Here’s a detailed overview of a workshop this week in Ann Arbor: Institute for Strategic Funding Development Strategic Grant Writing Proposal Workshop (Sponsored by ISFD) to be held at Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Michigan March 25-27, 2009 ~ 8:30AM – 4:30 PM CFRE Accredited Course for 20 contact hours or 20 CFRE Continuing Education Points!…
Category: Events
Anne Waldman, reading and performing, March 20 & 21
Post-Beat luminary and extraordinary performer, Anne Waldman, will be in town for two performances: Friday, March 20, 5PM Reading at the Benzinger Library, East Quad University of Michigan Residential College Saturday, March 21, 11:30 AM Peforming with saxophonist Johnny Evans Tickets: $15 Jewelheart 1129 Oak Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48108 734-994-3387 programs@jewelheart.org
BathHouse Event: Cris Cheek and Robert Fitterman, March 12, 5:00 pm
The BathHouse Reading Series continues with Cris Cheek and Robert Fitterman, this Thursday, March 12, at 5:00 pm, at the Dreamland Theater (26 N. Washington Street, Ypsilanti). Cris Cheek is an assistant professor at Miami University. He is a self-described “poet-pedagogue, writer-critic, book artist-publisher, new media practitioner and interdisciplinary performer,” earned his PhD at Lancaster…
Cris Cheek on Poetry Radio tonight!
Tune in to Poetry Radio (online at Eagle Radio, WQBR) to catch some of the sound work of Cris Cheek — an upcoming reader in the BathHouse series — tonight at 8 pm, streaming live. Listening will be a great way to preview and prepare for Cheek’s reading at Dreamland theater on Thursday, March 12…
What Is Workshop For? – March 16, 10am-2pm
University of Michigan’s MFA Program in Creative Writing presents What Is Workshop For?, March 16th from 10am-2pm, 3222 Angell Hall at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. This symposium aims to provide students and teachers, writers and readers, and artists in other fields with a forum in which to discuss the nature, application, and goals of the workshop model….
BathHouse Event: David Grubbs, Mar. 5, 5:00 pm
Get a second helping of The BathHouse Reading Series this week as David Grubbs comes to EMU’s Sponberg Theater on Thursday, March 5, at 5:00 pm. David Grubbs is an assistant professor of Radio and Sound Art at Brooklyn College CUNY. He has a B.A. from Georgetown University; and an M.A. and Ph.D. in English…
BathHouse Event: Nicole Brossard, March 2, 5:30pm
When you get back from winter break, don’t miss out on a packed month of BathHouse readings. The month kicks off with Nicole Brossard, on March 2, at 5:30 pm in the Carillon Room of the EMU Halle Library. Nicole Brossard was born in Montreal (Quebec). A poet, novelist and essayist, she published her first book…
Construction/Constriction – March 7, 6-9pm
CONSTRUCTION / CONSTRICTION a GOD CLUB group installation and one night exhibition Saturday 7 March 2009 | 6pm–9pm | FREE 1635 West Hancock Street Detroit, MI 48208 USA www.godclub.org On March 7, 2009, God Club, a Detroit-based, multidisciplinary creative output label and collective, will be presenting an installation entitled Construction / Constriction. With plans to be…
Join the conversation with novelist Robert Coover, Feb 24
Join experimental novelist Robert Coover and EMU professor Christine Hume in a conversation on Tuesday morning, February 24, starting at exactly 10:30 AM (eastern time). They will be at the Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia, but the session will be available as a live video. The internet audience will be able to pose questions to…
Carlo Rotella talk Monday, Feb 16, 5pm at U-M
CARLO ROTELLA TALK “Three Good Reasons to Write About Boxing” Monday, February 16, 5pm 3512 Haven Hall, U of M Ann Arbor Campus Carlo Rotella is Director of American Studies and Professor of English at Boston College. He is the author of Cut Time: An Education at the Fights, Good With Their Hands: Boxers, Bluesmen, and…