**CLASS FULL** Join ACW for an 8-week creative writing workshop for adults ages 55+, led by Elaine Handley. Legacy writing encompasses what we wish for our loved ones to know about us and how we have navigated our lives. Legacy writing preserves our values, stories, opinions, history, and experiences through a creative lens. Students in … Continue reading 8-week Online Legacy Writing Workshop
The body is a vessel, a home that gives us permission and access to navigating life. So too, the body can also be a site of challenge, or grief, or a space that holds stories and experiences that can block us both as people, and as writers. In this class, we will simultaneously explore the … Continue reading The Language of the Body: Writing As a Pathway for Healing (5-wk Online Class)
This February, Graywolf Press will release Swirl & Vortex, the collected poetry of Larry Levis, offering a unique opportunity to be in the company of the voice of a poet whose work offered a kind of music to the sometimes lonely and often beautiful depth inside of us that we have come to call a … Continue reading A Line As Long As the Heart Is Wide: Reading and Writing with the Poetry of Larry Levis
The Howl Story Slam is back for its TENTH season! This year, we'll start with the theme “Whats My Line?” Stories of lines crossed, being on the right or wrong side, lifelines, standing in line, line in the sand, lines in a performance, or any kind of line! What's your Line? Sign up and take … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at Olive Ridley’s
The Howl Story Slam is back for its TENTH season! This year, we'll start with the theme “Whats My Line?” Stories of lines crossed, being on the right or wrong side, lifelines, standing in line, line in the sand, lines in a performance, or any kind of line! What’s your Line? Sign up and take … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at Common Roots
Have you been wanting to submit your writing for publication but you're just not sure where to start? Or maybe you've submitted before and want a push to keep on going? Join widely published poet Shira Dentz for a crash course in submitting. During this three hour seminar, you'll learn the basics about how to … Continue reading Submitting Seminar: How and Where to Publish Your Writing
Join us at Hex & Hop Brewing in Bloomingdale for an opportunity for queer readers and writers to read, write, and connect! 5-6pm: Reading & Writing6-7pm: Open Mic Plus, you can participate at your own level. When people arrive, they’ll get to choose from three different stickers:GREEN: I’m here mostly to chat with other readers … Continue reading Queer Lit Night + Open Mic
The Howl Story Slam is back for its TENTH season! This year, we'll start with the theme “Whats My Line?” Stories of lines crossed, being on the right or wrong … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at Upper Jay Art Center
The Howl Story Slam is back for its TENTH season! This year, we'll start with the theme “Whats My Line?” Stories of lines crossed, being on the right or wrong … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at Smoke Signals
The Howl Story Slam is back for its TENTH season! This year, we'll start with the theme “Whats My Line?” Stories of lines crossed, being on the right or wrong … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at Ausable Brewing
The Howl Story Slam is back for its TENTH season! This year, we'll start with the theme “Whats My Line?” Stories of lines crossed, being on the right or wrong … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at the Cranberry Lake North Shore Hub
The Howl Story Slam is back for its TENTH season! Sign up and take the stage to tell a true story in under 5 minutes. Judges (2-3 audience members) score … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at 1844 House
