Voices From the Earth, Inc. is a theater arts organization based in Thomas, WV that has been serving the community since 1991.

Calendar 2012

January

• January 9 - Grandview Elementary School Charleston, WV


• January 17-20 - Union Elementary School Buckhannon, WV Teaching Artist Residency


• January 21 - MLK Oratory Contest – Ilene gives Keynote, Ohio State Lima, Lima, OH

February

• February 4 (11AM - 1PM) - VFTE Youth Performing Arts Coaching Day with Joey Madia at the Thomas Education Center, Thomas, WV


• February 10 - 13 - Timpanogas - Storytelling Seminar and Behind Enemy Lines Performance, Utah


• February 13 - 18 - Loudoun County, VA Behind Enemy Lines Public Library Tour (7 libraries)
  13: Cascades, 14: Lovettsville, 15: Sterling, 16: Rust, 17: Ashburn, 18: Middleburg and Purcellville


• February 19 - Unitarian Universalist Church of Cumberland – African American Stories, Games, and Songs


• February 21 - Hardy County Public Library- History Alive Programs


• February 27 - VFTE presents at Arts Day at the Capital – Sheila and Ilene


• February 28 (4PM) - Mountain Top Public Library – Storytelling: Love is in the Air

March

• March 3 - VFTE Youth Performing Arts Coaching Day Joey Madia and Adam Booth


• March 3 - History Alive for Harambee conference and Book Festival at Shepherdstown University, Shepherdstown, WV


• March 19 - 22 - Baba Jamal Koram Tucker County Artist Residency Thomas, WV


• March 31 (7 - 9PM) - Youth Performing Arts Competition at Tucker county High School Auditorium, Hambleton, WV

April

• April 14 (7PM) - VFTE Annual Fundraiser and Quilt Raffle Thomas, Education Center, Thomas, WV – Mystery/Dinner Theater: Love is a Heart Full of Bullet Holes by Joey Madia and Knight Berman


• April 28 - Marion County Public Library – Fairmont:, WV History Alive: Behind Enemy Lines

May

• May 12 (2PM) - Civil War Event VA Park, Clarksburg, WV  - Connie Poe sponsor Behind Enemy Lines


• May 20 (2PM) - Pickett's Fort History Alive - Harriet Tubman Program Civil War: History Alive

June

• June 3 - 24 - Oklahoma Chautauqua - Portrayal of Ethel Waters - Oklahoma Humanities Council


• June 25 - 29 - Mountain Top Library - Summer Reading Program - Dream Big! Thomas, WV


• June 30 - Mountaineer Days –Thomas, WV - VFTE Storytelling Tent

September

• September 30 - Leaf Peepers Festival Davis, WV –VFTE Storytelling Tent

October

• October 27 (7PM) - VFTE Community Theater Fall Program – Halloween - Thomas, WV

December

• December 8 (7PM) - VFTE Community Theater Winter Program – Christmas Carol - Thomas, WV