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Belmar, NJ, August 25th, 2008 -On Thursday, September 4th, the Belmar Arts Council will host poet and author Barbara Truncellito at the Boatworks, 608 River Road in Belmar, after the general member's meeting.

Ms. Truncellito will be reading and performing excerpts from "Affairs of the Heart", her "mini-book" from a series of anthologies called The Baker's Dozen. Her voice in her poems has best been described as compassionate about the sorrows of the dispossessed and that she calmly meditates on histories of family losses and loves. Ms. Truncellito attributes her mother, Sofina Truncellito, to having the most dramatic impact on her life and poetry.

Ms. Truncellito started her own publishing company, Fragile Twilight Press, in 1991. She used the company as a means to publish her first collection of poems. Her poetry collections include Beyond the Seventh Poinsettia, Moonflowers, and In Tribes of Running Rain.

Ms. Truncellito grew up in New Jersey and resides in both New York City and on Long Beach Island, NJ. A portion of all proceeds from Fragile Twilight Press is donated to the York Street Project (www.yorkstreetproject.org) in Jersey City, NJ, which she has dedicated herself to since 1991, to help women and children break the cycle of poverty.

For directions to the Boatworks and further information about other upcoming events, please visit the BAC website at www.BelmarArts.org.

The programs of the Belmar Arts Council are funded by dues, donations and grants. BAC's events are made possible in part by the Monmouth County Arts Council through funding from the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders, through the County Historical Commission, and the New Jersey Stats Council on the Arts/Department of State a Partner Agency of the National Endowment of the Arts.

About the Belmar Arts Council

The Belmar Arts Council is a non-profit organization dedicated to making Belmar a better place to live through the arts.

The Belmar Arts Council provides opportunities for our children, residents and visitors to experience and participate in artistic activities by nurturing and maintaining an atmosphere in which art and artists can thrive in our community.

We provide a twelve-month voice for the arts in our community and schools by promoting events of interest for residents and visitors.

Recent events sponsored by BAC include the Art Walk, Youth Art Exhibition, Battle of the Bands, Community Mural Project, FantaSea Creature Invasion, Beaux Eaux Ball, Liberty Oaks Choral Concert, Juried Craft Show and Valentine Cabaret.

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For additional information:
Belmar Arts Council
Jennifer DeLorenzo, Chair - Jldelorenzo@gmail.com
or
Jack Leonard, V: 732-496-0993 E:j.leonard@namc-hitech.com Communications Committee