Brian Lee Knopp spent more than a decade as a privateinvestigator here in western North Carolina\, working for private clients as well as attorneys. In his new book\, Mayhem inMayberry\: Misadventures of a P.I. in Southern Appalachia\, he tells what the profession is really like on a day-to-day basis. Knopp will be at City Lights on Saturday\, November 21sta t 7\:00 p.m. to read from the book and take questions from the audience. Don’tmiss this opportunity to meet a real P.I.!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T160555Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091201T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091202T010000Z UID:http://www.citylightsnc.com/event/open-house-features-chair-massages-store URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.citylightsnc.com/event/open-house-features-chair-massages-store SUMMARY:Open House Features Chair Massages in the Store DESCRIPTION:During the City Lights Open House on Tuesday\, December 1st from 6\:00 p.m. to 8\:00 p.m\, Carole Lilly will offer chair massages in the store for a donation to the New Library Building Fund. Carole is a nationally certified and NC Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist (NC#7803). Her office is located at 45 King Street in Sylva\, on the lower level of the McGuire dental building. To purchase a holiday gift certificate or schedule an appointment\, visit her website at http\://www.carolelillymassage.com or call her at 507-9851.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T160555Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091205T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091205T020000Z UID:http://www.citylightsnc.com/event/reception-celebrating-release-gary-cardens-nance-dude-dvd URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.citylightsnc.com/event/reception-celebrating-release-gary-cardens-nance-dude-dvd SUMMARY:Reception Celebrating Release of Gary Carden's Nance Dude on DVD DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, December 4th at 7\:00 p.m.\, Gary Carden will be at the store for a reception celebrating the release of his acclaimed play\, Nance Dude\, on DVD.
One of the most harrowing crimes committed in western North Carolina during the first half of the 20th century is the alleged murder in 1913 of two-year-old Roberta Putnam by her grandmother\, Nancy Kerley\, known as Nance Dude. Released from prison after 15 years hard labor\, Nance Dude lived out her life rejected by her family. But as she never admitted her guilt or testified in court\, her side of the story was never heard. In his acclaimed play\, Gary Carden imagines what she might have said\, combining folklore\, some compelling historical evidence\, and a playwright's storytelling art. The much-performed play is now available as a DVD\, featuring a performance by Elizabeth Westall. The evening at City Lights will feature copies of the DVD for sale as well as refreshments and conversation with the playwright.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T160555Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091206T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091206T020000Z UID:http://www.citylightsnc.com/event/katherine-stripling-byer-cecilia-woloch-and-mary-adams URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.citylightsnc.com/event/katherine-stripling-byer-cecilia-woloch-and-mary-adams SUMMARY:Poetry Reading with Kathryn Stripling Byer\, Cecilia Woloch and Mary Adams DESCRIPTION:Kathryn Stripling Byer\, Cecilia Woloch and Mary Adams will read from their recent poetry collections on Saturday\, December 5th at 7\:00 p.m.
Byer\,who lives in Cullowhee and is the former Poet Laureate of North Carolina\, is author of a new chapbook entitled Aretha's Hat\: Inauguration Day\, 2009. Written with Penelope Schott\, the book was inspired by the Inauguration ceremonies for President Obama. Mary Adams\, also of Cullowhee\, is author of Commandment\, her second collection\, published in Sylva by Spring Street Editions. According to Ron Rash\, "\;What makes Mary Adams such an exceptional poet is her ability to fuse formal elegance and profound sentiment. Few contemporary poets can match her combination of craft and feeling\, which makes this new collection all the more welcome. She is a poet of the first rank."\; Cecilia Woloch also has a new collection\, entitled Carpathia. She is the founding director of Summer Poetry in Idyllwild and of The Paris Poetry Workshop. She is currently a lecturer in the creative writing program of the University of Southern California and is author of three previous collections. All three authors will read from their new works and take questions from the audience.
\;
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T160555Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091212T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091212T223000Z UID:http://www.citylightsnc.com/event/celebrate-rev-jack-hinsons-new-book-laughter-was-gods-idea URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.citylightsnc.com/event/celebrate-rev-jack-hinsons-new-book-laughter-was-gods-idea SUMMARY:Celebrate Rev. Jack Hinson's new book\: Laughter Was God's Idea DESCRIPTION:Plan to come by City Lights Bookstore on Saturday\, December 12th at 4\:00 p.m. to help longtime hosptial chaplain Jack Hinson celebrate the publication of his new book\, Laughter Was God's Idea. Rev. Hinson has distilled his years of using humor to help people through hard times into a charming collection of stories that will take its place next to Norman Cousins' Anatomy of an Illness.
END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR