Showing posts with label Frausto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frausto. Show all posts

Monday, August 15, 2016

Word Bites at McGroarty Arts Center Open House, Saturday, August 20, 2016


Village Poets of Sunland –Tujunga Present 

WORD BITES 

at McGroarty Arts Center, 7570 McGroarty Terrace, Tujunga, CA 91042 

on Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

There will be four sets by six poets: Maja Trochimczyk, Elsa S. Frausto and Lois P. Jones at 12:30pm & 1:30pm; Joe DeCenzo, Art Currim & Marlene Hitt at 2:30pm and 3:30pm. 

These readings are scheduled in-between Regina Clark's docent tours of this historic site that was home to playwright and California Poet Laureate, John Steven McGroarty. 

All day, local artists will be presenting their artwork in booths and tents on the MAC park-like grounds. The Open House exhibitors-artists are: 



This event is part of the Maiden LA celebrations of art across Los Angeles and of the Sunland Tujunga Open Studios! Visti ST Open Studios website for a list and timeline of open houses locally: http://www.stopenstudios.com/




And don't forget, the week after, we have the exquisite poet Elline Lipkin and the sophisticated musical duet, Heather Donavon and Steve McCormick, who present on August 28, 2016 at 4:30 p.m. at Bolton Hall Museum on Commerce Avenue. 

See the post on our blog.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Elsa Frausto Becomes our Poet Laureate in the Passing of the Laurels Ceremony on April 27, 2014

The Sunland-Tujunga Poetry and Literature Committee

Presents

The Passing of the Laurels

The Induction of
 Elsa S. Frausto
Sunland-Tujunga Poet Laureate 2014

 Sunday, April 27, 2014, at 3:00 pm
McGroarty Arts Center, 7570 
McGroarty Terrace, Tujunga, CA  91042

An afternoon of poetry and music, with poets Dorothy Skiles, Joe DeCenzo and guests. 

The program includes poetry readings, as well as music for piano and for guitar.

Free to the public. Reception to follow. 

Government representatives from local and federal offices will be in attendance.

Monday, March 24, 2014

Village Poets at Sunland-Tujunga Library for National Poetry Month, April 5 at 2 p.m.


Celebrate the National Poetry Month with a reading by the Village Poets at the Sunland-Tujunga Library.  The reading will be held at the Library on Saturday, April 5, at 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.  The Library is located at
7771 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga CA 91042, tel. (818) 352-4481.

Village Poets consist of four former Poets Laureate of Sunland - Tujunga (depicted above, L to R):

  • Marlene Hitt, the first Poet Laureate of Sunland-Tujunga and the author of several chapbooks;
  • Joe DeCenzo, past Poet Laureate of Sunland-Tujunga and a Department of Cultural Affairs grant recipient whose published works include The Ballad of Alley and Hawk;
  • Dorothy Skiles, the present Poet Laureate of Sunland-Tujunga, whose writing has appeared in a variety of publications and anthologies;
  • and Dr. Maja Trochimczyk, past Poet Laureate of Sunland-Tujunga, the founder of Moonrise Press that published three volumes of poetry and two anthologies, and author of over 200 published poems.

The Village Poets will be joined on this occasion by two guest poets: Dr. Mira Mataric, Serbian-American poet and writer, recipient of numerous awards and honors, author of 36 books (and counting), and Elsa S. Frausto, newly selected to serve as the Eight Poet Laureate of Sunland Tujunga. Elsa's induction ceremony will be on April 27 at 3 p.m. at the McGroarty Arts Center.


MARIKO KITAKUBO AND KATHABELA WILSON AT BOLTON HALL, MARCH 23



One of Mariko Kitakubo's tankas in Japanese with English translation read by Kathabela Wilson, accompanied by Rick Wilson on Japanese flute, and percussion instruments is on You Tube:


The reading took place on Sunday, March 23, 2014 and further pictures and videos will be posted.





THE PASSING OF THE LAURELS CEREMONY, APRIL 27, MCGROARTY ARTS CENTER

The Ceremony, during which Elsa S. Frausto will be crowned with a wreath of laurels and will start her term as the Eight Poet Laureate of Sunland-Tujunga, will take place on Sunday, April 27, 2014,  at 3:00 p.m., at the McGroarty Arts Center in Tujunga, CA.  The program will include readings by Dorothy Skiles, the outgoing Poet Laureate and Elsa S. Frausto, the newly sworn in Poet Laureate, music selections, and recognition of both poets and our community by our elected officials. Reception to follow.

Dorothy Skiles at McGroarty Arts Center