Literary Events Calendar

Ariana Kramer, a Taoseña, has written poetry inspired by nature since childhood. She studied biology at Reed College and received her master’s in Leadership in Ecology, Culture & Learning from Portland State University. Kramer is an award-winning freelance writer and has contributed weekly articles to The Taos News’ Tempo magazine for the past eight years. In 2017, she and composer Andrea Clearfield were awarded a collaborative Aldo & Estella Leopold Writing Residency to work on a poetic/musical piece, “Transformed by Fire.” She is the curator of the 2018 SOMOS April Poetry Month events. For more, visit www.arianakramer.com.

Mark Jackson studied at The Boston Conservatory of Music. He has sung with many opera companies in the United States, and his career has taken him to several places in the world where he has given concerts and opera performances. He had the pleasure of singing with the “Taos Community Chorus” the role of “Elijah” in the 2010 spring production of Mendelssohn’s Elijah and was the guest conductor in their 2012 fall production of A Festival of Opera Choruses. He recently was the soloist in the their concert of R.V. Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem He has performed with the “Taos Chamber Music Group”, given many recitals at the Harwood Museum and sang in Andrea Clearfield’s “Transformed by Fire” sponsored by the Aldo Leopold Foundation there in August. He is pleased to sing this wonderful piece again. He teaches at the Taos Youth Music School and privately out of his “Taos Institute of Vocal Arts” studio.

Martha Shepp is a multi-disciplinary artist. She has a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and an MFA from the University of Tennessee. A chamber player and an accompanist of dancers, instrumentalists, and vocalists in both educational and professional settings, she also creates performances that incorporate moving image, poetry, dance, visuals, and music, and has been a lively collaborator with artists from all these disciplines in her many years as a practicing artist and classical musician. She is a co-founder of PianoTaos.

Literary Events Calendar

A Call for Writers -

August 24 - November 30, 2018

Location: Taos, NM

Young Writers Salon ~ Multi Media & Art Journaling

September 13 - 27, 2018

Location: SOMOS at 4 PM

The Silk Road is the Paper Road and a Road to Books

September 20, 2018

Location: SOMOS, 9/20/2018, 5:00 pm, Free

Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman: A Memoir from the Early 20th Century

September 21, 2018

Location: Somos Salon 5:30 p.m.

Reflections on Immigration

September 23, 2018

Location: SOMOS at 4 PM

Weeping Willow Books Presents: Unmasked

September 29, 2018

Location: Somos at 2p.m.

"The Visits: Teachings from the Other Side" by the late Loretta Ortiz y Pino, edited by Kat Duff

October 7, 2018

Location: SOMOS at 4 PM

2018 Open Mic Series

October 8, 2018

Location: SOMOS - 108 Civic Plaza Drive

Taos Storytelling Festival

October 12 - 13, 2018

Location: Taos, NM

Poetry Reading and Workshop with Naomi Shihab Nye, Award-winning Palestinian-American Poet, Writer, Anthologist, and Educator

October 19 - 20, 2018

Location: The Harwood Museum 10/19 at 7 pm and SOMOS 10/20

Cleansing the Palate Writing Workshop with Award-Winning Author, Naomi Shihab Nye

October 20, 2018

Location: Somos, 10/20/18 from 10am - 1 pm

Producing & Publishing eBooks & Audio Books with Brian Allan Skinner, Author & Artist

November 10, 2018

Location: SOMOS 11/10/18 1pm - 2:30pm

2018 Open Mic Series

November 12, 2018

Location: SOMOS - 108 Civic Plaza Drive

2018 Open Mic Series

December 10 - February 7, 2018

Location: SOMOS - 108 Civic Plaza Drive

Caroline Fraser Reading at the Harwood Museum

December 13, 2018

Location: Harwood Museum of Art 12/13/18 7pm

Writers and Poets Resist - Every 4th Sunday 4P.M. ( Free)

December 23, 2018

Location: SOMOS at 4 PM