Poetry on Tap with award-winning poet and journalist, Ronnie Hess
Schedule
Tue, 25 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Minocqua Brewing Company (Madison Tap Room) | Madison, WI
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Once on month, Minocqua Brewing Company and our friend, Richard Vargas, host a Poetry on Tap night. If you are interested in sharing any of your personal work during the open mic section, please arrive between 6:30-7pm to sign up for a 5-7min time slow. All Open Mic participants will start the evening off at 7pm and following we will feature our special guest.This month we are fortunate to be hosting Ronnie Hess. She is a poet, essayist, and author of two culinary travel guides on Portugal and France, along with seven poetry collections. Her latest, Eggphrasis, reflects on raising backyard hens.
Canoeing a River with No Name won the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets chapbook prize in 2018. Originally from New York, she pursued graduate studies in history at UW-Madison before a career in broadcast journalism, working for Wisconsin Public Radio, CBS News in New York and Paris, and later Minnesota and Chicago Public Radio. She also freelanced for A&E’s American Justice series. At UW-Madison, she directed communications for the Division of International Studies and taught middle school English in France during a sabbatical. Hess has served on various literary boards and twice received the Kay W. Levin Prize for short non-fiction. She lives in Madison.
For more information about Ronnie, please go to:
https://ronniehess.com/
For more information about Richard, please go to:
https://www.richardvargaspoet.com/
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Where is it happening?
Minocqua Brewing Company (Madison Tap Room), 2925 E Washington Ave, Madison, WI 53704-5142, United States,Madison, WisconsinEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
