Artists and Authors Show a Big Hit

On Thursday night the Hawthorne Hotel hosted a new event, called Artists and Authors: A Winter Exhibit. It was very well-attended, and a great success given the first-time nature of the event, and the relatively last-minute development of it.

Here are some photos of some of it.

 Ralph Newhall, one of the artists in "residence" at our event on Thursday night.

 Sheila Billings, whose coloring books we carry in our gift shop at the Hawthorne Hotel -- does many other things as you can see.

 Our good friend, Wendy Snow-Lang seemed dressed to "go" with her art.

 Poetess Claire Keyes, who gave a reading to a very receptive audience.

 Chris Cuddy

 A shot of the Ballroom just as things were getting going. 

 Stephen Stolfors, Shirley Stolfors, and our very own Kristie Poehler, who was here as our own Author in Residence.  She has written a book called The Cause -- a Civil War novel that has an interesting perspective, colored by Kristie's scholarship and knowledge.

 Special Edition played several sets for an audience appreciative of their Big Band sound.

Ellen Hardy, Jim Singletary, Wendy Snow-Lang all worked with our own Thomas MacDonald, whose brain-child this event was, and who did all the organization and set-up here at the Hawthorne Hotel.

Congratulations to Thomas for all he did to make this a happy event.

Juli