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Subject: [BES Members] Arts & Activism & Other October Events at BES
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October is moving quickly, but there's lots going on at BES!

>Sat./Sun. October 16 - 17:  Arts & Activism: A weekend of poetry, music, 
>workshops, art, panel discussions, readings, and many other fine events (most held 
>at BES) - see below for details
>
>Sun., October 17, 1:00 - Ethical  Mindfulness Meditation in the library, 
>facilitated by Karen Elliott
>
>Sun., October 24, 9:30 AM: Poetry Group in the library, led by Karla Mancero 
>(theme: food) Questions? Reach Karla at nada23_2002@yahoo.com .
>
>Sun., October 24, 12:30 PM: "The Evolution of Creation" workshop, led by 
>Fritz Williams. (Bring your lunch.)  ***reschduled from October 10***
>
>Sat., October 30, 6:30 PM: Pot luck dinner & discussion with Bob Berson. 
>Leader of the Northern Westchester Ethical Society "Disagreeing Constructively" At 
>BES, we are always free to disagree, but what are some good ways to do it 
>while remaining respectful of other who hold an opposing view?
>
>
>Arts & Activism - October 16 & 17, 2004
>A weekend of poetry, music, workshops, art, panel discussions,
>       readings, and many other fine events
>
>*co-sponsored by Maryland State Poetry & Literary Society &
>Baltimore Ethical Society
>
>Place:
>All events on Saturday October 16 and the Panel Discussion on Sunday October 
>17 will take place at the Baltimore Ethical Society (BES) located at 306 W. 
>Franklin Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-4661 (in the old Congress Hotel/Marble Bar 
>building).
>The reading on October 17 will take place at 4 p.m. at Minas Gallery as part 
>of the 3rd Sunday Reading Series sponsored by Maryland State Poetry & Literary 
>Society.
>
>Parking:
>On-street metered parking (free Sunday but not Saturday) is available around 
>BES  - or park in the Arrow Parking Lot at Franklin and Howard Street for $6 
>(all day).
>
>Workshop 1 – Arts & Activism – Saturday October 16 – 10:30 to 12 
>
>Choose from Workshop 1A -Do It Yourself: Self-Publishing/Self-Producing Books 
>and Musical CDs or Workshop 1B Telling Stories for the Children and the Child 
>in Us All or Workshop 1C Publicity 101, or How to Make Nice to the Press
>
>1A] Do It Yourself: Self-Publishing/Self-Producing Books and Musical CDs led 
>by Carol Mays and Gary Blanchard
>
>Carol Mays and Gary Blanchard will describe their adventures in publishing 
>and producing books and musical CD’s.  They will offer suggestions for the 
>participants’ own productions. Carol and Gary have been multimedia artists for many 
>years.  Carol is the author of The Lost Art of Living Happily and Images for 
>Wholeness: Strategies, Poems, & Stories to Transcend Cultural Illusions. Gary 
>has published Positive Path Recovery. He also plays several musical 
>instruments and has produced several CDs.
>
>1B] Telling Stories for the Children and the Child in Us All led by Fritz 
>Williams
>
>Fritz Williams is a storyteller whose children's stories address qualities 
>and values that begin to be formed early in life and shape the type of 
>thoughtful, responsible, responsive adult one can become. Learn how Fritz was inspired 
>to pen these stories and come away with ideas about how to create your own.
>
>Fritz Williams is Leader of the Baltimore Ethical Society and, in that 
>capacity, serves as primary speaker, teacher, pastor, and organizational leader. To 
>these duties, Fritz brings extensive ministerial and communications 
>experience. He has worked as a parish priest in the Episcopal Church, and also as a 
>writer and producer at public television stations in Harrisburg, PA, and Detroit, 
>MI. He is especially loved for his down-to-earth narrative style of speaking 
>and his "When I Was A Kid" stories, based on his own childhood.
>
>1C] Publicity 101, or How to Make Nice to the Press led by Dawn Culbertson
>
>A brief overview on the best ways to publicize your organization or group's 
>events, including how to write press releases and public service announcements; 
>where, how and when to send them; alternative methods of publicity besides 
>broadcast and print media; how to make up a press kit; and how to approach 
>members of the press in a way that makes them want to publicize your events.
>
>Dawn Culbertson has seen both sides of the publicity game, since she's a 
>professional musician with over 15 years' experience who has played extensively in 
>the Baltimore-Washington area and is also a journalist with over 15 years' 
>experience. She currently works as arts and entertainment editor of the biweekly 
>newspaper Baltimore OUTloud.
>————————————————————————————————————————————
>
>Workshop 2 -Arts & Activism - Saturday October 16 - 1 to 2:30
>
>Choose between Workshop 2A - Poets' Ink and Workshop 2B - Creativity for 
>Survival
>
>2A] Poets' Ink workshop led by Dennis Barnes
>*Additional editors will include Dan Cuddy, Barbara Simon, and 
>Rosemary Klein.
>Poets at every different stage of creative writing - from beginner to 
>accomplished - are encouraged to take part in this Poets'
>Ink (PI) workshop. Each poet should bring 2 to 3 poems to the workshop, where 
>a professional editor will thoughtfully read and discuss the work with the 
>writer. At the workshop the editor generally will choose a poem from each writer 
>and that poem will be published in a Poets' Ink broadside printed by the 
>Maryland State Poetry & Literary Society. When the broadside is complete, those 
>published in it will receive free contributors' copies and will be invited to 
>present their work at a publication reading These readings are held in places 
>such as the Enoch Pratt Library, Barnes & Noble, The Learning Bank, and The 
>Village Learning Place.
>
>In addition Poets' Ink contributors are invited to read in any of the open 
>readings that follow the featured readings sponsored by the Maryland State 
>Poetry & Literary on the third Sunday of every month at Minas Gallery, such as the 
>one on October 17 that is part of the Arts & Activism event.
>NOTE: Ordinarily, Poets' Ink workshops are free. Today's workshop fee is 
>requested only to provide support for the Arts & Activism events. All other 
>aspects of Poets' Ink, the editing, the publishing, the reading, and the 
>contributors' copies are free thanks to the generous support of the Maryland State Poetry 
>& Literary Society and the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.
>
>2B] Creativity for Survival led by Linda Joy Burke
>Creativity for Survival is designed as a vehicle for catharsis for those who 
>feel blocked in their creative process. This workshop is geared towards anyone 
>who is a human being. The exercises in this workshop serve as metaphors for 
>reconnecting to creative memory, which is something that contains all that is 
>generous, courageous and childlike. In contemporary mainstream culture, it has 
>become increasingly evident that the lasting gifts of imagination are being 
>replaced by the more fleeting ones of instant gratification. This shift has made 
>many in our culture far less patient with organic ways of interacting and 
>creative problem solving.  This disconnect shows up in classrooms, in boardrooms, 
>and in the work place. Keeping constant connection to the creative process in 
>whatever way it shows up for the individual is a vital component to bringing 
>humanistic service to cooperative environments. 
>In this workshop we'll be doing:
>Facilitated exercises include improvisation exercises, full group music 
>making with voice, drums, shakers, bells and lots more interesting instruments, 
>moving, writing, reflection and sharing.
>
>Linda Joy Burke is the recipient of a 2002 Distinguished Black Marylander 
>Award in Art from the Office of Diversity Resources at Towson University and a 
>2004 National Association For Arts Advancement nominee. She has published 
>poetry, fiction, op-ed columns, reviews, profiles, and feature stories in numerous 
>newspapers, literary publicatons, journals, and anthologies. Her work is 
>featured as part of the poetry anthology When Divas Laugh: The Diva Squad Poetry 
>Collective. She is co-editor with Jaki Edens of Conversing with Dragons: 
>Celebrating the Life and Art of Robyn Weiss. She conducts writing and creativity 
>workshops in a variety of venues for students of all ages. She is Poet-In-Residence 
>at the Howard County Center for African American Culture and past President 
>of the Board of Directors of the Baltimore Writers Alliance.
>
>Workshop 3 -Arts & Activism - Saturday - 2:45 to 4
>————————————————————————————————————————————
>Choose from Workshop 3A - Poetry for Change: The Activist Artist or Workshop 
>3B Art at Eye Level: Illuminating the Invisible Community or Workshop 3C 
>Activist Drama: The Power of Spoken Word.
>
>3A] Poetry for Change: The Activist Poet led by Karla Mancero and Brian E. 
>Langston
>Finding inspiration in and responding to current events is this workshop's 
>theme. We all have something we believe in, views we may want to express about 
>the world, life in our country or in our community, but we may have trouble 
>getting what we want to say out. As William Carlos Williams said: "It is 
>difficult / to get the news from poems / yet men die miserably every day / for lack / 
>of what is found there." In this workshop we explore ways to express our 
>"activist voice" by using news sources such as web sites, magazines, and newspapers 
>for inspiration as well as "finding poems" in these same sources.
>
>Karla Mancero has been writing poetry since high school. She has been a part 
>of the Zelda's Inferno Poetry Workshop since she moved to Baltimore three 
>years ago. Karla has organized featured readings for the Zelda's group and has 
>co-organized a showcase of local artists at the Whole Gallery. At the Baltimore 
>Ethical Society, Karla facilitated a Poetry Discussion platform, which she 
>continues as a small discussion group every other Sunday. Currently, she is 
>working on several creative projects with a focus on changing the world...locally.
> 
>Brian E. Langston's poems have appeared in Catalyst, Spectrum, and 4x4 The 
>Newport Review. He is the founder of Into the Teeth of the Wind, a quarterly 
>poetry journal at the University of California, Santa Barbara. While living in 
>Santa Barbara, he organized several poetry readings and was a featured reader at 
>both the Santa Barbara Poetry Series and the Santa Barbara Book and Author 
>Festival. In February he moved to Baltimore, where he masquerades as a computer 
>programmer while  writing poetry and creating abstract art. 
>
>3B] Art at Eye Level: Illuminating the Invisible Community led by Gimme 
>Shelter Productions Marcus Colasurdo and other members of Gimme Shelter Productions 
>share their experiences creating performances "articulating the condition of 
>homeless and its resolution." They also use their performances to raise funds 
>for organizations such as Viva House, The Environmental Crisis Center, and 
>House of Ruth.
>
>Marcus Colasurdo is a poet and novelist, the author of 10 books including the 
>recently published "First of May." He is also the founder of Gimme Shelter 
>Productions, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) theatrical group that has been performing 
>benefit fundraisers for the past 10 years to aid homeless shelters, food 
>programs, after school programs, prison writing workshops, and the like. Colasurdo is 
>a teacher, waiter, and bartender who has lived, organized, and written on both 
>the East and West Coasts. He has read and performed his work all across 
>America. Currently, he divides his time between Baltimore and Northeastern 
>Pennsylvania.
>
>3C] Activist Drama: The Power of Spoken Word Poetry led by Ad-lib Spoken word 
>is a form of music or artistic performance in which lyrics, poetry, or 
>stories are spoken rather than sung. Spoken word is often done with a background of 
>music, but emphasis is kept on the performer. Spoken word is often political 
>in nature. 
>
>Ad-Lib hosts an open mic at Notre Maison, 18 W. 25th Street, from 8 to 11 
>p.m. on Thursdays.  He has also hosted jazz-poetry-buffets and is a truly 
>positive and dynamic force!
>
>Registration & Admission:
>
>At 9:30 a.m. on Saturday October 17, the doors will open at the Baltimore 
>Ethical Society for registration for Arts & Activism workshops. The Registration 
>table will be open from 9:30 to 3 for the Saturday workshops and evening 
>performance and again at 6:30 for those wishing to attend just the evening 
>performance.
> 
>Admission to each workshop is $5 ($12 for all three workshops) and to the 
>evening performance is $5 ($15 for all three workshps and the performance). 
>Admission shoud be paid by check or cash the day of the events.
>
>The movie showing of "The Next Industrial Revolution" is free.
>The Sunday Platform panel discussion on Arts & Activism is free.
>The Minas Gallery reading admission is a suggested $4 donation. 
>
>To help us estimate how many people might be attending, please call Karen 
>Elliott at 410-254-5928 prior to October 16 and indicate all workshops and events 
>you are interested in participating in. Thank you!
>
>Food:
>Coffee, fruit, and bagels will be available in the morning at registration. 
>Vegetarian lunch including drinks, chips, and dessert will be available at a 
>nominal fee.
>
>With the most important election in years just weeks away, how can you afford 
>to miss a weekend of 
>Arts & Activism?
>  
>



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