21.01.2007
Explore far away places with An Adventurer's Tale
_ repoted by Dr David Law
IslandWood and The Traveler present artist and activist
Edith Mirante who will read from her book Down the Rat Hole: Adventures
Underground
on Burma's Frontiers. Mirante will share images of her travels through some of
Asia's most dangerous and remote regions, in the IslandWood Great Hall.
IslandWood, on Bainbridge Island, is one of the nation's most innovative
educational facilities, offering programs for everyone - children, graduate
students, teachers, families, and adults.
IslandWood is a unique 255-acre outdoor learning center designed to provide
exceptional learning experiences and inspire lifelong environmental and
community stewardship. We offer programs for schools as well as programs for
adults, children and families; volunteer opportunities; a host of speaker's
series and other community events open to the public.
Down the Rat Hole: Edith Mirante reading and slideshow
Date: Thursday, Feb 01, 2007
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
IslandWood, 4450 Blakely Avenue NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Suggested donation $5/person
You can register for this event on the website:
www.islandwood.org
or call 206.855.4300 to register.
Tel: (206) 855-4300
Email:
info@islandwood.org
www.islandwood.org
IslandWood is just a 35-minute ferry ride from the
downtown Seattle ferry dock to Bainbridge Island. We're easy to find, directions
by bus or by car are on the website
www.islandwood.org
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[Edith Mirante is author of “Down the Rat Hole: Adventures Underground on Burma’s Frontiers” (Orchid Press, 2005) and founder of Project Maje, an information project on Burma's human rights and environmental issues: www.projectmaje.org .
Down the Rat Hole: Adventures Underground on Burma's Frontiers _ the latest book by Edith Mirante (author of "Burmese Looking Glass") published by Orchid Press: a memoir of the author’s journeys among the brave indigenous peoples of some of Asia’s most remote and violent regions. Knowledgeably obsessed with Burma’s struggle for freedom, American artist/activist Mirante breaks laws and infiltrates borders, in impassioned journeys of discovery that take her through China, India, Laos, and chaotic Bangladesh. Down the Rat Hole is a wild and exotic headlong plunge into a hidden world of guerrilla warfare, heroin and jade trading, the AIDS pandemic, rainforest destruction, strikes and rioting, and one of the worst natural disasters of the 20th Century.]
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Edith Mirante's presentation schedule in next month : _
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Feb. 1, 2007: IslandWood, Bainbridge Island WA
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Feb. 21, 2007: Eckerd College, St. Petersburg FL
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Feb. 27, 2007: University of Oregon, Eugene OR
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Comments:
Jim McNalis said _
Edith Mirante has written two remarkable and enlightening books, BURMESE LOOKING
GLASS and DOWN THE RAT HOLE. Anyone who is the least bit interested in Burma
and that part of the world should take advantage of this opportunity to attend
her presentation.
Do you know if Ms. Mirante will be touring the country with this presentation?
If so, please publish her schedule as a convenience to your readers.
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