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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday Swift Youth Writers Groups - Ames Writers Collective
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Sun.\, Dec 14 for the 2nd Sunday Swift Youth Writers Group held from 2 – 4 p.m. at the Ames Public Library. We are scheduled to meet in the P.E.O. room\, but check monitors incase the location changes. We supply notebooks\, pens and other materials to prompt and inspire stories. This Sunday\, Adela Solano Osmundson\, a graduate of this program\, will lead the Swift Youth Writers group. She looks forward to writing with those of you who can join her.\n\n\nSwift Youth Writers Groups are an Ames Writers Collective FREE community outreach program held in partnership with the Ames Public Library. The Ames Writers Collective community outreach programs are funded by grants and generous donors.\n\n\n\n\nJoin us! Happy Writing!
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/2nd-sunday-swift-youth-writers-groups-ames-writers-collective-2/
LOCATION:Ames Public Library\, 515 Douglas Ave\, Ames\, IA\, 50010\, United States
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SUMMARY:Author Spotlight | Karen Bermann - Ames Writers Collective
DESCRIPTION:LIVE and In Person at FIFTH STREET WRITERS\, 612 5th St.\, Ames\nThurs.\, Nov. 20\, 6:30 p.m. | Books for Sale & Author Signing \nA vividly illustrated family memoir told in two voices\, father and daughter\, The Art of Being a Stranger explores the impact of displacement and historical memory across generations. Karen Bermann is professor emerita of architecture at Iowa State University. She worked on sweat equity rehabilitation in her native New York and taught first-year design in Ames and fourth-year design in Rome\, where she now lives. \nOn Exhibit & Meet the Author/Artist:\nDrawings from The Art of Being a Stranger\nThurs.\, Nov. 20: 6:30 p.m.\nFri. Nov. 21: 10:30 a.m. – noon and 1 – 6:30 p.m.\nSat. Nov 22: 1:30 – 6:30 p.m. \nin partnership with KHOI Community Radio and Dog Eared Books
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/author-spotlight-karen-bermann-ames-writers-collective/
LOCATION:Ames Writers Collective / Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th St\, Ames\, IA\, 50010\, United States
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SUMMARY:Member Open House - Ames Writers Collective
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nOpen this month from 8 – 10 a.m. on Wednesdays. There are a few exceptions\, please check our events calendar for specific dates! \nOur space is designed for writers by writers? It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects? We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host this month is communications intern\, Acacia Coates.
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/member-open-house-ames-writers-collective-2/
LOCATION:Ames Writers Collective / Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th St\, Ames\, IA\, 50010\, United States
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SUMMARY:Eco-Theatre Workshop - Ames Writers Collective
DESCRIPTION:Join The EcoTheatre Lab and Ames Writers Collective for a community Climate Change Theatre Action workshop! \nThis event is located at Fifth Street Writers on Sat. Nov. 15 from 10am – noon. This event is FREE and open to the public. \nThe EcoTheatre Lab team will share readings of short climate change plays and introduce the international Climate Change Theatre Action (CCTA) initiative. Then participants will engage with performance and generative writing exercises as a way to connect with local climate change issues and solutions. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the initiative\, read and discuss some of the CCTA commissioned plays\, and then write and perform short CCTA plays themselves. This workshop is open to anyone who is interested\, but pay-what-you-can donations will be accepted at the door. Click here to RSVP.
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/eco-theatre-workshop-ames-writers-collective/
LOCATION:Ames Writers Collective / Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th St\, Ames\, IA\, 50010\, United States
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SUMMARY:Member Open Hours - Ames Writers Collective
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nOpen this month from 8 – 10 a.m. on Wednesdays. There are a few exceptions\, please check our events calendar for specific dates! \nOur space is designed for writers by writers? It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects? We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host this month is communications intern\, Acacia Coates.
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LOCATION:Ames Writers Collective / Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th St\, Ames\, IA\, 50010\, United States
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SUMMARY:Member Open Hours - Ames Writers Collective
DESCRIPTION:This month\, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information! \nOpen today from 10 am. – noon. Check our events calendar for specific dates! \nOur space is designed for writers by writers? It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects? We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables\, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building\, with plenty of street parking. Our site host is founder\, Ana McCracken.
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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday Swift Youth Writers Groups - Ames Writers Collective
DESCRIPTION:Join the Ames Writers Collective on Sun.\, Nov 9 for the 2nd Sunday Swift Youth Writers Group held from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Ames Public Library. We are scheduled to meet in the P.E.O. room\, but check monitors incase the location changes. We supply notebooks\, pens and other materials to prompt and inspire stories. This Sunday\, Adela Solano Osmundson\, a graduate of this program\, will lead the Swift Youth Writers group. She looks forward to writing with those of you who can join her.\n\n\nSwift Youth Writers Groups are an Ames Writers Collective FREE community outreach program held in partnership with the Ames Public Library. The Ames Writers Collective community outreach programs are funded by grants and generous donors.\n\nJoin us! Happy Writing!
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/2nd-sunday-swift-youth-writers-groups-ames-writers-collective/
LOCATION:Ames Public Library\, 515 Douglas Ave\, Ames\, IA\, 50010\, United States
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