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| "Bob" by Margie Hellstrom |
Just a few notes about events tonight and Wednesday for Duluth Dylan Fest. The images on this page are from the art show. There is also a quilt that will be raffled off this week.
North Country Inspirations Art Show Opening Reception
with live music by Tom O’Keefe and Friends
Zeitgeist Atrium
5:00-7:00 PM | Free
Dylan Fest Acoustic Jam Session with host Leslie Black
Bring your instruments or voice
Carmody Irish Pub
7:00-9:30 PM | Free
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Visiting Bob: 100 Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Bob Dylan
There will be readings from the book Visiting Bob, edited by Thom Tamarro and Alan Davis. Featured poets will include MN Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphen & John Bushey Memorial Lecturer David Gaines.
It's an impressive volume 100 poems by 100 poets inspired by the life and works of Bob Dylan. Notable contributors include Robert Bly, Charles Bukowski, Johnny Cash, Diane di Prima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Tony Hoagland, Yusef Komunyakaa, Dorianne Laux, Paul Muldoon, Linda Pastan, Patti Smith, and Charles Wright.
The event will include readings by:
--Marge Barrett, who teaches at the Loft Literary Center.
--Margaret Hasse, winner of the 2016 Midwest Book Award in poetry with her collection of poems called Between Us.
--Tim Nolan, who holds an MFA from Columbia and has published three collections of poetry including, most recently, The Field in 2016.
--John Reinhard, who teaches at South Central College in Faribault and has published two poetry collections.
--Linda Back McKay, who has published two poetry collections. Her 2012 non-fiction book, Out of the Shadows: Stories of Adoption and Reunion inspired the play, Watermelon Hill in St. Paul.
--Joyce Sutphen, the current Minnesota Poet Laureate whose 2015 collection of poems, Modern Love and Other Myths was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award.
--And David Pichaske, who was a featured guest lecturer last year as part of the John Bushey Memorial Lecture Series.
Kyle Ollah, a multi-instrumentalist folk musician, will also be performing, mostly out of the American folksong tradition.
The program is a departure for Dylan Fest because the poetry is all taken from one book. In years past, there have been many poets reading from many collections.
visit http://bobdylanway.com/pdfs/DuluthDylanFest2019Line-up.pdf
Meantime, if you see me, say hello!
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| Michael Shannon checking out Dylan memorabilia from the Bill Pagel archives at Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum on 1st Street across from St. Lukes. |
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The Duluth Dylan Fest: something for everyone and a Dylan fan's cornucopia. Thanks, Ed, for the always reliable information and promotion. Music is the main attraction as there is music every night of the festival. Thanks to all the local musicians who are taking part. An embarrassment of riches!!
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