DENMARK, Maine â The Denmark Arts Center will be presenting two events this weekend
Neveah Dance Circus Family Fun Day will be Saturday, July 24, from 10 a.m. to noon. at Bicentennial Park at Firelane 98 in Denmark, Maine, across from the Denmark Arts Center.
Paul Doiron and Kristen Lindquist will be brought on the author s series on Sunday, July 25, at 4 p.m.
Nevaeh Dance Circus is the creation of sisters, Nettie and Hannah Gentempo. The two women founded the group in 2005, while still in their early teens. In 2016 the sisters evolved the company from Nevaeh Dance Co. into Nevaeh Dance Circus. Together, Nettie and Hannah Gentempo have created a world of their own.
Author, poet to read from works in Author Series presentation
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MWA SCHOLARSHIP IN MEMORY OF BARBARA NEELY
Oline Cogdill
What a terrific idea to encourage new writers that also honors Neely, a trailblazing Black crime novelist, short story writer, and activist.
MWA will annually present two scholarships of $2,000 each. One scholarship will be for an aspiring Black writer who has yet to publish in the crime or mystery field, and another for Black authors who have already published in crime or mystery.
According to MWA, these two scholarships are intended to assist the winner with writing craft or progress in their crime writing career. At the discretion of the winner, the scholarship can be used for such tools as writing classes or professional conferences, computer equipment or appropriate software, writing retreats or working weekends away from the cares and distractions of home. MWA requires only that the scholarship apply to writing in the crime and mystery genre, which includes both fiction and nonfiction.
Why Barbara Neely Is Indeed a Grand Master
By Oline H Cogdill
Mystery fiction has been a major part of my life since I was a child. I’ve said so many times that I have never read a Nancy Drew or a Hardy Boys I started with Agatha Christie, Rex Stout, etc.
In the beginning, these were just entertaining stories, puzzles to figure out, characters who didn’t resemble anyone I knew. But as I got older, mysteries began to encompass new writers who introduced readers to different worlds. (Thank you, Sue Grafton, Sara Paretsky, Marcia Muller.)
One of those authors who brought readers to another world was Barbara Neely, who has been named the 2020 Grand Master by Mystery Writers of America (MWA). The 2020 Raven Award recipient is Left Coast Crime, and Kelley Ragland will receive the Ellery Queen Award at the 74th Annual Edgar Awards Banquet, which will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on April 30, 2020.