Literary
2024 Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest – Call for Entries
It’s that time of year again! Entries are now being accepted for the 2024 Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest. The entry process is a one-step system. Sonnet(s) must be submitted with the Entry…
Read MoreMerle Hanson to Present at the Blue Heron
Tuesday | January 2 | 7 pm Blue Heron Coffeehouse | 162 W 2nd St. On Tuesday, January 2nd at 7 pm, Merle Hanson, Winona’s Favorite Storyteller, will present some…
Read MoreLowery Returns to First Tuesday Laureate Series with New Book
Tuesday | December 5 | 7 pm Blue Heron Coffeehouse | 162 W 2nd St. Longtime Winona area writer and teacher Scott Lowery returns to the Laureate Writers Series, Tuesday,…
Read MoreLaureate Writers Series Presents James Lenfestey
Tuesday | November 14 | 7 pm Blue Heron Coffeehouse | 162 W 2nd St. On Tuesday, November 14th, at 7 pm, poet James Lenfestey will read from his work…
Read MoreLaureate Writers Series Presents Mary Moore Easter, Poet and Dancer
Tuesday | October 3 | 7 pm Blue Heron Coffeehouse | 162 W 2nd St. On Tuesday, October 3rd, at 7 pm, poet Mary Moore Easter will read from her…
Read MoreTV Pow / Woolen Lover / Geodes & Rusty Congaree
Sunday | September 17 | 4-8 pm Peter’s Biergarten | 54 E 3rd St. los.st The LOSST (Letters on Sounds, Signals, Time) series kicks off this fall with a multimedia…
Read MoreThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner Revived
Friday | September 15 | 7:30 pm Minnesota Marine Art Museum | 800 Riverview Dr. mmam.org Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner will be presented as a dramatic reading…
Read MoreBook Launch – “Empire” by James Armstrong
Friday | September 22 | 5-7 pm Minnesota Marine Art Museum | 800 Riverview Dr. MMAM Event Page James Armstrong, who served as Winona’s first Poet Laureate, will read from…
Read MoreLaureate Writers Series Presents Samuel Hawkins II, Spoken Word Poet
Tuesday | September 5 | 7 pm Blue Heron Coffeehouse | 162 W 2nd St. Samuel Hawkins II, Spoken Word Poet, will read from his work at the Blue Heron…
Read MoreLaureate Writers Series Presents Minnesota Poet Laureate Gwen Westerman
Tuesday | August 1 | 7 pm Blue Heron Coffeehouse | 162 W 2nd St. Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Gwen Westerman will read from her work at the Blue Heron Coffeehouse…
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