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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

November 8-12, 2008
Open House: A Community Celebration of Theodore Roethke’s Centennial, Saginaw.

• November 8: 7:00 p.m. Poetry Slam Competition with Roethke-affiliated prizes awarded and publication of winning poem. Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw Valley State University.
• November 10: 7:00 p.m. Open House: A Community Celebration of Theodore Roethke’s Centennial, Saginaw. With keynote speaker William Heyen, poet in residence at SUNY-Brockport (New York); "Reveling in Roethke" performance by River Junction Poets; Student voices from historic perspectives of Roethke's Saginaw; and, presentation of awards to student winners of Roethke video project.
• Novmeber 11: 1 - 3:00 p.m. Tours of Haunts of Roethke, Saginaw
• November 11: 5 - 6:45 p.m. An evening with Ted Roethke reception and dinner, Curtiss Hall, Saginaw Valley State University.
• November 11: 7:15 - 8:15 pm. 11th Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize Awards Ceremony, jazz performance and book-signing, Saginaw Valley State University.
• November 12: 7 p.m. Roethke & Me: Conjuring the Garden Master with actor and playwright Richard Fitzpatrick, Rhea Miller Recital Hall, Saginaw Valley State University.

Open House: A Community Celebration of Theodore Roethke’s Centennial -- (2008)

Grant Awarded: April 2008

Type of Grant: Michigan People, Michigan Places ... Our Stories, Our Lives

Sponsor: Saginaw Valley State University

Contact: Dr. Kay Harley, 989-964-4354, khh@svsu.edu

Award: $11,930

Website: www.svsu.edu

The English Department at SVSU is seeking funding for an open house to celebrate the 100th birthday of Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Theodore Roethke in November of 2008. The event will offer a tour of Roethke haunts; a lecture by poet and Professor William Heyen, whose writings and dissertation were centered on Roethke; a Roethke poetry performance by River Junction Poets; and a presentation by students involved in the Roethke Home Museum oral history project currently funded by MHC. All events dovetail with presentation of the prestigious American poetry prize, Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize at SVSU. Open House (1941) was the name of Roethke’s first collection of poems. Grant funds are also being requested to provide teacher resources, an updated Roethke tour book, a 2009 Roethke calendar, a poetry unit for secondary and introductory college students studying Roethke, and finally, a Roethke student video project where secondary and college students develop and submit short videos on Roethke and his community for a prize.