Long Beach, CA (PRWEB) March 8, 2007
Poet G. Murray Thomas, host of TPSradio at California State University and ThePrimeSpot.com kick off SMITHSONIAN WEEK on The Poetry Show. TPSradio can be heard from anywhere via CSULB’s student radio station, kbeach.org. Those local to Signal Hill and the surrounding City of Long Beach, California can hear the show on LBCTelevision via Charter cable access TV channels 65, 69 and 95.
On Friday, March 9th, two Smithsonian Scholars will be interviewed at 9pm: Dovie Thomason and Jim Garry. The Long Beach Arts Council, producers of SPEAKOLOGY, a spoken word festival scattered throughout the City through March 25th, provides the profile of the Cowboy and Indian; read further to get a glimpse of G. Murray Thomas (as seen on SwingTV.net) and TPSradio’s featured Poet, Mindy Nettifee.
DOVIE THOMASON, Story Telling Scholar
DOVIE THOMASON first heard the voices of the Animal People, Tricksters and Heroes in the stories of her Lakota and Kiowa Apache relatives. With understanding and sly humor, she has spent a lifetime joining those voices to share wise, boisterous teaching tales with audiences globally. For over twenty years, Dovie Thomason has shared her gift with school audiences. She was one of Connecticut’s original Master Teaching Artists, listed by state arts councils nationally, and recognized as a Master Traditional Artist by the NEA. She is a three-time winner of the ALA Notable Recording Award, Wordcraft Circle of Native Writer’s Traditional Storyteller of the Year 2002, and a respected presenter at major festivals and conferences.
JIM GARRY, Folklore Scholar
JIM GARRY began his career as a naturalist, but soon became interested in the people of the West, drawing natural history of the region into his work. He has been a cowboy, horse wrangler, media consultant, wilderness guide, teacher, political consultant, river runner, artist-in residence, biologist, folklore collector and more. He now works as a freelance lecturer, writer and storyteller, teaching others about our western and wildlife heritage. His research and teachings center on the overlap between natural history, human history, folklore and myth.