From April 4 – May 9, Janet Hamill will be presenting a series of workshops using Surrealist Games as the jumpin goff point. Exquisite Corpse: At Play with Surrealist Games, presented by Janet Hamill Have fun breaking through conventional thought and behavior to a deeper truth by using the provocative parlor games of the original Surrealist poets […]
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One of the poetic treasures in our area, Bernadette Mayer, will be leading a workshop coming up on the what what to do after we have mastered the basics of our craft. Seating is very limited, only eight people can participate, so register today! Bernadette Mayer will lead a new workshop series focused on going beyond the
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Will Nixon will offer a writing workshop titled “Write Poems with Nature” on Saturday, April 6 from 1:00 until 3:00 pm on March 2 at the Seligmann Homestead, 23 White Oak Drive (across from the SLPAC, formerly the Lycian), Sugar Loaf, New York. The program is free and open to all. No preregistration is required. Nixon plans
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Janet Hamill will offer a writing workshop titled “We are the Stars: The Magic and Wisdom of Indigenous Poetics” on Saturday, March 2 from 1:00 until 3:00 pm on March 2 at the Seligmann Studio, 23 White Oak Drive (across from the SLPAC, formerly the Lycian), Sugar Loaf, New York. The program is free and open to all. No preregistration is required. Just as the
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Albany Poets has been very fortunate to work with the Albany Barn and Brighter Choice Charter Middle School for Girls to help guide students through the process of writing, editing, memorizing, and then performing their own poetry over the past five weeks. On Friday, February 15, at Stage 1 (46 North Swan St., Albany), the
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We are very proud to be partnering with the Albany Barn again in 2013 to bring teens through the process of writing, editing, and performing their poetry with the return of the From The Page to The Stage workshop series. This time around the series will be taking place at the Brighter Choice Middle School for Girls. This will
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Dan Wilcox forwarded this an email from the folks at Wellspring House in Ashefield, Mass about their new fall and winter rates. Need to boost your creativity? Wellspring House, Artist and Writer Retreat, in Ashfield MA has openings for the fall and winter months and has just reduced its rates to $50/night $200/week. This artist’s
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Many of us local poets have wanted to have our work published, but only to realize that it is very difficult to find a publisher willing to take the chance on poetry. It can also be expensive if you have to pay to have your work published. Some of us have gotten lucky and fortunate
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We have a lot of workshops and classes happening in the area these days. We have just learned that local poet /activist/ musician (and occasional slammer) Victorio Reyes will be leading the “Intro to Creative Writing” class at the Arts Center for the Capital Region. To register for the class you can follow this link. Here
We posted about some upcoming workshops last week (here and here) and now we have some information on a new poetry workshop series offered by one of the great American poets, Bernadette Mayer, who we are very lucky to have in our area. Space is very limited, so if you are interested, register today. Here are the
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Last week as posted about the Fall 2012 Season of visiting writers who will be speaking at the Writers Institute. Now we have some information on a couple of workshops that are taking place this fall. The New York State Writers Institute invites you to apply to our free Community Writers Workshops, taught by Rebecca Wolff and Jo
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The Northeast Poetry Center’s College of Poetry has announced two workshops to be offered during the summer term to run from October 13 until December 1. Each workshop will meet for two hours a week during the eight week course at the Seligmann studio, 23 White Oak Drive in Sugar Loaf (nearly across from the Lycian Center). Tuition for each is $150. Enrollees are regarded as “guest poets,”
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The Hudson Valley Writers Guild supports the efforts of writers in all genres by sponsoring readings, workshops, and contests and providing a number of valuable resources for the entire literary community.
