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SUMMARY:125th Anniversary - Forbes Library - Reading of local authors
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URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/125th-anniversary-forbes-library-reading-of-local-authors
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Readings
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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
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SUMMARY:Writers Read/Hilltowns - Featured Reader Trish Crapo
DESCRIPTION:Trish Crapo – Poet\, writer\, collage artist\, and photographer Trish Crapo was educated at Hampshire College and the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst. Author of the recently republished chapbookWalk through Paradise Backwards from Slate Roof Press (2004 and 2018)\, she has had work featured in former US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser’s syndicated newspaper column\, “American Life in Poetry\,” and in Crossing Paths: An Anthology of Poems by Women (2002).\n\nShe is a member of Exploded View\, a dynamic group of women poets and artists working together to create original exhibitions and performance. Crapo lives on an organic farm in Leyden\, Massachusetts.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-featured-reader-trish-crapo
LOCATION:The Basement
CATEGORIES:Open Mic
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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
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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
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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
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190702T190000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190407T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190407T120000
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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
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190303T160000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190127T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190127T163000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190113T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190113T150000
DTSTAMP:20181204T194657Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181209T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181209T100000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181201T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181201T120000
DTSTAMP:20181030T210840Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181125T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181125T170000
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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.
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LOCATION:The Rendezvous\, 78 3rd Street\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181111T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181111T150000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181110T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181110T103000
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SUMMARY:Compass Roads Reading at The Great Falls Word Festival
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URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/compass-roads-reading-at-the-great-falls-word-festival
LOCATION:Shea Theater\, 71 Avenue A\,\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181104T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181104T150000
DTSTAMP:20181015T221016Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181028T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181028T170000
DTSTAMP:20181008T233004Z
CREATED:20181008T232803Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181026T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181026T190000
DTSTAMP:20180717T193712Z
CREATED:20180716T194757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180717T193712Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181021T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181021T170000
DTSTAMP:20180914T182519Z
CREATED:20180914T181902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180914T182519Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181014T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181014T030000
DTSTAMP:20180829T212014Z
CREATED:20180829T211942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180829T212014Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181013T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181013T120000
DTSTAMP:20180807T035909Z
CREATED:20180807T035909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180807T035909Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181010T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181010T210000
DTSTAMP:20180928T224635Z
CREATED:20180928T224625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180928T224635Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180930T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180930T170000
DTSTAMP:20180908T183951Z
CREATED:20180908T183523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180908T183951Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180925T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180925T160000
DTSTAMP:20180801T234354Z
CREATED:20180614T021703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T234354Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180916T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180916T030000
DTSTAMP:20180829T212113Z
CREATED:20180829T211709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180829T212113Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180904T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180904T170000
DTSTAMP:20180807T211802Z
CREATED:20180801T235936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180807T211802Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180718T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180718T110000
DTSTAMP:20180626T022909Z
CREATED:20180626T022815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180626T022909Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180703T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180703T170000
DTSTAMP:20180516T002019Z
CREATED:20180516T001901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180516T002019Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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