Lido Gallery Poetry & Music Series

Hosted by John D. Lamb with performances by Dawn McDuffie, Olga Klekner, Alexander Morgan, Carol Carpenter, Patricia Barnes, and music from Sheila Landis and Rick Matle.

Dawn McDuffie Hot on the heels of last year’s Bulky Pick Up Day celebrates the release of her new poetry collection Flag Day, from Adastra Press (which also published her 2006 Carmina Detroit). Dawn has been teaching poetry for Springfed Arts. Before that she taught in the Detroit Public Schools. She earned an MA in Humanities from Wayne State University in 1973, and an MFA in poetry from Vermont College in 2003. Her poems have appeared in Rattle, The MacGuffin, and Feminist Studies.

Olga Klekner is a bilingual, award-winning poet published both in Hungarian and English. Her essays and poetry have appeared in anthologies in the United States and Canada, in The Ambassador Poetry Project, Renaissance City, The MacGuffin, and numerous volumes of Lyceum. Olga Klekner is also noteworthy for the her jewelry designs. She lives in the United States (Dearborn, Michigan), Canada and Hungary.

Carol Carpenter is the 3rd place prose winner of the Springfed Arts Writing Contest 2012. Her poems and stories have appeared in Soundzine, Barnwood International Poetry Magazine, The Pedestal, Orbis and Quiddity. Her work had been exhibited by art galleries and produced as podcasts (Connecticut Review and Bound Off). Her chapbook, The Empress of Patton Avenue, appears online at Heartsounds Press. She has received the Hart Crane Memorial Award, the Jean Siegel Pearson Poetry Award and the Artists Among Us Award. She attends Dawn McDuffie's Springfed Arts poetry class which takes place at the Virgil Carr Center on Tuesday nights.

Patricia Barnes has been a member of Springfed Arts since 2006. She is the 3rd place poetry winner of the Springfed Arts Writing Contest 2012.

Alexander Morgan is a retired General Motors mathematician. He won second place for prose in the Springfed Arts Writing Contest 2011 and he won second prize prose in Springfed Arts Writing Contest 2008. Several of his personal essays have appeared in The Artisan’s Well.

Sheila Landis is a 7-time winner of the "Outstanding Jazz Vocalist" award from the Detroit Music Awards. She performs with accompaniment from 7-string guitarist Rick Matle. From the intimate Rick Matle/Sheila Landis Duo to the percussion-driven Brazilian Love Affair to a swinging Ella Fitzgerald Tribute or the well-oiled Sheila Landis Trio, Sheila's strong sense of melody and rhythm combined with her outstanding skill in the art of jazz "scat" singing create compelling live music performances. Sheila also shares her passion for singing and composing by presenting student workshops for all ages (she often collaborated with our late poet Margo LaGattuta). With the focus on "inspiring the creative mind" Sheila earned a grant from The Michigan Council for the Arts/Artserve Michigan in 1999 allowing her to organize several interactive concert/workshops for young musicians and composers.

Sponsored by Lido Gallery and Springfed Arts. Hosted by John D. Lamb, this event is FREE and open to the public.