Join us Thu, Sept 5, at 7 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 night! Stories must be: No tickets needed. Admission to each slam is a $10/pay-what-you-can donation which will be split between ACW & our Howl partner, NCPR.
Friday, September 13, 7 PM, ACW, FREE Watch 12 short films and hear the poems they inspired. Filmmaker Michael Hart enlisted six North Country writers to create new work inspired by his short, experimental films. Hart composed music and used recordings of the poems to create an expansive, interdisciplinary art collaboration. Moving Stills premiered in Malone … Continue reading Moving Stills: Film + Poetry
Join us Wed, Sept 18, at 7 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 night! Stories must be: No tickets needed. Admission to each slam is a $10/pay-what-you-can donation which will be split between ACW & our Howl partner, NCPR.
A Public Speaking Workshop Thursday, Sept 26th, 6:30 PM | Free To get our vote, today’s politicians give speeches almost every day. How can we judge the truth of what … Continue reading It’s Called Rhetoric
What I Want You to Know: A Legacy Writing Workshopwith Marilyn McCabeAdults age 55+Adirondack Foundation (Heaven Hill Farm): 304 Bear Cub Rd, Lake Placid, NY 129468 weeks: Tuesdays, Oct 15 … Continue reading What I Want You to Know: A Legacy Writing Workshop (Section 2)
with Sophie Morelli+ Open Mic Wednesday, October 16 - 7 PM - ACW - FREE In 1933 Mabel Smith Douglass took a row boat across Lake Placid and never returned. You've probably heard her referred to as "The Lady in the Lake", but in Fathom (Bottlecap Press, 2024), Sophie Morelli asks: who was Mabel Smith Douglass, and what can we … Continue reading Lady in the Lake
Join us Wed, Oct 23, at 7 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 night! Stories must be: No tickets needed. Admission to each slam is a $10/pay-what-you-can donation which will be split between ACW & our Howl partner, NCPR.
SOLD OUT On Thursday, October 24 & Friday, October 25, the Adirondack Center for Writing will present the 20th annual High School Writing Retreat at Paul Smith’s College. In addition … Continue reading 2024 High School Writing Retreat
with Omar Holmon, Roya Marsh, GennaRose Nethercott & Jon Sands Thursday, October 24, 7 PM, FREE, @ ACW Hear the 2024 High School Writing Retreat instructors in action at ACW. … Continue reading Writers on Broadway
$10 - $50 sliding scale Saturday, November 2, 12 - 3pm, @ ACW Learn the basics of cartooning and storytelling with graphic novelist Sumit Kumar, owner of Bakarmax animation studio. Kumar will … Continue reading Comics 101 Seminar with Sumit Kumar
Thursday, Nov 7, 6 PM, @ ACW What if Nature was on the Board of Directors of every nonprofit in the Adirondacks? What if businesses listened to the voice of ecosystems before making decisions that would impact them? Businesses and nonprofits from the Netherlands to the Bahamas are striving to act in a respectful way … Continue reading Nature Governance in the Adirondacks with Talking Rivers
Armstrong Room of the High Peaks Resort Should you adapt your book into a screenplay? And if so, how? Whether you’re writing a novel, memoir, short story or creative nonfiction, this conversation with Adirondack Center For Writing Director Nathalie Thill and WGA Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger will give you a new perspective on the … Continue reading The Art of Adaptation
