College welcomes esteemed writers Nov. 16 and Dec. 1

November 06, 2015

Anoka-Ramsey Community College is hosting two noteworthy writers: Jon Bream, a popular music critic for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Bao Phi, a performance poet.

The events are free, and the public is encouraged to attend.

Jon Bream, Minneapolis Star Tribune Music Critic
Monday, Nov. 16
2:30 to 3:30 pm
Coon Rapids Campus Music Rm 109
Bream has covered popular music for the Minneapolis Star Tribune since 1974, giving him the second longest tenure of any current daily newspaper pop-music critic in the U.S. He writes about all styles of music except classical. He wrote the acclaimed Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin: The Illustrated History of the Heaviest Band of All Time, Neil Diamond is Forever: The Illustrated Story of the Man and His Music and the best-selling biography, Prince: Inside the Purple Reign. Bream will discuss his new book, Dylan: Disc by Disc.

Bao Phi, Performance Poet and Literary Center and Program Director of the Loft
Tuesday, Dec. 1
9:30 to 10:45 am
Coon Rapids Campus Legacy Rm SC270
A two-time Minnesota Grand Slam champion and a National Poetry Slam finalist, Phi’s new poems deal with his history as a Vietnamese refugee born during war and raised in the Phillips neighborhood in south Minneapolis through his newly formed lens of being a man of color raising a daughter. The New York Times said of his work, "In this song of his very American self, every poem Phi writes rhymes with the truth."

These events are co-sponsored by the Department of Music and the Department of English.

For more information about all public events at Anoka-Ramsey Community College, visit AnokaRamsey.edu.