Rochester Arts & Lectures will once again host high school students at our Thursday night lectures. However, unlike past years and because we are expanding the program to bring speakers into the city schools, we will be offering three evening programs. We can accommodate 16 students plus their teachers. The programs are:
October 13 Reimagining Home: Rochester. Three poets who grew up in Rochester discuss the influence or not of Rochester on their writings. Cornelius Eady, award winning poet, musician, composer. Marie Howe Poet Emerita of NYS, and Philip Schultz Pulitzer Prize winner. It will be moderated by our own Rochester poet Anthony Leuzi.
March 23 Reimagining Home: Cuba. Richard Blanco, Inaugural Poet 2013 will discuss his memoir and growing up as a Cuban American.
April 20 Terry Tempest Williams is the author of Refuge, Finding Beauty in a broken world. She is both naturalist, ecofeminist, conservationist, whose writing is truly lyrical no matter the topic. I'm prejudiced, but I think her work is life changing.
We will give you reserved seating, author background materials, and a copy of the author's book for each student and teacher that participates.
I realize that transportation is an issue, and we can make volunteers available to assist.
I will need firm reservations. Last year we were left with many books because of no-shows. Take pity on me.
Please let me know if you want to attend, how many students and whether you need volunteer drivers.
Also please FORWARD to any others you think might be interested.
Thanks,
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