Virtual #WriterSlam - Throughout the month of October Everyone can participate in the virtual writer slam by sharing works from their favorite American authors on social media. Post favorite short excerpts to your own social media and use #WriterSlam to tag your content. As we celebrate the anniversary of Carl Sandburg Home NHS, we also celebrate the legacy of all American writers and their contributions to the culture and history of the country. Community Reading of "Smoke and Steel" The community poetry reading this year invites anyone to video or audio record themselves reading a portion of Carl Sandburg’s book “Smoke and Steel,” which was published 100 years ago in 1920. The recordings will be shared on the park’s Facebook page at 10:00 am on Saturday, October 17. To participate in this virtual community reading, please RSVP by email so we can send you a 3 minute excerpt from Smoke and Steel to video or audio record. Then, record your excerpt and email it back by October 10. Poetry Workshop - October 18, 4 - 6pm Poet and spoken word artist Glenis Redmond will lead a virtual poetry workshop on the “Healing Power of Poetry,” on Sunday, October 18, from 4:00 – 6:00 pm. In this session, Glenis will first guide participants through a series of exercises to foster creative space and to delve deeply into finding their own voice. Then, participants will take to the page to write meaningful and healing poetry. This workshop is hosted by the Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara and will use Zoom for the virtual connection. Space is limited to 15 participants. Please sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0C48A4A72DA4FA7-poetry. Glenis Redmond travels nationally and internationally reading and teaching and performing poetry. She is a Kennedy Center Teaching Artist and has completed poet-in-Resident posts at the Peace Center for the Performing Arts in Greenville, SC, and at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ, in addition to numerous other honors and awards. Glenis believes that poetry is a healer, and she can be found in the trenches across the world applying pressure to those in need, one poem at a time. |
Last updated: September 23, 2020