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:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171209T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171209T160000 DTSTAMP:20260516T163256 CREATED:20171129T054837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171129T062507Z UID:10000334-1512813600-1512835200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:SOCIAL ACTIVIST SATURDAY! DESCRIPTION: A day to activate your inner activist\, join a community roundtable to discuss writing as a tool for social justice\, followed by networking with local writers and activists\, ending an awesome day listening to powerful singer-songwriter activist Pamela Means performing at The Parlor Room! \nJoin us for the whole Saturday\, or come for just the Roundtable Discussion\, or to see Pamela Means! \n \nStraw Dog Writers Guild & Northampton Center for The Arts presents: \nWRITING AS A TOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE.\nA Roundtable Discussion\nwith facilitators Ellen Meeropol\, Christopher Sparks\, & Liz Bedell. Join us for a discussion following the Abel Meeropol Social Justice Writing Award program. \nSaturday\, December 9\, 2017\nRoundtable Discussion: 3 PM – 4 :30 PM\nNorthampton Center for The Arts\n33 Hawley St. Northampton MA \nFREE TO ATTEND (roundtable discussion) \nPlease RSVP here\nThe Roundtable Discussion is partially funded by a grant from the Northampton Arts Council and the Mass Cultural Council.\nThank you!\n \nFollowed by songwriter\, singer & social activist \nPAMELA MEANS at The Parlor Room\n \nSaturday\, December 9\, 2017\nDoors: 6:30 PM\nShow: 7:00 PM \nThe Parlor Room\, \n32 Masonic St\, \nNorthampton\, MA \nAll Ages – $18/Door \n  \n**** If you attend the Roundtable Discussion\, The Parlor Room has generously offered a discount for attendees – Just $15/Door!\nThank you\, Parlor Room! \n(Straw Dog 12/9 Workshop ticket stub will honor a $15 ticket price\, the day of the show\, at the door ($3 off) for Pamela Means at The Parlor Room 12/9.  One offer per ticket stub. Does not guarantee admission in the case of a sold-out show.) URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/socialactivistsaturday LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Social-Activist-Saturday-Simple-flyer-for-facebook-event.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171112T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171112T123000 DTSTAMP:20260516T163256 CREATED:20170923T210421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171112T035430Z UID:10000325-1510482600-1510489800@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Abel Meeropol Social Justice Writing Award DESCRIPTION:ABEL MEEROPOL SOCIAL JUSTICE WRITING AWARD\nWe only have a few tickets left. \nSign up for tickets here!\nStraw Dog Writers Guild will present the Abel Meeropol Social Justice Writing Award to poet Patricia Smith at a public event on November 12\, 2017\, 3:30 pm\, at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke. \nAbel Meeropol (1903-1986) was a progressive Jewish poet\, playwright and composer writing under the pen name Lewis Allan. He is best known for his iconic anti-lynching song “Strange Fruit\,” made famous by Billie Holiday and named the Best Song of the Century by Time Magazine in 1999. He and his wife Anne adopted the sons of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg\, Robert and Michael\, after the executions of their parents. Abel moved to Western Massachusetts in 1980. \nAward recipient Patricia Smith is a Guggenheim fellow\, a National Endowment for the Arts recipient\, a two-time winner of the Pushcart Prize\, and a four-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam\, the most successful poet in the competition’s history. She is the author of eight books of poetry\, including Incendiary Art; Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah\, winner of the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets and Blood Dazzler\, a National Book Award finalist. At the November 12 award ceremony\, local singer/songwriter Pamela Means will perform “Strange Fruit” and Abel’s son Robert Meeropol will present the award. Patricia Smith will read from her work and talk about the ways literature can explore important social issues and bring us together as a community. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\n\nACLU of Massachusetts \nARISE for Social Justice \nCenter for New Americans \nClick Workspace \nDavid Ruggles Center for History & Education \nGateway City Arts \nGreen Fire Press \nHoward Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University \nHuman Error Publishing (Great Falls Word Festival) \nJoel Katz & the Strange Fruit film \nThe Literacy Project \nMA Committee Against the Death Penalty\, Hampden Co. chapter \nNational Lawyers Guild – Massachusetts Chapter \nNorthamptonStateHospital.org \nPatchwork Farm Writers Retreat \nPioneer Valley Workers Center \nPoetry Center at Smith College \nRosenberg Fund for Children \nSafe Passage \nSojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership \nVoices from Inside \nWarren J. Plaut Charitable Trust \nW.E.B. DuBois Center\, University of Massachusetts\, Amherst \nWhite Square Books \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPamela Means will be performing Strange Fruit at the event on November 12th.\n\n\n\nRoundtable discussions are planned for December 9 to continue the conversation about social justice and the arts. These programs are co-sponsored by two dozen local organizations and are supported in part by a grant from the Northampton Arts Council. \nFor more information about the program and tickets (free but required)\, visit strawdogwriters.org or contact Straw Dog Writers Guild Administrative Director Laura Stone at 413.768.0977 or admin@strawdogwriters.org. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/abel-meeropol-social-justice-writing-award LOCATION:Gateway City Arts\, 92-114 Race Street\, Holyoke\, Massachusetts\, 01040 CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Patricia-Smith.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171105T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171105T120000 DTSTAMP:20260516T163256 CREATED:20171015T202803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171015T202837Z UID:10000329-1509876000-1509883200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill DESCRIPTION:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill \nSunday – November 5\, 2017 \n3:00–5:00 pm. \n10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA \nFEATURED READER: Eric Laursen \nEric Laursen will talk about his upcoming publication\, The Duty to Stand Aside\, Nineteen Eighty-four and the Wartime Quarrel of George Orwell and Alex Comfort. \nEric is an independent journalist\, activist\, and commentator. He is the author of The People’s Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan (AK Press\, 2012)\, a BookList Editor’s Choice selection; and co-author of Understanding the Crash (Soft Skull Press\, Spring 2010)\, which tells the story of the 2008 economic meltdown in text-and-graphics format. His work has appeared in a wide variety of publications\, including The Nation\, The Village Voice\, In These Times\, Z Magazine\, The Indypendent\, HuffingtonPost.com\, and The Arkansas Review. He is currently writing a biography of Alex Comfort. A graduate of Columbia University\, he lives in Buckland\, Massachusetts. \nBring Your Poetry! Bring Your Prose! Find Your Public! Uplift Our Souls! \nHosted by Jane Roy Brown \nThe featured writer reads recent work and describes the journey to publication\, followed by Q & A. Then the floor opens to other writers. If you want to read\, put your name in the hat before 3:15. (Hint: you get about three minutes.) \nCo-sponsored by Straw Dog Writers Guild\, Elmer’s Store & The Inn at Norton Hill. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/5312 LOCATION:The Inn at Norton Hill\, 10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/writers-read-@-The-Inn-at-Norton-Hill.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171014T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171014T100000 DTSTAMP:20260516T163256 CREATED:20170921T022102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170921T171309Z UID:10000323-1507968000-1507975200@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Poetry Workshop at The Great Falls Word Festival DESCRIPTION:The Easy Way to \nWrite 30 Poems in 30 Days \n For Fun and Your Favorite Non-Profit!*  \n(namely – *The Center for New Americans) \nA Workshop for Poets and Non-Poets Alike \nby Tommy Twilite \n  \nSaturday Noon-2pm\, October 14th\, 2017 \nGreat Falls Discovery Center\, Turners Falls MA \nas part of the \nThe Great Falls Word Festival in Turners Falls\nUsing simple prompts\, found objects\, family photographs\, musical compositions\, blind luck\, and a small amount of consistent effort and imagination\, Tommy will demonstrate some of the “tricks of the trade” he used to complete his wildly successful 2016 campaign to write “30 Poems In November” and how he was able to lead the Center For New Americans effort to far surpassing its fundraising goals.  The emphasis of this 90-minute workshop will be on having fun\, and on using your creativity and positive energy to fulfill your own dream of writing 30 Poems in 30 Days. Feedback\, discussion\, and participation from the group is expected and strongly encouraged.   \n\nTommy Twilite\, a.k.a. Tom Clark\, is a retired Fire Captain\, former EMT\, woodworker\, amateur chef\, vintage car enthusiast\, musician\, songwriter and poet who lives in Florence\, Massachusetts.  He is the Co-founder and Director of the Florence PoetsSocietyy and Executive Editor of Silkworm.  Tommy broadcasts a weekly radio show on WXOJ-FM Valley Free Radio called the Twilite Poetry Pub which features an eclectic selection of music\, poetry\, and guests.  He was also the 2016 chairperson for “30 Poems In November”\, a fundraising event for the Center For New Americans.  Tommy believes that poetry has the power to change the world. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-workshop-great-falls-word-festival LOCATION:Great Falls Discovery Center\, 2 Avenue A\, Turners Falls\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Tommy-twilite-workshop-poster-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171013T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171013T160000 DTSTAMP:20260516T163256 CREATED:20170928T225744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171011T003800Z UID:10000327-1507905000-1507910400@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Featured Reader & Open Mic @ The Great Falls Word Festival DESCRIPTION:  URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/5194 LOCATION:Shea Theater\, 71 Avenue A\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01076 CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/GREAT-FALLS-WORD-FESTIVAL-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171013T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171013T160000 DTSTAMP:20260516T163256 CREATED:20170928T183950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170928T184230Z UID:10000326-1507899600-1507910400@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Sidewalk Typewriters @ The Great Falls Word Festival DESCRIPTION: URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/sidewalk-typewriters-great-falls-word-festival LOCATION:Shea Theater\, 71 Avenue A\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01076 CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Sidewalk-Typewriters-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171001T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171001T130000 DTSTAMP:20260516T163256 CREATED:20170921T003935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170922T180208Z UID:10000318-1506855600-1506862800@strawdogwriters.org SUMMARY:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill DESCRIPTION:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill \nOctober 1st\, 2017 \n3:00–5:00 pm. \n10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA \nFEATURED READER: Mary V. Dearborn\nMary V. Dearborn is the author of six books\, the most recent a biography of Peggy Guggenheim. She received a B.A. in English and Classics from Brown University and a Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University\, where she was a Mellon Fellow in the Humanities. She lives in Buckland\, Massachusetts. Her Ernest Hemingway: A Biography was published by Knopf in May 2017. \n  \n  \nBring Your Poetry! Bring Your Prose! Find Your Public! Uplift Our Souls! \nHosted by Jane Roy Brown \nThe featured writer reads recent work and describes the journey to publication\, followed by Q & A. Then the floor opens to other writers. If you want to read\, put your name in the hat before 3:15. (Hint: you get about three minutes.) \nCo-sponsored by Straw Dog Writers Guild\, Elmer’s Store & The Inn at Norton Hill. URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-inn-norton-hill LOCATION:The Inn at Norton Hill\, 10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA\, United States CATEGORIES:Straw Dog Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://strawdogwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/writers-read-@-The-Inn-at-Norton-Hill.png ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR