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 2010

Jan. 10: James Hopkins with musical guest Bernard Stoltz

Feb. 14: Lyn Lifshin & Steven B. Rogers

March 14: Jehanne Dubrow & Tarfia Faizullah

April 11: From New York: Frederick Feirstein author of Fallout

May 9: Cliff Bernier & W. Perry Epes

June 13: Barbara Goldberg & Elisabeth Murawski

July 11: Dee Snyder's Open Mics anthology reading with Dee Snyder, Eric Hendrixson, Donald Illich, H.H. Judd, Tony Masalonis, and J.D. Smith

August 8: Annual All-Open Reading (no featured readers this time)

September 12: 16th Anniversary Celebration starring featured readers from the past season (no open reading this time)

October 10: The Poet's Cookbook: Recipes from Tuscany reading with Grace Cavalieri, Sabine Pascarelli, Karren Alenier and other poets TBA

November 14: From upstate New York—George Drew & Nancy White

December 12: Full Moon on K Street anthology reading with Kwame Alexander, Francisco Aragon, Robert L. Giron, Kathi Morrison-Taylor, Jose Padua, and Richard Peabody

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.