Split Rock Soirees

With seminars on everything from poetry to quilting, along with teachers from such faraway places as Korea, the Split Rock Arts Program’s summer workshops at the University of Minnesota make for a tasty arts buffet. Each Tuesday brings a fresh set of writers reading and visual artists showing slides. This year’s teachers include local stars like poet Ray Gonzalez, painter Cheng Khee Chee, and novelist Sheila O’Connor, and visitors like Oregonian poet Dorianne Laux, Korean textile artist Chunghie Lee, and Californian children’s author/illustrator Gerald McDermott. An open reception follows each soiree, since we all know that tasty vittles and fine conversation make any arts event that much better. 300 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis; (612) 625-6000; www.bookstore.umn.edu