Calendar
September Events
Thursday, September 02, 6:00 PM
WRITE-IN: WRITERS WRITING
Bring a notebook or laptop and join fellow writers in lessening the loneliness of writing. Everyone from beginner to experienced is welcome to this open writing session.
Friday, September 03, 7:00 PM
READING: J.C. HALLMAN and WHITNEY TERRELL
Hallman is the author of a book of stories, The Hospital for Bad Poets, and two books of nonfiction, The Chess Artist, and The Devil is a Gentleman. He will read from his third book of nonfiction, In Utopia, which explores the history of utopian thought and literature. WHITNEY TERRELL, author of The Hunstman and King of King's County, was named one of 20 "writers to watch" by members of the National Book Critics Circle. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he is the New Letters Distinguished Writer in Residence at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Suggested donation: $5/$3 members
Saturday, September 04, 12:00 - 3:00 PM
WORKSHOP: FROM TELESCOPE TO MICROCOSM WITH J.C. HALLMAN Cost: $45/$30 members
Saturday, September 04, 6:30 PM
PERFORMANCE: KACICO DANCE / RIVER COW ORCHESTRA
Dance, Poetry, Music performance of the Kacico Dance Company, River Cow Orchestra, and local poets. Suggested donation: $5/$3 members
Tuesday, September 07, 6:00 PM
COMMUNIVERSITY SIGN-UP
Friday, September 10, 8:00 PM
RIVERFRONT READING: ROSE MARIE KINDER & MATTHEW ECK
Saturday, September 11, 6:30 PM
DEAD HORSE SOCIETY READING
Thursday, September 16, 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: BUSINESS TAXATION AND BUSINESS FORMATION FOR WRITERS
Presented in cooperation with Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts. Cost: $10 / Free to KCVLAA members
Friday, September 17, 7:00 PM
READING: RECOVERY & ADDICTION
Part of The Writers Place Reading Series.
Local writers who have been affected by addiction, their own struggles or the struggles of family and friends, will read in celebration of National Recovery Month. Featured readers include Carrie Allison, Carl Bettis, Charles Ferruzza, Judy Roberts, Maryfrances Wagner, and Susan Whitmore. An open-mic on the theme will follow.
Suggested donation: $5/$3 members
Saturday, September 18, 10:00 AM
WORKSHOP: WRITING DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE WITH WILLIAM TROWBRIDGE
Sunday, September 19, 7:00 PM
MAIN STREET RAG POETRY SHOWCASE
Hosted by Shawn Pavey.
Suggested donation: $5/$3 members
Tuesday, September 21, 7:00 PM
DAN JAFFE
Part of The Writers Place Poetry Reading Series at The Johnson County Library.
Location: 9875 W. 87th St., Overland Park, KS 66212, (913) 495-2400
Suggested donation: $5/$3 members
Wednesday, September 22 - 6:30 - 8:00 PM
WORKSHOP: DEVELOPING A NONFICTION BOOK PROPOSAL WITH KRISTA GOERING
Thursday, September 23, 7:00 PM
READING WITH LITERACY KANSAS CITY: THE POWER OF WORDS
Literacy Kansas City and The Writers Place shine a spotlight on literacy by bringing together new adult readers and area authors to share their inspiring stories. Featured authors include Stan Banks, Pete Dulin, Nancy Pickard, and Mary Sanchez. Nick Haines of KCPT's Kansas City Week in Review" moderates. We will also honor Ann Greene, 2009 Tutor of the Year. Music by Alan Proctor.
Suggested donation: $5/$3 members
*Parking for this event is available on the first floor of the Uptown Shoppes garage, 3600 Broadway, courtesy of the Uptown Theater.
Friday, September 24, 7:00 PM
GARY GILDNER AND CHRISTIE HODGEN
Part of the Paired Voices Reading Series.
Suggested donation: $5/$3 members
Saturday, September 25, 10:00 AM
WRITING WORKSHOP: BODY & SOUL WITH GARY GILDNER
Monday, September 27, 7:00 PM
THE WRITERS PLACE SALON
Hosted by Sharon Eiker.
Suggested donation: $5/$3 members
Thursday, September 30, 6:30 PM
GET CONNECTED WITH . . . LITERARY MAGAZINES
John Mark Eberhart (Johnson County Library) leads a panel of editors in a discussion about what it takes to get published in literary journals. Panelists include Speer Morgan, editor of The Missouri Review; Robert Stewart, editor of New Letters; and Wayne Miller, editor of Pleiades. In addition, editors of Kansas City's other small magazines will be on hand to display issues and distribute guidelines and advice.
Free to Writers Place members.
October Events
Saturday, October 2, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
WORKSHOP: THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE - TURNING MEMORIES INTO MEMOIRS WITH LORING LEIFER
Wednesday, October 06, 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: THE ART OF THE CONTRACT FOR WRITERS
Presented in cooperation with Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts.
Cost: $10 / Free to KCVLAA members.
Friday, October 08, 8:00 PM
RIVERFRONT READING: DOLORES MILLER & JAN KROLL
Saturday, October 09, 5:00 PM
GALLERY OPENING: SEAN SEMONES
Friday, October 15, 7:00 PM
ROBIN BEHN & JOSÉ FAUS
The second event in the Paired Voices Series. The theme is "passion."
Robin Behn is the author of six books of poems, most recently Horizon Note, Naked Writing, and The Yellow House, just released from Spuyten Duyvil Books. Recipient of grants from the Guggenheim Foundation and the NEA, she directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing at The University of Alabama and also teaches for Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives with her son in Birmingham, Alabama, and plays whistle and flute in the traditional music band Waxwing (www.waxwingband.com), with whom she also performs her "fiddle tune poems." Suggested donation: $5/$3 members
Saturday, October 16, 10:00 AM
WORKSHOP: RENKU AND ITS MOODY RELATIONS WITH ROBIN BEHN
Sunday, October 17, 7:00 PM
MAIN STREET RAG POETRY SHOWCASE
Hosted by Shawn Pavey.
Suggested donation $5 / $3 members
Tuesday, October 19, 7:00 PM
JUDITH BADER JONES & JANE WOOD
Part of The Writers Place Poetry Reading Series at The Johnson County Library.
Thursday, October 21, 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: WHAT WRITERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COPYRIGHTS
Presented in cooperation with Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts.
Cost: $10 / Free to KCVLAA members
Friday, October 22, 7:00 PM
MUSIC + POETRY AT THE DOWNTOWN NEON GALLERY
A mixing of art, poetry and music. Hosted by Rick Malsick.
Saturday, October 23, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
WORKSHOP: FINDING THE STORY IN THE FACTS WITH JOE MILLER
Sunday, October 24, 5:30 PM
NANOWRIMO KICK-OFF
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, when writers across the country dedicate their time to scribing 50,000 words in one month. Visit http://www.nanowrimo.org/ to learn more.
Monday, October 25, 7:00 PM
THE WRITERS PLACE SALON
Hosted by Sharon Eiker
Thursday, October 28, 7:00 PM
FESTIVAL OF FAITHS READING
Saturday, October 30, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: IT'S ALL IN THE DETAILS WITH CATHERINE BROWDER
November Events
Thursday, November 04, 2010 – 6:00 PM
Writers Writing
Saturday, November 06, 2010 – 10:00 AM
Workshop: Plotting: Your Life, The Short Story and the Novel with Thomas Fox Averill
Saturday, November 06, 2010 – 2:00 PM
Workshop: Great Expectations Character Edition with Joel Goldman
Co-Sponsored by I Love a Mystery Bookstore, 6114 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS 66202 (913) 432-2583
Saturday, November 06, 2010
Special Event: Andre du Broc
Sunday, November 07, 2010 – 6:00 PM
NaNoWriMo Write-In
Weekly sessions at The Writers Place will allow participants to come work alongside other aspiring novelists.
Friday, November 12, 2010, 8:00 PM
Riverfront Reading: Catherine Anderson and Denise Low
Saturday, November 13, 2010 – 1:00 PM
Workshop: Finding the Poem in Your Poem: Some Nuts and Bolts of Writing and Revising with Jo McDougal
Sunday, November 14, 2010 – 6:00 PM
NaNoWriMo Write-In
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 – 7:00 PM
The Writers Place Poetry Reading Series at the Johnson County Library
Thursday, November 18, 2010 – 6:00 PM
Workshop: Pitch It, Sell It: How to Make Writing Your Day Job with Loring Leifer
Friday, November 19, 2010 – 7:00 PM
Polly Swofford, Maril Crabtree, Judith Bader Jones
Part of The Writers Place Reading Series.
Sunday, November 21, 2010 – 7:00 PM
Main Street Rag Poetry Showcase
Monday, November 22, 2010 – 7:00 PM
The Writers Place Salon
Sunday, November 28, 2010 – 6:00 PM
NaNoWriMo Write-In