Festival Schedule
Thursday, June 12, 2008
7-9 p.m.: Opening Ceremony: Fish Worship Is Not Wrong, or How I Became A Scientific Surrealist Alaskan with artist, writer, and musician Ray Troll
Location: Davis Concert Hall, UAF (Fine Arts Complex on the UAF Campus)
Friday, June 13, 2008
10-12 a.m.: Children's Event: Bring some "CHILL" to the summer heat with a fun-filled session of Recess at 20 Below with author/photographer Cindy Lou Aillaud
Location: Noel Wien Library Auditorium (1215 Cowles St.)
12-2 p.m.: Funkify Your Fish Art: A Drawing Class for Teens with Ray Troll
Limited to 20 participants—call 474-7021 to reserve your seat.
Location: Noel Wien Library Auditorium
1-3 p.m.: You've Published, Now What?: Authors will discuss the process of publication and reveal publicity and marketing strategies.
Authors: Gerri Brightwell, Derick Burleson, Eva Saulitis, Peggy Shumaker, John Straley
Location: Auditorium (Level 2) Reichardt Building (aka Natural Sciences Building), UAF (Yukon Drive, UAF Campus)
1-3 p.m.: You've Published, Now What?: Children's authors and illustrators will discuss the process of publication and reveal publicity and marketing strategies.
Authors: Cindy Aillaud, Fred Freer, Ram Papish, Marianne Schlegelmilch, Chérie Stihler
Location: Room 203, Reichardt Building (aka Natural Sciences Building), UAF (Yukon Drive, UAF Campus)
1-3 p.m.: Campfire Cooking and Outdoor Survival for Kids (ages 8-12): Participants will learn how to cook over a campfire and assemble an outdoor survival kit. Free resources available will include Extension's 'Cooking Around the Campfire with Kids' and Sea Grant's 'Outdoor Survival Training Youth Manual.'
Limited to 30 participants-call 474-7021 to reserve a space.
Location: Georgeson Botanical Garden Pavilion near the Babula Children¹s
Garden
3-5 p.m.: Alaska's Influence on Creativity: Reading from some of their works, authors will discuss the influence Alaska has on creativity.
Authors: Marjorie Kowalski Cole, Loretta Outwater Cox, Joseph Enzweiler, Seth Kantner, Nancy Lord, Debbie Miller, Bill Sherwonit
Location: Auditiorium (Level 2), Reichardt Building (aka Natural Sciences Building), UAF (Yukon Drive, UAF Campus)
7-9 p.m.: Public Readings: Festival authors will be reading from their works at the following local coffee shops and bookstores:
Alaska Coffee Roasting Company: (4001 Geist Rd.)
Nancy Lord
Ned Rozell
Bill Sherwonit
Gulliver's Books: (3525 College Rd.)
College Coffeehouse: (3677 College Rd.)
Derick Burleson
Joseph Enzweiler
John Morgan
Gerri Brightwell
Marjorie Kowalski Cole
John Straley
Saturday, June 14, 2008
10-12 a.m.: Children’s Event: A Fox's Tale: Illustrator and author Ram Papish will read his new book "The Little Fox" and show slides of the Alaskan Islands that inspired his story.
Location: Noel Wien Library Auditorium
10-12 a.m.: Cooking with Chef Kirsten Dixon: Chef Kirsten Dixon will demonstrate cheese puff pastries filled with smoked salmon cardamom spread.
Limited to 30 participants-call 474-7021 to reserve a space.
Location: Hutchison Institute of Technology (3750 Geist Rd.)
12-2 p.m.: Creating Alaskan Humor: Drawing from Nature with Jamie Smith and Ray Troll
Location: Noel Wien Library Auditorium
1-3 p.m.: Under Northern Lights—Writers and Artists View the Alaskan Landscape: Authors and artists discuss the influence Alaska has on creativity.
Authors: Carolyn Kremers, John Morgan, Eva Saulitis, Peggy Shumaker, Frank Soos, Kes Woodward, Robert Hannon
Location: Auditorium (Level 2), Reichardt Building (aka Natural Sciences Building), UAF
1-2 p.m.: Edna Wilder: The Changing Seasons Then and Now
Location: Room 204, Reichardt Building (aka Natural Sciences Building), UAF
1-2 p.m.: Ron Smith: Interior and Northern Alaska: A Natural History
Location: Room 203, Reichardt Building (aka Natural Sciences Building), UAF
2-3 p.m.: Martha Shulski: The Climate of Alaska
Location: Runcorn Conference Room (Level 3), Reichardt Building (aka Natural Sciences Building), UAF
3-5 p.m.: Writer as Explorer: How does the view of Alaska change when writer becomes explorer (or explorer becomes writer)?
Authors: Marjorie Kowalski Cole, Seth Kantner, Nancy Lord, Debbie Miller, Dan O'Neill, Ned Rozell, Bill Sherwonit
Location: Auditorium (Level 2), Reichardt Building (aka Natural Sciences Building), UAF
7-9 p.m.: Festival authors will be reading from their works at local coffee shops and bookstores
10:00 p.m.-??: Ray Troll Night at The Howling Dog Saloon: Ray Troll will perform with local musicians songs off his latest CD.The Pomegranate: (414 2nd Ave.)
Debbie Miller
Peggy Shumaker
Marianne Schlegelmilch
Two Street Station: (523 2nd Ave.)
Loretta Outwater Cox
Dan O'Neill
Frank Soos
Forget-Me-Not Books
Literacy Council of Alaska (517 Gaffney Rd.)
Kirsten Dixon
Seth Kantner
Carolyn Kremers
Eva Saulitis