Friends of Theodore Roethke
Invite you to celebrate
Theodore Roethke's Centennial Birthday, May 25, 2008
Andersen Enrichment Center
120 Ezra Rust Drive, Saginaw, Michigan
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Add your voice in a community celebration of Poetry for Saginaw's Pulitzer Prize winning Poet
Read Roethke poems
Read favorite poems
Meet Michigan poets reading and selling their poems
Poetry Stations adjacent to Andersen Center:
Rose Garden, Tennis Courts, Banks of Lake Linton
Rouse for Theodore Roethke inside Andersen Center with selected Roethke poetry organized by Al Hellus and Andy Christ
Contact number: 989-837-6237 to sign up for poems and times.
Also uninterrupted viewing of Roethke Video, In a Dark Time
and Saginaw Video, Where Do the Roots Go?
Bridge Walk across Court Street Bridge
3:00 - 4:00pm
Featuring Saginaw Mayor Joyce Seals and Michigan Poets
Fundraising dinner to support Roethke Houses
$55.00 for Roethke's 55 years
Call 989-928-0430 or 989-799-4115 for reservations or stop by Castle Museum, Jake's Old City Grill, or Andersen Center for tickets.
Jake's Old City Grill
100 S. Hamilton, Saginaw
Cash bar after 4:00 pm with dinner served at 5:00 pm
Featuring Thomas Lynch, poet, writer, essayist, and funeral director