Category: Poetry
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In Memoriam: Kathryn denHeeten
Katy denHeeten, born Kathryn McConnell, passed away this morning at 6 am. She had spent nearly two years dealing with cancer, humorously, joyfully, thoughtfully, and bravely. The proprietor of the Elberta Hideaway, Katy was a big Village booster. She got involved with the Elberta Alert right away and contributed several…
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Premiere of “Dress” at Inside Out Gallery This Saturday
Read our March interview with Gretchen Eichberger here. Dress, an original theatrical dance production created and directed by Northern Michigan folk culture maven Gretchen Eichberger, brings together amateur and professional dancers, musicians, poets, and activists to explore a woman’s experience of rebellion, sensuality, ecology, and piety. Cast members reside in Michigan,…
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Talking about the Oliver Art Center’s First Dance Work—Gretchen Eichberger’s “Dress”
Dress is a dance cycle conceived and directed by Gretchen Eichberger about women’s experience, with themes of rebellion, sensuality, ecology, and piety. The piece features the prose and poetry of Jennifer Sperry Steinorth, Stephanie Mills, Simone de Beauvoir, and Virginia Woolf. The project utilizes the talents of area women dancers,…
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Poem
Decades of Starlight By Kathryn denHeeten The stars surprise me Right where they should be Startled and snared Hooked little smiles I close my eyes and she’s past the barbed wire Her snowshoes on A pack of matches in her mitten She understands this landscape Midnight on the crusty snow…