Community Calendar

Are you looking for ways to transform your memories onto the page? Memory is an evocative thing, and in some cases, a ceaseless tyrant. The personal essay is a powerful way to explore these ideas more deeply to create a compelling narrative. In this workshop, we’ll learn and apply techniques for writing memory as personal essay, including how to “unpack” transformative moments about a person, place, or thing. We’ll also experiment with voice and point of view. By the workshop’s end, you’ll leave with at least three drafts to get you started, as well as tips for how to keep writing—and revising. This workshop is geared toward all, from the beginning writer who has “all these great ideas” in their head, to the writer who needs a jumpstart to keep going.

Adult Writers’ Studio is a welcoming and creative community of writers 18+ who gather 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. Led by writer and facilitator Diane Callahan, Adult Writers’ Studio: Elevate Your Writing meets in-person every other Tuesday at Thurber Center.

Readers love complex, flawed characters. We may not always admire them, but we’re drawn to them. We remember them. Think Macbeth’s vaulting ambition or Gatsby’s tragic illusions. Think Miss Havisham or Sherlock Holmes or Lisbeth Salander. In this workshop, you will learn how to add depth, complexity, and memorability to your fictional characters by mining their human imperfections. We’ll explore descriptive, dialogue, and psychological techniques to help keep your characters captivating—and authentically complicated.

Our popular Book Bar is back! This is an upbeat social event for book lovers who want to mingle, read, or both.

This time we’re at Antiques on High and we can’t wait to welcome you for another round of great books, drinks, and conversation. Get a drink, grab a bite to eat, and enjoy this community-oriented event where you can chat, read, or both!

Every ticket comes with one standard drink and buffet-style appetizers.

You can choose from the Event Only ticket (includes admission, one standard drink, and appetizers) or an Event + Blind Date Book Bundle ticket (includes one randomly selected “Blind Date” book, admission, one standard drink, and appetizers).

Seating is limited, so grab your spot early, and let’s make this night one to remember!

Note: This is an adult-only event. All guests must be 21 or older.

Instructor Nicole Gnezda, Ph.D. will lead participants through a process of self-exploration, investigating topics such as entropy vs. creativity, deterioration vs. growth, repressing vs. addressing pain, and finding resilience. We will build bridges between the unconscious and the conscious, using writing to transform the painful and ugly into something meaningful and beautiful.

Adult Writers’ Studio is a welcoming and creative community of writers 18+ who gather 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. Led by writer and facilitator Diane Callahan, Adult Writers’ Studio: Elevate Your Writing meets in-person every other Tuesday at Thurber Center.

Adult Writers' Studio: Finish Your Manuscript is a focused, supportive space for writers committed to completing their books with workshop leader Jen Knox. Sessions include structured peer feedback, accountability, and guidance to help you move steadily from draft to done. Whether you’re revising, generating new pages, or pushing through the final chapter, this experience will provide the momentum, clarity, and community you need to finish your manuscript.

Adult Writers' Studio: Finish Your Manuscript is a focused, supportive space for writers committed to completing their books with workshop leader Jen Knox. Sessions include structured peer feedback, accountability, and guidance to help you move steadily from draft to done. Whether you’re revising, generating new pages, or pushing through the final chapter, this experience will provide the momentum, clarity, and community you need to finish your manuscript.

Instructor Nicole Gnezda, Ph.D. will lead participants through a process of self-exploration, investigating topics such as entropy vs. creativity, deterioration vs. growth, repressing vs. addressing pain, and finding resilience. We will build bridges between the unconscious and the conscious, using writing to transform the painful and ugly into something meaningful and beautiful.

Adult Writers’ Studio is a welcoming and creative community of writers 18+ who gather 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. Led by writer and facilitator Diane Callahan, Adult Writers’ Studio: Elevate Your Writing meets in-person every other Tuesday at Thurber Center.