Community Calendar

The Conservatory’s most popular class! Make your own solid glass pumpkin with the guidance of a professional gaffer. Sign-up early, as these classes will sell out! Fall pumpkin classes and registration are available now! No experience is necessary. Pre-registration is required.

Dates: August: Wednesday-Friday | September: Wednesday-Saturday | October: Wednesday-Sunday (including pop up dates)

Time: 6-9pm | Pop Ups: 11am-2pm Friday; 12-3pm Sat/Sun

Cost: $100, $90 for members

The Conservatory’s most popular class! Make your own solid glass pumpkin with the guidance of a professional gaffer. Sign-up early, as these classes will sell out! Fall pumpkin classes and registration are available now! No experience is necessary. Pre-registration is required.

Dates: August: Wednesday-Friday | September: Wednesday-Saturday | October: Wednesday-Sunday (including pop up dates)

Time: 6-9pm | Pop Ups: 11am-2pm Friday; 12-3pm Sat/Sun

Cost: $100, $90 for members

The Conservatory’s most popular class! Make your own solid glass pumpkin with the guidance of a professional gaffer. Sign-up early, as these classes will sell out! Fall pumpkin classes and registration are available now! No experience is necessary. Pre-registration is required.

Dates: August: Wednesday-Friday | September: Wednesday-Saturday | October: Wednesday-Sunday (including pop up dates)

Time: 6-9pm | Pop Ups: 11am-2pm Friday; 12-3pm Sat/Sun

Cost: $100, $90 for members

In this 90-minute class, Andrew will provide an overview of his path to publication, including his experience successfully pitching nonfiction books, novels, and short stories. He'll discuss being a traditionally published author with a university press and two New York City publishers, as well as the process of obtaining and working with an agent. He'll outline tips for writing, revising, pitching, manuscript acceptance, publisher edits, pre-publication marketing, and publication itself. Following his presentation, he'll open the floor to questions on any and all aspects of writing, editing, and pursuing publication, with a goal of serving as a resource for writers in the early stages of their creative ventures.

Adult Writers’ Studio is a welcoming and creative community of serious writers 18+ who gather in person or virtually to share and discuss their writing, participate in generative exercises, provide/receive feedback about each other’s work, engage in topical discussions, and support each other through peer motivation and kind, constructive criticism. Adult Writers’ Studio is open to writers of all genres.

Adult Writers’ Studio is a welcoming and creative community of serious writers 18+ who gather in person or virtually to share and discuss their writing, participate in generative exercises, provide/receive feedback about each other’s work, engage in topical discussions, and support each other through peer motivation and kind, constructive criticism. Adult Writers’ Studio is open to writers of all genres.

Whether it’s Falstaff, Bigger Thomas, Forrest Gump, or a Colson Whitehead or Sally Rooney protagonist, when readers have deep feelings about a character, it enriches the reader’s experience. (For workshop instructor Bob Balmer, the main character of Cold Mountain was so real, so alive, so fraught with humanity, and so desperate that he couldn’t stop turning the pages to see if he’d make it home.) In this workshop, you’ll learn to create characters who are compelling, who seem real, and who embody an aspect of humanity that the reader will identify with and root for (or against). Instructional material will be delivered using PowerPoint, lecture, discussion, writing exercises, and pair share. We’ll talk about round vs. flat characters, the contradictions that come with being human, using real people (including yourself) as templates for characters, how to use “flat” characters to give insight into the main characters, and how to add depth to your characters with unique personality, appearance, and ethical details.

Adult Writers’ Studio is a welcoming and creative community of serious writers 18+ who gather in person or virtually to share and discuss their writing, participate in generative exercises, provide/receive feedback about each other’s work, engage in topical discussions, and support each other through peer motivation and kind, constructive criticism. Adult Writers’ Studio is open to writers of all genres.

Adult Writers’ Studio is a welcoming and creative community of serious writers 18+ who gather in person or virtually to share and discuss their writing, participate in generative exercises, provide/receive feedback about each other’s work, engage in topical discussions, and support each other through peer motivation and kind, constructive criticism. Adult Writers’ Studio is open to writers of all genres.

Adult Writers’ Studio is a welcoming and creative community of serious writers 18+ who gather in person or virtually to share and discuss their writing, participate in generative exercises, provide/receive feedback about each other’s work, engage in topical discussions, and support each other through peer motivation and kind, constructive criticism. Adult Writers’ Studio is open to writers of all genres.