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Guided Memoir POSTPONED
January 30, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Guided Memoir: A Small-Group Experience
with Claudia Filos
Make new friendships and nurture your creativity as you write your life story, two pages at a time!
Make new friendships and nurture your creativity as you write your life story, two pages at a time!
Join this small-group of 6-8 participants as we support and encourage each other through a powerful 10-week reading and writing program. Each week we will explore our life story using a flexible theme. Drawing on our memories, both big and small, we will examine:
• our major life transitions
• family
• money
• money
• friendships
• dreams & so much more!
Each session meets for two hours. During the first hour we will engage with poems, prose excerpts, and quick write assignments, as well as prompting questions proven to facilitate both writing and thinking on that week’s theme. During the second hour we will read two pages as works-in-progress and receive supportive feedback.
This group is geared toward new writers and is especially powerful for those entering or wanting to enter a new phase of life, but everyone can benefit.
Group Facilitator
Claudia Filos is an educator and personal historian with experience in community building, peer-supported learning, and facilitated discussion. She has worked in both traditional and non-traditional educational settings including Harvard University and edX. As a personal historian, she is focused on preserving and sharing the personal histories of residents in and around New England. She holds an MA in Ancient Greek and Roman studies and is particularly interested in mythology and hero narratives.
Group Facilitator
Claudia Filos is an educator and personal historian with experience in community building, peer-supported learning, and facilitated discussion. She has worked in both traditional and non-traditional educational settings including Harvard University and edX. As a personal historian, she is focused on preserving and sharing the personal histories of residents in and around New England. She holds an MA in Ancient Greek and Roman studies and is particularly interested in mythology and hero narratives.
10 Weeks: January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27, March 2, 9, 13, 27, and April 3.
$250
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Registration closes Monday, January 28.