Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI]
Nevada Neighbors Lecture Series at the Carson City Library
P.O. Box 1333
Carson City, Nevada 89702

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 28, 2008

"The View from Manhattan"
[CCAI Nevada Neighbors Lecture Series at Carson City Library]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

"The View from Manhattan"

Nevada Neighbors, the Capital City Arts Initiative's ongoing series of presentations on contemporary art, will feature arts writer and poet Gregory Crosby on Wednesday, April 30, with "The View from Manhattan," a talk at the Carson City Library at 7:00 p.m. There will be an informal reception for Mr. Crosby at the library at 6:15 preceding his talk.

The library is located at 900 North Roop Street. The lecture and reception are free and the public is cordially invited.

In his talk, Mr. Crosby will show innovative work from the evolving art scene and discuss some of the difficulties and challenges that New York's status as the world's art capital faces in the future.

Born in Michigan, Gregory Crosby spent his formative years in Las Vegas, where for more than a decade he was an art critic, columnist and cultural commentator. Mr. Crosby holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the City College of New York, where in 2006 he won the Marie Ponsot Poetry Prize. His poems have appeared in several journals, including Court Green, Jacket, Pearl, [sic], and The South Carolina Review.

The Capital City Arts Initiative is an artist-centered organization committed to the encouragement and support of artists and the arts and culture of Carson City and the surrounding region. The Initiative is committed to community building for the area's diverse adult and youth populations through art projects and exhibitions, live events, arts education programs, artist residencies, and its web site.

CCAI is funded by the Carson City Redevelopment Authority; the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; the James W. Calhoun Foundation; U.S. Bancorp Foundation; Gayle Crowell; Carson High School; Sierra Nevada College; Carson City Library; Nevada Hispanic Services-Carson City; CCAI Business Leaders: Builders Wholesale, Coldwell Banker Best Sellers, Data Graphics, Greater Nevada Credit Union Sponsorship Fund; and CCAI's Board of Directors, BrAG [CCAI's 'Brilliant Advisory Group'] and CCAI's growing memberships.

CCAI extends special thanks to Joe McCarthy; Steele & Associates, CPAs; Jenny Lopiccolo; Classy Seconds &
Advocates to End Domestic Violence; Carson City Courthouse; St. Mary's Art Center, Virginia City; Dr.
Kim Bean, Dr. Jeffrey Bean; Carson Shopping Center; Cyndy and Steve Brenneman; the Rehm Family; the Dan Leck Family; Capital City Entertainment; Vital Signs; John Procaccaini, Brewery Arts Center; Genoa Lakes Golf Club & Resort; Rick Sikes, Nevada Green; Carson Harley-Davidson Buell Dealership; David Ruf, Greenhouse Garden Center; and Simpson Creative.

For additional information visit CCAI’s website at www.arts-initiative.org.

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Capital City Arts Initiative

CCAI Talk by Gregory Crosby
"The View from Manhattan"
Part of CCAI "Nevada Neighbors" Lecture Series

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 7 p.m.
Informal reception at 6:15 p.m.

Location: Carson City Public Library – 900 N. Roop Street, Carson City, NV ph. 775-887-2244

Free. Open to the Public

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