Virtual event to feature speakers, workshops on all types of writing
Uploaded: Wed, May 5, 2021, 5:45 pm
Time to read: about 1 minutes
Las Positas College is holding its first Literary Arts Festival all day Saturday (May 8), a free virtual event that will feature national and internationally recognized authors including best-selling memoirists, a Hollywood screenwriter, poet laureates and more. This event is truly special as it allows LPC to showcase the incredible programs we have here while utilizing a virtual modality to bring world-class authors and speakers to our festival, said LPC English professor Martin Nash, one of the founders of the festival. This is just the beginning of what we believe will become a successful literary festival for years to come.
Pastor Fred Thomas | Facebook/Mary Thomas Walker
Pastor Fred Thomas, a beloved comedian and cast member of the popular Rickey Smiley Morning Show, known for his Church in 60 Seconds segment, has died following a two-week battle with the new coronavirus, his family announced.
Thomas, who founded the Word of Faith Church in McKinney, Texas, joined the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, led by fellow Christian comedian Rickey Smiley, in January.
His son, Au mon Wyatt, announced his death on his Facebook page on Dec. 23.
“It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of my father Pastor Fred Thomas. This was not our will or desire, but it is the will of God in which we accept. Please pray for my family and I as we go through this trying time of loss. All will be well and we will make it through this as he would have wanted us to,” he wrote.