Commerce Week on Writing (CWoW)

Schedule of Events: Oct 19, 2009 - Oct 23, 2009

Halls of Poetry: A Reading of Creative Writing (panel)
Mon, Oct 19
Time: 4:30pm – 7:00pm
Location: Hall of Languages, room 203
Organizer: Robin_Reid@tamu-commerce.edu (Professor of English)

Writing Local History: Panel of Experts (panel)

Tue, Oct 20
Time: 1pm – 2pm
Location: Gee Library, First Floor
Organizer: James_Conrad@tamu-commerce.edu (Director of Special Collections)

NCoW Theater: A Festival of Films about Writing and Writers (films)

Time: 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Gee Library, First Floor
Organizer: Shannon_Carter@tamu-commerce.edu (Associate Professor of English)

Writing Center Open House / Memoir Workshop (with Dr. Fred Tarpley)
Time: 4:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: Hall of Languages, First Floor
Organizer: Tabetha_Adkins@tamu-commerce.edu (Assistant Professor of English
and Director of the Writing Center), with jpsloop@gmail.com (PhD Student,
Department of Literature and Languages)

Norris Community Project: Coming Together (panel of community members)

Wed, Oct 21
Time: 1pm – 2pm
Location: Gee Library, First Floor
Organizer: Opal Pannell (Director of the Norris Community Center) with
Shannon_Carter@tamu-commerce.edu and Dr. LaVelle Hendricks (Assistant
Professor of Counseling)

“The President’s Table” (recording, to air 10/27 on Channel 3)

Hosted by Texas A&M-Commerce president Dr. Dan Jones
Interview with Drs. Shannon Carter and Fred Tarpley
Time: 2:30 pm
Location: KETV studio (closed to public)
Organizer: John Dempsey and President Dan Jones

Don't Be Silent! (documentary)

Time: 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Location : Gee Library First Floor
Organizer: luca.morazzano@gmail.com (PhD Student, Department of
Literature and Languages)
Literacy in the Lives of Three PhD Students (panel)
Thu, Oct 22
Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm
 Location: Hall of Languages, room 203
Organizer: Donna_Dunbar-Odom@tamu-commerce.edu (Professor of English)

On Being an Artist: Daily Affirmations and Gang Violence (artist lecture)

Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Location: Hall of Languages, room 203
Organizer: Michael_Miller@tamu-commerce.edu (Professor of Art)

Creative Writing Workshop, hosted by Sigma Tau Delta Epsilon Beta Chapter
Time: 2pm – 3pm
Location: Hall of Languages, room 103 (Writing Center)
Organizer: Kaye McCraw at hmccraw0806@gmail.com

The Use of Video for Art Making, Documentation, and Writing Purposes (artist
lecture)
Time: 2pm – 3pm
Location: Art 111
Organizer: Josephine_Durkin@tamu-commerce.edu (Assistant Professor of Art)

Commerce Public Library presents, "Open Mic for Kids!"

Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm
Location: Commerce Public Library
Organizer: Gayle Gordon, Director of the Commerce Public Library
(commerce@koyote.com and 903-226-6858), with Mary K. Croft

No Experience Necessary: A 24-Hour Short Play Competition and Festival

(workshop on the basics of playwriting)
Time: 4:30pm – 5:00pm
Location: Performing Arts Center, Room 100
Organizer: Jim_Anderson@tamu-commerce.edu (Instructor of Theater)

No Experience Necessary (pick up prompt and instructions at the Theater

Department website)
Time: 5pm
Location: Theater Department website, Texas A&M-Commerce

Open Mic, hosted by the Mayo Review

Time: 7:30 pm-9:00pm
Location: Cowhill Express Coffee Shop (on the square)
Organizer: Brandon Barnes (PhD Student, Department of Literature and Languages)

"No Experience Necessary" (short play competition) Submissions Due

Fri, Oct 23
Time: 10am
 Location: Submit play toJim_Anderson@tamu-commerce.edu

"No Experience Necessary" (rehearsals begin)

Time: 3pm
Location: Performing Arts Center, Room 100

"No Experience Necessary: Short Play Festival" (doors open)

Time: 5pm
Location: Performing Arts Center 100

The Writing Center presents "Story Slam!"--an opportunity to create and

share a story on the spot at the Spot. Topic: "I shouldn't have written it down"
Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Location: The Spot(Commerce Square)
Organizer: Tabetha_Adkins@tamu-commerce.edu, with JP Sloop

All events are FREE and open to the public. Contact organizer for details and / or
visit the Commerce Week on Writing website at
convergingliteraciescenter.wordpress.org