Kellie Rankey 3/21/22 Kellie Rankey 3/21/22

FOTR Weekly: The Madness and Sanity of the Creative Life with Jennifer Clement and Dr. Suzanne Mallouk this Tuesday

Roethke House events for March 21 – 27 include a conversation with Jennifer Clement, author of Widow Basquiat, and artist and psychiatrist Dr. Suzanne Mallouk and a look ahead at the next Poetry Workshop. All events are free and open to the public.

Kellie Rankey 3/14/22 Kellie Rankey 3/14/22

Poetry Workshops Continue as Speaker Series Takes a Break This Week

Check out what’s going on at Friends of Theodore Roethke this week and explore a Roethke poem as it relates to our current time of year.

Kellie Rankey 3/7/22 Kellie Rankey 3/7/22

Before We Spring Forward, Take a Creative Leap with Our Virtual Poetry Workshops & Speaker Series Events

As the spring season begins to break through here in Saginaw, we couldn’t ask for a better natural backdrop to the start of our Health and Wellness speaker series, moderated by Carol Barrett. Read this post for a preview of what we’ve got in store for this week and more!

Kellie Rankey 2/28/22 Kellie Rankey 2/28/22

Speaker Series & Workshop Events Abound as February Ends and March Begins

While we wait for warmer weather, we’ve got virtual poetry workshops and speaker series events this week for you to enjoy from the comfort of your home and a whole lot more coming up.

Kellie Rankey 2/21/22 Kellie Rankey 2/21/22

Announcing the Saginaw Chapbook Project

Through a series of free virtual poetry readings, writing workshops, and bookbinding instruction, we want you to contribute to and help build the Saginaw Poetry Chapbook anthology, a durable artifact full of poetry written by you, our Saginaw/Midland/Bay City community that reflects this moment and place in time.

Kellie Rankey 2/13/22 Kellie Rankey 2/13/22

Brian G. Gilmore, public interest lawyer and poet, to speak February 15

On February 15 at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom, we’ll continue part one of our Speaker Series focused on place and landscape with Dr. Brian G. Gilmore’s event, A Letter to John A. Williams. We hope to see you there!

Roethke Museum 12/19/21 Roethke Museum 12/19/21

Announcing FOTR’s 2022 Virtual Speaker Series

Join us for our 2022 Virtual Speaker Series with twelve evening talks organized into three themes. These themes resonate with Roethke’s legacy: “Place and Landscape,” celebrates our relationships with the landscapes surrounding us; “Health and Wellness” focuses on connection with our own minds and bodies; and “The Power of Language,” invites us to dive deeply into Roethke’s poetry and connect with a community of writers inspired by Roethke’s work.

Roethke Museum 8/17/21 Roethke Museum 8/17/21

Thanks for visiting Open House 2022!

Open House 2021 was a huge success thanks to the community! Thanks to you, our tours ran at 95% capacity all weekend, helping us exceed our goal. The chance to share our story with you--via volunteer high school student guides--means an incredible amount to us.

Roethke Museum 7/14/21 Roethke Museum 7/14/21

Save the date: Open House, Aug 12, 13, 14

Getting ready for our post lockdown re-opening of the Stone House and new tours of Roethke House! Guest poets and activities lined up throughout the weekend…stay tuned for more details.

Roethke Museum 5/18/21 Roethke Museum 5/18/21

May 25 Virtual Spring Reading Series: “A Field Guide to the Poetry of Theodore Roethke,” featuring William Barillas

Please join us May 25 at 7:00 p.m. for the fourth and final installment of our Spring Reading Series event: “A Field Guide to the Poetry of Theodore Roethke,” celebrating the new book of essays on Roethke's poetry edited by William Barillas and published by Ohio University Press.

The May 25 event features William Barillas speaking about Roethke's poem "Once More, The Round."

Roethke Museum 5/16/21 Roethke Museum 5/16/21

May 18 Virtual Spring Reading Series: “A Field Guide to the Poetry of Theodore Roethke,” featuring David Radavich

Please join us May 18 at 7:00 p.m. for the third of four installments of our Spring Reading Series event: “A Field Guide to the Poetry of Theodore Roethke,” celebrating the new book of essays on Roethke's poetry edited by William Barillas and published by Ohio University Press. The The May 18 event features contributing writer, poet, playwright, essayist David Radavich on his essay “Elegy for Jane”: The Nature of Grief.

Roethke Museum 4/26/21 Roethke Museum 4/26/21

May 4 Virtual Spring Reading Series: “A Field Guide to the Poetry of Theodore Roethke,” featuring Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Peter Balakian

Join us May 4 at 7:00 p.m. for the first of four installments of our Spring Reading Series event: “A Field Guide to the Poetry of Theodore Roethke,” celebrating the new book of essays on Roethke's poetry edited by William Barillas and published by Ohio University Press.

The May 4 event features contributing essayist and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian, of Colgate University, speaking about Roethke's poem "Give Way, Ye Gates."

Roethke Museum 4/14/21 Roethke Museum 4/14/21

April 20 Virtual Spring Reading Series: “Even the Least of These” (featuring Anita Skeen and Laura Delind)

Join us on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 7:00 pm EST for our Spring Reading Series event: Even the Least of These featuring Anita Skeen and Lauren Delind.

Roethke Museum 4/7/21 Roethke Museum 4/7/21

April 13 Virtual Spring Reading Series: Take a Stand, Art Against Hate with Tess Gallagher

Join us on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 7:00 pm EST for our Spring Reading Series event: Take a Stand, Art Against Hate with Tess Gallagher.

Roethke Museum 4/1/21 Roethke Museum 4/1/21

April 6 Spring Reading Series: Hooper and Taylor

Roethke Museum 3/7/21 Roethke Museum 3/7/21

March 16 Virtual Spring Reading Series with Rosie King and Robert Fanning

We are excited to kick off our Spring Reading Series with Roethke’s Garden: Bringing Poets Together a reading by Rosie King and Robert Fanning on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 7:00 pm EST.