IOTA POETRY SERIES

Readings take place at the Iota Bar and Restaurant, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Virginia (two blocks from the Clarendon Metro) on the second Sunday of the month.  Unless otherwise noted, all readings begin at 6:00 p.m. with open readings to follow.  Street parking available.   Admission free.  For information, call 703-522-8340 or 703-256-9275.

For the purpose of mutual publicity, The Word Works has established an alliance with the Iota Poetry Series. The Iota Poetry Series is organized and run by Miles David Moore. 

Reading Schedule in 2008

Jan. 13: Christopher Conlon & Lyn Lifshin

Feb.10: Hiram Larew & Kim Roberts

March 9: Heather Davis & Jose Padua

April 13: Tribute to Jacklyn Potter with Karren Alenier, Anne Becker, Michael Davis, Patricia Garfinkel, Myra Sklarew, Lucky Wentworth

May 11: Sandra Beasley & Susan Settlemyre Williams with guest host Claudia Gary

June 8: John Hoppenthaler with musical guest Shannon Brown

July 13: Judy Neri & Prartho Sereno with guest host Steven B. Rogers

Aug. 10: Lenny Lianne & expanded summer open reading with guest host Mike McDermott

Sept. 14: 14th Anniversary Celebration with featured readers from the past year (no open reading this time)

Oct. 12: Anne Becker & Kathi Wolfe

Nov. 9: Grace Cavalieri & Jean Nordhaus

Dec. 14: Kathi Morrison-Taylor & David Salner

Reading Schedule in 2009

Jan. 11: Heather Davis & Jose Padua

Feb.11: Erica Dawson & A.M. Juster

GERTRUDE STEIN OPERA

In June 2000, The Word Works and Encompass New Opera Theatre commissioned Gertrude Stein Invents A Jump Early On, a new music opera with words by Karren LaLonde Alenier and music by William Banfield. Nancy Rhodes has served as dramaturg. A workshop drawn from Act I was presented in Chevy Chase, Maryland, in July 2001 with an audience of 150 people and media coverage. Composer Banfield completed a working draft of a voice and piano score for Acts I, II, and III in August 2001. Public previews of the work-in-process opera took place in 2002 in New York City at the Manhattan School of Music and the Cultural Project Theatre. The premiere of Gertrude Stein Invents A Jump Early On took place June 15-18, 2005. See steinopera.com for details. Visit scene4.com for monthly articles by Karren Alenier about the process of developing a new opera. Also learn more about the process of how this opera was developed at The Steiny Road to Operadom blog.

Individual contributions continue to assist the project.  The Word Works thanks everyone who has made a contribution to this project.  If you would like to receive information about the opera's progress, subscribe your e:mail address at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gertrudesteinopera . Your email address is hidden from public view and will not be shared with any other organization. You may also write to editor@wordworksdc.com and ask to be included on the mailing list for periodic updates.