BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The next HearArts spoken word and music program is on Thursda y\, January 5 at 7 PM at VisArts\, 155 Gibbs Street\, Rockville\, Maryla nd. \; Featured readers\, below\, are followed by open mic and rece ption. \; Contact - philipwexler@msn.com or 240-899-6514.\nW.F.Lant ry (Poetry) \n\nW.F. Lantry\, a native of San Diego\, received his Licen ce and Maî\;trise from L&rsquo\;Université\; de Nice\, M.A. i n English from Boston University\, and PhD in Literature and Creative Wr iting from the University of Houston. He is the recipient of the Paris/A tlantic Young Writers Award\, and in 2010 won the Lindberg Foundation In ternational Poetry for Peace Prize (in Israel)\, Crucible Poetry Prize\, CutBank Patricia Goedicke Prize and the Birmingham-Southern College Nat ional Hackney Literary Award in Poetry. His work has appeared in The Wal lace Stevens Journal\, Prairie Fire\, Asian Cha\, Poetry Salzburg Review \, Gulf Coast and Aesthetica. His chapbook\, The Language of Birds\, is available from Finishing Line Press\, and a full-length collection will be published later this year by Little Red Tree Press. He currently work s in Washington\, DC and is a contributing editor of Umbrella Journal.\n \nArthur Harrison (Music &ndash\; Theramin)\n \;\nArthur Harrison is the president and CEO of Harrison Instruments\, Inc.\, a Maryland-base d corporation that designs and manufactures electronic systems for a wi de range of applications\, including consumer articles for electronic m usic. Mr. Harrison has over 35 years of experience with electronic music \, and has performed on theremin for a decade. His work appears on nume rous audio recordings and sound tracks\, and he is considered one of th e world's technical authorities on the theremin\, with his circuit desi gns implemented by electronic music enthusiasts world-over. Among other appearances\, Mr. Harrison has \;participated in the \;PBS "Hi story Detectives" series and is featured in \;a documentary for Vo ice of America\, both on the subject of theremin.\n\n URL:http://rockville.patch.com/events/hear-arts-spoken-word-and-music-ser ies SUMMARY:Hear Arts Spoken Word and Music Series LOCATION:VisArts: 155 Gibbs St\, Rockville\, MD END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR