eat, drink, read!
Join us for our upcoming celebration of words, Eat, Drink Read! October 7, 2010, 6:00 pm, at the Stueckle Sky Center. You will enjoy a literary journey with food from Italy, India and Indonesia, along with wine and auction items inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestseller, “Eat, Pray, Love.” Click here for all the details!
No bags to check. No security screening. But you are encouraged to wear comfortable travel clothes. Your ticket includes your own Passport to the Auction with visas for international food, live and silent auction items, and entertainment by cowboy-poet-auctioneer, Sam Mattise. Tickets are just $100 each. For more information, just call your travel agent: The Cabin at 331-8000.
Readings & conversations 2010-2011!
The Cabin's new Readings & Conversations 2010-2011 series tickets are now on sale. Don't miss the opportunity to see T. C. Boyle, Maile Meloy with Tony Doerr, Elizabeth Gilbert, and W.S. Merwin, the newly appointed Poet Laureate of the United States who will take up the post in October 2010. To purchase tickets click here for the brochure and order form or call The Cabin at 208.331.8000.
Story story night
True stories on a theme. Live and without notes. Featured storytellers . followed by a story slam. Click here for the story behind Story Story Night.
When: Monday, August 23, Dog Days- Stories of Summer
Featured Storytellers: Jan Schlicht, Elaine Ambrose and Clay Morgan
Where: The Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St.
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: $5
Story Story Night, in partnership with Boise State Public Radio, also launched a new weekly podcast this August. Each podcast showcases one featured storyteller and one story slammer from a previous event. Available on radio.boisestate.edu and iTunes, a new Story Story Night podcast will be available every Monday. Dan Costello composed an original song for the recordings that he’ll perform live at “Dog Days.”
Story Story Night will continue as a regular monthly program. Fall events will be on the last Mondays of each month—Sept. 27, Oct. 25 and Nov. 29. Fall themes will be announced on Aug. 23. Stay tuned in at www.storystorynight.org.
Sponsored by Alley Repertory Theater, The Cabin, and The Story Initiative.
Idaho writing camps
Thank you to all the parents who supported The Cabin's Idaho Writing Camps by bringing your young writers to the program. We hope to see you all again next year. Also many thanks to our sponsors: Idaho Commission on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, John F. Nagel Foundation, Bank of America, Wells Fargo Foundation, Larry Miller Charities, John William Jackson Fund, Steele-Reese Foundation, Idaho Botanical Gardens, US Bancorp Foundation, Union Pacific Foundation, Foothills Learning Center, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Treasure Valley Family Magazine, Creative Soapbox, Greater Boise Rotary Foundation, and the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation. To read pieces from the 2010 camps click on Cabin Fever.
become a member of the Cabin
Interested in becoming a member? More than one-third of our funding depends on contributions from our members. Membership dollars help The Cabin bring world-renowned writers to Boise; place professional writers in classrooms; and create summer camp writing experiences that will establish a student's lifelong love affair with words. Learn more » Or Click here for the new 2010 Membership Brochure.
words work wonders with your gift
Help The Cabin to continue the programs that contribute to the community all year long. writers in the schools, readings & conversations, idaho writing camps, and the idaho writers guild inspire reading, writing, and discourse throughout the state. Please support these programs with a generous gift during our annual fundraising campaign. More»
Thank you from The Cabin Board of Directors and staff.
Writers in the Schools (WITS)
The Cabin’s WITS program has demonstrated dramatic improvement in writing achievement among schoolchildren. We’re a member of a national alliance of programs placing professional writers in public and private classrooms, juvenile centers and alternative programs. More »
an opportunity for teaching Writers
If you are a writer who would like to apply for a teaching position in The Cabin's Writers in the Schools program or Idaho Writing Camps click here for an application.
New teachers for the Drop-In Writing Workshop
Malia Collins and Adrian Kien will be sharing the teaching roles for the Drop-In Writing workshop. They look forward to working with participants who have enjoyed Norman Weinstein's writing leadership in the Drop-In classes over the years. Both are experienced professional writers and teachers who currently work with students in The Cabin's award-winning Writers in the Schools program and have taught in the idaho writing camps. All are welcome to attend this informal community workshop for writers at all levels. Bring pen and paper and a willingness to explore. The workshops are held the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 6:30 PM at The Cabin. Free.
Volunteer at the Cabin
Interested in volunteering at The Cabin? We have a range of opportunities for folks with a little or a lot of time and for all skill levels. Check out our volunteer page to learn more or to sign up to help. More »
