Here's a list of our full slate of Up & Coming Events, with links to register for each event. Hope to see you all at one or more of these events! Note: this list does not include Story/Stereo events. Those I'll post on another day.
Open Door Reading
SUN, JAN 30, 2:00 P.M.
Poetry and Prose Open Mic. Sign-up for readers begins at 1:30. Register here.
AWP CONFERENCE, FEB. 2-5
The Writer's Center's AWP events.
Special Event: Maxine Hong Kingston
FRI, Feb 4, 7:30 P.M. Admission: $15 ($10 for Writer’s Center members)
The Writer’s Center presents Maxine Hong Kingston, who reads from her new memoir, I Love a Broad Margin to My Life. Register here.
Open Door Reading
SUN, FEB 6, 2:00 P.M. FREE
Join editor Pireeni Sundaralingam and authors published in Indivisible, an anthology of South Asian American poetry. Readers will include Sachin B. Patel, Ravi Shankar, Dilruba Ahmed, and Pireeni Sundaralingam. Register here.
Open Door Reading
SUN, FEB 13, 2:00 P.M. FREE
The Writer’s Center presents poets published by the newly-launched Broadkill River Press. Readers are Martin Galvin (Sounding the Atlantic), Mary Ann Larkin (That Deep and Steady Hum), Laura Miller (Exile at Sarzana), and Sid Gold (The Year of The Dog Throwers). Register here.
BookTalk: A Community Reads
SUN, FEB 20, 1:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. FREE.
The Writer’s Center and Round House Theatre come together in a program focusing on the stage adaptation of Alice McDermott’s National Book Award-winning novel, Charming Billy. Meet Ms. McDermott and Round House Theatre’s Artistic Director, Blake Robison, at The Writer’s Center at 1:00 p.m., then attend the play at Round House at 3:00 p.m., followed by a panel discussion on adaptation at Round House. Register here.
Open Door Reading
SUN, FEB 27, 2:00 P.M. FREE.
We welcome three poets. Shirley Brewer reads from A Little Breast Music; Kathleen Hellen reads from The Girl Who Loved Mothra; Laura Shovan reads from Mountain, Log, Salt and Stone. Register here.
Open Door Reading
SUN, MARCH 6, 2:00 P.M.
Kim Kupperman reads from her recent collection of essays, I Just Lately Started Buying Wings. She is joined by poet J.H. Beall, who reads from Republic. Register here.
Open Door Reading
SUN, MARCH 13, 2:00 P.M.
Poetry publication reading with visiting author Jeanne Marie Beaumont, who reads from Burning of the Three Fires, and Michele Wolf, reading from Immersion. Register here.
Open Door Reading
SUN, MARCH 20, 2:00 P.M.
Join editor Joelle Biele in a reading from the recently published Elizabeth Bishop & The New Yorker: The Complete Correspondence. Readers will include Dana Gioia, Sandra Beasley, David Gewanter, and others to be announced. Register here.
Open Door Reading
SUN, MARCH 27, 2:00 P.M.
Terese Svoboda reads from her latest novel, Pirate Talk or Mermalade. She is joined by Jane Satterfield, whose most recent book is a memoir, Daughter of Empire. Register here.
Open Door Reading
SUN , APRIL 3, 2:00 P.M.
The Writer’s Center welcomes poets Ellen Dore Watson, author of Dogged Hearts, and Carol Moldaw, whose most recent collection is So Late, So Soon: New and Selected Poems. Register here.
Open Door Reading
SUN, APRIL 10, 2:00 P.M.
Erika Meitner reads poems from her latest collection, Ideal Cities. She is joined by novelist Candace Katz, author of Schaeffer Brown’s Detective Observations. Register here.
Open Door Reading
SUN, MAY 1, 2:00 P.M.
A reading from The Return of Halley’s Comet, a play by Donald Bliss about Mark Twain’s dictation of his autobiography, followed by a discussion of the autobiography. Register here.
Open Door Reading
SUN, MAY 8, 2:00 P.M.
Mother’s Day Poetry and Prose Open Mic. Sign-up for readers begins at 1:30 p.m. Register here.
Open Door Reading
SUN, MAY 15, 2:00 P.M.
The Writer’s Center presents a panel discussion with authors Donna Denize, Nan Fry, and Rose Solari discussing the enduring appeal of classic myths, and contemporary re-tellings of those myths. Register here.
Open Door Reading
SUN, MAY 22, 2:00 P.M.
Novelist Ann McLaughlin reads from A Trial in Summer, and Alan Orloff reads from his new novel, Killer Routine. Register here.
Call It Anything: Miles Davis’ “Electric Period” 1968–1991
FRI, APRIL 29, 7:30 P.M.
Through the use of film footage and excerpts from seminal recordings like “Live-Evil” and “On the Corner,” poet, music critic, and Writer’s Center workshop leader Reuben Jackson will discuss this rich, influential, and still controversial chapter of Miles Davis’ career. Register here.
Call It Anything: Miles Davis’ “Electric Period” 1968–1991, SAT, APRIL 30, 7:30 P.M.
Through the use of film footage and excerpts from seminal recordings like “Live-Evil” and “On the Corner,” poet, music critic, and Writer’s Center workshop leader Reuben Jackson will discuss this rich, influential, and still controversial chapter of Miles Davis’ career. Register here.
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