sheila packa

calendar (in reverse chronological order - starting in 2011)

migrations book release public readings

Teatro Zuccone, Duluth, Sunday, Oct 2, 3:00 pm
Two Harbors Library, Thursday, Oct 20, 6:30 pm
Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College, Thursday, Nov 3, 7 pm
Lyric Theater in Virginia, Minnesota, Monday. Nov 7, 7 pm
Superior Phantom Gallery, Saturday, Nov 12, 3 pm

co-kisser poetry / film festival

october 8, 2011

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Showcasing films inspired by poetry, based on poetry, and about poetry and poets. The evening will include groupings of film shorts, live poetry readings, Q & A with poets & filmmakers, and live music.

for more information see: www.co-kisser.com

magers & quinn bookstore

wednesday, september 14, 2011 7:30-8:30 pm

3038 hennepin ave s minneapolis, mn

reading featuring catherine holm, becca manlove, and sheila packa

northern prints gallery

thursday, july 14, 2011 5-8 pm

318 north 14th avenue east, duluth, mn

Art Opening featuring a poetry reading with Connie Wanek, Deborah Cooper, and Sheila Packa. for more information, call the gallery at 218-724-3089 or 218-724-5212

terrapin station - sheila & kathy (poetry / cello performance) with patchouli

june 2, 2011 8 pm

walker, mn

community arts learning writing workshop - depot board room

monday, may 16, 2011 3:30-5:30 pm

registration required: contact sheila for more information

the depot - sheila packa, poet laureate, at the empty bowl

april 26, 2011 11 am - 6 pm

buy a bowl made by an artist, get a placemat with poems from area writers, meet friends for soup and bread at this fundraiser for the northern lakes food bank

carol connolly reading series

april 19, 2011 7:30 pm

featured readers are connie wanek, sheila packa, ellie schoenfeld and deb cooper

university club on summit avenue, st. paul

community arts learning writing workshop - depot board room

monday, april 18, 2011 3:30-5:30 pm

registration required: contact sheila for more information

interfaith church - poetry/cello/film performance "wheel / turning"

sunday, april 17 - 10:30 am

grand rapids - poetry workshop

sunday, april 12

young writers conference at the uws campus, superior, wisconsin

april 5, 2011

community arts learning writing workshop - depot board room

monday, march 21, 2011 3:30-5:30 pm

registration required: contact sheila for more information

open eye theater - finlandia foundation presents "skylarks on a stone: women voices of the kalevala"

readings and music by: diane jarvi, sheila packa, kirsten dierking, and kathy mctavish (cello and film)

sunday, february 27 2011 - 2 pm

see: www.openeyetheatre.org for more information

teatro zuccone - st. david's day reading

february 24, 2011 - 7:30 pm

community arts learning writing workshop - depot board room

monday, february 21, 2011 3:30-5:30 pm

love letters gala: a lake superior writers fundraiser

february 13, 2011 - 5 pm

elegant dinner catered by the new scenic & poetry/video performance at the uucd, 831 w. college st., duluth, mn - $50/person hors d' oueuvres starting at 5 pm

community arts learning writing workshop - depot board room

monday, january 17, 2011 3:30-5:30 pm

community arts learning writing workshop - depot board room

monday, december 13, 2010 3:30-5:30 pm

book signing & cello for new book "echo & lightning" @ northern lights books

saturday, december 4 2010 2-3 pm

see: www.sheilapacka.com for more information

poetry workshop: change, change, rearrange green room, duluth public library

monday, november 15, 2010 6:30 pm

duluth poet laureate inaugural reading @ the weber auditorium, duluth - sheila & kathy

sunday, october 3, 2010 3 pm

homegrown music festival @ teatro - poetry slam

monday, may 3, 2010 8 pm

duluth congregational church - sheila packa & sam black (piano)

thursday, april 29, 2010 1 pm

gilbert & babbit poetry workshops and performance - sheila packa & kathy mctavish

friday, april 16, 2010 all day

echo & lightning cd release @ the lyric theater - wildwood river

friday february 26, 2010 6:30 pm

virginia, mn

see: www.cellodreams.com for more information about kathy

see: www.lyriccenteronline.org for more information about the lyric theater

dance workshop - lisa mckhann, wanda pearcy, sheila packa & kathy mctavish

sunday february 21, 2010 2:30-4:30 pm

echo & lightning cd release @ the red mug coffeehouse - wildwood river

saturday february 20, 2010 8 pm

see: www.cellodreams.com for more information about kathy

intermedia arts queer voices reading series - wildwood river + ilze mueller

wednesday, december 16, 2009 7 pm

hamline university - giddens learning center room 100E - 1536 hewitt avenue

minneapolis, mn

see: www.intermediaarts.org for more information about intermedia arts

see: www.laurelpoetry.com/members.html for more information about ilze mueller

fireroast mountain cafe / minneapolis - sheila packa

november 7, 2009 7 pm

3800 37th avenue south minneapolis, mn

see: www.fireroastmountaincafe.com for more information

garrison keillor's writer's almanac - sheila packa

november 3, 2009

see: listen here

nina's cafe (an evening of finnish-american women poets) - wildwood river + dianne jarvi, & kirsten dierking

october 7, 2009 6:30 pm

165 western avenue north

st. paul, mn

knife river music festival

september 5, 2009 10-6 (sheila @ 11:45)

knife river, mn

10:00 - Arna & Georganne (Nordic music)
10:45 - Connie Wanek (Poetry)
11:00 - Kathy McTavish(Cello Dreams)
11:45 - Sheila Packa(Poetry)
12:00 - High Volt Rustler(music)
12:45 - Stephen Dahl(Prose)
1:00 - Billy Southern (music)
1:45 - Bart Sutter(Poetry)
2:00 - Stone Circle(Celtic music)
2:45 - Ellie Schoenfeldt(Poetry)
3:00 - Sivertones(music)
3:45 - Joyce Sutphen(Poetry )
4:00 - Jim Madison (music)
4:45 - Louis Jenkins(Poetry)
5:00 - Ninety to the Dozen(Celtic music)

sunday service and creativity / deep listening discussion @ lake superior interfaith community church - wildwood river (sheila & kathy)

sunday, august 23, 2009 10 am service / noon facilitated discussion on creativity / deep listening

poetry / music service

see: www.lsicc.org/ for more information

hennepin avenue methodist church sacred journey service & workshop - cosmic pit orchestra + sheila packa + mary plaster

sunday july 26, 2009 9 am

minneapolis, mn

duluth unitarian church - cal benson, ellie schoenfeld, wildwood river

june 28, 2009 10 am

northland college, ashland - wildwood river & mary plaster

sunday, june 21, 2009 evening

cosmic walk to kick off their sustainability conference

memoir writing workshop @ ironworld - sheila packa

march 14, 2009 10 am - 3 pm

chisholm, mn

see: www.ironworld.com for more information/directions

fashion/ photography/ music charity event for safe haven shelter for battered women

march 7, 2009 8pm - midnight

$20 in advance, $25 at the door

great lakes aquarium, duluth, mn

see: www.fashionforwordcharity.com for more information

duluth women's coffeehouse valentines celebration - sheila packa, ellie schoenfeld (poets) & kathy mctavish (cello)

february 21, 2009 7 pm

theme: red strings / abandon

lake superior writers' book fair & members' reading

february 8, 2009 7 pm

theme: red strings with abandon

the loft literary center, mpls - wildwood river (packa/poet, mctavish/cello)

february 4, 2009 7 pm

publication reading for mother tongue

see: www.loft.org/ for more information

solstice celebration - sheila packa, mary plaster, sammy macon & cosmic pit orchestra

december 19, 2008 6 pm

duluth art institute - lincoln center - 2229 west 2nd street

intermedia arts, mpls - sheila packa & kathy mctavish

december 17, 2008 7 pm

see: www.intermediaarts.org for more information

cosmic planetarium show - sheila packa + cosmic pit orchestra

november 12, 2008

duluth astronomy club welcomes everyone to the planetarium at the University of MN, Duluth

trail guide reading & book release - artists & writers involved in this collaborative book

october 28, 2008

northern prints gallery

see: www.northernprintsgallery.com/ for more information

interfaith church cosmic story - cosmic pit orchestra, sheila packa, & mary plaster

october 26, 2008 11 am

casda benefit - sheila packa & kathy mctavish + others

october 16, 2008 7 pm

st. paul's episcopal church

see: www.casda.org for more information

venus show - sheila packa, kathy mctavish & patrick eller (amidst the poetry/fiber exhibit)

september 27, 2008 7:00 pm

gallery space above the red mug in superior (broadway & hammond)

see: www.cellodreams.com for more information about kathy

see: postcard (front) and postcard (back) for more information about the venus show

beaners bash - sheila packa, cosmic pit orchestra, canine heart sounds & megafaun

thursday, september 25, 2008 7 pm

see: www.beanerscentral.com/ for more information

third sundays at the amazing grace cafe - sheila packa + the cosmic pit orchestra

sunday, september 21, 2008 7 pm

see: www.cellodreams.com for more information about the cosmic pit orchestra

see: www.amazinggracebakery.com/ for more information

northern lakes arts association presenter series, ely - sheila packa & kathy mctavish (cello)

august 2, 2008 7:30 pm

see: www.elyarts.org for more information

see: www.cellodreams.com for more information about kathy

iron range originals: unplugged series @ ironworld - sheila packa & kathy mctavish (cello)

june 21, 2008 2 pm

chisholm, mn

see: www.ironworld.com for more information/directions

see: www.cellodreams.com for more information about kathy

lake superior writers poetry reading

june 8, 2008 3-5 pm

quaker meeting house, duluth

park theater, hayward - sheila packa & kathy mctavish

june 7, 2008 7:30 pm

see: www.parktheatreproject.com for more information

dylan days literary showcase - sheila packa + other writers

saturday, may 24, 2008 2:30-5:30 pm

hibbing community college theater

see: www.dylandays.com for more information

northeastern minnesota book awards - sheila packa + other writers

may 18, 2008 afternoon

see: www.d.umn.edu/lib/nemba/ for more information

homegrown music festival - sheila packa & kathy mctavish (cello)

monday, april 28, 2008 9 - 9:45pm

poetry night at carmodies!

see: www.duluthhomegrown.com/ for more information

take back the night, duluth

april 24, 2008 6:00 pm

ironworld theater

whiskey was a life waiting for somebody to marry it: the impact of the iron range on my writing

april 12, 2008 6:00 pm

801 southwest hwy 169, chisholm, mn

see: www.ironworld.com/lecture/ for more information

intermedia arts - sheila packa & kathy mctavish (cello)

march 14, 2008 7 pm

carol connolly reading series

banfill-locke center for the arts in fridley

"The building is a gorgeous old farmhouse located on the grounds of a county park on the river, and the arts center showcases visual art as well.
Every reading consists of two readers (or two sets of readers). In the past, we've been honored to have readers such as Michael Dennis Browne, Phebe Hanson, Jim Moore, Ray Gonzalez, Jude Nutter, Heid Erdich, and tons of other great writers. On March 14th, the other reader/performer is Nancy Cox, a poet and vocalist who, with two other women, produced Soundstories, a CD of women's stories as told with both text and music."

see: www.intermediaarts.org/ for more information

first stage (lyric theater) - sheila packa & kathy mctavish (cello)

march 3, 2008 6 pm

first stage, 514 chestnut st, virginia

duluth women's coffeehouse valentines celebration - sheila packa, ellie schoenfeld (poet) & kathy mctavish (cello)

february 16, 2008 7 pm

theme: red strings