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The Carol Connolly Reading Series

The SASE Carol Connolly Reading Series is an ongoing series of public literary readings across the Twin Cities. Each year more than 300 writers and poets perform in a dozen different venues, presenting their work to over 5,000 audience members.

For a schedule of upcoming readings, visit our Literary Arts Calendar.

• Color Theory for the 21st Century: Beyond the Pure Readings by Writers of Color

  Exciting Changes on the Horizon!

  We are pleased to announce a new era in the Writers of Color Reading Series—after nearly many wonderful years of being welcome guests of our good friends and partners at Patrick’s Cabaret, we have decided to bring the series home—to Intermedia Arts! At a very special reading on May 8 we said THANK YOU to the wonderful space Patrick’s Cabaret has housed us in for so long, and farewell to curator Sun Yung Shin, who will be retuning to full-time teaching in the fall.

  The Writer’s of Color Reading Series will celebrate its re-launch at Intermedia Arts as Beyond the Pure: Readings by Writers of Color at 7 pm on Thursday, October 9th, 2008 with co-curators Carolyn Holbrook and Julie Bates. Beyond the Pure readings will be held at Intermedia Arts every 2nd Thursday, and will continue to be co-sponsored by Patrick’s Cabaret.

  The Carol Connolly Reading Series celebrates the rich diversity of voices that make up the Twin Cities community of writers, readers, and their audiences, offering public readings by both emerging and established local writers and poets. Funds for this activity are provided by the COMPAS Community Art Program through a grant from the McKnight Foundation.

• Anna George Meek
  Carol Connolly Readings at Banfill-Locke Curated by Anna George Meek Every second Friday 7:30 PM at Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts 6666 E River Rd, Fridley, MN 55432
• Carol Connolly
  Readings by Writers Curated by Carol Connolly Every third Tuesday 7:30 PM at the University Club of St. Paul 420 Summit Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55102
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  Speculations Curated by Eric Heideman Every fourth Monday 6:30 PM at DreamHaven Books 912 W Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55408
• John Medeiros & Andrea Jenkins
  GLBT Reading Series Curated by John Medeiros & Andrea Jenkins Every fourth Wednesday 7:00 PM at Intermedia Arts 2822 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408

The SASE Carol Connolly Reading Series is made possible by grants from COMPAS and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council through an appropriation from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the National Endowment for the Arts, and donations from individual audience members.