The Olympics are fast approaching. Robert Flynn’s adaptation of Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying (My favorite book) won a Special Jury Award as the United States entry at the Theater of Nations in Paris in l964. I guess that’s like winning the gold metal for the United States in the Olympics. Hurry now, because just like an Olympian, his class is filling to the brim. Also, especially if you love adorable huggable elephants, check out Flynn’s fun-filled Christmas stories on his blog: http://www.pen.org/MemberBlog.php/prmID/1450/prmProfileID/21963?prmdateMonth=December&prmdateYear=2011
Class: Wednesdays, February 22nd-Mar 4th, 5:30-7:30pm
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Though Friday’s Maxine Hong Kingston Colloquium Luncheon is sold out, you haven’t missed your chance to hear from the compelling author. Please join us Thursday evening, 7 pm, at San Pedro Playhouse for a free public reading and Q&A. The author of books such as The Woman Warrior, China Men, and her most recent I Love a Broad Margin to My Life, Hong Kingston will read and take questions. There will be a signing afterward, so don’t forget your favorite books! We hope to see you there!
Black and Blue: 400 Years of Struggle and Transcendence returns this evening in celebration of Black History Month! The piece features four musicians and actors and brings together jazz and blues with African American folklore, literature, and history. The result is a fascinating work of historical theatre that both mourns and celebrates. Written by late San Antonio playwright Sterling Houston, Gemini Ink joins his estate to honor and uphold his important production. We are out of tickets for this free event, but we are excited to see many of you tonight and ready for another great show!
Experience: the theme of February’s First Friday Reading with UTSA’s Bonnie Lyons: The experience of the rain in the streets, the experience of the crackers and wine, the experience of Dr. Lyons’ familial anecdotes, and her emotionally driven poems from her latest book, Bedrock. Even the experience of our Open Mic Reader Roland and his poem about the various roads we take we wouldn’t want to retravel, yet we still learn from. Which reminds me, there’s a plethora of opportunities for those of you, like Roland, who feel the call to stand up to the Open Mic spot. Just call us at the office, (210) 734-9673. Back to experience. According to Erika, the facilitator of the event: “Bonnie Lyons was warm sincere and shared intimate moments of her life in an intimate setting.” Even Dr. Lyons’ Saturday class filled up with experience, being a productive environment, where everyone got their creative juices flowing. To use the title of the class, these experiences called us to breathe in, and seek to breathe them out again into words. Hence this blog entry.
Paul Hoeg, Gemini Intern
Trinity University Alumnus, ‘11
English major
