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Presented by W.O.W. Works of Wonder is the Bohemian Café!
Come join us and listen to four local writers & poets share their eclectic perspectives! Take in their vibes in a laid back cafe lounge environment as the Coachella Valley Art Center becomes transformed into The Bohemian Café for the night. This event is open to all and a suggested donation of $7 covers entrance and your cup of Java and choice of pastry. Enjoy the mystic of the desert and meet new people in the heart of Indio!
Here is a spotlight on our talented storytellers for Saturday.
Rose Baldwin is a Midwesterner—often plainspoken, sometimes thickheaded occasionally insightful. She has been a joker, a daydreamer and a scribbler all her life. She’s worked in banking, taught finance and worked for the federal government. In all cases her bosses thought she would be happier doing something else—writing maybe.
Her fiction appeared in Creative Wisconsin and for several years she worked as a staff writer for The Burlington Standard Press and a stringer for other Southern Wisconsin newspapers. She is currently working on a collection of poems and fictional short stories about the adventure of exploring the foreign land called “Old Age.” Her book Flirting With Destiny, though unpublished, was praised by several people not related to her.
She has attended writing classes at the Writer’s Studio at the University of Chicago and at University of Wisconsin, Madison; has a a Masters of Business Administration from University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from California State University, Long Beach. Since August 2014 she has called Rancho Mirage home.
Jake Epstine is a stand-up comic, monologist, fiction writer and reluctant blogger (https://jakeepstine.wordpress.com). Epstine who moved to Palm Springs in the summer of 2013, after doing a ten year stretch in the City of the Angels, living on the street winding up to the Hollywood Sign.
Jake speaks frankly about his transition to the desert.
“After downing the bitter caffeine of the hard-boiled Koffi cafe, the desert’s clear skies, looming mountains and “Streetcar” like heat keep my fingers pounding away at the keyboard.”
His stories have been published in “34th Parallel” magazine and “The Seattle Examiner.” In July 2013, Jake’s monologue, “I Was Saved By The Ladies Of The Night,” was selected to be staged as part of Georgia State University’s “Coping: An Evening of LGBTQ Shorts.” In addition to acting in a wild array of plays in Los Angeles, Jake has performed solo works in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Amie Fisher was an agent for the Internal Revenue Service for over 21 years before she retired in 2006. Amie is a world traveler and has traveled to exotic and unforgettable destinations such as New Zealand, Antarctica and Kenya, just to name a few. Amie is very passionate about her brand of poetry she describes as whimsical and surreal. Amie has been living in the desert since 1992.
Donna Fitzgerald is the author of two books: Reruns (2013) and Is Honesty a Joke? (1978). She has run several open mic venues in Southern California which include Espresso Yourself in Idyllwild, at Peabody’s in Palm Springs, and at Cathedral City High School. She currently co-hosts open mics at Koffi in Rancho Mirage, she also was on the editorial staff of two publications: The George Williams Review and The Idyllwild Word.
WHAT: BOHEMIAN CAFÉ
WHEN: SATURDAY, JUNE 27th, 2015 at 5pm-8pm
WHERE: THE COACHELLA VALLEY ART CENTER