Category Archives: Branch News

Writer Member Margaret “Peg” Hanna to Participate in Local Authors Event

National League of American Pen Women Central Ohio Branch

Margaret “Peg” Hanna will be among the authors participating in a local authors event this weekend, August 12 – 13, at Gramercy Bookstore in Bexley, Ohio. She will be meeting readers and signing books at the bookstore on Saturday afternoon from 1:00 to 4:00. Her book, While . . . Born During WWII,  will be available for purchase.

Gramercy Bookstore is located at 2424 East Main Street in Bexley. Parking is available on East Main Street, along Cassady Avenue, or in an adjacent parking lot behind the bookstore accessed via Cassady Avenue.

There is no cost for the event.

Artist Member Kathy Anderson’s Painting in Columbus Crossing Borders Project

National League of American Pen Women Central Ohio Branch

Kathy Anderson is one of 34 Ohio artists participating in the Columbus Crossing Borders Art Project. The traveling art exhibit is an effort to raise awareness of the plight of refugees and immigrants. The artists have been challenged to “cross the border” into one another’s paintings, creating a visual collage as a tribute to those fleeing war, terror, and persecution.

All proceeds from fundraisers or sale of art will go to CRIS; Columbus Refugee and Immigration Services.

The documentary will premier August 31 at 7:00 PM at the Drexel Theater, 2254 East Main Street, Bexley, Ohio 43209.

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Longtime Member Mary Hoffman to Be Featured on Radio Program

National League of American Pen Women Central Ohio Branch

Central Ohio Branch member Mary Hoffman will be featured on Sunday, July 23, at 1pm on the radio program Music in Mid-Ohio on Classical 101 (FM dial). Christopher Purdy will host a broadcast of a Jefferson Academy of Music recital of two Haydn chamber works performed by the Euclid Quartet at the Columbus Museum of Art auditorium on Sunday afternoon, April 9, 2017, during which Mary Hoffman read appropriate commentary before movements of “The Seven Last Words of Christ.” The longtime NLAPW member of our local branch is a former program director and on-air host of WOSU-FM (known then … ...See more

Artist Member Dawn Petrill’s Work to be at the Ohio State Fair

National League of American Pen Women Central Ohio Branch

Dawn Petrill’s painting, Memories’ Quiet Interlude, was selected to be exhibited at the Ohio State Fair Fine Art Exhibition going on from July 26-August 6.

Cost: Free with admission to the Ohio State Fair

 
She also has 3 paintings hung at Starbucks in Downtown Dublin for the month of July.  They will be part of the Dublin Area Art League’s Art Stroll where artists are paired with local businesses from July 7-31.  A map will be available for all who wish to stroll around Downtown Dublin and look at all the great art!

Cost: none

Writer Member Brenda Layman Published in Ohio Valley Outdoors Magazine

National League of American Pen Women Central Ohio Branch

Writer member Brenda Layman’s article, “Ohio Dog Trainer Offers Specialty Seminars,” was published in the Summer issue of Ohio Valley Outdoors Magazine. She has been a frequent contributor to the hunting, fishing, and conservation-oriented publication for several years.

Mary Hoffman to Appear with Euclid Quartet

National League of American Pen Women Central Ohio Branch

The Euclid Quartet will perform “Haydn: Seven Last Words” at the Columbus Museum of Art as part of the Jefferson Signature Series at 3pm on Sunday, April 9, 2017. Central Ohio member Mary Hoffman, the venerable voice of classical music on WOSU for several decades, will abandon her retirement for the afternoon to read thoughtful comments on the phrases that comprise the Seven Last Words.

Tickets are available at the museum – $30 general admission, $25 for seniors, $10 for students.

The Columbus Museum of Art is located at 480 East Broad Street.

For more information:

www.Jefferson-Academy.org

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Healthy New Albany Magazine Features Writer Member Rosalie Ungar

National League of American Pen Women Central Ohio Branch

Rosalie Ungar, NLAPW national member is the author of two consecutive memoirs: “No Sex in St. Tropez” and her most recent, “IN A HEARTBEAT: The Ups and Downs of Life With Atrial Fib”. She was recently featured in this Healthy New Albany Magazine article.