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Wednesday
September 8
7pm FREE |
Tony Trigilio, author of Allen Ginsberg's Buddhist Poetics |
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Friday
September 10 |
Woodland Pattern at Indian Summer Festival |
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Wednesday
September 15
[offsite] |
Howl (with James Franco as Allen Ginsberg) at UW-M Union Theater |
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Thursday
September 16
2-4pm |
Improvisation with Marilyn Crispell
(note change of time) |
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Thursday
September 16
7pm |
30 Years of Women at Woodland Pattern: pianist Marilyn Crispell |
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Wednesday
September 22
7pm |
Rebecca Dunham Book Release & Reading |
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Friday and Saturday
September 24 - 25 |
Lorine Niedecker Wisconsin Poetry Festival: Velvet Lips Lounge, Fort Atkinson, WI |
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Saturday & Sunday
September 25 - September 26
9am-5pm |
On Pens, Pins, and Needles: A Premium Workshop with Anne Kingsbury |
| Non-members: $200 |
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| Members: $190 |
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| October |
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Sunday
October 17 |
Clarissa Sligh Gallery Opening |
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Wednesday
October 20
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Derrick Harriell Book Release |
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Friday
October 22
7pm |
Geraldine Monk and Alan Halsey Redletter reading, 7pm |
| November |
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Saturday
November 6
[offsite] |
Annie Finch reading at the Milwaukee Public Library |
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Sunday
November 7
2pm |
Annie Finch reading at Woodland Pattern |
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Friday
November 12
7pm |
CAROUSEL Slideshow Invitational |
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Friday
November 19
7pm |
Anne Waldman and John Giorno reading at the Harley Davidson Museum |
| December |
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Sunday
December 5
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Annual Open House |
Volunteers
(Always needed)
Opportunities include:
Bookstore Assistant: reshelving & restocking books.
Bulk Mailing Assistant: Help label newsletters & drive to bulk mail.
Hospitality: Greeters for special events.
414-263-5001 |
Many thanks to the Kohls A-Team volunteers for their outstanding acts of service during our Community Ties Raffle at the Locust Street Festival, June 14, 2010: Deb Wilcox, Mark Breen, Sarah Cichon, Steven Throckmorton, Amanda Bendell |
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SPECIAL EVENT
Lorine Niedecker
Wisconsin Poetry Festival
Friday night and all day Saturday, September 24-25
Fort Atkinson, WI
Including: Blackhawk Island Writer's Workshop, open poetry reading, the Poetry Café and a Lorine Niedecker Grasshopper Invitational. |
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ALL YOUR BOOK SHOPPING!
Any time of the year, it's important to remember to shop at Local Independent Book Centers.
Here are nine reasons to do all of your book shopping at Woodland Pattern!
- We have one of the most remarkable and current poetry selections in the country.
- We carry books that can't be found in any other bookstores in the Midwest.
- We support small presses. We carry over 20,000 small press titles on our shelves.
- We have a broad selection of quality literature. On our shelves, you can find self-published books by emerging writers alongside titles by established authors.
- Sure, shopping online you can maybe find what you are looking for, but here you can find books you didn't even know you were looking for.
- We are a non-profit. Which means we don't let commercial shelf space dictate our purchasing decisions.
- Members of Woodland Pattern receive 10% off purchases, $5 off workshops, and discounts on tickets.
- Woodland Pattern supports writers by carrying their books on consignment. In 2008, we paid over $3,700 to over 140 individuals that had books on consignment.
- If you can't find it in our store, we can order it for you. Can't think of the right book? Get a gift certificate!
* Send us YOUR reasons for shopping at Woodland Pattern—we'll put them on the website. |
| The Alternating Currents Live series of new music is co-sponsored by WMSE (91.7 FM) and Woodland Pattern and hosted by Hal Rammel. These concerts are broadcast on Alternating Currents the following Sunday evening, 6-9pm, on WMSE-FM. Performers have included Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jaap Blonk, Robin Holcomb, and Pauline Oliveros. |
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Experimental Film and Video series is co-sponsored by the UWM Film and Video Department and curated by Carl Bogner. It has featured work by Jack Smith, Stan Brakhage and Joseph Cornell as well as work by local filmmakers Stephanie Barber and Jennifer Montgomery. It is the last Friday of the month, begins at 7pm and costs $4. |
| Redletter is a reading series featuring local and regional poets and writers on the third Friday of each month, and is curated by Chuck Stebelton. The program begins at 7 p.m. with an open mic, followed by two featured readers. The cost is $3, or $2 for open mic readers. |
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Support
Woodland Pattern programming is made possible through support from... The Helen Bader Foundation, The Brico Fund, The Elizabeth A. Brinn Foundation, The Department of Public Instruction, The Fund for Poetry, The Gardner Foundation, The Milwaukee Arts Board, The Faye McBeath Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Wisconsin Arts Board, Milwaukee County, The Community Development Block Grant and individual donors. |
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Woodland Pattern is a proud member of Community Shares |
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| GIFT CERTIFICATES SOLD YEAR ROUND |
INTERVIEW:
Clayton Eshleman discusses César Vallejo, literary translation, and the poet's formation. |
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