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The Village Booksmith

Downtown Baraboo  *  608-355-1001

  

*  villagebooksmith@yahoo.com
www.villagebooksmith.50megs.com

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Village Booksmith

July Events Calendar

 
Friday July 3rd  Closing at 6 pm to get ready for the Witwen 4th of July Parade!
 

We are open on Saturday July 4th from 9 am-2 pm.

We are open on Sunday July 5h from 11 am to 3 pm.

 
Friday July 10th   7:30 pm     "A Man, the Woods, and a Flute"  Celebrating the life and work of Henry David Thoreau.  Featuring readings and music performed by Kathy Miner.   (We'll end the evening with Open Mike poetry for everyone.)
 
Saturday July 11th 3-4pm  Spanish Conversation Get-Together
 
Monday  July 13  1:30 pm  Sauk County Writers Group (Open to all)
 
Wednesday July 15   Summerset Theatre Outing
Gather for a picnic on the beautiful grounds of the UW Baraboo-Sauk County complete with live music.  Then attend the 6:30 outdoor performance of Neil Simon's "The Good Doctor" .  Group discount tickets available at the Village Booksmith:  $10 adults, $9 for Seniors and Students.   If it rains, the performance simply moves inside to the Brown Theatre! This is a great value and loads of fun for all.   Sign up right away!  608-355-1001
 
Friday  July 17  7:30 pm    Toast of the Town  Open Stage   Ron Frye hosts this mostly music open stage.
 
Thursday July 23  5-6 pm   Spanish Conversation Get-Together
 
Friday July 24  7:30 pm    "Justin Morgan Had a Horse"
Watch the video and get the "scoop" on America's first horse breed.  Then meet the Morgans the next day in Downtown Baraboo.
 
Saturday July 25  Downtown Baraboo's Old Fashioned Festival  Sales, Games, Fun, Antique Flea Market, vintage automobiles, and beautiful Morgan horses!
 
Friday July 31    Closing at 6 pm...Goin' out for fish! 

Second Friday presents:

 

"A MAN, THE WOODS, & A FLUTE"

Celebrating the life and writing of

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

 

Readings and Music featuring

Kathy Miner

(Followed by Open Stage poetry reading.)

 

Friday  *  July 10  *  7:30 pm

 

VILLAGE BOOKSMITH

Downtown Baraboo  *  608-355-1001


 

Hi Everyone!
 
The Alzheimer's Poetry Project is launched! 
 
Gary Glazner (founder of the project) held a one-hour workshop at the Village Booksmith on Thursday, followed by a visit to Meadowridge in Baraboo to work with folks who live in the Memory Unit.  Gary also provided books of suitable poems to all of the poets and readers who took part.
 
I cannot give enough praise to Gary, the nine poets who participated, Carol Olson (Alzheimer's coordinator for Sauk and Columbia Counties), the staff at Meadowridge, and especially to the wonderful residents that we had the honor to meet!  The response was astounding and the room was filled with poetry, singing, laughter, and the warm spontaneity that Gary generated.
 
We have qualified for a portion of the grant money allocated for the nationwide project and Gary will return to Baraboo in late July, again in the fall, and next spring to work with us. 
 
In the mean time, we are ready to get started on our own.  Teddy Jedry will coordinate the efforts of the poets and Carol will oversee the health-care facilities to determine where we are needed (everywhere) and welcome (everywhere).   I am hoping that the Sauk County Writers Group (next meeting is Monday July 13th at 1:30 pm-Village Booksmith) will become the foster organization for this endeavor.
 
It is not too late for you to be part of this!  Just contact me by email  (or phone 608-355-1001) and we will make sure that you are included.   I know that many of you wanted to come but had other committments.  In late July, we will shoot for a Saturday so that you can (we hope) be available.  Again, we will work with Alzheimer's patients as part of the workshop.  You are needed...and welcome!
 
Annie

 

Fourth Quasi-Annual

SPELLING BEE

 

Friday - June 26

 

  • Registration begins at 6:30 pm
  • Spelling begins promptly at 7:30 pm
  • Open to all ages and conditions
  • Valuable prizes
  • Notoriety
  • Hosted by Casey Coolidge*

 

*Winner of the 2009 Second Friday Poetry Slam !

 

VILLAGE BOOKSMITH

Downtown Baraboo   *   608-355-1001

 

"TOAST OF THE TOWN"

Music and More Open Stage!

Friday -  June 19  -  7:30 pm

 

Village Booksmith

Downtown Baraboo  -  608-355-1001


Tuesday & Wednesday,    June 16 & 17

         6th Annual BLOOMSDAY

Round the clock (30 hour) reading of James Joyce’s Ulysses starting at 8 am on Tuesday June 16.  Sign up to take a turn as a reader…no prep needed: just start where the last person leaves off. 

A  literary event of cosmic proportions!    Call 608-355-1001

Subject: Yes we did!
The Sixth Annual Baraboo Bloomsday is over and every word of James Joyces Ulysses has been read!
 
Thanks to Peggy Lahti, Kurt Eakle, Janie Osborne, Mayor Pat Liston, Beany Koschureck, Rep. Fred Clark, Chelsea Couillard, Teddy Jedry, Bob Dewel, Emily Wight, Ian McArthur, Brian Bridgeford, Carolyn Gregory, Carol T,  Assembly Majority Leader Tom Nelson, Maggie Laraia, Betty McNamara, Elaine Smith, Alan Anderson, Barb Smith, Linda Foster, Jerod Rudolph, Tat McArthur, Andrea Montemono, Hayley Robinson, Rob Nurre, Jeanne Chickering, Scott Forbes, Sharon Riley, Greg Kliner, Kari Nelson, Rob Nelson, Marc Seals, Bridget D, Marcia Wollschlager, Liz Nevers, Annie Randall, and an assortment of unnamed tourists and other unsuspecting innocents who were dragged, drafted, and driven into this crazy project!
 
Special recognition goes to Brian Bridgeford for multiple readings and especially to Ian McArthur who not only read several times but came back to finish the last 40 pages of the book!
 
 We are actually starting to like this book.  Until next year....Well done!  Yippee

 

SPANISH CONVERSATION

Free!  Any Level! (Saturday June 13 3-4 pm & Thursday June 25  5-6 pm)

 

 

Every Wednesday...7-10 pm: FREE LIVE MUSIC 

featuring Scott Weber, Curt Meine, Scott Forbes, & friends.

Sit in with the band or kick back and listen!

 

526 Oak St-Downtown Baraboo  608-355-1001   villagebooksmith@yahoo.com

Captain Sharky's

Mathical Play Show

for kids, young adults, parents, teachers

 

presented by

DAVID ZETHMAYR

and puppets!

 

Explore in 45 minutes:

The Simplest Math in the World--no numbers!

Mental play as a vital necessity!

Play as legitimate work!

Disappearance Calculus!

Fri-May 22-7:30 pm

 

VILLAGE BOOKSMITH

Downtown Baraboo - 608-355-1001


 

"Second Friday Poetry"

welcomes

SPIRIT LAKE REVIEW 

 

Come listen to prose & poetry readings

by contributors to the

UW-Baraboo/Sauk County's

own literary magazine. 

Plus..Open Mike

 

Friday - May 8 - 7:30 pm

 

Village Booksmith

Downtown Baraboo  608-355-1001

 


 

BELLE CASE LAFOLLETTE

150th Birthday Celebration

 

Tuesday - April 21- 6:30 pm

 

Sauk County Historical Society

4th Avenue at Summit

near Downtown Baraboo

Guest Speaker: 

Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson   

Free!  Everyone invited!    

Village Booksmith Events

 

May 2009

 

Every Wednesday night  7-10 pm   Free Live Music!

 

Monday May 4 1:30pm

Sauk County Writers Group

Everyone welcome!

 

Fri May 1   

Due to the Wine Walk, the "Wild Tea Party" has been cancelled.

 

Fri May 8  7:30 pm

Second Friday Poetry

We welcome contributors to the "Spirit Lake Review", the literary magazine of the UW-Baraboo/Sauk County.  Also community open-mike poetry.

 

Fri May 15  7:30 pm

Toast of the Town 

Open Stage night for musicians, magicians, jokesters, and the like!

 

Fri May 22  7:30 pm

The Mathical Play Show

David Zethmayr brings puppeteering and math together!

 

Fri May 28  Closing at 6 pm.  Go out for fish!!

 

Spanish Conversation Group for everyone!

Saturday May 9  3-4pm

Thursday May 28  5-6 pm

 

 

 

JUNE 2009

 

Every Wednesday night  7-10 pm   Free Live Music!

 

Monday June 1  1:30 pm

Sauk County Writers Group

Anyone interested in writing is welcome.

 

Friday June 5  7:30 pm

"The Flood of 2008"

Short video of tall water in Sauk County folllowed by a evening of your stories!

 

Friday June 12  7:30 pm

Second Friday Poetry

A Poetry SLAM hosted by Rusty Russell!

Bring your 3 best poems.

 

Monday June 16 8 am 'til it's over  

"Bloomsday" 

Community reading (aloud) of James Joyce's Ulysses

 

Friday June 19  7:30 pm

Toast of the Town

Mostly musical Open Stage

 

Friday June 26  7:30 pm

The 4th Quasi-Annual Spelling Bee

Casey Coolidge presides over this any-age test of spelling pprowess.

 

Spanish Conversation Group for everyone!

Saturday June 13  3-4pm

Thursday June 25  5-6 pm


 

 

SECOND FRIDAY, GOOD FRIDAY

 

RUSSIAN EASTER

 

   "Easter Eve" by Anton Chekov

(read by Margaret Vaughan)

 

"Pictures at an Exhibition"

(performed by pianist Greg Punzwick)

 

plus open mike readings of prose, poetry, folk tales and more.

 

 Friday April 10   7:30 pm  

 

VILLAGE BOOKSMITH  

Downtown Baraboo 608-355-1001