Brain Grimm
After four years of recording podcasts, I was lucky enough to have Mayor Brian Grimm on the show. Brian is here to shed some light on the positive work that he and the city council have done over the past eight years. Brian demistifies what his job tittle means and how much power the office of Mayor possesses, and the reality of how much time and effort goes into this job.The city of Cumberland has issues like any other municipality and our conversation touches on public safety, opiate addiction, infrastructure improvements, green energy solutions, and economic development/job creation.In order to allow for everyone to participate we opened up our social media accounts for questions for the mayor that Brian graciously answered.For more information on Brain visit his website. Do not forget to VOTE! Nov. 6, 2018
Queen City Film Festival 2018
http://traffic.libsyn.com/recordtalklisten/QCFF_4_-_92418_6.20_PM.mp3The Queen City Film Festival is Western Maryland's premier film festival, this year October 4-7 2018 in Cumberland Md. The QCFF is currently in its eighth year and is being held at Mezzo's 114 S. Centre Street on the third floor. The QCFF offers a four-day program of screenings and educational panels, and welcomes filmmakers from around the world.This year they are featuring 89 Films over eight categories and featuring six Maryland filmmakers. To purchase your tickets to the film festival HERE and support this great local event that brings the world of film to the Mountains of Maryland.Download this years festival program HERE The Allegany Allied Arts will be showing The Rocky Horror Picture Show on October 27, 2018 at Windsor Castle 210 S. Centre Street. The doors open at 7pm, a costume contest starts at 9:30 with the film beginning at 10pm. All of the premium seats have sold out, but there are plenty of GA tickets available do not hesitate purchase your Rocky Horror Tickets HERE
Jen Browne Fall 2018 CLA Events
Jen Browne is back to fill up your calendar with great Fall literary events in Frostburg, Maryland! We have a complete list of events listed below. For more information about the events listed below be sure to visit frostburg.edu/cla or contact jabrowne@frostburg.edu for more information.5-6 October: 12th Annual Western Maryland Independent Literature Festival
Join us for two days of readings, roundtables, and panel discussions celebrating the writers, publishers, and readers of small press and independent literature at various locations on Main St. in Frostburg. Saturday’s events include a book fair with regional publishers in the Lyric Theatre
11 October: Gerald Duff
7:30 PM, Lyric Theatre
Gerald Duff has published over 18 books, including novels, collections of short stories and poems, and books of nonfiction. His newest book, Nashville Burning, was published in September 2017.
25 October: Julia Kasdorf (poet) and Steven Rubin (photographer)
7:30 PM, Lewis J. Ort Library
Julia Spicher Kasdorf has published three collections of poetry with the University of Pittsburgh Press, most recently Poetry in America. With photographer Steven Rubin, she has created a poetry collection to document the impacts of natural gas development in Pennsylvania, titled Shale Play, which will be published by Penn State University Press in fall 2018.
http://english.la.psu.edu/faculty-staff/jmk28
1 November: Peter Stark
7 PM, Lyric Theatre
Peter Stark is an adventure and exploration writer and historian. A long-time correspondent for Outside magazine, Stark’s articles and essays have also appeared in Smithsonian, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Men’s Journal, and many others. His Astoria was a New York Times bestseller.Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father was published in May 2018.
Stark’s visit is funded by the Martha T. and Ralph M. Race Western History Lecture Fund and co-sponsored by the History Department.
https://www.peterstarkauthor.com
10 November: One Act Play Festival
7:00 PM in the Historic Palace Theatre
The One-Act Play Festival features a production of the winning play and staged readings of the second and third place winning plays of our international one-act playwriting competition; a talkback with writers, actors, and directors; and a reception.
6 December: Andy Duncan
7:30 PM, Main Street Books
FSU’s very own Andy Duncan will celebrate the release of An Agent of Utopia: New and Selected Stories (out in November from Small Beer Press) with a reading at Main Street Books.
Other events, such as our first Saturday Coffee with a Writer program, will be continuing as well.
Ryan Mullaney D.M.A
Ryan is gracing the airwaves once again with a few extra letters behind his name. He recently finished his doctorate in conducting and is back to talk about the importance of music. Ryan while studying has been racking up the air miles to come back home to participate and help run Mountainside Baroque a local non-profit. Mountainside Baroque, Cumberland’s early music collective has established itself as a staple of the cultural scene in the mid-Atlantic region, known for its excellent performances of music written before 1800. The most recently launched a bi-annual music festival and early music academy for student to great success. For more information on Ryan check out his WEBSITE
Wholesome Harvest Co-op!
http://traffic.libsyn.com/recordtalklisten/Wholesome_Harvest_Co-op_-_53018_11.23_PM.mp3So.. what is a co-op you might ask?? Nancy & Woody are here to discuss the orgins of the food co-op, how you can join, and visit the space throughout the month of June! Wholesome Harvest Co-op is a newly formed business located at 30 West Main Street in Frostburg Maryland, with a mission to provide the community with high quality, locally produced, wholesome foods.For more information visit their Website, Facebook and Sign up for their email list!
2018 Arts Walk; Bethany Doyle & Poetry Underfoot; Jen Browne
Bethany Doyle is kicking off today's show with a ton of information about the first ArtsWalk of 2018 in Frostburg. April 28, 2018 the town will be full of artists, live music and even a movie night for all ages. To keep up to date on everything associated with the event be sure to check out their Website and Facebook Page Jen Browne is back on the mics reading some beautiful poetry that you might see under your feet in our area, after a nice spring rain. Frostburg State design students have partnered with the CLA to get poetry in the community. The prose and stanzas will appear under your feet... so go walk in the rain!The CLA is hosting Coffee with the Writer with Lowell Duckert, and his book is For All Waters: Finding Ourselves in Early Modern Wetscapes .Duckert WVU associate professor will be discussing his book on April 28, 2018 from 10am-12pmExpresses your creativity in one-act Submit before the deadline and you might get you see your show in lights!If you want to hear more poetry you are in luck: Check out the CLA event pageApril 28th at the Tall Door Gallery is hosting James Ralston reading from his new book of poems.October 18th at 7:30pm Julie Kazdorf will be reading her poems from her latest book, while Steven Rubin displays his photography that compliments her work.
Choosing Civility with FSU students
I had the pleasure of spending some time with Frostburg State University Communication Studies students Deanna Lucas, Niki Elliott, and Brandon Brock. They have been involved with several projects that are successfully collaborating with our community. Their latest project is the Choose Civility project on April 12, 2018, this event is taking place all over Allegany county including events on Frostburg State University Campus. For more information on Choose Civility visit their local events page HERE and Choose Civility Website HERE.
