April Fettuccine Forum

"Idaho Writers:  Past Tense & Present"

The Fettuccine Forum is proud to present Cort Conley as the featured speaker April 7, 2011 at the Fettuccine Forum.

Conley will discuss some of the more significant state writers and poets from the past, as well as selected contemporary Idaho writers and poets.  He will share his views about what puts the "Idaho" in a writer, supplementing his remarks with favorite passages from their works.

Cort Conley is director of Literary Services at the Idaho Commission on the Arts.  He has an extensive background as a writer, editor, and publisher of books and holds a Jurisprudence Doctorate from the University of California. Cort has lived in Idaho since 1972 and has written or co-written ten books, most of them touching some aspect of the state. Publications include:  Idaho for the Curious and Idaho Loners; Hermits, Solitaries and Individualists. He has been an independent river guide since 1968 on rivers throughout the West.

The Fettuccine Forum is a free public lecture series on six First Thursdays throughout the academic year.  

When and Where:
 April 7, 2011:  Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and the presentation begins at 5:30 p.m.
 Rose Room, in downtown Boise's historic Union Block, 718 W. Idaho Street
 Free appetizers; fettuccine & desserts available for sale, catered by Jenny's Lunch Line
 Beverages, for a cost, are provided by Jo's Traveling Bar

The Fettuccine Forum is produced by the Boise City Department of Arts & History, with support from Boise State University (College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs). This season the Forum is sponsored by the Idaho Humanities Council with support from Jenny's Lunch Line, Platform Architecture-Design and TAG Historical Research. Lively and informal, the monthly event invites the public to interact with politicians, artists, historians, activists, advocates and professionals to offer on-going educational opportunities.

The Forum includes a companion workshop April 7-9 titled "Idaho Literary History" taught by Tully Gerlach.  Workshops are offered for graduate and undergraduate credit. Register at www.broncoweb.edu (1credit, undergraduate or graduate) for more information contact nancytacke@boisestate.edu  All classes will be held at the new classroom at 1020 Main Street.
   
The Final Speaker for the 2010-2011 Season:  Doug StanWiens, "Boise 360:  Preservation, New Media, and the Boise Architecture Project, May 5, 2011.