The 18th annual Magic Barrel: A Reading to Fight Hunger is set for Friday, Oct. 21 at Corvallis High School Theatre.The Magic Barrel begins at 6:30 p.m. with music from the jazz group, Sideways Portal. Readings start at 7:00 p.m.
Nine fine local writers will read samples of their work plus samples of sweet and savory tidbits from Corvallis’s best chefs and bakers. Suggested donation is $7, but no one will be turned away.
Corvallis novelist Rick Borsten says, “The Magic Barrel has become the mid-Valley’s premier literary event.”
This year’s readers are: Keith Scribner, OSU professor and author of the novels Miracle Girl; Alison Clement, author of the novels Pretty Is as Pretty; Tom Birdseye, author of a dozen novels for young readers including Storm Mountain; Jon Lewis, OSU professor and author of eight nonfiction books about cinema including one about “The Godfather”; Debra Gwartney, author of Live Through This; Tim Black, author of the poetry collection Connecticut Shade; Karen Holmberg, OSU professor, author of the poetry collection The Perseids; Ann Staley, author of the poetry collection Primary Sources.
Emcee will be Mike McInally, editor of the Corvallis Gazette-Times.
All the money raised at The Magic Barrel goes to Linn Benton Food Share to help alleviate hunger in our community.
