March, April, May 2006

Paula Sergi Teaching Creative Writing in various classrooms in the Fond du Lac School District.

“Helping students find an authentic voice through poetry” is a creative writing workshop supported by a grant submitted by the Fond du Lac School District in partnership with Paula Sergi. The writing workshop, inspired by Sergi’s participation in a local initiative called Voices of War, addresses the nature of conflict, and is directed towards conflict resolution, and philosophical, racial and cultural diversity. A natural extension is the study of war, making it a timely complement to social studies and history classes.

The successful grant was awarded by the Sophia Foundation, whose goals include making “charitable grants to enable human beings to become more caring people in their work and in their lives in the way individuals relate to one another locally, nationally and globally.”

Tuesday, April 11 Ripon College Reading

Paula Sergi will be reading her poetry on Tuesday, April 11, 7:30 in the Caestecker Art Gallery within the Rodman Center for the Arts on the lovely & scenic Ripon campus. The reading is in connection with her appearance as guest writer in classrooms on the Ripon College campus for two weeks in April.

Wednesday, April 26

Paula Sergi is this year’s Guest Artist for the Annual Green Lake Elderhostel for Creative Writing, held at Laconia Conference Center, Green Lake, Wisconsin. She’ll be reading new work from her experiences as the 2005 Cultural Ambassador to Hessen, Germany.

Saturday, October 20, 2006

Wisconsin Women Poets Out Loud, Friday, October 20, Orpheum Theatre, Main 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Eleven women poets from Wisconsin, all well-published at the national level, showcase their wide range of subject matter, form, and style. Presenter(s) Pamela Gemin, Kate Sontag, Sara Rath, Cathryn Cofell, Susan Firer, Karla Huston, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Laura MIlls, Paula Sergi, Cherene Sherrad, Alison Townsend.


Saturday, October 21, 2006

Wisconsin Book Festival Sat, October 21, Memorial Union 2:30-3:00 With Wisconsin-Hessen Writers Exchange. Paula Sergi and Michael Perry will read from their work and discuss their residency experiences as visiting writers in Hessen, Germany. Also reading will be the yet-to-be-announced German writer candidate.

Fond du Lac Public Library, Fond du Lac, WI, June 7, 2005 - 7:00 p.m. (920) 929-7080

Women and Children First, Chicago, IL, June 28, 2005 - 7:30 p.m. (773) 769-9299

Burnt Toast Restaurant, Boulder, CO, July 15, 2005 - 8:00 p.m. (303) 440-5200

Daughters of Isabella, Fond du Lac, WI, July 19, 2005 - 7:00 p.m. (920) 922-3333

It’s a writer’s dream come true. Imagine receiving a generous stipend and free lodging in an elegant villa in Germany for three months to write, reflect, and serve as a cultural ambassador for your state and country. <click for more info and pictures from Paula's trip>

Paula's Hessen Literary Agenda

Public Tourne, Georg Büchnerhaus, Riedstadt Goddelau (near Darmstadt) Wednesday, August 3, 2005, 2:00 PM

Public Tourne, Goethemuseum, Frankfurt, Friday, August 5, 2005, 11:00 AM

Public Tourne, Brüder Grimm Museum, Kassel, Monday, August 15, 2005, 12:00 PM

Public Reading, Amerikahaus Frankfurt, August 28/29, 2005, 8:00 PM

Public Reading, Literaturhaus Villa Clementine, Wiesbaden, Wednesday, September 7, 2005, 8:00 PM

Public Tourne/Guest, Days of Phantastic Literature Festival, Wetzlar, Thursday - Saturday, September 8 - 10, 2005

Public Reading/Guest, Literaturratfest in Schlitz, Sunday, September 11, 2005, 11:00 AM - 11:30 PM

Public Workshop on Creative Writing, Highschool Studienseminar, Kassel, September 12 - 18, 2005

Public Workshop on Creative Writing, Highschool Lichtenberggymnasium, Kassel, September 19 - 20, 2005

Public Workshop on Creative Writing, Highschool Elisabethgymnasium, Marburg, September 21 - 22, 2005

Public Workshops on Creative Writing, Highschool Elly Heuss Gymnasium and Martin
Niemöller Gymnasium, Wiesbaden, September 23 - October 14, 2005

Public Reading, Hessisches Literaturforum, Frankfurt, Tuesday, October 04, 2005, 8:00 PM

Public Reading/Guest, Jazzconcert Stadtbibliothek, Offenbach, Wendsday, October 05, 2005 8:00 PM

Public Tourne, Frankfurter Buchmesse, Wednesday - Sunday, October 19 - 23, 2005

Public Reading in collaboration with fellow Wisconsinite and author Michael Perry, Ministry for Sciences and Arts, Wiesbaden, Tuesday, October 25,2005, 7:30 PM

Guest Appearance on Higher Ground with Jonathan Overby - #577, July 23, 2005: Come see, hear and experience this live broadcast featuring performances by Jeff Burkhart and Friends, singer/songwriter Mark Croft, Celtic music by Green Tea, CTM Madison Family Theatre with clippings from "Les Miserables", poet Paula Sergi, and the Hillestad and Harris piano and vocal duo.

Burnt Toast Restaurant, Boulder, Colorado - 8:00 - 10:00 p.m., July 15, 2005: Our musical entertainment will be Primal Mates who have created music compositions using the lyrics of Poet Paula Sergi. Paula herself will make a guest appearance as she reads her poems during the performance, integrated with the music. In addition to being one of our favorite poets, Paula was recently chosen to be the 2005 Cultural Ambassador for the Hessen Writers Exchange Program in Wiesbaden, Germany, where she will fulfill a three month residency, giving poetry readings and workshops.

Title of Event: Poets of the Family - Paula Sergi & Maureen Flannery: Paula Sergi reads poems from Family Business, called “luminous examples of how [family] heritage can be explored, questioned, augmented, and finally embraced.” (Betsy Sholl) Evanston poet Maureen Flannery’s Ancestors in the Landscape: Poems of a Rancher’s Daughter, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, evokes the Wyoming landscape in which she was born, and the family landscape of her early ranch life.

"Book of poetry features local connection", By Patty Brandl, June 2, 2005 - Article in the Fond du Lac Reporter.