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X-WR-CALNAME:Baltimore · literary · Sunday · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Writing the Truth: Lessons in Nonfiction Writing DTSTART:20260908T170000Z DTEND:20260929T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T183024Z UID:10005342-1788872400-1790697600@writer.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Learn essential tools for powerful\, non-fiction\, narrative w riting in a range of different formats.\nThe workshop is designed for begi nning writers looking to gain a footing in non-fiction writing of differen t length and format\, from first-person essays to long-form magazine writi ng and even book-length projects. You’ll learn both by reading and by wr iting. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our onli ne video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on us ing the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don ’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn how to:\n\nDevelop resea rch and interviewing tools and methods\nWrite with power and clarity\nDeve lop an eye for detail and color\nIdentify characters to drive the story\nC onnect with the reader\n\nTime requirements\n\n30 minutes/week or less\n\n Materials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\n\nIf you need an a ccommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. W e will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary t o arrange for some accessibility services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T183024Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://writer.org/event/writing-the-truth-lessons-in-nonfiction-writi ng-3/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Archival Research for Creative Writing DTSTART:20260909T200000Z DTEND:20261007T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T183024Z UID:10005343-1788969600-1791396000@writer.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The art of narrative remix through historical research.\nAn in troduction to archival research through narrative writing and experimentat ion. Learn how to work with and historical resources\, interpret gaps\, an d reconstruct your own story as a public history tool. The workshop will i nclude a presentation of examples from the instructor’s current research process\, featuring archival imagery\, documents and story iterations. Pa rticipants will engage in exercises to think and write through their own n arrative projects\, whether meant for personal memoir or public scholarshi p. Designed for emerging scholars\, writers\, and community members intere sted in recovering underrepresented histories. \n\nLive video conference:  This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\,  Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the st art date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn how to:\n\nHarness archival resources\nWrite into the past \nUse narrative reconstruction as a research method\n\nTime requirements\n \n No time or reading is required outside of the classroom\n\nMaterials\n \nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodatio n for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will atte mpt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange f or some accessibility services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T183024Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://writer.org/event/archival-research-for-creative-writing/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Turning Your Writing Practice into a Creative Offering DTSTART:20260913T170000Z DTEND:20260920T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T183024Z UID:10005348-1789304400-1789918200@writer.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Write with purpose. Share with intention.\nIn this two-part wo rkshop series\, you’ll first explore how to build a restorative\, sustai nable writing practice rooted in your values\, interests\, and natural cre ative rhythms. Then on day two\, you’ll learn how to thoughtfully shape your writing into a creative offering\, identifying the messages you want to share\, the audience you hope to reach\, and the platforms or projects that best align with your goals. Whether you’re beginning your writing j ourney\, returning after time away\, or looking for fresh direction\, you ’ll leave with practical tools\, greater creative clarity\, and a deeper sense of purpose for both your writing practice and your creative life. P lease note: If you’ve previously taken GG’s standalone workshop\, Writ ing as a Restorative Practice\, the first day of this series covers much o f that same material. The second day offers new content focused on shaping your writing into a creative offering and sharing it with intention. \n\n Live video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video co nferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the pla tform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receiv e an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nWrite from the Inside Out: Build a writing practice rooted in your values\, interests\, and authentic creat ive voice.\nDiscover Your Creative Themes: Identify the stories\, question s\, and ideas that continue to call you back.\nWork with Your Creative Rhy thm: Learn habits and processes that support inspiration without burnout.\ nShape Your Writing into a Creative Offering: Explore how your personal wr iting can evolve into a project or platform that feels aligned and meaning ful.\nConnect with Your Audience: Clarify who you hope to reach\, the mess ages you want to share\, and the best ways to engage with readers.\nEmbrac e Experimentation: Replace perfectionism with curiosity as you create a fl exible\, sustainable plan for sharing your work.\n\nTime requirements\n\n1 -2 hours\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\n\nIf y ou need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@w riter.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T183024Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://writer.org/event/turning-your-writing-practice-into-a-creative -offering/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-m d X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(Wet Ink) Experimentation in Flash Fiction DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260914 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261006 DTSTAMP:20260907T183024Z UID:10005349-1789344000-1791244799@writer.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:Discover how creative constraints can unlock surprising new po ssibilities in your writing.\nIn this four-week generative workshop\, we w ill explore how playing with time\, form\, and omission can change stories and move them beyond the familiar. Through close reading\, discussion\, a nd in-class exercises\, participants will experiment with techniques to pl ay with their stories. By the end of the workshop\, participants will have several new drafts as well as a toolkit of exercises and strategies for f uture work. Participants should come prepared to write and to read a small selection of flash fiction between sessions\; no advance preparation is r equired for the first class. \n\nLearn at your own pace: This workshop wi ll take place over Wet Ink\, which is an asynchronous creative writing pl atform. The instructor will post a lesson and assignment at the beginning of each week\, and participants can log in and read the lessons/post assig nments/comment on other classmates’ work at their convenience. Shortly b efore the start date\, participants will receive an invite from Wet Ink to create their login info and access the class. Please check your spam if y ou don’t see it. \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nCompression as a creative tool\nForm as a generator of story\nTime and narrative movement \nThe power of omission\nReimagining drafts through revision\n\nTime requi rements\n\nParticipants should expect to spend approximately 1–2 hours b etween sessions reading a small selection of flash fiction. Time for compl eting optional generative writing exercises is dependent on individual wri ters. Writers will be encouraged to share their drafts with the workshop.\ n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is designed for writers who want to expan d their creative practice through experimentation. It will be especially u seful for writers who find themselves relying on familiar approaches and a re interested in generating new work through constraint\, play and formal innovation. Writers of all genres and experience levels are welcome.\n\n\n If you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at acce ss@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notic e is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T183024Z LOCATION:Wet Ink URL:https://writer.org/event/wet-ink-experimentation-in-flash-fiction/?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Baltimore Book Festival DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260729T234823Z UID:14749-1789776000-1789948799@www.citylitproject.org CATEGORIES:festival,literary DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T234823Z LOCATION:Waverly Main Street\, 418 E 32nd Street\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21218\ , United States URL:https://www.citylitproject.org/event/baltimore-book-festival-2026/?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:CityLit Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.citylitproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:29SCC Outreach @ Baltimore Book Festival DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260915T234034Z UID:32rk6pqo7n5bfog8hrvrkg3unj@google.com CATEGORIES:festival,literary LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T234034Z X-SOURCE-NAME:29th Street Public Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://29thstreetcommunitycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Ivy Bookshop at The Baltimore Book Festival! DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260916T003151Z UID:2547042-1789776000-1789948799@www.theivybookshop.com CATEGORIES:festival,literary DESCRIPTION:We’re so excited to see you at the Baltimore Book Festival\, where you can visit us at our booth on Sept. 19-20. Come on out both days to see an array of incredible authors from here in Baltimore and across t he country\, hosted collaboratively by Baltimore’s many wonderful bookis h organizations.\nOn Sunday\, September 20th\, the Ivy is thrilled to be h osting the 31st St. Stage! See below for more information about the events on our stage that day:\n\n\n11am: Louise Marburg and Elizabeth Hazen: FAN CY MEETING YOU\n12pm: P.C. Verrone and Amani Jackson: RABBIT\, FOX\, TAR\n 1pm: Lenna Jawdat and Ramsey Hanhan: 70\,000: POEMS\n3pm: Alexandra Elle a nd Maureen Nicol: THE COMPANY WE KEEP\n4pm: Robert Isaacs and J. Wynn Rous uck: IT’S HARD TO BE AN ANIMAL\n\n\nSee you there! LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T003151Z LOCATION:Waverly Main Street\, 418 E 32nd St\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21218 URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/event/the-ivy-bookshop-at-the-baltimore -book-festival/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltim ore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:Ivy Bookshop X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rental: PRIVATE / Baltimore Read Aloud DTSTART:20260920T130000Z DTEND:20260920T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T234034Z UID:3dsp6nsceiph5bc1otit4pbbbs@google.com CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:Author green room for Childrens' Stage guests during the Balti more Book Festival. Sponsored by Baltimore Read Aloud. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T234034Z LOCATION:29th Street Community Center-1-Classroom - 1st Fl (107) (30) X-SOURCE-NAME:29th Street Public Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://29thstreetcommunitycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Baltimore Book Festival DTSTART:20260920T140000Z DTEND:20260920T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T180142Z UID:10007404-1789898400-1789927200@baltimorecountymoms.com CATEGORIES:festival,literary DESCRIPTION:The Baltimore Book Festival returns to the streets of Waverly this September\, with a two day celebration of books and authors\, brought to you by Baltimore’s bookstores and literary community. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T180142Z LOCATION:Waverly URL:https://baltimorecountymoms.com/event/baltimore-book-festival-2/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:Baltimore County Moms X-SOURCE-URL:https://baltimorecountymoms.com/2025-farmers-markets END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Louise Marburg and Elizabeth Hazen at the Baltimore Book Festival: FANCY MEETING YOU DTSTART:20260920T150000Z DTEND:20260920T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T003151Z UID:2402402-1789902000-1789905600@www.theivybookshop.com CATEGORIES:festival,literary DESCRIPTION:A conversation about Louise Marburg’s novel FANCY MEETING YO U\, a Baltimore-based “middle-aged coming-of-age”! \n\n\n\n\nWe’re s o excited to see you at the Baltimore Book Festival\, where you can visit us at our booth on Sept. 19-20. On Sunday\, September 20th\, we are thrill ed to be hosting the 31st St. Stage!\nKick off your day at the Festival at 11AM with Louise Marburg in conversation with Elizabeth Hazen\, who wi ll be celebrating Louise Marburg’s new novel\, Fancy Meeting You! \nFan cy Meeting You follows Laura in her home in Baltimore and elsewhere throu gh her fiftieth year. Each chapter marks her encounter with a new characte r–a family member or two\, a potential lover\, complete strangers-each o ffering their own brand of wisdom or judgment or wacky opinion. Somehow\, through these entanglements\, Laura begins to gather bits and pieces of th e self-knowledge she is lacking. \nRSVP Here! \nClick here to order Fancy Meeting You! \nLouise Marburg is the author of three collections of sto ries\, the most recent being You Have Reached Your Destination\, which wa s favorably reviewed in the New York Times and the Washington Post. She has been published in such journals as Story\, The Hudson Review\, Plough shares\, The Missouri Review\, and many others. Marburg studied design at the Kansas City Art Institute\, is a graduate of New York University’s G allatin Division\, and holds an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University’ s School of the Arts. She has been a scholar at the Sewanee Writers Confer ence and a fellow at the Kenyon Writing Workshops\, and her work has been supported by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. A native of Baltim ore\, she lives in New York City with her husband\, the artist Charles Mar burg. Fancy Meeting You is her first novel. \nElizabeth Hazen is a poet \, essayist\, and teacher. She is currently teaching poetry at Maryland Co rrectional Institution at Jessup through the Goucher College Prison Educat ion Partnership. Her work has appeared in The Best American Poetry\, Epoch \, American Literary Review\, Smartish Pace\, Shenandoah Literary Magazine \, and other journals. She has published three collections of poetry: Chao s Theories (Alan Squire Publishing\, 2016)\, Girls Like Us (Alan Squire Pu blishing\, 2020)\, and The Sky Will Hold (Riot in Your Throat\, 2026). She lives in Baltimore with her family. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T003151Z LOCATION:Baltimore Book Festival\, 31st St. Stage URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/event/louise-marburg-and-elizabeth-haze n-at-the-baltimore-book-festival-fancy-meeting-you/?utm_source=caldiscover y&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:Ivy Bookshop X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:P.C. Verrone and Amani Jackson at the Baltimore Book Festival: RAB BIT\, FOX\, TAR DTSTART:20260920T160000Z DTEND:20260920T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T003151Z UID:2402466-1789905600-1789909200@www.theivybookshop.com CATEGORIES:festival,literary DESCRIPTION:A conversation about P.C. Verron’s novel RABBIT\, FOX\, TAR\ , a “mesmerizing\, fable-like debut novel”! \n\n\n\nWe’re so excited to see you at the Baltimore Book Festival\, where you can visit us at our booth on Sept. 19-20. On Sunday\, September 20th\, we are thrilled to be hosting the 31st St. Stage!\nAt 12PM\, join us for an event with P.C. Ver rone in conversation with Amani Jackson\, celebrating P.C. Verrone’s s triking new novel\, Rabbit\, Fox\, Tar! \nLonglisted for The Center for F iction 2026 First Novel Prize\, this is a mesmerizing\, fable-like debut n ovel about a mysterious young Black woman whose arrival in an insular neig hborhood threatens to shake its foundations. We think it should be assigne d reading in schools. \nRSVP Here! \nClick here to order Rabbit\, Fox\, T ar! \nP.C. Verrone‘s work has appeared in FIYAH\, PodCastle\, Nightmar e\, and numerous anthologies. He has been a Tin House Resident\, a Playwri ghts’ Center Fellow\, and a WNDB Black Creatives Revisions Workshop winn er. He graduated from Harvard College and holds an MFA in creative writing from Rutgers University–Newark. He lives in Dallas with his husband\, a historian. \nAmani Jackson is the Operations Manager at The Ivy Booksho p in Baltimore\, Maryland. Amani has worked in and with bookstores across the DMV for the past six years. She has also served on the American Bookse ller’s Association’s bookseller advisory committee\, as a judge for th e American Library Association’s Andrew Carnegie Medal of Distinction an d as the ABA Indies Introduce Summer/Fall 2026 committee chair. She lives in the city with her two cats and mountains of books. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T003151Z LOCATION:Baltimore Book Festival\, 31st St. Stage URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/event/p-c-verrone-and-amani-jackson-at- the-baltimore-book-festival-rabbit-fox-tar/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_me dium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:Ivy Bookshop X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Writing the Fictionalized Autobiography: Coming-of-Age Stories DTSTART:20260920T170000Z DTEND:20261018T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T062818Z UID:10005362-1789909200-1792337400@writer.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:More and more\, popular culture has been fascinated by narrati ves that depict coming of age from the perspective of the child in the for m of memoir\, often demonstrating cultural diversity.\nThis workshop will focus stories drawn from participants’ own life experiences that have ce rtain fictional elements and are structured like fiction. During each week of the course\, we will write short pieces of memoir\, based on the follo wing: certain places and individuals you remember\, certain traditions and even collective traumas that predate the first-person narrator\, certain positive events as well as troubling events\, with the liberty to fictiona lize and embellish the autobiographical story. We will develop a foundatio n for the elements of fiction: plot\, character\, internal monologue\, and dialogue while studying published works in the genre. \n\nLive video conf erence: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing plat form\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this wo rkshop you’ll learn:\n\nThe use of the first person\nThe structure of pl ot\, rising action\, conflict\, partial resolution\, further conflict\, fl ashbacks and chronology\nDialogue\nCharacter development\nConcrete detail\ nHow to use realistic dialogue that advances the story and achieves intend ed coherence or\, conversely\, artistic postmodernist subversion of conven tional coherence\n\nTime requirements\n\n3 hours minimum\n\nMaterials\n\nA ll reading materials will be provided.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation f or this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T062818Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://writer.org/event/writing-the-fictionalized-autobiography-comin g-of-age-stories/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=balt imore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lenna Jawdat with Ramsey Hanhan: 70\,000 at the Baltimore Book Fes tival DTSTART:20260920T170000Z DTEND:20260920T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T003151Z UID:2402659-1789909200-1789912800@www.theivybookshop.com CATEGORIES:festival,literary DESCRIPTION:A conversation about Lenna Jawdat’s 70\,000: an “embodied meditation on cultural displacement\, memory\, and resilience.” \n\n\n\n We’re so excited to see you at the Baltimore Book Festival\, where you c an visit us at our booth on Sept. 19-20. On Sunday\, September 20th\, we a re thrilled to be hosting the 31st St. Stage!\nAt 1PM\, join us for an eve nt with Lenna Jawdat celebrating her powerful new poetry collection 70\ ,000! Palestinian writer and scientist Ramsey Hanhan joins her in convers ation\, and we encourage you to check out his new book\, Palestine Bleeds for You. \n70\,000 is a visceral and inventive poetry collection inspire d by the removal of approximately 70\,000 books from Palestinian homes and private libraries before and during the events of 1948. Of those books\, most have not been returned\; about 6\,000 remain housed in Israeli nation al collections\, where they are largely inaccessible to Palestinians. \nA powerful act of remembrance and resistance\, 70\,000 transforms cultural erasure into an archive of grief\, memory\, and hope. \nClick here to ord er 70\,000! \nRSVP Here! \nLenna Jawdat is a poet\, writer\, and psycho therapist of Palestinian and Iraqi descent. Her work has been published in  Poet Lore\, The Massachusetts Review\, The Margins\, and elsewhere. Sh e was a 2021 Best of the Net nominee\, an artist in residence at Sundress Academy for the Arts (2023) and Vermont Studio Center (2025) and a Tin Hou se alum. Lenna received her MFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts in May 2024. Her debut book\, 70\,000\, was selected for Summer/Fall 2026 Indies Introduce and July 2026 Indies Next by the Am erican Booksellers Association. She lives in DC on the ancestral land of t he Anacostan people. \n\n\n\nRamsey Hanhan is a father\, scientist\, and independent author of two books: Palestine Bleeds For You (2026) and the autobiographical Fugitive Dreams (2022). His short stories\, essays\, a nd poetry appear in The Harvard Advocate\, Fikra magazine\, Scene48\,  Mondoweiss and other publications. A former physics professor\, Ramsey li ves near Baltimore\, and speaks on Palestine and literature. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T003151Z LOCATION:Baltimore Book Festival\, 31st St. Stage URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/event/lenna-jawdat-and-susan-muaddi-dar raj-at-the-baltimore-book-festival-70000-poems/?utm_source=caldiscovery&ut m_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:Ivy Bookshop X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Xerox Revolution: Exploring the Historical Significance and Re surgence of DIY Zines DTSTART:20260920T180000Z DTEND:20260920T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T000433Z UID:31772-1789912800-1789918200@www.mdhumanities.org CATEGORIES:arts,literary DESCRIPTION:Join zine publisher Paul Armentano and University of Maryland archivist and curator John Davis for a panel that explores the historical impact and cultural significance of zines! Panelists will discuss the cruc ial role zines played in promoting communication and awareness among bands and their fans\, and how zine networks laid the foundation for the rise o f underground music scenes\, as well as other subcultures. The modern zine resurgence will also be examined\, and how zines are able to thrive in an era of electronic media. Come and learn about the vibrant world of DIY zi nes – self-published\, underground magazines that bypassed media gatekee pers. LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T000433Z URL:https://www.mdhumanities.org/event/the-xerox-revolution-exploring-the- historical-significance-and-resurgence-of-diy-zines/?utm_source=caldiscove ry&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:Maryland Humanities X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.mdhumanities.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Haiku\, Tanka\, and Senryu DTSTART:20260920T180000Z DTEND:20261011T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T063200Z UID:10005363-1789912800-1791734400@writer.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:The goal of this course is to introduce the participant to thr ee Japanese poetic forms: the haiku\, tanka\, and senryu and guide a writi ng practice that includes these forms. Each week the participant will read examples of poetry in one of the Japanese forms and then generate some po ems. By the end of the workshop\, the participant will have generated poem s in the three Japanese forms and feel confident in writing in these forms . \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online vi deo conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using t he platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t se e it). \n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but ad vance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T063200Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://writer.org/event/haiku-tanka-and-senryu/?utm_source=caldiscove ry&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Alexandra Elle and Maureen Nicol at the Baltimore Book Festival: T HE COMPANY WE KEEP DTSTART:20260920T190000Z DTEND:20260920T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T003151Z UID:2402825-1789916400-1789920000@www.theivybookshop.com CATEGORIES:festival,literary DESCRIPTION:We’re so excited to see you at the Baltimore Book Festival\, where you can visit us at our booth on Sept. 19-20. On Sunday\, September 20th\, we are thrilled to be hosting the 31st St. Stage!\nAt 3PM\, join u s for an event with Alexandra Elle in conversation with Maureen Nicol\, celebrating Alexandra Elle’s new book\, The Company We Keep: Friendshi p\, Connection\, and Redefining What It Means to Grow Together! \nThis eve nt is hosted in partnership with Our House Baltimore\, owned by Maureen Ni col. It’s a vibrant hub where families can enjoy excellent food and coff ee\, engage in meaningful programming\, and connect in a space designed to nurture their whole experience– just down the street from the Book Fest ival. \nThe Company We Keep is a vulnerable exploration of the friendship s that shape us\, stretch us\, and sometimes wound us. With her trademark wisdom and storytelling\, Alex invites us not only to celebrate but to exa mine the relationships in our lives\, and to become a better friend to our selves first. \nClick here to order The Company We Keep! \nRSVP Here! \nA lexandra Elle is a New York Times bestselling author and restorative wri ting teacher. In her work and through her books\, Alex aims to build commu nity and healing practices through language. \nMaureen Nicol is a creativ e director\, digital storyteller\, model\, community maker\, and educator\ , with a doctorate in curriculum and teaching from Teachers College\, Colu mbia University. She is committed to the transformative work of balancing cultural programming initiatives and engagement strategies in unique local es. While seeking community through a restorative wilderness experience\, Maureen observed that few of these spaces are accessible to women of color . She went on to be the founder of Mamas Who Dream\, an organization uniqu ely focused on designing and spearheading wilderness retreats for mothers of color through an economically sustainable and financially equitable mod el. \nMaureen’s through line is creating spaces and places with a focus on caregivers and children of color and Black parenting. Her latest initia tive\, Our House Baltimore\, seeks to transform the notion of a children ’s recreational space into a multigenerational play area with offerings for adults and children alike. \nIg: williethewayfarer \nOurhousebaltimore LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T003151Z LOCATION:Baltimore Book Festival\, 31st St. Stage URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/event/alexandra-elle-and-maureen-nicol- at-the-baltimore-book-festival-the-company-we-keep/?utm_source=caldiscover y&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:Ivy Bookshop X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Robert Isaacs and J. Wynn Rousuck at The Baltimore Book Festival: IT'S HARD TO BE AN ANIMAL DTSTART:20260920T200000Z DTEND:20260920T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T003151Z UID:2402909-1789920000-1789923600@www.theivybookshop.com CATEGORIES:festival,literary DESCRIPTION:We’re so excited to see you at the Baltimore Book Festival\, where you can visit us at our booth on Sept. 19-20. On Sunday\, September 20th\, we are thrilled to be hosting the 31st St. Stage!\nJoin us at 4:00 PM for an event with Robert Isaacs in conversation with J. Wynn Rousuck\ , celebrating Robert Isaacs’ raucous and heart-full new novel\, It’s Hard to Be an Animal! \nFor readers of Shark Heart\, Remarkably Bright Cr eatures and Hollow Kingdom\, this novel follows a lonely\, conflict-aver se man whose sudden ability to understand animals sends him on a wild romp around NYC\, and ultimately helps him discover his own voice. \nClick her e to order It’s Hard to Be an Animal! \nRSVP Here! \nRobert Isaacs ha s survived an eventful life. He has escaped an angry hippo in the Okavango Delta\, dodged tear gas on the Mount of Olives\, roasted marshmallows ove r cooling lava in the Guatemalan highlands\, and been run over by a boat o ff the west coast of Australia. In his youth he supported himself as a jug gler and unicyclist on the streets of San Francisco before turning to musi c\; over the course of thirty years he conducted everywhere from Carnegie Hall to the Cook Islands\, released a dozen CDs\, and earned a Grammy nomi nation. It’s Hard to Be an Animal is his first novel. \nJ. Wynn Rousuc k is the award-winning theater critic at WYPR\, 88.1 FM. Prior to that\, s he was the theater critic at The Baltimore Sun for 23 years\, during wh ich she reviewed more than 3\,000 plays. Her acclaimed debut novel\, Pl ease Write: A Novel in Letters\, won the 2024 Best Novel award from the D og Writers Association of America. Her nonfiction has appeared in magazine s ranging from American Theatre to Dog World. She was a faculty member for more than two decades at the Tony Award-winning Eugene O’Neill Thea ter Center and has also taught writing and theater at Goucher College and in various programs at Johns Hopkins University. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T003151Z LOCATION:Baltimore Book Festival\, 31st St. Stage URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/event/robert-isaacs-at-the-baltimore-bo ok-festival-its-hard-to-be-an-animal/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=i cs&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:Ivy Bookshop X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/events END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR