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OUR SPECIAL EXHIBITS GALLERY
SHOWCASES OUTSTANDING REGIONAL ARTISTS WITH INVITATIONAL EXHIBITS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON Our special exhibit dates for 2022
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THERE WILL BE A RECEPTION
DUE TO COVID-19 PLEASE FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES IF YOU ARE NOT FULLY VACCINATED
DUE TO COVID-19 PLEASE FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES IF YOU ARE NOT FULLY VACCINATED
The Left Bank Shop & Gallery is celebrating poetry in the month of May with a new event entitled Poetry of Our Times. Join us on the first three Friday evenings in May for live poetry readings by five extraordinary guest poets from Iowa and Wisconsin. A reception will follow featuring book signings, live music, and fine wines and cheese for an evening everyone is sure to enjoy. The Left Bank is located in the charming historical bank building in downtown McGregor, Iowa at 158 Main Street. Poetry of Our Times will be held from 6:00 to 8:00pm on May 6, May 13, and May 20, 2022.
May 6 | Olivia Schnur and Brady Bove
Olivia is a licensed northeast Iowa-based mental health counselor, a yoga teacher, and a writer. Olivia will open the event with several pieces of poetry reflecting on the natural world and her experience growing up on a farm in the Midwest. Her presentation will touch on mindfulness, mental health, and the way nature shapes and heals us all. Brady Bove is a hiker and a traveler who often observes how people are touched by nature. She will read selected poems from her book, A Day of Humanity, which highlights the influence of nature and what it means to be human through the lens of nature.
May 13 | Khadijah Lacina
Uprooted from her adopted home in Yemen by the Arab Spring, Khadijah returned to the U.S. and found a homestead in the Kickapoo Valley where she grew up. She is a writer, teacher, and healer who focuses on living and teaching earth care. She has published several books of poetry, and will read selected poems from Under the Sky, Nightrunning, and Go Wolf Hunter, focusing on the many layers of place and how we travel within it. Khadijah plans to bring her ancient manual typewriter to write spontaneous poems for attendees for a delightful addition to her program.
May 20 | Brian Gibbs and Carol Labuzzetta
Brian has been enamored with capturing the beauty of wild places ever since experiencing the Yellow River State Forest as a kid. He is a photographer, writer, park ranger in Glacier National Park, and a naturalist for Clayton and Fayette Counties. He will present a reading from his self-published book of poetry Striations along with several of his photographs. Carol Labuzzetta is a formally-trained environmental educator whose interest in poetry was sparked during the six years she led a writers’ circle for third grade students. She has a daily reflective blog at The Apples in My Orchard on WordPress.
The program will include artwork by Kate Brennan Hall incorporating her original poem, “To Listen.”
For more information, please contact:
Lauren Wild, Gallery Director 563-329-2010 or e-mail mmcenterforthearts@gmail.com
Sally Marshall, Event Coordinator 608-606-3488
May 6 | Olivia Schnur and Brady Bove
Olivia is a licensed northeast Iowa-based mental health counselor, a yoga teacher, and a writer. Olivia will open the event with several pieces of poetry reflecting on the natural world and her experience growing up on a farm in the Midwest. Her presentation will touch on mindfulness, mental health, and the way nature shapes and heals us all. Brady Bove is a hiker and a traveler who often observes how people are touched by nature. She will read selected poems from her book, A Day of Humanity, which highlights the influence of nature and what it means to be human through the lens of nature.
May 13 | Khadijah Lacina
Uprooted from her adopted home in Yemen by the Arab Spring, Khadijah returned to the U.S. and found a homestead in the Kickapoo Valley where she grew up. She is a writer, teacher, and healer who focuses on living and teaching earth care. She has published several books of poetry, and will read selected poems from Under the Sky, Nightrunning, and Go Wolf Hunter, focusing on the many layers of place and how we travel within it. Khadijah plans to bring her ancient manual typewriter to write spontaneous poems for attendees for a delightful addition to her program.
May 20 | Brian Gibbs and Carol Labuzzetta
Brian has been enamored with capturing the beauty of wild places ever since experiencing the Yellow River State Forest as a kid. He is a photographer, writer, park ranger in Glacier National Park, and a naturalist for Clayton and Fayette Counties. He will present a reading from his self-published book of poetry Striations along with several of his photographs. Carol Labuzzetta is a formally-trained environmental educator whose interest in poetry was sparked during the six years she led a writers’ circle for third grade students. She has a daily reflective blog at The Apples in My Orchard on WordPress.
The program will include artwork by Kate Brennan Hall incorporating her original poem, “To Listen.”
For more information, please contact:
Lauren Wild, Gallery Director 563-329-2010 or e-mail mmcenterforthearts@gmail.com
Sally Marshall, Event Coordinator 608-606-3488
