WORDFEST spring 2010
Date: Thursday, April 15
Time: Doors at 7:00 p.m., program starts at 7:30
Fee: $5.25 per person (includes GST)
Call 519-846-9698 for more details.
Featuring Ira Nayman
Facilitated by Donna McCaw
Wordfest is back! Come together for an evening of performance and appreciation of the power of the word.
Writers, poets, and storytellers are invited to read or recite a piece or two at our open mic
(approximately 5 minutes, depending on attendance). Or, just come to listen to the work of amateur authors,
up and comers, published professionals, and just lovers of the power of the written word.
You must contact the Elora Centre for the Arts to sign up to be included in the open-mic segment.
519-846-9698
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Featuring
Ira Nayman
Ira Nayman is a comedy writer. In the 1980s, he was a writer/performer with the Earth Two and Dead Air radio sketch comedy troupes. He has written 14 feature length screenplays and approximately 85 scripts for television, most of which are neatly divided into 12 original series. Two Les Pages aux Folles books, No Public Figure Too Big, No Personal Foible Too Small and Alternate Reality Ain't What It Used To Be, are currently available in print. The audio drama of the latter will be released online soon. A third, What Were Once Miracles Are Now Children's Toys will be out in paperback soon.
When he isn't being satirical all over the place, Ira teaches new media at Ryerson University. He has a Masters degree from the New School for Social Research; his thesis was on adapting traditional storytelling techniques for interactive media. He has a PhD from McGill; his dissertation was a study of fiction writers who post their work on the World Wide Web and the social forces that could aid or hinder them. Ira has written film criticism for Reel Independence and Creative Screenwriting, as well as media and film criticism for *Spark Online.
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Facilitated by
Donna McCaw
Artist Bio: Donna McCaw has published 2 books of poetry and 2 collections of short stories:
Sing a Song of Six Packs, Under the Apple Boughs, Spiral to the Heart,
and the Spell of Crazy Love.
She has hosted two other Wordfest events at the Elora Centre for the Arts, does storytelling at various venues, and has led creative writing classes.
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