Miscellany

Poet Karenne Wood read from her work on the ECU campus at Mendenhall and at the Greenville Museum of Art on Oct. 20 as part of the Writers Reading Series of Eastern North Carolina organized by Resa Crane Bizzaro and Sharon Raynor. Wood is a member of the Monacan nation of Virginia and serves on the Tribal Council. She has also worked as a domestic violence victims's advocate and as an activist for the rights of women and American Indians and for environmental issues. Her first collection of poetry, Markings on Earth, won a First Book Award from the Native Writer's Circle of the Americas in 2001. She also received the Diane Decorah Award for Poetry in 2000 from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas and was named 2002 Wordcraft Circle Writer of the Year in Creative Writing: Poetry – both for Markings on Earth.

Congratulations to Stephanie Hall who got married May 17, 2003, to ECU alumnus Anthony Manley-Rook.  "We 'tied the knot' in Las Vegas!"

Don Palumbo has been miscredited (again) for being the series advisor on Yael Halevi-Wise's Interactive Fictions: Scenes of Storytelling in the Novel,  #123 for Praeger's "Contributions to the Study of World Literature" series. Although Palumbo may be a serious advisor at times the credit on the title page naming him "Series Advisor" has been misapplied. "This is some kind of computer error, or something, on the part of the press," Palumbo declaimed. "I am not the advisor of this series and have never heard of this book or author before.  I had nothing to do with it.  Still, I am waiting for the royalty check, and expect to get one."

Fulbright Scholar Dr. Shahla Naghiyeva presented a lecture and slide show on the culture and art of Azerbaijan on October 27 in Jenkins Fine Arts Auditorium. Her lecture was sponsored by The School of Art and the Women's Studies Program. During her stay at ECU, Naghiyeva will be translating poetry into the Azeri language and Azeri poets into English. Already she has translated, with the help of Peter Makuck, a poem by Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh titled "My mother."

Jason Myers will direct Footloose, the musical, for the Farmville Community Arts Council during the weekend of October 31, 2003, at the Paramount Theater on North Main Street, Farmville. The musical story takes place in a small southern town in the mid-1980s, where dancing is a crime and one holy man holds the will of the people in his hands.  However, when Chicago transplant Ren McCormack moves into Beaumont with his recently abandoned mother, his rebellious actions and toe tapping moves shake up the whole town.  The musical features pop hits like "Let's Hear It For The Boy,"  "Holding Out For A Hero,"  "Almost Paradise," and "Footloose." The show stars Jake Stewart as Ren McCormack, Kendra Goehring as Ariel Moore, Janice Schreiber as Vi Moore, Jason Sofge as Willard, Arrianne Collins as Rusty, Eraine Oakley as Ethel McCormack, and Rev. Gary Fulton as Rev. Shaw Moore. The show also features musical director Mary Morrison Dixon and choreographer Clarine Powell.  For tickets and show times call 252-753-3822.