Louise Runyon presents
"river, moon / wonder cover"
Decatur Arts Festival's Breaking New Ground
~ New Dance Festival ~
Friday and Saturday, May 25 & 26, 8 p.m.
Beacon Hill Performing Arts Center
410 W. Trinity Place, Decatur 30030
Free!  Limited seating; reservations strongly encouraged
Contact: patton@beacondance.org or 404-377-2929
Parking:  Free parking at the lot on the corner of Swanton Way and
W. Trinity Place (enter on Swanton Way)

Runyon will perform her new dance/puppetry piece, "river, moon / wonder cover." This piece includes a paper garland, a dancer puppet, a silver moon, and magic shoes, exploring the primal question of "what lies within." It reveals the child inside the adult, the passionate woman inside a long dark cloak, other surprises...
Other artists performing at the New Dance Festival include Celeste Miller with Chip Epsten, Ella Johannaber, Dancing Flowers for Peace, Alex Spitzer, Jahara Phoenix Dance Company, Onur Topal-Sumer and D. Patton White/Beacon Dance.

New Dance Piece to Premiere at Emory May 6!

Spring Fieldwork Showcase

Sunday, May 6, 5 p.m.

Emory University Schwartz Center Dance Studio
$7 at the door, cash/check only

Runyon will premiere her new dance/puppetry piece, "river, moon / wonder cover."  Including a paper garland, a dancer puppet, a silver moon and magic shoes, this piece explores the primal question of "what lies within," revealing the child inside the adult, the passionate woman inside a long dark cloak, and other surprises...

This performance is part of Fieldwork Showcase, which provides artists of different disciplines the opportunity to try out new work with structured feedback. Other participating artists are Dancing Flowers for Peace, Sharon Mathis, Ann Ritter and Shannon Turner, who will present theatre, dance and storytelling works. Audience members will have an opportunity to participate in the feedback process, and a reception will follow.

Note: Parking is free but sometimes crowded at the Fishburne Deck (on N. Decatur Road) on Sunday afternoons, so come early!

Louise Runyon, Featured Poet
1:30 - 2 p.m.
Print Big!
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Atlanta Printmakers Studio
Metropolitan Warehouse Complex
675 Metropolitan Parkway, #6026
Atlanta, GA 30310
404-316-6863

Ten participating groups from Georgia, featuring artists, community groups, college, university, and high school students will design and carve 4x8 foot woodblocks that will be printed with a STEAMROLLER! A portion of the proceeds from the day will go towards supporting the programming of the Literacy Alliance of Metropolitan Atlanta (LAMA).

http://www.atlantaprintmakersstudio.org/printbig.html

Celebrate National Poetry Month!
Louise Runyon & Alice Lovelace: Poetry Reading
Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 7 p.m.
Decatur Library Auditorium
~ Free ~ Poetry books available for sale ~
This event was funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc.
Sponsored by DeKalb County Public Library
Co-sponsored by Louise Runyon Performance Company

A veteran performance poet, Alice Lovelace is an arts activist who uses her talents to work for social and economic justice. She is a published poet, award-winning playwright, essayist, arts infusion specialist, teacher and community arts consultant with a Master’s Degree in Conflict Resolution. Alice is also the most dynamic performer of poetry most people have ever experienced! Louise Runyon's first dance/poetry performance in Atlanta, in 1981, was with Alice (see vintage photo). The upcoming reading will feature poetry from Runyon's third, recently-published book, The Clearing. Please join Alice and Louise as they team up again for an exciting evening - they are a dynamic duo!

Just Published! The Clearing
Poetry Reading
Louise Runyon and Megan Volpert
Wednesday, February 8, 8 p.m.
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center - Library
980 Briarcliff Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30306
404-872-5338 / Parking is in the back
$5 General Admission; $3 Students with ID, Seniors and Members

Based in archetype, mythos, and a panoply of forms, the poems in
this book explore the concept of “clearing” in many contexts and on
many levels – natural, personal, geographical, spiritual, individual
and communal.

TO ORDER: http://louiserunyonperformance.com/poetry.php#order

“Runyon has written poems and stories that resonate with emotional
connections to home, loss, hope, love, and leaving. Her words are the
language of geometry,dreams, memory, and the land."
– Alice Lovelace, Poet and Playwright

Just Published! THE CLEARING
Poems by Louise Runyon
with drawings by Suzanne Clements
POETRY READING & BOOK SIGNING
Holiday-Festive Event
Live violin music by Pat Vas Dias and Margaret Hayman
Hot Cider & Cookies!

Sunday, December 4, 2011 ~ 5:00 p.m.
Music begins at 4:45 p.m.
Forever Friends Building, 1151 Sheridan Road, Atlanta 30324
(off Cheshire Bridge, near LaVista - 2nd Floor - No Wheelchair Access)
Basically behind Tara Theatre
$10 donation – Optional

Discounts on The Clearing if you purchase earlier books of poetry
Cash and checks only

Based in archetype, mythos, and a panoply of forms, the poems in
this book explore the concept of “clearing” in many contexts and on
many levels – natural, personal, geographical, spiritual, individual
and communal.

TO ORDER: http://louiserunyonperformance.com/poetry.php#order

“Runyon has written poems and stories that resonate with emotional
connections to home, loss, hope, love, and leaving. Her words are the
language of geometry,dreams, memory, and the land."
– Alice Lovelace, Poet and Playwright

Just Published! The Clearing
Poems by Louise Runyon
with drawings by Suzanne Clements
Kick-Off Poetry Reading & Book Signing
Sunday, November 6, 2011 ~ 4:30 p.m.
Shambhala Center of Atlanta
1447 Church Street, Decatur, GA 30030
$10 donation – optional!
Tea & cookies afterwards

Based in archetype, mythos, and a panoply of forms, the poems in this book
explore the concept of “clearing” in many contexts and on many levels –
personal, geographical, spiritual, individual and communal.

“Runyon has written poems and stories that resonate with emotional
connections to home, loss, hope, love, and leaving. Her words are the
language of geometry, dreams, memory, and the land."
– Alice Lovelace, Poet and Playwright

Parking at Shambhala Center:
There is a small parking lot at Shambhala Center. There is also parking at
the businesses on either side of the Center, at Decatur Montessori and
Taurus Insurance.