Please join us at Arden Hearth, 202 N. 15th St., for an elegant evening of sharing recitations and readings of poems or short excerpts from your favorite books. If all books were to be destroyed by fire, what fragments of literary greatness would you snatch from the flames? What lines of poetry are etched in your memory safe from the fate of ashes? After sharing our readings and reasons for preserving these writers, we’ll enjoy well-read conversation, coffee, and dessert in the charming setting of a fine old Victorian home of Richmond.  continue reading »

Local author Jean Harper and storyteller Jennie Kiffmeyer worked with 2nd graders at Crestdale Elementary in Richmond to increase literacy through photography projects, “creating tangible links between people and people, people and place, all of which strengthen the fabric of community.”

All are welcome for Peace Forum on Thursdays in the Earlham School of Religion Dining Room, noon – 1:10pm. Come when you can, leave when you must. Free lunch and delicious conversation always provided. Contact Anna Lisa Gross for more information: 914.2973 or grossan@earlham.edu. No need to RSVP.

The Division of Humanities and Fine Arts at Indiana University East and Earlham School of Religion is pleased to announce that writer Dan Wakefield, an Indiana native, will be in Richmond on Thursday, March 29th and Friday, March 30th He will offer a series of writing workshops, and give a reading from his work. Friday, March 30th, from 1:30 to 4:00 in Whitewater 132 on the I.U. East campus, Wakefield will screen New York in the Fifties, a film based on his memoir of the same name, and lead a question and answer period following the film. Friday, March 30th at 7 p.m. in Vivian Auditorium on the I.U. East campus, Wakefield will read from his book Returning: A Spiritual Journey. All events are free and open to the public.  continue reading »