Monthly Archives: February 2009

Randy Ford Author-on the sexual divide that separates Malaysia and Thailand

      The side trip took longer than we thought it would.   We had figured the conversion of miles into kilometers wrong.   It took us two days instead of one to reach Nakonsithamsat (Thailand) and along the way we noticed that … Continue reading

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NEA International Literary Exchange-Grants Opportunity

      Grants Opportunity: NEA International Literary Exchange The purpose of this Program Solicitation is to select an organization (Cooperator) to work with the Arts Endowment on a literary exchange publication project with the People’s Republic of China (P.R.C.).   This project … Continue reading

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Pima County Youth Arts Awards-Scholarships

Pima County Youth Arts Awards/Scholarships: Orientation February 26th 2009 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at the Tucson Pima Arts Council        Now in its 9th year, the Pima County Youth Arts Award (PCYAA) is an awards program designed to identify, recognize and … Continue reading

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Arizona Book Publishing Association-February 09 News

Friends and Members of the Arizona Book Publishing Association in Southern Arizona: * February 11: SSA Forum: “Marketing: It’s Not Just For Ad Execs Any More” * February 19: ABPA Dinner: “Targeted Internet Marketing for Publishers” * February 28: ABPA … Continue reading

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Randy Ford Author-on humanizing a wild animal

      We should’ve known better.   But our emotions were involved…no doubt because Peg loves animals: it took only a few minutes for us to make up our minds.   After all these years I can still see the frightened long armed creature … Continue reading

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Reel Inspiration-intensive directing feature films workshop by Mark Travis

      Reel Inspiration is hosting a Directing Workshop with master instructor Mark Travis on “Working with Actors in Rehearsal, Staging and Performance.”   Day 1, Mark will lecture and demonstrate with 3-4 actors the Travis Technique as a powerful tool to explore the characters within the actors.   Day 2, pre-selected directors (that have … Continue reading

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Randy Ford Author-Stranded on Samatra

       We couldn’t take in the whole world anyway, but we thought we should see what we could while we could and didn’t have the responsibilities of a family.      July 1970       Bantal, Samatra        We let them convince us … Continue reading

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