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Ken Waldman

Ken Waldman

  • Home
  • Fiddler
    • Endorsements: Music
    • Video: Music
    • Profanities
    • 15-minute Festival Set
  • Writer
    • Endorsements: Writing
    • Thirteen Poems, Four Videos
    • Vita
    • Trump Sonnets, Volume 1
    • Excerpt from Are You Famous?
    • Sports Page
    • The Writing Party
    • Leftovers and Gravy
    • Now Entering Alaska Time
    • Men, Women, and Food
    • 2025 New Book Covers
    • You, Too, Can Go Bankrupt
  • Artist-in-Schools
    • Endorsements: Children's Programs
    • Video: Young Children's Programs
    • Study Guide 2023-2024
    • Study Guide, 2026
  • Nomadic Productions
    • Endorsements: The Industry
    • Video: Three Variety Shows
    • Storyteller
    • Holiday Show
    • Ken Waldman and The Wild Ones
    • WRITERS WHO PLAY
    • Videos From the Pandemic Time
    • Portrait of an Artist as Santa Claus
    • January 8, 2026, Thursday APAP Showcase
    • January 9, 2026, Friday APAP showcase
    • Folk Alliance, New Orleans, and More
    • 2025 summary
  • Tour
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Portrait of an Artist as Santa Claus

For years Ken Waldman has produced a show, Portrait of an Artist as Santa Claus.
After every fiddle tune and poem he goes into the audience to give away the CD
or book which contains the piece which he just shared. Until his May 2021 event
at Ad Astra Books and Coffee House in Salina, Kansas, a show sponsored by 
Salina Arts & Humanities, it's never been documented. But here it is with flyer,
original poem for the occasion, and a YouTube video.

Four new books, all out from Ridgeway Press of Roseville, Michigan. Publication date, October 21, 2025. Available for pre-orders and review on July 17, 2025.

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