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Saturday, December 04, 2010
Burning Bush @Wild Bill's, September 2010
Burning Bush played a couple of awesome sets at Wild Bill's in Saipan. Kila Moses, playing the electric Ukelele, and his band, played for his girlfriend Anna Manibusan's birthday party there.
for more photos go to: Tropical Pete's Photos on Flickr.com
for more photos go to: Tropical Pete's Photos on Flickr.com
Monday, November 01, 2010
EVENT: Blues festival at Wild Bill's Saipan, Nov. 5 + 7
Four concerts, three nights, two islands, and one island chain under a groove, the Micronesian Blues Society is celebrating their 20th birthday.
The musical event kicks off at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 5 at the Mermaid Tavern and Grille in Hagåtña, featuring Johnny Paniolo & Hula Blues.
The music plays on in Garapan, Saipan at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 6 at Wild Bill’s Bar & Grill on Beach Road, featuring the Big Island Playboys.
At 3 p.m. on Nov. 7, an afternoon luau takes place with Slack Key Soul at Wild Bill’s Bar & Grill.
The event continues at Wild Bill’s Bar with a performance from Diving with the Dead at 7:30 p.m. on the same day.
Admission is free but a small donation is welcome. At 3 p.m. on Nov. 7, an afternoon luau takes place with Slack Key Soul at Wild Bill’s Bar & Grill.
The event continues at Wild Bill’s Bar with a performance from Diving with the Dead at 7:30 p.m. on the same day.
Featured musicians are from Hawaii, Korea, the Philippines, Saipan, Guam and the U.S. mainland.
For more informaiton, contact John Hoffman in Guam at 788-4413 or e-mail: jhblues@guam.net or Mike Thorpe in Saipan at (670) 285-3533.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Wanted: writers from the Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan, CNMI – A quartet of local writers from the Northern Mariana Islands is accepting submissions for an upcoming anthology of local writers they are tentatively calling Stories from Wild Bills Cafe: Life, Love and Spicy Tofu in the Northern Mariana Islands.
“A number of local writers have been throwing around an idea to create a compilation of local work for years now,” said Angelo O’Connor Villagomez. “A group of us have been meeting together over spicy tofu and chiliburgers at Wild Bills these last few months and we’ve finally decided to put it together.”
When asked how long the anthology would be and how many writers would be included, Villagomez said that the book would be “about 200 pages, which will probably fit about 15 -20 writers.”
The editors of Wild Bills Café are Jane Mack, Joe Race, Jaime Vergara, and Villagomez.
The inspiration for the name of the anthology comes from Wild Bills Café on Beach Road in Garapan.
“I talked to the owner Bill about the name, and he’s allowing us to use it,” explained Race, a local novelist and former police officer. “Our idea is to focus the attention on a physical place to ground all the stories.”
Race also said that the book would promote the Northern Mariana Islands and might even turn Wild Bills into a destination for tourists, readers, and writers.
“Saipan, Tinian and Rota are home to several dozen newspaper reporters, bloggers, novelists, poets and amateur writers,” said Mack, a novelist and lawyer. “There are also a number of writers from the Northern Mariana Islands living and working abroad, but who write about home. These are the people we want to include in this first edition of Wild Bills.”
Writers interested in submitting work for the anthology can contact the editors at WildBillStories@gmail.com. Submission guidelines are available upon request. Writers whose work is chosen for submission will receive two (2) copies of Stories from Wild Bills Café
“A number of local writers have been throwing around an idea to create a compilation of local work for years now,” said Angelo O’Connor Villagomez. “A group of us have been meeting together over spicy tofu and chiliburgers at Wild Bills these last few months and we’ve finally decided to put it together.”
When asked how long the anthology would be and how many writers would be included, Villagomez said that the book would be “about 200 pages, which will probably fit about 15 -20 writers.”
The editors of Wild Bills Café are Jane Mack, Joe Race, Jaime Vergara, and Villagomez.
The inspiration for the name of the anthology comes from Wild Bills Café on Beach Road in Garapan.
“I talked to the owner Bill about the name, and he’s allowing us to use it,” explained Race, a local novelist and former police officer. “Our idea is to focus the attention on a physical place to ground all the stories.”
Race also said that the book would promote the Northern Mariana Islands and might even turn Wild Bills into a destination for tourists, readers, and writers.
“Saipan, Tinian and Rota are home to several dozen newspaper reporters, bloggers, novelists, poets and amateur writers,” said Mack, a novelist and lawyer. “There are also a number of writers from the Northern Mariana Islands living and working abroad, but who write about home. These are the people we want to include in this first edition of Wild Bills.”
Writers interested in submitting work for the anthology can contact the editors at WildBillStories@gmail.com. Submission guidelines are available upon request. Writers whose work is chosen for submission will receive two (2) copies of Stories from Wild Bills Café
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