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· Explore Travel Writing & Photography A workshop for travelers who want to support their wanderlust 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., Saturday, June 12, 2010 Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main, Payson The one-day workshop features award-winning writers and editors experienced in writing for and selling photographs to regional and national publications. If you've dreamed of being paid to travel, allow our speakers and panelists to be your tour guides for the day.
Writers Vera Marie Badertscher, Jaimie Hall Bruzenak, and photographer Nick Berezenko are the featured speakers. Badertscher creates articles about travel, arts and culture, people, nature and luxury lifestyles for print and digital publications. Her credits include National Geographic, Home and Away and the Tucson Guide. Bruzenak, Viewpoint editor and regular columnist for Workamper News, has several books and e-books to her credit, notably Support Your RV Lifestyle! Berezenko uses a large format 4x5 camera to capture stunning landscapes and his photographs have graced the cover of Arizona Highways magazine 15 times. The travel panel features three journalists who choose to make their homes in the Rim Country: non-fiction book author, writing professor, former Arizona Highways editor and current Arizona Highlands magazine editor, Pete Aleshire; Rim Review cruise columnist Ken Brooks, a former TV producer/director who has visited 128 countries; and Carol Osman Brown a freelance journalist and photographer with articles in Sunset Magazine, Native Peoples and Westways. The fee includes a light lunch. Register by phone (then send in a check), at the door via check or cash, or use a credit card to register online at: http://www.az-rim-apw.org. Checks should be made payable to APW and sent to Gail Hearne, APW Treasurer 1420 N. Sunrise Court, Payson, AZ 85541. If you are mailing your payment, please include the name(s) and phone numbers of the participants. Questions? Call Carol Brown: (928) 468-9269. · APW's southern district “Baja Babes” will host two award-winning authors at its May 8 monthly luncheon, which is open to the public. Marge Pellegrino and Margaret Regan will present at noon, Saturday, May 8 at El Parador Restaurant, 2744 E. Broadway Blvd., in Tucson (cross streets are Broadway between Tucson Blvd. and Country Club, click for map). The babes will also celebrate winning entries in APW’s statewide communications contest. Pellegrino’s new book Journey of Dreams sprang from her expressive arts work with refugees where she encourages people to nurture themselves and heal. Journey of Dreams won the Judy Goddard Award for young adult literature from the Arizona Library Association and was included in: Southwest Books of the Year 2009 and Smithsonian Notable Books for Children 2009 Regan, a freelance journalist, will talk about her book The Death of Josseline, Immigration Stories from the Arizona-Mexico Borderlands, recently featured on NPR’s Talk of the Nation. Regan writes for Tucson Weekly and has covered border issues for several years. Click here to read what the critics have said about her book. Regan spoke to a turn-away crowd at the annual Tucson Festival of Books in February and CSPAN carried her panel — The US-Mexico Border: Living and Writing on the Edge. The cost is $12 and includes lunch, which is a limited choices of meals from the restaurant’s menu. Please RSVP by May 4, to 520-722-1273 or e-mail APWTucson@gmail.com.
· 2010 NFPW Conference in Chicago Be sure to mark your calendars for Aug. 26-28, 2010 for the “Face 2 Face” conference, hosted by Illinois Woman's Press Association. It is the 125th Anniversary of its founding. The conference will be held at the historic Union League Club of Chicago. Affordable pre-tours will be offered ala carte Aug. 23-25 and promise a “taste of Chicago .” The post tour, Aug. 29-31, travels from Chicago to Springfield along Rt. 66.
Regular meetings Southern District Meetings members (“Baja Babes”) usually holds its monthly program the second Saturday of each month at noon at El Parador Restaurant, 2744 E. Broadway Blvd., in Tucson, (520) 881-2808. Formal programs are sometimes planned, but often, The Babes simply get together to network and enjoy one others' company. Cross streets are Broadway between Tucson Blvd. and Country Club. Info and reservations, contact Barbara Clarihew.
Central District Meetings members often hold monthly programs the first Thursday of each month in the Atrium Room of Belvedere's Restaurant located inside Doubletree Guest Suites, 320 N. 44th St., Phoenix. Info and reservations, contact: Barbara Lacy
Covers area from Flagstaff to Payson contact Carol Osman-Brown for information.
APW’s Board of Directors meets four times a year; in October, February, and twice during the annual spring conference (once before the general membership meeting with the outgoing board and once at the closing brunch with the incoming board).
Last update: June 5, 2010
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