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Original Voice: Guest Poet Paul Wiegel of Berlin

February 10, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Free

“STREET POET” TO OPEN ORIGINAL VOICE’S NEW SEASON AT COLOMA HOTEL

On Wednesday February 10 Original Voice will feature a poet who often composes his poems on demand at street fairs and other public venues. Starting at 7 pm Paul Wiegel of Berlin will read some of his new work at the Coloma Hotel. As always, open mic will follow.

Paul Wiegel is originally from Green Bay, WI but now lives and writes from his home near the Fox River in Berlin. He has been writing and performing on-demand poems as a “street poet” on his vintage 1957 Smith Corona manual typewriter for passersby at art galleries, farmers’ markets, and festivals for the past five years. This street poetry has led to varied and interesting creative poetry requests including doughnuts, micro brewed beer, dreams about shepherding, and women’s flat track roller derby. Another more serious path has led to a collaborative venture with artist Lauren Paradise (etsy.com) involving a paintings and poetry which will be shown at the Riverwalk Gallery in Fond du Lac in March. He is the winner of the 2014 and 2015 John Gahagan Poetry Prize. You can visit Paul’s website at www.foxriverpoetry.com

The Original Voice is a free event held at the Coloma Hotel, 132 Main Street, Coloma the second Wednesday of most months at 7 pm. The evening starts with a featured guest artist who shares ideas and inspirations and presents a half hour or so of his/her own work. This is an opportunity for creative people to introduce poems, books, chapbooks, or CDs or to try out some new work on an audience. After the featured guest, the microphone is available to anyone who wants to take part. Both unseasoned and experienced performers are urged to make brief presentations: two or three of their own poems or songs, a short essay, or a couple of pages of prose.

For more information or to sign up to read, contact Barb Cranford at (608) 564-7701 or Julie Eger at (920) 787-7663. To take part in the open mic, no need to sign up, just come.

Details

Date:
February 10, 2016
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost:
Free

Venue

Coloma Hotel & Pub
132 E Main Street
Coloma , WI 54930 United States
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Phone:
715-228-2401