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Connie Regan-Blake CD Release event: Leap and Laugh! Tales of Adventure

March 10, 2019 from 7:30pm to 10pm – Isis Music Hall & Kitchen 743
Connie Regan-Blake CD Release event: Leap and Laugh! Tales of Adventure

March 10, 2019 from 7:30pm to 10pm – Isis Music Hall & Kitchen 743

Connie Regan-Blake's Taking Your Story to the Stage Workshop

April 5, 2019 to April 7, 2019 – StoryWindow Productions

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Interview with Gail Godwin about Grief Cottage

Started by Rob Neufeld in AC-T Book Reviews Aug 3, 2017.

Ellington in Asheville--a survey

Started by Rob Neufeld in Local History Oct 6, 2017.

Dave Minneman, heroic portrait

Started by Rob Neufeld in Local History Aug 25, 2017.

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Authors Patti Callahan and Don W. King Celebrate National Library Week with Montreat College Friends of the Library

Feb 8

Sue Diehl posted an event

Montreat College Friends of the Library Celebrate National Library Week at Graham Chapel, Gaither Hall, Montreat College, Montreat, NC

April 9, 2019 from 3pm to 5pm

Patti Callahan, author of the recent novel Becoming Mrs. Lewis, and Don W. King author of Out of My Bone: the Letters of Joy Davidman, A Naked Tree: Love Sonnets to C. S. Lewis, and Yet One More Spring: a Critical Study of Joy Davidman, will co-present on their works about Joy and her husband C.S. Lewis. The event is free and open to the public on April 9, 2019 in Graham Chapel, Gaither Hall, Montreat College.Reception and Book signing to followSee More

Feb 8

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TWO NEW APPALACHIAN NOVELS

I have, just released two Appalachian Novels.OUT OF THE SHADOWS, begins deep in the Appalachian Mountains of in WNC. It is partly a true story about a young man who ran away from home at the age of fifteen. He meets another runaway, and they fall in love.A journey where he faced adversaries, but also success as he walked, hitchhiked, and made his way across the country.GONE LIKE A CANDLE IN THE WIND, is a story of three young people growing up in a farming community in the Appalachian…See More

Jan 28

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The Main Show

The Main Show: a story-poem stage presentation(part of Living Poem)Program Notes (A program note reader comes out to read from the program notes.) Don’t listen, children, and do not hear.(A monster is coming and there’s no escapeWithin this story, and no good way to tell it, Except to gaze at the horror as at a flower,A disaster streaming off extremes it breedsEverywhere and in our minds, disabling…See More

Jan 26

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Hollywood Pictures Inc in Fairview

In the 1920's it seemed the whole country was caught up in excitement about films and Hollywood. Asheville and Western North Carolina were well aware of the hoopla of Hollywood. In fact, Hollywood (or at least filmmaking) was already beginning to come to Western NC.I recently stumble across an article from the Jun 6 1926 issue of The Asheville Citizen Times which mentions that Hollywood Pictures Inc, was planning to film just south of Asheville, near Fairview. But....was this really…See More

Jan 23

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Connie Regan-Blake posted events

Connie Regan-Blake CD Release event: Leap and Laugh! Tales of Adventure
March 10, 2019 from 7:30pm to 10pm
Connie Regan-Blake CD Release event: Leap and Laugh! Tales of Adventure
March 10, 2019 from 7:30pm to 10pm

Jan 16

Rob Neufeld posted a discussion

Intermission

IntermissionHear audio by clicking mp3 attachment!(Part of poem, "Coalescence") I thought I might take a break at this point to look around,Now that I’m in the business of making things resound.It’s so nice to have the luxury of being carefree. If you stop and sit back and try to take in everything,It stuns you and you can’t focus on anythingUntil something crops up, and what…See More

Jan 16

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Joan Henehan replied to Rob Neufeld's discussion Coalescence

"It's an odyssey..."

Jan 8

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Coalescence

The Main Show: A Story Poem Cycle(formerly, Coalescence) (part of Living Poem)The Main Show Program Notes (A program note reader comes out to read from the program notes.) Don’t listen, children, and do not hear.(A monster is coming and there’s no escapeWithin this story, and no good way to tell it, Except to gaze at the horror as at a flower,A disaster streaming off extremes it breedsEverywhere and…See More

Dec 11, 2018

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The Sultan's Dream

The Sultan’s Dream (Part of Living Poem) When it comes to walking, the jig’s up.No more fit lad sitting at the pub.No more flim-flam smiling with a limp. See how the legs totter and the torso leans.Do you know what a lame sultan dreams?Of reclining on a divan wearing pantaloons, Comparing his plight to a mountaineer’sNegotiating an icy bluff in a fierce wind,And then lounging in a tent to unwind. Which…See More

Nov 15, 2018

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The Tale of Ononis

The Tale of Ononis by Rob Neufeld Part 1: The Making of a Celebrity ❧ Hare Begins His Tale Ononis was my region’s name.People now call it Never-the-same.I’ll start with the day a delivery came. The package I got was a devil’s dare,Swaddled and knotted in Swamp Bloat hairAnd bearing, in red, one word: “Beware!” Bloats are creatures from the Land of Mud Pies,Wallowing in waste with tightly closed eyesUntil fears bring tears and the bleary bloats rise. ❧ Hare’s Colleagues I asked my boss,…See More

Nov 9, 2018

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Connie Regan-Blake posted an event

Drop Your Troubles: A Solo Storytelling Performance with Connie Regan-Blake at Black Mountain Center for the Arts

December 1, 2018 from 7:30pm to 9pm

Join this internationally renowned storyteller, Connie Regan-Blake, as she transforms a packed theater into an intimate circle of friends with old-timey charm, wisdom, and humor. We’ll also welcome the Singer of Stories, Donna Marie Todd, who will perform her original story, “The Amazing Zicafoose Sisters.” Connie’s last two shows at BMCA have sold…See More

Nov 6, 2018

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Connie Regan-Blake presents A Slice of Life: An Evening of Stories at Black Mountain Center for the Arts

April 6, 2019 from 7:30pm to 9pm

Join nationally celebrated storyteller, Connie Regan-Blake, as she hosts her workshop participants in an enchanting evening of storytelling in “A Slice of Life: An Evening of Stories.” The event will be hosted by the Black Mountain Center for the Arts, just a short drive from Asheville nestled in the picturesque mountains surrounding the area. Call the Center for advance tickets (828) 669-0930 or order…See More

Oct 28, 2018

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Connie Regan-Blake's Taking Your Story to the Stage Workshop at StoryWindow Productions

April 5, 2019 to April 7, 2019

The focus of this “Taking Your Story to the Stage” 3-day workshop is on storytelling performance. Each participant is asked to come with a story that is almost “stage-ready.” Set in Connie’s home tucked in the beautiful mountains surrounding Asheville, NC, this workshop provides a supportive, affirming…See More

Oct 28, 2018

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September 2013 Blog Posts (7)

New Book: Commas, piranhas, and more

Hi folks:

The purpose of this posting is to announce the publication of my first (and last?) novel, Fish Food (a novel about life, death, and commas). It's a zany tale about, well, life, death, and commas. Here's the publisher's blurb.

"Michael Um is a grammar-obsessed, hearing-impaired evolutionary biologist who shares his home on Martha's Vineyard with three cats, an irascible parrot, and a tankful of red-bellied piranhas (his wife left him years ago for…

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Added by James D. Loy on September 27, 2013 at 7:25pm — No Comments

Stepping over to the e-side: Why I released Mountain Memories: True Stories and Half Truths exclusively as an ebook

Readers who have either met me briefly or who are life-long friends know that I am a champion for the printed word and Independent Booksellers. I’ll do just about anything to help those folk out which is why I dressed up in overalls and rode a stick pony while filming the…

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Added by Renea Winchester on September 26, 2013 at 9:00am — No Comments

Big weekend of authors in Hendersonville

Ann B. Ross and Robert Inman @ Fountainhead, Friday & Saturday

If you’re anywhere near Hendersonville this weekend, you may be gravitating to its semi-annual festival of literary activity, Bookapalooza, a multi-author event on Sat., Sept. 28; and to an Ann B. Ross talk on Fri., Sept. 27 at Fountainhead Books.

Ross is, of course, the author of the Miss Julia series, a character-rich, witty immersion in…

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Added by Rob Neufeld on September 25, 2013 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Rural Life Museum ribbon-cutting, exhibit & music

Rural Life Museum re-opens with big celebration at Mars Hill U.

It’s been seven years since the Rural Life Museum, a top history spot, closed down at Mars Hill College, now Mars Hill University, for renovation. On Sat., Sept. 28, it reopens—with performances, a major exhibit, and a reception, 2 to 5 p.m. The ribbon-cutting is at 3.

Mars Hill University is a pilgrimage site for people seeking archival materials…

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Added by Rob Neufeld on September 24, 2013 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Get a FREE Audio Book

FREE Audio Book Offer

Do you enjoy listening to audio books? Here's an…

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Added by Joe Perrone Jr. on September 9, 2013 at 8:56am — No Comments

Big author events this week: Akhtar; Shacochis; Kostova; Rash (as per Barbara Bates Smith)

Four major author events

Ayad Akhtar is coming to Appalachian State on Tuesday, Sept. 10. His novel, American Dervish, is this year’s Summer Read in Boone; and he’s the lead-off author in the university’s Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. See…

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Added by Rob Neufeld on September 7, 2013 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Bill Ramsey's new book "Now That I Think About It"

"Now That I Think About It" is a book of concise and original essays on topics including Washington politics, news makers, religion, family dynamics, reading and writing, love, hate, self destruction and the end of life. The essays are intended to stimulate thinking and social discourse. Available at Malaprops in the philosophy section. Also at Amazon.con, Barnes and Noble and on all e-readers.

Added by Bill Ramsey on September 5, 2013 at 11:09am — No Comments