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The Mishi-maya-gat
Spoken Word & Music Series

Announcing a New Monthly Arts Series at MCC

"The Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series"

[Mishi-maya-gat is the Algonquian term for “Great Trail System,” a network of foot paths created by the native tribes of Connecticut. Within this system of trails, a “Great Path” connected one region with another. The site of the MCC campus is along one of these great paths, and thus, the naming of Great Path as the street leading to campus. It is in this spirit of historical and cultural significance that the arts series also takes its name.]

Featuring Live Music, a Spoken Word Open Mic, a Featured Poet/Writer, and Refreshments.

The series will be held on the 2nd Thursday of the month from 6-8:30 p.m. in the Fireside Commons.

All events are free and open to the public and MCC students, staff & faculty.

Those wishing to participate in the Spoken Word Open Mic may sign up for a brief time slot upon arrival. Poems and short prose pieces are welcomed.

Sponsored by the MCC Foundation.

Hosted by Stephen Campiglio.

About Our Next Performers - May 10, 2007

Poetry and Fiction by MCC Student Writers

Poetry and Fiction by MCC Student Writers will feature two poets from each of MCC’s Credit and Credit-Free poetry workshops and two fiction writers from the Credit-Free fiction workshop. The featured students are: from “Creative Writing: Poetry” (taught by Stephen Straight), Edgar Kunz, a Manchester native and freshman in the Liberal Arts major, who plans to transfer to a four-year college after his associate’s degree; and Lisa Butler, of Glastonbury, who is currently studying sculpture and printmaking in addition to poetry, and before returning to college also worked as a jeweler, puppeteer, and contract manager in the recording industry; from “Poetry for Poets” (taught by John Surowiecki), Julia Paul, an attorney in private practice in Manchester, has published poems in Angelface, Broken Bridge Review, Connecticut River Review, and Judith’s Table; and Judy Merrill, a retired attorney who worked for the Attorney General's office, attended Rice University and the University of Connecticut Law School and has been writing poetry for many years; and from “Writing the Examined Life” (taught by Jordon Pecile), Felix Giordano, of Ashford, is seeking a publisher for his recently completed novel on Indian life; and Esther McCune, a retired high school teacher in Glastonbury, who writes stories about the Holocaust and German immigrants.

With Music by: Tim Maynard

Tim Maynard, classical guitarist and graduate of the Hartt School of Music, performing works of Barrios, Villa-Lobos, Duarte, and others. He has given solo and ensemble performances throughout the U.S., including The Bushnell’s String Break, Hartford’s Festival of Lights, and the Goodspeed Opera House Revival. He also performed at MCC’s SBM Auditorium last December. Tim was a Teaching Artist with the Bushnell’s PARTNERS (Partners in Arts and Education Revitalizing Schools) Program from 1995-2001, and currently teaches music at Summit Studios in Manchester. For more information, please visit his web site: www.timmaynard.com.

Upcoming Performers

Upcoming Events: The Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series, designed to run during the school year, will not schedule events for June, July and August. The Series will return for its second season in September. Please check this web page over the summer for more details.

Last Update: April 30 2007
For Additional Information Contact: Stephen Campiglio

Quotes from The Jim Buchanan Novels

“You have always been Crow, in your heart and in your spirit; only your mind has drifted.”

“We are only different by what is inside ourselves. Outside, we are all the same. The Great Spirit did that to confuse us, to challenge the strong and to make the weak wise. Go the way of the strong; but be wise Little Hawk.”

“Little Hawk, the beauty isn't in the beads on your neck, or the pipes we smoke, or the moccasins we wear; the beauty is in the hands that made them.”

“The wolf is also treacherous, but he hides nearby in the shadows.”

“I grew up on this land. I hunted and fished in the wilderness since I was shoulder-high to my pony. I know this land like the earth on the floor of my grandfather’s tipi.”

“May Creator fill everyone’s lives with blessings and love for all things.”

“Éše'he . . . Evoohta . . . Taa'é-eše'he . . . Enemene . . . Enoohta.”

"When we pass from this Earth, we do not die. Cosmically linked with the universe, death on this Earth does not interfere with the grand plan the Great Spirit has for us."

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