E-Calendar October 2008
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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.

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***** LSW News & Events

** Duluth poet laureate Jim Johnson's first organized panel
discussion, "The Future of Poetry in Duluth," will take
place on Saturday afternoon, November 1st, 2 to 4 pm. in the
Green Room of the Duluth Public Library. There will be a
discussion and demonstration of different formats for
presenting poetry, including via the internet, rap music,
poetry slams, blogging and print publication. The event is
free, open to the public, and refreshments will be provided
by the Friends of the Duluth Public Library and Lake
Superior Writers.

** Inside-out: A writing class for those who have lost a
loved one. Facilitated by Deborah Cooper, Chaplain & Poet -
October 30, November 6, 13 & 20, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Marshall School Annex, 1301 Rice Lake Road $60 for LSW
members $75 for non-members
Checks payable to: Lake Superior Writers
Send to: Lake Superior Writers
1301 Rice Lake Road, Duluth MN, 55811
For more info call: 218-728-2097

** Duluth's own Cal Benson will open the twelfth season of
the Spirit Lake Poetry Series with a reading on Saturday,
Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m., in Somers Lounge at the College of
St. Scholastica.

** Trail Guide is a Perfect-bound book that will sell for
$19.95 and contains a hundred pages of poetry and prints, an
extraordinarily beautiful book and ready to print. But we're
two thousand dollars short for publication costs. Patrons
and fans, please read Lake Superior Writers web site, the
contest section, for details and then respond with checks
sent to Cecilia Lieder at the Northern Prints Gallery, 318
North 14th Avenue East, Duluth, MN 55805.

[Editor’s note: the date for the following event was
incorrectly written as “Oct. 17” in the first October
E-Calendar. Please note change!]

LSW Monthly Groups

** Monday, Oct 13 at 6:30 pm --The Children's Writers Group
will meet at Amazing Grace Bakery in Canal Park. The story
starter is "I remember..." Email questions to Julesmj2@aol.

** Wednesday, Oct 15 (third Wednesday) at 6 - 8 pm,
Fiction/Poetry Writing Group, at Chester Creek Cafe, 1902 E.
8th Street. Contact Jill Hinners (349-6431) or Cheryl Reitan
(creitan@d.umn.edu, 218-728-3154).

** Thursday, Oct 16, 11:30am Writers’ Square Group meets
at Chester Creek Café

** Sunday, Oct 19, 1:30pm Memoir Writing Group meets at
Chester Creek Café

** Sunday, Oct 23, 5:00pm Play reading Group meets at
Chester Creek Café

Other Groups

** Thursday, Oct 2 at 1:00 pm - Barnes & Noble New
Fiction/Non Fiction Book Group discussing Eight Women, Two
Model Ts and the American West by Joanne Wilke

** Sunday, Oct 5 at 5:30 pm - Barnes & Noble Mystery Book
Group discussing Trunk Music by Michael Connelly

** Tuesday, Oct 7, 7pm - In-Store Bookgroup reading Coal
Black Horse by Robert Olmstead at
Northern Lights Books and Gifts, 307 Canal Park Drive,
Duluth, MN 55802, 722-5267, 800-868-8904, www.norlights.com.

** Wednesday, Oct 8 at 6:30 pm - Barnes & Noble Classics
Book Group discussing The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth
Tarkington

** Second Sunday Poets meets on October 12 at 2:00 p.m. at
the Drummond Public Library in Drummond, WI (14990 Superior
Street). An open reading will be followed by area poets
whose work appears in the 2009 Wisconsin Poets' Calendar:
Jan Chronister, Naomi Cochran, Elizabeth Haling, Ann Penton,
and Diana Randolph. The event is free and refreshments will
be served. Contact Jan at janchronister@yahoo.com for more
information.

** Monday, Oct 20 at 7:30 pm - Barnes & Noble Science
Fiction Book Group discussing The Call of Cthulhu and Other
Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft

** Tuesday, Oct 21 at 7:00 pm - Barnes & Noble Young
Reader's Book Group discussing Night of the New Magicians by
Mary Pope Osborne. Ages 8-12 please RSVP 218-786-0710

** The Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets annual Fall Conference
will be held in Marshfield on Oct. 31-Nov. 1. Please visit
www.wfop.org for more information. Featured speakers are
Bruce Taylor from UW-Eau Claire, Shoshauna Shy from Madison,
and Susan Pagnucci from Barnes.

** Friday, Oct 31 6:30pm Barnes & Noble - Freshwater
Screenwriting Group meets for coffee and encouragement.
Wear your favorite (or scariest) writer costume!

LSW KUDOS News about LSW Members back to top 

** Lisa Poje Angelos' poems The Maintenance of Hope and
Guilty Pleasures have been chosen for inclusion in the
upcoming Poetography IV exhibition opening at 7 p.m. on
October 3 at Crossings at Carnegie Gallery in Zumbrota, MN.
This event pairs juried photographs and poems in another
great artistic collaboration in the visual and literary
realms.

** Linda LeGarde Grover will be reading selections from her
chapbook "THE INDIAN AT INDIAN SCHOOL" at the University of
Arkansas Little Rock's Sequoyah Research Center Symposium in
October. The chapbook is the 2008 selection of the UALR
Native Writers Series.

** Anne Simpson’s new book, Growing Down: Poems for an
Alzheimer's, published by Calyx Press Duluth, can be viewed
at the web site Ecumen in the " Changing Aging" section at
http://www.ecumen.org/changing-aging/

** Beryl Bissell’s essay entitled “The Three S’s”
has been published in the anthology The New Writer’s
Handbook, Volume 2 (Scarletta Press 2008).

** Eric Chandler's column "United in service, united in
ceremony" was published in the Duluth News Tribune on 28 Sep
2008. His story "Running on Park Point" was published in the
Sep-Oct issue of the Northern Wilds, the Outdoor Newspaper
of the North.

** Lake Superior Writers' member Lindsy O'Brien's new
publishing company, Red Step Press, will be releasing it's
first book in October. Overburden: Modern Life on the Iron
Range is written by Iron Range media personality Aaron Brown
and will be featured in signings and events throughout the
area. Visit www.redsteppress.com for more info.

AREA LITERARY EVENTS back to top

** "The Power of Poetry", a four-week poetry class, will be
taught by Jan Chronister at WITC-Ashland beginning October 6
for four consecutive Monday nights from 6:00-9:00.
Registration must be done through www.witc.edu. Use the
"Search and Register for Classes" option and select Ashland.
The course catalog number is 42-801-402. The cost is $33.12
($4 for seniors). Please register through www.witc.edu and
use the Classfinder function to search for classes in
Superior. Course is listed under "The" (#64657) and meets
Tuesday evenings from 6:00-9:00 9/23-10/14 at WITC-Superior.
Cost is $37.

** North End Art Gallery and Red Mug Coffeehouse cordially
invite you to join us for a dynamic collaborative exhibit
and 7 weeks of events, featuring 20 renowned poets and 20
regarded fiber artists. “Venus: Poets and Fiber Artists
Reflect” at the Red Mug Coffeehouse, 1323 Broadway .
(Corner of Hammond and Broadway) in Superior, WI. Here are
the October events:

Sat Oct 4: Poetry Night at 7:00pm - Barton Sutter, Liz
Minette, Rebecca Paradis, Connie Wanek, Cal Benson

Sat. Oct 11: Intertwined at 7:00pm Group One: Rachel Mock,
Jennifer Derrick, Tera Freese, and Kyle Elden; Group Two:
Deborah Cooper, Ann Niedringhaus, Candace Ginsberg, Anne
Simpson, and Ellie Schoenfeld

Fri. Oct 17: Signs Out of Time at 7:00pm - Belili
Productions documentary film the story of archaeologist
Marija Gimbutas

Sat Oct 18: Poetry Afternoon at 3:00pm - Louis Jenkins,
Jim Johnson, Yvonne Rutford, Bob Monahan, Richard Gruchalla

Sat Oct 18: Beauty: The Invisible Embrace from 10:00am
-3:00pm - Fiber Workshop with Erika Mock - call to register
715-392-1150

Sat Oct 25: Closing Reception from 5:00-7:00pm (music by
Kathy McTavish, Cello)

Exhibit coordinators Erika Mock, Ellie Schoenfeld, and Jo
Wood have arranged events to foster artistic expression,
invite community conversation, and raise imaginative energy
in all of us. Collaboration was intentionally chosen to
unleash possibilities during a time of challenge and
uncertainty. The participants reflect the diversity of poets
and fiber artists creating work in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The activities scheduled offer an opportunity for artists
and the community to come together, share thoughts, and
enrich one another. Events are free and open to the public.
(workshop offered on a sliding fee scale) Funded in part by
grants from the Community Opportunity Fund of the Duluth
Superior Area Community Foundation and the Wisconsin Arts
Board.

For more information contact:
Arna at 715.392.6007 or
info@neartscouncil.org
www.neartscouncil.org
Erika Mock at 715.392.1150
erikam@discover-net.net

** Wednesday, Oct 1 at 7:00pm Poets Sharon Chmielarz,
Connie Wanek, and Bryan Thao Worra will read round-robin
style at Nina’s Café, above Garrison Keillor’s Common
Good Books in St. Paul (corner of Selby and Western) The
event is FREE and open to the public. The reading is part of
the Nina’s Café “Verse and Converse” Series curated
by Todd Boss, and has the support of Common Good Books.

** Saturday, Oct 4, 11-1 pm, The Peace Bell, by Margi Preus,
book signing at Northern Lights Books, 307 Canal Park Drive,
Duluth, MN 55802

** Saturday, Oct 4, 1-2pm Booksigning: Claire Schumacher
signs her book Franklin Lloyd Wright: The Prodigal Son of
Spring Green at Northern Lights Books and Gifts, 307 Canal
Park Drive, Duluth, MN 55802, 722-5267, 800-868-8904,
www.norlights.com.

** Saturday, Oct 4, 3-4pm Booksigning: Heather Bouwman signs
her book The Remarkable and Very True Story of Lucy and
Snowcap at Northern Lights Books and Gifts, 307 Canal Park
Drive, Duluth, MN 55802, 722-5267, 800-868-8904,
www.norlights.com.

** Saturday, Oct 4, 4-5pm Booksigning: Bill Watkins signs
his book Once and Future Celt at Northern Lights Books and
Gifts, 307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN 55802, 722-5267,
800-868-8904, www.norlights.com.

** Saturday, Oct 11, 1-2pm Booksigning: Tom Maltman signs
his book The Night Birds at Northern Lights Books and Gifts,
307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN 55802, 722-5267,
800-868-8904, www.norlights.com.

** Saturday, Oct 11 at 1:00 pm Howard Sivertson signing his
book Driftwood at Barnes & Noble, Miller Hill Mall, Duluth,
218-786-0710.

** Saturday, Oct 11, 2-4pm Booksigning: Beatrice Ojakangas
signs her book The Best Casserole Cookbook Ever at Northern
Lights Books and Gifts, 307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN
55802, 722-5267, 800-868-8904, www.norlights.com.

** Tuesday, Oct. 14, 4:00-5:30pm, Educator Appreciation
Reception at Barnes & Noble, Miller Hill Mall, Duluth

** Tuesday, October 14 from 4:00-6:00 PM Educator
Appreciation Reception. Refreshments,
gift bags, book reviews, and door prizes. Our guest speaker
will be author Margi Preus. She will sign copies of her new
book The Peace Bell following her presentation. RSVP
218-786-0710

** Wednesday, Oct 15 at 5:30pm - Margaret Olson Webster will
give a short topic for teen-agers at Aitkin Public Library
(Do All Heroes Havta Wear Tights? talking about her book ARE
ALL THE HEROES GONE? At 6:00 P.M. she will present LEFSE AND
BOOKS and read from her new book LIFE-TIMES SIX

** Wednesday, Oct 15, 7:30 pm Quaterfoil Library, 1619
Dayton Ave., St. Paul Poets' Fruit Platter: A reading and
reception to celebrate the appointment of the new U.S.Poet
Laureate, Kay Ryan. Readers include Emily August, Sharon M.
Day, John Medeiros, Andrea Jenkins, Emily Wharton, Argie
Manolis and LSW member Jane Levin. Free.

** Thursday, Oct 16, 7:00 pm The Loft Literary Center, 1011
Washington Ave., S., Minneapolis
Third Thursday Publication Readings - Elizabeth Oness, C.
Mikal Oness and Jane Levin
Reception and book signing following reading. Free.

** Monday, Oct 17, 7:00pm - Anthony Bukoski reads from his
short story collection Twelve Below Zero, recently released
in a new and expanded edition from Holy Cow! Press at the
Superior Public Library. Recently, the Minneapolis Star
Tribune called the stories in Bukoski's North of the
Port, another recently released collection, "strange and
darkly beautiful," concluding the review, "We are lucky to
have a writer this gifted in our region."

** Saturday, Oct 18 Duluth's own Cal Benson will open the
twelfth season of the Spirit Lake Poetry Series with a
reading on Saturday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m., in Somers Lounge
at the College of St. Scholastica.

** Saturday, Oct 18, 12-1pm Book signing: Janice Dunlap
signs her book The Boreal Owl Murder at Northern Lights
Books and Gifts, 307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN 55802,
722-5267, 800-868-8904, www.norlights.com.

** Saturday, Oct 18, 1-2pm Book signing: John Bates signs
his book Graced by the Seasons at Northern Lights Books and
Gifts, 307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN 55802, 722-5267,
800-868-8904, www.norlights.com.

** Saturday, Oct 18, 2-3pm Book signing: Michael Resman
signs his book Iron Finns at Northern Lights Books and
Gifts, 307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN 55802, 722-5267,
800-868-8904, www.norlights.com.

** Saturday, Oct 25, 12-1pm Book signing: Rob Hahn signs his
book Funeral Home Murders at Northern Lights Books and
Gifts, 307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN 55802, 722-5267,
800-868-8904, www.norlights.com.

** Saturday, October 25 at 2:00pm Dina Dove signing her book
The Baglady's Guide to
Elegant Living: Learning to Love the Life You Have at Barnes
& Noble, Miller Hill Mall, Duluth, 218-786-0710.

** "Bushed: A Poetical, Political, Partly Musical
Tragicomedy in Two Acts," Book and Lyrics by Barton Sutter,
Original Music and Arrangements by Mara Hart, Directed by
Brian Matuszak, will run from Oct. 2-4, 9-11, and 16-18 at
the new Harbor City International School Theater, 332 W.
Michigan Street, in Duluth. Show time 7 p.m. Tickets are $20
adult, $15 student and senior, $2
discount with valid union card. Call (218) 213-2780 to
reserve tickets. Produced by Rubber Chicken Theater.

** Intermedia Arts LITERARY READINGS AND EVENTS for October
2008 - information can be found on the Intermedia Arts
website at http://www.intermediaarts.org

** Tracy Nelson Maurer will sign copies of "Storm Codes" and
"John Deere" at the Minnesota Educational Media Organization
(MEMO) Conference on Friday, Oct. 3. She will also compete
in the "Storyteller Idol" competition at the Minnesota
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators annual
conference on October 11. In addition, the CARLA/CAL Annual
International
Conference on Immersion Education has accepted Tracy's paper
for presentation on October 18; the topic is wordless
picture books for upper-elementary students in the
language-immersion environment. All events are held in the
Twin Cities area. See TracyMaurerWriter.com for book info
and more calendar details.
** Monday, Oct 27, 7:00pm - Anthony Bukoski reads from his
short story collection Twelve Below Zero, recently released
in a new and expanded edition from Holy Cow! Press at the
Superior Public Library. Recently, the Minneapolis Star
Tribune called the stories in Bukoski's North of the
Port, another recently released collection, "strange and
darkly beautiful," concluding the review, "We are lucky to
have a writer this gifted in our region."

Workshops/Submissions/Conferences/Opportunities/Deadlines back to top 

** Call for poems for MNArtists:
mnartists.org <http://www.mnartists.org/> and
magersandquinn.com http://www.magersandquinn.com/ announce a
call for entries for: What Light: This Week’s Poem Please
submit up to three short (maximum 50 lines or 300 words
each), previously unpublished poems as attachments to
poems@mnartists.org. You must be a resident of Minnesota and
a member of mnartists.org to enter this contest. Deadline
for submissions: Saturday, October 18, 2008

Our judges—Deborah Bernhardt, Jim Johnson, and William
Stobb—will select twelve winning poems to be posted, one
poem per week for the next three months, on
www.mnartists.org <http://www.mnartists.org/> and
www.magersandquinn.com <http://www.magersandquinn.com/>
Winning poets may also have reading and print publication
opportunities.

Membership on mnartists.org is FREE. Contact
info@mnartists.org or call 612.375.7611 with questions on
registration. The mission of mnartists.org is to improve the
lives of Minnesota artists and provide access to and
engagement with Minnesota’s arts culture. mnartists.org is
a project of the McKnight Foundation and the Walker Art
Center.

** Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Survey: If you have not yet taken the survey on the needs and resources for art in northeastern Minnesota, please visit the website at http://www.theimprovegroup.com/surveys/mnarts.htm or contact:
Bob DeArmond
Executive Director
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council
218-722-0952
1-800-569-8134
bob@aracouncil.org

** The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council to Hold Regional
Grant Writing Workshops

The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council (ARAC) is holding free
grant writing workshops for individual artists and arts
organizations in four communities in the Arrowhead Region.
Bob DeArmond, Executive Director, and Jean Sramek, Program
Assistant of the ARAC, will host these two hour meetings.
DeArmond will begin each meeting by inquiring about the art
needs in your community or county. Your input is important
in helping the ARAC understand how it can best serve the
arts in the Region.

The majority of each meeting will be spent explaining what
is involved in submitting an application to the ARAC grant
programs. DeArmond will explain the Council's three grant
programs for organizations and Sramek will explain the
Council's three individual artist programs. Program
guidelines and application forms will be available at the
meetings. DeArmond and Sramek will leave time to be
available to answer individual questions concerning possible
grant proposals following the workshops.

The workshops are free and open to all individuals living in
the seven county area of northeastern Minnesota: Aitkin,
Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis
Counties. You may contract the ARAC office if you are unable
to attend one of these workshops and would like assistance
with a grant application. The dates and locations of the
upcoming workshops are:

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - Arrowhead Center for the Arts,
11 West Fifth Street, Grand Marais, 6:00 to 8:00pm

Thursday, Oct 9, 2008 - Encore Performing Arts Center home
of County Seat Theater Company, 2035 South Hwy 33, Cloquet,
6:00 to 8:00pm

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2008 - Lyric Center for the Arts, First
Stage Gallery, 510 Chestnut Street, Virginia, 6:30 to 8:30pm

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2008 - MacRostie Art Center, 405 First
Avenue NW, Grand Rapids, 6:00 to 8:00pm

The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council is funded by an
appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature and The
McKnight Foundation. The Council enriches the cultural
lives of individuals living in northeastern Minnesota by
offering grants and services to individual artists and arts
organizations. For more information, constituents may
contact:

Arrowhead Regional Arts Council
1301 Rice Lake Road, Suite 111
Duluth, MN 55811
Call: 1-800-569-8134 or 218-722-0952
email: info@aracouncil.org Website: www.ARACouncil.org

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.

Lake Superior Writers Calendar back to top

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.