Woodland Pattern Brunchraiser Honoree (Cárdenas) and Poetry Reading (Juan Felipe Herrera)

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Woodland Pattern's second annual Brunchraiser will feature a sit-down, family-style brunch with an exciting cocktail menu; a keynote reading by former US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera; musical performances; a silent auction; and various activities and entertainment—including tarot readings, a poetry "confessional booth" attended by poet and Deliverer of Dreams Mathias Svalina, and another fabulous Poetry Catwalk featuring Milwaukee poets and artists.

Honorees are long-serving volunteer Yuchen Zhao, former Milwaukee Poet Laureate Brenda Cárdenas, and Woodland Pattern Co-Founder Karl Gartung. This year's costume theme is "Sunday Best" so come dressed for Poetry Church!

The Brunchraiser will benefit Woodland Pattern's most underfunded programs: The Milwaukee Youth Poet Laureate and Milwaukee Emerging Poet Fellowship programs, aCinema Film Series & Festival, and the Alternating Currents Live concert series. Funds raised will also help underwrite all our gallery exhibitions and visual art programming.

Join us in our work to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and exchange, and to support poets and artists working at both the intersections and the margins!