WEEK 1 OF PUBLIC WORKS, and here comes Week 2.

The first week of Public Works was delightful. (It will happen every Wednesday through May 9.) Pecos B. brought words that rollicked and rocked, all of us Corps members did word + movement improvisation, I unveiled the world premiere of video "Log Baby," Nora Robertson read luscious poetry in progress, and Lily Gael topped the evening with a serious shot of energy in the form of a short dance piece.

And then there was Emily Stone (pictured left). She presented a deeply moving interdisciplinary piece involving the themes of growth and home, alternating reading with movements performed in front of projected photographs, her pregnant belly distending into the screen. Meanwhile, the rest of us attended to a series of instructions she'd given us: cleansing, writing on eggshells, planting seeds. Beautiful stuff!

Next week -- Wednesday, April 11 -- Leanne Grabel will be our featured poet, belly dancer Grace Constantine will be our guest artist, and I'll show a brand new experimental reading + video piece. Expect more explorations from the Public Works Corps as well. Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave, 5:30-7 pm, free. More details about the series is in the next post, below. --Tiffany Lee Brown

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[Nora Robertson]

One thing that was interesting was the overlapping of Emily and Tiffany's pieces, the futility of the log baby--so not like a baby---and all these little seeds we were planting, live and fertile. After I left, I found a hollow of a tree to place the dirt-filled eggshells in, not able to bear just dumping them anywhere. Sorry Emily, didn't take them home for fear of spillage. A clean car doesn't happen that often. :)