Saturday, January 28, 2017

February 2017 Calendar of Writing Related Events

Greetings, fellow writers. The following meetings scheduled for this month are shown below. If you know of any other events not listed,  please send a message  to whitesborowriters@gmail.comand we'll update this post. All events listed are free of charge and will be held at the Dunham Public Library, 76 Main Street, Whitesboro, NY unless otherwise noted.

Those of you who enjoy poetry: the TRAM (Tramontane Cafe, Lincoln Ave in Utica) holds open mic nights on Thursdays.  

As always, keep writing!
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Friday, February 3 - LIBRARY CLOSED for staff development day.


Thursday, February 9; 12; 1:00 – 3:00 PM 

PLOTTERS INK  - 2nd WRITING WORKSHOP

If you are a first time attendee, please arrive at least 10 minutes early.   Plotter’s Ink  meets the second Thursday of every month from 1:00 – 3:00 PM. All adults are welcome. We are a daytime fiction writing group. A Workshop in place of the regular Plotter’s Ink will feature a short generative exercise.  You are asked to also write a piece inspired by a popular fairy tale.  Pick a classic fairy tale and in about 300 words, tell it your own way.  Ideas for fairy tales:  Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Hansel and Gretel, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, The Little Mermaid.  Please ask if you have any questions about this workshop. Facilitated by Nathan Copperwheat and Julia Heller.

Our regular agenda will resume on March 9. Meanwhile, if you would like to read some of the stories written by our members, visit our Plotters Ink blog.

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Saturday, February 11; 10:30 am to Noon

FRIENDS OF POETRY PLUS

We are a light-hearted group of all ages and love the share each other’s work. See our page on http://whitesboropoetrywriters.blogspot.com/  Facilitated by Lorraine Kreimeyer.

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 Saturday, February 11; 2:00 to 4:00 pm

FILM and DISCUSSION

Birth of a Nation Set against the antebellum South, The Birth of a Nation follows Nat Turner (Nate Parker), a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. As he witnesses countless atrocities - against himself and his fellow slaves - Nat orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
 Discussion to follow the film. Facilitated by Jerry Finkelstein.

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Wednesday, February 22;  6:00 pm-8:45 pm

UTICA WRITERS CLUB 

Utica Writers Club is the monthly meeting at 6 PM in the Kirkland Library, Clinton, NY.

Meetings are conducted in "round table" style, in which member and visitor readings are presented to the group for constructive comments. All varieties of writing, regardless of genre, are discussed and encouraged by the Club.  Contact Jeremy Mortis for details at bookseller2121@yahoo.com
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Monday,  February 27, 6:00-8:00 pm

MONDAY WRITERS GROUP


The Monday Writers Group is a group of amateur adult writers and all skill levels. We meet on the fourth Monday of each month. Writing assignments are always prose, fiction or non-fiction, 400 words or the side of one page. The writing prompt for this month is “FARAWAY PLACES.”  Facilitated by Jerry Finkelstein. For more information, call 736-9734.  If you would like to read some of the stories written by our members, visit our Monday Night Writers blog.

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