Today at Bar Italia a young man approached our table and hailed my friend: “Mr. La Marque!” He then invited us to his new show at Grand 4140 Gallery.
Show: “The Monte Carlo Years”
Opening Reception: August 20, 2010 7-10 p.m.
Show dates: August 20-September 2010
Phone: 314-351-2929
email: grand4140@att.net
website: http://www.grand4140.com
Old Time Radio Like three other friends of mine, I’m now, Saturday, 11 a.m., to appear on Blogtalk Radio’s Authors Read program hosted by Lillian Brummet (Conscious Discussions talk radio). Folks, this is a great resource and readily available to any of you authors out there who wanna read from your books! For my show,…
Yvonne Perry and I have been blogging buddies since 2006 when she featured my book “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” on a Writers in the Sky podcast. Search Riehlife for archives about Yvonne Perry by typing her name in the search box. We finally met in person during my audio book launch in Nashville. Her new…
Annemieke Marie Farrow, Master of the Portable Portfolio Today at 9 p.m. CST (my time!) for 60 minutes check out: The Singing Office Animal Shelter vs. School Bus Drivers Joey Fatone (N’SYNC) and Mel B. (Spice Girls) are on a fun mission to discover hidden talent in workplaces across America. Mel B. is searching at…
Ernest Dempsey is starting a new magazine called Recovering the Self, on self-help/growth/development. It will be published by the Loving Healing Press and will include articles, essays, stories (both fictional and true), journal entries, book reviews, short plays, interviews – virtually anything on the theme of healing/recovering from a trauma, setback, or loss. Feel free…
Once again this year I judged a regional Poetry Outloud contest. It’s sponsored by The Poetry Foundation, State art agencies, and the National Endowment for the Arts. It’s now in its sixth year of national competition. Melissa Crockett Mustain, director of The Jacoby Art Center in Alton, organized the event. I love that the students…
(Photo from http://www.writespirit.net/inspirational_talks/political/martin_luther_king_talks/martin) Yesterday I attended a magnificent brunch celebration for Martin Luther King Jr. and the upcoming historic inauguration of Barack Obama. Freida Wheaton’s home art gallery named “Studio 53” was a fitting backdrop for this salon–a gathering of the most prominent African Americans in St. Louis and its expanded metro area…reaching as far…