Literary/Spoken Word
Two Chairs Telling: Listen, I’ll tell you a…. June Guest: Bill Ratner & Don Shelby
Bill Ratner found his fame and fortune doing voice- over work in Hollywood. Don Shelby is not just a news guy - he’s a classy cultural icon. Now they’re not telling about what’s on the screen but about what’s behind it.
Tuesday June 12 at 7:00 (doors 6:00) $8-$12 pay what you can
Summer Music Festival at Northrop Presents A Splash of Summer: Voices Merging Open Mic
The annual summer open mic from the U of M student spoken word group, Voices Merging.
This is an outdoor concert located on Northrop Plaza at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
Poetry Conference at The Loft Literary Center
Featuring a conversation between Mark Doty and Tracy K. Smith.
FLO(we){u}R Power: A TalkingImageConnection reading
Writers Brian Beatty, MC Hyland, Andrea Jenkins, May Lee-Yang, Michael Kiesow Moore, Alison Morse and Andy Sturdevant plant an explosive spring-mix of poems and stories in response to the show FLO(we){u}R at the Soap Factory.
Two Chairs Telling: The Secret Life of May May Guest: Jim May & Claudia Schmidt
The country boy meets the city girl or it is the big city
storyteller meets the country road singer? Either way, Jim May,
who grew up on an Illinois farm but now tells tales of travels
throughout the world, will share stories, poems, songs and
conversation with songbird and raconteur Claudia Schimdt in
Coffee House Press' Biblio Bash
On May 5th, Coffee House Press will debut an exciting alternative to the traditional literary event called Biblio Bash. At a time when new technology is rapidly changing how people read and interact with books and authors, Coffee House Press is interested in designing new literary experiences.
"Montecore" Author & Translator Talk
Join award-winning Swedish author Jonas Hassen Khemiri and translator Rachel Willson-Broyles for a talk on Khemiri's novel "Montecore" and the challenges of translating it into English. The two are in Minnesota this spring for a visit to Gustavus Adolphus College in St. P...eter, Minn.
Clive Rosengren reads from "Murder Unscripted"
Nobody is going to mistake part-time actor, part-time Hollywood sleuth Eddie Collins for a star. While shooting a TV commercial for Chubby's Chicken, Eddie is almost grateful when he gets a call from a motion picture completion bond company on the hook for a film called Flames of Desire, whose female lead has died. But the dead actress is Eddie's ex-wife, and her death looks like murder.
Mark Rosen Discussion & Book Signing
Mark Rosen, popular Twin Cities sports broadcaster and journalist will discuss and sign copies of his book, Best Seat in the House, on Friday May 4 at noon at the University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Ave. S.E. Minneapolis.
Counter Culture with Candacy Taylor
Celebrate National Waitress Day with a special multi-media lecture by Candacy Taylor, author of Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress, which profiles waitresses aged 50 and older who have been working in neighborhood diners throughout the United States.
Metropolitan State University Library, Ecolab Room, 645 E. Seventh St., St. Paul.
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