Current & Upcoming

AUTHOR EVENT: Dan Egan

Oct 16, 2023 7:00PM—8:30PM

Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St., Sturgeon Bay. WI 54235

Cost Free

Write On is pleased to sponsor with Crossroads at Big Creek, Door County Library, and Door County Pulse, a discussion with Dan Egan about his new book The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance. Dan Egan, author of The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, will be at Crossroads at Big…

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LIFE BY WATER: On Mindfulness and Poetic Form with Lauren Carlson

May 06, 2023 1:00PM—2:30PM

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

Cost $0.00

An intergenerational program for parents/children, grandparents/grandchildren, aunts/uncles/nieces/nephews! The inagural Lorine Niedecker Fellow, Lauren K. Carlson, will present an interactive poetry workshop on mindfulness, poetic form, and observing the natural world. All ages are welcome and family groups are encouraged. Using regional poet Lorine Niedecker’s work as an example, participants will: 1) receive a presentation on…

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The Wilderness Within with Tamara Madison

May 20, 2023 9:30AM—11:30AM

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

Cost $40.00

Let’s take a tip from Mary Oliver and bring our pens and notebooks on a nature walk! We will share some nature poetry (bring a favorite poem along with you!) and take a walk through the natural beauty of Write On’s property. We’ll then do some writing and have a discussion on the subject of…

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Book Launch: Virginia Maher

Jul 21, 2022 4:00PM—5:30PM

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

Cost $0.00

Door County author Virginia Maher celebrates the release of her latest book, The Forest, with a reading and reception. The forest for Maher is beautiful as a whole, but also in its individual parts. The first section of her book explains Door County's geology, tree anatomy, and forest processes. Stunning photographs taken by the author…

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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest w/Michael Brecke

Jun 13, 2022 9:00AM—Jun 17, 2022 12:00PM

Write On, Door County Writing Center
4210 Juddville Road
Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost $90.00

Get started writing by reconnecting with nature in this three-part class FINDING THE MOTHER TREE: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest with Michael Brecke "We abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with…

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Translating Nature: An Ecopoetic and Print-Making Workshop

Jun 21, 2022 9:00AM—4:00PM

Gathering Ground
1751 Lakeview Rd.
Washington Island, WI 54246

Cost $80.00

Find new ways of interacting with well-known natural objects Translating Nature: An Ecopoetic and Print-Making Workshop with Sarah Nance, Nancy Aten, and Dan Collins Ecopoet Sarah Nance will lead a discussion of ecopoetics using examples from early and contemporary American poets. Participants will practice their own version of ecopoetry by interacting in new ways with…

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WRITING AND THE NATURAL WORLD

Jul 19, 2022 10:00AM—Jul 20, 2022 11:00AM

Write On, Door County Writing Center
4210 Juddville Road
Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost $20.00

WRITING AND THE NATURAL WORLD with Elise Gregory Young writers ages 8 – 11 will explore writing fiction and poetry in the natural world during two 60-minute sessions. The first day, writers will learn how to use sensory details to describe an object and then use that object to leap into imaginary, verbal play. Students…

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Past | Archive

Memoir Mondays

Sep 25, 2023 10:00AM—11:00AM

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

Art/Speaks: Idea Gallery

Sep 22, 2023 11:00AM—12:00PM

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

EKPHRASIS: Poems that Converse with Art with Brenda Cárdenas (Washington Island Literary Festival)

Sep 22, 2023 10:00AM—12:00PM

Art & Nature Center, 1799 Main Rd., Washington Island, WI 54246

Writing the Ordinary: Exploring the “Familiar” Essay with Meghan O’Gieblyn (Washington Island Literary Festival)

Sep 22, 2023 10:00AM—12:00PM

Red Barn, 1474 S. Shore Dr., Washington Island, WI 54246

Unusual Voices, Odd Perspectives with Shelby Van Pelt (Washington Island Literary Festival)

Sep 22, 2023 10:00AM—12:00PM

Trinity Lutheran Church, 1763 Townline Rd., Washington Island, WI 54246

HOUSE: A Generative Workshop with Lan Samantha Chang (Washington Island Literary Festival)

Sep 22, 2023 1:30PM—3:30PM

Trinity Lutheran Church, 1763 Townline Rd., Washington Island, WI 54246