Sheila Tiarks will be the featured poet at The Performing Arts Studio Second Sunday Poetry Reading May 18.  The reading begins at 2:00 in the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones Avenue.  There is no admission charge.  Light refreshments will be served.

Tiarks, a retired social worker, began writing poetry only seven years ago.  Her first one person extended reading was at PAS Second Sunday Poetry in 2006.  She has since become a prominent personality in the metro poetry scene and is now the host/coordinator of the monthly poetry readings at Full Circle in Oklahoma City. 

“Sheila Tiarks is an accomplished poet in her own right, one whose poetic vision has delighted audiences who have found her warm and perceptive.” says Carl Sennhenn, host of Second Sunday Poetry.  “We look forward to her second reading at the Depot.”

For additional  information on Performing Arts Studio programs call 405-307-9320.  PAS hours are 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Tuesday through Friday and 1:00 to 5:00 Sundays.

Easter Island

When she joined 90 other people on the National Geographic Photographic Expedition, Dutcher was not sure what to expect.  “Each day”, she says, “managed to somehow top the last, which didn’t seem possible considering everything we saw: Machu Picchu in Peru, the Moai statues at Easter Island; a man-made rain forest in Australia; Angkor Wat in Cambodia; the pandas in Chengdu, China, an orphanage and the Potala in Lhasa, Tibet; the Taj Mahal in India; the wild assortment of animals in the Serengeti Plains; the face of King Tut in Luxor, Egypt; and finally a Berber village (via mule) in the Atlas Mountains Of Morocco.”  The photographic opportunities were endless.  The resulting photos incredibly beautiful and diverse.