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January 15, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Announcements, Home

The Art of Reopening: A Guide to Current Practices Among Arts Organizations During COVID-19

National Endowment for the Arts surveyed arts organizations throughout the country about reopening practices and creative responses to programming in 2020, during the pandemic. They published a report highlighting what they felt were successful responses to the crisis: promising tactics, best practices, and insights through nine selected case studies. The Adirondack Center for Writing was one … Continue reading The Art of Reopening: A Guide to Current Practices Among Arts Organizations During COVID-19

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Announcements, Local Opportunities

Readers & Writers Bingo

How Do I Play? Complete the actions in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line of 5 squares to be entered in a drawing to win choice of $15 off a online writing class or $15 certificate to your local bookstore Blackout complete all 25 squares to be entered in a drawing to win choice of … Continue reading Readers & Writers Bingo

January 14, 2021January 15, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Announcements, Local Opportunities

Writing with Play & Persistence Series with Chris Tebbetts

Designed for any novice and experienced writer to participate from home. Renowned author and educator Chris Tebbetts will lead these virtual, one-of-a-kind events presented by Adirondack Center for Writing. Playing with Story Ideas: A Hands-On Workshop Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 7:00pm Cost: Sliding scale $5-20 What kinds of stories do you love? What settings, … Continue reading Writing with Play & Persistence Series with Chris Tebbetts

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Announcements

WATCH 🎤 Virtual Howl LIVE

LIVE from your living rooms, the Virtual Howl Story Slam took place on December 18, 2020 and featured six storytellers from across the North Country who told tales on the theme “Holidays: The good, the bad, the ugly.” The winner of the night was Tanya Roy with her tale of a holiday adventure, full of … Continue reading WATCH 🎤 Virtual Howl LIVE

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Announcements, Local Opportunities, Resources

Anne LaBastille Women’s Writing Weekend

Friday, June 25, 2021 4:00pm - Sunday, June 27, 2020 10:00amGreat Camp Sagamore in Raquette Lake Join a group of like-minded women for a reading and writing retreat. Activities will include writing workshops, reflective paddling, arts-based activities, technical writing and experiential learning, and Adirondack-based readings to contemplate the role of sense of place in nature … Continue reading Anne LaBastille Women’s Writing Weekend

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Ode to Sue by Anne Sterling

Sue loves holidaysShe scared the livin’ daylight out of us every Halloweensmeared with green grease paint and stooped overOf course when we bit into the cinnamony red homemade candy applewe knew it had been Sue under the wicked-witch-of-the-west pointy hatBusiness was business at ChristmasThere were 50 gingerbread houses to make for charityWith assembly line efficiency, … Continue reading Ode to Sue by Anne Sterling

January 11, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

His Name by Duane L. Herrmann

Born aristocratof princely line,His conscience, andDivine Call said:Raise the call inclusive -All mankind is one,All religions comefrom One Sources.He lost all:home, possessions, country,exiled a prisoner...for life.If admitted error,all would have returned -He could notand stay true.Forty years held,to last breath,His word.From prison wrote:"...leaves of one tree,flowers of one garden."Some responded and continue,circling the globe,ancient enemies, … Continue reading His Name by Duane L. Herrmann

January 11, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Still Best Friends by Linda Freedland

Laurel and Hardy had nothing on usmy best friend, Ruthiethe Hardy onetall and ganglywith dark, razor straight hair and big doe-eyesand me, Laurelshort, a curly haired blue-eyed blonde The two of us joined at the hipinseparableRuthie, clever and pinpoint sharpout winning and outwitting me at most gamesstill, we were best friends Ruthie,nimble limbedscrambling up our … Continue reading Still Best Friends by Linda Freedland

January 11, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

The Wonderful Alice by June Hannay Kosier

Everyone knows the story of Alice in Wonderland. Now I am going to tell you the story of the wonderful Alice. Alice is one of my three best friends. I have known her since 1980 when we began to work together at the VA Medical Center in Albany, NY. I was a dialysis nurse and … Continue reading The Wonderful Alice by June Hannay Kosier

ACW FAMILY NEWS

📍Jessica Kane has published Anchors in the Storm, a new picture book written as a comforting tool to help parents be with their children and connect during moments of despair. The book is available digitally www.jessicalaurelkane.com.

📍Alice Gilborn has released a new of poetry, “Apples & Stones” (Kelsay Books), which features poems set in Colorado, the Adirondacks, and Vermont. The book is available from Kelsay Books, the Northshire Bookstore, and Amazon.

📍Stanley A. Ransom, Jr. has published Outskirts Press, Inc. has published America’s First Black Poet; Jupiter Hammon of Long Island (Outskirts Press, Inc.). Kirkus Reviews states: “an essential volume for all libraries interested in Black, and American poetry.” Paperback and Kindle e-book editions are available on Amazon.com.

📍Ronald Berger has just published The Gorge, a thriller based on his experience as

a whitewater raft guide on the Hudson River during the 1990s. Paperback and Kindle e-book editions are available on Amazon.com.

📍Christopher Shaw has published a new book The Power Line, and can be ordered at his website.

📍Howard Kirschenbaum has just published a new book, Coming of Age in the Baby Boom: A Memoir of Personal Development, Social Action, Education Reform and Adirondack Preservation. Paperback and Kindle e-book editions are available on Amazon.com.

📍Brian Heinz‘s newest book, a thriller novel for ‘tweens and teens,’ Peabody Pond, has been published and released by 4RV Publishing.

📍Betsy Folwell has released an extended version of Short Carries as an audiobook for the first time. These essays are about wildlife and wilderness, regional history and small-town life, with keen observations and a touch of humor.