E-Calendar February 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.

A month of Big Doings! The Beargrease, UMD Hockey, The
Olys - and there’s always shoveling. But this year,
there’s also Words of Love!!!! See the first item below in
your Lovingly assembled February LSW E-Calendar!

LSW ACTIVITIES AND NEWS.

** Valentine’s Day - Lake Superior Writers Hosts a
Valentine Fundraiser “WORDS OF LOVE”!!
LSW is hosting a delightful event on Sunday, Feb 14 at 5
p.m. at the Unitarian building. A gourmet dinner, enjoyable
entertainment, and a silent auction are on the program.
Check for an invitation in that pile of unopened mail!!
RSVPs and $50 per person are due Feb. 9. Volunteers are
needed to help organize the auction and the event. For more
info on volunteering, contact Gary Boelhower at 218-723-6024
or gboelhower@msn.com, Pamela Mittelfehldt at 218-525-3693,
or Cheryl Reitan at 218-728-3154.

** LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS ANNOUNCES SEARCH FOR 2010/2012
DULUTH POET LAUREATE

Lake Superior Writers, the sponsoring organization for the
Duluth Poet Laureate program, announces that applications
are now open for the selection of the 2010/2012 Duluth poet
laureate. Poets who have lived or worked in the Duluth,
Minnesota area for five of the past ten years, and who
provide the requested application materials according to the
guidelines, are eligible. The 2010/2012 Duluth poet laureate
will be selected by a committee of representatives from
Duluth's literary community, related businesses, colleges
and universities and those interested in the field of
poetry.

The Duluth Poet Laureate project was established in 2005.
Barton Sutter was chosen as its first poet laureate in 2006,
and Jim Johnson was selected as Duluth's second poet
laureate in 2008. Since the establishment of this award,
several Minnesota cities have selected poet laureates
including Saint Paul (Carol Connolly), Red Wing (Robert
Hedin), and Winona (James Armstrong). Robert Bly was
appointed Minnesota's first state poet laureate in February
of 2008.

The 2010/12 Duluth Poet Laureate will be awarded a $3,000
honorarium for a two-year term. Funding for the poet
laureate project is provided by area organizations that are
represented on the poet laureate selection committee.

Application guidelines and more information about the
2010/2012 Duluth poet laureate project can be found at the
Lake Superior Writers website, www.lakesuperiorwriters.org,
by writing to Duluth Poet Laureate Program, c/o Lake
Superior Writers, 1301 Rice Lake Road, Suite 132, Duluth,
Minnesota, 55811, by calling 218-722-3904, or by e-mailing
<pl@lakesuperiorwriters.org>. Application guidelines are
also available at the Reference Desk of the Duluth Public
Library.The application deadline for the 2010/2012 Duluth
Poet Laureate program is February 15, 2010. A crowning
ceremony and reception for the new Duluth poet laureate will
take place in May.

** LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS OPEN GENRE COMPETITION ON “HARD
TIMES”

Submissions may be complete works or excerpts in any of the
following genres: poetry, non-fiction, fiction, essay,
memoir, novel, short story, or play or movie script.
Submissions must be original, unpublished and unproduced.
Staged readings or workshop productions will not disqualify
a play or movie script. Submission length must be no longer
than 3,000 words or, in the case of poetry, 3 poems totaling
no more than 6 pages. The subject matter of each submission
must relate to the theme “Hard Times.” Manuscripts
must be typed. There must be two title pages, one that
includes the name of the submitted piece or pieces,
author’s name, address, email address and phone number and
a second that includes ONLY the name of the submitted piece
or pieces. Persons may submit only once. Submissions will
not be returned. All submissions will be blind reviewed by
a panel of judges. Submissions are due by Monday, March 1,
2010 (postmarked) to Lake Superior Writers, 1301 Rice Lake
Road, Suite 132, Duluth, MN 55811. A first place award of
$150, second place award of $100, and a third place award of
$50 will be given. Three runners up will also be chosen.
Award winners will be asked to read on Sunday, May 2 at 2:00
pm (note date/time change from previous announcement) at the
Harbor City School auditorium in Duluth. The entries of the
award winners and runners up will be published on the LSW
website. Only members of Lake Superior Writers may submit
their work; non-members may join Lake Superior Writers and
submit their work at the same time by including a check made
out to Lake Superior Writers for $35. Members of the LSW
board are not eligible to enter the contest.

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, Feb 8 at 6 pm The Childrens Writer's Group is
scheduled to meet at Chester Creek Cafe. Questions? Email
Julesmj2@aol.com.

** Thursday, Feb 11, 11:30 am, WRITERS' SQUARE TABLE.
Chester Creek Cafe. TOPIC: WRITING ABOUT LOVE.

** Thursday, Feb 25, 5:00 pm, PLAYREADING GROUP. Call Mara
(218:728-1253) for further information.

** Sunday, Feb 28, 1:30 pm, MEMOIR GROUP.Chester Creek Café

Other Monthly Groups

** Tuesday, Feb 2, 7pm In-Store Book Group The In-Store Book
Group will be meeting to discuss /The Book Thief/ by Markus
Zusak. New members always welcome, discussions led by Anita
Zager. Northern Lights Books & Gifts 307 Canal Park Drive
Duluth, MN 55802 218-722-5267 or 800-868-8904
http://www.norlights.com

** Thursday, Feb 18, 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 /The Loud
Silence of Francine Green /by Karen Cushman and /Years of
Dust /by Albert Marrin. 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

** Sue Sojourner’s documentary photography exhibit “The
Some People of that Place — 1960s Holmes County,
Mississippi: The Local People and Their Civil Rights
Movement” will be on display from Feb. 1-28, weekdays, 9
am - 5 pm at the Venue at Mohaupt Block, 2024 W Superior St,
Duluth (Old VFW). School field trips to the exhibit can be
scheduled by contacing Jebeh Edmunds, IDS 709
African-American Cultural Center Coordinator, at
218-733-2172. A presentation at the University of Minnesota
Duluth, "SUE SOJOURNER AND THE ’60s CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT," will be held on Tues., Feb 9, 2010 at 12 noon in
the Tweed Museum of Art. The Tweed event is sponsored by the
UMD Commission on Women and the Art Education program in the
School of Fine Arts.
http://www.d.umn.edu/unirel/homepage/10/susojourner.html
This fundraiser will allow Sue to hire help to finish her
memoir and catalog her historical collections for transfer
to the archive at the University of Southern Mississippi at
Hattisberg. Donations are tax deductible. The sponsors of
the month long-event are NAACP and Domestic Abuse
Intervention Project (DAIP). For more info contact Ann
Klefstad 218-525-3037. Donations are tax deductible. For
more event detail see www.susojourner.com.

** Wednesday, Feb 10 and two more Wednesdays after that -
PAUL LUNDGREN BRINGS HAPPY HOUR SHOWS TO TEATRO ZUCCONE
Duluth's infamous newspaper columnist and "very nice man"
Paul Lundgren will take to the stage. Joined by three
special guests, he'll host a series of performances called
"The Paul Lundgren Happy Hour." "It'll be sort of variety
show, but with less variety," Lundgren says. "There will be
comedy, music, poetry, wacky antics and good old-fashioned
shenanigans. "Special guests for the performances will be:
Feb. 10 | Musician Rachael Kilgour Feb. 17 | Actress Christa
Schulz Feb. 24 | Poet Ryan Vine Each "Paul Lundgren Happy
Hour" will be held at 6 p.m. at Teatro Zuccone in the
Zeitgeist Arts Building, 222 E. Superior St., Duluth.

** Sunday, Feb 7th at noon there will be a poetry reading in
the sanctuary of Peace United Church of Christ, 1111 North
11th Avenue East, Duluth, featuring local poets Sheila
Packa, Deborah Cooper, Gary Boelhower, Terry Falsani, and
others whose work appears in Beloved on the Earth: 150 Poems
of Grief and Gratitude (Holy Cow! Press: Duluth, 2009). The
musical group "Clear" will provide accompaniment. The event
is free and open to the public; books available for
purchase. For additional information, please contact Holy
Cow! Press, 218-724-1653.

** Friday, February 12 Mary Linda Sather will be making an
author's visit to Caribou Lake Elementary School in Saginaw,
MN to share her book "Boo Boo Bear's Mission" with the grade
K-2 students. For information, contact Sather at
218-728-3064 or 218-390-5386.

** . Saturday, Feb 13, 1-2 pm Book Signing: Bud McClure*
/Divine Daisy /Transpersonal psychology is concerned with
the study of peak spiritual experiences. Those moments in
our lives when we feel connected to something greater than
ourselves. Divine Daisy takes us into that flow and
reinvigorates our sense of wonder at the mysteries of our
life

** Sunday, February 14 in Eden Prairie, MN Mary Linda Sather
will be doing a "Connecting Hearts" workshop based on the
book to help military families enhance communication, stay
connected with deployed loved ones, and build healthy coping
strategies. For information about the "Connecting Hearts"
event you may contact Sather at 218-728-3064 or
218-390-5386.

** Sunday, Feb 14 and the following four Sundays from 3:00
to 5:00 pm. SACRED POETRY With Facilitators Deborah Cooper &
Ann Niedringhaus Poetry is a way of giving voice to what is
deepest in us. In this series, we will be reading and
reflecting on poems from a variety of faith traditions. We
will explore the nuances and gestures of our own
spirituality through the language of poetry: through the
poetry of others, through the practice of inner listening
and through the creation and sharing of our own poems. No
experience in writing poetry is necessary. We will meet at
First Lutheran Church, 1100 E Superior St, Duluth.(London
Road, west door under the canopy on Sundays: February 14,
21, 28 & March 7, 2010.

** Saturday, Feb 20, 8 pm Sheila Packa is doing a poetry
reading at the Red Mug Coffeehouse at the corner of Broadway
& Hammond, Superior WI on to celebrate a new chapbook/audio
CD "Echo & Lightning." Music by cellist,Kathy McTavish.

** Friday Feb 26 at 6:30 pm at the Lyric Center for the
Arts, Virginia, MN Shelia Packa will give her second
reading/performance of the week. Chapbooks are available at
these events or at Northern Lights Bookstore or at
http://www.sheilapacka.com

** Saturday, Feb 27, 1-2 pm Book Signing: Kristin Swenson*
/Bible Babel /Based on the most recent scholarship, /Bible
Babel/ is a lively and very readable introduction to the
Bible—what it is, where it comes from, and what's in it.
Kristin Swenson is a professor of religious studies at
Virginia Commonwealth University's School of World Studies
and is a former Duluth resident.

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 

** LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS OPEN GENRE COMPETITION ON “HARD
TIMES”
Submissions may be complete works or excerpts in any of the
following genres: poetry, non-fiction, fiction, essay,
memoir, novel, short story, or play or movie script.
Submissions must be original, unpublished and unproduced.
Staged readings or workshop productions will not disqualify
a play or movie script. Submission length must be no longer
than 3,000 words or, in the case of poetry, 3 poems totaling
no more than 6 pages. The subject matter of each submission
must relate to the theme “Hard Times.” Manuscripts
must be typed. There must be two title pages, one that
includes the name of the submitted piece or pieces,
author’s name, address, email address and phone number and
a second that includes ONLY the name of the submitted piece
or pieces. Persons may submit only once. Submissions will
not be returned. All submissions will be blind reviewed by
a panel of judges. Submissions are due by Monday, March 1,
2010 (postmarked) to Lake Superior Writers, 1301 Rice Lake
Road, Suite 132, Duluth, MN 55811. A first place award of
$150, second place award of $100, and a third place award of
$50 will be given. Three runners up will also be chosen.
Award winners will be asked to read on Sunday, May 2 at 2:00
pm (note date/time change from previous announcement) at the
Harbor City School auditorium in Duluth. The entries of the
award winners and runners up will be published on the LSW
website. Only members of Lake Superior Writers may submit
their work; non-members may join Lake Superior Writers and
submit their work at the same time by including a check made
out to Lake Superior Writers for $35. Members of the LSW
board are not eligible to enter the contest.

** WRITING WORKSHOP AND COURSE PROPOSALS INVITED Lake
Superior Writers is developing a series of workshops on
various aspects of writing and the writing life. LSW members
are invited to submit proposals for either a one-time
workshop or a course. Contact the LSW office
(writers@lakesuperiorwriters.org) or Pamela Mittlefehldt
(pjmarch4@aol.com) for further information and application
forms.

** The Absent Willow Review is thrilled to announce that the
first annual Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction contest is
open. First Prize – 150.00 Second Prize - $75.00 Third
Prize - $25.00 Plus – Honorable Mention. All winning
entries will be published in future issues of the Absent
Willow Review. Please visit
http://www.absentwillowreview.com/contest for full contest
details.

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.