Special Event: 2nd Annual Brunchraiser! *IN PERSON at The Cooperage*

A Benefit for Milwaukee’s Next Generation of Poets

In-person at The Cooperage, 822 S. Water St. 

Join us in our work to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and exchange, and to support poets and artists working at both the intersections and the margins!

Hosted at The Cooperage, our second annual Brunchraiser will feature a sit-down, family-style brunch with an exciting cocktail menu; keynote readings by Milwaukee Youth Poet Laureate Aleena Ahmed and former US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera; music by Marielle Allschwang and Adam Krause, and DJ 4000; an auction; and various activities and entertainment—among them "tarot handkerchiefs," a poetry confessional booth attended by poet and Deliverer of Dreams Mathias Svalina, a votive offering station, and a benedictional iteration of our Poetry Catwalk. This year's theme is "Sunday Best."

Honorees for this year’s event are Woodland Pattern volunteer Yuchen Zhao, former Milwaukee Poet Laureate Brenda Cárdenas, and Woodland Pattern Co-Founder Karl Gartung. 

The Brunchraiser will benefit Woodland Pattern's most underfunded programs, including the Milwaukee Youth Poet Laureate and Milwaukee Emerging Poet Fellowship programs, aCinema Film Series screenings, and Alternating Currents Live—the longest running new and improvised music concert series in the Midwest! Funds raised will also help underwrite all our gallery exhibitions and visual art programming. 

Single event tickets are available for $125, and couple’s tickets for $250. You may also reserve a half or full table for $500 or $1,000 respectively. (Please note that we additionally have a number of discounted single tickets available for students and others for whom the cost of attendance may be prohibitive.)

Sponsors for our Second Annual Brunchraiser include Educators Credit Union, RitzHolman CPAs, Lilliput Records, Karen Campbell & Kevin Ronnie, Mary Gute Witte & Ned Witte, Paula Kiely, and Ed & Brooke Krishok. We still have several sponsorships available, and all levels include event tickets and additional perks! To learn more about sponsorships or to purchase tickets, please visit our website.

TICKET SALES ARE NOW CLOSED.

The SILENT AUCTION is LIVE and will be open until 1:40 PM on Sunday the 15th! Donations are also still being accepted. THANK YOU!