Reading Between the Wines Series
April 15 | 7 pm at Springboro History Museum | 110 S. Main St.
Local Authors | Hand-selected wine pairings | Savory charcuterie board selections
We're thrilled to present the last in a series of book readings and wine pairings that celebrate local authors. The four-part series features authors and poets, with each evening showcasing live readings that bring their stories to life.
A cozy and intimate gathering for book lovers, each evening is limited to 20 guests. Purchase tickets here. Cost is $10.
April 15: Poetry Month
- Rikki Santer -- Ohio Poet of the Year in 2023, Rikki has been published widely and received many honors for her poems. Her six full-length collections and six chapbook sequences explore such topics as the Hopewell earthworks of Newark, the late Kahiki Supper Club of Columbus, the art of ventriloquism, and the complex world of fashion. One collection was grand prize short-listed for the Eric Hoffer Book Award and her forthcoming collection, Shepherd’s Hour, won the Paul Nemser Book Prize from Lily Poetry Review Books.
- Artie Isaac -- Artie writes poetry, essays, and other notes in Yellow Springs where he is spouse to Alisa and human to dog Margo. Raised in Ohio, Artie was trained in high school as a writer, improviser, and cheerleader. There has been little development since. Artie is a thoughtful mediator and a reckless meditator. He is the author of works such as Throw Me a Bone: Poetry for Dogs and Pandemonia: Poems in Seclusion.
Heritage Hour: Rebels in Corsets
May 8 | 6:30 pm Refreshments with Springboro Lions Club | 7 pm program | Chamber of Commerce Conference Room in the Performing Arts Center, 115 Wright Station Way
Connecting Community Through Our Shared History
The 72-year struggle for women’s suffrage demanded a great deal from women emotionally, politically and physically. English Professor Susan Trollinger from the University of Dayton looks at: what it was like to be a woman in the 19th century with little power to change her circumstances because she lacked access to the ballot box; how women became convinced to take on that struggle in the 1840s; and how they finally won it through rhetorical strategies that were radical for the time.
Trollinger has published in the areas of classical rhetoric, feminist rhetoric, visual rhetoric and American Protestant fundamentalism and evangelicalism.