Upcoming Author Readings

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Red Dragonfly Press print shop

Noon to 7 pm
As part of the Summer Celebration of the Arts, poets Diana Marie Delgado, Ibrahima Kaba, and Timothy Young will read between 2p to 4pm at the Red Dragonfly Print shop.
The Anderson Center
Red Wing, MN
651-388-2009
www.andersoncenter.org/

Friday, March 12, 2010

Banfil-Locke Center for the Arts

7:00 pm
Poets Joyce Sutphen, Freya Manfred, and Florence Dacey will read from their work, on "seeing the necessity in all that is wild.
6666 East River Road
Fridley, Minnesota
763-574-1850
www.banfill-locke.org/

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Gustavus Adolphus College

7:00 pm
Freya Manfred will read from SWIMMING WITH AN HUNDRED YEAR OLD SNAPPING TURTLE and MY ONLY HOME.
St. Peter, Minnesota

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Vermillion Literary Project Poetry Festival

Noon
Freya Manfred will read poetry from SWIMMING WITH A HUNDRED YEAR OLD SNAPPING TURTLE and MY ONLY HOME at noon. She will conduct a poetry workshop at 10 am as well.
University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Nina's Cafe

6:30 pm
Poets Donna Isaac, Jim Heynen, and Matt Rasmussen will participate in Verse and Converse, a round robin evening of poetry.
165 Western Ave.
St. Paul, Minnesota
651-292-9816
cafeapolis.com/2007/ninas-cafe/

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Micawbers

7:00 pm
Donna Isaac will read from her poetry chapbook, Tommy, and Lightsey Darst will read from her poetry chapbook, Ginnungagap
2238 Carter Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota
651-646-5506
www.micawbers.com

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Hennepin History Museum

7:00 pm
"Icons for the Bereaved" a poetry reading at the Hennepin History Museum -- Freya Manfred will read with Anya Achtenberg, Kari Fisher, Cindra Halm, Loren Niemi, Jules Nyquist and Roslye Ultan. Come early to see the exhibit! Venue is a half block from the Mpls. Inst. of Arts.
2303 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota
(612) 870-1329
hennepinhistory.org/calendar.aspx

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Zandbroz

2:00
Zandbroz Variety in Fargo will host Thom Tammaro, English Department and MFA program, to read from his new collection of poems, 31 Mornings in December, a series of Zen-like meditations written each day during the month of December.

Joining Tammaro will be guitarist and vocalist Terry Ruud and vocalist Crystal Jensen for an afternoon of acoustical music and songs about the wintry month of December.
420 North Broadway
Fargo, ND
www.zandbroz.com/

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Red Dragonfly Press print shop

2:30-3:30
Joyce Sutphen will read as part of the Anderson Center Winter Art Festival and in celebration of her new book with Red Dragonfly Press, entitled First Words.
The Anderson Center
Red Wing, MN
651-388-2009
www.andersoncenter.org/

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The Loft Literary Center at the Open Book

Evening
A Red Dragonfly reading. The poets will include Joyce Sutphen, Jim Johnson, Edith Rylander, Joe Paddock, and Scott King.
Minneapolis, MN
www.loft.org/

Friday, August 14, 2009

Zandbroz

6:30
Marjorie Buettner, Dale Jacobson, and Scott King will read from their work.
420 North Broadway
Fargo, ND
www.zandbroz.com/

Sunday, August 9, 2009

A Room of One's Own

2 pm
Sarah Busse will be reading from Quiver (Red Dragonfly Press, 200) on Sunday, August 9, at 2 PM, at A Room of One's Own Bookstore in Madison. She will be joined by Marilyn Taylor, Wisconsin's Poet Laureate, and Wendy Vardaman, author of the forthcoming collection, Obstructed View.
307 W. Johnson St.
Madison, Wisconsin
608-257-7888
www.roomofonesown.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp

Friday, July 31, 2009

Java River

7:30 pm
Red Dragonfly Press Reading Series: Athena Kildegaard, Joe Paddock, Nancy Paddock, and Scott King will read.
210 S 1st Street
Montevideo, MN
320-269-7106
www.javarivercafe.com/index_about.html

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Red Dragonfly Press print shop

2:00 - 4:00
Anderson Center
Summer Celebration of the Arts
Reading Schedule
2:00 - 2:30 Gabriel Spera
3:00 - 3:30 David Steingass
3:30 - 4:00 Lightsey Darst
The Anderson Center
Red Wing, MN
651-388-2009
www.andersoncenter.org/

Friday, June 19, 2009

Monkey See, Monkey Read

7:30
Sarah Busse will read from her new chapbook, Quiver.
425 Division Street
Northfield, Minnesota
507-645-6700
www.monkeyread.com/

Sunday, March 29, 2009

BirchBark Books

4:00 pm
Jim Johnson will read from his new collection Driving Gravel Roads: 50 Prose Poems.

Jim will be joined by Chris Heeter who will be reading from her new book Wild Thoughts (Yileen Press)
2115 West 21st Street
Minneapolis, MN
(612) 374-4023
www.birchbarkbooks.com/bbb/index.html

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Micawbers

7 pm
Jane Graham George and Scott King
2238 Carter Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota
651-646-5506
www.micawbers.com

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Red Dragonfly Press print shop

3:00
Freya Manfred will read from My Only Home and Swimming With A Hundred Year Old Snapping Turtle.

Informal reading of Thomas McGrath's Letter to an Imaginary Friend to follow.
The Anderson Center
Red Wing, MN
651-388-2009
www.andersoncenter.org/

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Vermilion Sporting Arts Gallery

6:15 pm
Larry Gavin will be reading at the opening of a new exhibit entitled Fly Fishing Prints and Painting by artist Mike Schad. Gavin will be reading a short story titled "Even Better Than Love." Refreshments will be served.
3440 Beltline Blvd., Suite 206
St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Monkey See, Monkey Read

7:30
Book Launch and Reading: Marjorie Buettner will read from the newly published Seeing It Now and Jane Graham George will read from the newly published Library Land
425 Division Street
Northfield, Minnesota
507-645-6700
www.monkeyread.com/

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Magers and Quinn

7:00 pm
Red Dragonfly Press Reading: Vicki Graham, Lyle Daggett, Larry Gavin, Joe and Nancy Paddock, John Rezmerski, Athena Kildegaard, James P. Lenfestey.
Uptown
Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
www.magersandquinn.com/

Thursday, October 23, 2008

BirchBark Books

7:00
Freya Manfred will read from Swimming With An Hundred Year Old Snapping Turtle
2115 West 21st Street
Minneapolis, MN
(612) 374-4023
www.birchbarkbooks.com/bbb/index.html

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Monkey See, Monkey Read

7:30 pm
David Allan Evans and Larry Gavin
425 Division Street
Northfield, Minnesota
507-645-6700
www.monkeyread.com/

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Minneapolis Community and Technical College

10:00 to 5:00
Twin Cities Book Festival. Red Dragonfly Press will have a table.
1415 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
www.raintaxi.com/bookfest/

Saturday, September 27, 2008

South Dakota Festival of Books

10:00
Freya Manfred---"Where Do We Find Home"
Holiday Inn, Embassy II
Sioux Falls, SD
www.freewebs.com/sdfestivalofbooks/

Saturday, September 27, 2008

South Dakota Festival of Books

11:00
David Allan Evans---"After the Swan Dive"
Holiday Inn, Embassy II
Sioux Falls, SD
www.freewebs.com/sdfestivalofbooks/

Saturday, September 27, 2008

South Dakota Festival of Books

2:00
Patrick Hicks (w/ Christine Stewart-Nunez)---"Traveling and Poetry"
Holiday Inn, Embassy II
Sioux Falls, SD
www.freewebs.com/sdfestivalofbooks/

Monday, September 22, 2008

Minnesota State University Fergus Falls

7:00 pm
Larry Gavin will read following the unveiling of the first poem in the MN Roadside Poetry Project.
Fergus Falls, MN

Friday, September 12, 2008

Moshe House

Thomas R. Smith, poetry, storytelling and music, with Timothy Young, Jay Leeming, Danny Deardorff and Judith-Kate Friedman
London, England
Contact Martin Shaw, 011 44 1364 653723

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Temenos Academy, The Royal Asiatic Society

7 p.m.
Thomas R. Smith will give lecture, "Calling the Soul Home in the Poem."
14 Stephenson Way
London, England
Contact: 011 44 1233 813663

Monday, September 8, 2008

Blue Walnut Cafe

Thomas R. Smith, along with Timothy Young, Jay Leeming, Danny Deardorff, Judith-Kate Friedman, and the Brothers Frantzich.
Torbay, England
Contact Martin Shaw, 011 44 1364 653723

Friday, September 5, 2008 to Sunday, September 7, 2008

West Country Storytelling Festival

Thomas R. Smith
Dartmoor, England
Contact Martin Shaw, 011 44 1364 653723

Friday, August 22, 2008

Trinity Luthern Church

7:00 PM
"A Conversation On Place" with poet and essayist, Bill Holm and Freya Manfred, including readings from Bill's essays and Freya's poetry. Cost is $10. Sponsored by Arcola Mills and Valley Bookseller.
115 4th Street North
Stillwater, MN

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Red Dragonfly Press print shop

1:30-4:00 pm
SUMMER CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS
Marianne Boruch 1:30
David Allan Evans 2:00
Sharon English 2:30
David Steingass 3:00
Sheila O'Connor 3:30
The Anderson Center
Red Wing, MN
651-388-2009
www.andersoncenter.org/

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Washburn Library

3-5 pm
Thomas R. Smith reads with Marie Sheppard Williams
5254 Lyndale Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN

Friday, May 2, 2008

The Palace Theater

Evening
Freya Manfred and Bill Holm will read from their work as part of the CARC Series.
Luverne, Mn
www.palacetheatre.us/

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Gustavus Adolphus College

Evening
Red Dragonfly Reading Series
St. Peter, Minnesota

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Galaxy Library

7:00 PM
Thomas R. Smith will read. Followed by an open mic.
Eagan, Minnesota

Thursday, April 17, 2008

The Loft Literary Center at the Open Book

7:00 PM
Publication reading for ON MARRIAGE by Todd Boss and Katrina Vandenberg. They will be joined by Katie Leo.
Minneapolis, MN
www.loft.org/

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Zandbroz

1:00 PM
Red Dragonfly Press Reading Series. Scott King, founder and editor of the press will give an introduction. Poets Joe Paddock, Nancy Paddock, Edith Rylander, Dale Jacobson, and Thomas R. Smith will read.
420 North Broadway
Fargo, ND
www.zandbroz.com/

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Pelican Rapids Public Library

1:00 pm
Red Dragonfly Press Reading Series. Scott King, founder and editor of the press will give an introduction. Poets Joe Paddock, Nancy Paddock, Edith Rylander, Dale Jacobson, and Thomas R. Smith will read.
25 West Mill Avenue
Pelican Rapids, Minnesota
218-863-7055
pelicanrapids.lib.mn.us/

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Magers and Quinn

7:30
Freya Manfred and Louis Jenkins
Uptown
Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
www.magersandquinn.com/

Thursday, March 20, 2008

The Loft Literary Center at the Open Book

7:00 PM
Freya Manfred & Louis Jenkins
Publication reading for Swimming With A Hundred Year Old Snapping Turtle
Minneapolis, MN
www.loft.org/

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Nina's Cafe

7:00
Todd Boss and Katrina Vandenburg will read from their newly published chapbook ON MARRIAGE. And they will be joined by Freya Manfred.
165 Western Ave.
St. Paul, Minnesota
651-292-9816
cafeapolis.com/2007/ninas-cafe/

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Magers and Quinn

7:00
Thomas R. Smith will read with Norman Minnick
Uptown
Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
www.magersandquinn.com/

Monday, February 11, 2008

Magers and Quinn

7:30 PM
John Minczeski
Uptown
Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
www.magersandquinn.com/

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Nina's Cafe

7:30
Thomas R. Smith will read with Marie Shepard Williams, and Todd Boss.
165 Western Ave.
St. Paul, Minnesota
651-292-9816
cafeapolis.com/2007/ninas-cafe/

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

ArtStart Art Gallery

7 to 8:30 pm
Freya Manfred, Jim Lenfestey, and Margaret Hasse
1459 St. Clair Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota
651-698-2787

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

University Club

7:30 PM
Freya Manfred along with six other readers
St. Paul, MN
651-222-1751

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Minneapolis Community and Technical College

All Day (10:00 to 5:
TWIN CITIES BOOK FESTIVAL
sponsored by Rain Taxi
1415 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
www.raintaxi.com/bookfest/

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Amazon Bookstore Cooperative

7-8pm
As part of a the Red Dragonfly Press Reading Series, Freya Manfred (My Only Home; Swimming with a Hundred Year Old Snapping Turtle) and Thomas R. Smith (Waking before Dawn; Winter Hours) will read at Amazon Bookstore
4755 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota
612-821-9630
www.amazonfembks.com/

Thursday, August 23, 2007

KFAI Radio Without Boundaries

11-noon
Thomas R. Smith and Freya Manfred will be guests on Write On Radio on KFAI Radio
90.3 Minneapolis / 106.7 St. Paul
Minneapolis, Minnesota
www.kfai.org/node/36