Midstream Reading Series
Blue Moon building 3820 E. Lake Street, Minneapolis, United StatesReading will be Michael Kiesow Moore, Ash Cardona, Brad Liening, and Roslye Ultan
Reading will be Michael Kiesow Moore, Ash Cardona, Brad Liening, and Roslye Ultan
As we strive to make a better world, be it in our personal journeys or to make a more equitable society, art-making plays a crucial—even transformative—role. This reading will ask, How does art transform our lives? Can writing a poem or making a painting act as an agent of social change? Does the process of […]
Nodin Press authors read at the Har Mar Barnes & Noble, with Michael Kiesow Moore, Bart Sutter, and Greg Watson.
To honor Open Book's place in the global community and its promotion of intercultural understanding, and in recognition of the connecting power of literature, Open Book will be dedicated as an International Peace Site at a ceremony Sunday, September 20, 2–4 p.m. Organized by the Loft's Peace and Social Justice Writers Group, along with Open […]
I will read with poet Greg Watson from our new books. Always fun to see your name on the board!
The Birchbark Books Reading Series begins its 7th season on October 14 at 7:00 p.m. Reading will be Cheryl K. Minnema, Eric McKendry, Maryam Marne Zafar, and Thomas R. Smith. Curated by Michael Kiesow Moore and Ardie Medina, the Birchbark Books Reading Series features new, emerging, and established writers quarterly September through May. Standing with […]
I will be signing books at the iconic Twin Cities Book Festival sponsored by Rain Taxi. Exact time TBD. Standing with Morgan Grayce Willow and our publisher Norton Stillman.
Minnesota's LGBT library hosts local authors to read from their recently published books and chat with the audience.
The Birchbark Books Reading Series continues its 7th season on November 18. Reading will be Paula Cisewski, Brian Baumgart, Anna Meek, and Colleen Casey. Curated by Michael Kiesow Moore and Ardie Medina, the Birchbark Books Reading Series features new, emerging, and established writers quarterly September through May. For more, see http://www.michaelkiesowmoore.org/birchbark-books-reading-series/
The Saint Paul Almanac celebrated its 10th anniversary with a special edition of the 2016 Saint Paul Almanac. The Amsterdam Bar and Hall made for a great venue for a reading!
SubText books is hosting "Survivor of Suicide Loss Day" sponsored by Canvas Health. I will be reading my poetry on bullying and teen suicide from my new book "What To Pray For". Also reading will be poet Matt Rasmussen.
I will be reading with Rachel Gold, Christine Marie, and William Reichard
This reading launches the 2016 season Banfill-Locke readings. I will be reading poetry with Michael Dennis Browne.
An evening of poetry with MaryAnn Corbett (Mid Evil) and Anna George Meek (The Genome Rhapsodies). For more, see http://www.commongoodbooks.com/event/evening-poetry-maryann-corbett-reads-mid-evil-anna-george-meek-reads-genome-rhapsodies-and
Celebrate National Poetry Month at Eat My Words! I will be reading from my book, What to Pray For. New work, too!
The Birchbark Books Reading Series will continue its 7th season on April 20. To celebrate National Poetry Month we will feature poets Julia Klatt Singer, Norita Dittberner-Jax, Dara Syrkin, and Greg Watson. Curated by Michael Kiesow Moore and Ardie Medina, the Birchbark Books Reading Series features new, emerging, and established writers quarterly September through May. Julia […]
Some of the most creative aspects of poetry writing is making good use of images and metaphor. These can be the keys to unlocking your own imagination, as well as that of your reader. We will look at how a few master poets used images and metaphor such as Pablo Neruda, Tomas Tranströmer, and Jim […]
The Birchbark Books Reading Series concludes it's seventh season of readings on Wednesday, June 1 at 7:00 p.m. Readers will be James D. Autio, Sharon Chmielarz, Kasey Payette, and Lynette Reini-Grandell Curated by Michael Kiesow Moore and Ardie Medina, the Birchbark Books Reading Series features new, emerging, and established writers quarterly September through June. For […]
The longest running series of its kind in the nation, Intermedia Arts’ Queer Voices reading series has been creating a safe space for LGBT writers and audiences to explore the day-to-day material of life without internal or external censorship for nearly a decade. Curated by Andrea Jenkins and John Medeiros.
When we say we want peace in the world—peace in our own lives—what do we mean? In this workshop we will use writing to explore these questions. The workshop will include short readings, opportunities for writing, and discussion to consciously explore the nature of peace and how we can bring it into our lives. There […]
The Birchbark Books Reading returns Wednesday, October 12 at 7:00 pm to begin our 8th season of readings. Reading will be James Bettendorf, Leslie Matton-Flynn, Venessa Fuentes, and Linda LeGarde Grover. Curated by Michael Kiesow Moore and Ardie Medina, the Birchbark Books Reading Series features new, emerging, and established writers quarterly September through June. For […]
All are invited to a free anniversary party on Thursday, Oct. 13, 6-9 p.m., at Open Book (1011 South Washington Avenue, Minneapolis) that will feature drinks, appetizers, presentations, guest speakers, dessert and coffee – all to celebrate 30 years of being the Twin Cities GLBT community library! The evening will include a book fair with author signings.
I will be signing books at the iconic Twin Cities Book Festival sponsored by Rain Taxi. Look for me at the Nodin Press table at 2:00 pm.
Artist Brandon Kuehn will give an artist talk on his solo exhibition, The Paranormal Art Project, then the Twin Cities Paranormal Society will lead a ghost hunt in the haunted Soap Factory building, all of which can provide grist for writing. We will write in this space, and end the evening with an impromptu reading. […]
Meet and greet local authors! Buy their books!
Join us for an afternoon of poetry and music with Thomas R. Smith, Ardie Medina and the Asiginaak Singers, and Michael Kiesow Moore with cellist Lars Krogstad Ortiz. Suggested donation $10, but no one turned away
The Birchbark Books Reading Series continues its 8th season of readings on Wednesday, November 9. Reading will be Naomi Cohn, Donte Collins, William Reichard, and Gwen Westerman. Curated by Michael Kiesow Moore and Ardie Medina, the Birchbark Books Reading Series features new, emerging, and established writers quarterly September through June. For more, see http://www.michaelkiesowmoore.org/birchbark-books-reading-series/
The first annual Highland Holiday Book Fair is the place to get your holiday shopping done for all the readers on your list! All local authors will be featuring their books and will be present to personally sign them.
Join us for a reading from Wendy Brown-Báez' Writing Circles: Words to Light Our Way: a portable writing workshop and author reading and Q&A with Michael Kiesow Moore and LouAnn Shepard Muhm
The BRIDGES Reading series is intended to bring together writers across genres and cultural backgrounds to express themselves, but also build links to each other. Featured writers are: Michael Kiesow Moore, La Donna Sanders Redmond, Lynette Reini-Grandall, John Medeiros, Sequoia Nagamatsu and Heidi Czerwiec.