Chapters Bookstore Celebrates 3rd Thursday with Steven Dietemann08:57AM / Thursday, September 10, 2009
PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Chapters Bookstore is pleased to announce a special evening with Steven Dietemann, for 3rd Thursday, September 17, at 6PM.
Stephen Dietemann, a Great Barrington, writer, architect, painter and sculptor, writes a monthly architecture column, “Architecture and Arcadia,” for The Artful Mind. He has received PEN/NY State Writer’s Institute fellowships, and his work has appeared in a variety of publications, including The Berkshire Review and upstreet. He has been a writing instructor for Word Street , where he co-taught the popular “Structuring the Short Story” course with Vivian Dorsel. He is working on a short-story collection, Love and Other Blasphemies.
One of Dietemann’s recent architectural projects, 140 North Plain Road, Great Barrington, was awarded a Western Massachusetts honor award for design excellence by the American Institute of Architects, and appeared in Berkshire Living and on Home and Garden Television (HGTV). He is currently working to create a visitors’ center for the Millay Colony at Steepletop in Austerlitz , NY .
Dietemann’s wife, Stephanie Anderson, is an artist and a children’s book illustrator with Simon and Schuster; her books include Sleepy Boy, Weaving the Rainbow, and the soon-to- be-released Home Sweet Home.
In addition to the Dietemann presentation, Chapters is pleased to welcome back DJ Chuck Wright, and we will be offering free face painting. We will also have a visit from Maurice Sendak's Wild Thing. |
