Spring Green Literary Festival, Spring Green, Wisconsin: Celebrating a love of literature and the art of writing.

 

Friday and Saturday. September 7-8, 2007

 

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LINKS

Look at the following hyperlinks to find out about this wonderful part of Southwest Wisconsin that inspires so many:

These hyperlinks will take you out of the Spring Green Literary Festival website. 

Area information:

Dodgeville Chamber of Commerce: The largest town south of Spring Green, Dodgeville, Wisconsin has hotels, restaurants, stores, and a 5,000 acre State Park. A 20 minute drive to Spring Green.  

Plain Chamber of Commerce: 7 miles north of Spring Green, Plain is located among the rolling hills of Southwest Wisconsin. 

The Spring Green Chamber of Commerce: an excellent resource for lodging, eating, and recreating in this southwest Wisconsin town.

Travel Wisconsin: a site devoted to the communities and activities available all throughout Wisconsin. 

Uplands: a free travel guide to a beautiful part of Southwestern Wisconsin.

Local Attractions:

American Players Theater: an outdoor repertory theater that runs June-early October, APT features plays by Shakespeare, Moliere, Wilde, Checkov and others. Truly unique and a wonderful end to your day at LitFest.

Canoeing on the Wisconsin River. Want to know what happened to our canoe? Details on the 2006 Tranquility canoe raffle

House on the Rock: Wisconsin's number 1 attraction, and featured in Neil Gaiman's book, American Gods.

The Spring Green General Store and Cafe: A family owned and operated small business located in Spring Green, Wisconsin, the General Store serves breakfast and lunch, features a variety of merchandise, hosts the monthly meetings of the Spring Green Literary Festival board of Directors, as well as "Mostly Mondays" poetry. 

Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin: the home of this world-famous architect, it is open for tours May 1-October 31. Since 2004, LitFest has taken place at Wright's Hillside School and Theater. 

Cultural Amenities:

Portal Wisconsin: a guide to events in the humanities and arts throughout the state. Searchable by area of interest, dates of events, or locations.  

The Spring Green Area Arts Coalition: a guide to local events of every nature, and a financial supporter of Spring Green LitFest 2006.

Wisconsin Humanities Council: Wisconsin Humanities Council supports public programs that engage the people of Wisconsin in the exploration of human cultures, ideas, and values.

WORT: Listener sponsored radio out of Madison, Wisconsin. Archives and podcasts available of their most recent shows.

Wisconsin Public Radio: part of the Wisconsin Idea, WPR members can now download many WPR programs through Wcast

Area Libraries and independent booksellers

A source if you're looking for this year's featured authors: 

Booksense: a family of independent-bookseller websites.

Dodgeville Public Library

Frugal Muse, Madison. Participating bookstore in this year's LitFest. 

Kraemer Library and Community Center, Plain, Wisconsin

Lone Rock Public Library

Ocooch Books & Libations, LLC, Richland Center. Participating bookstore in this year's LitFest.

The Prairie Bookshop, Mt. Horeb. Participating bookstore in this year's LitFest. 

Spring Green Public Library: The Spring Green Public Library is host to the Spring Green Literary Festival bookclub in the summer. Designed by a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice.


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