Reading Local Seattle

Jul 11, 2009 0

Seattle, WA – 07/11/09

Who	Sisters Singing Group Reading
When	Saturday, July 11, 2009 7:30pm - $15 - All Ages
Where	Town Hall (map) 1119 Eighth Avenue Seattle, WA, USA 98101 Town Hall is Seattle's community culture center located in the historic First Hill neighborhood, on the edge of downtown. Town Hall showcases the community's cultural energy with diverse music, arts and humanities, civic discourse, and world culture programming. Housed in an historic Roman-revival-style building on the corner of 8th and Seneca, Town Hall opened in March 1999. Local, national and international programs and performances are scheduled year-round in the Great Hall and Downstairs at Town Hall. Please visit our calendar of events for a current listing of public events. Town Hall's name recalls town-meeting democracy and is emphasized by the intimate, curved, amphitheater-style seating of the Great Hall. Town Hall is a 501c3 nonprofit organization and relies on rentals, membership, volunteers, and fundraising to sustain its many activities. Town Hall is fully accessible. Assisted listening devices are available for events in the Great Hall upon request.
Other Info	lease join us for an evening of prose, poetry, and music celebrating the spiritual connections among women, and the publication of the book, Sisters Singing: Blessings, Prayers, Art Songs, Poetry and Sacred Stories by Women (Wild Girl Publishing). Edited by Carolyn Brigit Flynn, Sisters Singing includes the work of over 130 writers, artists, an musicians. Tonight's program features contributors from the Northwest, including June Bluespruce, Katherine Metcalf Nelson, Carolyn Davis Rudolph, Anne Mize, Beth Coyote, Pesha Joyce Gertler, Linda Barton, and Marcia Moonstar. This evening's performances should also include special appearances by musician Jami Seber, vocalists Alysia Tromblay and Coleen Renee, and by Carolyn Birgit Flynn herself. "Women have been waiting many generations for this inspired and far-ranging collection to accompany rituals, ceremonies, and meditations. A book as graceful as it is generous, Sisters Singing offers the music of stories, prayers, and poems—a call to sacred community." - Brenda Peterson. Presented by the Elliott Bay Book Company and The Bon Venture Fund.