November '10 Events

Here's what we've scheduled for November. Click to see December.
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		The Well Red Coyote Presents…Another Night of Music and Poetry Featuring: Allen Ames Friday, November 5, 6:30 pm: Join us for a musical and spoken word program called, "The Tenderness of Fire: Music and Poetry," performed by Allen Ames. Violinist, guitarist and poet, Allen Ames will play music by Bach, Django Reinhardt and others, and read poems from his own work and that of a few of his favorite poets. Allen Ames is part of the musical group, Lyra, with his wife, Maryanne Kremer-Ames. Allen and Maryanne are well known in Sedona, having played at the Briarpatch Inn for many years. Their CDs include LYRA: THE FIRST ALBUM, CHRISTMAS WITH LYRA, FOUR HANDS - ONE HEART and WAY BACK TOMORROW. Allen has performed with almost every musical group using the word "Arizona," including the Arizona Opera, Ballet, Pops and Jazz Orchestras, the Arizona Art Ensemble and, of course, the Arizona Roping Rangers. He has played with the Phoenix String Quartet and many other ensembles, participating in the Sedona Chamber Music and Telluride Bluegrass Festivals. He currently performs with Lyra, the William Eaton Ensemble, Meadowlark, and Mosaico Flamenco, as well as his new solo music and poetry act.

Writing Workshop: What’s the Point of Point of View? Saturday, November 6, 2pm: Arliss Adams, author of DEVIL’S DANCE and THE DEVIL’S DUE, will present a workshop, which will simplify one of the most complex and often confusing subjects in writing: Point of View. The first part of the workshop will deal with POV types, when they are used and what constitutes violations in different categories of fiction. The interactive portion presents “flawed” passages and members of the audience will devise ways to present the same information without violating POV, and share their solutions. California and Nevada author, Arliss Adams writes spinetingling thrillers under her own name, including her latest, DEVIL'S DANCE and THE DEVIL'S DUE. With her sister, she writes the humorous Silver Sisters Mysteries under the name Morgan St. James. In THE DEVIL’S DUE, as a teenager and young adult, Jen Connor has withstood violent rape, a near-fatal illness, the loss of a husband, and the smashing of all her dreams. But that was only the beginning. Jen has an arsenal of formidable friends--a Russian ballet instructor with shadowy contacts, an acid-tongued critic, a new man in her life, and a long-lost sister. Together they stand against Jen's adversary, but will they be enough? POV is often the most baffling, most difficult to understand problem new writers encounter. Here's your chance to learn it right, for what you write, so POV doesn't hobble your novel or short story.

	The Well Red Coyote presents…Another Night of Music Featuring Meadowlark Friday, November 12, 6:30 pm: By popular demand, Meadowlark – the musical duo of Rick Cyge on guitar and Lynn Trombetta on flute – returns for another evening of exceptional original music. This intriguing husband and wife duo began their musical journey together in 1993 at an organic food cafe in a beautiful pecan orchard where their music filled the trees and the birds rained song down upon the music they created. Thus the concept for Meadowlark was airborne. With flutes and pennywhistles, guitars, mandolin, violin and world percussion, Meadowlark strives to create an uplifting, instrumental voyage inspired by the beauty of natural places. Riding between worlds, these seasoned story-weavers draw listeners in to experience the places and times that served as inspiration for their unique compositions: A hovering hawk takes flight through string-tapping on Rick Cyge’s prized Lowden guitar; ocean surf resonates in the warm and mellow tones of Lynn Trombetta’s flute. Along the way, Meadowlark seems to change character in "chameleon-like" fashion from song to song, melding influences as diverse as Celtic, African, and Mediterranean in their original compositions.

Writing Workshop: “The Deadly Art of Short Story Writing”

Saturday, November 13th, 2 pm: Authors of the anthology HOW NOT TO SURVIVE A VACATION, from the Desert Sleuths Sisters in Crime, will discuss the art of writing an effective short story, from finding inspiration, to building its complication, to coming to a swift conclusion. The authors in attendance will discuss all forms of short stories, literary, genre and cross-genre works, as well as the current state of the market. Among the many topics they'll cover in this comprehensive workshop are: fundamentals (overview), character development, pov, setting/context, dialogue, plot, building to a climax, resolution, tension, genre, symbolism, locations (different from setting), names & Flash Fiction.

The contributors to HOW NOT TO SURVIVE A VACATION, whose stories all contain a travel or vacation theme, include JoAnne Zeterberg, R.K. Olson, Merle McCann, Diana Manley, Susan Budavari, Martin Roselius, Chantelle Aimee Osman, Barbara Goodson, Judy Starbuck, Connie Flynn, Lori Hines, Deborah J. Ledford, Suzanne Flaig, Howard “Doc” Carron, Robin Merrill, Nancy Nelson Redd, Margaret Morse and WRC co-owner Kris Neri.

Sophie Littlefield, author of the Edgar-nominated A BAD DAY FOR SORRY, says of HOW NOT TO SURVIVE A VACATION, “Smart, fresh, and fast-paced with twist endings worthy of master storytellers.” And author Simon Wood, author of TERMINATED writes: “Take a break from life — figuratively and literally, with these killer stories.”

Nature/Spirituality Talk & Sedona Book Launch Refreshments & Book Party: 6:30 pm Talk: 7 pm Friday, November 19, 7 pm: Nature can teach us so much about life and spirituality. Laura Carpini, author of BEAR SPEAKS: THE 7 SACRED LESSONS FROM A MONTANA GRIZZLY and the daughter of Sedona resident Emma Carpini, has some amazing wisdom to share that she learned from an encounter with a grizzly bear. BEAR SPEAKS is fantastical teaching tale in the tradition of The Celestine Prophecy. Laura went camping in the Montana wilderness to "find herself.”. Once in the forest, she discovered that she was anything but alone. As she explored the natural world around her, she encountered the trickster coyote, a wise old spider and an adventurous raven, all of whom had the ability to shapeshift and communicate with her, mind to mind. And soon she found herself falling in love with a magnificent bear named Ishmel. She writes of meeting Ishmel face to face for the first time: “The Grizzly roars. It is like thunder. The roots of the trees around us rattle. I cower before the sound. I consider that what I thought was an earthquake may have only been His bellowing. The Grizzly speaks. His words come to me in English, not out of His bear mouth, but directly into my mind: 'Fear not, Darling One. My roar is the roar of nature—the roar of all understanding.' I open my mouth to speak, but cannot. 'Communicate, but use your mind,' the Bear continues.” As she got to know Ishmel, he conveyed to her seven sacred lessons that she will share with us. These lessons are both familiar and new, with the ring of truth from various spiritual traditions. BEAR SPEAKS tells an enchanted tale about trusting what life presents us and moving forward with the lessons we’ve learned

	Buddhist & Bodhisattva Talk Saturday, November 20, 2 pm: Join us for the Sedona debut for the most exciting book in Buddhist thinking, BODHISATVA: HOW TO BE FREE: TEACHINGS TO GUIDE YOU HOME by Nicole Grace. On Wednesday, September 29 hundreds of San Diegans came out to meet Nicole Grace, a Buddhist monk and mystic, and get a copyof BODHISATTVA: HOW TO BE FREE: TEACHINGS TO GUIDE YOU HOME signed and blessed. “Sleepy Del Mar sure woke-up for Ms. Grace’s visit; this is the best and most successful book signing that we have ever had!” exclaimed Roza Palmer, the owner of Earth Song and the host of Ms. Grace’s sell-out event. “We sold over 200 books in just two hours. Ms. Grace’s new book must really offer something people need because we’ve not seen an interest like this before. We’ve had people calling for weeks in anticipation of her visit.”


Nicole Grace has been teaching the Bodhisattva Way for over a decade now, reaching thousands around the world. Her latest book Bodhisattva guides spiritual seekers from all faiths and traditions towards a deeper and more intimate understanding of the beauty, peace and preciousness of our lives. Inspired partly by the beauty found at our San Diego coastline, the verses and teachings in the book guide the reader to spiritual “aha” moments. Ms. Grace, a bodhisattva herself (a unique being dedicated to the enlightenment of others), so touched those in attendance that the crowd at Earth Song was inspired to genuine acts of kindness. A homeless guitarist arrived outside Earth Song and spent the evening serenading the long line of people gathered outside, waiting to have their books signed. People named him, ‘Alex, the musician’. At the end of the night, he left with a mouthful of cookies and pockets full of gestures from the attendees. In addition, a student gave him a signed copy of Bodhisattva. Alex expressed his gratitude to one of the event volunteers and said he was very touched by everyone's kindness and the book, from which he planned to create musical renditions of the poetry / teachings within. When she was informed about the attendees and ‘Alex the Musician’ the next day, Ms. Grace was thrilled with the story and commented, “This is a true example of the Bodhisattva Way in action. Compassion, Service, Sharing the Way.” Click to read a conversation with Nicole Grace. The term bodhisattva is Sanskrit whose essence is basically "enlightenment" (bodhi) and "being" or "existence" (sattva). Grace informs us in her introduction "that Buddhists believe that a bodhisattva is a particular kind of enlightened being- one whose compassion runs so deep that he or she resists a final dissolution of the soul into Eternity until all sentinent beings have themselves attained liberation from suffering." We are further informed that when you practice bodhisattva, you are required to live in the world without becoming seduced by it, nor overly repulsed by it. It is an acceptance of the world with all its tragedies, temptations, and complexities, while remaining inwardly immune to its influences. According to Grace, the verses in Bodhisattva: How To Be Free: Teachings to Guide You Home have become a vital part of her own practice of bodhicitta.