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  • February 2018

  • Tue 6
    Featured February 6, 2018 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Writers Night Out – Featured Reader Ruth Lehrer

    The Basement

    Writers Night Out with Featured Reader Ruth Lehrer February 6, 2018 7-9pm Ruth Lehrer is a writer and sign language interpreter living in western Massachusetts. Her writing has been published in journals such as Lilith, Jubilat, and Trivia: Voices of Feminism. Her poetry chapbook, TIGER LAUGHS WHEN YOU PUSH, is available from Headmistress Press. Her Read More

  • Sat 10
    Featured February 10, 2018 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

    “What’s so important about setting?” Writers Workshop

    Lilly Library 19 Meadow Street, Florence, MA, United States

    What’s so important about setting? Are you curious about world building? Do your characters inhabit living rooms in the future, or trek miles at the turn of the century? Setting connects readers to a narrative and is part of the allure that transports them from one place to another, but setting is so much more Read More

  • March 2018

  • Sat 3
    Featured March 3, 2018 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

    What Can Social Media Do For You As a Writer?

    Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States

    Come listen to presenter Marya Zilberberg discuss how to break down the barriers and put Twitter, blogs and other online formats to work. Social media seem to be a necessity for marketing anything in the 21st century. But are they? What are the best approaches for a writer? We will discuss some of the successful Read More

  • Sun 4
    Featured March 4, 2018 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am

    Finding the Voice of Your Story with Dori Ostermiller

    Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States

    Finding the Voice of Your Story with Dori Ostermiller REGISTER BELOW DESCRIPTION: There’s lots of talk these days about voice in narrative, but what is it, exactly? If the voice of our story is the doorway through which readers enter, how do we let them in? How can we consciously create a voice that is Read More

    $5
  • Sun 4
    Featured March 4, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill with Donna Jenson

    The Inn at Norton Hill 10 Norton Hill Road, Ashfield, MA, United States

    Writers Read @ the Inn at Norton Hill Sunday, March  4, 3:00–5:00 p.m. Main St. (Rt. 116) & Norton Hill Rd., Ashfield, MA (co-sponsored by Straw Dog Writers Guild and Nan Parati (owner, Elmer's Store and the Inn at Norton Hill) Featured Reader: Donna Jenson Featured Reader: Donna Jenson founded Time To Tell™ in 2009 with a mission to spark stories from lives affected by Read More

  • Tue 6
    Featured March 6, 2018 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Writers Night Out – Featured Reader Tzivia Gover

    The Basement

    Tzivia 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 Read More

  • Sun 11
    Featured March 11, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

    Collage and Writing with Becky Jones

    Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States

    Collage and Writing with Becky Jones REGISTER BELOW  DESCRIPTION:  The workshop will provide images, paper, scissors, glue sticks and tape, though you are free to bring images of your own, if you would like. You provide your openness to the process of discovery, along with pen and paper. People will have the optional opportunity to Read More

    $5
  • Sun 18
    Featured March 18, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

    How to Begin Writing 10-Minute Plays with Meryl Cohn

    Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States

    How to Begin Writing 10-Minute Plays with Meryl Cohn REGISTRATION CLOSED - WORKSHOP IS FULL DESCRIPTION:  One of the most common questions about writing plays is how to get started. The germ of an idea for a play may present itself in theme, in situation, or in character. We will discuss various ways to enter Read More

    $5.00
  • Sun 25
    Featured March 25, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

    Songwriting 101 with Pamela Means

    Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States

    Songwriting 101 with Pamela Means REGISTER BELOW DESCRIPTION: 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 Read More

    $5
  • April 2018

  • Tue 3
    Featured April 3, 2018 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Writers Night Out – Featured Readers Kris Holloway and John Bidwell

    The Basement

    John D. Bidwell is consulting editor of Monique and the Mango Rains, the critically esteemed book authored by his wife Kris Holloway that chronicles their time in Peace Corps with the Malian midwife Monique Dembele. He is the Executive Director of the United Way of Hampshire County, and a branding and marketing consultant, frequent presenter, Read More

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