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February
February 1, 2012: Love Poetry Workshop, Center for Creative Writing, 7:00 pm
Facilitator: Jenn Merrifield
Free and open to the public. Register by February the 1st by e-mailing cwcenter@frostburg.edu or calling the center at 301-687-4340
February 13, 2012: Valentine's Day Poetry Reading, Arts Council’s Community Room, located at 9 N. Centre Street in Downtown Cumberland's Arts & Entertainment District, 7:30 pm
Hosted by the Allegany Arts Council and the Frostburg Center for Creative Writing
February 13, 2012: Andy Duncan presents "Blinded in Batesburg: Learning of a Hometown Atrocity." Atkinson Room, Lane Center, 7:00 p.m.
On Feb. 13, 1946, an African-American World War II veteran named Isaac Woodard, Jr. was beaten by the local police chief, Lynwood Shull. As a result of his injuries, Woodard was blinded for life. The incident became a national scandal and landmark federal civil rights case. Duncan will discuss the facts of the Woodard case; its ramifications in politics, law and popular cultures; its effects on his family, his upbringing and his career; and how it continues to influence what he does in the classroom today. An audience discussion will follow.
February 25, 2012: Backbone Mountain Review Reading and Reception, Allegany County Arts Council Community Room, 2:00 pm
A public reading and reception for the 2012 Backbone Mountain Review (BMR) literary journal, free and open to everyone, with complimentary copies of the 2012 Backbone Mountain Review available at no charge during the event. Please note that some language in this year's publication may not be appropriate for younger audiences.
February 24, 2012: "The African-American Experience in Frostburg: Rediscovering Brownsville." Lecture series continues at the Frostburg Museum, Hill and Oak Street, 7:00 pm.
Lynn Bowman is the author of Being Black in Brownsville: Echoes of a "Forgotten" Frostburg. The book explores the history of racial relationships in the small university town of Frostburg, Maryland and a community that disappeared as the University grew.
March
March 6, 2012: Kij Johnson Reading, Lyric Theatre Building, Free and open to the public, 7:30 pm
Kij Johnson is the author of three novels, including The Fox Woman (winner of the Crawford Award) and Fudoki (a finalist for the World Fantasy Award). Her short stories have won the Nebula, World Fantasy, and Sturgeon; and repeatedly been on the short lists for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy and Sturgeon Awards.
March 7, 2012: Films About Writers Night, Center for Creative Writing, 7:00 pm
March 13, 2012: Story Slam, Dante's Bar, Frostburg, 7:00 p.m.
For more information about how to enter, visit http://www.frostburg.edu/cwcenter/PoetrySlam.htm.
March 31, 2012: Art and Writing Workshop, Dunkle Hall, Frostburg State University Campus, 12:30-4:30 pm
The seventh annual Art & Writing Workshop--a program for artists who need to write and creative writers who love art. Featuring faculty who are practicing artists and writers, the workshops will provide students with skills to write about their own art or the art they love. For information on workshops and registration, visit http://www.frostburg.edu/cwcenter/Art&Writing.htm.
April
April 2, 2012: Submissions due for One-Act Playwriting Competition
For guidelines and entry details, visit http://www.frostburg.edu/cwcenter/OneAct.htm
April 4, 2012: Films About Writers Night, Center for Creative Writing, 7:00 pm
April 12, 2012: Poetry Slam, Dante's Bar, Frostburg, 7:00 p.m.
For more information about how to enter, visit http://www.frostburg.edu/cwcenter/PoetrySlam2.htm
April 24, 2012: Patricia Jabbeh Wesley Reading, Lyric Theatre Building, Free and open to the public, 7:30 pm
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, Liberian civil war survivor, is a poet and writer, an anti-war and women’s activist who immigrated to the US in the 1990s. She is the award winning author of four books of poetry: Where the Road Turns, The River is Rising, Becoming Ebony, and Before The Palm Could Bloom: Poems of Africa.
April 15, 2012: Honors Colloquium, Lane Center, noon
The 2012 Honors Colloquium for the English Department with presentations of our best student work starts at noon.
May
May 2, 2012: Films About Writers Night, Center for Creative Writing, 7:00 pm
May 3, 2012: Andy Duncan Reading, Main Street Books, 7:30 pm
Andy Duncan has won two World Fantasy Awards and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best science fiction story of the year, and he has been nominated multiple times for the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, and Shirley Jackson awards. His new fiction collection is The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories, and his new story "On 20468 Petercook," a comedy with asteroids, is at Tor.com.
May 11, 2012: The Shakespeare Festival, Peforming Arts Center.
For months prior to the festival, FSU students visit local high schools and work with students interested in performing scenes from Shakespeare, helping the younger students to understand the language and the plays. In May, the high school students meet in FSU's Performing Arts Center to perform selected scenes, receive feedback, and participate in Shakespeare-related activities. For more information, contact the Shakespeare Festival coordinator, English Department professor Dr. Rochelle Smith.
