Hear Arts Spoken Word and Music Series

The next HearArts spoken word and music program is on Thursday, January 5 at 7 PM at VisArts, 155 Gibbs Street, Rockville, Maryland.  Featured readers, below, are followed by open mic and reception.  Contact - philipwexler@msn.com or 240-899-6514.

W.F.Lantry (Poetry)

W.F. Lantry, a native of San Diego, received his Licence and Maîtrise from L’Université de Nice, M.A. in English from Boston University, and PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston. He is the recipient of the Paris/Atlantic Young Writers Award, and in 2010 won the Lindberg Foundation International Poetry for Peace Prize (in Israel), Crucible Poetry Prize, CutBank Patricia Goedicke Prize and the Birmingham-Southern College National Hackney Literary Award in Poetry. His work has appeared in The Wallace 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 works in Washington, DC and is a contributing editor of Umbrella Journal.

Arthur Harrison (Music – Theramin)

Arthur Harrison is the president and CEO of Harrison Instruments, Inc., a Maryland-based corporation that designs and manufactures electronic systems for a wide range of applications, including consumer articles for electronic music. Mr. Harrison has over 35 years of experience with electronic music, and has performed on theremin for a decade. His work appears on numerous audio recordings and sound tracks, and he is considered one of the world's technical authorities on the theremin, with his circuit designs implemented by electronic music enthusiasts world-over. Among other appearances, Mr. Harrison has participated in the PBS "History Detectives" series and is featured in a documentary for
Voice of America, both on the subject of theremin.