Writing Your Family History w/Afi Scruggs, Amy Breau and Mary Helen Petrus (Free)
Saturday, February 4th, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at Lake Erie Ink, 2843 Washington Blvd., Cleveland Hts.
Learn how to research, write, and preserve your family legacy. This panel discussion will feature presentations by writers who have gained a better understanding of their family history through memoir, interviews, and genealogical research, followed by Q&A. Whether you are looking for motivation to start or instructors to help you craft the work you’ve already begun, this event will help you. Presented as part of “Crossing the Border: Immigrant Narratives in Cleveland,” an event featuring Cleveland writers on the topic of immigration.
Make the Leap into Writing Persona Poems w/Mimi Plevin-Foust ($30.00/$25.00 for members)
Thursday, February 16th and 23rd, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., location TBA
Do you want to write poems that help you stand out from the pack, tell stories, build your imagination, and create social change? Writing persona poems – poems in another’s voice – can do all that and more. In this fun, interactive workshop, we’ll discover and practice this underused but highly effective poetic strategy. You’ll also learn how to perform these poems aloud, with the chance to share them at a Lit Cleveland event soon after. Come with notebook or paper, a pen you love, and your imagination. Beginners to experienced poets are all welcome.
Digging Up the Bodies: Writing About True Crimes in History w/Jane Turzillo ($30.00/$25.00 for members)
Wednesday, February 22nd and March 1st, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.,
St. Edward’s Library, 13500 Detroit Ave.
If you want to write about true crimes in history, this is the class for you! We’ll talk about how to spot an interesting subject and where to uncover the evidence, photographs and more. Then we’ll talk about how to turn what you’ve found into a compelling read. We’ll go from first draft to finished story. If time permits we’ll look at some markets. Bring ideas or works in progress.
Check out this open mic at MIX at CMA!
MIX: Expression on Thursday, February 9th, 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. at Cleveland Museum of Art
Explore the power of words and art in this special Thursday MIX – we’re opening the museum up just for MIX attendees. Share your poems, stories, and more at an open mic in the galleries led by poet Damien Ware and presented in collaboration with Literary Cleveland, and check out the new special exhibition Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks.
MIX is an 18 and over event. $10.00 in advance/$15.00 day of event. CMA members free.
Next week! Between the Lines w/James Renner, author of True Crime Addict
Wednesday, January 18th, 7:00 p.m., Happy Dog at the Euclid Tavern, 11625 Euclid Ave. (Free)
Join Literary Cleveland for an evening with James Renner, a novelist and non-fiction writer whom The New York Times Sunday Book Review has called “shamelessly entertaining” and “just plain fun to read”. Renner’s novel “The Man From Primrose Lane” is being adapted by Fox with feature director-producer Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes). The author will read from his work, engage in a conversation with writer Katherine Clark, and take questions from the audience. Mac’s Backs will sell books, and Renner will be on hand to sign them.
In partnership with The Happy Dog and The East Cleveland Public Library.
