Jamestown   (CSi)  A free outdoor poetry reading by North Dakota’s Poet Laureate Larry Woiwode is planned for Sunday August 23 at 2 p.m. at the  1883 Stutsman County Courthouse at 504 3rd Ave. SE, Jamestown. The family-friendly presentation will showcase original works by the award-winning writer.

Seating will not be provided. Those attending are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chair, and follow the CDC recommendations on social distancing and personal hygiene. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be canceled.

Woiwode is a recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award and an award-winning novelist of 16 books. He has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Esquire, Harper’s and The Paris Review and been named a Guggenheim Fellow, a John Dos Passos Prize winner, a recipient of the William Faulkner Foundation Award and received the Medal of Merit from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

The courthouse is open to a limited number of visitors at one time with new health and safety protocols for staff and visitors. Heightened cleaning protocols are in place, hands-on exhibits are closed at this time, and building visitors are asked to follow the CDC’s recommendations on social distancing and personal hygiene.