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Listening to the Future 2018 118
June 10, 2018

The Future Spoke. We Listened.

Scott Seifritz Uncategorized

On Thursday, June 7, the performance space at Writers & Books came alive with the voices of 10 area high school students who shared their short works as part of the second annual Listening to the Future event. It was a wonderful evening showcasing some amazing talent. This year’s readers were nominated by their teachers in May following a call for participants, and we greatly thank them for taking the time to introduce us to their students. It was obvious from the repeated hearty applause that the large audience was liking what they were hearing, and what they were hearing were the voices of the future — voices we’ll be hearing from again down the road.

Lineup for Listening to the Future, Thursday 6/7/2018 at Writers & Books:
ImMATURE Teen — Ja’Miah Smith (School of the Arts, nominated by Marcy Gamzon)
A Cave — Isabell Moyer (Pittsford Sutherland HS, nominated by Amanda Marshall)
An excerpt from Destiny’s Assassin — Lucy Qian (Victor HS, nominated by LeeAnne Birkemeier)
Crash and Burn — Ilsa Kloiber (Victor HS, nominated by LeeAnne Birkemeier)
The Beast — Liv Davenport (Greece Odyssey Academy, nominated by Donna McLaughlin)
Delusion — Evan Kashtan (Pittsford Sutherland HS, nominated by Evvy Fanning)
Evelyn — Jacob Purdy (Victor HS, nominated by Jeremy Hawkinson)
Tainos Enchantment — Mariangelis Gonzalez (School of the Arts, nominated by Marcy Gamzon)
Miseducation — Mardasia Ashford (Pittsford Sutherland HS, nominated by George Steele)
I Am Not a Love Poet — Phoofa Walton-Carter (Greece Odyssey Academy, nominated by MaryBeth Patton)

Special Thanks To:
Sally Bittner Bonn and the Staff of Writers & Books for their invaluable assistance and for co-sponsoring the event.
Wendy Low for her nomination (who unfortunately couldn’t attend).
Martin Petrella for photographing the event.
Rebecca Haskins for making popcorn and selling T-shirts.

Listening to the Future: An Evening of Prose and Poetry by Area High School Students, June 7, 2018 at Writers & Books
The stage is set.
The talent is assembled…
And ready to perform.
Rochester Spoken Word co-founder and the night’s MC, Scott Seifritz, welcomes the crowd.
Sally Bittner Bonn, Director of Youth Education at Writers & Books talks about some of her organization’s youth offerings.
Rochester Spoken Word co-founder and English teacher at Pittsford Sutherland, Evvy Fanning, offers some insight into the evening’s performances.
Ja’Miah Smith reading ImMATURE Teen.
Ja’Miah is a sophomore at School of the Arts.
Isabell Moyer reading A Cave.
Isabell is a sophomore at Pittsford Sutherland.
Lucy Qian reading an excerpt from Destiny’s Assassin.
Lucy is a sophomore at Victor High School.
Ilsa Kloiber reading Crash and Burn.
Ilsa is a freshman at Victor High School.
Liv Davenport reading The Beast.
Liv is a sophomore at Odyssey Academy in Greece.
Scott hawks T-shirts designed by Becca Flisnik, this year’s logo contest winner.
Evan Kashtan reading Delusion.
Evan is a senior at Pittsford Sutherland.
Jacob Purdy reading Evelyn.
Jacob is a senior at Victor High School.
The view of the lovely audience from the stage.
Mariangelis Gonzalez reading Tainos Enchantment.
Mariangelis is a junior at School of the Arts.
Mardasia Ashford reading Miseducation.
Mardasia is a senior at Pittsford Sutherland.
Phoofa Walton-Carter reading I Am Not a Love Poet.
Phoofa is a sophomore at Odyssey Academy in Greece.
Thank you to this year’s cast of Listening to the Future for a great show! (L-R) Ilsa Kloiber, Phoofa Walton-Carter, Mariangelis Gonzalez, Evan Kashtan, Isabell Moyer, Ja’Miah Smith, Lucy Qian, Liv Davenport, Mardasia Ashford, Jacob Purdy. (Kneeling) Scott Seifritz
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