• Mon

  12

  Jan

  2015

  WPR Interview

  3:30 & 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!

• Mon

  19

  Jan

  2015

  Poetry Out Loud Competition

  6:00 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.

• Fri

  13

  Feb

  2015

  TEDxUWM Talk

  7:00 pmFireside Lounge, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union
• Sun

  22

  Feb

  2015

  Wisconsin Poet Laureate "Passing the Torch" Reading Event

  2:00 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.

• Sat

  28

  Feb

  2015

  BONK! Reading

  6:00 -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.
  Doors open at 5 p.m. Free admission.

• Fri

  06

  Mar

  2015

  Poets Respond to Madison

  7:30 - 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.

• Wed

  11

  Mar

  2015

  Arts Day 2015, Legislative Breakfast

  7:00 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!
  Learn more at www.artswisconsin.org/arts-day-2015/

   

   

• Thu

  12

  Mar

  2015

  Native American Literature Symposium

  9:00-10:15 a.m.Isleta Resort, Albuquerque, New Mexico

  Panel Presentation with Gordon Henry & David Stirrup. "Native Subjects: Euro-American Impositions and Subjectifixations on the Life, Culture, and Thought of Indigenous People"

• Fri

  13

  Mar

  2015

  Native American Literature Symposium

  Evening 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.

• Thu

  19

  Mar

  2015

  Walworth County Arts Council's Quarterly Luncheon

  11:30 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
  Gather 11:30, Lunch 12:00 Noon, Reading 12:45

• Thu

  26

  Mar

  2015

  Nett Lake Native Writer’s Fest

  5:00-8:00 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.

• Thu

  02

  Apr

  2015

  Beloit College Reading

  5:00 pmMoore Lounge, Pearsons Hall, Beloit College, Beloit, WI

  Poetry Reading with Wisconsin Poet Laureate Kim Blaeser
  Date: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015

  Q & A: 4:00 p.m.

  Reading: 5:00 pm

  Location: Moore Lounge,
  Pearsons Hall

  Sponsored by: Weissberg Program for Human Rights

  Contact: Chris Fink, Betsy Brewer, finkc@beloit.edu, brewere@beloit.edu

Event Information:

• Wed

  11

  Mar

  2015

  Arts Day 2015, Legislative Breakfast

  7:00 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!
  Learn more at www.artswisconsin.org/arts-day-2015/