BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Straw Dog Writers Guild - ECPv6.15.12.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Straw Dog Writers Guild 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190224T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190224T163000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20181210T211413Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190212T225646Z UID:10000394-1551018600-1551025800@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Literary Rendezvous - Featured Reader Christopher J. Sparks DESCRIPTION:  \nFeatured Reader:  \nChristopher J. Sparks grew up in Northampton\, MA through the 1980s and 90s. He writes poetry\, travel\, and history\, the latter regarding Northampton State Hospital.  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/literary-rendezvous-featured-reader-christopher-j-sparks LOCATION:The Rendezvous\, 78 3rd Street\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376 CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Literary-Rendezvous-Feb-revised.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190205T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20190102T194850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190130T183446Z UID:10000398-1549393200-1549400400@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Night Out - Featured reader Chris O'Carroll DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7 – with an open mic. \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. \n\nFeatured Reader Chris O’Carroll \nIn addition to being a poet\, Chris O’Carroll is a stand-up comedian and a member of Actor’s Equity. \nHis first book\, Take These Rhymes . . . Please: Rude Limericks and Other Crimes Against Literature\, was a self-published volume he sold after the show at comedy clubs.  His second\, was a self-published chapbook\, Shakespeare’s Marijuana and Other Poems the Authorities Don’t Want You to Read.\nThe Joke’s on Me\, was published in January 2018 by White Violet Press\, isn’t exactly his first book\, but it kind of is\, depending on how you define things.\nMany of the journals that have published his poems are identified with so-called New Formalism\, a school of poetry about which he has mixed feelings.\nIn addition to his many print and online magazine appearances\, he has poems in The Great American Wise Ass Poetry Anthology\, Love Affairs at the Villa Nelle\, and New York City Haiku\, among other collections. \n  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-featured-reader-chris-ocarroll CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/WNO-Feb-19.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190203T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190203T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20190102T193206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190102T193218Z UID:10000397-1549202400-1549209600@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Read/Hilltowns - Featured reader: Alice Barrett DESCRIPTION:Bring Your Poetry! Bring Your Prose! Find Your Public! Uplift Our Souls! \nHere’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\nFEATURED READER:\nAlice Barrett’s book of poetry\, The Bridge\, was published in 2018 (Human Error Press). She is house manager for her wife’s theater production company\, Pauline Productions. In the past\, she taught ESL and GED to adults in Holyoke. Her writing also has appeared in the Fourth Estate\, Mindfulness Bell\, Sojourner\, Tricycle\, Sufi Journal\, and other publications. Alice is a member of Back Porch Writers. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-featured-reader-alice-barrett CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/WRITERS-READ-feb-3-2019.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190127T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190127T163000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20181016T181938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181216T200407Z UID:10000386-1548599400-1548606600@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Literary Rendezvous - Featured Poet: Lauren Marie Schmidt DESCRIPTION:  \n \nLauren Marie Schmidt is the author of three collections of poetry: Two Black Eyes and a Patch of Hair Missing; The Voodoo Doll Parade\, selected for the Main Street Rag Author’s Choice Chapbook Series; and Psalms of The Dining Room\, a sequence of poems about her volunteer experience at a soup kitchen in Eugene\, Oregon. Her work has appeared in journals such as North American Review\, Alaska Quarterly Review\, Rattle\, Nimrod\, Painted Bride Quarterly\, PANK\, New York Quarterly\, Bellevue Literary Review\, The Progressive\, and others. Her awards include the So to Speak Poetry Prize\, the Neil Postman Prize for Metaphor\, The Janet B. McCabe Prize for Poetry\, and the Bellevue Literary Review’s Vilcek Prize for Poetry. Her fourth collection\, Filthy Labors\, was released 2017 by Northwestern University Press.  Schmidt is currently at work on a Young Adult novel. \nReview of Filthy Labors at The Best American Poetry Blog.\nReview of Filthy Labors at The Empty Mirror. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/literaryrendezvous-lauren LOCATION:The Rendezvous\, 78 3rd Street\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376 CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Literary-Rendezvous-Jan-revised.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190126T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190126T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20181018T170424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181018T170430Z UID:10000387-1548518400-1548525600@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:A Winter Reading - Belchertown Authors DESCRIPTION:Local authors who are members of the Straw Dog Writers Guild and friends will read from their books and manuscripts. There will be snacks and books available for signing. \nSnow day is January 27\, 4-6 PM. \nReaders include: Mary Warren Bartlett\, Justine Dymond\, Francesca Forrest\, Marianne Gambaro\, Ellen Evert Hopman\, Melanie S. Lewis\, and Jo Watson URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-winter-reading-belchertown-authors LOCATION:Parish Hall at BUCC\, 18 Park Street\, Belchertown\, MA CATEGORIES:Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Copy-of-SD-EVENT-FB-POST.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190113T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190113T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 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:20190108T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190108T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20181204T212337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T212341Z UID:10000392-1546956000-1546963200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Night Out /Open Mic - Featured Reader: Debra Immergut DESCRIPTION:Writers Night Out\nThe Basement\, 21 Center Street\, Northampton\, MA\nOPEN MIC – 2nd Tuesdays 7-9pm\nHosts Rick Paar & Jacqueline Sheehan \nDoors open at 7 – with an open mic. If 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! \n Featured Reader – Debra Immergut\nDebra Jo Immergut is the author of The Captives\, a novel published in the US by Ecco/HarperCollins (2018) and in over a dozen other countries. She is also the author of Private Property\, a short-story collection from Random House (1992). She is a MacDowell and Michener fellow and has an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She has worked as a journalist and editor and has taught writing in libraries\, military bases\, and prisons. Her literary work has been published in American Short Fiction\, Narrative\, and the Russian-language journal Foreign Literature. Her journalism has appeared in the Wall Street Journal\, the Boston Globe\, New York magazine\, and other places. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-open-mic-featured-reader-debra-immergut LOCATION:The Basement CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/WNO-Jan-19.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190106T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190106T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20181210T213221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181229T221221Z UID:10000395-1546783200-1546790400@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Read/Hilltowns - Featured Reader Michael J. Ponsor DESCRIPTION:Michael A. Ponsor graduated from Harvard College in 1969\, spent two years at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar\, and received his J.D from Yale in 1975. In 1994\, President Bill Clinton appointed him a United States District Judge. \nPonsor has taught at Yale Law School\, Western New England School of Law\, and the University of Massachusetts. He has authored articles in The Boston Globe\, The Wall Street Journal\, the Federal Sentencing Reporter\, the American Bar Association Journal\, and the Western New England Law Review. In 2013\, the New York publisher Open Road Media released his first novel\, The Hanging Judge\, which went on to be a New York Times bestseller.  In 2017\, his second novel\, The One-Eyed Judge\, was published. He lives in Amherst\, Massachusetts and continues his judicial duties as a senior judge while working on his next novel. \nHere’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. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-featured-reader-michael-j-ponsor LOCATION:Belding Memorial Library\, 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, 01330\, United States CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/WRITERS-READ-revised-time-Jan-2019.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181230T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181230T163000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20181210T213927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181210T213930Z UID:10000396-1546180200-1546187400@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Literary Rendezvous- OPEN MIC DESCRIPTION: URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/literary-rendezvous-open-mic-2 LOCATION:The Rendezvous\, 78 3rd Street\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376 CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Poetry-Open-Mic-only.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181209T100000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20180829T212537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180829T213424Z UID:10000322-1544342400-1544349600@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Poetry Critique Group - Register today! DESCRIPTION:Register Here URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-critique-group-register-today-2 LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Poetry-Critique-Fall-2018.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181204T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181204T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20180910T235909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180911T212551Z UID:10000380-1543932000-1543939200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Night Out - Featured Reader Michael A. Ponsor DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7 – with an open mic. If you’d like a chance \nto read\, place your name in the hat up until 7:10. \nTen names will be randomly selected. The reading starts at 7:15\, and each reader will have five minutes. \nAdmission is free; participants are encouraged to buy a drink in support of the venue. \nPlease join us! \n \nMichael A. Ponsor graduated from Harvard College in 1969\, spent two years at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar\, and received his J.D from Yale in 1975. In 1994\, President Bill Clinton appointed him a United States District Judge. \nPonsor has taught at Yale Law School\, Western New England School of Law\, and the University of Massachusetts. He has authored articles in The Boston Globe\, The Wall Street Journal\, the Federal Sentencing Reporter\, the American Bar Association Journal\, and the Western New England Law Review. In 2013\, the New York publisher Open Road Media released his first novel\, The Hanging Judge\, which went on to be a New York Times bestseller.  In 2017\, his second novel\, The One-Eyed Judge\, was published. He lives in Amherst\, Massachusetts and continues his judicial duties as a senior judge while working on his next novel. \n  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/wno_ponsor LOCATION:The Basement CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WNO-DEC-2018.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181202T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181202T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20181114T204820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181114T212714Z UID:10000390-1543719600-1543770000@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Read/Hilltowns - featured reader Frances W. Henry DESCRIPTION:Bring 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! \nFrances W. Henry \n\n\n\nFrances W. Henry was born and raised in Sag Harbor\, New York. She graduated from the New School for Social Research and earned an MBA from Harvard University. An executive and founder of nonprofits\, she now devotes herself to the visual and literary arts. She created East Branch Press in 2006\, which has issued three volumes of her essays. Henry’s first book of memoir was published by GP Putnam’s Sons in 1983. She lives in the Hilltowns of western Massachusetts with her husband Walter Korzec. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-featured-reader-frances-w-henry LOCATION:Belding Memorial Library\, 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, 01330\, United States CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/WRITERS-READ-Dec-2-2018.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181201T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181201T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20181030T210837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181030T210840Z UID:10000388-1543660200-1543665600@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Giving & Receiving Manuscript Feedback - Workshop with Celia Jeffries DESCRIPTION:Giving and receiving manuscript feedback \nNo one writes in a void. Although we may sometimes deny it\, most of us write to be read. But there are times when having your work read by others can be damaging or even silencing\, particularly when you are in the formative stages of a project. Many workshops have parameters for giving feedback\, ranging from “do no harm’ to ‘only speak the positive.” These are good approaches\, but what if you really want/need to hear what’s not working\, and perhaps some ideas on how to improve things? \nJoin us on Dec 1\, for an interactive discussion and overview of some ways to give and receive respectful\, useful feedback. \nLed by  Straw Dogs Steering Committee member\, Celia Jeffries\, MA\, MFA URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/giving-receiving-manuscript-feedback-workshop-with-celia-jeffries LOCATION:Lilly Library\, 19 Meadow Street\, Florence\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Giving-and-receiving-manuscript-Workshop.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181125T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181125T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 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:20181111T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181111T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20180829T212315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180829T212319Z UID:10000320-1541941200-1541948400@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Poetry Critique Group - Register today! DESCRIPTION:Register HERE URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-critique-group-register-today LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Poetry-Critique-Fall-2018.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181110T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181110T103000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20181030T212215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181030T212221Z UID:10000389-1541844000-1541845800@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Compass Roads Reading at The Great Falls Word Festival DESCRIPTION: URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/compass-roads-reading-at-the-great-falls-word-festival LOCATION:Shea Theater\, 71 Avenue A\,\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Compass-Road-Poetry-Anthology-Nov-10.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181106T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181106T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20180910T235609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180910T235613Z UID:10000379-1541530800-1541538000@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Night Out - Featured Reader Cai Emmons DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7 – with an open mic. If you’d like a chance to read\, place your name in the hat up until 7:10. \nTen names will be randomly selected. The reading starts at 7:15\, and each reader will have five minutes. \nAdmission is free; participants are encouraged to buy a drink in support of the venue. \nPlease join us! \nCai Emmons is the author of the novels His Mother’s Son and The Stylist and\, most recently\, Weather Woman\, forthcoming in October 2018\, about a meteorologist who discovers she has the power to change the weather. Novelist Caroline Leavitt says of Weather Woman\, “I love this novel so much I want to marry it.” Formerly a playwright and screenwriter\, Cai’s short work has appeared in such publications as TriQuarterly\, Narrative\, and Arts and Culture\, among others. She teaches in the University of Oregon’s Creative Writing Program. \n  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-featured-reader-cai-emmons LOCATION:The Basement CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WNO-NOV-2018.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181104T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181104T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20180928T225252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181015T221016Z UID:10000383-1541336400-1541343600@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Cancelled - ROUNDTABLE: ALLY V APPROPRIATION DESCRIPTION: URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/roundtable-ally-v-appropriation LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Cancelled.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:20260404T072352 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 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:20181026T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181026T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20180716T194757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180717T193712Z UID:10000308-1540566000-1540580400@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Dead Writers Dance - Literary Halloween DESCRIPTION:Do you write?\nDo you read?\nDo you wish the NYTimes Book Review would ask\nYOU which dead authors you’d like to have dinner with?Forget dinner\, come DANCE with them!\nDress up as your favorite author (or character) and Join Straw Dog Writers for our inaugural DEAD WRITERS DANCE Benefit. \nDJ\nCash bar\nFree snacks\nSurprise accolades\nWord games\nRaffles (of writerly essentials)\nTickets:  $20 in advance\, $25 at the door\n\nWE ARE LOOKING FOR UNDERWRITERS & SPONSORS!\nIf you would like to be an underwriter for this Straw Dog Writers Benefit\, please contact admin@strawdogwriters.org URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/deadwritersdance LOCATION:121 Club\, Eastworks\, Easthampton\, MA\, Easthampton\, MA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DANCE-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181021T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181021T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20180914T181902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180914T182519Z UID:10000381-1540134000-1540141200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Read - Featured Reader - Richard Wayne Horton DESCRIPTION:Bring 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! \n  \nFeatured Reader – Richard Wayne Horton \nBio coming soon! URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-featured-reader-richard-wayne-horton LOCATION:Belding Memorial Library\, 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, 01330\, United States CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WRITERS-READ-Oct-2018.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181014T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181014T030000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20180829T211942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180829T212014Z UID:10000319-1539478800-1539486000@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Poetry Critique Group - Register today! DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-critique-group-2 LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Poetry-Critique-Fall-2018.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181013T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181013T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20180807T035909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180807T035909Z UID:10000315-1539426600-1539432000@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:The Poetic Dream Workshop DESCRIPTION:The Poetic Dream  Workshop with Tzivia Gover \nDreams contain all the elements great poetry including metaphor\, symbolism\, vivid imagery\, humor\, and personification. Thus\, it is no surprise that classical and contemporary poets from Coleridge to Hughes to Clifton and more have used dreams and visions to craft their works. Dreams can help new writers and experienced scribes alike by providing inspiration\, prompts\, raw material\, and fresh perspective. In this hands-on workshop we will look to our dreams with pen in hand to find ready texts that can be crafted into poems or other creative literary expressions. Participants will write poems or other creative texts inspired by their dream and learn how dreams can benefit the creative writing process. \nThis workshop is open to everyone\, whether they consider themselves a poet or not\, and whether or not they remember their dreams. The aim of this workshop is to increase personal self-awareness and emotional growth\, and to increase creative and soulful awareness and abilities through exploring dreams and poetry. \nTzivia Gover is the author of The Mindful Way to a Good Night’s Sleep; Joy in Every Moment\, Learning in Mrs. Towne’s House\, a book about teaching poetry to teen mothers in Holyoke. She is a writer\, educator\, and certified dreamwork professional and the director of the Institute for Dream Studies. Her poems\, stories\, essays\, and articles have been widely published in journals and anthologies including The New York Times\, The Boston Globe\, and Poets & Writers Magazine among others. She holds an MFA in writing from Columbia University. She lives in Northampton\, Massachusetts\, and can be found online at tziviagover.com. \n  \n  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/the-poetic-dream-workshop LOCATION:South Hadley Public Library\, 2 Canal St\, South Hadley\, Massachusetts\, 01075 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Copy-of-Poetry.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181010T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181010T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20180928T224625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180928T224635Z UID:10000382-1539198000-1539205200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Compass Roads Reading at Graham Hall\, Smith College DESCRIPTION:POETS READING\nJanet E Aalfs\nAlice Barrett\nJean Blakeman\nAnna Bozena Bowen\nFloyd Cheung\nCandace R Curran\nBeth Filson\nMichael Goldman\nTzivia Gover\nSharon A Harmon\nJane McPhetres Johnson\nMary Ellen Kelly\nPatricia Lee Lewis\nRichard Michelson\nBurleigh Mutén\nJovonna Van Pelt\nChristine Anne Pratt\nStephanie B Shafran\nCynthia Suopis\nJane Yolen URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/compass-roads-reading-at-graham-hall-smith-college LOCATION:Graham Hall\, Smith College\, Smith College\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Compass-Road-Poetry-Anthology.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181002T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181002T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20180910T235308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180910T235312Z UID:10000378-1538506800-1538514000@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Night Out - Featured Reader Jendi Reiter DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7 – with an open mic. If you’d like a chance to read\, place your name in the hat up until 7:10. \nTen names will be randomly selected. The reading starts at 7:15\, and each reader will have five minutes. \nAdmission is free; participants are encouraged to buy a drink in support of the venue. \nPlease join us! \n \nJendi Reiter is the author of the novel Two Natures (Saddle Road Press\, 2016)\, the short story collection An Incomplete List of My Wishes (Sunshot Press\, forthcoming 2018)\, and four poetry books and chapbooks\, most recently Bullies in Love (Little Red Tree\, 2015). Awards include a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship for Poetry\, the New Letters Prize for Fiction\, the Wag’s Revue Poetry Prize\, the Bayou Magazine Editor’s Prize in Fiction\, and two awards from the Poetry Society of America. Two Natures won the Rainbow Award for Best Gay Contemporary Fiction and was a finalist for the Book Excellence Awards and the Lascaux Prize for Fiction. Reiter is the editor of WinningWriters.com\, an online resource site with contests and markets for creative writers. For literary news\, readings\, and reviews\, visit JendiReiter.com and follow @JendiReiter on Twitter. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/wno-jendi LOCATION:The Basement CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WNO-OCT-2018.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180930T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180930T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20180908T183523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180908T183951Z UID:10000324-1538319600-1538326800@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:NEW EVENT -Literary Rendezvous - Open Mic/Featured Poet: Nicole M. Young! DESCRIPTION:Nicole M. Young – Featured Poet\n\nNicole M. Young is a performance poet\, playwright\, theatre instructor and pop culture critic originally from Detroit\, MI.  Her work has been performed across Western Massachusetts\, New York\, and Michigan.  She self-produced a spoken word album\, In/Put:  Live from the Valley\, which was recorded live and is working on her first memoir. Website  \n \nCandace Curran – Open Mic Host\n  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/literary-rendezvous-open-mic LOCATION:The Rendezvous\, 78 3rd Street\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376 CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Literary-Rendezvous-Flyer-Sept-30-2018.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180929T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180929T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20180803T043932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180803T043932Z UID:10000313-1538215200-1538218800@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writers Guild - Annual Meeting 2018 DESCRIPTION:Straw Dog Writers Guild annual meeting \nAll members welcome –Come hear about plans and opportunities \nSept 29\, 10 am\, 84 Musante Drive\, Northampton. \nCoffee/tea/nibbles \nRSVP to info@strawdogwriters.org URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writers-guild-annual-meeting-2018 LOCATION:84 Musante Drive\, Northampton\, MA 01060\, 84 Musante Drive\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Annual-Meeting-2018-SDWG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180925T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180925T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20180614T021703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T234354Z UID:10000375-1537884000-1537891200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writers Guild Authors Showcase! DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 25\, at South Hadley Public Library at 6 p.m.  \nAUTHORS READING \nElizabeth George \nAmy Laprade \nSusan LaRosa \nRuth Lehrer \nMelanie S. Lewis \nEd Orzechowski \nMichael Ponsor \nJessica B. Sokol \nJoshua Michael Stewart \nMelissa Volker \nTom Weiner \nEllen Wittlinger URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writers-guild-authors-showcase LOCATION:South Hadley Public Library\, 2 Canal St\, South Hadley\, Massachusetts\, 01075 CATEGORIES:Events for Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AuthorsShowcase-event-graphic.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180916T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180916T030000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20180829T211709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180829T212113Z UID:10000317-1537059600-1537066800@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Poetry Critique Group - Register today! DESCRIPTION:  \nRegister Here URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-critique-group LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Poetry-Critique-Fall-2018.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180909T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180909T133000 DTSTAMP:20260404T072352 CREATED:20180802T001125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180908T195351Z UID:10000311-1536492600-1536499800@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Read @ ELMERS - Featured Reader Phyllis Katz DESCRIPTION:Bring 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 3:45! \n \nPHYLLIS KATZ \nMy two books of poetry\, All Roads Go Where They Will\, 2010 and Migrations\, 2013 were both published by Antrim House Press. My third book\, Finding Ithaca\, was published by Dos Madres Press in 2018. Copies of all thee books are available from the Norwich Bookstore (VT) and at Broadside Bookshop (MA). \nwww.phyllisbeckkatz.com \n  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-the-inn-at-norton-hill-featured-reader-phyllis-katz LOCATION:Elmers\, 396 Main St\,\, Ashfield\, MA\, 01330\, United States CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/WRITERS-READ-Sept-9-revised.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR