Sisters Singing, Nov 8, 2008 - Kate Aver Avraham & Jean Mahoney (#4 of 6)

On November 8, 2008, over 400 people gathered in Santa Cruz, California to celebrate the publication of Sisters Singing: Blessings, Prayers, Art, Songs, Poetry and Sacred Stories by Women. It was four days after the election of President Barack Obama, and everyone was thrilled to celebrate the book's publication, and his election.

Sixteen poets read their work, a dozen artists showed original artwork. Alysia Tromblay performed music, and the Threshold Choir sang.

For more information http://www.sisterssinging.com

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ABOUT KATE AVER AVRAHAM: Kate Aver Avraham is a published children's author (Joey's Way, Margaret McElderry Books/MacMillan, and upcoming in 2009 from Charlesbridge Publishing, What Will You Be, Sara Mee?), a poet, teacher and artist. Her poetry has appeared in Calyx, A Journal of Art and Literature for Women, Nimrod International Journal (where she was a finalist for the Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize), and many other journals and anthologies. She is the founder of Blue Moon Creations, a nonprofit artistic endeavor that aids charities both locally and internationally. She volunteers as an art therapist with senior citizens as part of the Family Service Agency's I/You Ageless Art program. Kate lives with her husband, English bulldog, and tabby cat in the house where she grew up, by the sea she loves in Santa Cruz, California.

ABOUT JEAN MAHONEY: Jean Mahoney is a writer who roams and wanders in and out of the fog in Santa Cruz, California. She has been writing for forever, at least since 1958 when she published two editions of the Mahoney Family News in her own handwriting. Since then she has enjoyed writing poetry, essays and short stories and hopes to continue this practice until at least 2048.

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