The annual Empire Asparagus Festival, which will be held on Saturday, June 3, invites entries for both its popular recipe and poetry contests. Click here to learn more about submitting your asparagus recipe or poem.
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The Glen Lake Library will help celebrate the return of the beloved Empire Asparagus Festival on June 4 with their Ode to Asparagus poetry reading and Asparagus recipe contest. Click here for more information on how to submit a poem or recipe.
Though the 2020 Empire Asparagus Festival was canceled last weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic, the virtual Ode to Asparagus poetry reading on Saturday, May 16, drew 19 submissions and 20 people who tuned in via Zoom to read their poems or to listen.
From staff reports The Empire Asparagus Festival drew 2,500 enthusiastic “spargel” revelers last weekend. The annual weekend-long event has drawn acclaim as “one of the world’s weirdest festivals”. On Friday night, festival organizer and town booster Paul Skinner was honored for his service to Empire. Read Norm Wheeler’s “ode to Paul Skinner” (which was read […]