An eight-week generative workshop for those who want to write about their memories but don’t know where to start. 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 will set goals to keep themselves…

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…

WRITING ON THE DOOR A can’t-miss, multi-genre conference for writers at every stage FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, APRIL 24 AND 25, STONE HARBOR RESORT, STURGEON BAY A two-day conference for writers of all genres and at all levels of experience. Hear from agents, editors, publishers, and authors about their journeys through the writing world. Featuring Tina…

Friday-only registration for Writing On The Door. Friday’s sessions include: Panel Discussion: Our Writing Life with Eric Diekhans, Roland Jackson, Tiffany Rodriquez-Lee, and Angie Trudell Vasquez Morning breakout sessions with Erice Diekhans (beginner), Roland Jackson (prose), Angie Trudell Vasquez (poetry) and Chris Fishbach (career) Panel Discussion: Our Books’ Journeys with Steven Espada Dawson, Marianne Fons,…

Saturday-only registration for Writing On The Door. Saturday’s sessions include: Keynote with Kathleen Rooney Morning breakout sessions with Tamara Dean (beginner), Tina Jenkins Bell (prose), Kyle Tran Myhre (poetry), and Marianne Fons (career) Panel Discussion: Katie Dublinski, Chris Fishbach, and Kathleen Rooney Afternoon breakout sessions with Tiffany Rodriquez-Lee (beginner), Martin Seay (prose), Catherine Jagoe (poetry),…

Tony Smith and Kathleen Harris 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.…

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…

An eight-week generative workshop for those who want to write about their memories but don’t know where to start. 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 will set goals to keep themselves…

Join the editors of The Long and Short of It literary journal for a short discussion bollowed by a generative workshop and unique publishing opportunity. What is Vocation of Location? It can be many things, but those answers tend to be personal and wide-ranging. Yet a sense of place can hold immense meaning within writing…

Join Door County Poets Laureate, Carrie and Peter Sherrill, for Art/Speaks at Miller Art Musuem. Explore the art in the museum's collection and discover a piece to write in response to.  Held at various venues throughout the county, these 60-minute writing activities are perfect for both beginning and advanced writers in any genre. About Art/Speaks: The practice of…