"\;Like the river that drives much of its plot\, this debut novel runs smooth and fast\, with the occasional turbulent rapids and a few circling eddies. Lilli Chischilly is a lawyer for the Navajo Nation who finds herself at the center of several dramas-the murder of a Navajo elder\, the return of her childhood love\, and the collision of a presidential campaign with a reservation community. Chischilly embarks on a symbolic river trip with presidential candidate Lee\, his family and handlers\, and her old flame Jerome. Stacked with dramatic tension\, including Chischilly's doubts over the candidate's intentions towards her people and a would-be assassin with a score to settle against Lee ... the whole of the novel is tied together well by the Navajo perspective\, presented with a matter-of-factness and lightness of touch that make it hard to believe that Kitchell\, a geologist\, isn't a Navajo herself\; for that alone\, she proves herself a new talent worth watching."\;
--- Copyright © Reed Business Information\, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
"\;A stunning mystery debut by a gifted story-teller! Girl with Skirt of Stars is a head-long plunge into a mystery intertwined with the mysteries of Navajo culture and rendered in language as gorgeous as the southwestern landscape. Look for Jennifer Kitchell on the bestseller lists!"\;
--- Margaret Coel\, author of The Silent Spring
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T195550Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100213T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100213T230000Z UID:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/crochet-round-deborah-grossman URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/crochet-round-deborah-grossman SUMMARY:Crochet in the Round with Deborah Grossman DESCRIPTION:Learn to Crochet in the Round!
This class will teach you a fun new way to crochet!
Call the store at 988-4226 to register.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T195550Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100214T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100215T010000Z UID:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/love-letters URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/love-letters SUMMARY:A Special Valentine's Day performance of A.R. Gurney's \\"Love Letters\\" DESCRIPTION:A.R. Gurney's Love Letters chronicles the relationship between a man and a woman
solely through their correspondence. The play tells the story of Andrew Makepeace Ladd and Melissa Gardner\, whose poignantly funny friendship and ill-fated romance takes them from second grade through adolescence\, maturity\, and into middle age.
The production traces the lifelong correspondence of the staid\, dutiful lawyer Andrew Makepeace Ladd III (Saxon) and the lively\, unstable artist Melissa Gardner (Reynolds)\, the story of their bittersweet relationship gradually unfolds from what is written - and what is left unsaid - in their letters. The words are both hysterical and moving\, and the audience comes to know both of them intimately from their strict WASP upbringing\, through later life political aspirations\, love affairs\, military service and artistic ambitions.
A smash hit both off and on Broadway\, Love Letters captures Andy and Melissa with a precision of detail and depth of feeling only Gurney can command.
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Alaina Warren Zachary -- Melissa Gardner
Highlights of a career spanning over 40 years include the original Broadway casts of Grease\, (Yes\, the original!) Nine\, Baby\, Off-Broadway improvisational revue The Proposition\, Emily in the PBS radio soap opera Harvard Square\, and auditioning in Paris for French theatre legend Jean Louis Barrault and about a zillion radio and TV commercials\, from Ajax to Zayres.
Most recently\, Alaina appeared with William Verderber as Eleanor in The Lion in Winter directed by Suzanne Lederer\, at the Santa Fe Playhouse. Of the performance\, KSFR’s Dan Gerrity wrote\: “gorgeous\, luminous performance. Brava! Really sensational..you and William. It’s
just about as good as anything I've seen.” Prior to that\, she created the role of Judith Bliss in Hay Fever.
Last June Alaina played Mom in Alan Gelb’s Mombo directed by TV producer/director Bernie Kukoff in Chatham\, NY’s PS 21.
A sampling of favorite roles include Mrs. Clancy in Lee Hoiby’s one woman opera The Italian Lesson\, Ethel in Moon Over Buffalo\, Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music\, Mrs. Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank\, Truvy Jones in Steel Magnolias\, The Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods\, and Lake George Opera’s premiere of Ned Rorem’s Our Town.
Alaina won a grant to record the “lost” songs of Cecile Chaminade – Mon Coeur Chante. Her CD and materials are archived at Harvard at the Arthur &\; Elizabeth Schlessinger School of Contemporary Women.
A two-year resident of Santa Fe\, she appeared with show biz buddy Lisa Carman in their two-woman show Aged To Perfection\, for which she wrote the comedy. SFPH audiences saw Alaina in Benchwarmers 9 in Wedding Night by Deborah Magid and in Oscar-winner Gerry Fried’s play Morningtime Train at the Armory for the Arts.
Next projects include Robert Benjamin’s two person drama “Time Enough” directed by Clara Soister\, partnering onstage once again with Bill Verderber. In June she will be featured in The New Century by Paul Rudnick at the Playhouse\, again directed by Clara Soister. www.alainaz.com
William Verderber -- Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
Bill first worked in Santa Fe as a visiting artist at the New Mexico Repertory Theater. Most recent appearances in town include Sir Robert Cecil in The Last Tudor by Craig Barnes\, Orgon in Tartuffe\, Kent in King Lear and this past summer as Robert in Proof for the Santa Fe Theater Festival.
He appeared on Broadway in The Father\, Present Laughter and Cyrano de Bergerac with Frank Langella\, M. Butterfly and Division Street with John Lithgow\, and Inherit the Wind with George C. Scott. Off-Broadway work includes Frankie and Johnny in the Clare de Lune. In regional theatre\, Bill has spent seasons at many of the nation’s finest\, including the Guthrie Theatre\, the Hartford Stage\, Baltimore’s Center Stage\, Milwaukee Repertory\, Seattle Repertory\, St. Louis Repertory\, South Coast Repertory\, as well as the La Jolla Playhouse\, Actors Theater of Louisville where he appeared several times in the famed Humana Festival of new plays including two premieres by Pulitzer Prize playwright Marsha Norman.
Television appearances include Law and Order\, Easy Money (shot here\,) a recurring role on One Life to Live\, As the World Turns\, and The Guiding Light.
This spring Bill will appear in Robert Benjamin’s Time Enough\, playing opposite Alaina\, once again\, and directed by Clara Soister.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T195550Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100227T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100227T030000Z UID:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/martin-rosenberg-sacred-grounds-cafe-musings-mountains-santa-fe URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/martin-rosenberg-sacred-grounds-cafe-musings-mountains-santa-fe SUMMARY:Martin Rosenberg - Sacred Grounds\: Cafe Musings From the Mountains of Santa Fe DESCRIPTION:Sacred Grounds author and Santa Fe Vintage Poster Gallery owner Marty Rosenberg will read from his book of humorous and satirical commentaries\, short stories and prose. The program will also include selections from his soon-to-be-released next book Adobe Walls.
KSFR Radio Cafe Host Mary Charlotte Domandi will introduce this reading and join Marty for a Q and A session with the audience.
Marty is the past-Chairman Emeritus of the Santa Fe Film Festival\, currently serves on Chicago's DePaul University Art Advisory Committee and is the Executive Producer of the documentary art film Freedom On The Fence which has screened at various film festivals and N.Y.'s Museum of Modern Art.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T195550Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100302T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100302T030000Z UID:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/david-cargo-lonesome-dave-story-new-mexico-governor-david-francis-cargo URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/david-cargo-lonesome-dave-story-new-mexico-governor-david-francis-cargo SUMMARY:David Cargo -- Lonesome Dave\, The Story of New Mexico Governor David Francis Cargo DESCRIPTION:''Dave Cargo was a visionary governor. He was one of the first New Mexico governors to see the value of the film and television industry to our state's economy. He continues to be a colorful New Mexican and has a strong place in New Mexico's folklore.'' --New Mexico Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish
''David Cargo gave New Mexicans a say about those things that affect them. Through his leadership and his collaboration with the 'Loyal Opposition' in the New Mexico Legislature\, Dave accomplished much for the unrepresented citizenry. The establishment of 'one person-one vote' districting resulted in diverse representation of the legislative body. This significant action later permeated County\, Municipal and School District levels of government. In addition\, State parks and libraries will always provide New Mexicans with fond memories of (not so) Lonesome Dave.'' --Roberto Mondrago
''There is no precise way to explain the energetic life of New Mexico Governor David Cargo--attorney to the downtrodden\, as well as the rich and famous\; a changer of legislative reapportionment\, and at the same time inventing the first Governor's State Film Commission in the United States. He was a dedicated promoter of many films shooting and spending fortunes in our state. Then the true miracle happened\: a Republican became beloved by the liberal Democrats of Hollywood. It had never happened before and mostly likely never will again. He became personal friends with those behind the camera as well as the stars facing it\, and consequently had acting parts in twelve of those films. And now\, while writing his priceless historical memoir\, he has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to build\, and/or maintain twelve libraries in such isolated New Mexico villages and towns as Mora\, Anton Chico\, Villanueva and Corona. This is an unsurpassed heritage to leave for the mental and spiritual growth of the youth of New Mexico. Viva\, Lonesome Dave!''
--Max Evans\, author of The Rounders\, The Hi-Lo Country\, Madam Millie\, Bluefeather Fellini and other novels.
Maria Finn's husband was cheating. First she threw him out. Then she cried. Then she signed up for tango lessons. It turns out that tango has a lot to teach about understanding love and loss\, about learning how to follow and how to lead\, how to live with style and flair\, take risks\, and sort out what it is you really want. As Maria's world begins to revolve around the friendships she makes in dance class and the milongas (social dances) she attends regularly in New York City\, we discover with her the fascinating culture\, history\, music\, moves\, and beauty of the Argentine tango. With each new dance step she learns—the embrace\, the walk\, the sweep\, the exit—she is one step closer to returning to the world of the living. Eventually Maria travels to Buenos Aires\, the birthplace of tango\, and finds the confidence to try romance again.
As exhilarating as the dance itself\, the story whirls us into the center of the ballroom dancing craze. And buoyed by the author's humor and passion\, it imparts surprising insights about how to get on with life after you've lost in love.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T195550Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100307T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100307T020000Z UID:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/dream-within-dream-joan-gelfand-kelly-sullivan-walden URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/dream-within-dream-joan-gelfand-kelly-sullivan-walden SUMMARY:The Dream Within the Dream -- Joan Gelfand & Kelly Sullivan Walden DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T195550Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100310T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100310T020000Z UID:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/duane-roller-cleopatra-biography-presented-womens-voices URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/duane-roller-cleopatra-biography-presented-womens-voices SUMMARY:Duane Roller - \\"Cleopatra\: A Biography\\" presented by Women's Voices DESCRIPTION:Few personalities from classical antiquity are more famous--yet more poorly understood--than Cleopatra VII\, queen of Egypt. In the centuries since her death in 30 BC\, she has been endlessly portrayed in the arts and popular culture\, from Shakespearean tragedy to paintings\, opera\, and movies. Despite the queen's enduring celebrity\, however\, many have dismissed her as a mere seductress. In this major new biography\, Duane Roller reveals that Cleopatra was in fact a learned and visionary leader whose overarching goal was always the preservation of her dynasty and kingdom.
Roller's authoritative account is the first to be based solely on primary materials from the Greco-Roman period\: literary sources\, Egyptian documents (Cleopatra's own writings)\, and representations in art and coinage produced while she was alive. His compelling portrait of the queen illuminates her prowess as a royal administrator who managed a large and diverse kingdom extending from Asia Minor to the interior of Egypt\, as a naval commander who led her own fleet in battle\, and as a scholar and supporter of the arts. Even her love affairs with Julius Caesar and Marcus Antonius--the source of her reputation as a supreme seductress who drove men to their doom--were carefully crafted state policies\: she chose these partners to insure the procreation of successors who would be worthy of her distinguished dynasty. That Cleopatra ultimately lost to her Roman opponents\, Roller contends\, in no way diminishes her abilities.
This definitive portrait restores the Egyptian queen to her rightful historical status as a potent force in the ancient world--one whose policies and influence long
survived her and played a determining role in the future course of the Roman empire.
* Unlike other historical sketches that paint her as being subordinated to the men in her life\, this book shows that the men were actually subordinated to her.
* The book carefully uses ancient sources to place Cleopatra in the context of her era--the first century BC--so that she stands out as one of the most significant personalities of the time period.
"\;A rich\, comprehensive portrait of Cleopatra in her many dimensions--skilled orator\, medical writer\, linguist\, naval commander\, administrator\, accomplished diplomat. Using only data from the ancient world itself\, Duane Roller deftly disentangles the historical queen of Egypt from her later legendary selves. The real Cleopatra emerges in all her many-sided splendor\, with some surprises for us all."\;--Margaret George\, author of The Memoirs of Cleopatra and Helen of Troy
"\;Duane Roller has written a superb biography of Cleopatra VII. Accessible to the general reader and yet free of sensationalism\, this book provides a clear account of what can be historically known about the famous queen and the cultural context
in which she lived."\;--Kathryn Gutzwiller\, University of Cincinnati
"\;Meticulously researched\, compellingly written\, and with judicious use of the sources\, Roller's often breezy prose style makes for enjoyable reading\, and his no-nonsense historical approach\, leaving all of the speculative myths\, propaganda and legends to others\, breathes some fresh air into a subject who is after all one of the greatest and most enigmatic figures of the ancient world\, and who lived during perhaps the most momentous couple of decades in Mediterranean history. Roller restores to us both a sensible picture of the queen and a well-rounded sense of her life\, her surroundings\, and the culture and institutions that made Egypt in the last century BC so fascinating to Rome\, and such a threat."\;--Joseph Manning\, Yale University
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T195550Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100311T001500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100311T020000Z UID:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/opera-101 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/opera-101 SUMMARY:Opera 101 DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T195550Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100312T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100312T030000Z UID:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/fruit-tree-and-orchard-scouting-southwest-orchardist-gordon-tooley-presented-santa-fe-botanica URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/fruit-tree-and-orchard-scouting-southwest-orchardist-gordon-tooley-presented-santa-fe-botanica SUMMARY:\\"Fruit Tree and Orchard Scouting in the Southwest\\" - with Orchardist Gordon Tooley\, presented by the Santa Fe Botanical Garden DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T195550Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100313T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100313T030000Z UID:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/heidi-durrow-girl-who-fell-sky URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/heidi-durrow-girl-who-fell-sky SUMMARY:Heidi Durrow - The Girl Who Fell From the Sky DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T195550Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100313T171500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100313T190000Z UID:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/opera-101-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/event/opera-101-0 SUMMARY:Opera 101 DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR