Community Writers Presents Wallace Baine

?Newly retired Sentinel arts and entertainment editor and columnist Wallace Baine, is our featured reader for April. In addition to his long career in journalism, he's the author of four books: ??
Rhymes With Vain: Belabored Humor and Attempted Profundity (2010)
The Last Temptation of Lincoln (2015)
The Creatives Among Us: Celebrating 20 Years of the Gail Rich Awards (2015)
A Light in the Midst of Darkness: The Story of a Bookshop, a Community and True Love (2106)
Come be regaled by his humor, heart, creativity, and sense of community. In addition to his books and thousands of articles, he has won several state-wide awards for his arts coverage and, for his Sunday columns, he's a two-time winner of the Excellence in Writing award given by the national American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors.

There will be a limited time for open mic readings--both before and after Wallace's reading. Time limit of 5 minutes. Open mic signups are at 2:15 PM. People who didn't read in December will get to read first.

FREE

Very limited parking is behind the library. Entrance is via Soquel Drive through the Bagelry parking lot.

Questions? Email:
[email protected]

Here is Wallace's parting column:
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/lifestyle/20171203/sentinel-writer-wallace-baine-looks-to-artists-for-inspiration-in-his-next-chapter

And the new editor's good-bye:
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/NE/20171206/NEWS/171209806

And, some of his Sentinel things: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/staff/882