Monday, September 24, 2012

Announcing the first ever "Schedule of Appearances" for Toriano Porter

Live Cool with The Pride of Park Avenue

Upcoming schedule of appearances

OCTOBER
Date: Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
Event: Association of Black Collegians presents: Author and Journalist Toriano Porter – “Doing More for Your Future While Still Honoring the Past.”
Place: University of Central Missouri - Warrensburg, Mo.
Time: 6 to 8 p.m.

Date: Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
Event: Panelist and reading author at the 2012 Metropolitan Community College-Longview Literary Festival
Place: MCC-Longview Community College
Mel Aytes Education Center

500
S.W. Longview Road
Lee’s Summit, Missouri
Time: 2 to 6 p.m.

Date: Friday, Oct. 25, 2012
Event: Music+Art+Poetry at the Neon Gallery
Place: Neon Gallery
1921 Truman Road
Kansas City, Mo. 64127
Time: 7 to 10 p.m.

NOVEMBER
Date: November, 2012
Event: The Pageturners Book Club Saint Louis presents: Author and Journalist Toriano Porter – “A Discussion of the novel ‘James Cool’”
Place: TBA
Time: TBA

Date: Nov. 10, 2012
Event: Guest speaker at Show Me Live Networking Function
Place: The Silverlining Lounge
3748 Delor Street
St. Louis, Mo.
Time: 8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

FEBURARY 2013
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013
Event: The University of Central Missouri English Department presents: Author and Journalist Toriano Porter – “Cultural Awareness Presentation – Dream Big and Never Stop Dreaming.”
Place: UCM English Department, Warrensburg, Mo.
Time: 3:30 p.m.

JUNE 2013
Date: Sunday, June 2, 2013
Event: The Writers Place Reading Series featuring Toriano Porter (“James Cool”) and Chalise Bourque (“One Right Thing”).
Place: The Writers Place
3607 Pennsylvania Kansas City, MO 64111
Time: 4 to 6 p.m.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Synopsis for James Cool: a classic American novel by Toriano Porter featuring Rory L. Watkins

In the summer of 1985, the Winston clan – Virginia
and Robert and their children Sonny and Cassius
– move from the Southside of St. Louis to the city’s
Northside and take up space on a street famously known as
James Cool. Th e family’s resolve is tested immediately after
Virginia befriends a neighborhood tough-guy; Robert gives
in to the traps of success; and the two boys are targeted by
the posse of thugs that terrorize the street.

Monday, March 12, 2012