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SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, JANUARY 10, 11, 17, 18: CREATING AN ENSEMBLE VOICE: A WORKSHOP IN COLLECTIVE MUSICAL IMPROVISATION, DIRECTED BY HAL RAMMEL; 1-4PM

Creating an Ensemble Voice: A Workshop in Collective Musical Improvisation
Directed by Hal Rammel

Saturdays and Sundays, January 10, 11, 17, 18; 1-4pm ($75/$70)
Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 East Locust Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212

This workshop is open to musicians of all musical experience and background: classical, jazz, folk, rock, experimental or electronic, amplified or acoustic, amateur or professional, experienced or novice.

Participants will be required to bring a musical instrument on which they have reached a reasonable degree of comfort and dexterity. Musical instruments may be commercially manufactured or homemade.
The voice may also be considered an instrument in this context. If your instrument is amplified bring your own amplification.

Participants will extend their skills toward freely improvising outside of conventional ideas about musical structure and style; or, in other words, they will explore music that follows the sound rather than proscribed formula or expectation.

This workshop will take place over 4 sessions exploring group improvisation and will culminate, for the final session, in a performance by the ensemble in the gallery at Woodland Pattern Book Center on Sunday, January 18th, at 2:00 p.m.

Hal Rammel has been involved in music and the visual arts for over 40 years. As a composer and improviser he utilizes instruments of his own invention. He has taught musical instrument design and construction alongside composition and improvisation with unconventional sound sources at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Experimental Sound Studio, and, under the auspices of Meet the Composer in the 1990s, for A. E Burdick Elementary School in Milwaukee. He is the curator of music programing at Woodland Pattern Book Center and hosts Alternating Currents on WMSE (91.7 FM) every Sunday night.

Call Now to sign-up! 414.263.5001

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14: NEW PROSE SERIES: FRED ARROYO READING; 7PM

New Prose Series
Fred Arroyo Reading

Wednesday, January 14, 2009; 7pm (FREE)
Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 East Locust Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212

Fred Arroyo is the author of The Region of Lost Names: A Novel (University of Arizona Press, 2008). He is currently working on new fictions and completing a book of essays, Close as Pages in a Book. Initially, Arroyo grew up on the east coast in a bilingual community, and when his family moved to the Midwest his sense of language, identity, and place became defined and, strangely, more fleeting. His writing and life is driven by a hunger for words. In Spanish there is the word anyoransa (a deep sense of longing and nostalgia). Nostalgia and possibility, memory and longing — they make life and fiction credible and mysterious.

"The Region of Lost Names begins in the earth and ends by the sea. Between these two points are characters as memorable as the worlds they inhabit, from the fields of Indiana to the mountains of Puerto Rico. Fred Arroyo has written a lovely, wrenching book that is sure to make a mark in the regions where our names and origins are found.

--Pablo Medina, author of The Cigar Roller: A Novel

"A haunting and beautifully written story of honor and regret."

--Carla Trujillo, author of What Night Brings

Selected by LatinoStories.com as one of the 2009 Top Ten New Latino Authors to Watch (and Read)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 16: REDLETTER READING SERIES & OPEN MIC: JACK SPICER BOOK RELEASE READING HOSTED BY KARL SAFFRAN; 7PM

Redletter Reading Series & Open Mic
Featuring a Jack Spicer Book Release Reading
Hosted by Karl Saffran

Friday, January 16, 2009; 7pm $3/$2 open mic
Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 East Locust Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212

An evening of readings and performances in celebration of My Vocabulary Did This To Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer, edited by Peter Gizzi and Kevin Killian.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31: 15TH ANNUAL POETRY MARATHON & BENEFIT; 10AM-1AM

15th Annual Woodland Pattern Book Center Poetry Marathon & Benefit

Saturday, January 31, 2009; 10am-1am ($8/$7/$6)
Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 East Locust Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212

Every year, on the last Saturday of January, over 125 poets, writers, and performers show their support for Woodland Pattern by participating in its Annual Poetry Marathon & Benefit. Each writer presents five minutes of work to a packed house and raises pledge money benefiting Woodland Pattern programming.

Hundreds of People faithfully turn out for this vibrant community event. Last Year's Marathon drew an audience of over 500 people, and featured over 125 readers from across the nation. Through the funds brought in by each reader and the generosity of donors, we were able to further support programming for Woodland Pattern during the calendar year of 2008. We expect to have another great turn out in 2009 and hope that you can be a part of our legacy!

Participating in the Marathon is one way you can invigorate the literary arts community in Milwaukee. It is not to late to sign up to read, become a donor, or bring a friend along to witness the action. Hope to see you on the 31st, your spirit and energy is important as we kick off another year of great poetry and art at Woodland Pattern.

FEATURING:
Young Poets Hour from 10am-11am
Don't miss the first hour of this year's marathon! We will feature students from Woodland Pattern's writing workshops and our Woodland Creatures Poetry Camp. We are continually impressed by their imagination, honesty, and energy. Please show your support and join us in celebrating Milwaukee's young and promising poets.

Women of Milwaukee Hour from 9pm-10pm
This hour will feature talented women writers from the Milwaukee area. Last year's Women of Milwaukee hour packed the house. Make sure you show up early this year if you want to get a good seat!

Collaborations Hour from 10pm-11pm
This hour will feature writers, artists, musicians, singers, and song-writers. Come see how these talented artists weave words with other forms of artistic expression to make successful collaborations.

http://www.woodlandpattern.org/marathon_2009.shtml

UPCOMING EVENTS
January:
Thurs. 1/8: "Voices of the Future" Group Poetry Reading by South Division High School Students, hosted by Jelena Trkulja; 6-8pm FREE
Sat. & Sun. January 10, 11, 17, 18: Creating an Ensemble Voice: A Workshop in Collective Musical Improvisation, directed by Hal Rammel; 1-4pm
Tues. 1/13: Still Waters Collective Salon for Teens; 6-7:30pm FREE
Wed. 1/14: New Prose Series: Fred Arroyo Reading; 7pm FREE
Fri. 1/16: Redletter Reading Series & Open Mic: Jack Spicer Book Release Reading hosted by Karl Saffran; 7pm
Sat. 1/31: 15th Annual Poetry Marathon & Benefit; 10am-1am

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