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February 2008 Programs & Events

2 Pages/2 Characters Playwriting Contest Winners Reading

Date: February 4, Monday
Time: 8:00 PM
Address: Writers & Books, Verb Café
Admission: Free admissions. Donations gratefully accepted

The winning plays in Writers & Books/Geva Theatre Center’s 5th annual
“2 Pages/ 2Voices” Playwriting Contest will be given their world premier reading at Writers & Books on Monday, February 4th.

Staged in W&B new Performance Space the winning scripts will come alive through dramatic performances given by highly experienced local actors under the Direction of Jean Ryon of Geva Theatre Center.

These original works, created by authors from the Greater Rochester area, will be presented for their first time on any stage.

This is a wonderful opportunity to see and hear some of the community’s wittiest and most original dramatic creations.

This is the fifth annual “2 Pages/2 Characters” competition, created by Geva Theatre Center and Writers & Books to encourage and support playwriting in our region.

Genesee Reading Series

Hosted by: Wanda Schubmehl
Featuring: Sarah Freligh & Anne Coon
Tuesday February 12 7:30 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
$3W&B members, $6 general public

Now in its 23rd year, the Genesee Reading Series presents writers from the greater Genesee Valley region reading in the Verb Cafe. Learn more about our featured authors.

Senior Reading Group

Tuesday February 12 2:00 pm- 4:00p.m.
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free and open to the public

Share your writing with other seniors in a comfortable, supportive atmosphere at W&B.

The Bertrand Russell Society

Hosted by: Dr. David White
Thursday, February 14, at 7:00 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Admission: Free to W&B Members; $3/General Public

This ongoing lecture series promises to enlighten and entertain. Monthly meetings are open to everyone, not just members of the Bertrand Russell Society.

During the late 1920s and early 30s, Bertrand Russell, then a world-famous philosopher, did a series of three books for Horace Liveright, the New York publishing house which had invented the Modern Library and was well known for publishing controversial authors. Russell's books and the U.S. lecture tours he took at the same time were all great successes. Some of his ideas for reform of self, marriage, education and society are taken for granted today, others have been rejected, but the study of Russell's popular advocacy between the wars provides us with a unique portrait of what the American mind was seeing and thinking about during what came to be called the Jazz Age..

Howard Blair on how Bertrand Russell Knew the Deal on Causation.

The notion of cause and effect seems obvious, but Bertrand Russell in a
1912 essay said that, scientifically speaking, it is a relic of a bygone
age. Howard Blair will draw on Bertrand Russell's esssay "On the Notion of
Cause" and a new book, CAUSATION, PHYSICS AND THE CONSTITUTION OF REALITY: RUSSELL'S REPUBLIC REVISITED (Bertrand Russell Knew the Deal), edited by Huw Price and Richard Corry.
Howard Blair is an associate professor of computer science at Syracuse
University. He is a regular attender of the Greater Rochester Russell Set
and has made many presentations related to science, mathematics and logic.
His previous presentation was on Bertrand Russell and quantum physics.

David White
Dr. White teaches philosophy at St. John Fisher College, is president of the New York State Philosophers Association, and is a founder of the Greater Rochester Russell Set.

For further information, call 415-5925 or e-mail: tmadigan@rochester.rr.com

Open History Reading Group

Hosted by: Steve Huff
Thursday, February 21, at 7:00 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free to W&B members, $3 general public

Topic for Discussion: T.E. Lawrence 
An open history-reading group. These gatherings discuss historical topics rather than specific books. The discussions are convivial, exciting, and informative. New topics for future discussion are then chosen.

25 & Under

Hosted by Sally Bittner Bonn
Tuesday February 26 at 7:00 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free toW&B members and students/ $3 general public
Featuring: Greer Nelson and Michael Lee Lewis Jr

Greer Nelson is a writer and cartoonist whose been creating for the last dozen years of her life. A published poet and winner of the Jane O’Brian Nolan Award for short fiction for her story, “This is the End,” Greer is a lifelong student of ancient and modern myth and folklore.

Michael Lee Lewis Jr. is a slam poet who studied creative writing at Schoool of the Arts and MCC. He also writes fiction in the genre of Wuxia, which is based in ancient martial arts. Michael’s influences include Amy Tan, Ezra Pound, Bruce Lee (believe it or not, he was also a poet!) William Carlos Williams, and Yasunari Kawabata. Michael is currently learning to read, write, and speak Chinese. He has been playing guitar for three years.

25 & Under: Rochester's Young Writers Read! Founded to celebrate W&B’ first twenty-five years serving the literary community, it is a monthly reading series featuring writers 25 years and younger. The only reading series of its kind in Greater Rochester, 25 & Under discovers and nurtures new generations of writers from our community.

Wide Open Mic

Hosted by: Norm Davis
Monday February 25 7:30 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free to W&B members, $3 general public

W&B is proud to sponsor Rochester's largest running open mike, hosted by Norm Davis, poet and editor of HazMat Review. Known for its eclectic mix. Wide Open Mike welcomes poets, performers, and writers of all kinds.

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