2011
Old stuff,
perhaps in ascending order of chronology. March 12, Saturday, noon: Ten of Wisconsin’s best high school students will recite poems at the state Poetry Out Loud contest. We had originally planned to hold the event in the Assembly Chambers of the State Capitol Building, but it has been moved to the Drury Theater, in the Bartell Theater right off the Square at 113 E. Mifflin. These students are winners of their regional contests from across Wisconsin and will recite three poems of their choosing. The winner will attend the national Poetry Out Loud contest in Washington, DC in late April. The contest offers over $50,000 in scholarships. The public is welcome to attend. Jim Fleming, producer of Wisconsin Public Radio’s ‘To the Best of Our Knowledge,’ will MC the program. The judging panel will include Jean Feraca, poet and talk show host on Wisconsin Public Radio; Susan Sweeney, head of the MFA Acting Program Department at Theatre and Drama Department of UW–Madison, and John Lehman, poet and founder of Rosebud, a national literary magazine. Each will also perform a favorite poem. The program is sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and Wisconsin Arts Board. For more information, call 608-266-0190 or Jacki at 608-318-0551. Or access poetryoutloud.org for more on the national program; artsboard.wisconsin.gov. Poet's $2,000 Reimbursement a Casualty in Walker's Wisconsin – on Bloomberg.com Winners have been announced in the 2011 Wisconsin People & Ideas Poetry Contest, judged by Angela Rydell: First Place: "The Washer's Bone Whiteness Laid Bare," by Michael Kriesel, Aniwa; Second Place: "The Final Thing," by Kathleen Dale, Milwaukee; Third Place: "Century Farm," by Jessi Peterson, Eau Claire. |