Monthly Archive for May, 2008

Fire & Ink Presents! in Newark

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The first Fire & Ink Presents! event at DC Pride was a hit! The work was amazing and the audience was juiced.

You? What’d you think? Let us know!

Us? We’re keepin’ it movin on to Newark, New Jersey! Come on out and don’t miss it!

Fire & Ink Presents!
8 p.m. Thursday, June 12, 2008
Hilton Newark Gateway Hotel
1 Gateway Center, Newark, NJ
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Save the Date for upcoming Fire & Ink Presents! events coming to a city near you:

June 12th: Portland, Oregon
June 25-29: Columbia, S.C.
Dates soon to be announced for Fire & Ink Presents! events in Memphis & Nashville.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE WRITERS AND THEIR WORK HERE: –> Continue reading ‘Fire & Ink Presents! in Newark’

Pics from DC Black Pride event!

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on May 27, 2008
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Thank you to everyone who participated in the first Fire & Ink Presents! event, on Saturday, May 24, 2008, curated by Fire & Ink for DC Black Pride.

Here are a few pics from the event, with thanks to Steven G. Fullwood:

Have some pics to share? Email ‘em in! We’d love to share them with the world.

Fire & Ink Presents!

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on May 20, 2008
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DC Pride 2008

Art and culture, our stories and our fantasies, are a crucial part of our lives. Fire & Ink is excited to continue in its mission to strengthen and nourish our creative community by rolling out Fire & Ink Presents! – a new initiative through which we are curating literary events at Black Pride Celebrations around the country.

Memorial Day Weekend 2008 brings the first in the Fire & Ink Presents! series, and we are starting it off on a high note. This year, in honor of the 18th Anniversary of D.C. Black Pride, Fire & Ink launches this exciting new program with a roster that will leave you jumping up and down and screaming for more.

Fire & Ink Presents!
2-4 p.m. Saturday, May 24, 2008
Renaissance M St. Hotel, Potomac Room, Lower Level

Come share this afternoon with us, and hear 10 exciting authors read from their latest books:

Save the Date for upcoming Fire & Ink Presents! events coming to a city near you:

June 12th: Newark/Essex Pride (featuring: James Earl Hardy, Jonathan Plummer, Kimberly Q, Sharon Bridgforth)

June 12th: Portland, Oregon

June 25-29: Columbia, S.C.

Dates soon to be announced for Fire & Ink Presents! events in Memphis & Nashville.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE WRITERS AND THEIR WORK HERE: –> Continue reading ‘Fire & Ink Presents!’

Fire & Ink Presents! — Writing with Passion, Power & Purpose

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on May 20, 2008
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As a continuing part of our Fire & Ink Presents! series of events, we are thrilled to announce a unique skills-building workshop for writers from all genres:

Dorothy Randall GrayWriting with Passion, Power & Purpose
Renaissance M Street Hotel
1143 New Hampshire, NW Washington, DC , 20037
Admission: $20
12-1:30 p.m.
Presented by Fire & Ink || Facilitated by Dorothy Randall Gray

Learn how to:

  • Use your creative spirit to write what you want when you want
  • Write like you’ve never written before
  • Finish your unfinished work
  • Turn simple ideas into sensational stories
  • Activate your personal power points
  • Create powerful poetry, fabulous fiction & notable nonfiction
  • Banish writers’ block forever
  • Take your work from paper to publication

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT DOROTHY’S WORKSHOP HERE: –> Continue reading ‘Fire & Ink Presents! — Writing with Passion, Power & Purpose’



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