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7/25/06
Greetings, Readers!
Remember that the annual Bike, Ride, & Star Gazing Event
is coming up Friday, August 11th at 9:00pm. The plan for this year is to
ride Paradise Path from Berman Creekside Park to the UI Observatory to watch
the Perseid meteor showers under the full moon. Bring your safety equipment!
And remember, bicycle lights and reflectors are required to participate. For
more information, call Roger Blanchard at 883-7098.
Auditions are coming up in a few weeks for Cow-Tipping
and Other Signs of Stress, a full-length play and a twisted romantic comedy
by Gregory Fletcher. Don't miss your chance to take part in the World
Premiere of this exciting new play, the winner of the 2005 Mark Twain Prize
for comic playwriting. If you would like to be a part of this production,
please make an appointment with Pam Palmer by calling 208-596-2270, or by
email at ppalmer@moscow.com. The auditions will be held Monday, August 14th
at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre from 6:00 to 8:00pm. The play itself
will be showing in late September - performances are scheduled for September
21-23rd and 28-30th.
Now Available at Book People of Moscow - Tickets for the
WORLD PREMIERE of Chris Barber's Love Sick. It is showing one night only,
Tuesday, August 15th, at 7:00 and 9:00pm. This film has been a long time in
the making, and is a genuine labor of love, Readers - I think it would be
well worth your time to check it out!
Also, this one is way off in the distance, but you should
know - Paula Coomer will be at Book People Saturday, September 23rd, from
12:00 noon until 2:00pm, reading and signing her excellent short stories and
poems.
Finally, Readers, we have a few things for you from
Robert Greene, the illustrious owner of our establishment.
"Fishtrap 2006 -
Fishtrap 2006 began with a memorial service for Alvin M.
Josephy Jr - author, journalist, and marine. Alvin Josephy was one of the
founding members of Fishtrap, a celebration of Western writing on the dry
side of the Pacific Northwest.
Josephy, author of Patriot Chiefs, Civil War in the West,
and the Nez Perce and the Opening of the Northwest, was honored by Horace
Axtell and a Nez Perce Dream Circle. Nineteen of the Umatilla reservations
sent letters honoring Josephy. The Lapwai Umatilla and Collive Nez Perce
were all represented at the ceremony.
The Native speakers brought to the foreground Alvin's
service in the Nixon administration, where he prepared legislation for the
Indian Self Determination Act of 1972 - an act that allowed Indian nations
to effectively govern their own affairs. Many thanks were offered to the
memory of Josephy for his work to improve Indian life. Writing may be about
expressing yourself, but some writing, such as Alvin Josephy's, can change
and improve people's lives. This is the writing which Alvin Josephy will be
remembered by.
For more information on Alvin Josephy and Eastern Oregon,
see Issue #3 of the High Desert Journal with Rich Wandschneider's article
'Alvin Josephy's Love Affair With the West'. "
"Against the Dark -
Sometime in December, when Thomas Pynchon's first book
since 1997 is published, might be a good time to catch up on your reading -
Against the Day, Pynchon's new work, is 900 pages long. But you will
definitely want to read it. In his new book, Pynchon returns to the early
20th century.
Pynchon sees similarities between that era and today, a
time of corporate greed and evil intent in high places. He writes
"Contrary-to-the-fact occurrences occur. If it is not the world, it is what
the world might be with a minor adjustment or two. According to some, this
is one of the main purposes of fiction. Let the reader decide, let the
reader beware. Good luck."
Return with Thomas Pynchon to a yesteryear that might
have been and think about where we could go from there."
That's all for now, Readers! Have a good week, and stay
cool!
-Book People of Moscow
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