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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
September
15, 2006
Who: Ted Kooser,
U.S. Poet Laureate
When: October 5,
2006
Where: Onondaga
Community College
What: Meeting
with students and teachers, 3:00 –
4:30 pm, Storer Auditorium
Reception:
5:30 – 7:00 pm,
Gordon Student Center
Reading: 7:30
pm, Storer Auditorium
U.S. Poet
Laureate to Visit Syracuse October
5
(Syracuse) Recent U.S. Poet Laureate
and Pulitzer Prize-winner Ted Kooser
will be at Onondaga Community College
on October 5 to read his poetry, mingle
with local poetry enthusiasts, and
meet with area children and teachers
who have participated in special poetry
projects at school.
Mr. Kooser was Poet Laureate from
2004 through this summer. He won the
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2005
for his collection Delights and Shadows,
adding to a long list of honors. A
professor of English at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln, he is the author
of eleven full-length collections
of poetry, as well as non-fiction
books and other poetry publications.
Mr. Kooser’s appearance is
being presented by the YMCA’s
Downtown Writer’s Center (DWC)
and Partners for Arts Education (PAE),
in collaboration with the Arts Across
Campus fall schedule.
At 3:00, Mr. Kooser will hold a question
and answer session with area students
and their teachers at Storer Auditorium.
During the spring of 2006, students
from eight area schools worked with
local poets in residency programs,
and 24 Syracuse City Schools developed
Laureate Teams of students who will
represent their schools at the afternoon
meeting with Mr. Kooser. PAE coordinated
the school projects, which were funded
by the New York State Council on the
Arts and the Central New York Community
Foundation.
The Q & A session is open to
Syracuse City School Laureate Teams
and other CNY school teachers, students,
and parents. Contact Georgia Popoff
at 234.9911 or georgia@arts4ed.org
to reserve seats.OCC students and
faculty are also welcome – reservations
are strongly recommended.
At 5:30, there will
be a special reception, including
hors d’oeuvres
and an open bar, at the Gordon Student
Center. There are a limited number
of tickets available for the early-evening
reception, which also includes the
reading, for $125. If you are interested
in attending the reception, call
Phil Memmer at the DWC at 474-6851,
ext. 328.
At 7:30, Mr. Kooser will read selections
of his poetry at Storer Auditorium
with a book signing to follow. A limited
number of tickets are still available.
To order, contact Phil Memmer at the
DWC at 474-6851 x328. Mr. Kooser’s
books, along with books about poetry
in the classroom, will be for sale
that evening courtesy of Follett’s
Orange Bookstore.
You can find out more about Mr. Kooser
and the local poetry-in-school projects
at PAE’s website, www.arts4ed.org.
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The Arts Branch
of the YMCA seeks to enrich lives
through education in the visual, literary
and performing arts. Programs for
all ages are offered throughout Onondaga
County.
Partners for Arts
Education inspires learning and leadership
for arts in education in Central New
York and throughout New York State.
We provide funding and support to
deepen and enrich educational experiences
in and through the arts for students,
teachers and artists.
Partners
for Arts Education
Delavan Center Suite 221 501 W. Fayette
St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
315.234.9911 info@arts4ed.org www.arts4ed.org
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