The Cabin, A Literary Center for Idaho

Community Listings

Modern Marvels-Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel

Description: Come enjoy graphic novels and book discussions together in one series this fall 2008!

Dates:

September 23—Contract with God by Will Eisner
October 7—The Complete Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman
October 21—Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer by Ben Katchor
November 4—The Quitter by Harvey Pekar
November 18—The Rabbi’s Cat by Joann Sfa

Time: Tuesday evenings, 7-8:30 p.m.
Location: Ada Community Library, 10664 Victory Rd., Boise
Cost/Other: All events are free. Book sets will be available for check-out in late August at the Ada Community Library, www.adalib.org

Description: Idaho Media Professionals will host a seminar on copyright and Web 2.0 issues for media professionals. The speaker, Brad R. Frazer, J.D., M.B.A. of Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley LLP, is an expert on intellectual property and copyright law. If you are a media professional of any kind—artist, photographer, writer, graphics artist, web developer, broadcast professional, video/film professional, media professional or cartoonist, you will benefit from the tips that Brad Frazer will share about copyright and trademarks.

Date: Thursday, July 10
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd.
Cost/Other: Admission for IMP members is free. Admission for non-members is $20. For more information contact Pamela Thompson, Recruiter/Career Coach 208-898-1451, PamRecruit@q.com. or visit idahomediapro.org

Literature For Lunch, Fall 2008

Description: Book discussions led by Boise State English Professors Carol Martin or Cheryl Hindrichs.

Dates:
» Friday, September 5, Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters
» Friday, October 3, Virginia Woolf, The Years
» Friday, November 7, Alice Munro, The Lives of Girls and Women
» Friday, December 5, Marina Lewycka, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
Time: 12:10 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd.
Cost/Other: Free and open to the public. For more information contact Carol Martin, 426-1179, cmartin@boisestate.edu or Cheryl Hindrichs, 426-7072, cherylhindrichs@boisestate.edu

From Query To Contract: Anatomy Of A Book Deal

Description: A one and a half hour workshop designed for writers of fiction and nonfiction books with Jon and Kae Tienstra of KT Public Relations and Literary Services, Fogelsville, PA. This informational workshop will answer such questions as: What can a literary agent do for me? Should my book be complete before I query an agent? What can I expect from a publisher after my book is under contract? Literary agents and publicists, Jon and Kae will present a brief program followed by a question and answer session. Interested authors can sign up for a 5-minute “interview” with the agents after the program.

Date: Thursday, June 19
Time: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood, Garden City
Cost/Other: Free

For further information contact Vera Noyce, venoyce1@cableone.net or visit www.ktpublicrelations.com

Paste Paper and Piano Hinge Bookmaking Class

Description: Create colorful, vibrant decorative paper using the centuries old method of drawing patterns in colored paste. Make two or three piano hinge books using the paste paper as covers.The signatures in these fun, versatile books are held together with easy to make paper or wooden hinges.

Date: April 25 Friday
Time: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Date: April 26 Saturday
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: 3555 N. Milwaukee
Cost/Other: $75 includes all materials.

For more information, contact Nadine Chaffee at 362-8755, nadine.chaffee@gmail.com

BSU Modern Language & Literatures Department presents a lecture and reading by Alicia Borinsky

Description:Born in Argentina, Alicia Borinsky is the author of All-Night Movie, Mean Woman, Dreams of the Abandoned Seducer, and The Collapsible Couple among other literary works. Dr. Borinsky will speak about Argentina's literary tradition in relation to her own creative work, and will read selections from her 2007 bilingual collection of poetry Golpes bajos/Low Blows. Dr. Borinsky is the Director of the Writing in The Americas program at Boston University, and has held visiting professorships at Harvard University and Washington University in St. Louis.

Date: April 1
Time: 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: BSU Student Union Building Hatch C Ballroom
Cost/Other: Free.

For further information contact Adrian Kane at adriankane@boisestate.edu or call 426-2595.

Roving Author Fundraising Dinner and Children's Literature Festival

This fundraising dinner will allow you to spend time with authors Gloria Skurzynski, Kristiana Gregory, Toby Bishop, Alma Alexander, Judy Cox, and illustrator Julie Paschkis as they roam from table to table at regular intervals to talk with you, answer questions, tell you insider tips on publishing, and other pertinent information. The dinner will help raise money to host the fall conference in Boise for the local region of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

Date: April 4
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Owyhee Plaza Hotel
Cost/Other: $50 per plate

Date: April 5 Workshops
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Red Rock Christian Church
Cost/Other: Workshop fees at Red Rock Christian Church vary depending on sessions chosen.

Date: April 5 Events
Time: 10 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Rediscovered Bookshop
Cost/Other: Free. Group discussions and Author Extravaganza.

Contact neysajensen@msn.com or laura@rediscoveredbookshop.com or call 376-4229 for further information on all activities.

Maria Dahvana Headley Workshop

Maria Headley will teach a two day workshop based on the Art and Business of the Memoir at Boise Contemporary Theater. There is a limit of 20 participants so sign up today!!! Day one of the workshop will focus on discovering your core story using personal chronologies. Day two will be spent sharing and giving feedback, plus the business strategy of getting an agent and selling a memoir or personal essay to publishers, magazines and more.

Date: March 29 and March 30
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Lunch from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. not provided)
Location: Fulton Street Center for the Arts
Cost/Other: Cost is $250 for both days. Cost for BCT members & season ticket holders, BSU students with valid ID, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute members, The Cabin members and Literacy Lab members is $225.

For information email to hp@bctheater.org or call Helene Peterson at 331-9224, ext. 201.

Rising Star Creative Writing Competition

The Nature of Words is currently accepting submissions in poetry, literary nonfiction, and fiction in two age groups: 15-18 and 19-25. The winners will receive a cash prize, publication in a chapbook, a scholarship for The Nature of Words workshop, and a trophy. Submissions can be postmarked or emailed. For submission guidelines please visit www.thenatureofwords.org and click on “Writing Contest.”

Date: Deadline is May 10th
Time: N/A
Location: The Nature of Words, P.O. Box 56, Bend, OR 97709
Cost/Other: $5 submission fee.

For further information contact info@thenatureofwords.org or call Laura Tavolacci 541-330-4381.

Second Annual International Women’s Day Poetry Reading

Join us at this celebration where local women of all ages present poetry by writers who have influenced them, then read poems of their own. You will enjoy a diverse range of voices and styles, all joining together to honor women in every season of life. Featured poets are: Anna Eaton-Merkle, Fran Finkbeiner and her daughter Jenn, Cheryl Maddalena, Trisha Nelson, Susan Richardson, Betty Rodgers, Ruth Salter, Judith Steele, Marti Stephen, and Trudy Woodworth.

Date: March 7th
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Hyde Park Mennonite Fellowship,
1520 N. 12th Street, Boise, ID 83702
Cost/Other: Free. For more information contact Betty Rodgers:
938-3011 or email bettykrodgers@msn.com

Idaho Writer’s Update

The Idaho Writer’s Update is a bi-monthly online newsletter highlighting Idaho's wealth of literary readings, creative writing classes, writing groups, calls for submission, publishers and publications, bookstores, libraries, literary agencies, literary websites and more.

Date: Deadlines are the 15th and 30th of each month.
Location: Online
Cost/Other: Send submissions or subscribe by emailing Betty Rodgers at bettykrodgers@msn.com

The Eclectic Reader

Rediscovered Bookshop is hosting a book club for people who read all over the map. This month the selected book is Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian.

Date: February 25th
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Rediscovered Bookshop, 7079 Overland, Boise, ID 83709
Cost/Other: Free. For more information contact Laura Delaney 376-4229 or email laura@rediscoveredbookshop.com

Family Reading Series

Join The Cabin's Carole Whiteleather and come 'hear a play' with some of Boise's finest actors.

April 13: Hansel and Gretel

Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Fulton Street Center for the Arts (9th & Fulton)
Cost/Other: Single Performance tickets: $7 Children (12 & under); $10 Adults; Ages 3 & under FREE (children must be accompanied by an adult).

For more information contact 336-9221.

The Friends of the Historical Museum Brown Bag Lectures

The Brown Bag Lectures are held the second Tuesday of the month from noon to 1 p.m.

March 11: Japanese Internment at Minidoka
April 8: Idaho Loners: Hermits, Solitaries, and Individualists, Cort Conley
May 13: Mining In Idaho: Today and Yesterday, Tom Blanchard

Time: Noon to 1 P.M.
Location: Idaho Historical Museum
Cost/Other: Free for Friends of the Historical Museum. All others $2.

Contact Idaho Historical Museum, 334-2120

Shakespeare on Sundays

Join Boise State University English Professor Matthew Hansen, students, and community members in collaborative read-throughs of Shakespeare's most famous plays. Bring a copy of the play and be ready to take part in a fun, fast table-reading of the play. These events are free and open to the public.

For dates and times contact MatthewHansen@boisestate.edu.

Literature for Lunch - Spring 2008

Book discussions are held at Boise Public Library from 12:10 p.m. to 1 p.m. and facilitated by Boise State University English Professor Carol Martin.

February 27: The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai.
April 4: The Gathering, by Anne Enright.
April 30: Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Time: 12:10 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Boise Public Library
Cost/Other: Free.

For more information contact cmartin@boisestate.edu.

Our Earth Our Ethics

Attend a community reading program with free Saturday morning discussions of books about the environment.

February 23: Solace of Open Spaces, by Gretel Ehrlich
Ada Community Library

March 8: Desert Solitaire, by Edward Abbey
World Center for Birds of Prey

March 22: The Botany of Desire, by Michael Pollen
World Center for Birds of Prey

Time: All sessions are 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Cost/Other: Drop in- no pre-registration.

For more information contact Ada Community Library, 362-0180 or visit www.adalib.org and World Center for Birds of Prey 362-8687 or visit www.peregrinefund.org.