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.

 

Tinney Ripples Best of Baltimore List

Jason Tinney’s short story collection, Ripple Meets the Deep, was named Baltimore’s Best Book for 2015 by Baltimore Magazine.

“Any year Anne Tyler publishes a book it’s difficult to recognize anyone but the acclaimed Baltimore resident. But this book of short stories by Jason Tinney, a Frederick resident and occasional Baltimore contributor, distinguishes itself as a tour de force, rippling with nuance. Its bold scenes and characters from various walks of life who grapple with mortality and search for salvation, are expertly crafted, and leave you wanting more.” – Baltimore, “Best of Baltimore”, August 2015.

Where can you meet Jason and hear him read from Baltimore’s best book? At the next Lit & Art event!

Join Lit and Art at the Baltimore Book Festival’s CityLit Tent on Sunday, September 27 at 2 p.m. for readings by Jason Tinney, Holly Morse-Ellington, Richard Peabody, and Gregg Wilhelm, Eric D. Goodman, and Nitin Jagdish. WYPR’s Aaron Henkin will emcee.

Congratulations Jason! Learn more about Ripple Meets the Deep at his website.

http://jasontinney.com

Get Lit, Art, Music this Sunday

The first event in the 2015 Lit and Art Reading Series takes place this Sunday, January 25 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Watermark, 100 S. Charles Street, right across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

 

For the January event, our featured talent includes CL Bledsoe, Margo Christie, Sid Gold, Charles Rammelkamp, and Sally Whitney. Limestone Connection will share blues and folk-inspired originals and covers, with Jason Tinney at the harmonica and Holly Morse-Ellington at the ukulele. Manzar’s original art will be on display. To hold it all together, we’ll enjoy wine, refreshments, and conversation among like-minded artists.

 

Like all Lit and Art events, it is free and open to the public. So come along and bring some friends!

 

Hosted by Baltimore authors Nitin Jagdish and Eric D. Goodman, the events are casual and meant to foster the local literary community. In fact, we encourage attendees to bring about five minutes of their own work to share during open mic!

 

Started in 2007 at The Watermark Gallery, the Lit & Art Reading Series showcases local, national, and international talent—fiction, poetry, non-fiction, memoir, original art, live music—all topped off with wine, refreshments, and conversation.

 

Join us and find out why Lit and Art has been called the best excuse to get lit on a Sunday afternoon in Baltimore!

 

 

Join the Lit and Art Reading Series on Facebook. www.facebook.com/groups/181120815252390/

A 2015 Full of Lit and Art

With the new year comes a brand new lineup of talent brought to you by the Lit and Art Reading Series at the Watermark Gallery.

The first event comes on the last Sunday of January: Sunday, January 25 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Watermark, 100 S. Charles Street, right across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

For the January event, our featured talent includes CL Bledsoe, Margo Christie, Sid Gold, Charles Rammelkamp, and Sally Whitney.

 

Limestone Connection will share blues and folk-inspired originals and covers, with Jason Tinney at the harmonica and Holly Morse-Ellington at the ukulele.

 

Manzar’s original art will be on display. To hold it all together, we’ll enjoy wine, refreshments, and conversation among like-minded artists.

Like all Lit and Art events, it is free and open to the public. So come along and bring some friends!

The January event is just the tip of the iceberg. Take a look at some of the fantastic talent we have joining us on the last Sundays of January, March, June, September, and October of 2015: Madison Smartt Bell, DR Belz, CL Bledsoe, Shirley Brewer, Goodloe Byron, Margo Christie, Kathy Cottle, Caryn Coyle, Earl Crown, Dan Cuddy, Lauren Eisenberg Davis, Christopher T. George, Tom Glenn, Sid Gold, Ian Hochberg, Dave Housley, Bill Hughes, Michael Hughes, Frank S. Joseph, Limestone connection, Jerry Marconi, Bathsheba Monk, Holly Morse-Ellington, Jacob Panic, Richard Peabody, Charles Rammelkamp, Rosalia Scalia, Oscar Strangeways, Jason Tinney, Barrett Warner, Sally Whitney, Gregg Wilhelm, Mark Willen, and Joseph Young.

Each event will feature live music and original art, including the paintings of Manzar as well as other guest artists. Manzar and other visual artists have their work for sale at the gallery, both originals and prints. And many of the authors and musicians have their work for sale as well.

 Hosted by Baltimore authors Nitin Jagdish and Eric D. Goodman, the events are casual and meant to foster the local literary community. In fact, we encourage attendees to bring about five minutes of their own work to share during open mic!

Started in 2007 at The Watermark Gallery, the Lit & Art Reading Series showcases local, national, and international talent—fiction, poetry, non-fiction, memoir, original art, live music—all topped off with wine, refreshments, and conversation.

Our 2015 Lit and Art-stravaganza starts on Sunday, January 25 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Watermark Gallery, 100 S. Charles Street, on the second floor of the Bank of America building right across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Join us and find out why Lit and Art has been called the best excuse to get lit on a Sunday afternoon in Baltimore!

Visit the Watermark Gallery online.

www.watermarkgallery.com

Join the Lit and Art Reading Series on Facebook. www.facebook.com/groups/181120815252390/

The End Has Come

For the 2014 Lit and Art Reading Series, that is.

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

Classical piano will be performed by Tom Glenn. The original artwork of Manzar will be on display, and you can help yourself to free wine and refreshments.  Nithin Jagdish and Eric D. Goodman are your welcoming hosts. 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 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.

 

Pledge your intention to attend the event at the event page:

www.facebook.com/groups/LitAndArt#!/events/895063603844947/

 

Time to Play at Lit and Art

Lit and Art is known for fiction, poetry, nonfiction, music, and art. This time around, we’re throwing a short play into the mix.

The next event in the Lit and Art Reading Series takes place on Sunday, June 29 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Watermark Gallery across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

Featured talent on June 29 include Virginia Crawford, Wayne Countryman, Alexander Hewitt, and Ami Spencer. Live music performed by singer/songwriter Goodloe Byron, original artwork by Manzar, and wine and refreshments will fill out the program.

Hosted by Baltimore authors Nitin Jagdish and Eric D. Goodman, the event takes place at The Watermark Gallery at 100 S. Charles Street, across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in the BOA building, and takes place from 2 to 5 p.m.

Bring a bit of your own work to share at open mic.

Well into its seventh year, the Lit & Art reading series showcases local, national, and international talent—fiction, poetry, non-fiction, memoir, original art, live music—all topped off with wine, refreshments, and conversation.

Come find out why Lit and Art has been called the best excuse to get lit on a Sunday afternoon in Baltimore.

Learn more about the Watermark Gallery at the online gallery.

www.watermarkartgallery.com

Find out more about Lit and Art and the featured talent at the Lit and Art Facebook Page.

www.facebook.com/groups/LitAndArt

Stay Tuned to Writeful for more news on Lit and Art and events like this one.

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Looking for Lit

Lookin’ for lit in all the wrong places? Find an afternoon of lit, sprinkled with music, garnished with art, and drenched in wine and refreshments on the last Sunday of the month.

The next event in the Lit and Art Reading Series takes place on Sunday, May 25 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Watermark Gallery across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

Featured readers on April 27 include D.R. Belz, Kathy Cottle, Sid Gold, Nancy Green and Jessica Gregg. Live music performed by singer/songwriter Goodloe Byron, original artwork by Manzar, and wine and refreshments will fill out the program.

Hosted by Baltimore authors Nitin Jagdish and Eric D. Goodman, the event takes place at The Watermark Gallery at 100 S. Charles Street, across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in the BOA building, and takes place from 2 to 5 p.m.

Bring a bit of your own work to share at open mic.

Well into its seventh year, the Lit & Art reading series showcases local, national, and international talent—fiction, poetry, non-fiction, memoir, original art, live music—all topped off with wine, refreshments, and conversation.

Come find out why Lit and Art has been called the best excuse to get lit on a Sunday afternoon in Baltimore.

Learn more about the Watermark Gallery at the online gallery.

www.watermarkartgallery.com

Find out more about Lit and Art and the featured talent at the Lit and Art Facebook Page.

www.facebook.com/groups/LitAndArt

Rafael Alvarez Joins Lit and Art

Join us on April 27 and discover “the best excuse to get lit on a Sunday afternoon in Baltimore.”

Well into its seventh year, the Lit & Art reading series showcases local, national, and international talent—fiction, poetry, non-fiction, memoir, original art, live music—all topped off with wine, refreshments, and conversation.

Featured readers on April 27 include Rafael Alvarez, Ann Bracken, Barbara Diehl, Toby Devens, and Danuta Kosk-Kosicka. Live Pop-Grass music of Jacob Panic, original art by Manzar, and wine and refreshments will fill out the program.

Hosted by Baltimore authors Nitin Jagdish and Eric D. Goodman, the event takes place at The Watermark Gallery at 100 S. Charles Street, across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in the BOA building, and takes place from 2 to 5 p.m. Bring a bit of your own work to share at open mic!

Learn more about the Watermark Gallery at the online gallery.

www.watermarkartgallery.com

Find out more about Lit and Art and the featured talent at the Lit and Art Facebook Page.

www.facebook.com/groups/LitAndArt

More than Just Lit and Art

The next event in the Lit and Art Reading Series takes place on Sunday, March 30 at The Watermark Gallery. As always, it includes a diverse selection of featured readers, live music, original art, wine and refreshments, and the opportunity to mix and mingle with the local literary and arts community.

But this month’s Lit & Art is more than that. It is also a celebration of Persian New Year. And the closing reception of Manzar’s art exhibit, “Women West, Women East & Global Peace.”
The event takes place from 2 to 5 p.m. and may go longer if you want to stay to enjoy the celebration with Persian music, food and entertainment.

Our Featured readers in March are William Patrick Tandy, Julie Fisher, Sam J. Schmidt, g emil rutter and Diane Sahms Gaurnieri with music by Pop-Grass Banjo Dude Jacob Panic.

The art exhibit celebrates women from the east and the west and expresses a desire for world peace. “I hope in the near future we will have more wise women involved in politics,” said Manzar. “I believe this will lead us to a more peaceful world.”

Manzar, a resident of Baltimore, will be at the opening reception to talk about her work. She was born in Tehran, Iran. She has exhibited her work throughout the country and around the world.

“I strive for peace and beauty in all my works,” said Manzar, who also coordinates a “Teach Your Heart with Art” workshop.

The Watermark Gallery is located on the second floor of the Bank of America Building at 100 South Charles Street across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

To learn more, visit www.WatermarkGallery.com or call the gallery at 410.547.0452.

Visit Manzar and her work at www.Manzar.net.

Learn more about the Lit and Art Reading Series at www.facebook.com/#!/groups/LitAndArt/.

Join the event online at www.facebook.com/#!/events/531313730318712/?context=create&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming.

Olympians of Lit and Art

Take a break from the games in Sochi and join the Olympians of lit and art. The next event in the Lit and Art Reading Series takes place this Sunday, February 23 from 2 to 5 p.m. at The Watermark Gallery, 100 South Charles Street on the second floor of the Bank of America building across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

Featured this month are Elisabeth Dahl, Barbara DeCesare, Jen Grow, Charles Rammelkamp and Earl Crown. The original artwork of Manzar is on display, and live pop-grass music will be performed by Jacob Panic.

The event—including the wine and refreshments—is free and open to the public. Take your place on the platform and bring 5 minutes of your own work to share during open mic.

Don’t just sit on your couch and watch the Olympics. Join the Olympians of lit and art!

www.facebook.com/groups/LitAndArt

A 2014 Full of Lit and Art

With the new year comes a brand new lineup of great talent brought to you by the Lit and Art Reading Series at the Watermark Gallery.

 

The first event comes on the last Sunday of January: Sunday, January 26 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Watermark, 100 S. Charles Street, right across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

 

Our featured talent this month includes Barbara Morrison, Dave Eberhardt, Jack Downs, Jessica Lynn Dotson, Archer Sierra, and Meg Adams. Jacob Panic and his banjo will be there to share some pop-grass, and Manzar’s original art will be on display. To hold it all together, we’ll enjoy wine, refreshments, and conversation among like-minded artists.

 

Like all Lit and Art events, it is free and open to the public. So come along and bring some friends!

 

The January even is just the tip of the iceberg. Just take a look at some of the fantastic talent we have joining us in February, March, April, May, June, July, September, and October: Richard Peabody, William Patrick Tandy, Michael Hughes, Rafael Alvarez, Madison Smartt Bell, Barbara Diehl, Toby Devens, Barbara DeCeasare, Charles Rammelkamp, Julie Weinberg, Jen Grow, Elisabeth Dahl, Early Crown, Diane Sahms Gaurnieri, g emil rutter, Julie Fisher, Danuta Kosk-Kosicka, Ann Braken, Sam Schmidt, Tom Glenn, Jessica Gregg, D.R. Belz, Sid Gold, Nancy Greene, Liz Moser, Wayne Countryman, Alexandra Hewitt, Ami Spencer, Caryn Coyle, Lauren Eisenberg Davis, Dan Cuddy, Holly Morse-Ellington, Court Bledsoe, Ann Roberts Arbaugh, Shirley Brewer, and Ian Hochberg.

 

Lit and Art musicians Jacob Panic and Goodloe Byron will share their music, and we’ll be seeing other musical guests as well. Not to mention the paintings of Manzar as well as other guest artists. Manzar and other visual artists have their work for sale at the gallery, both originals and prints. And many of the authors and musicians have their work for sale as well.

 

Hosted and curated by Baltimore authors Nitin Jagdish and Eric D. Goodman, the events are casual and meant to foster the local literary community. In fact, we encourage attendees to bring about five minutes of their own work to share during open mic!

Started in 2007 at The Watermark Gallery, the Lit & Art Reading Series showcases local, national, and international talent—fiction, poetry, non-fiction, memoir, original art, live music—all topped off with wine, refreshments, and conversation.  

Our 2014 Lit and Art-stravaganza starts on Sunday, January 26 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Watermark Gallery, 100 S. Charles Street, on the second floor of the Bank of America building right across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

 

Visit the Watermark Gallery online.

www.watermarkgallery.com

Join the Lit and Art Reading Series on Facebook! www.facebook.com/groups/181120815252390/

 

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=

 

Michael Kimball Joins Lit & Art This Sunday

Join us on May 26 from 2 to 5 p.m. and discover “the best excuse to get lit on a Sunday afternoon in Baltimore.”

Well into its fifth year, the Lit & Art Reading Series showcases local, national, and international talent—fiction, poetry, non-fiction, memoir, original art, live music—all topped off with wine, refreshments, and conversation.

Featured readers at the May 26 event include Michael Kimball, Holly Morse-Ellington, Sid Gold, Caryn Coyle, Nik Karpon, and Shirley Brewer. Live music by Goodloe Byron, original art by Manzar, and wine, refreshments, and conversation will fill out the program.

Hosted by Baltimore authors Nitin Jagdish and Eric D. Goodman, the event takes place at The Watermark Gallery at 100 S. Charles Street, across from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in the BOA building, and takes place from 2 to 5 p.m. Bring a bit of your own work to share at open mic!

Join us on the Lit & Art Facebook Page!

www.facebook.com/home.php#!/groups/181120815252390/?fref=ts

To Miss Lit and Art on April 7 Would Be A Crime

It would be a crime to miss the next Lit and Art at the Watermark on April 7 from 2 to 5 p.m. The scene: The Watermark Gallery, 100 South Charles Street, second floor of the Bank of America building right across from Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The skinny: five authors and poets share their works of literature, poetry, and crime fiction. Accomplices: live music, original artwork. Exhibit A: wine; Exhibit B: light refreshments. Spotted at the crime scene: You.

The April Lit & Art event features readers traveling from as far as Indiana — and as close as our own back alleyway. Featured authors and poets include Lucrecia Guerrero, Jerry Holt, Julie Wakeman-Linn, Austin Camacho, and Kathy Cottle. Live music by singer/songwriter Goodloe Byron and original artwork by Manzar. Hosted by Nitin Jagdish and Eric D. Goodman. Bring five minutes of your own work to share during the open mic session.

The Lit & Art Reading Series is free and open to the public. Wine and refreshments will be served. Join us for Lit and Art at the Watermark from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 7.

You don’t have to be a sleuth to figure out why it’s been called "the best excuse to get lit in Baltimore on a Sunday afternoon."

Learn more (and join the online Lit & Art community) at www.facebook.com/home.php#!/groups/181120815252390/?fref=ts.

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