September 2021: “Remembering for You”, Christine’s poem looking back at the year 2020, was included in an anthology entitled This Was 2020: Minnesotans Write About Pandemics and Social Justice in a Historic Year. The collection, published by the Ramsey County Library (MN), won the Minnesota Author Project award in the Communities Create category. The book is available from bookstores, or can be read free at: https://mlpp.
January 2021: A new radio play by Christine is now featured on radiodramas.net, a recently launched web destination for radio scripts for all ages. The Mad Adventures of Mavis Montero: Mummy Mania is the first in a series that Christine will write for middle school and older.
April 15, 2020. Christine read her poem “Beyond Sight” on the Northfield (MN) Public Library Instagram feed. This poem was one of the winners of the 2014 Sidewalk Poetry competition in Northfield, Minnesota.
June 20, 2019, 7:00 p.m. “Earth’s Sweet Song,” (lyrics by Christine Kallman, music by Daniel Kallman) performed on the program “Our Children, Our World: Music in Celebration of Nature,” at Northfield Middle School, 2200 Division St. S., Northfield, MN. Tickets available at the Guild, 304 Division St. S., by calling 507-645-8877, or online at northfieldartsguild.org. This activity is made possible through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council in cooperation with a private foundation.
May 5, 2019. “Miss Melinda Mittelmore,” (lyrics by Christine Kallman, music by Daniel Kallman) performed by the Rochester Choral Arts Ensemble on the program “Closest Distance” at Central Lutheran, Winona, MN.
May 4, 2019. “Miss Melinda Mittelmore,” (lyrics by Christine Kallman, music by Daniel Kallman) performed by the Rochester Choral Arts Ensemble on the program “Closest Distance” at Zumbro Lutheran, Rochester, MN.
April 13, 14, and 20, 2019, at the Broad Institute of MIT, Cambridge Main Library, and Peabody School (Cambridge, MA) : “Earthrise” and “Einstein-Rosen Bridge Strut,” two songs with lyrics by Christine Kallman and music by Daniel Kallman. The songs were performed as a part of One Whole Step for Man: Songs of Space Travel.
Friday, March 1, 2019. Christine was invited to read two poems, “The Garden” and “The Most Difficult and Best” for Writers Night: Resilience and Sustainability, a juried event at Content Bookstore in Northfield, MN.
Sunday, January 27, 2019, 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Proclaim the Love that Breaks Down Walls hymn (text by Christine Kallman, music by Daniel Kallman), by the Bethel Senior Choir, Bethel Lutheran Church, Northfield, MN.
Christine had a monologue published on the website Non-Binary Monologues (Monologues for Non-Binary Actors) https://nonbinarymonologues.wordpress.com/2018/07/04/cam-from-women-march-on-washington-by-christine-kallman/. Character name is Cam (they/them). The scene is roughly in the middle of a full-length play (in development) entitled Women March on Washington. It received a reading in the spring of 2018 in Northfield, MN, with actors of diverse age, race and gender.
Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 15 , 2018 at 2:00 pm, reading of full-length play Women March on Washington, at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street West, Northfield, MN. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund. More information and audition details here: https://northfieldartsguild.org/event/women-march-on-washington/2018-04-14/
Sunday, November 12, 2017, 4:00 p.m. Proclaim the Love that Breaks Down Walls hymn (text by Christine Kallman, music by Daniel Kallman), at ELCA Southeastern Minnesota Synod “The Church’s Journey in Art and Song: A Hymn Festival”, Zumbro Lutheran Church, Rochester, MN.
Sunday, October 29, 2017, 4:00 p.m., Premiere of “All People Blessed” (hymn text by Christine Kallman, music by Marty Haugen) at Singing the Faith: A Reformation Hymn Festival, at the Center for Faith and Life, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa.
Sunday, July 9, 2017, 4:00 p.m. LutheranArts Reformation Hymn Festival at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis: Proclaim the Love that Breaks Down Walls (Premiere), new hymn/anthem with text by Christine Kallman, music by Daniel Kallman. One of three winners of the LutheranArts Martin Luther Hymn Prize.
April 15, 22, and 23, 2017, at the Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard, and Peabody School (Cambridge, MA) and Museum of Science (Boston): Big Ice a song with lyrics by Christine Kallman and music by Daniel Kallman. The songs were performed as a part of Singin’ of the Rain! Songs About Weather and Climate.
Monday April 10, 2017: DUCK (monologue) was presented in a reading by Renaissance Theaterworks at St. John’s on the Lake in Milwaukee. The part of Eleanor was read by Flora Coker. Directed by Marie Kohler; stage directions read by Julie Swenson.
Kallman’s poem “Blessing” was selected to be part of the 2017 Poet-Artist Collaboration XVI at Crossings at Carnegie in Zumbrota, MN, an annual exhibit in which artists create work inspired by poetry. Sandy Bot-Miller created a weaving based on Kallman’s poem “Blessing”. Exhibit dates: March 27 – April 27. Poet/Artist reception and reading Sat., April 8, 6:30 p.m. A chapbook was created, featuring each pair of poetry and artwork.
Thursday Jan. 19, 2017, 7:00 p.m.: Kallman read her poem “Bison” at “Writers’ Night: A Sense of Place,” a carefully selected program of poetry and prose by local writers at the Northfield Public Library, Northfield, MN. The poem is published online by the Northfield Public Library in Writers Night, Volume I, Number 1, “A Sense of Place,” January 2017, at: http://guides.mynpl.org/ld.php?content_id=29390421
Friday Nov. 4, and Sunday Nov. 6, 2016: DUCK (monologue) was presented in a reading at Renaissance Theaterworks in Milwaukee. The part of Eleanor was read by Flora Coker. Directed by Marie Kohler.
Oct. 2016: Kallman has been commissioned by LutheranArts.org to write a hymn text commemorating the historic 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Funds have been provided by the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana ELCA Synod celebrating the Visionary-Missional Leadership of Bishop Kevin S. Kanouse 2000-2016.
Oct. 2016: Kallman’s poem “Moving Day” won 2nd place in the Annual League of Minnesota Poets Contest, “Stepping Off the Cliff” category.
May 2016: Kallman was one of two winners in the LutheranArts Hymn Text Competition for her text All People Blessed.
Sat. April 16, 3:00 p.m. at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA: In Praise of Emmy Noether and Schrodinger’s Cat, two songs with lyrics by Christine Kallman and music by Daniel Kallman. The songs were performed as a part of Giants in Science, highlighting the lives and work of great scientists and mathematicians throughout history.
Sun. April 17, 2015, 6:00 p.m. at the Museum of Science, Boston, MA: In Praise of Emmy Noether and Schrodinger’s Cat, two songs with lyrics by Christine Kallman and music by Daniel Kallman. The songs were performed as a part of Giants in Science, highlighting the lives and work of great scientists and mathematicians throughout history.
Sun. April 24, 2015, 3:00 p.m. at the Peabody School, Cambridge, MA: In Praise of Emmy Noether and Schrodinger’s Cat, two songs with lyrics by Christine Kallman and music by Daniel Kallman. The songs were performed as a part of Giants in Science, highlighting the lives and work of great scientists and mathematicians throughout history.
Fri., Sat. & Sun., April 15, 16 & 17, 2015, (7:30 p.m. on Fri. & Sat; 2:00 p.m. on Sun.): DUCK (monologue) was given staged readings as a winner in the Theatre du Mississippi 5th Annual Short Script Contest, Historic Masonic Theater, 255 Main St., Winona, MN.
Sunday, October 25, 2015, 8:30 and 10:45 a.m.: Jubilee, We Are Set Free!, a musical by Daniel and Christine Kallman, was performed on at Bethel Lutheran Church in Northfield, Minnesota.
Monday, April 13, 2015, at 7 p.m. : A Falling Out, my full-length play set at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, was presented in a reading by Workhouse Theatre at the Warren Artist Habitat, 4400 Osseo Road, Minneapolis. More information may be found on the Workhouse Facebook page and the Workhouse web page. Read more about A Falling Out here.