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Second Friday, February 10, 2012
OK, we had our rest. Time to get break the winter lethargy and get moving again! Second Friday starts a little early at 6pm, Robert Sweetgall will present “The Motivation to Move – Five Great Physical Activities for Reducing Weight, Stress, Heart Disease & Diabetes Risk & Your Rate of Aging.” (part one – workshop 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm) and from 7:30 to 8:30, herbalist Darcy Williamson returns with “Winter Harvest - Medicinal Plants of the Powder River”
The evening program will be followed by your choice of Saturday morning (9-10:30) physical activity - Robert Sweetgall will lead “Nordic Walking 101 - Building Muscle, Burning Fat With the Ultimate Total-Body Walking Workout” 9 to 10:30 am, indoors at Crossroads Arts Center - or...
Darcy Williamson will lead “The River Foray – Discovering Medicinal Plants Along the Powder River” from 9 to 10:30 am start @ Carnegie
Stay tuned for further announcements for upcoming programs for March through fall 2012. We will have the Oregon Book Awards Author Tour coming again, a new presentation "To China in Search of Stories" from Kathy Hunter, new poetry releases from Carlos Reyes and David Axlerod, and much more.
WGEO Member Meeting Saturday, February 11.
The WGEO regular meeting will be held in the meeting room, overlooking the river pathway at Baker County Library at 2400 Resort Street in Baker City from 1:15 - 3:00 pm.
Poetry Writing Workshop, Saturday, March 3, 2012 , 2 - 5 p.m. at Arts East White House Gallery.
HOW TO WRITE THE WEIRD: The Hows, Whys and Ways of Valuable Estrangements -- Poetry Workshop
In this three-hour workshop, Phantom Drift poetry editor, Dr. Matt Schumacher, will reveal methods writers can use to valuably de-familiarize and otherwise add a wild side to their writing. Participants may find that sudden weirdnesses of self-expression more than liberating; such seeming digressions might ultimately better their work.
Arts East White House Gallery,6th St. & L Ave., La Grande, Oregon (Workshop Fee: $25. Limit Ten Participants)
Send check payable to Phantom Drift at: Phantom Drift Poetry Workshop PO Box 3235 La Grande, OR 97850
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