Join us for a celebration of The Boatyard: How a Rollicking Bunch in Rural Wisconsin Built the Finest Yachts in the World, written by the late James Mihaley. Based on interviews with former employees, customers, and others, The Boatyard tells the story of Palmer Johnson, the famous yacht builders based in Sturgeon Bay. Hear from…

As the NFL draft takes place just south of us in Green Bay, we are pleased to present our own draft. Have you ever read a book and wondered if it just came to the writer that way? Hear from local poets, novelists, essayists, and more as they share their first drafts and discuss the…

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.…

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.…

Join us for an afternoon of poetry and conversation with our writers-in-residence Cathryn Cofell, Bruce Dethlefsen, and C. Kubasta. All ages are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.   Cathryn Cofell is the author of six poetry chapbooks and two full-length collections including, Stick Figure with Skirt, winner of the Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award. She’s…

Participants in Write On’s year-long program for women who want to write will share poems, essays, and stories they have written over the past several months. Come celebrate the conclusion of this program and welcome participants in the 2025 program!

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.…

Join us to celebrate the publication of Kevin Hess’s debut poetry collection, On Love and Light in a World of Loss. A light reception will follow the reading. About the book: This volume was born of love, pain, and grief. It represents a cumulation of reflections going back 20 or 25 years. Love in loss…

Write On invites you to celebrate the holidays and the publication of of Anne Emerson’s new book, A Home for Hattie. In her new picture book, Anne Emerson tells the loving story of a search for a home for Hattie, an 11-year-old Labradoodle. Join Anne for this free event celebrating the publication, on Wednesday, December…

Join us for a reading of works created in our creative lab, Art/Speaks. Led by poets Carrie and Peter Sherrill, people gather in galleries and museums around the county to be inspired by visual art to create poems, stories, or other pieces of writing. The reading is free and open to all ages. Light refreshments…