Frontenac Rotary
Frontenac Rotary Club will meet at noon in the Bosco Center, located in the basement of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Frontenac.
Blake Benson, Pittsburg Area Chamber of Commerce, will present the program. Greeter will be Paul Mendicki, and fulfilling duties as sergeant at arms will be Gary Miller.
Rotary will offer a lunch for $7. Featured this week will be pork roast, gravy, potatoes, vegetable, salad and beverage.
The club will sponsor a chili feed from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 29 in the Frontenac High School cafeteria. Featured will be chili, a chili dog or soup with dessert or beverage for $5. All proceeds will be used to help adopt five families for Christmas.
Poetry reading
Allison Berry and Eric Dutton, graduate students in the Pittsburg State University English department, will defend their creative theses in the form of a poetry reading at 5 p.m. in the Special Collections Room of Axe Library.
The reading will be open to the public.
Both are Pittsburg natives. Berry will defend her poetry thesis titled “Home Worlds,” which explores the evolution of her relationship with home. Relying heavily on the natural world, the poems attempt to shift the focus of the reader from humanity to nature. Many of the poems discuss gender issues, feminism and anarchism.
Berry is a 1997 Pittsburg High School graduate and received her bachelor’s degree in philosophy and women’s studies in 2001 from Cornell College.
Dutton’s thesis, “Winter Engine,” shows an imaginative view of the world, and the poems are informed by vision, daydream and fantasy. In the poems, light reflecting in a train evokes a great archetypal lake, and a man’s daughter becomes an entire continent.
Dutton is a 1995 PHS graduate and earned a bachelor of arts in English from PSU in 2000. He was co-founder of the Twin Bird reading series, and used to read poetry regularly at Stella’s Coffee House and other Pittsburg locations.
“I’m so excited about this defense,” said Laura Lee Washburn, PSU creative writing director. “This is the third joint defense we’ve offered since our master of arts program in creative writing began just four years ago. It’s wonderful to be able to share the work of these wonderful poets with an audience.”
Chicken noodle dinner
Chicken noodle dinner will be served from 4:30 p.m. until sold out at the Frontenac United Methodist Church.
Cost for the dinner, including beverage and dessert, will be $6 for adults and $3 for children aged 3-12. Proceeds will go to the church.
Kansas Reading Association
Southeast Kansas Council, Kansas Reading Association, will meet from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Barto’s Idle Hour Restaurant, Frontenac.
Program will be “Holiday Book Talks and Memory Share.” Those attending should bring their favorite book as a child to be donated to local charities. Books for the holidays will be booktalked, and nominees for the Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award will be shared.
Southeast Kansas Council is open to anyone who is interested in promoting literacy in southeast Kansas and beyond. Membership information is available at each meeting. Anyone needing additional information about the Kansas Reading Association may visit www.kansasread.org.
School skate
Frontenac PTO will sponsor a school skate from 6 to 8 p.m. at Lowe’s Skateway.
Cinema night
Cinema night will be held at 7 p.m. at the Free Spirit Center, 2012 S. Joplin.
Several short films will be shown, including “The Gift,” first of a three-part series by Scott Cervine. There will also be a follow-up to conversations about 2012 that were started at the last cinema night.
Co-sponsor for the event is the Little Room, 108 W. Fifth. No fee is charged for cinema night, but donations are encouraged. Anyone needing additional information may visit www.freespiritcenter.org.
Phi Kappa Chapter
Phi Kappa Chapter, Phi Tau Omega sorority, will have its annual silent auction fundraiser and dinner at 6 p.m. in the Pittsburg High School commons area.
Members should each bring three items for the auction, a dish for the potluck dinner and a guest.
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