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Sigrid Olsen: My Life Redesigned
Cultural Center at Rocky Neck 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, United StatesIn this visually rich memoir, Sigrid Olsen traces her journey from art student entrepreneur to nationally known fashion designer, and full circle back to her roots as an artist and spiritual seeker. After multiple major upheavals that left her gasping for air, Sigrid did what any burned-out, creatively compulsive, former-hippie, fashion executive would do…she packed […]
William Bernhardt
Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, GloucesterNoted author William Bernhardt stops by the GWC for a conversation about writing Monday, July 9th, 7:30 PM William Bernhardt is an American thriller/mystery/suspense fiction author best known for his "Ben Kincaid" series of books. With sales of over 10 million books, William Bernhardt is one of the most popular writing instructors in the nation, […]
“Hamlet and Buddha: ‘Words, Words, Words’ and Silence” Mike Sperber
BUDDHA and HAMLET in BEDLAM: SYNOPSIS The play is set at McLean Hospital where Hamlet is admitted, misdiagnosed “psychotic with homicidal hallucinations,” and prescribed Haldol, an antipsychotic medication. Hamlet requests a second opinion and Dr. Frank Faith diagnoses “parasomnia,” discontinues Haldol, and cures Hamlet through holistic psychiatry: body (fencing), mind (playwriting), and spirit (meditation). In […]
David Herd
Building on his work with the Refugee Tales project (www.refugeetales.org), and taking the contemporary fact of detention as its starting point, David Herd’s talk considers the interlocking attempts of Charles Olson, Hannah Arendt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to arrive at new forms of political space. David Herd’s collections of poetry […]
Erica Funkhouser and Soren Stockman
Cultural Center at Rocky Neck 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, United StatesIn addition to Post & Rail, Erica Funkhouser has published four books of poetry with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and one with Alice James Books. Included in Sure Shot (HM 1992) are three dramatic monologues in the voices of 19th century American women: Sacagawea, Louisa May Alcott, and Annie Oakley. The Oakley poem was adapted for […]
Ann Charters
Among other books, Ann Charters has written & edited two books about & by Charles Olson in the 1960s, compiled a bibliography of Jack Kerouac & wrote his first biography (1973), and edited ten editions of the college textbook THE STORY AND ITS WRITER (1985-2019). Her talk is A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE: REVISITING […]
Open Mic
Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester
Hettie Jones Memoir Workshop
Hettie Jones will be bringing her memoir workshop back to the GWC on August 10 and 11 for three hours each day. The two-day session is $200. Enrollment is closed. Thank you for your interest! For more information on Hettie Jones visit www.hettiejones.com/about
Ammon Hillman
Jewish temple worship and Christian communion are both the direct product and development of late Bronze Age (1200-1000 BCE) ritual orgy. So-called Echidnaic-Ios rites sprang from the genius of a single pre-classical venom specialist, a female immigrant to ancient Georgia, who pioneered the use of her vagina as a device for bio-engineering and administering psychotropic […]
Raymond Foye
Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, GloucesterRaymond Foye was born in 1957 in Lowell, Mass. He is a writer, curator, editor and publisher. He studied with Stan Brakhage at the Art Insitute of Chicago. He was a literary editor with City Lights Books, New Directions, and Black Sparrow Press. He was Director of Exhibitions and Publications at Gagosian Gallery from 1990-95. […]
Writing Around the Fold
Flat Rocks Gallery 77 Langsford Street, Gloucester, MAWriting Around the Fold a writing and paper play workshop for all ages with Gloucester Writers Center’s Amanda Cook in collaboration with B O U S T R O P H E D O N S an exhibit at Flat Rock Gallery Saturday, September 1 3:00 77 Langsford Street Gloucester
Symbiotic Earth
Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, GloucesterSymbiotic Earth How Lynn Margulis rocked the boat and started a scientific revolution. Explores the life and ideas of Lynn Margulis, a scientific rebel who challenged entrenched theories of evolution to present a new narrative: life evolves through collaboration. "An amazing film...I was on the edge of my seat the entire film, completely engrossed in the story […]
Dogtown Writers Festival Committee Meeting
Dogtown Writers Festival (DWF) Committee Needs Assistance... New dates of Friday Sept 20th and Saturday, Sept 21st 2019 have been scheduled for GWC’s Dogtown Writers Festival with the theme: “Finding Words In Place.” The committee needs assistance in several areas, including: -Administrative Assistance and Oversight, -Marketing and Promotion, -Corporate Sponsorship, -Registration, -Hospitality, Local Author “Bookfest”, […]
Bayliss Birthday Bash
Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, GloucesterTo celebrate the September 7 birth of Jonathan Bayliss (1926-2009), the writer who worked and died in the city of his fiction tetralogy GLOUCESTERMAN (the novels Prologos, Gloucesterbook, Gloucestertide, and Gloucestermas), local residents will read and comment on selected passages.Presenters include Saira Austin, Diane Faissler, Steve Farrell, Doug Guidry, Paul McGeary, Susan Oleksiw, Ann Rhinelander, […]
Open Mic
Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, GloucesterNew Writing Group Introductory Session
Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, GloucesterGWC Writers Group Now Forming Are you interested in joining a writers group? Come to an Introductory Session at the GWC on Thursday, September 13th from 7-8pm. Talk with other writers who are interested in joining a group that meets regularly to write, share segments of their writing, and provide each other with feedback. Ask […]
Guided Autobiography Group with Claudia Filos
Maud / Olson Library 108 East Main Street, GloucesterGUIDED AUTOBIOGRAPHY GROUP: The Journey of a LifetimeJoin members of our community for a journey of personal exploration,writing, and community building as we:• leave a legacy for family members • facilitate life transitions• enhance personal growth • contribute to history • enjoy thethrill of self-discoveryGuided autobiography is a fun and effective process for life reviewthat […]