Bring family and friends for an afternoon of game! Write On has a wide variety of games and puzzles with a literary or word related theme. (Full list of games below.) Drop in at any time! Games are always available to be enjoyed any time the center is open. CHOOSE FROM THESE GAMES: A Little…

Memoir Mondays are free one-hour creative writing sessions designed for seniors, but open to all, who want to share memories to leave as a legacy for family and friends. Do you have stories you want to share but you aren’t sure how to get started? These sessions are perfect for you! Volunteers will provide writing…

Now in its 11th season, Great Lakes/Great Books meets the first Thursday of the month September – May to discuss books that have the Great Lakes as setting or subject matter or that are related to water and/or the Great Lakes region. All are welcome, whether you have read the book or not! The selection…

Write On, Door County presents Art/Speaks, a free writing lab encouraging people to write in response to the images on exhibit. Led by local poets Carrie and Peter Sherrill, these 60-minute writing activities are perfect for both beginning and advanced writers in any genre. Sessions are offered throughout the year at various museums and galleries…

WriteCon25 is day for young writers and those interested in exploring options in writing. From world building to erasure poetry; journalism to science fiction, there is something to spark the imagination and inspire new creative writing projects. For middle-school and high-school aged students. Sessions are held at MUSE Sturgeon Bay, 330 Jefferson St., and Door…

Join us to celebrate the publication of Jamie Kay Palmer’s historical novel, Into the Storm. About the book: Set against the backdrop of World War II-era Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Into the Storm recounts the life, struggles, and successes of the prominent shipbuilding family of Leathem D. Smith. Once the most-talked about tragedy on the waters…

Memoir Mondays are free one-hour creative writing sessions designed for seniors, but open to all, who want to share memories to leave as a legacy for family and friends. Do you have stories you want to share but you aren’t sure how to get started? These sessions are perfect for you! Volunteers will provide writing…

During this week-long intensive with Toya Wolfe, participants will take a deep dive into writing fiction: Monday: Welcome and Introductions: Let’s get to know one another a bit, discuss the roadmap for the week, and write something to kick things off! Tuesday: Anatomy of a Scene: Every scene has a beginning, middle, and end, but what makes…

Everyone has a story to tell — but how do you tell your story in a compelling way? In this class, we will explore the fundamentals of personal narrative and memoir writing. We will look at how craft elements, like scene and dialogue, can make a personal story come to life, and we will discuss…

The unexamined life is not worth living Socrates’ Cafe uses the Socratic method to examine life’s big questions. It is collaborative, dialectic, non-partisan, and egalitarian. What this means is we use open conversations, open doors, big listening, and a lot of empathy to tease out the nuance in timeless and contemporary issues. No reading is…