Poet laureate to visit Carol Stream.(Neighbor)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May, 2006 | by Komperda, Jack

Byline: Jack Komperda Daily Herald Staff Writer The state's poet laureate will be making a stop in Carol Stream this fall. Kevin Stein, an English professor at Bradley University in Peoria and the state's fourth poet laureate, will be making stops Nov. 2 at three local elementary and middle schools.

That evening, he is expected to present a public reading of some of his work at the Gregory Bielawski Municipal Center, 500 N. Gary Ave. The event will be broadcast on the village's cable channel. "It's certainly going to be an exciting time for our students," said Joseph Dubec, superintendent of Benjamin Elementary District 34. Evergreen Elementary School in unincorporated DuPage County near Carol Stream will be among the three school stops, in addition...