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SUMMARY:Second Sundays Virtual Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom.\nPlease contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com \nFormat Focus: EVERYONE READS! \n\nCo-create and reading and listening experience that is generous\, dynamic\, and heart-felt.\nRead a 3-minute piece\nBrief positive responses after readers share\nListeners welcome
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/15452/2026-02-08
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in February
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday February 3rd\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Sara Eddy\, at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read\, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the evening showcases our Featured Reader. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson. Sara Eddy’s second full-length poetry collection\, How to Wash a Rabbit\, is forthcoming from Cornerstone Press.  She is also author of Ordinary Fissures (2024)\, and two chapbooks: Full Mouth (2020) and Tell the Bees (2019).  Her poems have appeared in many online and print journals\, including Threepenny Review\, Raleigh Review\, Sky Island\, and Baltimore Review\, among others. She lives in Amherst\, Massachusetts\, in a house built by Emily Dickinson’s cousin.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-february-3-2
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Readings,Straw Dog Event,Writers Night Out
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260111T180000
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SUMMARY:Second Sundays Virtual Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom.\nPlease contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com \nFormat Focus: EVERYONE READS! \n\nCo-create and reading and listening experience that is generous\, dynamic\, and heart-felt.\nRead a 3-minute piece\nBrief positive responses after readers share\nListeners welcome
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/15452/2026-01-11
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260106T180000
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in January - Still Happening!
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday January 6th\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out at Forbes Library. \nCorinne Demas will not be able to attend\, but the Open Mic must go on. Today at Writers Night Out everyone reads! \nEach reader will have five minutes. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-january-6
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Readings,Writers Night Out
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SUMMARY:Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom.\nPlease contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com \nFormat Focus: EVERYONE READS! \n\nCo-create and reading and listening experience that is generous\, dynamic\, and heart-felt.\nRead a 3-minute piece\nBrief positive responses after readers share\nListeners welcome
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-3/2025-12-14
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T080000
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SUMMARY:WRITER'S OUT LOUD OPEN MIC NIGHT
DESCRIPTION:WRITER’S OUT LOUD OPEN MIC NIGHT\n\n\nThursday December 11 • 7pm Free admission.\n\n\nThe WOW Center\, 105 Elm Street Westfield\n\n\n \n\n\nWRITERS OUT LOUD! – A FREE low-pressure\, DecemberFest open mic night welcoming all\, who love prose and poetry. Authors\, poets and writers of every skill level are invited to share a 3–5-minute piece for WOW’s debut of its newest series celebrating the spoken word\, produced with the Straw Dog’s Writers Guild and Whipcity Wordsmiths. This month’s suggested theme is “The Holidays”. Readers sign up on a first-come basis\, when the doors open. Be an audience member or perhaps share your favorite fiction/non-fiction or poetry selection. Beverages available. Right on!!!!
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-out-loud-open-mic-night
LOCATION:The WOW Center\, 105 Elm Street\, Westfield\, MA
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Writers Night Out in December
DESCRIPTION:Writers Night Out on Tuesday December 2nd has been cancelled. \nJoin Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday December 2nd\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer and Straw Dog Writers Guild Emerging Writer Fellow Darlene Elias\, at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read\, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the evening showcases our Featured Reader. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.\nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \nDarlene Elias (memoir\, creative nonfiction) is Straw Dog Writers Guild 2025 Emerging Writer Fellow. Darlene Elias is an emerging writer and poet from Western Mass. She is a Hawaiian Boricua Anti Colonial Feminist who uses literature\, poetry\, and spoken word to elevate and validate her own experience as a woman who is part of the diaspora in the U.S. Darlene co-founded the Writing Sisters\, a community of women who identify as BIPOC and LGBTQ\, grown to 15 members in the past year. The group meets twice a month and provides a safe space where members can write freely\, share with one another\, build\, and cultivate relationships not only with one another but in the community.  As part of her fellowship\, Darlene was a 2025 Edith Wharton-Straw Dog Writers Guild resident. \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-december-3
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Readings,Writers Night Out
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251109T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251109T200000
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SUMMARY:Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom.\nPlease contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com \nFormat Focus: EVERYONE READS! \n\nCo-create and reading and listening experience that is generous\, dynamic\, and heart-felt.\nRead a 3-minute piece\nBrief positive responses after readers share\nListeners welcome
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-3/2025-11-09
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T200000
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in November
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday November 4th\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Madlynn Haber at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read\, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the evening showcases our Featured Reader. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.\nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \n \nMadlynn Haber was born and raised in Brooklyn\, New York. She has a master’s degree in clinical social work and worked as a Child and Family Therapist\, Supervisor\, and Teacher for over four decades. She is co-author of Madness\, Chaos\, and Violence: Therapy with Families at the Brink (Harper Collins\, 1991) When Madlynn retired from her social work career in 2017\, she began submitting her poetry and creative nonfiction for publication and has had writing published in numerous anthologies and literary journals. Seasons of Sorrow and Joy is her first collection of poetry. Madlynn’s work explores the complexity of the human experience from multiple perspectives with empathy and compassion. She lives in a cohousing community in Northampton\, Massachusetts. Visit her at www.madlynnwrites.com. \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-november-4
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Writers Night Out
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251018T080000
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SUMMARY:WriteAngles Conference!
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild for WriteAngles\, the only writers conference in Western Massachusetts. Choose from 20 different workshop and panels to attend during this full day conference\, held at Greenfield Community College. Sign up to have an individual meeting with an agent. But most importantly\, spend time with other writers in your community who care about writing as much as you do. \nThe year’s conference theme\, inspired by Tiffany Yates Martin’s quote from The Thicket of Thorns: Stories Grow\, suggests exploring writing as a tool for resilience\, justice\, and forging connections in our polarized era. WriteAngles brings together writers for workshops\, roundtable conversations\, networking\, and inspiration. \nA keynote speaker of national note\, Franny Choi\, whose work supports the theme\, will launch the day’s activities\, which includes programming for writers at all levels of development and appointments with literary agents. \nWriteAngles is by writers for writers in the vibrant literary region of western Massachusetts. In line with Straw Dog Writers Guild’s mission\, presenters represent a diversity of age\, race/ethnicity\, and gender identity. Presenters will receive an honorarium\, and a generous scholarship program will welcome lower-income participants.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writeangles-conference-2
LOCATION:Greenfield Community College\, 1 College Drive\, Greenfield\, MA\, 01301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Readings,Straw Dog Event,Workshops,Writing Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T161417
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T171510Z
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SUMMARY:Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom.\nPlease contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com \nFormat Focus: EVERYONE READS! \n\nCo-create and reading and listening experience that is generous\, dynamic\, and heart-felt.\nRead a 3-minute piece\nBrief positive responses after readers share\nListeners welcome
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-3/2025-10-12
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T200000
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in October
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday October 7th\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Aine Greaney at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read\, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the evening showcases our Featured Reader. \nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.\nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \n \nÁine Greaney is an Irish-born writer who lives in Newburyport\, Massachusetts. Her work has appeared in various publications\, including Creative Nonfiction\, Salon\, The New York Times\, Books Ireland and others. Her fifth book has just been published by Sea Crow Press. She teaches writing at libraries\, conferences and wellness organizations.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-october-7
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Writers Night Out
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T140000
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SUMMARY:Open Mic at ARToberFEST in Westfield
DESCRIPTION:Join your fellow writers for an open mic at Ray Ray’s Cafe in Westfield during ARToberFESTIVAL! Poet and translator Michael Favala Goldman will MC the even. Bring three minutes of your best writing to share!
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/open-mic-at-artoberfest-in-westfield
LOCATION:Ray Ray’s Cafe\, 2-3 Main St\, Westfield\, MA
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T161417
CREATED:20241209T184658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T171510Z
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SUMMARY:Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom.\nPlease contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com \nFormat Focus: EVERYONE READS! \n\nCo-create and reading and listening experience that is generous\, dynamic\, and heart-felt.\nRead a 3-minute piece\nBrief positive responses after readers share\nListeners welcome
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-3/2025-09-14
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250902T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250902T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T161417
CREATED:20250611T162742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T195601Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in September
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday September 2nd\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Joshua Michael Steward at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read\, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the evening showcases our Featured Reader. \nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.\nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \nJoshua Michael Stewart is the author of Break Every String\, The Bastard Children of Dharma Bums\, and Love Something. His work has appeared in Modern Haiku\, Massachusetts Review\, Brilliant Corners\, New Flash Fiction Review\, and Best Small Fictions 2025. His latest book is Welcome Home\, Russell Edson—a graphic novel & prose poem hybrid created in collaboration with illustrators Bret M. Herholz and Aaron J. Krolikowski. https://joshuamichaelstewartauthor.com \n“There’s a fearlessness in Joshua Michael Stewart’s poetry—tough\, tightly written narratives and monologues about living poor with broken people (some of whom are your closest relatives) in hard times. This heartfelt gritty work reminds me of the hardscrabble accounts of humanity in some of our best poets—the work of Ai\, Bruce Weigel\, and Linda McCarriston’s landmark book\, Eva-Marie. Stewart exercises the courage of truth telling and takes the revenge of real poetic craft. As Bruce Weigel says “Say it clearly and you make it beautiful\, no matter what.”; Or as Stewart says\, “Poets are the battered spouses of hope.”; You can’t help but respect the maker of these streamlined vehicles\, for his guts and his unsentimental\, vivid poems.”\n-Tony Hoagland
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-september-2-2
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Writers Night Out
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250810T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250810T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T161417
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SUMMARY:Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom.\nPlease contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com \nFormat Focus: EVERYONE READS! \n\nCo-create and reading and listening experience that is generous\, dynamic\, and heart-felt.\nRead a 3-minute piece\nBrief positive responses after readers share\nListeners welcome
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-3/2025-08-10
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250805T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250805T200000
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in August
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday August 5th\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Bill Mailler at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read\, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the evening showcases our Featured Reader. \nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.\nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \nMailler began writing in 6th grade\, earned an MFA in Poetry in ’74\, and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology in ’92. His entire work is contained in his recently published book\, “Trauma\, Truth\, and Outrage.” His poetry attempts to honor James Baldwin’s observation: “What you are doing\, as a writer\, or any kind of artist\, what your role is…is to bear witness to what life is\, does\, and to speak for those who cannot speak.”
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-august-5
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Writers Night Out
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250803T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250803T123000
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SUMMARY:Inaugural Open Mic in partnership with The Mount and the Dean's Beans Coffee Truck
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild Sunday\, August 3\, at 11 a.m. for our inaugural Open Mic in partnership with The Mount and the Dean‘s Beans Coffee Truck. Darlene Elias\, SDWG Emerging Writing Fellow\, will be our fabulous MC! \nThe Guild is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary\, and we invite fifteen writers to read. If you want to participate\, writers may sign up onsite by 10:45 a.m. Randomly selected writers will share their poetry\, prose\, or fiction for three minutes. Let your writing ring out to the historic grounds of Edith Wharton’s Mount\, or come to listen and support writers.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/inaugural-open-mic-in-partnership-with-the-mount-and-the-deans-beans-coffee-truck
LOCATION:The Mount | Edith Wharton’s Home\, 2 Plunkett Street\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T161417
CREATED:20241209T184658Z
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SUMMARY:Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom.\nPlease contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com \nFormat Focus: EVERYONE READS! \n\nCo-create and reading and listening experience that is generous\, dynamic\, and heart-felt.\nRead a 3-minute piece\nBrief positive responses after readers share\nListeners welcome
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-3/2025-07-13
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250701T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250701T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T161417
CREATED:20250519T200709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250519T200709Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in July
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday July 1st\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Janet MacFayden at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read\, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the evening showcases our Featured Reader. \nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.\nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \n \nJanet MacFadyen is the author of three full-length collections\, most recently State of Grass (Salmon Poetry 2024)\, with a new collection\, Love Letters to the Wild\, forthcoming from Dos Madres Press. Honors include a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant\, a residency in Cill Rialaig\, Ireland\, and a 7-month Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center fellowship. Her poetry appears widely. She is the managing editor of Slate Roof Press\, a poetry chapbook collaborative: www.slateroofpress.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-july-1
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Writers Night Out
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T161417
CREATED:20241209T184658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T171510Z
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SUMMARY:Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom.\nPlease contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com \nFormat Focus: EVERYONE READS! \n\nCo-create and reading and listening experience that is generous\, dynamic\, and heart-felt.\nRead a 3-minute piece\nBrief positive responses after readers share\nListeners welcome
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-3/2025-06-08
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250603T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250603T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T161417
CREATED:20250318T181558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250318T181558Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in June
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday June 3\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Linda Cardillo at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read\, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the evening showcases our Featured Reader. \nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.\nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \nLinda Cardillo is an award-winning author of historical fiction and historical romance. She writes about the old country and the new\, the tangle and embrace of family\, and finding courage in the midst of loss. \n\nHer debut novel\, Dancing on Sunday Afternoons\, which launched Harlequin’s Everlasting Love series\, was published in 2007. She has published a total of fourteen books and is currently writing her fifteenth\, entitled Paint the Wind\, which will be available this coming summer.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-june-4
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Writers Night Out
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250511T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250511T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T161417
CREATED:20241209T184658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T171510Z
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SUMMARY:Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom.\nPlease contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com \nFormat Focus: EVERYONE READS! \n\nCo-create and reading and listening experience that is generous\, dynamic\, and heart-felt.\nRead a 3-minute piece\nBrief positive responses after readers share\nListeners welcome
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-3/2025-05-11
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T161417
CREATED:20250222T130500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250222T130947Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in May
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday May 6\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Astrid Lindstrom Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read\, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the evening showcases our Featured Reader. \nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.\nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \nAstrid Lindstrom is a retired public school English teacher\, who advised middle and high school literary magazines\, took students to a writers’ conference in Middlebury\, Vermont\, coordinated shared memoir writing between seventh graders and senior citizens\, and loved writing with all her students. \nShe plays violin in the Five College Early Music program in western Massachusetts\, contra dances\, works with comfort dog Jonah in the Cancer Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital\, and has also volunteered with Jonah as reading buddies in an elementary school. \nShe grew up in Gambier\, Ohio\, where her parents were a mathematics professor and a librarian at Kenyon College\, and has degrees in English from Mount Holyoke College and the University of Virginia. \nShe and her wife Cece\, a psychotherapist who specialized in supporting lesbians coming out from straight marriage\, lived in Northampton\, where Astrid still resides. They have four adult children and four grandchildren.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-may-4
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Writers Night Out
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250413T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250413T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T161417
CREATED:20241209T184658Z
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SUMMARY:Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom.\nPlease contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com \nFormat Focus: EVERYONE READS! \n\nCo-create and reading and listening experience that is generous\, dynamic\, and heart-felt.\nRead a 3-minute piece\nBrief positive responses after readers share\nListeners welcome
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-3/2025-04-13
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250309T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250309T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T161417
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SUMMARY:Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom.\nPlease contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com \nFormat Focus: EVERYONE READS! \n\nCo-create and reading and listening experience that is generous\, dynamic\, and heart-felt.\nRead a 3-minute piece\nBrief positive responses after readers share\nListeners welcome
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-3/2025-03-09
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250304T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250304T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T161417
CREATED:20250207T165203Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in March
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday March 4\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Chaya Grossberg at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read\, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the evening showcases our Featured Reader.\nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution.\nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.\nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \nChaya Grossberg is a life-long poet\, non-fiction writer and advocate for those harmed by psychiatry. She has been writing and sharing poetry for 3 decades\, participating and hosting open mics from coast to coast\, NYC to San Francisco\, Portland\, OR\, Olympia WA\, and here in the Valley. She is passionate about poetry and spoken word opening space for expression especially for those who have been silenced by psychiatry. Her popular book Freedom from Psychiatric Drugs has great reviews is available on Amazon. Her poetry book\, “Reborn: Poetic Codes for Psychiatric Survivors” is a convergence of her passions for poetry and freedom from psychiatry. She recently finished the first draft of her first novel\, Clarissa’s Hot Sauce\, which also touches on these themes. 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-march-2
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Writers Night Out
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250209T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250209T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T161417
CREATED:20241209T184658Z
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SUMMARY:Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom.\nPlease contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com \nFormat Focus: EVERYONE READS! \n\nCo-create and reading and listening experience that is generous\, dynamic\, and heart-felt.\nRead a 3-minute piece\nBrief positive responses after readers share\nListeners welcome
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-3/2025-02-09
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250204T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250204T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T161417
CREATED:20241223T204626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241223T204626Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in February
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday February 4\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Jendi Reiter at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read\, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the evening showcases our Featured Reader.\nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution.\nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.\nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \nOrigin Story by Jendi Reiter\nJendi Reiter is the author of Two Natures (winner of the Rainbow Award for Best Contemporary Gay Fiction); An Incomplete List of My Wishes; and five poetry collections. Their writing has won awards from the Iowa Review\, New Letters\, Solstice Lit Mag\, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, among others.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-february-3
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event,Writers Night Out
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250107T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250107T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T161417
CREATED:20241204T195251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241227T172816Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to 2025! Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday January 7\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Ed Orzechowski at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read\, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the evening showcases our Featured Reader.\nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution.\nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.\nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \n \nEd Orzechowski’s current release\, Becoming Darlene\, follows the publication in 2016 of You’ll Like It Here\, The Story of Donald Vitkus—Belchertown Patient #3394\, which became an all-time best-seller for Levellers Press of Amherst\, Massachusetts. \nStraw Dog Writers co-founder Jacqueline Sheehan\, PhD\, says: Ed Orzechowski’s masterful rendering reveals the unspeakable conditions of institutional life for children in mid-twentieth-century America. He writes with searing honesty about the survival of a remarkable girl who creates her own inner resources to emerge with her dreams intact. \nAuthor Joy Baglio\, Founder and Director of the Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop\, writes\, Ed Orzechowski’s account of Darlene’s story is raw and unflinching in its honesty and forthrightness. He paints a detailed\, gritty picture of a tragic childhood and the horrors of a system that abused so many. This is a difficult story\, a sad story\, yet not without hope. Becoming Darlene illuminates aspects of our own humanity\, both the shadows and the strength to persevere.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-15
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event,Writers Night Out
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