BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Straw Dog Writers Guild - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://strawdogwriters.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Straw Dog Writers Guild REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210616T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210616T200000 DTSTAMP:20210519T145816Z CREATED:20210510T183212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210519T145816Z UID:10000424-1623868200-1623873600@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:An Exploration of Flash Fiction & Flash Memoir DESCRIPTION:Join us online on June 16 from 6:30 – 8:00pm for An Exploration of Flash Fiction & Flash Memoir. \nFlash takes everything we love about compelling stories – the complexity\, nuance\, characters\, emotion\, tension\, stakes – and delivers it all in an impossibly short high-wire act that leaves us deeply affected and that resonates long after. But how do we go about writing\, crafting\, and editing down our stories into these sparkling fictional (or memoiristic) gems? In this short workshop\, we’ll attempt to answer that question. Through a short craft lecture\, exploration and discussion of two example texts\, and several in-class exercises\, we’ll pry open the door to this exciting form that rewards the playful experimenters and the meticulous crafters and challenges the rest of us to become more like them. Writers will leave with a better understanding of the flash form\, how it differs from longer fiction\, and the beginnings of two new pieces. \nRegistration required. Click HERE to register. \nBio: Joy Baglio is a fiction writer\, editor\, and founder of Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop\, a Northampton MA-based (now virtual) writing center\, offering a wide-array of one-day and multi-week workshops in all genres. Her short stories have appeared in American Short Fiction\, Tin House\, Gulf Coast\, The Iowa Review\, SmokeLong Quarterly\, and elsewhere. She’s received fellowships/awards from Yaddo\, Bread Loaf\, The Elizabeth George Foundation\, Vermont Studio Center\, Ploughshares Emerging Writers Contest (Runner-Up)\, among others. Joy holds an MFA from The New School and lives in Florence MA. F ind her at: joybaglio.com. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/an-exploration-of-flash-fiction-flash-memoir LOCATION:zoom CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Workshops ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210610T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210610T193000 DTSTAMP:20210430T211404Z CREATED:20210430T211404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T211404Z UID:10000418-1623348000-1623353400@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Poetry Ritual 2021 DESCRIPTION:On the three-year anniversary of the Poetry Critique Meet-up\, co-sponsored by Straw Dog Writers and the Northampton Center for the Arts\, twenty poets who have participated in the meet-ups this past year will give short readings. Join us for this gala event by writing for the zoom link at poetryritual2021@gmail.com. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-ritual-2021 LOCATION:zoom CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210606T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210606T160000 DTSTAMP:20210504T192926Z CREATED:20210504T192926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T192926Z UID:10000422-1622988000-1622995200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Read / Hilltowns June DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Read / Hilltowns! On Sunday\, June 6 from 2-4 pm our featured reader is Howie Faerstein. To attend\, email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com for a link to the meeting. \nBio: Howie Faerstein is the author of two chapbooks: Play a Song on the Drums\, he said and Out of Order (Main Street Rag) and two full-length collections: Dreaming of the Rain in Brooklynand Googootz and Other Poems\, both published by Press 53. His poetry and reviews can be found in Great River Review\, Nimrod\, CutThroat\, Off the Coast\, Rattle\, upstreet\, Nine Mile and on-line in Verse Daily\, Nixes Mate\, Gris-Gris\, Peacock Journal\, and Connotation. A five-time Pushcart Prize nominee\, he volunteers as a mentor at the Center for New Americans\, is co-poetry editor of CutThroat\, A Journal of the Arts\, and lives in Florence\, MA. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-june LOCATION:zoom CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210601T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210601T210000 DTSTAMP:20210518T145710Z CREATED:20210504T185404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T145710Z UID:10000420-1622574000-1622581200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Night Out/In June DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Night In Open Mic on Tuesday\, June 1\, 7:00pm. \nRegistration required. Click HERE to register.  \nOur featured writer is Shanta Lee Gander. \nBio: Shanta Lee Gander’s work has been featured in many publications and is the 2020 recipient of the Arthur Williams Award for Meritorious Service to the Arts and 2020 and named as Diode Editions full-length book contest winner for her debut poetry compilation\, GHETTOCLAUSTROPHOBIA: Dreamin of Mama While Trying to Speak in Woke Tongues forthcoming in June 2021. Shanta Lee gives lectures on the life of Lucy Terry Prince as a member of the Vermont Humanities Council Speakers Bureau and is the 2020 gubernatorial appointee to their board of directors. To learn more\, visit\, Shantaleegander.com. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-june LOCATION:zoom CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210130T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210130T120000 DTSTAMP:20210114T193911Z CREATED:20201216T165224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210114T193911Z UID:10000498-1612000800-1612008000@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Premise\, Plot\, Poetry: Three Keys to the Novel (Workshop) DESCRIPTION:Premise\, Plot\, Poetry: Three Keys to the Novel with Debra Jo Immergut \nRegister in advance for this meeting! After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nAn energy-packed premise\, a fluid plot\, and artful prose:  these are three ingredients to a successful work of fiction. In this workshop\, we’ll consider work by authors as varied as Otessa Mossfegh\, Ian McEwan\, Toni Morrison\, and John LeCarre. By reading excerpts and dissecting structure and style\, we’ll identify the essential components for creating a narrative of momentum\, meaning and beauty. You’ll leave the workshop with an arsenal of strategies for plotting a surprising and satisfying page-turner with a distinctive voice. Our session will benefit writers working on literary or commercial fiction\, at any stage of development\, from a vague notion to a towering stack of pages.You’ll have a chance to get feedback on your ideas and you’ll take home plenty of inspiration for your future work. \nDebra Jo Immergut is the author of the novels You Again\, a New York Times Editors Choice\, and The Captives\, nominated for a 2019 Edgar Award.  She has published nonfiction in the New York Times\, Narrative\, The Boston Globe\, and many other publications. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/premise-plot-poetry-three-keys-to-the-novel-workshop LOCATION:zoom CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-16-at-11.50.54-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201201T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201201T185500 DTSTAMP:20201114T040029Z CREATED:20201114T040029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201114T040029Z UID:10000491-1606847400-1606848900@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Wine & Chocolate with Straw Dog Founders DESCRIPTION:Join Jacqueline Sheehan\, Patricia Lee Lewis\, and Ellen Meeropol for a lively discussion about Straw Dog Writers Guild\, and the many accomplishments over the past 10 years.\n\n\nWriters in Western Mass know how to support each other. We know how to listen when the writing life is hard and cheer like crazy when we have our own personal success. Right now we need to share some dollars.\n\n\nPlease donate now or on December 1\, to help us reach our $20\,000 goal. And join us for “Wine and Chocolate with the Founders” on Facebook from 6:30-6:55 p.m.\n\n\nStay for Writers’ Night Out/In at 7. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/wine-chocolate-with-straw-dog-founders LOCATION:Facebook Live CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Wine-and-Chocolate-with-the-Founders.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201203 DTSTAMP:20201016T122242Z CREATED:20201016T122242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201016T122242Z UID:10000483-1606791600-1606877999@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:GIVING TUESDAY DESCRIPTION:CELEBRATE THE STRAW DOG WRITERS’ GUILD \nON #GIVINGTUESDAY DECEMBER 1 \n2020 may be a year we’d like to forget\, but let’s end it with a celebration of giving to organizations that make a difference. Straw Dog is again participating in Giving Tuesday. \nWe’re already well on our way to our $10\,000 goal with a generous $5\,000 grant from one of our founding members. Here’s what you can do to help us reach our goal: \n\nMark your calendar to join us on social media on December 1.\nGive now\, at this DONATE button.\nGive a Straw Dog membership for a holiday gift. At only $50\, it would make a great gift to a writer you care about\, or yourself!\nWatch the Straw Dog newsletter\, website\, and social media for messages from fellow writers on how Straw Dog has made a difference for them.\nJoin us for Writers Night In\, our open mic and featured reader event held on the first Tuesday of each month. Amina Jordan-Mendez is the featured reader on December 1\, Giving Tuesday!\n\nClick here to Donate\nThank you! URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/giving-tuesday LOCATION:MA CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200603T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200603T200000 DTSTAMP:20200522T143614Z CREATED:20200522T140303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200522T143614Z UID:10000466-1591210800-1591214400@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Emerging Writers Fellowship Program Virtual Launch DESCRIPTION:Straw Dog Writers Guild \nEmerging Writers Fellowship Program Virtual Launch Event\nMeet Amina Jordan-Mendez\, 2020 Fellow \n  \nWednesday\, June 3 @ 7 p.m. \nWATCH:  https://www.facebook.com/strawdogwriters/\n\nJoin Straw Dog Writers Guild as we celebrate the inaugural year of our Emerging Writers Fellowship Program! The event will feature a conversation with Amina Jordan-Mendez\, 2020 Fellow\, and Dr. Diana Alvarez\, who serves as one of Amina’s mentors. \nTo receive a reminder: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emerging-writers-fellowship-program-virtual-launch-event-tickets-105318033072?ref=estw \nTo donate to SDWG’s Emerging Writers Fellowship Fund\, please visit:\nhttp://strawdogwriters.org/fund-drive \n\nAmina Jordan-Mendez\, Poet Performer \nWriting poetry since childhood and called to perform by community\, family\, and their ancestors\, Amina Nia “illypsis” Jordan-Mendez lives for passion & healing. Born and raised in a predominantly white college town of western MA\, Amina grew up a rebel: Black\, fat\, queer and existing. Inviting the challenge\, she chose to live out loud—swim with her hair out\, throw her weight around\, question and confront. Now a focused poet performer\, their hands are busy rooting themselves in intergenerational healing of their lineage\, embracing the pain\, hostility\, pleasure and pride of blossoming into a poet she can look up to. Amina Nia “illypsis” Jordan-Mendez is tender\, grateful\, angry\, loving and growing. They are currently attending workshops as they come and fitting art within their busy schedule of work and self-care\, addressing mental health and traumas. Born to a first-generation Panamanian mother\, and an “army brat” southern Black American father\, she is exploring and defining ‘home’ in her body\, in her life and in this world. \n\n \nDr. Diana Alvarez \n \nwww.diana-alvarez.com  \nDr. Diana Alvarez is a singer-songwriter\, poet\, composer\, filmmaker\, educator\, and scholar whose fierce Xicana Xingona voice creates a gripping atmosphere that audiences call “transcendent.” Alvarez’s soulful\, Spanglish songs exalt queer love and liberation\, and are drawn from her origins in the borderlands of South Texas\, where she grew up singing to the Gulf of Mexico. \n\nIn her music\, Alvarez grapples with her solo migration to the Northeast as a means to shift the tides of oppression in her family and beyond. Her songs are offerings for chosen familia\, and honor the “in-between-ness” of culture\, identity\, and language.\n\nDr. Alvarez is the composer and filmmaker behind the multimedia performance\, Quiero Volver: A Xicanx Ritual Opera. Described by the press as “a visually and acoustically stunning performance meant to honor women\, non-binary and genderqueer people of color\,” Quiero Volver features Alvarez’s original music\, sonic text scores\, a poem-script for ensemble performance\, and documentary video portraits of Sharon Bridgforth\, Magdalena Gómez\, Vick Quezada\, and Nicole M. Young. In 2018\, Quiero Volver was produced at the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton\, MA by grassroots organizers and Smith College\, and raised over $10\,000 to support immigrant justice initiatives.\n \n  \nAbout the Emerging Writers Fellowship Program \n\nStraw Dog Writers Guild’s Emerging Writers Fellowship is intended to support women and gender nonbinary writers of color based in Western Massachusetts at the early stages of their career. Hosted biennially\, this program was created to help emerging writers negotiate barriers that often prevent them from pursuing publication and public access to their work. The Emerging Writers Fellowship Program was created by local performance poet and playwright\, Nicole M. Young\, with generous support from members of Straw Dog Writers Guild and our Pioneer Valley community. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/virtuallaunch LOCATION:Facebook CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Meet-Amina-Jordan-Mendez-2020-Fellow-Wednesday-June-3-@-7-p.m.-WATCH_-https___www.facebook.com_strawdogwriters_.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200208T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200208T120000 DTSTAMP:20191218T163220Z CREATED:20191218T162530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191218T163220Z UID:10000440-1581157800-1581163200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Roundtable Discussion - The Novel: the Long Haul DESCRIPTION:Roundtable Discussion – The Novel: the Long Haul\n\nThe novel is a unique project that can take years from that first seed of inspiration to getting it out into the world. Come join other writers\, as well as published authors\, at our round table discussion to find out the different approaches\, skills\, and supports that help a write work through and complete such a project. \nThe Novel: the Long Haul.\nAt Lilly Library\, Florence\nOn Saturday\, February 8\, 2020\n10:30 – 12:00 URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/roundtable-discussion-the-novel-the-long-haul LOCATION:Lily Library\, Florence\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Roundtable-Discussion.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200108T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200108T200000 DTSTAMP:20191218T155517Z CREATED:20191030T185511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191218T155517Z UID:10000376-1578508200-1578513600@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:6th Annual Author Showcase DESCRIPTION:6th Annual Straw Dog Writers Guild Author Showcase \n\nStraw Dog Writers Guild is planning their Sixth Annual Author Showcase for new authors. The showcase features Straw Dog members with a new book published in the last two years. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/6th-annual-authors-showcase LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060 CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AuthorsShowcase2020-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191102T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191102T113000 DTSTAMP:20191014T184311Z CREATED:20191014T184308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T184311Z UID:10000374-1572689700-1572694200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Annual Meeting 2019 DESCRIPTION:Come join us for our annual meeting. This is a time to have the community come together and discuss ways in which Straw Dog can further support the writing community in Western MA. \n  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/annual-meeting-2019 LOCATION:Lilly Library\, 19 Meadow Street\, Florence\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Annual-Meeting-2019.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191019T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191019T233000 DTSTAMP:20190611T211830Z CREATED:20190610T174346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190611T211830Z UID:10000429-1571511600-1571527800@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Dead Writers Dance - Literary Halloween DESCRIPTION:DEAD WRITERS DANCE – Literary Halloween!\n\nLOTS OF FUN TO BE HAD! \n  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/dead-writers-dance-literary-halloween LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dead-Writers-Dance-Final.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190914T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190914T123000 DTSTAMP:20190819T143358Z CREATED:20181204T215108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190819T143358Z UID:10000393-1568457000-1568464200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Good Storytelling in Nonfiction With Suzanne Strempek Shea DESCRIPTION:At the Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St. Northampton\, MA \nFREE TO ATTEND – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC \nIt goes without saying (at least for this writer) that nonfiction – about yourself\, someone else\, something else – needs to be the truth\, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. But don’t forget that your true story needs also to be one that’s well told. Too often\, stories are thrown onto the page by writers who lean on their subjects for impact and then neglect that the combination of subject and storytelling is key to the best of nonfiction. We’ll look at age-old storytelling elements and what they can bring to your nonfiction\, and we’ll examine successful essays\, stories\, and books\, those featuring great subjects paired with great execution\, and delivered in manners compelling and solid\, as well as unexpected and unusual. \nHandy handouts will be distributed. \nSuzanne Strempek Shea’s eleven books include novels\, memoirs\, and general nonfiction\, the most recent title being “This Is Paradise: An Irish Mother’s Grief\, an African Village’s Plight and the Medical Clinic That Brough Fresh Hope to Both.” Her freelance journalism and fiction has appeared in newspapers and magazines including The Boston Globe\, The Philadelphia Inquirer\, The Irish Times\, Yankee\, Golf World\, Down East\, The Bark\, Organic Style\, and ESPN the Magazine. Suzanne is a faculty member at the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast MFA program in creative writing. She is writer-in-residence and director of the creative writing program at Bay Path University in Longmeadow\, Mass\, and leads Bay Path’s annual summer writing seminar in Dingle\, Ireland. \nFor additional information\, please visit: http://www.suzannestrempekshea.com URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/good-storytelling-in-nonfiction-with-suzanne-strempek-shea LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Sept-2019-WORKSHOP.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190615T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190615T120000 DTSTAMP:20190419T202458Z CREATED:20190417T003152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T202458Z UID:10000423-1560594600-1560600000@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Roundtable Discussion - Summer Goals DESCRIPTION:Come join a roundtable to discuss your hopes and challenges in writing during the busy summer months. We will converse and share fellow writers’ ways and working routines as well as share ideas on maneuvering through difficult schedules. At the end of the discussion\, participants will be asked to set a writing goal for the summer’s end. In the fall\, a follow-up roundtable will meet to discuss participants’ progress. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/roundtable-discussion-summer-goals LOCATION:Lilly Library\, 19 Meadow Street\, Florence\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/SummerGoals-Roundtable.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190605T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190605T210000 DTSTAMP:20190605T125608Z CREATED:20190312T164849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190605T125608Z UID:10000417-1559761200-1559768400@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Voices for Resistance - a Celebration DESCRIPTION:Confirmed readers include:\nAndrea Hairston\, Chivas Sandage\, Christopher J. Sparks\, Doug Anderson\, Ilina Singh\, India Smith\, John Sheirer\, Kent Alexander\, Lanette Sweeney\, Maria Luisa Arroyo\,  Marya Zilberberg\, Mary Warren Foulk\, Nicole M. Young\,  Patrick Donnelly\, & Theresa Vincent URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/voices-for-resistance-a-celebration LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060 CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/final-social-media-VOICES-FOR-RESISTANCE.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190526T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190526T163000 DTSTAMP:20190326T003250Z CREATED:20190326T003250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190326T003250Z UID:10000421-1558881000-1558888200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Literary Rendezvous - Featured Reader Tommy Twilite DESCRIPTION:Literary Rendezvous @ The Voo!  3rd St\, Turners Falls\, MA 01376\n\n\nStraw Dog Writers Guild offers this new Poetry Open Mic & Featured Poet event. \nOpen to all poets and poetry lovers!  Last Sunday of the month 2:30- 4:30 pm \nSign up for Open Mic by 2:45 pm \n\n\nFeatured Reader –\nTommy Twilite (aka Tom Clark)  is the Co-founder and Director of the Florence Poets Society.  He is also the host of the “Twilite Poetry Pub” on WXOJ Valley Free Radio\, and the editor of “Silkworm”.  He attended Westfield State College and Umass until he dropped out in the early 1980’s to form a punk rock band.  Tommy is well known in the Western Mass area for his various musical projects and his powerful poetry readings.  He has published several chapbooks and his poetry has appeared in various publications.  Tommy recently retired as a Fire Captain / EMT from the Northampton Fire Department after a 30+ year career of dedicated service. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/literary-rendezvous-featured-reader-tommy-twilite LOCATION:The Rendezvous\, 78 3rd Street\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376 CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Literary-Rendezvous.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190511T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190511T123000 DTSTAMP:20190419T202719Z CREATED:20190312T222420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T202719Z UID:10000419-1557568800-1557577800@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:"To Refract Our Complex Identities: Write an American Ghazal” DESCRIPTION:  \nPhoto by Joyce Skowyra\nMaría Luisa Arroyo – Born in Manatí\, PR & raised in Springfield\, MA\, María Luisa Arroyo was educated at Colby (BA)\, Tufts (MA) & Harvard (ABD) in German\, her third language. She earned her MFA from the Solstice MFA program at Pine Manor College. In recognition of her numerous poetry community workshops & readings – many in partnership with the Springfield Public Library – Arroyo was named Poet Laureate (2014-2016) of Springfield and 2016 NEPR Arts & Humanities Award recipient. Her poems appear in many journals such as The Common\, CALYX\, PALABRA\, and CHEST: An American Journal for Chest Physicians. Destierro Means More than Exile is her latest chapbook. Her other collections include her chapbook Flight (Thousand Hands Press\, 2016) and her full-length collection\, Gathering Words: Recogiendo palabras (Bilingual Review/Press\, 2008). Currently\, she is Assistant Professor of Writing & FYS at Bay Path University in Longmeadow\, MA and lives in Springfield\, her hometown. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/to-refract-our-complex-identities-write-an-american-ghazal LOCATION:Lilly Library\, 19 Meadow Street\, Florence\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Ghazal-Workshop-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190507T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190507T210000 DTSTAMP:20190419T202746Z CREATED:20190213T193512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T202746Z UID:10000404-1557255600-1557262800@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Night Out - Featured Reader Charlie Bondhus DESCRIPTION:OPEN MIC & FEATURED READER \nEvery month we host a  different guest Author to be our evenings Featured Reader. The Featured Reader reads from their writing and shares their experience as a Writer. \nTHE BASEMENT – 21 Center Street\, Northampton\, MA  \n\nIf you’d like a chance to read\, place your name in the hat up until 7:10. Ten names will be randomly selected. The reading starts at 7:15\, and each reader will have five minutes. Admission is free; participants are encouraged to buy a drink in support of the venue. \nPlease join us!  \nFeatured Reader Charlie Bondhus \n \nCharlie Bondhus is the author of All the Heat We Could Carry\, winner of the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry. He received his MFA in creative writing from Goddard College and his Ph.D. in literature from UMASS Amherst. His work has appeared in Poetry\, The Missouri Review\, Columbia Journal\, Hayden’s Ferry Review\, Bellevue Literary Review\, Nimrod\, and Copper Nickel. He has received fellowships from the Virginia Center for Creative Arts\, the Sundress Academy for the Arts\, and the Hawthornden Castle International Retreat for Writers. He is an associate professor of English at Raritan Valley Community College (NJ).  More at: http://charliebondhus.com. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-featured-reader-charlie-bondhus LOCATION:The Basement CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/WNO-MAY-19.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190428T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190428T163000 DTSTAMP:20190419T202905Z CREATED:20190213T200308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T202905Z UID:10000407-1556461800-1556469000@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Literary Rendezvous - Featured Readers Trish Crapo & Janet MacFadyen DESCRIPTION:Literary Rendezvous @ The Voo!  3rd St\, Turners Falls\, MA 01376 \nStraw Dog Writers Guild offers this new Poetry Open Mic & Featured Poet event. \nOpen to all poets and poetry lovers!  Last Sunday of the month 2:30- 4:30 pm \nSign up for Open Mic by 2:45 pm \n Trish Crapo grew up in Miami\, Florida and now lives on an organic farm in Leyden\, Massachusetts\, with her husband\, Tom Ashley. They have two grown daughters\, Kate and Liza. Trish is a poet\, arts journalist\, and photographer. She has covered poetry and the arts for the award-winning newspaper\, The Recorder\, reviewed fiction for the Women’s Review of Books\, and has written for other publications including Provincetown Arts and Edible Pioneer Valley. Her 2014 book Dune Shack\, a memoir in text and photos\, chronicles a two-week residency in the wild dunes of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Her Slate Roof chapbook\, Walk Through Paradise Backwards\, was reissued in 2018. \nJanet MacFadyen lives in Shutesbury with her husband\, the photographer Stephen Schmidt. She is the author of five works of poetry\, most recently Adrift in the House of Rocks\, (forthcoming from New Feral Press 2019)\, Waiting to Be Born (Dos Madres Press 2017)\, and In the Provincelands (Slate Roof Press chapbook\, 2012). Her work has been nominated for the Forward Prize (UK) and two Pushcarts. It has also been anthologized in 50/50: Poems and Translations by Women over 50\, and has appeared in The Atlanta Review\, Crannóg\, The Malahat Review\, Poetry\, and elsewhere. She has been a writing fellow at the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and is the managing editor of Slate Roof Press. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/literary-rendezvous-featured-readers-trish-crapo-janet-macfadyen LOCATION:The Rendezvous\, 78 3rd Street\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376 CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Literary-Rendezvous-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190413T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190413T170000 DTSTAMP:20190312T152757Z CREATED:20190312T152757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190312T152757Z UID:10000415-1555171200-1555174800@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:There is a Brightness - Group Poetry Reading by SDWG Poetry Critique Meetup DESCRIPTION: URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/there-is-a-brightness-group-poetry-reading-by-sdwg-poetry-critique-meetup LOCATION:White Square Books\, 86 Cottage St\, Easthampton\, MA\, 01027\, United States CATEGORIES:Readings,Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/There-is-a-brightness.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190303T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190303T160000 DTSTAMP:20190213T163917Z CREATED:20190213T163135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190213T163917Z UID:10000401-1551621600-1551628800@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Read/Hilltowns – Featured Reader S. Forrest Nomakeo DESCRIPTION:Here’s how it works: The featured writer reads recent work and describes the journey to publication\, followed by Q & A. Then the floor opens to other writers\, who can read for five minutes each; we also draw two names for 10-minute readings. If you want to read\, put your name in the hat before 2:15. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShirley Forrest Nomakeo received a B.S. in graphic design from Rivier College in Nashua\, N.H. She is the owner of a golf marketing business\, Western Mass Golf\, promoting golf at expos and via radio\, podcasts\, websites\, and print. She has written for her company’s publication\, Western Mass Golf Magazine\, and writes a daily blog about the process of writing a novel and getting it published. The Summer Palace\, a work of historical fiction\, is her first published novel. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-featured-reader-s-forrest-nomakeo LOCATION:Belding Memorial Library\, 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, 01330\, United States CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/WRITERS-READ-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190113T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190113T150000 DTSTAMP:20181204T194657Z CREATED:20181114T212552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T194657Z UID:10000391-1547384400-1547391600@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Labyrinth Through Fear: A Gift Event  DESCRIPTION:Title of Presentation: Labyrinth Through Fear: A Gift Event © \nLocation: NCA\nDate/Time: Sunday\, Jan.13\, 1-3pm \nThis workshop offers participants the opportunity to explore fear as information. Quest-ions (energy for the journey) include “What am I afraid of?” “What do I want?” and “What can I do to move through fear to the next level of courage?” In an atmosphere of unconditional positive regard that the group creates together\, unknown gifts of the Labyrinth will reveal themselves. Through movement meditation\, free writing\, and open-hearted sharing\, participants can offer and receive practical everyday skills that are designed to transform fear and adversity into courage and hope. All are welcome\, and there are no pre-requisites for this class. \nThis fear I face\nIs a deeper breath I take\nIs the courage I share\n \n(Triple Ripple movement poem) \nJanet E. Aalfs\, poet laureate of Northampton\, MA (2003-2005)\, 7th degree black belt\, and master Taiji/Qigong instructor\, has been sharing her poetic movement weavings locally\, nationally\, and internationally for 40 years. Founder and director of Lotus Peace Arts at Valley Women’s Martial Arts\, a non-profit school since 1977\, Janet is dedicated to helping create sites for revelation. Recipient of the 2013 Leadership and Advocacy in the Arts Award (UMass/CWC)\, and prizes for her poetry\, Janet practices everyday peace-building through arts activism. In March 2018\, she and Ingrid Askew\, co-creators\, offered Labyrinth as a 3-week intensive in one of Cape Town\, South Africa’s townships. Janet has been a Dodge Festival Poet and presenter/performer at numerous events and conferences. Her poetry is widely published\, and her books include Of Angels and Survivors (Two Herons Press)\, Full Open (Orogeny Press)\, Reach (Perugia Press)\, Bird of a Thousand Eyes (Levellers Press)\, and several chapbooks. \nLoading… URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/labyrinth LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Labyrinth-Through-Fear_-A-Gift-Event-©.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181125T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181125T170000 DTSTAMP:20181016T175654Z CREATED:20181016T175646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181016T175654Z UID:10000385-1543158000-1543165200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Literary Rendezvous - Featured Poet: Beth Filson DESCRIPTION:Literary Rendezvous @ The Voo!  3rd St\, Turners Falls\, MA 01376 \nStraw Dog Writers Guild offers this new Poetry Open Mic & Featured Poet event. \nOpen to all poets and poetry lovers!  Last Sunday of the month 3-5pm. \nSign up by 3:15pm for Open Mic.  \n \nFeatured Poet: Beth Filson is a writer\, educator\, and a self-taught artist. She is the author and co/author of numerous academic papers\, first-person accounts\, and manuals in her field. Beth’s art was selected for the cover of the Florida Review Pulse Nightclub Tribute issue\, and her poetry appears in the Straw Dog Writers Guild\, Compass Roads\, edited by Jane Yolen\, as well as in the Gallery of Readers anthology\, Celebrating Writers of the Pioneer Valley. Beth won the 2015 Los Angeles Review Wild Light Poetry Award. Her poetry has appeared in the Los Angeles Review\, Spoon River Poetry Review\, Naugatuck River Review\, Amherst Live Magazine\, and others. Beth lives in Easthampton\, MA. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/literaryrendezvousbethf LOCATION:The Rendezvous\, 78 3rd Street\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376 CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Literary-Rendezvous-Beth.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181028T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181028T170000 DTSTAMP:20181008T233004Z CREATED:20181008T232803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181008T233004Z UID:10000384-1540738800-1540746000@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Literary Rendezvous - Open Mic/ Featured Readers: Stewart & Stewart DESCRIPTION:Literary Rendezvous @ The Voo! Turners Falls\, MA. \nStraw Dog Writers Guild offers this new Poetry Open Mic & Featured Poet event. \nOpen to all poets and poetry lovers!  Sign up for open mic by 3:15 pm.  \nLast Sunday of the month 3-5pm. \n  \nFeatured Readers – Pamela Stewart & Joshua Michael Stewart \nJoshua Michael Stewart has published poems in the Massachusetts Review\, Rattle\, Salamander\, Mudfish\, Brilliant Corners\, Talking River Review\, and many others. His first full-length collection of poems is Break Every String\,  (Hedgerow Books\, 2016.)   www.joshuamichaelstewart.com \n  \nPamela Stewart (known as Jody) is a true “boomer” and New England born and bred.  She took up writing in grade school because she couldn’t draw.   She received a BA from Goddard’s ADP Program and an MFA (sort of) from University of Iowa.  She’s taught creative writing at several universities including ASU\, University of Arizona\, UC Irvine\, and University of Houston.  In 1982 she received a Guggenheim and traveled to Cornwall in the UK where she returned to live for 7 years. Jody came back to western Massachusetts in 1990 and in 1994 she\, and her then husband\, moved to a farm at the edge of Hawley. Over the years she’s published in a number of magazines\, received 3 Pushcart publications\, and is the author of 6 full-length books of poems: The St. Vlas Elegies (L’Epervier press\, 1977)\, Cascades (L’Epervier Press\, 1979)\, Nightblind (Ion Books\, 1985)\, Infrequent Mysteries (Alice James Books\, 1991)\, The Red Window  (Univ. of Georgia Press\, 1997)\, and Ghost Farm (Pleasure Boat Studio\, 2010.) A chapbook\, Just Visiting\, was published by Grey Suit Editions\, London\, 2014. Jody continues to live on the farm with 3 dogs\, a number of elderly sheep\, a rescued race horse\, a pudgy donkey\,  a couple of goats\, and some old pigs and birds. At some point she intends to tackle a “new and selected” if the dogs let her. \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/literary-rendezvous-featured-readers-stewart-stewart LOCATION:MA CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Literary-Rendezvous-Oct.-2018.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180604T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180604T170000 DTSTAMP:20180513T183225Z CREATED:20180305T223323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180513T183225Z UID:10000349-1528124400-1528131600@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Voices for Resistance - A Celebration! DESCRIPTION:VOICES FOR RESISTANCE – A CELEBRATION! \nwith special guests Martín Espada\, The Nields\, and Nicole M. Young! \nShort readings by Maria Jose Gimenez\, Lauren Marie Schmidt\, Eileen Kennedy\, Ellen LaFleche\, Dina Friedman\, Christopher J. Sparks & Theresa Vincent \nOPEN MIC   – slots available on June 4. If you’d like to read (max. 4 minutes) please arrive BY 6:45 pm and put your name in the hat. \nThe slots will be chosen\, also randomly\, the evening of the event on June 4. You are invited to read something you wrote or a published piece you admire. \nMonday\, June 4\, 2018\, at 7 pm\nForbes Library Coolidge Museum\nA Straw Dog Writers Guild Social Justice Writing Event URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/voices-resistance-celebration LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060 CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/VOICES-FOR-RESISTANCE-Final-Flyer-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180506T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180506T130000 DTSTAMP:20180405T183143Z CREATED:20180305T233642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180405T183143Z UID:10000353-1525604400-1525611600@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill - Featured Reader - Lesléa Newman DESCRIPTION:Writers Read @ the Inn at Norton Hill\nSunday\, May 6\, 3:00–5:00 p.m.\nMain St. (Rt. 116) & Norton Hill Rd.\, Ashfield\, MA \n(co-sponsored by Straw Dog Writers Guild and Nan Parati (owner\, Elmer’s Store and the Inn at Norton Hill) \n \nFeatured Reader – Lesléa Newman is the author of 70 books for readers of all ages including the short story collection\, A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK; the novel-in-verse\, OCTOBER MOURNING: A SONG FOR MATTHEW SHEPARD; the poetry collection\, I CARRY MY MOTHER; and the children’s books\, HEATHER HAS TWO MOMMIES\, SPARKLE BOY\, A SWEET PASSOVER\, and KETZEL\, THE CAT WHO COMPOSED. Her literary awards include poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation\, an American Library Association Stonewall Honor\, the Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award\, and the Massachusetts Book Award. From 2008 – 2010 she served as the poet laureate of Northampton\, MA. Her newest poetry collection\, LOVELY was published in January 2018. \n  \n  \nBring Your Poetry! Bring Your Prose! Find Your Public! Uplift Our Souls! \nHere’s how it works: A featured writer reads recent work and describes the journey to publication\, followed by audience Q & A. Then the floor opens to other writers—published or not—for five minutes each. Hint: If you want to read\, put your name in the hat before 3:15! \nINTERESTED IN BEING A FEATURED READER?\nplease email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-inn-norton-hill-featured-reader-leslea-newman LOCATION:MA CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event,Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Writers-Read-May-18.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180421T063000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180421T080000 DTSTAMP:20180410T200653Z CREATED:20180330T224031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180410T200653Z UID:10000355-1524292200-1524297600@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Paths to Publishing - A Roundtable Discussion DESCRIPTION:This roundtable about the pros and cons of different paths to publication can help you figure out where (and where not) to place your writing. Five Straw Dog authors will briefly describe their experiences working with diverse kinds of presses – corporate\, indie\, hybrid\, self-publishing\, as well as working with an agent. Then everyone is invited to participate in the discussion to follow. A great opportunity for anyone wanting to know more about the array of publishing opportunities available today. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/paths-publishing-roundtable-discussion LOCATION:Lilly Library\, 19 Meadow Street\, Florence\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Publishing-Roundtable.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180414T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180414T130000 DTSTAMP:20180325T223111Z CREATED:20180305T225151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180325T223111Z UID:10000350-1523707200-1523710800@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:EASTHAMPTON BOOKFEST - Compass Roads Reading DESCRIPTION:POETS READING: \nGail Cleare\nDeborah Dill\nTzivia Gover\nRay Homstead\nPhyllis Katz\nEileen Kennedy\nJan Maher\nEllen Meeropol\nRebecca Hart Olander\nChristine Ann Pratt\nDiane Rachele\nLaura Rodley\nCynthia Suopis\nHilde Weisert\nJane Yolen \nStraw Dog Writers Guild presents our first Poetry Anthology – Compass Roads\, Poems about the Pioneer Valley.\nw/ Editor Jane Yolen. \nhttp://www.strawdogwriters.org/poetry \nEASTHAMPTON BOOKFEST\nApril 14 @ 4 pm.\nWhite Square Books\, \nEasthampton MA \n  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/easthampton-bookfest-compass-roads-reading LOCATION:White Square Books\, 86 Cottage St\, Easthampton\, MA\, 01027\, United States CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Compass-Road-Poetry-Anthology-Easthampton-Bookfest.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180410T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180410T170000 DTSTAMP:20180305T224519Z CREATED:20180228T224826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180305T224519Z UID:10000348-1523372400-1523379600@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Compass Roads - Book Launch! DESCRIPTION:  \nStraw Dog Writers Guild presents our first Poetry Anthology – Compass Roads\, Poems about the Pioneer Valley.\nw/ Editor Jane Yolen. \nhttp://www.strawdogwriters.org/poetry \nApril 10 @ 7 pm.\nFlorence Civic Center\nFlorence\, MA \nPOETS READING\nAnna Bozena Bowen\nMichael Goldman\nDM Gordon\nNina Gross\nKathleen Kelley\nMarian Kent\nPatricia Lee Lewis\nRich Michelson\nV Jane Schneeloch\nMolly Scott\nStephanie B Shafran\nHeidi E. Y. Stemple\nJoshua Michael Stewart\nGail Thomas\nJane Yolen \nEditor Jane Yolen – 62 Poets\nPublished by Levellers Press URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/compass-roads-book-launch-2 LOCATION:Florence Civic Center\, Florence Civic Center\, Park St.\, Florence\, MA\, 01062\, United States CATEGORIES:Readings,Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Book-Launch-Event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180325T110000 DTSTAMP:20180209T025706Z CREATED:20180120T041100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180209T025706Z UID:10000345-1521968400-1521975600@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Songwriting 101 with Pamela Means DESCRIPTION:Songwriting 101 with Pamela Means \nREGISTER BELOW \nDESCRIPTION: There is no such thing as writer’s block. Dubious? Come to the Pamela Means Songwriting Workshop and learn new tools\, tips and tricks of the craft to tease out more brilliance from your brain. You will never suffer from blank pages again. Acclaimed songwriter\, Pamela Means\, will help inspire you to push the envelope\, stretch and take risks as a writer. You will expand your lyrical menu through myriad exercises and broaden musical\, melodic and chord choices with a teaspoon taste of music theory for songwriters. You will be pleasantly surprised with what comes up! Bring your instrument\, notebook and a favorite writing utensil. \n  \n \nBIO: A multi-talented performer\, singer\, songwriter\, composer and producer\, Pamela Means’s multiple honors include being named Falcon Ridge Folk Festival’s “# 1 Most Wanted New Artist\,” “Wisconsin Folk Artist of the Year\,” “Wisconsin Female Vocalist of the Year\,” and her politically provocative album\, Single Bullet Theory\, was voted 2004’s “Outmusic Outstanding New Recording.” Her latest CD\, Plainfield\, was released last fall. \n  \n  \nThese workshops are held in memory of Eli Daniel Nemetz Todd\, a writer born and raised in Northampton who died in October 2016 at the age of 23. They are made possible by donations to the Northampton Center for the Arts in Eli’s honor. \nLoading… URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/songwriting-101-pamela-means LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Pamela-Means-March-25-Workshop-2.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR