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 story you crafted in one of our pride workshops (Queer Nature & Every Queer Story Starts Somewhere) or share a piece that hasn’t been workshopped … 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? Do you ever find yourself dreaming up or sketching out your own? Are you a teen writer inspired by fairytales, mythology, fantasy, science fiction, ghost … Continue reading Creating Fictional Worlds: A Three-day Creative Writing Workshop for Teen Writers (ages 13-18)
The Howl Story Slam is a live storytelling competition. Anyone can sign up to tell a story the night of the event. The rules: true stories, no notes, under 5 minutes Theme: Risky Business No tickets needed. Admission is a suggested $10 donation at the door. Your donation supports Adirondack Center for Writing and North … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at the Waterhole
A Poetry Reading Celebrating the Works of Distinguished Irish Poet, Pádraig Ó Tuama Friday, July 26, at 7 PMAdirondack Center for Writing15 Broadway, Saranac Lake, NY An evening of poetry reading, pondering music and exploration of Ó Tuama’s works, led by Susie Allen, Lorraine Duvall and Martha Gallagher. An open mic time will follow - … Continue reading Learning to Live Well in a Troubled World
Join us Mon, July 29, at 7 PM for a night of live storytelling with the theme “Risky Business.” NOTE: This event was rescheduled from its original date (7/24) Anyone can sign up to tell a story at the beginning of the night! Stories must be: No tickets needed. Admission to each slam is a … Continue reading The Howl Story Slam at Otto’s Abode
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 that uses improv exercises to tap into your creativity and get you saying "yes, and..." to your ideas! We will play together and then pull … Continue reading Improv for Scriptwriting
Honoring the Voice of Water Have you ever wandered what Water would say if they could speak with human words? Have rivers ever communicated with you? Have you ever talked to lakes and trees? During Adirondack Water Week, organizers and storytellers from Talking Rivers will host a workshop/circular conversation, in which they will invite participants … Continue reading Honoring the Voice of Water: a storytelling workshop with Talking Rivers
Participants will explore how a writer prepares for travel, the writer’s mindset while traveling, and the skills needed to rekindle the experience in the reader’s mind. During the workshop they will experiment with how to choose words, shape sentences and compose the whole of a compelling piece of travel writing. To keep the workshop centered … Continue reading Travel Writing: Finding Your Way with Ken Youngblood
Story Publishing Camp: write, design, and print your own original bookFor children in grades 5-8August 12 - 16, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM (5 days, 15 hours of class time) Adirondack Center for Writing - 15 Broadway, Saranac LakeInstructor: Rebecca Donnelly Goal: Students will write and edit their own creative writing pieces and design original books for distribution. Culminating event: Students will … Continue reading Story Publishing Camp (Grades 5-8)
Join us Wed, Aug 14, at 6:30 PM for a night of live storytelling with the theme “Close Call.” Anyone can sign up to tell a story at the beginning of the … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at Ausable Brewing
Join us Thu, Aug 22, at 6:30 PM for a night of live storytelling with the theme “Close Call.” Anyone can sign up to tell a story at the beginning of the … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at Bolton Landing Brewing
