Poetry Live! on April 17

Actors will read and perform the poems of 17 finalists (grades 2-12) on Saturday, April 17, at 2 pm on the main stage at Spokane Civic Theater. Tickets: $5. Coordinated by Sandra Hosking and run in conjunction with Get Lit! Call 325-2507.

Shameless plug for online book discussion before Get Lit

Not really theater-related, but ...
(On the other hand, Bobo counted nearly 500 folks at Gonzaga on Tuesday night for Sharon Olds. And poetry readings are a kind of theater: Focused on the words and not the gestures, of course, though it was pleasant to be reminded how much facial expressions can add humor and foreboding, even when the speaker's stuck behind a podium.)

Anyway, Bobo's trying to get the word out on a literary thing he's trying to pull off:
A couple of online book clubs devoted to works written by two novelists, both of whom (by coincidence) will appear in Spokane at Get Lit! on April 17:
Richard Russo and Victor Lodato

Specifcally, I'm trying to inaugurate online discussion forums centered on Richard Russo’s novel That Old Cape Magic (about a middle-aged writer caught up in memories of his snobbish parents and the way his marriage used to be) and Victor Lodato’s novel Mathilda Savitch (in which a secretive teenage girl investigates her sister’s death). 

Bobo met Lodato briefly at the O'Neill National Theater Center in Connecticut, back in July 2005. (I remember; he won't; he was workshopping a play; I was there as a practicing critic.)
Russo's going to be interviewed onstage by Jess Walter as the premier event at Get Lit this April. 

In early April at Auntie’s Bookstore, we're going to schedule discussons at which you’ll have a chance to meet the people you’ve discussed the books with online. Visit “Inlander Book Club” at Facebook.com.

Actors needed for Get Lit!

... next April, to enact poems written by little kids (and older kids, too).
Contact Sandy Hosking at 953-9928 or debutpromotions@cs.com

As for the junior poets:
Deadline: Jan. 31, 2010
Spokane County students (grades 1-12) are invited to submit up to three poems (none to exceed 21 lines; must be original work; must be suitable for a family audience)
Winners get their poems dramatized onstage during Get Lit! and a free class at Spokane Civic Theatre Academy.
And it's free (but you don't get any feedback, sorry).

To submit:
Send up to three poems to Poetry Contest Coordinator Sandra Hosking at debutpromotions@cs.com.
Either send the poems in the body of the e-mail or attach a Microsoft Word or PDF document.
Include your name, grade, school, parent/guardian name, phone number, and e-mail address.