May 19, 6:00 PM. Family bonding without having to cook or entertain! Dress up like your favorite superhero or make a mask with us for the photo booth! Author Sean Pryor will be here to tell you all about how he brings his comic books to life.
On Tuesday, May 26, at 6:00 PM join us as we celebrate the Perfect Black public art project. Perfect Black: Poetry for the People is a project of the Kentucky Black Writers Collaborative that explores what it means to be Black in all of its richness and complexity. Poems by Black writers can be found throughout locations supported by local businesses and organizations.
Choose from Old Time Music Boot Camp, Think Like a Philosopher, Strum, Don’t Fret: Ukulele with Mr. Toastey, Nature Art and Folklore, Puppetry, and From Page to Play: Putting Stories on the Stage.
Author Talks, Poetry Readings, Open Mics, Book Discussions, Family Fun & Learning Nights, and Gallery Exhibitions are all part of our vibrant arts calendar.
Free classes for members, Monthly Open Mics, and Black&Lit bookclub.
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The Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning’s mission is to empower people to explore and express their voices through imaginative learning and the literary arts.
May
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A distinctive trait of much memorable writing is its (and its author’s) “sense of place.” But any “place” is much more than just its geographical location—it is also defined by […]
A distinctive trait of much memorable writing is its (and its author’s) “sense of place.” But any “place” is much more than just its geographical location—it is also defined by […]
May
12
A draft of a poem isn’t a broken thing that needs to be fixed. It’s not a clear, rational argument that needs a little cleaning up, a little editing. It’s […]
A draft of a poem isn’t a broken thing that needs to be fixed. It’s not a clear, rational argument that needs a little cleaning up, a little editing. It’s […]
May
12
Revision as Cooking, Revision as Childrearing, Revision as Midwifing, Revision as a Poet’s Superpower A draft of a poem isn’t a broken thing that needs to be fixed. It’s not […]
Revision as Cooking, Revision as Childrearing, Revision as Midwifing, Revision as a Poet’s Superpower A draft of a poem isn’t a broken thing that needs to be fixed. It’s not […]
May
14
Winter Into Spring – A Series of Writing Retreats with Leatha Kendrick Bring your blank pages or your current writing project to the Carnegie Center for a series of intensive […]
Winter Into Spring – A Series of Writing Retreats with Leatha Kendrick Bring your blank pages or your current writing project to the Carnegie Center for a series of intensive […]
May
14
Note: This is a series of four separate writing retreats. You may attend all sessions, but you will need to register for each one individually. Choose your date(s) when you […]
Note: This is a series of four separate writing retreats. You may attend all sessions, but you will need to register for each one individually. Choose your date(s) when you […]
May
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Blah, Blah, Blah Writers’ Group will hold a Writers’ Crawl that will not only highlight places in Lexington important to writers and writing, but give writers an opportunity to write […]
Blah, Blah, Blah Writers’ Group will hold a Writers’ Crawl that will not only highlight places in Lexington important to writers and writing, but give writers an opportunity to write […]
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