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Date


Day


Time


Location


Contact


Public


Description of Activity


1/23


Sunday


5:00 PM


Sylva


Mary Adams

828-227-3930



No


Potluck to meet the author for participants and university community


1/24


Monday


8:00-9:30AM


Cherokee


Deborah Foerst 828-497-9205


No


High School Creative Writing Class

Luis: Read and guide students in writing assignment



1/24


Monday


AM


Cherokee


Deborah Foerst 828-497-9205


No


High School students

Luis: Speak about his experience with gangs & writing (gang & violence prevention)



1/24


Monday


PM


Cherokee




No


Lunch, Tour *, Rest (optional)


1/24


Monday


3:30-4:30 PM


Cherokee Central School Teachers


Deborah Foerst 828-497-9205


No


Luis: Speak about his experience with gangs & writing (gang & violence

prevention with question/answer session)



1/25


Tuesday


8:00-9:30 AM


Cherokee


Deborah Foerst 828-497-9205


No


High School Creative Writing Class from previous day

Luis: Continue w/writing assignment, read/discuss writing from previous day



1/25


Tuesday


10:30-11:30


Cherokee


Deborah Foerst 828-497-9205


No


Elementary School (grades 5-6)

Luis: Read and answer questions



1/25


Tuesday


PM


Cherokee




No


Lunch, Tour *, Rest (optional)


1/25


Tuesday


This pm


Cherokee


Deborah Foerst 828-497-9205


No


High School Students

Luis: Speak about his experience with gangs & writing (gang & violence prevention)



1/26


Wed


8:00-8:45


Cherokee


Deborah Foerst 828-497-9205


No


7th grade students

Luis: Speak about his experience with gangs & writing (gang & violence prevention)



1/26


Wed


8:45-9:30


Cherokee


Deborah Foerst 828-497-9205


No


8th grade students

Luis: Speak about his experience with gangs & writing (gang & violence prevention)



1/26


Wed


AM


Cherokee


Deborah Foerst 828-497-9205


No


*Tour of Cherokee and organizations (such as the newly opened youth and teen center) optional


1/26









Wed





Miercoles



7:30 PM







Coulter Recital Hall, WCU, Cullowhee





Mary Adams

828-227-3930



Yes


Reading and Question /Answer session

(we're planning a pizza get together before the reading (around 5:30); the elementary education students will be there and may talk to him informally)

Lectura pública y una sesion de preguntas y repuestas



1/27


Thurs


AM


Scotts Creek School, Jackson County


Nancy McMurray, Linda Griffiths 586-5111

Call 586-4328 for directions



No
Grades 6-8 8:30 - 9:30 read poetry; at risk issues; cultural diversity

Grades 3-5 9:45 - 10:45 read poetry; talk about character ed. and cultural diversity



1/27


Thurs


PM


Blue Ridge Union School (pre-K thru 12).


Linda Griffiths lg7@hotmail.com

586-5111

Call 743-2646 for directions

No



High school English teachers; journalism class 1-3 PM

Focus on his writing



1/28


Friday


AM


Smoky Mountain Elementary(?)


Linda Griffiths lg7@hotmail.com

586-5111

call 586-2177 for directions



No


9:30 - 10:15 3rd grade classroom

10:30 - 11:15 7th & 8th grade students



1/28


Friday


12:30 - 3:00 PM


Aspire in Haywood County


Helen Melina, Aspire (Juvenile facility)

Work 1-828-454-5008

FAX: 1-828-452-7701

Call her for directions



No


(Juvenile School for troubled youth serves 7 western counties); Helen Melina (runs Aspire) 1-828-454-5008 (work). Parish Hall of Grace Church. 12 - 16 kids. Combine talk with focus group or writing activity (prefers the latter). Brown A-Frame wood and brick church on Haywood Street.


1/28


Friday


5:30 PM


University Club or Faculty Center, WCU


Mary Adams


No


optional


1/29


Saturday

Sabado



11:00


City Lights Books, Jackson County


Jennifer Ross, (828) 586-9499; Toll-free (888) 853-6298


Yes


Story hour

Hora pública de cuentos



1/29


Saturday











Sabado



2:00 - 5:00


The Writer's Workshop, St. Justin's Center, 92 Haywood Rd.(part of St. Lawrence's Church, across from The Civic Center Asheville)


Karen Ackerman,

(828-254-8111)



Yes


Writer's workshop 2 - 5. With Alan Wolfe. .











Taller de escrituras.