E-Calendar April 2010
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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.

Can it be? Really? Dare we hope for a second snowless month
in a row? As you anxiously scan the skies while raking
leaves and tending tulips, keep these April events in mind.
Here is your April LSW E-Calendar.

LSW ACTIVITIES AND NEWS.

** Monday, Apr 12 from 6:30-8 pm Poetry from the Heart: An
Evening of Music and Poetry. Poems on grief and gratitude
from Duluth poets Cal Benson, Pamela Mittlefehldt, Jim
Perlman, Mara Hart, Connie Wanek, Gary Boelhower, Linda
Glaser, Deborah Cooper, and Shiela Packa  with music by Lynn
Brascala and Jodie Anderson. The Two Harbors Public Library.

LSW MONTHLY GROUPS

Editor’s Note: Since there are at least
two or three different sources for “monthly group”
information, all monthly groups must submit announcements
each month in order to be included in the LSW e-calendar. A
belated announcement will be mailed out within the week if
the correct information for November’s groups can be
submitted. Thank you.

** Monday Apr 12 at 6 pm - The Childrens Writer's Group is
scheduled to meet at Chester Creek Cafe. The writing prompt
for this month is a piece of writing based on a real
experience.

** Thursday Apr 15, 11:30 am - WRITERS' SQUARE TABLE at
Chester Creek Café. All are welcome.  April topic:
Children's Books You Have Loved.

** Sunday Apr 18, 1:30 pm - MEMOIR WRITERS' GROUP meets
downstairs at Chester Creek Cafe.  All are welcome.

** Wednesday, Apr 21 from 6-8 pm Third Wednesday
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.

PLAYREADING GROUP.  This group will not be meeting in April.

Other Monthly Groups

** Tuesday, Apr 6 at 7 pm - In-Store Book Group will be
meeting to discuss Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara
Kingsolver. New members always welcome, discussions led by
Melanie Grune. Northern Lights Books & Gifts 307 Canal Park
Drive Duluth, MN 55802 218-722-5267 or 800-868-8904
http://www.norlights.com

** Thursday, Apr 15 from 6:30-8 pm - In-Store Book Group:
Chapter & Verse A book group for adults to read young adult
and children’s books will be  meeting to discuss In a
Heartbeat by Loretta Ellsworth and Lucy Long Ago by
Catherine Thimmesh. Discussions led by Linda Glaser, new
members always welcome. Northern Lights Books & Gifts 307
Canal Park Drive Duluth, MN 55802 218-722-5267 or
800-868-8904 http://www.norlights.com

AREA LITERARY EVENTS back to top

** Monday, Apr 12 from 6:30-8 pm Poetry from the Heart: An
Evening of Music and Poetry. Poems on grief and gratitude
from Duluth poets Cal Benson, Pamela Mittlefehldt, Jim
Perlman, Mara Hart, Connie Wanek, Gary Boelhower, Linda
Glaser, Deborah Cooper, and Shiela Packa  with music by Lynn
Brascala and Jodie Anderson. The Two Harbors Public Library.

Area Literary Events

** Thursday mornings 11:00 am - Storytime for Toddlers &
Preschoolers
Apr 1  Stories about Bunnies & An Easter Egg Hunt
Apr 8  Sesame Street Friends
Apr 15  Farm Animals
Apr 22  Celebrate Earth Day
Apr 29  Learn about Opposites
Free! The Bookstore at Fitger's, 600 East Superior Street,
Duluth, MN  55802. 218-727-9077 bookstore@fitgers.com

** Thursday, Apr 8 at 7:00 pm - The Book Group at Fitgers.
We will discuss The Wolf at Twilight: An Indian Elder's
Journey Through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows written by
Minnesota author Kent Nerburn. Contact: Jill Lyman. The
Bookstore at Fitger's, 600 East Superior Street, Duluth, MN
55802. 218-727-9077 bookstore@fitgers.com

** Friday, Apr 9 at 7:00 pm - The Spirit Lake Poetry Series
will celebrate April, National Poetry Month, with three
events (also see Apr 21 and 24 below). Three dynamic young
Duluth poets will read from their work at the Grand Marais
Public Library through the Spirit Lake Poetry Series
outreach program.  The poets are Yvonne Rutford, Ryan Vine,
and Julie Gard. The reading is presented jointly by Spirit
Lake Poetry Series and the Grand Marais Library, with
assistance from WTIP radio. It's free and open to the
public, and refreshments will be served. Support for the
reading is provided by the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council
through an appropriation from the Minnesota Legislature, and
from the Arrowhead Library System with funds from the
Heritage Amendment. For more information, call Linda
Chappell at The Grand Marais Library at 218-387-1140.

** Tuesday, Apr 13 from 4:00-8:00 pm - Book Release Event
and FUNdraiser for Friends of The Duluth Public Library.
Author Brian Freeman will sign copies of his new book The
Burying Place. He will read at 7:00 pm followed by Q&A. The
Bookstore will donate 10% of your purchase to Friends of The
Duluth Public Library. The Bookstore at Fitger's, 600 East
Superior Street, Duluth, MN  55802. 218-727-9077. Contact:
Jill Lyman bookstore@fitgers.com

** Thursday, Apr 15 from 7:00-9:00 pm - One Book One
Community Kick-Off Event. August Fitger Room, 600 East
Superior Street. The 2010 selection is Animal, Vegetable,
Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. Please join us as we
celebrate our local food producers/suppliers. Live music by
Stone Circle, wine/beer, bread & cheese sampling. Meet
gardening experts and relax with friends. Please attend
wearing green. (casual) Free. The Bookstore at Fitger's, 600
East Superior Street, Duluth, MN  55802. 218-727-9077.
Contact: Jill Lyman bookstore@fitgers.com

** Sunday, Apr 18, 1-2 pm - Book Signing: Margi Preus & Ann
Treacy with Book of Grace at Northern Lights Books & Gifts
307 Canal Park Drive Duluth, MN 55802 218-722-5267 or
800-868-8904 http://www.norlights.com

** Sunday, Apr 18 Joseph Pillsbury with The Prank at
Northern Lights Books & Gifts, 307 Canal Park Drive Duluth,
MN 55802 218-722-5267 or 800-868-8904
http://www.norlights.com

** Wednesday, Apr 21 at 7 pm - Spirit Lake Poetry Series and
Itasca Community College will present an evening of poetry
at the campus Center for Continued Learning at Itasca
Community College. The featured readers are Duluth's Louis
Jenkins and Grand Rapids' own Steve Downing.

** Saturday, Apr 24 at 7:30 pm - a reading on featuring
Margaret Hasse and Norita Dittberner-Jax, both from the Twin
Cities. Theirs will be the last reading of the 2009/10
Spirit Lake Poetry Series season.  Somers Lounge, College of
St. Scholastica.

LSW KUDOS News about LSW Members back to top 

** Copper Canyon Press has released Connie Wanek's third
book of poems, On Speaking Terms. It's available now at
Northern Lights Books and Gifts
(http://www.norlights.com/speaking-terms) Futher
information can be found at:
http://www.coppercanyonpress.org/catalog/index.cfm?action=displayBook&book_ID=1417
or at the author's website: www.conniewanek.com

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

** Lost Hills Books is preparing a collection of poems
written in the ekphrastic tradition. LSW members are invited
to query the editor, Stephani Schaefer, at
steph@chiconet.com.

** CALL FOR MN POETS AND WRITERS: The 2010 mnLIT cycle is
now taking submissions
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: SUNDAY, MAY 16 (midnight)  Get the full
call for writers, eligibility requirements, and detailed
instructions for submission on mnartists.org:
http://www.mnartists.org/article.do?rid=259654 About the
2010 mnLIT program:  mnLIT is a competitive literary program
presented by mnartists.org, which consists of the What Light
Poetry Project and the miniStories flash fiction series.
mnLIT showcases original work by Minnesota poets and writers
and is sponsored, in part, by The Onion/A.V. Club: Twin
Cities. Interested writers are welcome to submit work for
consideration in both the What Light and miniStories
competition.

** This summer you could be writing in a milk house, on a
farm, in the middle of an island, on Lake Superior ... with
12 excellent teachers as guides. Madeline School of the Arts
announces the debut of its Summer Writing Program. Workshops
in poetry, creative nonfiction, writing for children,
fiction, memoir, and creative process are offered from June
through August. Each workshop runs Monday through Friday and
includes one-on-one consultation with your instructor, plus
the opportunity to participate in a student/teacher reading.
Here's your chance to work with award-winning, accomplished
writers while enjoying the area's most inspiring setting.
Teachers include: Todd Boss, John Hildebrand, Frank Bures,
Sharon Chmielarz, Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew, Faith Sullivan,
Sandra Benitez, Jude Nutter, Mary Carroll Moore, Michael
Kiesow Moore, Rosanne Bane, and Cheri Register. Visit
www.madelineschool.com for full descriptions and enrollment,
or call (715) 747-2054

** ARAC ANNOUNCES THE NEW ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP DEADLINE AND THE RURAL AND
COMMUNITY ART GRANT DEADLINE
The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council announces the upcoming
Arts and Cultural Heritage Individual Artist Fellowship
grant deadline for funding for individual artists and the
Rural and Community Art grant deadline for arts
organizations who reside in the following counties:  Atikin,
Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
These programs are made possible through funding by the
Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage fund as appropriated by
the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of
the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008; an
appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature; and The
McKnight Foundation.  The ARAC will offer a grant writing
workshop from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Common Area of the Marshall
School Annex Building, 1301 Rice Lake Road, Duluth, two
weeks prior to the grant application deadline.
The dates for the upcoming grant writing workshop and grant
programs deadlines are:

Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010   Grant Writing Workshop.  ARAC
staff will provide technical assistance in preparing and
submitting an application, grant writing tips, project
eligibility , and other topics.  Artists interested in
applying for fellowship funding and arts organizations
interested in applying for project grant funding are
encouraged to attend this free workshop.

Friday, Apr 30, 2010  ARAC Arts and Cultural Heritage
Individual Artist Fellowship Grants applications deadline.
This program seeks to recognize, reward, and encourage
established and emerging regional artists.  This program is
designed to enable artists to set aside time to work to
achieve specific career goals, to purchase supplies and
materials, to participate in advanced study not related to a
degree program or to pursue other activities that will allow
them to meet their artistic goals.  Artists working in the
visual, literary, or performing arts are eligible to apply
to this program which has only one deadline per year. The
ARAC will award fellowships of $5,000 each and emerging
artist fellowships of $2,500 each.

Friday, Apr 30, 2010  McKnight/ARAC Rural and Community Art
Grants applications deadline.  This program provides project
support to arts groups located outside the Duluth Urban Area
and small, emerging arts organizations located inside the
Duluth Urban Area.  Arts groups may apply for up to $4,000
per application to produce or present arts activities that
impact the groups and the communities they serve.  This
program requires a 20% match for the funds requested.  This
program has three deadlines per year and an applicant may
submit up to two applications per deadline.
To request guidelines or additional information, please call
or write:
The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council
1301 Rice Lake Road, Suite 111
Duluth, MN   55811
218-722-0952 or 1-800-569-8134
info@aracouncil.org

LSW INFORMATION back to top

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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.