1:00	E Marie Downey
1:30	Shelley Graff & Kathy Crocco
2:00	Stand Up, Speak Out: The Women Writers' Hour of Power	Chey Davis Susan Harris, (reader & emcee) Teal Mercaeant Tari Muniz Christine Pereira Judy Rohm Lisa Sayles
3:00	Barb Barton
3:30	Neptune Transit
4:00	Musical Theater Ensemble from the Rhuhala Performing Arts Center will be singing “Hills of Tomorrow” a Steven Sondheim Broadway Review
4:30	Who's Your Mama?  Cindy Lehmkuhle/Murray Stewart-Jones/Stephanie Hasley

E. Marie

I'm E. Marie; I play & write my own songs.  My songs are about Love & Friendship and for the lost child.  The goal is for my songs to leave an everlasting impression.   

Shelley Graff

Shelley Graff is a singer/songwriter/ teacher/healer who knows that the power of women’s voices will change the world. Shelley has been making music with women and for women for over seventeen years.  During the past four years, Shelley has been joined by Kathy Crocco, Julie Kronenberger, dorrie andermills, and Karen Andermills on a journey creating music for women’s voices and women’s souls. Shelley's newest CD, Fire On The Arrow, was inspired by and is a tribute to the healing/sounding work of the living spirit of the late Kay Gardner.

www.shelleyg.com  

 

Stand Up, Speak Out: The Women Writers' Hour of Power

Chey Davis

Chey Davis,  a poet from Lansing, teaches English at Delta College in  the Tri-City area.  She has a forthcoming book, Collection, due at the end of the Month from Binge Press.  

Susan Harris

I'm a Leo and I like dancing, reading, karate and taking long walks...

oh wait, this isn't the personals. I have been writing poetry for over 20 years and maybe now I've gotten it right.

Teal Mercaeant

Teal began writing poetry at nine and hasn't stopped.  Her poetry ranges from sensual to political to the occassionally surreal, but it is always reaching for that truth found within and beyond words.  Her self-published chapbook 'Rainbow Tapestry' came out in June 2008.

Tari Muniz

Tari Muñiz is a long-time resident of Lansing's Eastside.  She is lover of words and women.

 

Christine Pereira

Chris is a sassy sagittarian originally from New Hampshire. While in Michigan the journey of life has included school, school, and oh more school. Chris is a passionate activist for multicultural issues and is currently concluding her PhD work in MSU's College of Education. Words of advice: be yourself, take risks, laugh a lot, and create the peace, love and joy that you seek. 

Judy Rohm

I am a poet, memoir writer, and retired educator. Most recently, two of my stories were published in The Teacher Who Ate Her Pet, an anthology of memoirs by 32 local writers. I attribute my lifelong love of storytelling to my witty, articulate father and the dynamic Southern Baptist evangelists who preached at our church when I was a child. They were my role models; they made me laugh, made me cry, made me seek salvation on my knees.  No longer on my knees, I live in Mason, MI with beautiful Betty and three cats: Oliver, Kirby and Razzle-Taz.

Lisa Sayles

Lisa Sayles is a lesbian poet who's first chapbook, 'The Year of thePhoenix' is an angst- filled look at love, loss, and mid-life crisis.Her new chapbook, 'I Have Nothing to Say' focuses on women finding voice and self. Lisa was born in Alabama, raised in Detroit and has lived and worked in Lansing for 20 years. 

 

Neptune Transit

Lisa Heller has an extensive background as a performer, music educator, and music therapist. Her versatility encompasses a wide range of instruments, including guitar, banjo, piano, and many more. She holds degrees in Music Education and Music Therapy from East Carolina University, and a PhD in Music from MSU. Lisa has performed in numerous theatre orchestras including Shenandoah, The Robber Bridegroom, No, No, Nanette, They’re Playing Our Song, Jerry’s Girls, Cabaret, Diamond Studs and The Full Monty, and has also accompanied Lansing’s own Sistrum. She currently teaches guitar at MSU and performs locally in The Biddle City Band, Neptune Transit, and Paradocs.

Jeanne Donado has been arranging, writing, and performing music on guitar, bass, mountain dulcimer, and autoharp for more than 30 years. Although mostly a solo performer over the years, she was recently a member of the now defunct Lansing band The Bench,and currently performs with The Biddle City Band and Neptune Transit.  Jeanne wrote and recorded the sound track for the independent film No Need to Repent, and has opened for Fred Small and Guy and Candy Carawan. 

Who's Your Mama?
Cindy Lehmkuhle/Murray Stewart-Jones/Stephanie Hasley

Local singer/songwriter Cindy Lehmkuhle  with her recently released debut album, "EveryRoad", focuses on a blues-based style of writing and brings you a colorful picture of life through her music.  Currently she is collaborating with Stephanie Hasley on the bass, and Murray Stewart Jones on Accordion.