Calendar of Events
Saturday, June 12, 2010 -- 10:00 -- 1:00Zauel Library 3100 N Center Road, Saginaw, Michigan
Dr. Gloria Nixon-John will lead a writing workshop
entitled: Surprise Me: Avoid Predictability in your Writing.
Gloria has published poetry, essay, fiction, and
pedagogical articles in both small and mainstream
presses. She currently works as a freelance writer,
editor, writing teacher, and writing consultant.
Sponsored by River Junction Poets with portions of the
proceeds going to Roethke House
$25 per person Reservations needed: 989-823-3607
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 -- 10:00 -- 3:00
Andersen Enrichment Center - 120 Ezra Rust Drive,
Saginaw, Michigan.
Garden Festival sponsored by Andersen Enrichment Center
Friends of Theodore Roethke table featuring
Roethke's Greenhouse Poetry and Greenhouse Gardening.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 -- 11:00 -- 1:00
Roethke House and yards - 1805 Gratiot, Saginaw, MI
Invitation to Teachers Teaching Roethke
Dr. Pat Cavanaugh, SVSU English Professor, will team
with Bob Pawlak, Bay City Schools, to lead an interactive workshop based on Theodore Roethke. They will share a variety of reading and writing ideas and activities.
Handouts available for classroom implementation.
Picnic catered by Crumbs
Reservations needed: 989-928-0430
Cost $20.00 for presentation, picnic and house tours.
Saturday, June 19, 2010 -- 4:00 -- 5:30
Roethke House and Yards, 1805 Gratiot, Saginaw, MI
I used to catch bumblebees in my bare hands:
Writing Poetry Using Images Drawn from Everyday Experience
Larry Levy, recently retired Delta College English
Professor, will lead a poetry writing workshop based on the work of the late NYC poet and teacher, Kenneth Koch. Larry will also read from his own work and sign copies of his book, I Would Stay Forever If I Could and Other Poems (Mayapple Press) available for sale.
$10.00 per person with light refreshments and house tours
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 -- 7:00 -- 9:00pm Roethke House and Yards, 1805 Gratiot, Saginaw, MI
I Hear a Singing Fish: The Music Under the Current Robert Fanning, an assistant professor of Creative Writing at Central Michigan University is a poet and the author of two full-length collections, The Seed Thieves and American Prophet. In this discussion, work-shop, and reading, Fanning will invite participants to plunge beneath the surface of Theodore Roethke's po-ems, down into the swirling currents and the musical muck his words make. Fanning's discussion is based on the belief that Roethke knew the road to the reader's mind and heart begins with their ear. Participants will read and discuss the technical effects of rhythm and rhyme in Roethke's poems (and others), as well as take part in a short writing activity. Following the discussion and workshop, Fanning will read from his own work, and sign copies of his books.
$12.00 per person with dessert catered by The Patisserie
Reservations needed: 989-928-0430 House Tours
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 -- 4:00 -- 5:30
Roethke House and yards, 1805 Gratiot, Saginaw, Michi-gan
Memoirs of Mothers
Melissa Seitz, SVSU poet and English professor, will talk about her book in process, a memoir about her mother, with mention of Roethke's Meditations to an Old Woman, written from the poet's mother's perspective. Ladies and gentlemen, wear your favorite hats and take a front row seat to learn about Melissa's writing process.
$10.00 per person with light refreshments and house tours
Reservations needed: 989-928-0430
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 -- 12:00 -- 2:00
Roethke House and yards, 1805 Gratiot, Saginaw, MI
Mary Ann Fournier, published writer, locally recognized speaker and small group leader, is gentle, non-preachy, and compassionate. It's in her sharing that you find gems that work. She will be joined by Zauel Library Write-Your-Life-Story Writing Group to present
Humor: A Way to make a Healthy Image Emerge.
Mary Ann will also share books from writing group members who write and publish children's
stories, memoirs, poetry, and cookbooks. House Tours
$20.00 per person Reservations needed: 989-928-0430
Lunch catered by Sullivan's Food and Spirits
Thursday, July 15, 2010 -- 7:00 -- 8:pm
Roethke House and Yards, 1805 Gratiot, Saginaw, MI
Dr. Ron Primeau, English professor from CMU, will bring his class, History of Literary Criticism for a
Community Discussion of Roethke's Teaching Advice and Criticism. Here's an invitation to community to join a college English class for a Roethke discussion with attention to Theodore Roethke's views on writing,
teaching, and literary criticism. House Tours
$10.00 per person with dessert catered by Hamilton Bakery
Reservations needed: 989-928-0430
Thursday, July 29th -- picnic at 6:00, talk at 7:00pm.
Roethke House and Yards, 1805 Gratiot, Saginaw, MI
David McMacken is a retired literature and composition teacher from Alma High School with a background in journalism. David is also an author who will share his historic thoughts in a talk entitled: Into the Hinterland: Let's Go To Gratiot. He is a frequent speaker on topics of local history and spoke for 30 consecutive years in the Evening in the Park summer series in Gratiot County.
He has written six articles in Michigan History Magazine and published six books on local history. Some titles he'll have available for sale: Built on Pines: the biography of Ammi Wright, The Saratoga of the West, and
Colonel Elwell's Castle.
McMacken will be available to sign his books.
Cost $20 per person with picnic catered by The Savoy Restaurant House Tours offered.
Reservations needed: 989-928-0430
Sunday, August 1, 2010 --
Theodore Roethke's Death Day -- 7:00pm7:00pm
Oakwood Cemetery - Gratiot and Midland Road Corner
Candle Walk with collaboration between River Junction Poets and Friends of Theodore Roethke to commemorate poet's life on the day he died.
Donations welcome.
