A reminder from our WFOP friends, Catheryn Cofell
WFOPJUDY KOLOSSO AND ANDREW MCSORLEY
Monday, May 21
The Draw, 800 S. Lawe Street, Appleton
7 – 8:30 pm
Open mike follows our featured readers.
Judy Kolosso divides her time between a home in southeastern Wisconsin and the the 80-acre farm west of Neenah on which she grew up. She obsesses over saving wild lands and Wisconsin’s barns. She writes both free verse and formal poetry. Her poems have appeared in Wisconsin Academy Review and People and Ideas, Midwest Prairie Review, Wisconsin Poets’ Calendars, Fox Cry Review and have been anthologized. She received the Wisconsin Writers Assoc. Jade Ring for both poetry and essay. She has published a book of poetry titled In The First Place, a chapbook, Aubade, and a recent chapbook titled COWS–Living the Paradox.
Andrew McSorley is a graduate of the MFA program in creative writing at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. His poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared or is forthcoming in journals such as The Minnesota Review, Gingerbread House Literary Magazine, SOFTBLOW, and Blue Earth Review. He lives in Appleton, where he works at the Seeley G. Mudd Library at Lawrence University.
NOTE: There is a NEW parking lot across the street from The Draw.
ON DECK:
Jun 11 Andrea Potos and Katrin Talbot
Jun 18 C. Kubasta and Austin Segrest
Jul 16 Sharo
Aug 20 Louis Clark and Lisa Vihos
For more information about the poetry reading series in Appleton, contact Sarah Gilbert at pses@sbcglobal.net
This event is brought to you, in part, by the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP), an organization founded for the creation, promotion and enjoyment of poetry throughout the state of Wisconsin. To learn more, visit www.wfop.org.
OTHER READINGS & EVENTS IN THE AREA
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CHRISTINE HARTJES WITH STUDENTS FROM OSHKOSH NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Caramel Crisp and Café
200 City Center # D, Oshkosh
6:15 pm
We are pleased to have five Oshkosh North High students as our poets on May 22. Their instructor, Christine Hartjes, calls them “very capable poets.” They are Tess Fitzhenry, Mai Chia Xiong, Sarah Olk, Leila Kamel, and Akiwele Buriyadi. It has been a goal of our group to include young poets as readers. Please join us to hear them.
An open mic will follow where participants may read a poem of their own or one that they love.
For further information you may contact Mandi Isaacson at mandiisaacson@gmail.com or Frankie Mengeling at mengeling.frankie23@gmail.c
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ALBERT DEGENOVA AND BARB GERMIAT
Thursday, May 24
The Reader’s Loft, Green Bay
5:30pm
Two award-winning poets Albert DeGenova and Barb Germiat will be reading
from recently published works.
DeGenova is the author of three books of
poetry and three chapbooks. His most recent book is, Black Pearl: poems of
love, sex and regret, released in late 2016; his chapbook Postcards to Jack
was recently re-released in a second expanded edition in late 2017. Germiat
published a chapbook in 2017 Look, the Silence recently won honorable
mention in the Muse Prize.
More here:
http://www.houseofthetomato.com/poetry-events/2018/5/24/poetry-reading
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BARDS AND BREWS: AN EVENING OF SHARING POETRY AND BEER
With Mike Orlock and Ralph Murre
June 5
Starboard Brewing Company
151 N. 3rd Ave.
Sturgeon Bay
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Write On is pleased to present Bards and Brews, a monthly reading series on the first Tuesday of the month. Each event will feature one or two poets, followed by an opportunity for audience members to read during an open mic session. The first installment of Bards and Brews will feature Mike Orlock and Ralph Murre, along with the wonderful craft beers of Starboard brewers, Patrick Sufus and Andrew Bradle.
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THE ELECTRIC EXPERIENCE
June 9
Downtown Kaukauna
1:00 – 9:00 pm
CALL FOR ARTISTS AND VOLUNTEERS!!
NEWAA (North East Wisconsin Arts association) has been given 60 booths for an enhanced art experience at The Electric Experience on June 9th from 1-9pm. Last year there were 10,000 people on one day!
Renee Beese is in charge of executing a visual arts/ performance/ spoken word….something to
· promote individual artists for hire
· educate the public about unique forms of entertainment
· entertain on this day
We are limited by the lack of electricity, however, not our imaginations….We have decided to perform, circus style with A Spectacular Word Circus Experience. This will be a fast paced show at the top of the hour, lasting 15-20 minutes every hour. We will get the audience involved and be in great costume and boisterous behaviors . . . family friendly for sure!
We are in need of performers, spoken word, dramatic poet/ storyteller persons.
Everyone who performs for half the day, which is four shows, will not only be promoted in our base tent but will aslo receive a pro membership with NEWAA, a $100 value!
We also need some type of circus tent for a 20 by 30/40 space. This is all coordinated by volunteers and motivated by self-promotion.