Authors Niall Griffiths and Chris Keil will arrive from Wales to
appear at an author's salon at the Left Coast Eisteddfod and for a
free reading and Q&A event at the Central library on Thursday, August
20th. Works by both authors are available at the library and are part
of a display in the first floor lobby.
Welsh-American musician and teacher, John Good, will travel from
Arizona to give a presentation on "1500 Years of Welsh Poetry" at the
Central library on Wednesday, August 19th, and will appear at the Left
Coast Eisteddfod Saturday, August 22nd as half of Oceans Apart, a
Celtic roots music duo. John Good is a native Welsh speaker and will
also give a Welsh language lesson at the Eisteddfod and demonstrate
the Pibgorn, an ancient Welsh pipe.
MORE HERE...
http://americymru.ning.com/profiles/blogs/welsh-month-at-portland