Peter LoPilato was the alpha/omega lo these many decades of The Ryder Magazine and Film Series.
Peter was a dear friend of many Guild members and a stalwart print publisher of many of us, including both annual fiction and poetry issues, edited by Joan Hawkins and Tony Brewer, respectively. We also regularly collaborated with Peter on many, many screenings of “literary adjacent films.”
Peter also participated in The Burroughs Century and Wounded Galaxies 1968, two major multi-media conferences and symposia. He has always been a good friend and made many kind contributions to the Guild. He was just down for anything and had a generous capacity for helping artists as well as a tremendous knowledge of culture and Bloomington lore. Thanks, Peter!
In lieu of flowers, Peter’s family is asking that donations be made to Friends of the Monroe County Public Library or the Monroe County Animal Shelter.
Events Calendar
Stormwash: Climate Awareness Program
April 19, 2024
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Art Alliance Center Flex Space
2894 E. 3rd St. in College Mall (next to Foot Locker)
Stormwash is an inter-arts program presented by the Arts Alliance of Greater Bloomington, Artists for Climate Awareness, the Writers Guild at Bloomington, Windfall Dancers, Inc., and Julian Douglas.
Climate conscious poems will be performed as spoken word with expressive dance accompaniment, and percussionist Julian Douglas will provide musical interludes.
In the forthcoming Stormwash: Environmental Poems anthology (The Grind Stone, April 2024), 40 poets address the climate crisis and its various effects. From the editor’s Foreword:
“Invariably, these poems suggest an uncanny attunement with nature: Something in the air, a shift in carbon molecules foreshadowing an ominous onslaught, an accumulating avalanche, some kind of storm—the stink of destruction. In either case, these poems enable us to hope that the survival of future generations is not so tenuous after all.”
–Hiromi Yoshida
Stormwash poets include: K Ann Sea, Jonathan S Baker, Zilia Balkansky-Sellés, Jeffrey Bean, Walter Biskupski, Josh A. Brewer, Michael Brockley, Mary Brown, James Dorr, Dina Elenbogen, Marjie Gates Giffin, Jenny Anderson Kalahar, David Keppel, Joseph Kerschbaum, David Alec Knight, Nate Logan, Antonia Matthew, Snow Mathews, Lylanne Musselman, Linda Neal Reising, Jessica Reed, April Ridge, Peggy Squires, Nick ‘Frick’ Wentzel
Performances will be staged in a gallery space where the exhibition “Depictions: Earth, Life, and Our Shared Responsibility,” presented by Artists for Climate Change, will be viewable 4/3 – 4/28.
Artists for Climate Awareness
https://artistsforclimateawareness.org/events/
Writers Guild at Bloomington
https://writersguildbloomington.com/
Arts Alliance of Greater Bloomington (directory)
https://www.bloomingtonarts.org/directory
Windfall Dancers, Inc.
https://windfalldancers.org/
Julian Douglas
https://juliandouglas.bandcamp.com/
Writers Guild at Bloomington
Business Meeting
April 20, 2024
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Monroe County Public Library – Downtown
Meeting Room 2A
Email to attend virtually at
contact@writersguildbloomington.com
Constellation Stage & Screen presents Alex Gold: Stuck on Repeat
A fun-filled classroom adventure where the audience gets to make all the decisions! See it on stage April 26 – May 12 at the Waldron Auditorium.
11-year-old Alex Gold needs to repeat the 6th grade – maybe he shouldn’t have spent so much time watching superhero movies, playing adventure games, and drifting off into his own action-packed daydreams. Luckily, Alex has surrounded himself with some trusted friends (you, the audience!) to help him make the best choices to succeed! This one-of-a-kind classroom comedy blends improv and audience interaction, proving every day is an opportunity for reinvention.
For a detailed performance schedule, please visit our website.
Learn more and find tickets at https://seeconstellation.org/kids/alex-gold/
