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Punk Grandpa and Storytelling for Seniors

Oct 03, 2023 1:00PM—2:00PM

Aging & Disability Resource Center 916 N. 14th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Cost $0.00

Playwright LaurA! Force Scruggs will share her process of writing “Punk Grandpa,” a mostly autobiographical play about her late grandfather. “Punk Grandpa” is like a modern-day Auntie Mame, with genders reversed. The show is all about the importance of the grandparent/grandchild relationship. The play has been published twice and performed across Chicagoland, twice in New York…

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Memoir Mondays

Oct 02, 2023 10:00AM—11:00AM

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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The Writer’s Walk Guided Hike

Oct 01, 2023 11:00AM—12:00PM

Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd., Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost Free

Enjoy a guided hike through Write On’s 59-acre campus. Enjoy old orchards, open space, and hardwood forest and discover one of the most amazing birch trees you’ve ever seen. Along the way, you’ll discover the history of Write On from one of our docents. The tour includes a visit to Norbert Blei’s writing studio, The…

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Art/Speaks: Miller Art Museum

Sep 29, 2023 11:00AM—12:00PM

Miller Art Museum, 107 S. 4th Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Cost Free

Write On, Door County is pleased to partner with Miller Art Museum on Art/Speaks, a free writing lab encouraging people to write in response to the images on exhibit. Led by poets Carrie and Peter Sherrill, these 60-minute writing activities are perfect for both beginning and advanced writers in any genre. About Art/Speaks: The practice of using…

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Memoir Mondays

Sep 25, 2023 10:00AM—11:00AM

ADRC, 916 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

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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Art/Speaks: Idea Gallery

Sep 22, 2023 11:00AM—12:00PM

Idea Gallery, 6551 County Road T, Egg Harbor, WI 54209

Cost Free

Write On, Door County is pleased to partner with Idea Gallery on 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. Join us for this free,…

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Virtual Multi-Genre Critique Group

Sep 19, 2023 6:00PM—8:30PM

Online

Write On’s bi-weekly critique online critique group welcomes writers of all kinds. Participants read other members’ works and receive constructive comments from other members in exchange for their own comments. Facilitated by prose writers Paul Brophy and Holly Erskine, the group meets every other Tuesday via Zoom from 6:00 – 8:30 Central time. Sessions may…

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Memoir Mondays

Sep 18, 2023 10:00AM—11:00AM

Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd., Fish Creek, WI 54212

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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Fiction Writers’ Critique Group

Sep 18, 2023 5:00PM—7:00PM

Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd, Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost Free

This free and supportive writing group is open to fiction writers of all genres and lengths: literary, speculative, mystery, short story, novel, etc. Published and unpublished writers are welcome. Come with a curiosity for the art and craft of writing and a desire to help create a safe space to hone your skills. A facilitator…

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Art/Speaks: Edgewood Orchard Galleries

Sep 15, 2023 11:00AM—12:00PM

Edgewood Orchard Galleries, 4140 Peninsula Players Rd., Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost Free

FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS TO EXPERIENCED WRITERS: CREATE IN RESPONSE TO ART Write On, Door County is pleased to partner with Edgewood Orchard Galleries on 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…

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