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Literary Events Calendar
Exciting Changes on the Horizon!
We are pleased to announce a new era in the Writers of Color Reading Series—after nearly many wonderful years of being welcome guests of our good friends and partners at Patrick’s Cabaret, we have decided to bring the series home—to Intermedia Arts! At a very special reading on May 8 we said THANK YOU to the wonderful space Patrick’s Cabaret has housed us in for so long, and farewell to curator Sun Yung Shin, who will be retuning to full-time teaching in the fall.
The Writer’s of Color Reading Series will celebrate its re-launch at Intermedia Arts as Beyond the Pure: Readings by Writers of Color at 7 pm on Thursday, October 9th, 2008 with co-curators Carolyn Holbrook and Julie Bates. Beyond the Pure readings will be held at Intermedia Arts every 2nd Thursday, and will continue to be co-sponsored by Patrick’s Cabaret.
The Carol Connolly Reading Series celebrates the rich diversity of voices that make up the Twin Cities community of writers, readers, and their audiences, offering public readings by both emerging and established local writers and poets. Funds for this activity are provided by the COMPAS Community Art Program through a grant from the McKnight Foundation.
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The Carol Connolly Reading Series
Readings By WritersBenefit Reading for Peace Island
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
7:30 PM at the historic University Club of St Paul
420 Summit Ave, St Paul
Free and open to the public
Hosted by Carol Connolly
Peace Island includes a conference at Concordia and an event on Harriet Island, both of which are sponsored by the Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers, and will occur parallel with the Republican National Convention here in Saint Paul.
Featuring:
CASS DALGLISH, poet, will be reading from her new book, Humming the Blues.
PHEBE HANSON, poet, whose books include Why Still Dance.
SUSU JEFFREY is a poet and a lead Peace Island organizer.
FRANK KRONCKE is a writer and one of the heroic Minnesota 8.
LORNA LANDVIK, novelist, joined a cross country Walk for Peace in 1986. Her eighth novel, Tis the Season!, is due for October release.
FREYA MANFRED, poet, whose beautiful new book is Swimming with a Hundred Year Old Snapping Turtle.
ROY McBRIDE, poet, has been part of the scene for over 30 years. His CD Traffic, created with piano man Willie Murphy, is set for imminent release.
JOHN MILTON is an acclaimed author, whose new Time to Choose was just released.
COLEEN ROWLEY
THOMAS R. SMITH, poet, whose books include The Dark Indigo Current.
BILL TILTON is a lawyer and one the heroic Minnesota 8.
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Young Writers!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
6-8 PM at Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave. S, Minneapolis MN 55408
$2 suggested donation for pizza
This monthly gathering is the spot for creative young voices! A place for young writers (ages 19 and under) to meet other youth writers, workshop their writing, work with local artists, participate in public literary readings and have fun! Grab your notebook and head over to Intermedia Arts to find out what Young Writers! is all about.
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The Carol Connolly Reading Series
Speculations
Monday, August 25, 2008
6:30 PM at DreamHaven Books
912 W Lake St, Minneapolis
Free and open to the public
Hosted by Eric Heideman
Featuring:
HADDAYR COPLEY-WOODS is an ad copywriter living in Minneapolis with work in places such as Strange Horizons, Ideomancer, and Best American Erotica. A fantasy and nonfiction writer, she is working on a book about raising a child with Asperger and Tourette's syndromes. Find more of her stories and essays at www.haddayr.com.
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The Carol Connolly Reading Series
GLBT Reading Series
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
7:00 PM at Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave. S, Minneapolis MN 55408
Free and open to the public
Hosted by John Medeiros and Andrea Jenkins
Featuring:
JONATHAN ODELL is the author of the acclaimed novel The View from Delphi, which deals with the struggle for equality in pre-civil rights Mississippi, his home state. His short stories and essays have appeared in Stories from the Blue Moon Café (Macadam/Cage 2004), Men Like That (University of Chicago Press, 2001), Letters of the Twentieth Century (Dial Press, 1999), Breaking Silence (Xanthus Press, 1996), Speakeasy Literary Magazine, and the Savannah Literary Journal. The View from Delphi was the 2005 spring section for “Talking Volumes,” the joint book club for Minnesota Public Radio, the Star Tribune and the Loft Literary Center. Odell was born in Mississippi in 1951, grew up in the Jim Crow South and became involved in the civil rights movement in college. He holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology and has been active in human resource development for over 30 years, including holding the position of Vice President of Human Resources for a Minneapolis based corporation and later founding his own consulting companies. In 2003, along with Minneapolis civil rights leader and city councilperson Don Samuels, Odell co-founded the Institute for Authentic Dialogue to spark conversations across race. He has appeared before thousands of business executives, clergy, community and government leaders, and educators, teaching the skills for authentic dialogue through sharing his own race story. Minneapolis Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press, and Minnesota Public Radio have all done feature stories on the work Odell is doing in race relations. He has appeared on radio and T.V. across the country and is a regular commentator for Minnesota Public Radio as well as a writing instructor at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. Odell is represented by Writers House LLC. His new novel, The Last Safe Place, is completed and with his agent.
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For more information about any of our literary events, call or email (612) 871-4444 or julie@intermediaarts.org.
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