April’s Showers Bring Great Readings

The next Lit and Art at the Watermark takes place on Sunday, April 24 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Watermark Gallery, 100 S. Charles Street, in the Bank of America building across from Baltimore's inner harbor. Come and be showered with some great lit, art, and music.


Featured readers include Robin E. Black, Kathy Flann, Christopher T. George, Tom Glenn, Sherry Audette Morrow, and Rosalia Scalia. Live music Braking Rays (Elizabeth Elliott and Larry Montgomery). Original art by Manzar. I’ll be your hosts for the afternoon: welcome to Fantasy Island.


Readings, live music, original art, open mic, free refreshments — the best excuse to get lit on a Sunday afternoon in Baltimore! Join us, and feel free to bring five minutes of your own best work to share during open mic.

Learn more at www.facebook.com/groups/LitAndArt.

Join the event at www.facebook.com/events/1759157347639260.

 

An Enchanted Evening in Historic York

The Smyser-Bair House / Historic York Inn invites you to join us for an evening of homemade food, drinks, palatial tours, live music, original art, and local literature at 30 South Beaver Street as a part of Downtown York’s First Friday festivities from 5 to 9 p.m. on November 6!

Berkshire-Hathaway will offer complete tours of the 1830s mansion, The Smyser-Bair House / Historic York Inn. Step back in time for a tour through history, with hand-carved, gilded Pier mirrors, stained glass, etched glass, hand plasterwork, woodwork, and chandeliers that rival those found in museums. Anchored in the historic district since the 1830s, and belonging to the Smyser-Bair family until 1979 (when it was left to the York Historical Trust before becoming a private inn) this home is a rich part of York's history, recently featured in front page news and on national television for its historic charm. (And it could be yours.)

Limestone Connection, a band from Baltimore made up of Holly Morse-Ellington (on ukulele and vocals) and Jason Tinney (on harmonica), will play a set of live music.

Eric D. Goodman and Nataliya Goodman will sign copies of their books, Flightless Goose, a storybook for children, and Tracks: A Novel in Stories. Tracks: A Novel in Stories won the Gold Medal for best fiction in the Mid-Atlantic Region from the Independent Publishers Book Awards.

Jason Tinney will sign copies of his novel, Ripple Meets the Deep. Ripple Meets the Deep was named best book of Baltimore in Baltimore Magazine.

Tom Glenn will sign copies of his novels, No Accounts and The Trion Syndrome. No Accounts won the 2017 Somerset Prize for Literary Fiction.

A beer tasting will be offered by Brewery Products, with samples of Wyndridge Crafty Cider.

Snacks, hot food, sliders, spiced cider for the adults and virgin cider for the younger crowd, wine, and other consumables will be there for the taking.

Whether you want to enjoy the beer tasting, live music, regional authors autographing books, spiced cider, autumn snacks, a tour of the Smyser-Bair House, or a little bit of everything, join us from 5 to 9 p.m. at 30 South Beaver Street, York, PA 17401 for York First Friday on November 6!

Learn more about the history of the Smyser-Bair House / Historic York Inn at www.YorkInn.info.

This is the End (for 2015)

The final Lit and Art of the 2015 season takes place the last Sunday in October—this weekend! Featured readers include D.R. Belz, Shirley J. Brewer, Katherine Cottle, Barbara DeCesare, Tom Glenn, and Barrett Warner.

Limestone Connection provides musical interludes. The original artwork of Manzar will be on display, and you can help yourself to free wine and refreshments. Plus, open mic offers the opportunity for you to show us what you’ve got.

Join us for the last Lit and Art of the 2015 season on Sunday, October 25 from 2 to 5 p.m. at The Watermark Gallery, 100 South Charles Street, second floor of the Bank of America Building right across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

Learn more at www.facebook.com/groups/LitAndArt.

For Veterans Day

Baltimore writer and veteran Tom Glenn has some bitter memories about the fall of Saigon. He was there, and under fire, when it happened. Tom regularly shares his (unclassified) experiences with presentations and readings.

He wrote a three-part series for the Baltimore Post-Examiner called Bitter Memories: The Fall of Saigon. Read part one at the link below—and follow along to parts two and three. Good reading material for Veterans Day … or any day.

http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/bitter-memories-the-fall-of-saigon-part-1/2013/08/18

Last Lit and Art of the Year

Last month, the Lit and Art Reading Series took its place once again at the Baltimore Book Festival—the Mid-Atlantic Region’s biggest literary celebration! We were hosted by the CityLit Stage—the hottest stage of the festival! Featured talent included Tom Glenn, Eric D. Goodman, Holly Morse-Ellington, Nitin Jagdish, Nathan Leslie, and Liz Moser. The event was emceed by NPR’s Aaron Henkin, whose program “The Signal” takes listeners on a weekly tour of Baltimore’s cultural landscape.

But we’re not ones to dwell on the past. Let’s look to the future.

The final Lit and Art of the 2014 season takes place the last Sunday in October! Featured readers will include David Andrews, Shirley Brewer, Tony Hayes, Richard Peabody, and Trish S.

Musical interludes of classical piano will be performed by Tom Glenn. The original artwork of Manzar will be on display, and the program will be held together with wine and refreshments. Plus, open mic will offer the opportunity for you to show your talent as well.

Join us for the last Lit and Art of the 2014 season on Sunday, October 26 from 2 to 5 p.m. at The Watermark Gallery, 100 South Charles Street, second floor of the Bank of America Building right across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

Learn more at www.facebook.com/groups/LitAndArt.

Lit and Art at Baltimore Book Fest

It’s that season again—time for the Baltimore Book Festival. It’s the Mid-Atlantic Region’s biggest literary celebration! The event takes place from Friday, September 26 at noon to Sunday, September 28 at 6 p.m.

Once again, the Lit and Art Reading Series has a place at the Baltimore Book Festival’s CityLit Stage—the hottest stage of the festival! Our program takes place at 2 p.m. on Sunday, September 26 and features Tom Glenn, Eric D. Goodman, Holly Morse-Ellington, Nitin Jagdish, Nathan Leslie, Liz Moser, and Manzar of the Watermark Gallery. The event will be emceed by NPR’s Aaron Henkin, whose program “The Signal” takes listeners on a weekly tour of Baltimore’s cultural landscape.

Other featured writers participating in this year’s festival include Alice McDermott, Rafael Alvarez, Jessica Anya Blau, Sid Gold, Jen Michalski, Lalita Noronha, and a multitude of others.

Learn more about this year’s Baltimore Book Festival at www.baltimorebookfestival.org.

Go right to the CityLit Stage!

www.baltimorebookfestival.org/schedule/location/3/CityLit-Stage

Get on Board at Litmore

Hop aboard for a literary event that will take you from DC to Chicago! It takes place this Friday, July 11 at 7 p.m. at Litmore, located at 1702 South Road in Baltimore.

Join Litmore in welcoming Kathleen Rooney, Tom Glenn and Eric D. Goodman for the event “Get on Board: Readings from DC to Chicago.” They will read from their novels which range from DC to Chicago by way of Baltimore
 

Litmore is a brick and mortar nexus for writers with a mission of supporting community-based organizations and programs and creating a foundation for the long-term sustainability of the literary arts in Baltimore.
 

Following the “Get on Board” readings will be an opportunity to ask the authors questions about their books, their own tracks to publication, and writing in general. Then, be sure to chat with the authors during the book signing.
 

Learn more about the event—and sign in—at www.facebook.com/events/282868091874281/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming.

 

 

An Event Bridging the Arts

This week an article was published in The Examiner about how the Lit and Art Reading Series bridges the arts. 

That's because every Lit and Art event brings together fiction, poetry, nonfiction, live music, original art, wine, refreshments, and conversation. The events take place several times every year at The Watermark Gallery, 100 South Charles Street across from Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

Some of the Lit and Art featured writers from the 2013 series included Madison Smartt Bell, Bathsheba Monk, Jessica Anya Blau, Michael Kimball, Jerry Holt, Lucrecia Guerreo, D. R. Belz, Nathan Leslie, Tom Glenn, Julie Wakeman-Linn, Sue Ellen Thompson, Charles Rammelkamp, Goodloe Byron, Jacob Panic, and many others.

The next Lit and Art at the Watermark events will take place on Sundays, January 26, February 23, March 30, April 27, May 25, and June 29.

Read about the most recent Lit and Art event, part of Baltimore Literary Arts Week and Free Fall Baltimore, in the Examiner article by Eric Campos.

http://www.examiner.com/article/lit-art-event-bridges-all-the-arts-with-the-theme-of-storytelling

Free Fall with Lit and Art at the Watermark

Join us this Sunday, October 13 from 2 to 5 p.m. for Lit and Art at the Watermark for an afternoon of exciting readings, live music, original art, a talk about the fall of Saigon with newly declassified information, and a special concert by acclaimed author Madison Smartt Bell! Not to mention wine and refreshments, all free an open to the public.

The next Lit and Art takes place this Sunday, October 13 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Watermark Gallery, 100 S. Charles St., across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

The program features original art by Manzar; original songs by Goodloe Byron; readings by Lauren Beth Eisenberg Davis, D.R. Belz, and Barbara Friedland; an exciting presentation by Tom Glenn on the fall of Saigon (he was there under fire as it happened); and a special musical performance by National Book Award nominee Madison Smartt Bell. Did we mention free wine and refreshments?

The Lit and Art reading series is part of Baltimore Literary Arts Week, which is part of Free Fall Baltimore.

This event is part of Literary Arts Week, a week-long celebration of literary arts programming and writers, poets, and readers, part of Free Fall Baltimore. Created in partnership by CityLit Project, the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance, the Maryland State Arts Council and with the participation of the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund.

Check out all of the events that make up Baltimore Literary Arts Week … and all of the exciting activities that make up Free Fall Baltimore!

http://freefallbaltimore.com/events.cfm?categoryID=

Learn more about the event participants at the Lit & Art Facebook Page.

www.facebook.com/groups/181120815252390/

Free Fall Baltimore Presents Literary Arts Week

Free Fall Baltimore is yet another reason to look forward to autumn; the free events are as plentiful as the falling leaves.

The most exciting part of Free Fall Baltimore is Baltimore Literary Arts Week. Readings, performances, even evenings with dead authors. There is a lot going on.

For example, the New Mercury Reading at Mencken House takes place Saturday, October 13 and the 510 Reading at Minas Gallery takes place on Saturday, October 19.

The Poe House is having a “Poe-pen” house as they reopen. The Great Halloween Lantern Parade and Festival is always a big hit. Free museums, theaters, concerts, and more!

Come enjoy “An Evening of Dead Baltimore Authors’ On October 10, featuring Edgar Allan Poe, H.L. Mencken, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dashiell Hammett, Ogden Nash, Walter Lord, Gertrude Stein, Upton Sinclair, Karl Shapiro, Emily Post, Munro Leaf, John Dos Passos, and others!

The very first item on the Free Fall Baltimore website’s list? Lit and Art at the Watermark! The next Lit & Art event takes place at the Watermark Gallery on Sunday, October 13 from 2 to 5 p.m.

Join us at the Watermark Gallery, 100 S. Charles St., across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor for original art by Manzar; original songs by Goodloe Byron; readings by Lauren Eisenberg Davis, D.R. Belz, and Barbara Friedland; an exciting presentation by Tom Glenn on the fall of Saigon (he was there as it happened); and a special musical performance by National Book Award nominee Madison Smartt Bell. Did we mention free wine and refreshments?

Check out all of the events that make up Baltimore Literary Arts Week … and all of the exciting activities that make up Free Fall Baltimore!

http://freefallbaltimore.com/events.cfm?categoryID=

 

Lit and Art Hits Baltimore Book Fest’s CityLit Stage

When is Lit & Art at the Watermark not at The Watermark?

 

When it is at the Baltimore Book Festival!

 

Join us at 1:30 on September 29 at the Baltimore Book Festival’s CityLit Stage as we feature original art by world-renowned artist Manzar, live banjo by Pop-Grass star Jacob Panic, and original readings by Jessica Anya Blau, Eric D. Goodman, and Nitin Jagdish, and Bathsheba Monk.

 

NPR’s Aaron Henkin (who hosts the weekly cultural exploration of Baltimore’s cultural landscape on WYPR’s The Signal) emcees the event on Sunday, September 29 from 1:30 to 2:30.

 

Then … You don’t want to miss the next big event at The Watermark Gallery. Join us on Sunday, October 13 from 2 to 5 p.m. for Lit & Art at the Watermark, 100 S. Charles St., across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Original art by Manzar; original songs by Goodloe Byron; readings by Lauren Eisenberg Davis, D.R. Belz, and Barbara Friedland; an exciting presentation by Tom Glenn on the fall of Saigon (he was there as it happened); and a special musical performance by National Book Award nominee Madison Smartt Bell. Did we mention free wine and refreshments?

 

But first … we’ll see you at 1:30 on September 29 at the Baltimore Book Festival’s CityLit Stage.

 

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

http://www.baltimorebookfestival.com/schedule/event-detail/535/Lit-&%20Art

 

Lit and Art Kicks Off 2013

Join us this Sunday as we kick off the 2013 Lit and Art schedule!

The first 2013 event in the Lit and Art Reading Series takes place on January 27 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Watermark Gallery, 100 South Charles Street, second floor of the Bank of America building right across from Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

Featured authors and poets include Virginia Crawford, Earl Crown, Tom Glenn, Nathan Leslie, and Laura Shovan. Live music by Erik Kestler and original artwork by Manzar.  Hosted by Nitin Jagdish and Eric D. Goodman.

Bring your own work to share during the open mic session.

The event is free and open to the public. Wine, refreshments, and conversation will flow.  Join us for Lit and Art at the Watermark from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, January 27. Come discover what has been called "the best excuse to get lit in Baltimore on a Sunday afternoon."

Learn more about the events, featured participants, and more at the Lit and Art Facebook Page:

http://www.facebook.com/groups/408637512490280/?ref=ts&fref=ts#!/groups/181120815252390/?fref=ts

Exciting Year for Lit and Art

Along with 2013, we ring in some exciting changes for the Lit and Art Reading Series. The first event of the new year is Sunday, January 27 from 2 to 5 p.m. at The Watermark Gallery.

Started in October 2007, the Lit and Art Reading Series provides a unique opportunity to sample a wide variety of artistic sensibilities in one sitting. Hosted by authors Eric D. Goodman and Nitin Jagdish and the Watermark Gallery’s resident artist, Manzar, the events are free and open to the public. Let us pour you a complimentary glass of wine!

In past years, we have averaged about five events per year. For 2013, we’re proud to announce five events in the first half year, with more to follow.

This year’s programs will feature the talents of Michael Kimball, Nathan Leslie, Laura Shovan, Virginia Crawford, Tom Glenn, Julie-Wakeman-Linn, Earl Crown, Nik Korpon, Kathy Cottle, Djelloul Marbrook, Holly Morse-Ellington, Caryn Coyle, Lucrecia Guerrero, Jerry Holt, Austin Camacho, Lauren Eisenberg Davis, Harrison Demchick, Charles Rammelkamp, Sue Ellen Thompson, Goodloe Byron, Erik Kestler, Manzar, and more!

The first 2013 event takes place on January 27 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Watermark Gallery, 100 South Charles Street, second floor of the Bank of America building right across from Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

Featured authors and poets at January’s event include Virginia Crawford, Earl Crown, Tom Glenn, Nathan Leslie, and Laura Shovan. Live music by Erik Kestler and original artwork by Manzar. Hosted by Nitin Jagdish and Eric D. Goodman. Bring your own work to share during open mic.

Come experience “the best excuse to get lit in Baltimore on a Sunday afternoon.” Learn more about the Lit and Art reading series and other literary events at www.facebook.com/home.php#!/groups/181120815252390/?fref=ts

Craft, Business, and Art of Writing—Pen in Hand

The latest issue of Pen In Hand is now available online, and it’s free. The Maryland Writers Association publishes the newsletter, focused on the craft, business, and art of writing.

In the Summer 2012 issue you’ll find an interview with author Bud Sparhawk, sage writing advice from authors Tom Glenn, Meg Eden, and D.L. Wilson, and more.

Be sure to check out the back page for a news story about Tracks: A Novel in Stories!

Find it all in the latest issue of Pen in Hand at the link below. www.marylandwriters.org/PenInHand/2012-Summer.pdf.