Joshua Tree Writing Workshop, Reading, Film Event!

Saturday, April 17, 2010
Focus on Joshua Tree:
Desert Writing Workshop, Author Reading,
& Joshua Tree Film/Photography
Twentynine Palms Inn, 29 Palms, CA www.29palmsinn.com
FREE! OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

4:00-6:00 p.m. DESERT WRITING WORKSHOP
Led by Ruth Nolan, M.A., Professor, College of the Desert
Join us for a desert-focused writing workshop focusing on composing poetry and prose by interacting with our desert surroundings and engaging the senses and creative spirit to capture the power of place in this unique setting.

6:30-8:30 p.m. DESERT AUTHORS READING:
DEANNE STILLMAN and RUTH NOLAN
• Deanne Stillman, “Rolling Stone Magazine” journalist and award-winning author of Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West, the bestseller Twentynine Palms: A True Story of Murder, Marines, and the Mojave,” and Joshua Tree: Desolation Tango.

• Ruth Nolan, editor of No Place for a Puritan: the literature of California’s deserts and author of Wild Wash Road and Dry Waterfall.

• Escape to Reality: 24 hrs @ 24 fps: Joshua Tree Film and
Photography screening: desert photographs taken during the 2008 and 2009 UCR-California Museum of Photography Joshua Tree National Park UCR-California Museum of Photography.

For more information on the April 17 workshop/reading/film screening at 29 Palms Inn: runolan@aol.com (760) 964-9767

All events are presented in conjunction with the UCR- Museum of Photography Joshua Tree Photo Shoot 2010: Flash Flood: a three-day interactive photo/writing event in/around Joshua Tree National Park April 17-19, 2010. Sponsored by Sweeney Art Gallery, UCRiverside, UCR CA Museum of Photography, the Inlandia Institute, College of the Desert Solstice Poets/Writer. Thanks to the 29 Palms Inn!