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 […]
This is an ongoing monthly series of storytelling open mics that will take place on the 3rd Monday of the month. Here's how it works: Up to 10 Tellers. 10 minutes each. Any style- traditional, personal, braided. etc. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm. Please do not park […]
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 […]
This is an ongoing monthly series of poetry & spoken word open mics that will take place on the 4th Monday of the month. Here's how it works: Up to 15 poets. 5 minutes each. Any form. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm. Please do not park on […]
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 […]
The grandparents, aunts, uncles, our own parents told us about “the way it was” and when they passed and we thought, “why didn’t we collect those stories?” The same principles also apply to the collection and archiving of organizational history. This three-session ZOOM workshop will cover easy to use recording equipment, how to collect material, […]
Please join us for our National Poetry Month reading featuring Janna Knittel & Claire Wahmanholm! In-person at 1762 Hennepin Avenue Friday, April 12th at 7 PM FREE (but donations appreciated) Janna Knittel is from the Pacific Northwest and has lived in Minnesota since 2004. Janna’s first full-length poetry book, Real Work (Nodin Press, 2022) was […]
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 […]
This is an ongoing monthly series of storytelling open mics that will take place on the 3rd Monday of the month. Here's how it works: Up to 10 Tellers. 10 minutes each. Any style- traditional, personal, braided. etc. Sign-up will be first come, first serve. Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm. Please do not park […]
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 […]
This is an ongoing monthly series of poetry & spoken word open mics that will take place on the 4th Monday of the month. Here's how it works: Up to […]
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 […]