SWAN Day (Support Women Artists
Now Day) is an international celebration of women artists. Join us Saturday
March 29th at 2pm at to celebrate the day at the Dayton Metro Library and enjoy
the work of local women artists who will be sharing their poetry, prose, music,
short films and more. Karen Righter will
present her short play, Obedience. Author
Christine Dull will read excerpts from Soviet
Laughter, Soviet Tears: an American couple's six-month adventure in a Ukrainian
village. Doramae O'Kelley will present her book Courageous Optimism: Montgomery Co., Ohio and the Pursuit of Votes for
Women. Donna Vance will share her
autobiography From "Travisty"
Comes Majesty. Linda Marshall will read from Sophia's Table: Women's Wisdom in Five Voices. Author and
illustrator Laura Ceville will debut her children’s picture book My Dog, Jack, just released by Gypsy
Publications. SWAN poets include Sierra Leone, Elizabeth Schmidt, Lena Marie
Arnold, Sue Iwinski and Veronica Davis. Rani Crowe’s short film Estragon's Boot and Megan Hague’s Women Who Yell will be screened. SWAN
Day Dayton also features performances by dancer Cassandra O and musician Page
Beller from Jasper the Colosul and Page and the Bellairs.
