<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:4.95pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">January 14, 2020</span></p>
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Announcement</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">True Stories: memoir-writers,
reading.</span><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A reading with local North Okanagan writers Art Dalton, Patti
Shales Lefkos, Raven Dahl, and more, hosted by writer and memoir-writing instructor
Janelle Hardy. </span></i></p>
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</span><em><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">"There is no such thing as a boring life,” says Hardy.</span></em><em><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal"></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33)">“</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">There are people who think they can’t write, and
people who think they don’t have interesting stories, but once someone starts
writing about their life, it quickly becomes clear that a boring life is a
complete myth.” </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33)">Hardy gets to prove her theory in her weekly memoir-writing
classes at the Caetani Cultural Centre.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">“I’m so fortunate to get this sneak-peek into my students’ lives.
They show up with a desire to write about their stories, and all the fears that
come along with a big ambitious creative project, and then they start writing
and sharing their stories - it’s a luminous experience, witnessing other
people’s lives unfolding on the page,” she enthuses. “I just want everyone to
get their stories written and published and out there, they’re that wonderful!”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">So she decided to host a reading, to encourage memoir writers to
share their stories, get practice doing readings, and connect with each other.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">“The other thing that happens with writing, and memoir-writing, is
that, outside of a class here and there, writers toil away alone most of the
time. It can get lonely, and we all need kindred spirits.” </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Come for a
friendly reading, complete with a potluck (bring nibblies if you’re so
inclined, don’t sweat it if you aren’t) and listen in as 4+ writers share
snippets of their stories. It’ll be sweet, tender and funny. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">You can even
bring a small piece of your own writing (5 minutes maximum) for the open mic,
from 7 – 7:30pm. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Tuesday, January 21<sup>st</sup>,
7pm - 9pm in the Caetani Cultural Centre Studio Gallery.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">The Caetani Cultural Centre programs a wide
variety of arts and cultural events, including readings in the Studio Gallery
and memoir-writing classes in their Caetani heritage house library. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">For more information please
visit our website </span><a href="https://www.caetani.org" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.caetani.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> or contact the Caetani Centre at
250-275-1525.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><br><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><i><b>Please note:</b> I am in the office 2 days per week (Mondays & Thursdays until 1:00pm Pacific Time.) Because of that, replies may be slower than you're accustomed to.</i></div><div dir="ltr"></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Janelle Hardy<div>Artist in Residence Program Coordinator<br>Caetani Cultural Centre</div><div><a href="http://www.caetani.org/creative-residencies" target="_blank">www.caetani.org/creative-residencies</a></div><div>250 275-1525<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>