY Great Writers series event last evening with Erik Reece, Tania James and C.E. Morgan. We hope that you come back soon!

What a great way to kick-off this new series! Here are some photos to share:














Special thanks to Morris Book Shop for all of their help for this event!

~warmly~
Katherine

National Day of Writing

National Day On Writing
Lexington's Longest Short Story

The Carnegie Center is excited to announce a community-wide celebration of National Day on Writing that will promote writing by encouraging people to contribute to The Longest Short Story Ever Written in Lexington.

Activity plans that day will include:

An installation art performance: demonstrations of people writing at bookstores, coffee shops, libraries, and schools. This serves as a statement that writing is important and will encourage others to write for pleasure or purpose.

The Longest Short Story Ever Written in Lexington, which will be authored by numerous people on National Day on Writing, will share a snapshot of Lexington and people's lives on this day. Join the stellar line-up of local celebrities contributing to the community piece, including Ed McClanahan, Bobbie Ann Mason, Marcia Hurlow, Leatha Kendrick, Milton Toby, Steve Vest, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Kirby Gann, Rena Baer, Neil Chethik and Jan Isenhour, with many more literary icons sure to make their mark.

The story will be written on butcher paper and segments of Lexington's Longest Short Story will be taped up inside the Carnegie Center to create an official Learning Zone. People may contribute 1-250 words to this piece at the Carnegie Center from 9 AM -6 PM or during the writing demonstrations at the different area locations.

GROUP 1

9:30-11:00am Lexington Public Library- Eagle Creek

11:00-1:00 Barnes and Noble

1:00-3:00 Morris Book Shop

3:00-5:00 Common Grounds Coffee

GROUP 2

9:00-11:00 Third Street Coffee

11:00-1:00 Joseph-Beth

1:00-3:00 Waldenbooks

3:00-5:00 Lexington Public Library- Central Branch

GROUP 3

7:00-9:00am Starbucks- Chevy Chase

9:00-11:00am Starbucks – Broadway

11:00-1:00 University of Kentucky

1:00-3:00 Lexington Public Library- Northside

3:00-5:00 Lexington Public Library- Village Branch

Excerpts of the completed work will be published online in the National Gallery of Writing and other sources.

At 6 PM, a writing workshop and celebration will take place and the public is invited attend this free event.

We hope you can join us for this exciting day! For more information, please call the center at 859.254.4175.

~warmly~
Katherine

Join us Tuesday evening for...

The Kentucky Great Writer Series
with Erik Reece, Tania James and CE Morgan

6:30 Open mic sign-up
7:00 Open mic begins
7:30 Our featured readers

Books will be on sale, thanks to Morris Bookshop

We hope to see you there!

Call today for more information 859.254.4175.

~warmly~
Katherine

Lexington Film League Contest

Announcing the
DO-ERS: COMMUNITY VIDEO CONTEST

Postmark Due Date: January 15th, 2010
Screening event: February 2010

What great things are people doing in a neighborhood near you?
We want you to film it and tell us their story!
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The Lexington Film League is pleased to announce the Do-ers Community Video Contest. The contest invites Kentucky filmmakers, and non-filmmakers, to create a 5 minute (or less) video about interesting people, activities, events, etc. happening in their Ky. community.

LFL has partnered with Make Yourself Necessary to inspire people to "tell the world they care" and to build a network of education about happenings throughout the state that many (or most) people don't know about.

There is a cash prize to the winner, plus a people's choice prize that encourages the public to vote on their favorite video. The winner of the cash prize splits the sum with a non-profit organization of their choice.

For more information contact:
Kiley Lane, Sarah Wylie Ammerman, or Hannah LeGris
lexfilmleague@gmail.com
859 230-2227 (Lane's phone)

This contest is sponsored by
Make Yourself Necessary "Tell The World You Care"

New Workshop Opportunity

Camera Distance:

A seminar on Point of View
Led by Tania A. James, author of The Atlas of the Unknowns

Saturday, October 10
12:30pm – 2:00pm
~Only $25~
Call 859-254-4175 to register.

Every work of fiction is told from a specific point of view, and this choice has a major influence on how the story is told. In this seminar, we will explore different points of view, and the strengths and limitations of each. This class will be a combination of lecture, exercises, and readings from writers like Charles Dickens, William Faulkner, Mary Gaitskill, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Don’t take it from us!

On Tania’s debut novel:
“Wise and hilarious her Atlas is an astonishment of a debut, so radiant with life, with love, with good old human struggle that I had trouble detaching myself from its pages.”
–Junot Diaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao


Then come back to the Carnegie Center on October 13 (6:30 pm)
to hear Tania read as we kickoff our Kentucky Great Writers series, along with C.E. Morgan and Erik Reece!

We hope to see you Saturday! Call to register at 859.254.4175 or sign up via the web.

~warmly~
Katherine

Five Books Series

Here are the books from last week's Five Book series discussion. You should check them out.

Five Banned Books Everyone Must Read

5) And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

True story of two male penguins at NYC's Central Park Zoo who become a couple, are given an egg to hatch by the zookeeper, and parent a penguin named Tango. Banned from some school libraries for its "homosexual-lifestyle" content.

4) Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark, by Alvin Schwartz

A collection of tales about eerie horror and dark revenge. Banned from some school libraries because of its gruesomeness.

3) Forever, by Judy Blume

Story of a high school girl who falls in love and has eventually sex with her boyfriend. Banned from some school libraries because of its depiction of high school sex as "normal," and because the girl visits a clinic to get birth control.

2) Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

Story of a woman whose husband is rendered impotent by war injuries; she takes a lover. Banned by some libraries because of its explicit, artistic depictions of sex and its normalization of adultery.

1) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Story of a future society in which books are burned because they inspire independent thinking. Ironically, in the years after the book was written, Ballantine Books, fearful of contaminating young readers, censored 75 separate sections of the novel, mostly those that used the words "hell" and "damn."

Want to Get Hired?

Join the Carnegie Center next Saturday for an exciting seminar:

Get Hired!
Taught by John Lepley
Saturday, October 10
10am-12pm
COST: only $15

How do you write a resume that gets noticed? How do you network effectively
to find unadvertised jobs? John Lepley, corporate recruiter and author of the
new book, Get Hired!, offers advice to those who are new to the job market,
or returning to it after a layoff or time off. Copies of Lepley’s book will be
available for purchase and signing.

Sign up today or give us a call with questions (859.254.4175)!

~warmly~
Katherine