Winona Fine Arts Commission announces Poetry Walk selections (5/26/2021)
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Winona Fine Arts Commission is very pleased to announce final selections for the second year of the public art initiative: The Winona Poetry Walk. This project consists of original poetry stamped into sidewalks and installation of the poems will be ongoing in summer and fall 2021. Stay tuned for a viewing and poetry reading celebration upon completion of the installations.
The FAC requested submissions of original short poems (or parts of poems) and received a wonderful variety of responses. Ten poems have been selected by the following poets: Jerome Christenson, Michael William Doyle, Dan Eastman, Parker Forsell, Nancy Kay Peterson, Marcia Ratliff, Steve Schild, Sabrina Schlichting, and Lucas Stangl. The Fine Arts Commission has also continued their inclusion of one professional poet of renown or public title with a work by former Wiscons
By TJ
Photo: Former Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Kimberly Blaeser
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Winona Fine Arts Commission is very pleased to announce the final selections for the second year of the public art initiative: The Winona Poetry Walk.
This project consists of original poetry stamped into sidewalks and installation of the poems will be ongoing in summer and fall 2021. Stay tuned for a viewing and poetry reading celebration upon completion of the installations. The FAC requested submissions of original short poems (or parts of poems) and received a wonderful variety of responses. Ten poems have been selected by the following poets: Jerome Christenson, Michael William Doyle, Dan Eastman, Parker Forsell, Nancy Kay Peterson, Marcia Ratliff, Steve Schild, Sabrina Schlichting, and Lucas Stangl. The Fine Arts Commission has also continued their inclusion of one professional poet of renown or public title with a work by former Wisconsin Poet Laureate,
Mid West Music Fest: In-person concert in May (3/19/2021)
After going virtual last year due to the pandemic, Mid West Music Fest (MWMF) will be back in person this spring.
As a hopeful sign of things to come, MWMF will be the first major in-person festival in Winona in 2021.
MWMF will take place on May 15 at Prairie Island Park’s Kiwanis Shelter, the normal home of the fall Boats and Bluegrass festival. This year marks the 12th anniversary of MWMF. There will be 14 musical acts, fewer than usual, and the concert will take place on one day rather than multiple days or weekends. Among the headliners are Nur-D, The Von Tramps and The People Brothers Band. Doug Boodle with Jonathan Blakk, Queen Drea, The Ultrasounds and The Immaculate Beings are slated to play at a second stage. The event will begin at 4 p.m., end at 10 p.m., and attendees will be required to have a ticket.
(1/27/2021)
Great River Shakespeare Festival (GRSF) leaders recognized that many of their company members have been facing financial obstacles during the pandemic. “Because most of them are in the theatre industry, the entire industry was shut down, and so a large section of the people that we work with have been completely unemployed,” GRSF Managing Director Aaron Young said. To boost morale and keep communication open, they began reading plays virtually with company members on Monday nights. They have focused on reading the works of Black and Indigenous playwrights and read company members’ pieces, all while enjoying the opportunity to stay connected with one another and do something new.