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Experience: Summer 2008

The Summer 2008 issue of Experience, Centrum's magazine for the creative life, continues the magazine's new focus of articles geared toward deep discussion of various aspects of the creative life. Stories include: 

  • The songs of the KaluliExperience_front_cover_01_2
  • Copyright laws on the Internet
  • Wendy Call on the literary antecedents of the "Department of Homeland Security"
  • Dionne Bonner on Washington state's forgotten African-American history
  • A new essay on writing by Brenda Miller
  • And poems by W.S. Merwin and Dennis O'Driscoll.

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Experience: Spring 2008

The Spring 2008 issue of Experience, Centrum's magazine for the creative life, featured a re-launch of focus for the magazine, as articles focused on deepening enjoyment of multiple aspects of the creative life balanced with full listings of not just Centrum events, but all events happening at Fort Worden State Park. Stories include: 

  • Influences of advertising on contemporary literatureExperience_spring_2008_cover
  • Learning music internationally
  • Diary entries from one of Seattle's most up-and-coming artists
  • Storytelling as a way of maintaining one's cultural heritage
  • Tibetan art
  • and novelist Chris Abani's search for a national literature

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Experience: Winter 2007

The Winter 2007 issue Experience, Centrum's magazine for the creative life, serves as our performance program for events happening in November, December, and January. It also showcases:

  • Feature stories on our core artist faculty members for youth workshopsExperience_winter_2007_01
  • The installation work of visual artist Jim Hobbs
  • An article on the joy and sadness of Brazilian choro music
  • Going behind the secenes on the music of Cold Mountain.
  • An interview with Orville Johnson

...and much more!

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Experience: Fall 2007

Experiencev2i3cover Do you have your Fall Experience yet?

The Fall 2007 issue Experience: Centrum's Magazine for the Creative Life serves as our performance program for events happening in August, September and October. It also showcases:

  • A feature story on how composer Paul Moravec followed Shakespeare's inspiration to the Pultizer Prize
  • Ted Rynearson's quest to help people--and nations--find healing
  • The Secret Musical Life of Cisterns--an article detailing the musical history of the Dan Harpole Cistern at Fort Worden.
  • The Early Blues of Henry Gray: How a deacon's son finds 'the devil's music'
  • The Story Behind the Story: Pam Houston discusses the  art of creating through revising

...and much more!

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Experience: Summer 2007

Experiencev2i2cover We've just completed work on the latest issue of Experience: Centrum's Magazine for the Creative Life. The Summer 2007 issue serves as our performance program for events happening in May, June, and July. It also includes:

  • A feature on Hannes Coetzee, a South African teaspoon slide guitar player who has become a YouTube sensation
  • A stimulating dialog on Imagination and Dissent between Centrum's Artistic Director for Literature Rebecca Brown, and the writer Thomas Glave
  • The story of cowboy musician and Yahoo! Yodeler Wylie Gustafson
  • An examination of the metaphorical language of the visual artist Susie J. Lee
  • A group interview with "The Women of Blues" (the female faculty of the Port Townsend Country Blues Festival)
  • A moment of conversation with National Heritage Award fellow, and Irish fiddling star Liz Carroll
  • Jazz musician Houston Person's recipe for having a good time

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Experience Magazine

Each quarter, Centrum puts you in touch with the people, ideas and art that make Centrum and Fort Worden hum.

Each issue of Centrum’s free magazine Experience is sent to tens of thousands of passionate music, literature, dance and arts lovers.

Experience connects readers with Centrum workshops, performances, and residencies, as well as the artists, thinkers, donors, and activists who comprise the Centrum community.

In addition to serving as the feature editorial voice for Centrum activities, Experience also serves as the program for every Centrum performance throughout the year, including the immensely popular Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Jazz Port Townsend, and the Port Townsend Country Blues Festival.

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