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X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - san-antonio-tx BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Big Give Drop-In at Gemini Ink DTSTART:20260905T150000Z DTEND:20260905T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T062900Z UID:14733-1788602400-1788616800@geminiink.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Help Us Raise $15\,000 for the Cary Clack Scholarship Fund\nHe llo\, community writers\, students\, volunteers\, and friends! \nGemini In k is officially kicking off our Big Give 2026 campaign\, and we need your help. \nOur goal this year is to raise $15\,000 for our Cary Clack Scholar ship Fund. These funds will help us provide at least two full scholarships for each creative writing class\, opening the door for writers to partici pate regardless of their financial circumstances or where they live. \nWe ’re asking writers\, students\, volunteers\, and community members who h ave participated in our programming to help us share the Gemini Ink story. Together\, we can continue teaching the craft of writing to people of all skill levels\, helping them bring their stories to life. \n Early giving begins September 16. Big Give runs September 23 at 6pm through September 2 4 at 6pm.\n\n“Gemini Ink helped me find my path to becoming a poet.” \ n—Gerald S. \n\nJoin Us for the Big Give Drop-In\nSaturday\, September 5 \, 2026\n10am–2pm CT\nGemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St.\, San Antonio\, TX 7 8205\nFree and open to the community \nCome by for good company\, food\, a nd conversation with fellow writers and friends of Gemini Ink. \nWe’ll h ave two filming areas set up where you can record a short video about your Gemini Ink experience or why you support creative writing in our communit y.  Tarot with Adri will also be on site to offer tarot readings to our a ttendees! Have fun\, meet other writers\, and help us create videos for th e Big Give campaign. \nAnd did we mention there will be food? \nLas Palapa s is generously donating cheese enchiladas\, so you can enjoy a meal while connecting with our literary community. \n\nHow You Can Support\nJOIN – Stop by our Drop-In event on Sat\, Sep 5\, from 10am-2pm CT.\nGemini Ink\ , 1111 Navarro\, San Antonio\, TX 78205\nFree & Open to the Community\nSHA RE – Spread the word. Every post\, every text\, every email helps.\nSEN D – Share your story. Send a written testimonial or record a short video of 60 seconds or less and let the world know why Gemini Ink matters. \nSe nd your testimonial to Mandy Lynn\, Community Engagement Coordinator at Ge mini Ink: mllara@geminiink.org \n\nHelp More Writers Bring Their Stories t o Life\nEvery gift\, large or small\, counts. Together\, we can make sure more stories are written\, more voices are heard\, and more writers thrive . \nGive to Big Give 2026\nQuestions? Contact Mandy Lynn\, Community Engag ement Coordinator at Gemini Ink\, at mllara@geminiink.org. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T062900Z LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States URL:https://geminiink.org/events/big-give-drop-in-2026/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Gemini Ink X-SOURCE-URL:https://geminiink.org/events/reading-and-open-mic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Voices of San Anto Storytelling Showcase DTSTART:20260905T190000Z DTEND:20260905T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T062900Z UID:14485-1788616800-1788624000@geminiink.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Participants gather during a Voices of San Anto bilingual stor ytelling workshop led by Marisela Barrera in 2025. \nJoin Gemini Ink and t he San Antonio Public Library for an afternoon of live bilingual storytell ing featuring local San Antonio storytellers. \nOver the past several week s\, community members from across San Antonio have worked with writer and performer Marisela Barrera to craft original stories rooted in family hist ory\, neighborhood memory\, music\, identity\, immigration\, friendship\, and everyday life in San Antonio. This final celebration brings those stor ies to the stage in English and Spanish. \nVoices of San Anto is a free bi lingual storytelling workshop series presented in partnership with the San Antonio Public Library and designed to help local residents shape and sha re their personal stories in a welcoming community setting. \nEvent Detail s\nFree and open to the public.\nSaturday\, Sep 5\, 2026\n2–4pm \nIgo Br anch Library\n13330 Kyle Seale Pkwy\nSan Antonio\, TX 78249 \nPresented by Gemini Ink and the San Antonio Public Library. \n\nAbout Voices of San An to\nSince 2023\, Gemini Ink has partnered with the San Antonio Public Libr ary to offer free bilingual storytelling workshops led by local writers an d performers including Daniel Ramirez\, Marisela Barrera\, Eddie Vega\, an d Chibbi Orduna. \nParticipants develop original 5–7 minute stories and share them during a live public celebration with family\, friends\, and th e community. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T062900Z LOCATION:Schaefer Library\, 6322 US Hwy. 87 E.\, San Antonio\, Texas\, 782 22 URL:https://geminiink.org/events/vosa-storytelling-showcase-2/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Gemini Ink X-SOURCE-URL:https://geminiink.org/events/reading-and-open-mic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:No Filters Youth Open Mic DTSTART:20260908T230000Z DTEND:20260909T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T062900Z UID:14803-1788890400-1788897600@geminiink.org CATEGORIES:family,music DESCRIPTION:No Filters Youth Open Mic is a welcoming space for teens and y oung adults under 21 to share poetry\, spoken word\, music\, and other low -setup performances. Audience members of all ages are welcome. \nThis mont h’s special guest is Daniel Ramirez. Performances are first-come\, first -served. A $5 donation is suggested. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T062900Z LOCATION:SAY Sí\, 1310 S Brazos\, San Antonio\, Texas\, 78207 URL:https://geminiink.org/events/no-filters-youth-open-mic/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Gemini Ink X-SOURCE-URL:https://geminiink.org/events/reading-and-open-mic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LitMinds Book Club: Art Above Everything DTSTART:20260909T233000Z DTEND:20260910T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T062900Z UID:14061-1788978600-1788984000@geminiink.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join us as we read Art Above Everything by Stephanie Elizondo Griest.\n \n\n\n\n  \n\nA new kind of travel writing.\n— Booklist\n…a potent testament to the value of pursuing one’s passion.\n— Publisher s Weekly\nA global exploration of what it means to choose a creative life. \nAll artists struggle. But women are especially pushed to give up their c reative ambitions\, from societal disapproval against “selfishness” to the pressure (or desire) for children and economic stability. Throughout her 20s and 30s\, Stephanie Elizondo Griest wondered if constantly priorit izing her writing over everything else was leading her to fulfillment or r egret. After a brutal break-up and narrowly surviving a health crisis in h er early 40s\, she turned to other women for their perspectives on that ha unting question: is art enough? \nArt Above Everything documents her trave ls to 10 nations—from Cuba to Iceland\; Rwanda to Qatar—where she meet s with legendary painters\, poets\, actors\, dancers\, and musicians who t alk intimately about their art\, both what it gifts them and what it costs them. Collectively\, these artists speak dozens of languages and worship a spectrum of faiths\, but their compulsions to create despite financial h ardship\, misogyny\, sexual violence\, and family ostracization are wholly akin. Bold and inspiring\, Art Above Everything illuminates the ways we c an wield creativity as a vitalizing force. \n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\nStephanie Elizondo Griest is a globetrotting author from the Texas/ Mexico borderlands and the author of six books\, including Around the Bloc \, Mexican Enough\, All the Agents and Saints\, and Art Above Everything. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, VQR \, The Believer\, BBC\, Orion\, Lit Hub\, and Oxford American\, and has ea rned a Margolis Award\, a PEN Southwest Book Award\, an International Lati no Book Award\, and two Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism prizes. \nShe is c urrently Professor of Creative Nonfiction at the University of North Carol ina–Chapel Hill. She has traveled to 50 countries and 49 states\, is a c ancer survivor now in remission\, and recently endowed Testimonios Fronter izos\, a research grant for borderlands student journalists at the Univers ity of Texas at Austin. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVisit our LitMinds page to see what we’re reading next! LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T062900Z LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States URL:https://geminiink.org/events/litminds-art-above-everything/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Gemini Ink X-SOURCE-URL:https://geminiink.org/events/reading-and-open-mic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Read Like a Writer with Bestselling Author Laura Castoro DTSTART:20260910T233000Z DTEND:20260911T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T062900Z UID:14596-1789065000-1789070400@geminiink.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Thu\, Sep 10\, 17\, 24\, & Oct 1\n6:30-8:30pm CT via Zoom\nNon member: $200\; Member: $170\; Student/Educ/Mil: $140\n*EARN CPEs\; SCHOLAR SHIPS AVAILABLE \n \n  \nHave you ever read a great book that grabbed you from the first page and wondered\, “How did the author do that?” Read ing can be a writer’s greatest teacher\, but it requires a shift in how you approach a text. Train your eye for literary craft with bestselling au thor Laura Castoro and learn to read the way writers do. \nIn this four-we ek workshop\, we will use close reading to examine how the writing pros ac hieve enviable work. We will explore how to read more deeply so we can dec onstruct how the author sets the mood\, adheres to or manipulates conventi ons\, and plays with boundaries. In each session\, we will use excerpts fr om popular fiction books and short writing prompts to stimulate our imagin ation and inspire new written work.   \nThis course is open to adult writ ers of all skill levels.  \nIn this course students will:\n\nExplore how to effectively set the mood of a story to the draw the reader in\nIdentify how writers manipulate conventions and play with boundaries\nLearn what i s and is not important to the reader\nImmediately apply concepts using sho rt\, generative writing prompts\n\n\nLaura Castoro\, a USA Today\, Amazon top 100\, and Apple Books bestseller\, has published 47 novels with major publishing houses such as Dell Books\, Berkley\, Avon\, Warner\, MIRA\, Ha rlequin\, Kensington\, Pocketbooks\, Harper Collins\, St. Martins Press\, and William Morrow. She has also contributed to several fiction anthologie s and has published non-fiction YA and short fiction in Good Housekeeping. Under the name Laura Parker\, she writes historical and contemporary roma nce\, westerns\, and sagas. As Laura Castoro\, she writes contemporary Afr ican American and contemporary women’s fiction. Writing as D. D. Ayres\, she publishes a romantic suspense series called the K-9 Rescue Series. He r current release as Laura Castoro is Love On The Line (2021) through Will iam Morrow. Laura has won multiple national writing awards. In 2005 she wa s inducted into the Arkansas Writers’ Hall of Fame. She is a past presid ent of Novelists\, Inc. (2013)\, an international professional fiction wri ters’ organization. She is a past president and board member of the Writ ers Colony at Dairy Hollow\, a writer residency program in the AR Ozarks. She is a speaker at numerous conferences and workshops in the U.S. and abr oad. Laura currently lives in San Antonio\, TX. Email: Laurapcastoro@gmail .com. website: www.ddayres.com LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T062900Z LOCATION:Online via Zoom URL:https://geminiink.org/events/read-like-a-writer-with-laura-castoro/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Gemini Ink X-SOURCE-URL:https://geminiink.org/events/reading-and-open-mic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Diving into the Kiddie Pool: Writing for Picture Books with Diane Bertrand DTSTART:20260912T150000Z DTEND:20260912T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T183330Z UID:14598-1789207200-1789225200@geminiink.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Sat\, Sep 12\n10am-3pm CT\, in-person at Gemini Ink\nNonmember : $125\; Member: $108\; Student/Educ/Mil: $88\n*EARN CPEs\; SCHOLARSHIPS A VAILABLE\n \n \n  \nDo you have a family story\, childhood memory\, narra tive poem\, or concept that inspires an idea for a picture book? Let’s s hare a creative journey into writing for children! \nIn this one-day works hop\, adult writers will look at storybooks and discuss what works and wha t doesn’t work. We’ll explore how successful children’s authors buil d characters\, develop story arcs\, create page turners\, and play with la nguage. We will discuss the balance between engaging children and impressi ng an editor.  Then\, we will revise drafts of our own work\, rethinking character\, structure\, and vocabulary.  \nBring your first draft and 1-2 picture books similar to the style you envision for your story. This cour se is open to writers of all skill levels\, 18+.  \nStudents will leave t his class with:\n\nA new and/or revised draft of a picture book story\nAn understanding of the characters\, story frames and voice unique to picture books\nA list of books\, websites\, and organizations to support picture book writers \n\n\n \nDiane Gonzales Bertrand is the author of twelve bil ingual picture books including the award-winning My Pal Victor\, The Party for Papá Luis\, Cecilia and Miguel are Best Friends\, and The Story Circ le. She retired from her position as Writer-in-Residence for the English D epartment at St. Mary’s University in 2021.  A new picture book\, Music Rides the Bus\, is forthcoming in 2027 from Piñata Books. (Arte Público Press\, Houston\, TX   www.artepublicopress.com) LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T183330Z LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States URL:https://geminiink.org/events/writing-for-picture-books-with-diane-bert rand/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Gemini Ink X-SOURCE-URL:https://geminiink.org/events/reading-and-open-mic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Writing the Difficult From a Reservoir of Love with Brian Turner DTSTART:20260915T233000Z DTEND:20260916T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T062900Z UID:14605-1789497000-1789502400@geminiink.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Literary Masters Lecture Series\nTue\, Sep 15 & 22\n6:30-8pm C T via Zoom\nNonmember: $90\; Member: $75\; Student/Educ/Mil: $63\n*EARN CP Es\;SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE\n \n \n  \nJoin us for the first Literary Mast ers Lecture of the fall as we explore how to write about life’s most dif ficult experiences from a reservoir of love. Each session features an enga ging craft talk\, ready-to-use writing strategies\, and a live Q&A with th e author. \nIn this two-part intensive\, award-winning poet and memoirist Brian Turner will share techniques for transforming painful experiences in to meaningful\, resonant writing. Through craft-focused lessons\, you’ll learn how to approach challenging subjects with a broader\, more grounded perspective that honors the humanity of the story. Participants will rece ive additional writing exercises to continue developing their work after t he lecture series ends. This lecture is open to writers of all genres and skill levels 18+. \nParticipants will leave this lecture with:\n\nCraft-ba sed strategies for writing about loss and other challenging topics\nA sens e of what it means to sit with the art\nA series of writing prompts to wor k on at home following the lecture\n\n\nBrian Turner is the author of five collections of poetry (from Here\, Bullet to The Wild Delight of Wild Thi ngs) and a memoir (My Life as a Foreign Country). He’s the editor of The Kiss and co-editor of The Strangest of Theatres. His poems and essays hav e been published in The New York Times\, The Guardian\, National Geographi c\, and Harper’s\, among other fine journals\, and he was featured in th e documentary Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience\, nomin ated for an Academy Award. A Guggenheim Fellow\, he’s received a USA Hil lcrest Fellowship in Literature\, the Amy Lowell Traveling Fellowship\, th e Poets’ Prize\, and a Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T062900Z LOCATION:Online via Zoom URL:https://geminiink.org/events/reservoir-of-love-with-brian-turner/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Gemini Ink X-SOURCE-URL:https://geminiink.org/events/reading-and-open-mic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Veterans' Writing Collective with Sarah Colby DTSTART:20260917T003000Z DTEND:20260917T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T062900Z UID:13667-1789583400-1789590600@geminiink.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The Veterans’ Writing Collective (VWC) encourages the art of writing in a workshop environment where participants are offered honest\, positive\, and constructive peer-to-peer and mentor feedback. The worksho p is open to all active-duty military\, veterans\, retirees\, and their im mediate family members. Writers of all levels working in all genres are we lcome. \nThe VWC meets monthly online via Zoom.\nIf you would like an invi tation to this class\, send an email to veteranscollective@geminiink.org\n \nSarah Colby was born in northern New Mexico and raised in the Rocky Mou ntains. She is married to a retired Army Chaplain and is mother to a son in the Navy. Sarah has an MFA in Creative Writing from Sierra Nevada Colle ge and an exuberant interest in making the ordinary luminous. Her war-tim e experiences have motivated her to be a voice for the mostly untold stori es of families and loved ones during these years of protracted conflict.  She is currently working on a manuscript of poems about her experiences as a military family member. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T062900Z LOCATION:Online via Zoom URL:https://geminiink.org/events/veterans-writing-collective-2020-07-15-20 21-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2026-09-16/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Gemini Ink X-SOURCE-URL:https://geminiink.org/events/reading-and-open-mic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Teen Writing Circle with Daniel Ramirez DTSTART:20260926T180000Z DTEND:20260926T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T062900Z UID:13638-1790424000-1790429400@geminiink.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Register\nLast Saturday of Every Month 12-1:30pm cst via Zoom \nFor ages 13-19 years old \nAre you a teen who enjoys writing in their fr ee time? Or are you someone who’s never had the chance to write on their own? If so\, this Online Teen Writing Circle is for you! \nIn this once- a-month writing circle\, teens will enjoy writing in a judgment free zone. We’ll break the ice with one another and perform various writing exerci ses. You are encouraged to share your work with your peers and get constru ctive feedback\, but it is not required. Our only goal is to keep you writ ing! \nThis course is open to teen writers of any skill level. \nParticipa nts will leave the writing circle with:  \n\nNew\, unique written work\nL istening and sharing experience\nConstructive feedback to help improve the ir writing\n\nWant to learn more about our Teen Writing Circle? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions!\n \n\nDaniel Ramirez has been an educator for more than 15 years. After studying History in graduate school\, he spe nt several years working in conservation programs with teenagers. His time as a Montessori educator revealed the power of combining creativity with learning and inspired him to explore his own creative practice. In additio n to his longtime love of storytelling\, he has developed interests in cal ligraphy\, puppetry\, poetry\, and block printing. A San Antonio native\, he spends his free time exploring the crystalline waters of Central Texas. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T062900Z LOCATION:Online via Zoom URL:https://geminiink.org/events/teen-writing-circle-2025-03-29-2025-04-26 /2026-09-26/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Gemini Ink X-SOURCE-URL:https://geminiink.org/events/reading-and-open-mic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Writers' Labs DTSTART:20260929T003000Z DTEND:20260929T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T062900Z UID:13650-1790620200-1790627400@geminiink.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:These peer-driven workshops\, held the last Monday of each mon th\, are free and open to writers of all levels and focus on poetry\, flas h fiction\, and short creative non-fiction.\n \n  \n\n\nOnline Via Zoom\n For the online workshop\, sign up the day before the class to ensure you r eceive the Zoom link. \nThis workshop is facilitated by Kevin Ramos. Origi nally from the northeast\, Kevin studied theater arts at Rutgers Universit y and The University of Washington. He’s lived all over the country befo re making his home in San Antonio\, Texas. Kevin has written several novel s and short stories. Most recently\, publishing a short memoir called Enou gh about addiction\, mothers\, and missing graves. And a novel\, Hayley’ s Sense of Fire (DLG Publishing Partners)\, a modern re-telling of the cla ssic fairy tale\, The Little Matchgirl. \n\nIn-Person at Gemini Ink\n \nJo in our in-person Open Writer’s Lab with Robert Allen at Gemini In k’s office\, 1111 Navarro St.\, San Antonio\, TX 78205. \nRobert Allen has worked as a librarian and an electrical contractor for most of his lif e. Many moons ago\, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Liter ature from the University of Texas at Austin\, where he studied poetry und er David Wevill. Allen has been active in local writer’s groups and open mics\, including the Sun Poets Society. He’s been published in The Ocot illo Review\, the Texas Poetry Calendar\, Voices de la Luna\, di-verse -city\, the San Antonio Express-News\, and Poetry on the Move. In 2006\, he started attending Gemini Ink’s free Monday night writing classes and has attended regularly ever since. With more than a decade of attending wr iters’ groups\, classes\, and open mics\, he now co-facilitates Gemini I nk’s Open Writer’s Lab. \nParking at Gemini Ink\nGemini Ink offers fre e parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along th e back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park els ewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T062900Z LOCATION:Online via Zoom URL:https://geminiink.org/events/open-writers-lab-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28- 2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27-2023-12-25-2025-04- 28-2025-05-26/2026-09-28/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Gemini Ink X-SOURCE-URL:https://geminiink.org/events/reading-and-open-mic END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR