Current & Upcoming
Are We Listening: Public Art and the Sturgeon Bay Community
Apr 27, 2024 1:00PM—3:00PM
Door County Economic Development Corporation, 185 E. Walnut St., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Cost Free
Write On’s Founding and Artistic Director Jerod Santek will be among the panelists at this afternoon’s discussion of public art. Curious about art in public spaces in Sturgeon Bay? Join members of the Sturgeon Bay Local Arts Board and keynote speaker, Anne Katz, Director, Create Wisconsin for a presentation and round table conversation. This public…
View MoreWhat’s Your Story: Prose Open Mic
Apr 28, 2024 2:00PM—4:00PM
Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd., Fish Creek, WI 54212
Cost Free
Tony Smith and Rosemary Steubi host an open mic afternoon for writers of prose. Writers of fiction, essays, memoir, and other forms of prose are welcome to share their work. Each reader will have a strict ten-minute time limit. Hosts recommend that you practice your piece before showing up to know you are within time.…
View MoreOutwitting Our Lazy Brains with Anna da Silva
Apr 30, 2024 6:30PM—8:00PM
Online
Cost $30.00
RegisterThis dynamic and generative workshop will offer a typology of top favorite effective writing techniques and a system of easy to digest scientific underpinnings to such crucial processes as habit formation, focused thinking, dopamine reward pathways, and neuroscience of attention and creative flow. Class meets online via Zoom. A link to join the class will be…
View MoreARE WE LISTENING: The Cultural and Economic Impact of the Arts for Door County
Apr 30, 2024 6:30PM—8:00PM
Door County Economic Development Corporation, 185 E. Walnut St., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Cost Free
Write On’s Executive Director, Albert DeGenova, is among the panelists on this round table conversation presented in conjunction with the installation Are We Listening by visual artist Rebecca Carlton. Meet members of the Peninsula Arts & Humanities Alliance (PAHA) for a discussion moderated by Julie Gilbert, President and CEO of Destination Door County. This is…
View MoreGreat Lakes/Great Books discussion group
May 02, 2024 10:30AM—12:00PM
Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd., Fish Creek, WI 54212
Cost Free
Great Lakes/Great Books is a monthly discussion group of books that have a focus on the Great Lakes or on water in general. Works of fiction, nonfiction, and more are discussed both in-person and virtually. This month’s selection is The Silver Man: The Life and Times of Indian Agent John Kinzie. About the book Witness the…
View MoreDeveloping a Writing Habit 2024 with Robin Sauerwein
May 02, 2024 6:00PM—8:00PM
Online
Are you just starting out as a writer? Have you been writing for a while but find it difficult to do on a regular basis? Join teaching artist Robin Sauerwein to explore your creativity through a variety of writing prompts. Participants will share writing in a fun and supportive environment. This is not a critique class. Participants…
View MoreAre We Listening?
May 02, 2024 6:00PM—7:30PM
Door County Economic Development Corporation, 185 E. Walnut St., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Cost Free
Over the past two months, poets and prose writers have gathered to view and hear about visual artist Rebecca Carlton’s installation Are We Listening? Tonight, those writers share aloud the poems and prose pieces they have created in response to the exhibit. Free and open to all ages. Light refreshments will be served.
View MoreChanneling the Ancestors: Writing to Discover Family with Deborah Adelman
May 04, 2024 9:00AM—12:00PM
Write On, Door County 4210 Juddville Rd. Fish Creek, WI 54212
Cost $60.00
RegisterIn this session, we will write about a specific person from a past generation in our family in order to develop a sense of our own voice and our own identity. To prepare for the session, participants will be asked to develop a “short list” of three relatives who came before — parents, grandparents, uncles,…
View MoreFUN AND GAMES — LITERALLY!
May 05, 2024 12:00PM—2:00PM
Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd., Fish Creek, WI 54212
Cost Free
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…
View MoreMemoir Mondays
May 06, 2024 10:00AM—11:00AM
Scandia Village, 10560 Applewood Rd., Sister Bay, WI 54234
Cost Free
Memoir Mondays are free one-hour creative labs designed for seniors who want to write their life stories. Do you have stories you want to share but you aren’t sure how to get started? These labs are perfect for you! Volunteers will provide prompts to help you get started. You can write to the prompt or…
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