Nancy Plain on Charlotte’s Web, her writing and the birds of John James Audubon
Some Pig!” These many decades later, I can still hear the emphasis in my mother’s voice as she read aloud these words from E. B. White’s masterpiece, Charlotte’s Web. This is the book that I “hero worship.” For who can forget this rich tale of life on Zuckerman’s farm, where the spider, Charlotte A. Cavatica, […]
Candace Simar releases fifth novel, SHELTERBELTS
Award Winning author Candace Simar, celebrates the release of Shelterbelts, her fifth historical novel, at The Franklin Arts Center on Saturday, May 16, from 1pm to 3:30 pm. There will be a short reading at 2pm. The reception is free and open to the public. Shelterbelts is set in a tightly-knit Scandinavian farming community in […]
Tucson Festival of Books 2015
TUCSON FESTIVAL of BOOKS, March 2015, Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona. Krista Rolfzen Soukup was a featured presenter along with best-selling author David Henry Sterry and Lisa Dietlin, a national recognized strategist and author, presented ‘The Inside Scoop From Book Marketing Pros’. The session provided marketing strategy direction in a crowded marketplace. Krista also presented the workshop […]
Poetry on the Wall 2015 Winners Announced
DONNA SALLI WINS POETRY ON THE WALL 2015 The Crossing Arts Alliance “Poetry on the Wall 2015” event was celebrated with a reception, poetry reading and announcement of the winners at the Franklin Arts Center on February 21. The event featured an exhibit of 52 poems with regional poets reading their selected work. […]
Poetry on the Wall 2015
The Crossing Arts Alliance will host Poetry on the Wall 2015 Reading and Reception featuring the poetry of twenty-one selected regional poets and a presentation by award-winning author Norita Dittberner-Jax, Saturday, February 21 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Franklin Art Center Auditorium, 1001 Kingwood Street Brainerd. Selected poems will be read and […]
Publishing and Marketing Class Series
Publishing and Marketing Class Series The Crossing Arts presents Publishing and Marketing Class Series, Tuesday evenings in February from 6-8 p.m. in room #127 at the Franklin Art Center, 1001 Kingwood Street Brainerd. Register by calling 833-0416 or on-line at www.crossingarts.org. Fee is $25 per class. Attendees may sign up for one or more of […]
“Creation, Blessings, and the World of Books” presented by Krista Rolfzen Soukup
“Creation, Blessings, and the World of Books,” will be presented by Krista Rolfzen Soukup as part of the Lifelong Learning Forums January 11, 2015 – 9:30 a.m. in Chapel Hall at Nisswa Church of the Cross, Nisswa, Minnesota. Do you have a passion for books? Love to Write? Feel lessened each day spent without pen or […]
Poetry on the Wall 2015 Call for Submissions
The Crossing Arts Alliance (TCAA) invites those interested to submit up to three poems for Poetry on the Wall 2015. Poets, consider this opportunity to exhibit your work and read during the reception. Submission deadline 12:00 p.m. on January 9, 2015. Poets of any age must have resided for at least four months of the […]
JD March
JD March is the author of the ‘Devil’s Own’ western series. Adventurer and journalist JD March has tracked leopards in the Masai Mara, skied competitively, ridden to hounds, paddled dug-out canoes on the Indian Ocean, and is an accomplished sailor. JD has lived in a series of unusual homes including a haunted 12th century house […]
Play off the Page review of Poet Robert Hass
This Post written by Mary Aalgaard and originally published on her Play off the Page Blog Quote of the Day: Figure out what is in you and how to make it sing. Robert Hass as he spoke to an audience at the Central Lakes College in Brainerd, MN. We were a mixed group, some college students, […]