Event Information:
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Sat29Jan2022Sun30Jan202210:00am - 10:00pmStreaming Via Crowdcast: https://woodlandpattern.org/poetry-marathon
Woodland Pattern Book Center's Annual Poetry Marathon
Woodland Pattern Book Center's annual Poetry Marathon streaming live this year via Crowdcast! Tune in to hear the Indigenous Nations Poets' segment Saturday, January 29th from 6-6:30 p.m. and for any of the 24 hours (YES 24 HOURS) of poetry available 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. January 29th and 30th.The In-Na-Po Slot will feature Jennifer Foerster, Gordon Henry Jr, Margaret Noodin, Laura Tohe, & Kimberly Blaeser. Curated by Kimberly Blaeser & Sponsored by Scott Gelzer & Sherry Goldsmith.Click below for full list of readers and to support Woodland Pattern's Annual Benefit.
https://woodlandpattern.org/poetry-marathon
Kim at Returning the Gift Festival, 2012 in Milwaukee, Indian Summer Stage.
Past Events
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Fri20Jun2014Mon23Jun2014
Native North American Survivance and Memory: Celebrating Gerald Vizenor
International Conference
Learn more information about this event at nativestudies.univie.ac.at.
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Fri14Nov2014Fri12Dec2014UWM Union Art Gallery, 2200 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI
Opening Reception: Friday, November 14– 5-8PM /Artist Talk @ 7PM Visualizing Sovereignty features a selection of contemporary American Indian artists whose work addresses cultural implications of sovereignty through vivid, visual commentaries.
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Wed19Nov2014
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Sun23Nov20142:00 pmWoodland Pattern Book Center, 720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee, WI
Join us for a reading of local and regional poets in celebration of HYBRID: Transported by Word and Image. HYBRID is an installation of poetry and photography in taxi cabs, a project that began in Madison, WI, where the work of 43 poets was paired with photographs taken by Thomas Ferrella. Poet and curator, Sara Parrell, worked with Ferrella to combine photographs and poems in order to create unique works of art, which were then installed in each of the Prius cabs owned by the Green Cab Company in Madison. Since September 1st, these works have been on view in Milwaukee in the Prius cabs owned by the American United Taxi Cab Company.
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Mon12Jan20153:30 & 3:45 p.m.Tune In to 90.7
Kim will be on Wisconsin Public Radio's Central Time speaking with Rob Ferrett and Veronica Rueckert about her new appointment to the post of Wisconsin Poet Laureate. Start listening at 3:30 to hear outgoing WPL, Max Garland!
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Mon19Jan20156:00 pmThe Coffee House @ Chestnut & Pine, Burlington, WI
Kim will reading at this high school Poetry Out Loud competition along with poets Ching-in Chen, Tobias Wray, and Peter Burzynski.
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Fri13Feb2015
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Sun22Feb20152:00 pmWoodland Pattern Book Center, 720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee, WI
Installation, Reading and Reception: Official installation of the new Wisconsin Poet Laureate Kimberly Blaeser and recognizing the outgoing Wisconsin Poet Laureate Max Garland.
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Sat28Feb20156:00 -8:00 p.m.Wustum Museum, 2519 Northwestern Ave., Racine, WI
Poetry and music performers: Kimberly Blaser, WI Poet Laureate; Clayton Strasburg, Milwaukee singer-songwriter performing with Emily Hall; Rev. William Gimbol, writer.
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Fri06Mar20157:30 - 8:15 p.m.MMoCA • 227 State Street • Madison
In this special evening of poetry, members of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFoP); Wisconsin's Poet Laureate Kimberly Blaeser; Madison’s Poets Laureate, Sarah Busse and Wendy Vardaman; and other invited poets will read original works inspired by Eric and Heather ChanSchatz: 22nd Century.
You too are encouraged to share your vision(s) of the city through Twitter using #writeyourmadison. All tweets sent by February 15 will contribute to a group collage poem that will be performed at the event. Write Your Madison is a digital place-making project by Madison's Poets Laureate and Cowfeather Press that invites collaboration and conversation through poetry about Madison. Learn more at Cowfeather Press.
Poets Respond to Madison is organized in conjunction with Eric and Heather ChanSchatz: 22nd Century and the artists’ project, Madison: A Cooperative Almanac, by MMoCA’s education department in partnership with the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFoP) and Madison’s Poets Laureate.
MMoCA Nights admission $10/Members free.
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Wed11Mar20157:00 pmMadison Central Library • 201 West Mifflin Street • Madison, WI
The annual Arts Day Legislative Breakfast, at the Central Library, featuring:
o Keynote speaker Randy Cohen, Vice President for Research and Policy at Americans for the Arts in Washington, DC, on the power, benefit and impact of the arts locally and globally.
o Wisconsin’s new Poet Laureate Kimberly Blaeser reads from her work.
Arts Day 2015 | March 11, 2015
Wisconsin’s biggest day for the arts and creativity!
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Thu12Mar20159:00-10:15 a.m.Isleta Resort, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Panel Presentation with Gordon Henry & David Stirrup.
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Fri13Mar2015Evening TBDIsleta Resort, Albuquerque, NM
Reader's Theater Performance of Kim's Plays, "This Dance Among Dances" and "Woodpecker's Love Song" directed by Ryan Winn and including performance by Kim's daughter, Amber.
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Thu19Mar201511:30 RegistrationGrist Mill • 2645 Main Street • East Troy
Thursday, Mar 19, 2015
Walworth County Arts Council's Quarterly Luncheon
Grist Mill • 2645 Main Street • East Troy
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Thu26Mar20155:00-8:00 p.m.Reservation Tribal Government Building • • Nett Lake, MN
Classroom Visits during the Day. Evening Festival Event 5:00 - 8:00 pm. to include Live Music, Food, Local Writers, and a Reading by Kim.
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Thu02Apr20155:00 pmMoore Lounge, Pearsons Hall, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Poetry Reading with Wisconsin Poet Laureate Kim Blaeser
Date: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015Q & A: 4:00 p.m.
Reading: 5:00 pm
Location: Moore Lounge,
Pearsons HallSponsored by: Weissberg Program for Human Rights
Contact: Chris Fink, Betsy Brewer, finkc@beloit.edu, brewere@beloit.edu
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Mon12Oct20207:00-9:00pm CSTOnline
Join the event at: https://bit.ly/3lo3hYI. Before the event begins, you will see a countdown and the event image.
This reading by alumni, mentors, and the current director of the Institute of American Indian Arts MFA program is a gathering of poetic voices who all identify as Indigenous. This reading will be as diverse as it is enthralling. These poets, who come from all parts of the country and the state of Wisconsin, have committed themselves to the act of rewriting the literary landscape by proving that Indigenous poetics is both vital and vibrant. Spend Indigenous People's Day with current city of Madison Poet Laureate, Angela C. Trudell Vasquez; former Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Kimberly Blaeser; Joaquin Zihuantanejo, winner of the Anhinga-Robert Dana Prize for Poetry; and Santee Frazier, award winning poet and current director of the Institute of American Indian Arts Low Residency MFA Program as they read from their latest collections. This will be an evening to remember.
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Thu15Oct20206:30 pmOnline
Celebrating the new Norton anthology of Native Nations Poetry: "When the Light of the World Was Subdued Our Songs Came Through."For more details: https://thedairy.org/events/our-songs-came-through-a-night-of-indigenous-poetry/
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Thu29Oct20207:00-8:30pm CSTOnline
This event will include various Wisconsin Laureates of cities and/or the state performing poems in watery settings. Among those who will share poems are Kimberly Blaeser, Margaret Rozga, Karla Huston, Angela Trudell Vasquez, Marilyn Taylor, and Lisa Vihos.
To attend or for more information, follow the link:
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Thu05Nov20206:30-8:00pm CSTOnline
Register and learn more: writeondoorcounty.org or call us at 920.868.1457
For information: https://mcusercontent.com/3ddc00032f030cd2af9df4180/files/020644b7-0d5f-4825-b9a8-f10f48f65651/CraftOfWriting_Complete.pdf
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Thu12Nov20206:30-8:00pm CSTOnline
In our sheltering during the coronavirus, place has taken on greater significance. This workshop looks at the character of places, public and private, and how we as poets might represent their changing dynamics. Whether writing of distance and absence, of sites of resistance, or more intimately of nature or family spaces, the subjects and methods or our poetry involve new challenges. This workshop will use prompts and exercises to encourage a deeper gathering of materials for writing place and will offer comments on and illustrations of significant craft elements.
Register and learn more: writeondoorcounty.org or call 920.868.1457
For more information: https://mcusercontent.com/…/020…/CraftOfWriting_Complete.pdf
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Thu19Nov20207:30PM Eastern Standard TimeZoom
Reading and Panel Discussion with Edi
tors and Contributors, When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry, November 19th, 7:30 PM (Anishinaabe Eastern Time), Michigan State University, Contact henryg@msu.edu for info on how to register for this ZOOM event. Featuring Meg Noodin, LeAnne Howe, Tacey Atsitty, Gwen Westerman, and Kimberly Blaeser. -
Sat28Nov20202:00-4:00pm CSTOnline
Hosted by Milwaukee Public LibraryJoin us on November 28th at 2pm for the 2021 Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Annual Calendar Reading. Members from the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets will read poems that will appear in their annual calendar.Register for this event at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/regi.../3080948539836232716After registering, you will receive an email with a link and phone number to join the program. -
Thu03Dec20206:30 pmOnline
Mark Allen Everett Poetry Series Reading, University of Oklahoma, December 3rd, Digital Event. Open Mic, 6:30 p.m. CST; Reading begins 7 p.m. CSTEvent page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2444128792556309
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Fri04Dec20207:00 pmOnline
“Songs at the Confluence: Indigenous Poets on Place,” Digital Poetry Event, December 4th, 7 p.m. Eastern (6 Central, 5 Mountain).Curated by In-Na-Po, Indigenous Nations Poets. Sponsored by Tippet Rise Art Center and Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation. The evening's program will include short films by emerging and celebrated Indigenous poets, in which they will read their own work and recite other poems from the anthology.
Readers will include Kimberly Blaeser (Anishinaabe–White Earth Nation), Jake Skeets (Diné), Brandy Nalani McDougall (Kanaka Maoli), Sy Hoahwah (Yapaituka Comanche and Southern Arapaho), Layli Long Soldier (Oglala Lakota) and M. L. Smoker (Assiniboine and Sioux). Poems by the late poets Adrian Louis (Lovelock Paiute), b: william bearheart (Anishinaabe–St. Croix), and Louis Little Coon Oliver (Mvskoke) will also be performed.
A discussion between LeAnne Howe (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) and Jennifer Foerster (Mvskoke (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma), two of the anthology's editors, will also be featured, as well as video of Tippet Rise's inspiring landscape and musical programs.
The program on December 4 will stream on YouTube, the Tippet Rise website, and the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation website. We hope you can make it!
https://tippetrise.org/news/december-4-songs-at-the-confluence-indigenous-poets-on-place
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Mon18Jan20217:00 pmZoomTo Attend Go To: https://www.facebook.com/events/1034035433747503Poetry Reading in celebration of When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry edited by Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Elise Foerster. Featuring readings by Gordon Henry Jr., Roberta Hill, Cedar Sigo, and Tanaya Winder, and hosted by Kimberly Blaeser.Sun. Jan. 17 | 7 pm CT | $Give What You CanPresented in partnership with In-Na-Po (Indigenous Nations’ Poets), this reading is part of our series Native Writers in the 21st Century, which is made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.An Anishinabe poet and novelist, Gordon Henry, Jr. is an enrolled member of the White Earth Chippewa Tribe of Minnesota. His poetry has been published in anthologies such as Songs From This Earth On Turtle's Back: Contemporary American Indian Poetry (Greenfield Review Press, 1983) and Returning the Gift: Poetry and Prose from the First Native American Writers (University of Arizona Press, 1994). His novel The Light People (University of Oklahoma Press, 1994) was awarded The American Book Award in 1995. He has also co-authored the textbook The Ojibway (2004), to which he contributed a number of essays on Native American culture. A professor of English at Michigan State University and editor of the American Indian Studies Series at Michigan State University Press, Henry teaches courses in American literature, creative writing, and American Indian literature.Roberta Hill, an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, is the author of the poetry collections Cicadas: New & Selected Poems (2013), Star Quilt (1984, 1999), and Philadelphia Flowers: Poems (1995), all out from Holy Cow Press. Her work has been anthologized in Harper’s Anthology of Twentieth Century Native American Poetry (1988), The Third Woman: Minority Women Writers of the United States (Houghton Mifflin, 1980), and Carriers of the Dream Wheel: Contemporary Native American Poetry (Harper & Row, 1975). A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, Hill has taught English and American Indian studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and in Poets-in-the-Schools programs in various states, including Minnesota, Arizona, and Oklahoma.Cedar Sigo was raised on the Suquamish Reservation in the Pacific Northwest and studied at The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute. He is the author of eight books and pamphlets of poetry, including Royals (Wave Books, 2017), Language Arts (Wave Books, 2014), Stranger in Town (City Lights, 2010), Expensive Magic (House Press, 2008), and two editions of Selected Writings (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2003 and 2005). He has taught workshops at St. Mary’s College, Naropa University, and University Press Books. He is currently a mentor in the low-residency MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He lives in Lofall, Washington.Tanaya Winder was raised on the Southern Ute reservation in Ignacio, Colorado. An enrolled member of the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, her background includes Southern Ute, Pyramid Lake Paiute, Diné, and Black heritages. She is the author of Words Like Love (West End Press, 2015) and the chapbook Why Storms are Named After People and Bullets Remain Nameless (Poetic Fire, 2018). Poems from her manuscript Love in a Time of Blood Quantum were produced and performed by the Poetic Theater Productions Presents Company in NYC. Winder has taught writing courses at Stanford University, UC-Boulder, and the University of New Mexico and is the Director of the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Upward Bound Program, which services Native American youth from 5 states, 12 high schools, and 5 reservations across the country. Winder is also a co-founder of As/Us: A Space for Women of the World and Sing Our Rivers Red, a traveling earring exhibit to raise awareness about murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. (Tanaya Winder photo credit: Natahnee Winder)
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Sat30Jan2021
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Sun31Jan20213:00-4:00 pm CSTOnline
QUEER HOUR + IN-NA-PO (INDIGENOUS NATIONS POETS), sponsored by The Queer Curatorial Fund of the UWM Department of Film, Video, Animation, & New Genres and Scott Gelzer & Sherry Goldsmith
Jennifer Morales, Siwar Massanat, Elizabeth Hoover, CJ Scruton, franciszka voeltz, Canese Jarboe, & Jenni Moody / Kimberly Blaeser, Margaret Noodin, Craig Santos Perez, Jake Skeets, & LeAnne Howe
This year's Marathon will be presented virtually via Crowdcast and simultaneously streamed over Facebook and Youtube. Attendees will not need to download a platform like Zoom or enter a registration code to attend. LINK TO ATTEND COMING SOON!
For more information go to: https://www.woodlandpattern.org/poetry-marathon
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Wed10Feb20217:00-9:00 pm CSTZoom
Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts, Winter Writers Reading Series, February 10th, 7-9 via Zoom.
Register here: https://shakeragalley.org/product/wwrs-blaeser/
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Wed03Mar20216:30 pmOnline
More info on the website here: https://www.splitthisrock.org/programs/upcoming-events/You can register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZUucuyrrT8uHNVtAlCLB7jmbFozO...
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Thu04Mar2021
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Sat13Mar202111:30am-1:00pm ESTOnlineContributors to the new international poetry anthology, "No More Can Fit into the Evening," will present a virtual reading. Edited by Wisconsin poet Thomas Davis and New Mexico poet Standing Feather, the volume is headlined by some of the most important poets writing in the world today, including Terence Winch, John Looker, Kimberly Blaeser, and James Janko.A second reading will be held Sunday, March 14 from 12:30 – 2 p.m. to accommodate varying time zones.The reading is free but registration is required. For more information and to register, visit: https://writeondoorcounty.org/event/international-poetry-reading/
Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/120487689975025/
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Thu08Apr20217:30-8:30 pm ESTZoom
This event is free and open to the public upon registering via this link: https://forms.gle/
29pN16GJFNqWcwFC6 For more information: https://www.columbusmakesart.com/event/37672-the-beck-series-spring-2021-kim-blaeser
https://denison.edu/events/event/140565
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Thu15Apr20217:00 pmZoom
Sheltering with Poems: Community and Connection During COVID
Book Launch Group Reading, ZOOM Event
Dwight Foster Public Library
April 15 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
https://www.fortlibrary.org/event/sheltering-with-poems-community-and-connection-during-covid
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Sat17Apr20217:00 pmFacebook Event
For more information: https://artlitlab.org/events/april-watershed-reading
To attend the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/873184706770186/
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Mon19Apr20216:00 pmOnline
NEA BIG READ EVENT:
Native Arts & Indigenous Flourishing: Reading and Presentation
Monday, April 19, 6 p.m., virtual event
Eastern Illinois Univeristy Department of English
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Wed28Apr20211:00-2:00 pm ESTRadio
To participate, call:
1-800-996-2848
1-800-99-NATIVFor more information: https://nativeamericacalling.com/wednesday-april-28-2021-book-of-the-month-copper-yearning-by-kimberly-blaeser/
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Thu06May20214:00-6:00pm PSTLivestream Zoom Webinar
Registration Required
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Mon11Oct202112:00 pmElson S. Floyd Cultural Center & streaming via youtube
In the midst of an epidemic on MMIW, in the midst of a global
pandemic that has devastated Native communities, in the midst
of tragic revelations of mass unmarked graves at boarding
schools, why art? Why poetry, dance, or song? This program of
picto-poems and poetry, will look at how Native Arts feed
Indigenous Flourishing. Drawing on the work and statements of
Indigenous artists from Joy Harjo to James Luna, touching on
tribal traditions from the healing jingle dress dance to trickster
antics to activist poetics, Anishinaabe writer and photographer
Kimberly Blaeser will celebrate Indigenous arts and the role they
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Sat16Oct202111:00 amMinnesota State Fairgrounds, Fine Arts Building, St. Paul, Minnesota
Diane Glancy’s poetry and prose has long considered the entangled threads of community, history, and language. In her latest work, A Line Of Driftwood: The ADA Blackjack Story (Turtle Point Press), Glancy creates a new narrative based on the historical record of a young Inupiat woman who survived on a small island 200 miles off the Arctic Coast of Siberia for two years after traveling there as a cook and seamstress along with four professional explorers. At this special TCBF event, Glancy will be in conversation about the book and the fascinating history behind it with Wisconsin writer Kimberly Blaeser.
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Fri29Oct20215:00 pmPeter’s Biergarten at 54 East Second Street
2021 Winona Poetry Walk - Print Version (1)
To celebrate the opening of the 2021 edition of the Winona Poetry Walk, the Winona Fine Arts Commission is very pleased to announce a
reading of the selections for the second year of the public art initiative. This project consists of original poetry stamped into sidewalks and
installation of the poems downtown. Each of the ten selected poets will read their excerpts or short poems, and the public will be invited to take
the Poetry Walk with a map provided or digitally available at the City of Winona website. The free reading will be at the new wonderful
Peter’s Biergarten at 54 East Second Street beginning at 5pm with the reading at 5:30.
The FAC requested submissions of original short poems (or parts of poems) and received a wonderful variety of responses. Nine poems were
selected by the following poets: Jerome Christenson, Michael William Doyle, Dan Eastman, Parker Forsell, Nancy Kay Peterson, Marcia
Ratliff, Steve Schild, Sabrina Schlichting, and Lucas Stangl. The Fine Arts Commission continued their inclusion of one professional poet of
renown or public title with a work by former Wisconsin Poet Laureate Kimberly Blaeser. The mission of the WINONA Poetry Walk is to
celebrate local writers, make the creativity of our residents more visible, and aesthetically and intellectually enrich our city.
In addition to their scheduled installation locations, Winona residents have the opportunity to have a contractor borrow a poetry stamp and
place a poem in the sidewalk outside their residence.
The selections were judged by a panel of local citizens with expertise in the arts and poetry chosen by the Fine Arts Commission. The Fine Arts
Commission would like to thank the panel of judges for their wonderful work: Dante DeGrazia, John Kerr, Caitlin McCoy, LaShara Morgan,
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Mon01Nov2021Tue30Nov2021poets.org
In 2021, the Academy of American Poets invited twelve poets to each curate a month of poems. Kimberly Blaeser is curating the month of November.
Find a short Q&A about her curatorial approach here: https://poets.org/november-2021-poem-day-guest-editor-kimberly-blaeser?mc_cid=decd5cfc93&mc_eid=e1e871795d&fbclid=IwAR3eN0QEYgiMZL1f6kSNiVTKRX7oG6y-5zYhmkvtYSo-kIESzzzRAtXaAF4
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Sun12Dec20213:00 pmPLAYA Presents on Zoom
Sunday, December 12, I have the honor of reading with some of the finest Native women writers I know. Deborah Miranda, Ruby Hansen Murray, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, LeAnne Howe, Dawn Pichon Barron, and Kimberly M. Blaeser-- how amazing this will be? - CMarie Fuhrman
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Fri07Jan2022Fri04Mar20221:00-5:00pm, Tuesdays-SaturdaysWalker's Point Center for the ArtsGrateful to have poetry and picto-poems included in the "No More Stolen Sisters" exhibit at Walker's Point Center for the Arts in Milwaukee. Although the opening reception was cancelled because of current COVID precautions, the exhibition is open during gallery hours (1 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays), and a closing reception is planned March 4, 2022 6pm-8pm @ WPCA located at 839 S 5th Street, Milwaukee, WI, 53204. A virtual experience is available here:
"No More Stolen Sisters" is an exhibit curated by Teresa Faris, and Valaria Tatera which brings together artworks representing the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women, girls and 2 spirits (MMIWG2S). The exhibition showcases technically diverse artworks of indigenous artists and allies addressing a range of experiences surrounding the violence against and loss of indigenous women, girls and 2 spirits. Materials range from works on paper, mixed-media installation, metal, clay, quillwork, textile and paint. -
Sun23Jan20229:00 amLive on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0pIpnQoJPiu6csDkBrVzHA
THE POETS' REPUBLIC - ISSUE 10Join us for the online launch of issue ten of the magazine with a Zoom-tastic cornucopia of writing from across Scotland, Ireland, and the Indigenous Nations of America.We are thrilled to be showcasing two of our indigenous writers, Laura Tohe and Gordon Henry alongside our guest editor, Kimberly Blaeser.Neil, Shug, Marcas and Jessamine will be joined by some extra special Scottish guests, to be revealed.Tune in live on YouTube:The launch will be recorded and uploaded to Facebook, shortly after. -
Sat29Jan2022Sun30Jan202210:00am - 10:00pmStreaming Via Crowdcast: https://woodlandpattern.org/poetry-marathonWoodland Pattern Book Center's annual Poetry Marathon streaming live this year via Crowdcast! Tune in to hear the Indigenous Nations Poets' segment Saturday, January 29th from 6-6:30 p.m. and for any of the 24 hours (YES 24 HOURS) of poetry available 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. January 29th and 30th.The In-Na-Po Slot will feature Jennifer Foerster, Gordon Henry Jr, Margaret Noodin, Laura Tohe, & Kimberly Blaeser. Curated by Kimberly Blaeser & Sponsored by Scott Gelzer & Sherry Goldsmith.Click below for full list of readers and to support Woodland Pattern's Annual Benefit. https://woodlandpattern.org/poetry-marathon
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Fri04Feb2022Fri11Mar202210:00am-12:00pmVideo Sessions on Zoom
About the Series
This winter, at a time when, for many of us, so much of the natural world seems asleep, we’ll keep our inner fires going by exploring how the voices of nature weave with our own daily lives. Each week, Danusha and James will share work by our guests, including poems and prompts, and together we’ll absorb the wisdom of visionaries, poets and healers to bring ourselves more deeply into relationship with each other and with the power and beauty of this rich planet we share.
Details
Beginning on February 4th, sessions will be held on Fridays from 10am-12pm PST / 1-3pm EST. Kimberly Blaeser's session will be on February 25th.
Each session will begin with a talk with that week’s featured poet, followed by a discussion with Danusha and James, who will read poems, offer gateways into accessing your own creative treasure troves, and share accompanying prompts. For the last half hour of each class, they will answer questions from participants, and give further insights into the practice of poetry.
Before each session, a document with the poems and prompts that will be shared and discussed, will be provided to participants.
The series will be presented on Zoom. Video and audio recordings will be available to all participants within 48 hours of each session, and for two months after the course ends. Closed captioning will be available during live sessions and in video recordings.
Please join us for the journey!
The cost of the course is $300.
Registration for the six week course is available at this link: https://www.thepoetryofresilience.com/winter?fbclid=IwAR3yjpLSrumWiEdZWnF9-TSvwP3KAsgtr3kK_CVCv6dAI_-xSfkk996VkXg
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Thu24Mar202212:45 pmPennsylvania Convention Center (In-person & online)
(Lucille Lang Day, Kimberly M. Blaeser, Denise Low, Craig Santos Perez, Kimberly G. Wieser)
Indigenous peoples are those who’ve had the longest relationship with any given place. They have the deepest knowledge of the plants and animals, and they are the longest-serving stewards of the land, often for 10,000 years or more. Respect for the land is an integral part of indigenous cultures. The panelists will discuss what indigenous writers bring to the broader conversation of poetry concerning environmental preservation, ecosystem damage, and
climate change and read representative poems.
2022 AWP Indigenous-Aboriginal American Writers CaucusFriday March 25, 2022 5:00pm 126A, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level PhiladelphiaKimberly Blaeser, Rena Priest, and Deborah Taffa — Shauna Osborn, Organizer -
Fri25Mar20222:20 pmPennsylvania Convention Center (In-person & online)
(LeAnne Howe, Kim Blaeser, Heid Erdrich)
Panelists discuss the making of the landmark anthology When The Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through. The poetry, songs, and chants in the anthology span four centuries and includes 161 Native nations poets. There is nothing like it that can account for the lands and the poets and poetry that came from these lands. Panelists will discuss the editorial structure of the book that begins in the East to North and continues West and then to the South.
2022 AWP Indigenous-Aboriginal American Writers CaucusFriday March 25, 2022 5:00pm 126A, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level PhiladelphiaKimberly Blaeser, Rena Priest, and Deborah Taffa — Shauna Osborn, Organizer -
Sat26Mar20226:00 pmJohn Olver Design Building
Poet and prose writer Kimberly Blaeser will read from past and current work. Formerly the Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Blaeser is the author of five poetry collections including Copper Yearning, Apprenticed to Justice, and Résister en dansant/Ikwe-niimi: Dancing Resistance. A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor and MFA faculty for Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, Blaeser is founding director of In-Na-Po—Indigenous Nations Poets. Santee Frazier, visiting faculty in poetry in the MFA for Poets and Writers, will moderate a Q&A following the reading.
For registration and more information, follow this link to the event page:
https://fac.umass.edu/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=ASA22&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=
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Mon04Apr2022
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Sat09Apr202211:00 amThe Newberry, Ruggles Hall
Join us for a morning of First Peoples poetry with American Indian poets Kimberly Blaeser, Elise Paschen, Mark Turcotte, and Gwen Westerman, moderated by poet Gordon Henry.
This reading will be dedicated to the work of Joy Harjo, United States Poet Laureate and editor of Living Nations, Living Words, an anthology of poems by American Indian poets reflecting on themes of place and displacement. The book is the companion to her online project Living Nations, Living Words, A Map of First People’s Poetry.
More information about registration here: https://www.newberry.org/04092022-first-peoples-poetry-reading-tribute-living-nations-living-words-project
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Mon20Jun2022Sun26Jun2022Bemidji State University
Beyond the Expected Poem
A “successful” poem or series of poems sometimes traps us into repeating the formula. How do we keep our poetry practice vital? If writing is inquiry, where do we look for unexpected questions that will enrich our poems? In this generative workshop, writers will set aside their comfortable habits and try new tools of inquiry, bend their forms and usual approaches to writing, and engage in unexpected “collaborations.” Our days will include writing exercises and prompts, discussion of excerpts from essays on poetics, and inspiration from the natural world. We will read a diverse range of poems as inspiration and with an eye on their architecture and method. As we share drafts and plan revisions, we will try to move beyond intention by following the energy of the image(s) and the detours of language. Participants should leave the workshop with a group of new poem drafts and a “bank” of ideas for further writing.
https://www.northwoodswriters.org/the-conference/faculty-workshops/poetry-kimberly-blaeser
