Posts tagged ‘events’
WRITER’S FORUM E-BOOKS REVIEWS
WEBSITES HELPFUL TO WRITERS
This is a series of posts which, I think, will be beneficial to writers.
But first, I would like to include my usual warning about using websites.
Whenever you check a website you are, in my opinion and I talk from experience, being put on a list for sale. So, expect the possibility of being bombarded by ads from companies you, perhaps, have never heard of and have no interest in.
By the same token, I feel that once you call a business for information you are also put on a list, for sale, of similar companies to the one you have called.
That’s just how it is in today’s society.
I hope you find the information offered in these posts helpful.
Anyone familiar with my blog is aware of the area, Writer’s Forum, which already offers a host of websites important for writers.
Indie Author Project
IndieAuthorProject.com
Helps users of libraries find indie-published books.
Through this website authors can submit e-books directly to local libraries to be reviewed to be reviewed by industry editorial partners such as Library Journal and Publishers Weekly and library’s editorial boards.
This can lead to expanded discovery, marketing and networking.
Offers an archive of webinars with industry experts.
EMMET ROBINSON, PERFORMANCE
Coffeehouse/Concert
| Featuring Emmet Robinson |
May 18th Open Stage and Concert
Singer, Guitarist, Coffeehouse Entertainer
Songs and Stories
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
MY VERY GOOD FRIEND, EMMET ROBINSON WILL BE PERFORMING THHIS COMING SATURDAY. IF YOU WANT GREAT ENTERTAINMENT, COME AND SEE HIM.
Emmet Robinson presents an engaging variety of familiar and original tunes, new songs by writers not yet widely known and a variety of humorous material.
Emmet has entertained more than 3,000 club, concert and TV audiences from coast to coast. He’s also appeared with other folk artists such as Eric Andersen, Jamie Brockett, The Country Gentlemen, John Denver, The Greenbriar Boys, Patrick Sky, Michael Peter Smith, Townes Van Zant and Dave Van Ronk,
Emmet Has been a part of the Central Wayne Arts Gathering for many years and we are thrilled to have him on our stage once again!
Singer, Guitarist, Coffeehouse Entertainer
Songs and Stories
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
Emmet Robinson presents an engaging variety of familiar and original tunes, new songs by writers not yet widely known and a variety of humorous material.
Emmet has entertained more than 3,000 club, concert and TV audiences from coast to coast. He’s also appeared with other folk artists such as Eric Andersen, Jamie Brockett, The Country Gentlemen, John Denver, The Greenbriar Boys, Patrick Sky, Michael Peter Smith, Townes Van Zant and Dave Van Ronk,
Emmet Has been a part of the Central Wayne Arts Gathering for many years and we are thrilled to have him on our stage once again!
The Hall, Central Baptist Church
106 West Lancaster Avenue, Wayne, PA 19087
Enter through doors off West Wayne Ave.
For more info contact Jeff at jlcarroll58@gmail.com
or Facebook.com/Central-Wayne-Arts-Gathering
A NEWARK REMEMBERANCE
DOWN NECK ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
A NEWARK EVENT
During my youth I live in a section of Newark, New Jersey referred to as the ‘Down Neck’ Section of Newark. The area was also known as the Ironbound Section due to the many factories in the area. The title ‘Down Neck’ was acquired, which I once read, due to the shape of the Passaic River running past the area. And on the Sunday afternoon, nearest to St. Patrick’s Day, the residents of this area and my street, Christie Street, were treated to what had to have been one of the shortest St. Patrick’s Day parade in existence.
The local Catholic Church sponsored the parade, whose steeple I could see from my parlor window. Weekdays were filled with the rumble of Balentine Brewery trucks set on the mission to quench the thirst of a parched city. Sunday was a day of rest for the trucks, making the parade possible.
Magically, sometime before the parade, a green line appeared down the center of our street, harbinger of the gala event. I never witnessed this line’s creation, but every year it materialized. At approximately one-thirty the residents began to gather on the sidewalk. Since the brewery and Catholic Church’s school took up one side of the street, the number of residents was few. Of course, there were always the annoying boys riding their bikes down the center of the blocked off street before the parade began. I was proud to be one of their number.
The parade began around the far corner from my house, on Market Street. With a band, not a school band, but one made up of adult men most of which had almost mastered the instrument they were assigned. Before the band came a few ruddy-faced Irish men, decked out in their top hats, waving to the minuscule crowd. At the front of this procession were the parish priests. The parade was half a block long and took thirty seconds to pass. The procession turned the corner onto Ferry Street, melting into the Down neck neighborhood, and repeat the tradition next year.
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