E-Calendar May 2008
LSW Activities and Events | LSW Kudos | Area Events | News/Contest/Submissions | Lake Superior Writers Information | About the LSW Calendar |
Compiled by LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS

LSW member Phil Fitzpatrick is the e-calendar editor. Send your info to him at calendar@lakesuperiorwriters.org.

LSW ACTIVITIES AND NEWS.

* NOTEWORTHY ON PACT-TV Thanks to Lake Superior Writers' member Wendy Grethen and her husband, a video of the Noteworthy performance will be shown May 5 (Monday) at 2 p.m., 7 p.m. and May 6 (Tuesday) at 6 a.m. on PACT-TV. It is an hour and a half long. PACT-TV said they will also run it other times to where there is space.

* Saturday, May 17 from 2-4 p.m. Lake Superior Writers will offer a writing workshop with Bill Holm as part of the 20th Anniversary celebration of NEMBA. This will be an excellent opportunity to spend two hours with Holm, who is also the keynote speaker for the NEMBA awards ceremony on Sunday, May 18. The workshop will be held in the Rotunda of the UMD Library, Cost is $35 for LSW members; $40 for non-members. For further information and to register for this workshop, call the LSW office at 218-722-3094 or email: writers@lakesuperiorwriters.org.

Sunday, June 8, 3 - 5 pm, Quaker Meeting House, 1802 East 1st Street, Duluth Lake Superior Writers’ members are invited to read their work: Memoir, poetry, prose, non-fiction, and essay. The event is open for members to read and sell their books. Contact 724-4985 by June 2 to be included in the program. The public is invited. Refreshments will be served. A brief LSW Annual Meeting will held for board elections

LSW MONTHLY OPEN GROUPS

* The Children's Writers Group will meet Monday May 12th, 6:30 p.m. at Amazing Grace Bakery. If you like writing for children, come join us and bring some of your work to share with us! Email any questions to Julesmj2@aol.com.
Memoir Writing Group, usually meets the third Sunday of the month from 2 -4 pm at Chester Creek Café. Call (218) 728-1253 or mhart2@d.umn.edu.

Fiction/Poetry Writing Group, May 21 (third Wednesday), 6 -8 pm at Chester Creek Cafe, 1902 E. 8th Street. Contact Jill Hinners (349-6431) or Cheryl Reitan (creitan@d.umn.edu, 218-728-3154).

Writers' Square Table: usually meets the third Thursday of the month at 11:30 am, Chester Creek Café.Contact Mara Hart, (218) 728-1253 or mhart2@d.umn.edu.

Freshwater Screenwriting Group meets in May for coffee and encouragement on your screenwriting path. * May 30 - 6:30pm Barnes & Noble at the Mall. For more info call Marion at 247-5720 (work) or email marionkae@yahoo.com Happy Writing!

LSW KUDOS News about LSW Members back to top 

* Bruce Henricksen received an Editor's Prize from Minnetonka Review (Winter `08) for his poem "July Afternoon: Duluth."

* Phil Fitzpatrick’s poem, “At Some Distance” was awarded second place in the open division of the Dylan Days Poetry Competition. He and other winners will read their works at Dylan Days on May 24 from 2:30?5:30 at the Hibbing Community College Theater.

* Mary Ellen Ryall was featured in the Butterfly Corner, "Washburn Country Register," April 16, 2008, p. 19. Ryall is the executive director of Happy Tonics, a nonprofit organization that is implementing the Monarch Butterfly Habitat in Shell Lake on Shell Lake city property. To learn more about the project visit her Web site at http://www.happytonics.org/

Francine Sterle, will present a poetry reading Saturday, May 7 at 7 p.m. at the Open Hearth Poetry Salon, 118B South Plaza, Taos, New Mexico 87571

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* The Duluth Art Institute is inviting artists (and writers) to an Art Attack on Thursday, May 1, 2008 from 5-8 pm at the Lincoln Center building, 2229 W. 2nd St, Duluth. Art Attack is a subversive spontaneous event featuring underground artists as well as alternative mediums. The exhibition is targeted at the underground and outsider artists of the area. Artists are invited to bring a single piece of art to install or present in or around the Lincoln Center Gallery. All visual and alternative art mediums such as fashion and performance art are encouraged. Musicians and poets are also welcome. There are no restrictions to size or content, they only ask that the property of the DAI is not damaged or defaced in any way. Creative spontaneity is the goal of this event. A small reception will be provided by the Duluth Art Institute. Artists and event-goers are also welcome to bring potluck food to share. Bring your favorite food art! Pass the information on. For info contact Christie Culliton at getart@duluthartinstitute.org.

* UMD Student Poetry Reading, Monday May 5, 7 p.m. Kirby Plaza 311

* Tuesday, May 6, 7 pm In-Store Book Group The Translation of Dr. Apelles by David Treuer, Northern Lights Books and Gifts, 307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth MN 55802, 218-722-5267

* Thursday, May 8, 6:30-9 pm, Making Afghans for Afghans Knit together 8” wool squares into afghans to be sent to Afghanistan, First United Methodist (Coppertop) Church Social Hall, Northern Lights Books and Gifts, 307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth MN 55802, 218-722-5267

* Saturday, May 17, 11 AM - 12 PM, Booksigning: Arnold Alanen, Morgan Park: Duluth, U.S. Steel, and the Forging of a Company Town, Northern Lights Books and Gifts, 307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth MN 55802, 218-722-5267

* Tuesday, May 20, 7 PM Pages & Purls Book Group A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, Northern Lights Books and Gifts, 307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth MN 55802, 218-722-5267

* The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council (ARAC) returns to Grand Marais to present the 10th Annual Arrowhead Arts Awards on Friday, May 9, 2008. A short ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. in the Betsy Bowen Studio, 301 1st Avenue West in Grand Marais, MN. The awards ceremony will be part of the Jazz Art Underground Sneak Preview and will feature live music by Jazz Pianist Chris Gillis. This year’s award recipients are author and visual artist Betsy Bowen and author and photographer Jim Brandenburg.

* Jess Lourey will sign copies of August Moon, the latest in her Lefty-nominated Murder-by-Month series, on June 19 at Fitger's bookstore from 6-7:30 and June 20 at the Duluth Barnes and Noble from 4-6.

* June 12, at 7 p.m., Northern Lights Books & Gifts is sponsoring a reception and reading of Anthony Bukoski's fifth short story collection, North of the Port, which will be published on May 31. The event will be held at Barker's Island Inn. For reservations, call 218-722-5267.

LSW INFORMATION back to top

Lake Superior Writers prohibits discrimination in its programs, membership, and board of directors participation on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status or family status.

ABOUT THE LSW BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE LSW MEMBERSHIP Member Involvement: We value our membership and encourage your involvement in LSW. An annual meeting for LSW members is held in the spring. All members are invited to participate. Financial reports and a summary of the year's activities are presented to the membership at the annual meeting for review. The LSW board meets monthly throughout the year. Members are invited to attend board meetings, review minutes, and look over financial statements.

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THIS CALENDAR is a benefit of your membership in Lake Superior Writers. We are a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the literary arts. We welcome information from you regarding events, classes, kudos or announcements to be included in upcoming calendars.We reserve the right to edit all submissions.

Your editor for this issue of the e-calendar was LSW member and volunteer Phil Fitzpatrick. Thank you for contributing and for reading. Address all calendar events to calendar@lakesuperiorwriters.org. Address all concerns or questions about the calendar to Phil Fitzpatrick c/o pfitzpa@charter.net.