Please sign up for the Known by Heart newsletter for the most up-to-date event information: 

2018

Known by Heart Poetry Performance

Tuesday November 13,  2018

Rondo Community Library, Saint Paul

Poet/performers Donte Collins, Margaret Hasse,  and Naomi Cohn explored the question “What does it mean to know something by heart?”  in poetry and conversation.

This event was brought to you by the lovely folks at the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library.

Reading: Recent work by Naomi Cohn, Carolyn Williams-Noren, and Lia Rivamonte

Thursday, November 1, 2018

CoCreatz, Saint Paul

This free reading was a community event made possible by a 2018 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant in Poetry. Here’s the official language:

Free Summer Writing Workshops

These summer writing sessions were geared toward finding your  writing path.  

• Finding Your Focus: Connecting to Your Own Writing Mission
• Finding Your Voice; Finding Your People
• Finding Your Path as a Writer

These sessions were offered at multiple locations. Presented  by Known by Heart  in partnership with Hamline Midway Elders and Saint Anthony Park Area Seniors and Seal High Rise.

Made possible by the generous support of the Trillium Family Foundation and Saint Anthony Park Community Foundation.

2017

Poetry Workshops at Saint  Paul’s Merriam Park Library

• Writing Home: Building Blocks of Poetry
• Body Language: Writing With and About Our Bodies
• Haiku and Other Short Poems
• Meet Your Muse: Staying Inspired to Write

October 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2017

Word Play: Summer Poetry Fun!

St. Anthony Park Area Seniors, Saint Paul

August 7, 2017

A one-day poetry workshop with a playful approach to language and d on summer activities and fun.

Thanks to the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Saint Anthony Park Community Foundation and the Trillium Family Foundation for making Known by Heart Writing Home sessions possible

Poetry and Writing Workshops for Older Adults

Presented in Partnership with Saint Anthony Park Area Seniors. April 3 and 17 and May 1 and 15, 2017.

• Writing Home: Building Blocks of Poetry
• Body Language: Writing With and About Our Bodies
• Haiku and Other Short Poems
• Meet Your Muse: Staying Inspired to Write

Workshops in the Hamline-Midway Neighborhood

Presented in partnership with Hamline Midway Elders and the Hamline Midway Brach Library. May 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2017.

• Meet Your Muse: Get Inspired to Write
• Writing the World Around Us
• Writing about Family
• Body Language

Poetry and Writing Workshop for Older Adults: Writing Home  

Keystone Community Services, Saint Paul.

January 25 to February 15, 2017

Four-session class on the theme of  our bodies as “HOME” through poetry and writing. 

2016

Known by Heart Poetry Performance

Presented by Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library

November 16, 2016, 7 pm

David Mura and Zoë Bird ask the question: What does it mean to know something by heart?

Birchbark Books Reading Series

November 9, 2016, 7 pm

with Donte Collins, William Reichard & Gwen Westerman

Writing Workshops for Older Adults

November 2 & November 9, 2016

Offered by Known by Heart & Hamline Midway Elders & the Hamline Midway Branch Library

• Building Blocks of Poetry
• Haiku and Other Short Forms

Writing Home, Writing Workshops for Older Adults

September 21 —October 12, 2016

Offered by Known by Heart &  Keystone Community Services

Part of the Known by Heart—Writing Home project, winner of a 2015 Knight Arts Challenge Grant and made possible by

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Saint Anthony Park Community Foundation

Project Partners include:

Hamline Midway Elders, Saint Paul Public Library, Keystone Community Services, St. Anthony Park Area Seniors, and the Creative Enterprise Zone.

Yoga & Writing Retreat–July 24, 2016

Co-facilitaters: Naomi Cohn & Lucinda Pepper

Teen Voices Winona Workshop —February 10, 2016

Half-day workshop for teen poets in Winona, Minnesota.

2015

Springboard for the Arts Workshop
The Big Picture: A Strategy Workshop

October 10, 2015: Half-day workshop on applying business tools to thriving and advancing in our creative lives.

Earth Day & Poetry Month Reading

April 2, 2015

Organized by Dave Healy.
Micawber’s Bookstore, Saint Paul

Known By Heart Poetry Performance

February 2, 2015

Poet Performers: Heid E. Erdrich and Patricia Kirkpatrick

Merriam Park Branch, Saint Paul Public Library

Thanks to the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library for helping to make this event possible.

2014

Reading: Four Poets Poet

Black Dog, Saint Paul

March 10, 2014

Four poets read from four new books:

Naomi Cohn/Between Nectar & Eternity (Red Dragonfly Press),

Margaret Hasse/Earth’s Appetite (Nodin Press),

Mike Hazard/This World Is Not Altogether Bad (Red Dragonfly Press)

Jonas Specktor/reading the late Roy McBride’s Secret Traffic (Nodin Press)

Reading: Spring Hatch: Three Red Dragonfly Poets

 SubText Books, Saint Paul.

May 16, 2014

Three poets read from three new books published by Red Dragonfly Press: Naomi Cohn/Between Nectar & Eternity, Mike Hazard/This World Is Not Altogether Bad and Scott Lowery/Empty-handed.

Red Dragonfly Press Reading

Friday, September 12, 2014

Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts
Readers: Marjorie Buettner, Naomi Cohn & Mike Hazard

Readings by Writers, hosted by Saint Paul Poet Laureate, Carol Connolly. University Club of Saint Paul

September 16, 2014

Sponsored by Public Art Saint Paul/Everyday Poems for City Sidewalk and hosted by Saint Paul’s first poet laureate, Carol Connolly, Readings by Writers presents interesting new authors, poets, and their work at the University Club every month. Readings by Writers is free to members and guests.

Vision Loss Resources Anniversary Event

Minneapolis Central/Downtown Library

September 27, 2014

Midstream Reading Series, hosted by David Shove

Blue Moon Coffee Cafe, Minneapolis
October 9, 2014
Readers: Dennis O’Rourke, Kathleen Jesme, Naomi Cohn, and Thomas Dillon Redshaw

2013

Memory Matters Poetry Performance

October 21, 2013

Participants in Memory Matters, a workshop on poetry, memory, and performance, came together for a memorable evening of performances exploring the possibilities of memory. Memory Matters was a collaboration between poet Naomi Cohn and theater artist/performance coach Zaraawar Mistry as part of the Known by Heart Project.

Performers included Judith Coggins, Dawn Gavin, Shanna Gronewold, Becky Hampton, Marlee Leebrick-Stryker, MaryAnn Moenck, Robbie McLaughlin, Steven Marchese and Trish Stachelski.

Thanks to the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library for helping to make this event possible.

Workshop: Memory Matters: Poetry, Memory & Performance

September 30-October 21, 2013

Dreamland Arts, Saint Paul

In this 4-week workshop, partcipants explored the uses of memory in writing, revising and presenting work. Co-taught by Naomi Cohn and Zaraawar Mistry.

Performance and workshop sponsored by Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library

Known by Heart Performance

September 16, 2013
Hamline Midway Library, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Ed Bok Lee and Sharon Chmielarz were pure magic to share the mic with, as we explored poetry, memory, and what it means to commit words to heart…poems written this year, poems created thousands of years ago; poems in English, German, Korean and Russian…And Ed’s description of the difference between reading a poem and committing it to memory (Reading a poem is like waving to someone on the street; memorizing a poem is like having sex with it) really got everyone talking…
Thanks to: Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library

Reading: Summer Celebration of the Arts

July 13, 2013
Anderson Center at Tower View, Red Wing, Minnesota
Read with Timothy Otte and Christiane Flores Garcia as part of the Anderson Center’s 14th Annual Summer Celebration of the Arts
Thanks to: Red Dragonfly Press & the Anderson Center at Tower View