BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Straw Dog Writers Guild - ECPv6.15.12.2//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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190903T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190903T210000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 CREATED:20190627T193110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190627T193115Z UID:10000432-1567537200-1567544400@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Night Out - Featured Reader James Arthur DESCRIPTION:Canadian-American poet James Arthur is the author of The Suicide’s Son (Véhicule Press 2019) and Charms Against Lightning (Copper Canyon Press\, 2012.) His poems have also appeared in The New Yorker\, Poetry\, The New York Review of Books\, The American Poetry Review\, The New Republic\, and The London Review of Books. He has received the Amy Lowell Travelling Poetry Scholarship\, a Hodder Fellowship\, a Stegner Fellowship\, a Discovery/The Nation Prize\, a Fulbright Scholarship to Northern Ireland\, and a Visiting Fellowship at Exeter College\, Oxford. Arthur lives in Baltimore\, where he teaches at in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. \n  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-featured-reader-james-arthur LOCATION:The Basement CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/WNO-Sept-2019.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190806T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190806T210000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 CREATED:20190627T192620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190627T192624Z UID:10000431-1565118000-1565125200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Night Out - Featured Reader Joan Livingston DESCRIPTION:Joan Livingston is the author of novels for adult and young readers. The first two books in her Isabel Long mystery series are Chasing the Case and Redneck’s Revenge (Crooked Cat Books). Checking the Traps has a 2019 release. \nHer other books include The Sweet Spot and Peace\, Love & You Know What. A journalist for over thirty years\, she started as a hilltown reporter for the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Most recently she was managing editor of The Taos News. After over a decade in New Mexico\, she returned to rural Western Mass.\, which is the setting for much of her fiction\, including the Isabel Long series. \nFor more\, visit www.joanlivingston.net. Follow her on Twitter @joanlivingston. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-featured-reader-joan-livingston LOCATION:The Basement CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/WNO-August-2019.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190804T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190804T160000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 CREATED:20190627T194730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190627T194733Z UID:10000434-1564927200-1564934400@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Read/Hilltowns - Featured Reader Amy Laprade DESCRIPTION:Featured Reader – Amy Laprade \nAn MFA Graduate of Sarah Lawrence College\, Amy Laprade’s work has appeared inSilkworm\, Canyon Voices\, Plum Literary Journal and Meat for Tea: the Valley Review. Her debut novel\, “So Nice to Finally Meet You\,” 2016\, and “Behind the Magic 8 Ball\,”2018\, have been published through human Error Press. “Silence is Premeditated” is forthcoming in 2019. \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-featured-reader-amy-laprade LOCATION:The Basement CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/WRITERS-READ-August-2019.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190707T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190707T160000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 CREATED:20190627T194044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190627T194828Z UID:10000433-1562508000-1562515200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Read/Hilltowns - Featured Reader Christian McEwen DESCRIPTION:July 7 Writers Read/Hilltowns \nChristian McEwen is a freelance writer\, workshop leader\, and cultural activist\, originally from the UK. She is the author of several books\, including World Enough & Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down\, now in its sixth printing. Her new book\, Legal Tender: Women & the Secret Life of Money\, appeared in April 2019. Get more information at www.christianmcewen.com. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-featured-reader-christian-mcewen LOCATION:The Basement CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/WRITERS-READ-July-2019.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190702T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190702T210000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 CREATED:20190627T191551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190627T193538Z UID:10000430-1562094000-1562101200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Night Out - Featured Reader Howard Faerstein DESCRIPTION:Featured reader – Howie Faerstein \nHoward Faerstein’s first book of poetry\, Dreaming of the Rain in Brooklyn\, was published in 2013 by Press 53. A second collection\, Googootz\, and Other Poems came out in September 2018. His work can be found in numerous journals including Great River Review\, Nimrod\, CutThroat\, Off the Coast\, Rattle\, upstreet\, Mudfish and on-line in Gris-Gris\, Peacock Journal\, and Connotation. \nConsidering himself an “adjunct emeritus\,” he is presently volunteering as a citizenship mentor at the Center for New Americans and is Associate Poetry Editor of CutThroat\, A Journal of theArts. After living in Brooklyn for fifty years\, he now lives in Florence\, Massachusetts. \n \n  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-featured-reader-howard-faerstein LOCATION:The Basement CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/July-2-2019-WNO.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190407T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190407T120000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 CREATED:20190129T004400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T213758Z UID:10000400-1554631200-1554638400@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:What Happens When Your Character Calls 911? Writing Workshop with Jacqueline Sheehan & Detective Sergeant Vic Caputo DESCRIPTION:What Happens When Your Character Calls 911? \nOn Sunday\, April 7\, from 10 a.m. to noon\, author Jacqueline Sheehan and Detective Sergeant Vic Caputo present an overview of what happens when your character calls 911. This introductory program is designed to help writers increase your understanding of law enforcement and forensics\, with the overall eye on adding authenticity to your fiction. If the police become part of your narrative (as they must if something goes wrong in the lives of the characters) then it is essential to understand contemporary policing in order to create full characters. \nCrime scenes always tell a story\, which shows up as physical evidence\, but also in behavioral clues. The major purpose of the criminal investigation is to gather information\, and Detective Sergeant Vic Caputo will share what might happen in an investigation. We will use several fictional case studies as examples. The workshop will take place at the Northampton Center for the Arts. \nREGISTER HERE \nDetective Sergeant Victor Caputo has worked in Law Enforcement since 2001 and began working for the Northampton Police Department in 2004. In 2005\, he took a Military Leave of Absence to serve with the US Marines in Iraq as a Provisional Military Police Officer\, returning in 2006. He has served as a Bike Patrol Officer\, Field Training Officer\, Sexual Assault Investigator\, Patrol Supervisor and was assigned to the Detective Bureau in 2015. He is a certified instructor in the areas of Defensive Tactics and Firearms and holds masters degrees in Public Administration and Criminal Justice. He grew up in Williamsburg and still resides there with his wife\, Luann and daughter Julia. His favorite book is The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. \n  \n \nJacqueline Sheehan is a New York Times Bestselling author and a psychologist. \nShe is the author of six novels\, writes NPR commentaries\, and essays including the New York Times column\, Modern Love. She is one of the founders and past president of Straw Dog Writers Guild. You can find her at Writer’s Night Out on the first Tuesday evening of the month\, at The Basement in Northampton. Her characters frequently require assistance from the police. She teaches workshops at Writers in Progress in Florence\, MA and will co-lead a writing retreat in Prague in July 2019. www.jacquelinesheehan.com URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/7817 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/2019/01/POlice-911-Workshop.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190303T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190303T160000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 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:20190127T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190127T163000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 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:20190113T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190113T150000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 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:20181209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181209T100000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 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:20181201T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181201T120000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 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:20260515T110104 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:20260515T110104 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:20260515T110104 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:20181104T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181104T150000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 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:20260515T110104 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:20260515T110104 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:20260515T110104 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:20260515T110104 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:20260515T110104 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:20260515T110104 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:20180930T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180930T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 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:20180925T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180925T160000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 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:20260515T110104 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:20180904T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180904T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 CREATED:20180801T235936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180807T211802Z UID:10000309-1536073200-1536080400@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Night Out - Featured Reader Emily Arsenault 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! Further information: Beth Filson at WNO@gmail.com  \n \n  \nEmily Arsenault is the critically acclaimed author of six mystery and psychological suspense novels\, and one young adult psychological suspense novel\, The Leaf Reader. Titles of her adult novels include: The Broken Teaglass\, a New York Times Notable Crime Book in 2009\, The Evening Spider\, What Strange Creatures\, In Search of Rose Notes \, selected by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best Mysteries of 2011\, Miss Me When I’m Gone\, and her latest book\, The Last Thing I Told You\, which released in July 2018 and was one of PureWow’s Best Beach Reads of the summer. She lives with her husband and daughter in Shelburne Falls\, MA. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-featured-reader-emily-arsenault LOCATION:The Basement CATEGORIES:Open Mic ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/WNO-SEPT-2018-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180718T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180718T110000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 CREATED:20180626T022815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180626T022909Z UID:10000377-1531908000-1531911600@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Compass Roads Reading at the Northampton Senior Center DESCRIPTION: URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/compass-roads-reading-at-the-northampton-senior-center LOCATION:Northampton Senior Center\, 67 Conz St\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States CATEGORIES:Readings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Compass-Road-Reading-Northampton-Senior-Center.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180703T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180703T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 CREATED:20180516T001901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180516T002019Z UID:10000364-1530630000-1530637200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Night Out - Featured Reader Jan Maher DESCRIPTION:Writers Night Out\nJuly 3\, 2018\n7-9pm \nThe Basement\n21 Center Street\nNorthampton\, MA \nFeatured Reader – Jan Maher \nJust the facts: Jan Maher’s writing credits include two novels\, Heaven\, Indiana and Earth As It Is; one-act plays Ismene and Intruders; Most Dangerous Women; and books for educators Most Dangerous Women: Bringing History to Life through Readers’ Theater; and History in the Present Tense: Engaging Students through Inquiry and Action (co-authored with Douglas Selwyn). \nShe holds a doctorate in Interdisciplinary Studies: Theater\, Education\, and Neuroscience. She most recently taught interdisciplinary seminars\, education-related courses\, and documentary studies at Burlington College at the undergraduate and graduate levels and is currently a senior scholar at the Institute for Ethics in Public Life\, State University of New York at Plattsburgh. \nShe lives with her husband Doug Selwyn in Greenfield\, MA. \nJan Maher’s novel Earth As It Is is published by Indiana University Break Away Books. Other writing credits include a novel\, Heaven\, Indiana; plays Ismene & Intruders\,  and Most Dangerous Women: Bringing History to Life through Readers’ Theater\, now in its 27th year of performance as a play and 3rd edition as a book. She holds a PhD from The Union Institute and University in Interdisciplinary Studies and is a senior scholar at the Institute for Ethics in Public Life\, State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Her website address is http://www.janmaher.com. She has recently joined Twitter @JanCMaher and maintains Facebook pages for  Earth As It Is and for Most Dangerous Women. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-featured-reader-jan-maher LOCATION:The Basement CATEGORIES:Writers Night Out ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/WNO-July-3.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180604T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180604T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 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:20180512T063000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180512T083000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 CREATED:20180305T231802Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180305T231805Z UID:10000351-1526106600-1526113800@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Diving Deep: Poetic Craft\, Form and Emotion w/ Gail Thomas DESCRIPTION:Diving Deep: Poetic Craft\, Form and Emotion\nA challenge that many writers face is how to choose artful details when writing about strong emotional content. Some of us may shy away from expressing loss or anger\, or we may produce work that’s overly sentimental. For inspiration\, we will read poems that elevate personal experience by paying close attention to craft. We’ll also engage in an exercise to discover fresh metaphors and experiment with form. Open to poets and prose writers\, this workshop will illustrate how to use poetic craft as a means of diving more deeply. \n  \nBIO: Gail Thomas\nGail Thomas has published four books of poetry\, Odd Mercy (2016)\, Waving Back (2015)\, No Simple Wilderness: An Elegy for Swift River Valley (2001) and Finding the Bear (1997). \nOdd Mercy was chosen by Ellen Bass for the Charlotte Mew Prize of Headmistress Press\, and its “Little Mommy Sonnets” won Honorable Mention for the Tom Howard/ Margaret Prize for Traditional Verse. Also\, Waving Back was named a Must Read for 2016 by the Massachusetts Center for the Book and Honorable Mention in the New England Book Festival. \nThomas’s work has appeared in many journals and anthologies including The Beloit Poetry Journal\, Calyx\, The North American Review\, Hanging Loose\, and Valparaiso Poetry Review. Individual poems have won the Naugatuck Review’s Narrative Poetry Prize and the Pat Schneider Poetry Prize. She was awarded residencies at The McDowell Colony and Ucross. \nHer book\, No Simple Wilderness\, about the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir in the 1930’s has been taught in college courses. As one of the original teaching artists for the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Elder Arts Initiative\, Thomas led workshops and collaborated with dancers\, musicians and storytellers in schools\, nursing homes\, hospitals and libraries across the state. \nThomas teaches\, speaks at conferences and poetry festivals\, and reads her work widely in community and academic settings. www.gailthomaspoet.com URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/diving-deep LOCATION:Lily Library\, Florence\, MA\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Diving-Deep-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180501T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180501T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T110104 CREATED:20180305T234331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180405T182641Z UID:10000354-1525186800-1525194000@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Night Out - Featured Reader Kathy Ford DESCRIPTION:Featured Reader – Kathy Ford grew up in Rochester\, New York\, graduated from Hobart & William Smith Colleges in 1980 with a major in design theory\, and moved to New York City to pursue a career in architecture. She received her Masters in Architecture from Harvard University in 1985 and has been practicing architecture in New York and Massachusetts for the past thirty years. \nHer life as a quilter began shortly after becoming a mother in 1991.\nKathy lives with her two dogs in the hilltowns of western Massachusetts.\nHer body of work can be seen at kathyford.net \n \nDoors open at 7 – with an open mike. 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. \nAdmission is free; participants are encouraged to buy a drink in support of the venue. \nPlease join us! Further information: Beth Filson at WNO@gmail.com \n  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-featured-reader-kathy-ford LOCATION:The Basement CATEGORIES:Writers Night Out ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WNO-May-18.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR