Saturday night, Oct. 1, at 8 p.m. at Marsh Woodwinds Upstairs in Raleigh, the Piedmont Laureate presents the first -- and probably only -- One & One Festival.
Here's what you need to know about the One & One Festival:
Thing one is it's free. Thing two is free snacks, too, which is a standard at Marsh Woodwinds Upstairs. Thing three is BYOB, which means not only do you get to hang around in the totally fab Marsh Woodwinds Upstairs and munch on snacks and so forth, but you can enjoy beverages you bring yourself too. I mean no disrespect to other literary events, but I believe the One & One Festival has already left them in the dust.Thing four -- as if you needed a thing four, what with the free admission and free snacks and the opportunity to BYOB -- is that this free evening of literary and musical foofaraw has a theme. Here's the idea. I've included four writers and three musicians, and each one will present to you a work of their own and a work by another artist they admire for one reason or another. They'll also explain their choices.
So, like, me for instance: I'll read a short essay about a family topic (I'm don't have to tell you everything right here on the website, do I?), and then I'll read another piece, by an author I believe is criminally underappreciated. Each of the other writers will do the same, while you munch on snacks and enjoy your beverages.
The musicians will do the same: They'll play a piece of their own and then a piece by someone else they admire. And as I say, they'll tell you all about it.Did I mention the whole thing takes place at Marsh Woodwinds Upstairs, the best performance parlor not only in Raleigh but possibly in world history?
So, writers, you say? How about Randall Kenan, Susan Davis, Jenn Suchanec, and me, your Piedmont Laureate.
Special note: Because Marsh Woodwinds Upstairs is not handicapped accessible, the One & One Festival is NOT a Piedmont Laureate program; that is, the wonderful program is supported by arts organizations, which have limitations. So this program is supported by your Piedmont Laureate, not by the Piedmont Laureate program itself. Just so you know.
Anyhow: musicians? We've got Audrey Lee Johnson, Princess Ojiaku, and the very fabulous Joe Newberry.
Have questions? Try your Piedmont Laureate at h u l e r [ at ] m a c . c o m.
