This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival featuring writers, poets, comedians and other creatives from across the country. The festival is a celebration of how writing and … Continue reading Kickass Kickoff – readings with Denice Frohman and Patricia Spears Jones
This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival. Click here to learn more. THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT, but the Stand-up Show on Saturday evening at 8 PM at the … Continue reading Stand-up for Storytellers
This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival. Click here to learn more. “Every day I will give you a color.” -- Marge Piercy. Instead of starting with … Continue reading Color Foraging: Writing with Flowers, Feathers, and Stones
This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival. Click here to learn more. Cap off your Festival with a night of laughs from THREE hilarious comedians. With Nathan Hartswick of … Continue reading Kickass Stand-up at The Waterhole
Mix it up! Toss an illustration into your personal narrative. Bring a current writing project or develop a new one at this event. No drawing experience is necessary. How can a sketch or illustration enhance a written piece? Images can project humor, heartbreak, or other emotions in a way the written word may not. To … Continue reading Sketch it Out! A Writing (& Drawing) Workshop with Lauren McGovern
Note: This workshop is held at Adirondack Experience in Blue Mountain Lake. Free with the price of museum admission. Join Visiting Writer Erin Dorney from the Adirondack Center for Writing … Continue reading ADKX Cut-Up Poetry Collage Workshop
Saturday, June 29, 12:30-2:30 PM - ACW - $10 Suggested donation In this workshop–informed by Queer Nature: A Poetry Anthology (Autumn House, 2022)–students will interact hands-on with a variety of … Continue reading Queer Nature: A Writing Workshop with Elliot Pecora
Saturday, June 29, 3-5 PM, ACW, $10 Suggested donation The queer community is bursting with inspiring, harrowing, hilarious, and moving narratives. But, how do you turn an interesting anecdote into … Continue reading Every Queer Story Starts Somewhere: A Live Storytelling Workshop
Saturday, June 29, 7-9 PM - ACW - FREE The mic will be open to anyone who'd like to share up to 5 mins of writing or storytelling. Tell a … Continue reading Pride Open Mic
with Joy Baglio 3-day workshop on July 8, 10, and 12 (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) from 6-8 pm at ACW Do you love reading about magical kingdoms, lands, or alternate worlds? … Continue reading Creating Fictional Worlds: A Three-day Creative Writing Workshop for Teen Writers (ages 13-18)
Wednesday, July 31, 7 PM - ACW - FREE Killion will share his story and read from his book, Portrait of a Bank Robber. The event will conclude with an open mic … Continue reading Portrait of a Bank Robber with Danny Killion & Matthew Klane
with Stephen Sheffer The skills used to spontaneously create stories on the stage are also useful on the page! Join improviser, writer & actor Stephen Sheffer for a 2-hour workshop … Continue reading Improv for Scriptwriting
