Evening with Jane Bowles directed by JoAnne Akalaitis

Inverness County Centre for the Arts

A short dramatic film “Other Children “ adapted from a Bowles short story, shot in 1976 in Inverness, Margaree, Baddeck featuring Juliet Glass , Erik Moskowitz and Joan Jonas .

A reading “ But perhaps something nice will happen anyway “ a collage of the work of Bowles from her collected works ‘My Sister’s Hand in Mine‘ and her selected letters ‘Out in the world’ featuring Leslie Freeman, Cindy O’Neal, and Kristin MacDonald.

Jane Bowles wrote from the early 40’s to the mid- 60’s and is considered by critics a revolutionary and brilliant stylist and one of the most truly original writers of the 20th century .

Tennessee Williams called her “ the most important writer of prose in modern American letters .” Truman Capote called her “tragic view central to her vision” and at the same time “

a very funny writer “

Her output was small but rich filled with remarkable characterizations of mostly women who are eccentric, poetic, hilarious , dry, and often deeply unsatisfied.

Bowles herself lived a bohemian life filled with a cast of characters consisting of every notable artist of the day including her husband the writer and composer Paul Bowles , wandering the worlds of New York, Paris, Ceylon and most consistently, Tangiers.

She was mentally ill and alcoholic, suffered a stroke at age 40 and died 13 years later .

Some contend that has was poisoned by her Moroccan lover Cherifa, who practiced black magic.

July 30th, 2024

16080 HWY 19, Inverness

7PM

Admission by Donation

We look forward to seeing you there.