Searching For a Starry Night – A Miniature Art Mystery
by Christine Verstraete
Local author Christine Verstraete (”Searching For A Starry Night, A Miniature Art Mystery”) will be among the authors signing books and talking with educators at the Racine Barnes and Noble’s Educator’s Night, 4-7 pm, Weds, Oct. 15.
Barnes and Noble is located at Hwys. 11 and 31, Racine, WI, 262-598-9757. For information, on the book see http://cverstraete.com
After the success of his “Garden of Katmandu Trilogy”, Dominic Cibrario is ready with his new book which focuses on Wisconsin farm life circa 1951.
“The characters are all people we can readily identify with (well….maybe not after we get to know them), because they are all right out of Middle America. If you are looking for stories about 4-H clubs and the dignity of tilling the soil through the sweat of one’s brow, you will be disappointed. The novel is both a fictive ethnography of middle American rural life – as it is really lived, according to Cibrario, not as it is imagined or portrayed in Norman Rockwell paintings – and a sobering account of the way the effects of the war continue for decades to form and distort the lives of those who were active in it.”
Nick received his BA from the University of Wisconsin in LaCrosse and has an MS from the College of Racine. He also did graduate studies at Marquette University and the University of Pennsylvania. His work has been on display at the Anderson Arts Center, the Wustum Museum and the Kenosha Public Museum. He has studied with teachers such as Tom Hoffman and Gerhard Kroll and is a long-standing member of the Kenosha Art Association and the Racine Art Guild. Continue reading →
During July of 1951 Adam is traumatized on the family farm in Wisconsin. He’s unable to tell his parents what happened to him in the barn. Burdened by his secret, the ten-year-old boy begins to exhibit bazaar behavior. His worried parents don’t know how to help him. They are preoccupied with earning a living and their own secrets. Adam’s father, Giovanni Montanya, leaves the farm each morning to work on the assembly line at Nash Motors with Uncle Pete. Both men were drafted into the army after Pearl Harbor and suffer from the horrors of the war as the Korean War escalates. Adam’s mother, Gertrude, drives the truck daily to the Farmers’ Market to sell vegetables. Sometimes she takes Adam, his brother, Karl, or Grandma with her. The entire family works hard but their routine is harsh. Giovanni escapes by going to Jim’s Bar while the women and Aunt Clara seek comfort in the Catholic Church. As the secrets are revealed, each person is changed for better or worse in this novel.
You are invited to Nick Cibrario’s Book Signing
At Party on the Pavement: Saturday, October 4, 2008 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
MARTHA MERRELL’S BOOKSTORE
600 SIXTH STREET
RACINE, WISCONSIN 53403
262-652-0215
At Kenosha’s Second Saturdays: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 1:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Evening Reception – Gallery Night 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
POLLARD GALLERY
514 56TH STREET
Click HERE to go to Nick Cibrario’s website (PomeloTree.com)
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN 53140
262-657-7529
In the near future, when planetary space travel has become possible, a NASA planetfinder telescope discovers a planet that has the necessary requirements to produce life. Rebecca Evans, a staunch evolutionary scientist, is one of the people chosen to visit the planet. After arriving on the surface, she is kidnapped and finds herself caught in the middle of an ongoing planetary war between alien clans. In an effort to escape, she makes a deal with one of the clans to exchange precious technology for her freedom. She soon finds out that on Kaesh, you cannot trust anyone. For on this planet, survival of the fittest is played out to its logical end. Her journey of discovery turns into a search for truth as she begins to question the very foundations of all that she believes about the origin of life.
About the author:
Keith Robinson has dedicated his life to teaching others about the evidence for creation and against evolution. He has presented his research findings to school district administrators, fellow teachers, students and church members. His interest in the topic of Creation and Evolution has led him to write both a full-length dramatic play, and the science fiction novel dealing with the issue, Logic’s End: A Novel about the Origin of Life. Keith Robinson has a Bachelor of Arts and Masters degree. Keith is from Kenosha, WI.
Keith will be signing books at the Kenosha HarborMarket this Saturday August 30, 2008.
TV Interview with Keith A. Robinson
Footage from “Make a Choice to Rejoice with David Deberg” Channel 14 Kenosha, WI
On September 19, 2008 the former home of Grobe’s True Value located at 103 W. Washington St. in West Chicago will once again open the doors to: artXposium, a 3-day multimedia art experience, involving more than 80 artists*. Local, national and international talent will come together to display a variety of art work ranging from traditional painting and sculpture, to interactive
and multimedia installations. Besides the “Grobe’s” location, artXposium 2.0 events and exhibitions will take place at Gallery 200, West Chicago City Museum, West Chicago Public Library District and Orleans Street Gallery, (last mentioned located in St. Charles). Click HERE for more info
As we continue our mission of promoting arts, cultural events, creative Kenosha residents, as well as the creativity of the business owners in Downtown Kenosha and the surrounding area, ExposeKenosha.com is proud to partner with the Kenosha Lakeshore Business Improvement District (BID).
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