Keep your brain sharp this year! In this fun class, we will do word games, number games, logic puzzles, and all kinds of challenges to keep your brain moving. Elise Mandel holds a master’s degree in education from UMass Amherst, and she teaches classes and works with private students in ...
An informal discussion group focusing on literature by and about women. Be prepared to buy the selected works or borrow them from the library. Contact the Carnegie Center for the updated book list. Jan Isenhour, former Executive Director of the Carnegie Center, has facilitated the Brown Bag group since it ...
I believe that the genre of memoir, somewhat overused now, can be refreshed and made more relevant by considering the fact that when we write memoir we are in fact writing history. Especially as women, we have access to the forgotten or ignored cracks and crannies of life. We rely ...
ONLINE: Fourth Saturday of each month, April through September This once-a-month workshop includes strategies for completing a novel draft including writing prompts, peer sharing, novel structure options, specific writing techniques, and daily activities/readings for use between the monthly class meetings. Participants are encouraged to start the class with a novel ...
Join us for a monthly discussion of contemporary and classic novels as well as nonfiction chosen by the group. This group has been meeting since 1993 and always welcomes new members! To join or for information about current selections, contact Alan at church11@webtv.net or (859) 252-7041 or Erin O’Donnell at ...
The Kentucky Black Writers Collaborative continues the popular Black & Lit Book Club celebrating Black Kentucky writers’ recent books. This book group will be open to KBWC members and anyone who wishes to attend. We will explore issues related to race and discuss the characters’ relationships, family, home life, dreams, ...
3–5 YEAR-OLDS & THEIR GROWN-UPS: Join us for story time, free books, and hands-on activities designed to encourage early excitement for reading. This laid-back atmosphere is friendly to preschoolers and is a great first introduction to a story time setting. A free book is included for the first 15 registered ...
Last Saturday of the month: May 25, June 29, July 27, August 24 • ONLINE • FREEJoin us for a monthly discussion group of contemporary Latin American, Latinx, and Hispanic fiction conducted in Spanish. The group welcomes members who are comfortable reading adult Spanish-language books and talking about them. Books ...
2 YEAR-OLDS & THEIR GROWN-UPS: Join us for story time, free books, and hands-on activities designed to encourage early excitement for reading. This laid-back atmosphere is friendly to busy toddlers and is a great first introduction to a story time setting. A free book is included for the first 15 ...
Nonfiction writers process our experiences and our world through research, reflection, and writing. In this class, we will learn about the genre of Creative Nonfiction and its many forms and elements. Class participants will receive generative writing prompts to help them begin writing their own essays. Lucy Jayes holds an ...
Bring your lunch, your café, or just yourself for 2 hours of informal French dialogue. These classes are all in French and you are welcome to participate or simply listen. Please note the date(s) that you are purchasing as each class is registering separately as a stand-alone event. Read the ...
This writing experience offers attendees the opportunity to engage in a creative and communicative loop without judgment. We write from a variety of prompts designed to release the inner censor and simply get words on a page. After each timed session, writers read aloud their new work to participating attendees ...
Want to write but struggling for ideas? Find some inspiration through ekphrastic writing—writing inspired by different art forms. Sean will lead you through this non-stop writing boot camp and show you how to tap into endless fields of creative insight. Sean L Corbin has taught ekphrastic writing for years, and ...
Humankind has always been fascinated by extremes: what is extraordinarily beautiful, extraordinarily ugly, and beyond societal norms. If you find these ideas appeal to you more than usual, how do you capture these experiences and portray them in your art, whether written or visual? In this course we will discuss ...
