This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival. Click here to learn more. As part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival, ACW presents the Regional Author Showcase! We've selected a line-up of emerging and established authors from across the North Country to prove that Adirondack writers kick ass too. Hosted by Christopher Shaw, this event will … Continue reading Regional Author Showcase
Part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival Hear keynote readings by GennaRose Nethercott, author of Thistlefoot, and Megan Mayhew Bergman, author of How Strange a Season, two kickass authors with a deep fascination and respect for the natural world. Cash bar + small bites! GENNAROSE NETHERCOTT is the author of a novel, Thistlefoot, and a book-length poem, The … Continue reading Kickass Keynote with GennaRose Nethercott + Megan Mayhew Bergman
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 VT ComedyClub as MC, Tracy Dolan as the opener, and Greg Edwards closing it out, it's guaranteed to be a good time. Doors at 7:30, … 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
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 Indian Lake Theater
A Forever Wild Affair: a benefit for PSC students trip to Grand Tetons Wednesday, June 26, 7 PM Adirondack Center for Writing (15 Broadway, Saranac Lake) Enjoy short presentations of music, poetry, photography and more as Paul Smith's College students and faculty raise money for their upcoming trip to Grand Teton National Park. Chemistry and photography professor … Continue reading A Forever Wild Affair
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 to learn more about ACW’s Poetry Machine—the kind you might spend two quarters to get a bouncy ball, sticky hand, or small plastic alien from … 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 poems. This includes collaging, remixing, and creating black-out poetry while discussing the varied relationship between queerness and the natural world. In this collaborative space, we'll … 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 a compelling story with a great hook and a clear beginning, middle and end? Better yet: how do you perform it? In this workshop, attendees … 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 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
