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  • January 2024

  • Sat 27
    Improvising Stories

    “Making It Up As You Go” – Improvising Stories

    January 27, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm CST
    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    In person at the 1762 Hennepin space, Saturday, January 27th from 1 - 3 PM What do you do when you are not sure what the story is? You improvise! How? There is a formula that can be used to improvise a story in almost every situation. This workshop will teach you that formula and […]

    $40.00
  • March 2024

  • Sun 3

    From Once Upon a Time to Happily Ever After: Exploring, crafting, and telling fairy tales

    March 3, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST
    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Three in-person sessions-  Sundays March 3, 10, & 17. All sessions 2:00-4:00 pm in the 1762 Hennepin Ave space. $70 for the workshop, taught by Laura Packer. From popular culture to YA lit to podcasts, fairy tales are just about everywhere, in books, tv, and film, but they evolved as told stories, passed from teller […]

    $70.00
  • Sat 16

    Wedding Toasts and Roasts

    March 16, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT
    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Coming Saturday, March 16th, 1:00-3:00 PM  - an in-person workshop on “Wedding Toasts and Roasts” for all you who have been asked by friends and/or relatives to offer the traditional humorous / heartfelt celebratory toast at a too soon wedding. Practice structuring and delivering a speech that straddles the line between expectation and appreciation without […]

    $40.00
  • Sat 23
    Lake Superior Writers Workshop

    Lake Superior Writers Workshop

    March 23, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm CDT

    Master storyteller Loren Niemi has literally written the book on how to master plots and a story's point of view - and we're bringing him to Duluth on March 23 so he can share his insights with you! He'll be teaching two separate sessions, but if you take both, you'll receive a discounted price. We […]

  • April 2024

  • Sat 6
    Loren Niemi MN Fringe 2022

    Reading Poetry as if It Mattered

    April 6, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT
    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    You wrote it but how does it read when spoken? Does it flow? Does it engage an audience? This workshop looks at the tips and techniques of performing poetry rather than simply reading it, as well as the joys and pitfalls of working with a microphone.   Workshop taught by Loren Niemi IN-PERSON at the […]

    $20.00
  • Sat 13
    Janna Knittel

    Crafting Effective Line Breaks

    April 13, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT
    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    If you write poetry, how do you decide where to end line 1 and start line 2? Does it sometimes just feel right, or do you not really think about it? This workshop will show you how thoughtful line breaks can add meaning and impact to a poem. It will help you place line breaks […]

    $20.00
  • Sat 20
    Scott Vetsch

    Exploring the Narrative Poem

    April 20, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT
    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Is it a Story or is it a Poem? Is there a boundary between them? In this workshop, we will consider length, density, and audience. And how the audience changes how a story is told. A poem isn’t a story, but a narrative poem is. We will write our stories and tell them to each […]

    $20.00
  • Sat 27
    Sarah Degner Riveros

    Bilingual Poetry Workshop

    April 27, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT
    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Whether you call it "bilingual poetry", "lyric code-switching", or "poetic translanguaging" the task is to have the meaning of a poem in one language carry over to another. This workshop will explore the why and how of that effort. Instructor Bio: Sarah Degner Riveros is a single mother of five children who all make messes for […]

    $20.00
  • May 2024

  • Sat 11
    Rum River Library

    Beginnings and Endings

    May 11, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm CDT
    Anoka County Rum River Library 4201 6th Ave, Anoka, MN, United States

    The Founder, Loren Niemi is offering a Beginnings and Endings Workshop for writers on Saturday, May 11, 2024 from 1:00 PM-2:30 PM at the Rum River Library 4201 6th Ave, Anoka, MN 55303. This workshop is free and open to the public.

  • Sat 18
    Diego Vazquez Jr

    Rediscovering Forgotten and Unfinished Writing

    May 18, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT
    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Rediscovering Forgotten and Unfinished Writing When was the last time you looked at notebooks or unfinished writing and thought “Whoa, there is something here that I ought to expand, revise […]

    $20.00
  • June 2024

  • Tue 4

    Intergenerational Introduction to Storytelling

    June 4, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm CDT
    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    From the basics of “what is a story?” to the types of story you want to tell, this course provides the tools for finding, crafting and telling personal and traditional stories. It includes exercises for developing narrative plot forms, point of view, metaphors, pauses and vocal dynamics in the shaping of your chosen story. Tickets: […]

    $40.00
  • Sat 15

    The Art of Braiding Stories

    June 15, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm CDT
    AMSS 1762 Hennepin Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Braiding stories is a means of making meaning shine.  The multiple levels of an older story can become relevant and deeply personal, when incidents, unusual or ordinary, in our lives can be seen as mythic and life changing.  Laura will tell one traditional tale as the ground of our exploration.  Discover the way the experience […]

    $80.00
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