Partnership Event

Participants in CMC's Women's Writing Workshop will give a live reading of their original work. Come out and support our first-time local women writers.

Join us for another FREE author event at Avon Public Library. Twesigye Jackson Kaguri with speak with us about his inspiring story of perseverance and determination to make a positive difference in the world. 

In Uganda, where HIV / AIDS has affected almost a third of the adult population, almost two million children have been orphaned by the epidemic—including the nieces and nephews of Twesigye Jackson Kaguri.

The Price of Stones: Building a School for My Village by Twesigye Jackson Kaguri with Susan Urbanek Linville, is the story of the building of an extraordinary school for these orphans and the astonishing effort by one man to raise an entire community out of poverty and hopelessness.  Weaving together stories that illuminate key life-changing moments in Jackson’s youth with the remarkable account of the challenges he faces as he overcomes countless complications in building the school, THE PRICE OF STONES is an unforgettable page-turner that demonstrates that one person with a dream can change lives and make the world a better place.

In 2001, Jackson—having left for the United States to continue his education—returns to visit his family in Uganda with his wife.  Having lost two siblings to AIDS, Jackson is particularly moved by the plight of the thousands of children in his district, orphaned by the disease and shunned by superstitious villagers fearful of “contamination.”  He and his wife Beronda vow to open the first tuition-free school for these orphans, despite the opposition of a domineering father, the difficulty of procuring supplies in rural Uganda and the corruption of local officials.  With the help of a multitude of supporters in America, Canada and Uganda and the sustenance of their religious conviction, Jackson and Beronda doggedly build a school, one room at a time.

Today, Nyaka School, www.nyakaschool.org, provides education, meals, healthcare, and often homes to 407 students.  Jackson, with an amazing vision, a shoestring budget, and unbelievable persistence in fundraising, has created programs for clean, gravity-fed water systems for the school and the town; a Grannies program to help the grandmothers who are often left to raise their grandchildren; a vocational training program; a farm to feed the schoolchildren and their sponsor families; and a second school, Kutamba, in a nearby district.  Jackson has also raised money to sponsor all students who graduate from Nyaka School as they continue their education at costly secondary schools in Uganda.

 

Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Author and Chief Medical Editor for NBC News, will be the keynote speaker for this stellar annual event.

Nancy Snyderman has reported on wide-ranging medical topics affecting both men and women, and has traveled the world extensively, reporting from many of the world's most troubled areas. She is Associate Professor of Head and Neck Surgery at The university of Pennsylvania.

The Vail Breast Cancer Awareness Group plays a critical role in bringing support to those diagnosed with breast cancer in Eagle County.

For sponsor information and reservations please call 970-949-8595 or visit www.vailbreastcancerawareness.org.

 

The Bookworm continues it’s Live at the Library series with a visit from author, Allison Amend.

Dramatic and lyrical, Allison Amend’s first novel, Stations West, is steeped in the history and lore of the Oklahoma Territory. Amend tells an unforgettable multigenerational—and very American—story of Jewish pioneers, their adopted family, and the challenges they face.

Darrin Strauss, the author of Eng and Chang, calls Amend’s book “a super-readable, super-smart debut novel that comes just when we need it most.  It’s the most vigorous, passionate, and enjoyable foray into America that I’ve read in a long time.”  And Hannah Tinti, author of Animal Crackers, says that “Alison Amend possesses the rare gift of being able to fully transport her readers to an uncharted land.  Her version of nascent Oklahoma reshapes the mythology of the Old West, telling an enthralling family story that reveals the role of Jews in shaping the American frontier.”

This event is FREE and open to the public! Invite the girls and make it the perfect book club night out!

Come watch the recently released film, Race Across the Sky, about the Leadville 100. Featuring 6-time defending champion Dave Wiens, and 7-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, this is the can't miss event of the summer season!

Following the film get up close and personal with top athletes Chris Carmichael, Gretchen Reeves, and Dave Wiens during an exclusive panel discussion and book signing.

Check out vailsymposium.org for more information.

The Women's Foundation of Colorado, Vail Stearing Committee will hold the anual Luncheon at The Park Hyatt in Beaver Creek. The guest speaker for this highly anticipated event will be Carlotta Walls Lanier, author of A Mighty Long Way.

Stay tuned for more information.

Register online for this day-long seminar at Colorado Mountain College, taught by published author Edith Lynn Beer.

 

Whether you are writing a novel or a nonfiction book, this seminar will show you how to organize your book, discuss theimportance of rewriting and managing style. Each student will receive a resource list with the names of editors, publishers and agents. The class will explore how to reach and talk to an editor, when self-publishing is profitable, how to market a book and how to create a platform for yourself.

 

This course has limited space and is $70.

 

About the instructor:

EDITH LYNN HORNIK-BEER is the author of four books, including "For Teenagers Living With a Parent Who Abuses Alcohol/Drugs." She has written for the major magazines and newspapers both here and abroad, and for many years she had a syndicated newspaper column, The Young World. She has appeared on many television and radio shows such as Good Morning America, The Mike Douglas show and she has been invited to lecture at conventions and various colleges and universities including Long Island University and Chautauqua Institute.

Alpine Arts Center and The Bookworm are pairing up for this wonderful evening of art and literature.  "Broken For You" by Stephanie Kallos is described as "funny, heartbreaking and alive with a potpourri of eccentric and irresistible characters" and the story illustrates the amazing qualities of mosaics as an art form. 

 

After reading this novel, you will have the opportunity to create your own mosaics at Alpine Arts Center and be able to share this experience with other readers!  We will meet from 7-9pm, and at the end of the evening you will have your own mosaic to take home with you, and hopefully a new appreciation for the book as well!

 

Register online; the workshop is $30. All mosaics materials will be provided, but you are welcome to bring any sentimental items that can be incorporated into your mosaics for a personal touch.

 

Instructor: Lauren Merrill

 

The Bookworm also invites you to enjoy specials from their cafe on the evening of the book club, so stop by for a bite to eat or drink before the event.

 

 

Register online for this reflective writing workshop will focus on women’s issues of culture and identity as experienced related to reading, writing and learning over a lifetime. Students participating in this workshop will engage in journaling, memoir, and essay writing, outside reading, and whole class and small group discussion that represent significant themes and changes that are central in our lives as women. We will explore identity issues such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, religion, occupation, physical ability, age, body type, geographic location, personality type, family role, etc.

 

This workshop is for those women who write for sheer pleasure as well as for those who write for understanding and healing. Join us on this women’s literary adventure - Monday nights from June 14 to August 9.

 

Class size is limited to 15 women and is taught by Nancy Schmidt. Registration is $139.

 

About the instructor:

Nancy Schmidt was born in Brooklyn, NY and moved to Long Island in her early teens. She received a BA in Psychology and an MS.Ed in Counseling Education from Hofstra University.  Her educational pursuits have always included a strong emphasis on writing and editing.  Nancy enjoyed a counseling career spanning 18 years at one of the largest suburban high schools in the country where she worked with both students and adults on personal growth and crisis issues.  She also taught Human Sexuality at the local community college.   It was during this time that she discovered the value of writing workshops as self-awareness and therapy tools.  She also pursued extensive training in mediation and designed and implemented a community conflict resolution program.

 

Having fallen in love with Colorado after numerous trips, Nancy and her husband, Fred, chose to move to Fort Collins in 2000. For 5 years, Fred taught at CSU and Nancy administered a Restorative Justice Program for juvenile offenders and worked as a court appointed mediator for Larimer County.  She continued to use the writing workshop approach in counseling both victims and offenders.

 

In 2005, Nancy and Fred moved to the valley, settling in Eagle Ranch.  Nancy has now begun Central Rockies Mediation and works as a conflict resolution facilitator with several county courts and for private clients.

 

Nancy and Fred have 2 sons, 1 daughter and 3 fabulous Grandbabies, who visit often and enrich their lives.

 

Nancy teaches the Memoir Writing class at Colorado Mountain College.  The summer Writing Workshop has evolved to meet the requests by students to continue writing in a group setting.

 

 

 

Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival presents the M5 Brass Quintet LIVE on the Bookworm patio.

This event is FREE and open to the public. 10% of today's book sales will be donated to Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival.

Visit www.vailmusicfestival.org for a full listing of Bravo! performances in the Vail Valley!