Commercials
No, I'm not writing about commercials and how I find them annoying and intrusive. Instead, I have a couple of commercials I am going to give myself here, so I apologize if you find them annoying and intrusive. I really try to keep the advertising to a minimum here because I personally dislike it.
So the first commercial is to give information, which admittedly is useful only to people who live locally to us, about the poetry seminar the J. and I will be leading next week. Here is the press release.
For Immediate Release:
Kish poetry workshop series begins soon
Kishwaukee College's Poetry Committee will lead interactive poetry workshops in a regularly occurring series on campus. Jud and Elizabeth Curry will start the Spring 2020 series with "Sharing Poetry with Children" on February 13 from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm in the Art Gallery (C1260). The event is free and open to the public.
The poetry workshop series invites members of the community to join Kish faculty, staff, and students in thoughtful engagement and interaction with poetry and poetics. "Sharing Poetry with Children" will explore how and why people should share poetry with children. Whether the interest is in poetry or instilling a love of poetry in children, participants will read poems and learn strategies for making poetry matter to children.
Jud Curry is the assistant vice president of instruction at Kish. He has taught college-level literature and writing among other subjects. Elizabeth Curry is a freelance writer, blogger, piano teacher and general polymath. Jud and Elizabeth Curry are homeschooling parents of 12. ''
Workshop participants are encouraged to park in lot B and enter through door 58 for easiest access to the Kish Art Gallery.
The next poetry workshop "So you Wanna Be a Slam Poet" will look at ways of performing a poem for a live audience. The workshop will take place March 12 from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm in the Kish Art Gallery (C1260).
There you go. Come if you are interested.
My second commercial also is mostly for local people. As you know, I've been volunteering with Horse Power, a local therapeutic riding program. I love it! I love watching how horses and riding can change people's lives for the better. But, you know, horses are not the most inexpensive things on the planet. It takes a chunk of change to make the program work. So, every year, Horse Power holds a bowling fundraiser to help raise funds to run the program and to be able to offer scholarships to students who might not be able to participate. This year's bowling fundraiser is on Saturday, February 22. Follow the link for tickets to come and bowl and have a chance to bid on some cool silent auction prizes.
The other things that happens concurrently to the fundraiser is the 50/50 raffle. Pretty much, Horse Power sells a lot of tickets. Then, a winner is drawn and they win half of the raffle money that was raised. It is usually in the thousands of dollars (if I understand correctly, last year's ticket sales were $11,000, so the winner would get $5,500). Here is a chance for non-local people to participate. message or email or call me if you would like to buy a ticket or two or ten, and we'll work out how to make it work. One ticket is $5, five tickets are $20, and ten tickets are $40. Buy some. You might win, or might just make it possible for a child with special needs to get to have therapeutic riding lessons.
Because, you know, horses are cool. For instance, read this recent study which found that horses understand human emotional states.
Thank you for your patience. We will now direct you back to your regular programming.
So the first commercial is to give information, which admittedly is useful only to people who live locally to us, about the poetry seminar the J. and I will be leading next week. Here is the press release.
For Immediate Release:
Kish poetry workshop series begins soon
Kishwaukee College's Poetry Committee will lead interactive poetry workshops in a regularly occurring series on campus. Jud and Elizabeth Curry will start the Spring 2020 series with "Sharing Poetry with Children" on February 13 from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm in the Art Gallery (C1260). The event is free and open to the public.
The poetry workshop series invites members of the community to join Kish faculty, staff, and students in thoughtful engagement and interaction with poetry and poetics. "Sharing Poetry with Children" will explore how and why people should share poetry with children. Whether the interest is in poetry or instilling a love of poetry in children, participants will read poems and learn strategies for making poetry matter to children.
Jud Curry is the assistant vice president of instruction at Kish. He has taught college-level literature and writing among other subjects. Elizabeth Curry is a freelance writer, blogger, piano teacher and general polymath. Jud and Elizabeth Curry are homeschooling parents of 12. ''
Workshop participants are encouraged to park in lot B and enter through door 58 for easiest access to the Kish Art Gallery.
The next poetry workshop "So you Wanna Be a Slam Poet" will look at ways of performing a poem for a live audience. The workshop will take place March 12 from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm in the Kish Art Gallery (C1260).
There you go. Come if you are interested.
My second commercial also is mostly for local people. As you know, I've been volunteering with Horse Power, a local therapeutic riding program. I love it! I love watching how horses and riding can change people's lives for the better. But, you know, horses are not the most inexpensive things on the planet. It takes a chunk of change to make the program work. So, every year, Horse Power holds a bowling fundraiser to help raise funds to run the program and to be able to offer scholarships to students who might not be able to participate. This year's bowling fundraiser is on Saturday, February 22. Follow the link for tickets to come and bowl and have a chance to bid on some cool silent auction prizes.
The other things that happens concurrently to the fundraiser is the 50/50 raffle. Pretty much, Horse Power sells a lot of tickets. Then, a winner is drawn and they win half of the raffle money that was raised. It is usually in the thousands of dollars (if I understand correctly, last year's ticket sales were $11,000, so the winner would get $5,500). Here is a chance for non-local people to participate. message or email or call me if you would like to buy a ticket or two or ten, and we'll work out how to make it work. One ticket is $5, five tickets are $20, and ten tickets are $40. Buy some. You might win, or might just make it possible for a child with special needs to get to have therapeutic riding lessons.
Because, you know, horses are cool. For instance, read this recent study which found that horses understand human emotional states.
Thank you for your patience. We will now direct you back to your regular programming.
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