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Bello Da Moire

Tim Rumsey explains Bello Da Moire (Beautiful to Die For):

At some point in life, most of us have had an experience the Italians call bello da moire – an aesthetic/emotional/spiritual experience so beautiful and fulfilling, it seems “perfect,” as if we and the world couldn’t be or get any better.  We feel like, “I’ve arrived,” or “this is it.” Paradoxically, it triggers a thought, “I could die now and all would be well.”  This isn’t a depressing idea, but one that fills us with deep joy, ecstasy.”

Rumsey invites you to share a Bello Da Moire poem, story, song, or piece that tries to convey the essence of this peak “in the zone” moment.

Each performer has 10 minutes max of stage time to do one poem, song, or story.

When:  Saturday, March 14 (doors at 6, performances at 7 p.m.)

Where: The Indigo Room, 2080 Vine Street, Orlando, FL 32806

RSVP: Email Tim Rumsey at timothyrumsey@yahoo.com or call at 321-279-2717

BYOB: Bring your own beverage.

 

Celebrations, What's Happening

Saint Augustine Speaks!

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National Poetry Month Kick-off: Saint Augustine Speaks Poetry Reading
Sun March 29, 2015 3:00 to 5 PM City Coffee Company

A poetry reading to kick-off National Poetry Month (April) will be held on Sunday March 29 from 3:00 to 5 PM at City Coffee Company, located at 1280 N Ponce De Leon Blvd (near the Village Inn). National Poetry Month is a month-long, national celebration in April of poetry established by the Academy of American Poets. The concept is to widen the attention of individuals and the media—to the art of poetry, to living poets, to our complex poetic heritage, and to poetry books and journals of wide aesthetic range and concern. The community is invited to share a poem or just soak in the Saint Augustine poetry scene. The reading will be held “renga style” with no emcee or sign-up sheet and will end when all presenters have had an opportunity to share. For more info find the group on Facebook, or www.bodor.org.

Celebrations, What's Happening

Catherine Gildiner Coming Ashore at Writers Block

Catherine Gildiner

 

SUNDAY MARCH 8TH, from 1:00-3:00 PM, CATHERINE GILDINER, author of COMING ASHORE, will sign books at Writers Block Bookstore in Winter Park.

Catherine Gildiner wrote the New York Times best selling childhood memoir titled Too Close to the Falls. A decade later, she published a sequel, a teenage memoir of life in the 60’s called After the Falls. Her newly released third and final memoir called Coming Ashore, which covers her life as a student at Oxford in England, teaching in the burning ghetto in Cleveland, and finally her graduate school years in Toronto.