GRADES 9-12: Everybody’s life is full of stories: big and small. If you've ever listened to the Moth Radio Hour or the Moth Podcast, you already know the power and fun of personal storytelling. Popular among college students and young adults, the stories we tell in this class aren't traditional ...
How do writers find time to write when they have a day job? This workshop will help participants make time for writing. We will explore writing routines, prompts, exercises, and activities that will kickstart—or revive—your writing. Sarah McCartt-Jackson is a poet, educator, and folklorist who made time to write four ...
Ghosts reflect to us both the uncanny and the all too familiar. Their terrifying power can be used to hurt or to heal in narrative. Join horror author Elizabeth Kilcoyne in exploring the spirit realm through writing, and visit it on October 27 with Marley Knockers Paranormal! Elizabeth Kilcoyne is ...
BIRTH TO 3-YEAR-OLDS & THEIR GROWN-UPS: Join us for a story and playtime that uses seasonally themed books and activities to promote the development of early language skills. We will also provide strategies and share ideas to enable parents to foster a love of reading, writing, speaking, and all things ...
You are not alone—come write with a supportive community to release the stress of current and past events. This class will assist you with letting go of the stress of the past few years. It is an opportunity for you to heal from the loss and hardship caused by the ...
Learn the skills to craft a non-fiction that grabs readers and takes them on a journey. We'll explore elements and methods of writing to incorporate into your pieces like nut graphs, slalom storytelling, humanizing pieces and descriptive details. Liz Carey spent more than 20 years as an award-winning reporter in ...
Join us at Northside Lexington Public Library on the third Tuesday of each month for a mindful discussion of a recently banned or challenged book and the topics surrounding it. The club is for teens, and participants will need to register with the library. The first 10 registrants will receive ...
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 ...
"Outdoor Writing" as a genre, can take many forms. It can be creative nonfiction (Steven Rinella), fiction (Ernest Hemingway), or combinations of both (Norman Maclean). The genre can include book-length essays, novels, weekly newspaper columns, and the most common, magazine stories. The market is extensive. The outdoor industry adds $70 ...
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 ...
Students will learn basic Spanish grammar, vocabulary, common expressions, greetings, and survival phrases, and discuss some cultural aspects of Spanish-speaking countries. Open to beginners and students who would like to refresh their knowledge of basic Spanish. The goal is to complete the first five units from the textbook during class ...
This class will explore the history of tropes and cliches and go over the most popular and successful examples of tropes in genre fiction. We’ll also take time to experiment with tropes of our own in a writing activity, testing a “vanilla” draft and a “reinvention” draft. Let’s improve and ...
Publishing your own book couldn't be easier with new resources from Amazon and other smaller publishers. Learn the ins and outs of self-publishing from two authors who've had books published the traditional way, as well as through self-publishing. Liz Carey is a freelance writer and author of several books, the ...
This class is for the beginning poet that wants to learn the basic principles of contemporary poetry. We will discuss some poetry forms, share some contemporary poetry, and participate in writing poems. Linda has participated in the Poetry Gauntlet in 2020, Poetry Boot Camp taught by Katerina Stoykova and other ...
*** 5:30-7 PM is the correct time! If you see errors elsewhere, we are still fixing them. *** We will continue to add vocabulary, verbs, and verb tenses. Students will apply skills learned in Spanish Level 1 and will engage in more active conversation, expressions, and general scenarios related to ...
As writers and artists, we draw from many wells—observation, experience, overheard conversations, dreams—not the least of which is memory. Memory—which has the capacity to unleash creativity, to weigh us down, or even deceive us. In this generative workshop, we’ll begin to demystify the relationship between poetry and memory, creating instead ...
Historical fiction is the backbone of a multitude of genres and getting it right can make your book ‘set back in time’ truly sing. If you are considering a mystery set in the 1960s, romance in the 1750s, literary fiction in the era of Jane Austen, or any other book ...
Oftentimes, a monster in a story is a “recycled” version of one we’ve encountered before: a fresh kind of vampire, werewolf, witch, etc. Yet no matter how much time goes by, and how many monsters we meet, we seem to never get tired of them. Why is that? This course ...
Writing is only part of what it takes to craft a non-fiction piece. From delving into genealogy to accessing public records to interviewing subjects, there’s a myriad of things that go into researching. You’ll learn where to find records, how to access them, and tips on interviewing people for your ...
GRADES 3-8 AND THEIR GROWN-UPS: Are you interested in spelling bee competitions? Do you love to spell and learn the meaning of new words? This is a workshop for students who are interested in participating in their school's spelling bee, as well as their parents/guardians. We will learn words from ...
PARENTS OF STUDENTS GRADES 3 & UP: Mid-way through the school year, it may be time for parents to learn more about how to help their students understand and master multiplication. Do you know how to multiply the nines on your fingers? Ways to memorize the "hardest" facts through fun ...
Learn to speak conversational Italian and appreciate Italian culture. In this course, you’ll learn the fundamentals of the language through exercises, poems, songs, and practice. Andrea Branchini has lived and worked in five countries and has a philosophy degree from the University of Bologna. CANCELLATION POLICY: The Carnegie Center reserves ...
The purpose of this circle is to offer a safer space (because there is no truly safe space) for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) womxn to write and share our truths. It will also serve to build a strong BIPOC womxn’s writing community. Each session will include writing ...
This class will help writers wanting to explore historical subjects, whether it be for memoirs, family histories, or historical fiction. The class will cover story and story types, choosing point of view, dialogue and setting, all viewed through the lens of time. There also will be extensive discussion of goals and practical methods for historical research ...
If you are a white writer who wants to feature diverse characters in your writing, or a BILPOC writer who wants to decenter whiteness in your work, this 6 week, half generative, half workshop class will have something for you. Based on Ibram X Kendi’s How to Be an Antiracist, ...
The workshop offers seasoned writers and new writers the chance to dig into what makes someone important, develop a plan for what needs to be said, and the start of a beautiful Living Eulogy. We will have a time of collaboration through multiple exercises while building eulogies for our living ...
