BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:PUBLISH
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv6.2.5//EN
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://events.justconnecticut.com/
X-WR-CALNAME:Just Connecticut
X-WR-CALDESC:Connecticut Calendar Of Events
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE
BEGIN:VEVENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
UID:MEC-2f16fd62828c3604806fc60d69dcf495@events.justconnecticut.com
DTSTART:20230503T223000Z
DTEND:20230504T003000Z
DTSTAMP:20230417T105800Z
CREATED:20230417
LAST-MODIFIED:20230417
PRIORITY:5
TRANSP:OPAQUE
SUMMARY:Dewey Drop-In Use Your Words: The Thursday Group w/Maria Black
DESCRIPTION:Dewey Drop-In Use Your Words: The Thursday Group w/ Maria Black\nWednesday, May 3\nDoors at 6:30, Event at 7pm.\nDewey Hall, 91 Main Street, Sheffield, MA 01257\n$10 at the door. Additional donations welcome.\n \nSee below for dining options at the Hall and in Sheffield. No outside beverages allowed.\nContact: deweymemorialhall@gmail.com, 413 429 1322\nMaria Black will host this evening of readers from the Thursday Group, her long standing Berkshire based writing group which has been meeting for over 10 years. Readers will include: Terry Wise, Molly Boxer, Lydia Littlefield, Joan Cohen, Julie McCarthy, Lisa Cavender, Megan Moore, and Joan Embree.\nMaria has written literary fiction for over twenty-five years and has seen her stories published in numerous literary journals. She was awarded a 2022 Pushcart Prize for “Mark on the Cross,” a story published by The Sun Magazine and a Bentley Prize by The Seattle Review.  Her fiction has been included in several books on writing. She currently leads two ongoing weekly writing groups, one on Tuesday morning, and the other on Thursday afternoons.\nMaria was born in Houston and graduated with an honors degree in English Literature from The University of Texas at Austin. She worked on Capitol Hill for six years, then earned her MBA at Yale University before moving first to Boston and later to the Berkshires of western Massachusetts.\nMaria earned her MFA in fiction from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst where she taught freshman writing and creative writing and studied with Noy Holland, Edie Meidav and Sabina Murray, among others. She currently lives in New Marlborough, MA with her husband. She has two children.\nUse Your Words brings writers, readers, and listeners together for evenings of sharing and conversation. Each date will be hosted by a different local writer, with readings by colleagues, students, writing groups, published authors, and storytellers. Themes will include Emergence, Grief, Creaturely Stories, Lives Gone Off Script, True Tales, Memoirs, and more. The hosts will open conversations around each evening’s themes, but also talk about writing practices, writing groups, and other skills to empower the art of writing and to encourage reading.\nDewey Drop-In: Use Your Words dates, hosts, and themes:\n06/07/2023 Frances Roth and Sarah Tames: Poetry . . . and Such\n10/04/2023 Barbara Newman: Life is a Bowl of . . .\n11/01/2023 Sheela Clary: True Tales of Lives Lived\n12/06/2023 Peter Murkett | Bonner McCalister: Creaturely Stories\nThe Dewey Drop-In (DDI) Wednesday night series includes:\nFirst Wednesdays: Use Your Words, writing, readings, and storytelling\nSecond Wednesdays: Jazz Jams hosted by Brian Kantor w/ bandleader Luke Franco (participants and audience welcome)\nThird Wednesdays: Show & Tell, a music and art soireé hosted by Michael Lesko\nFourth Wednesdays: Game Nights with hosts Maggie McRae and Michael Siktberg. Bring a game or join a game.\nWednesday Night Dining options in Sheffield!\nThanks to our sponsors Roberto’s Pizza and the Marketplace Cafe! \n**Order food and dine at Dewey Hall: Order food at Roberto’s (Wednesday until 9pm) and enjoy your dinner at Dewey Hall!.\n**Order at Dewey Hall and eat at Dewey Hall:  Food ordered online from the Roberto’s at Dewey Menu (now the full Roberto’s Menu) or over the phone for dining at Dewey is delivered by Dewey staff to the Hall at 7:30pm! Orders must be placed by 6:45pm. Order here: www.dhrobertos413.com **If you’re order is not ready by 7:30pm you will\nneed to pick up your own order from Roberto’s**\n**Dine in at Roberto’s: Roberto’s full menu is available at the restaurant until 9pm on Wednesday nights. Our Sponsor the Marketplace Cafe will no longer be open Wednesdays until 7pm but burger night is returning on Mondays!\nPLEASE do not bring outside beverages to the Hall!! Only beverages purchased at the Hall are allowed in the Hall! Beverages are available for purchase at the Hall!\n
URL:https://events.justconnecticut.com/events/dewey-drop-in-use-your-words-the-thursday-group-w-maria-black/
ORGANIZER;CN=Dewey Hall:MAILTO:catchmyspark@gmail.com
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
LOCATION:91 Main Street, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.justconnecticut.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Maria4.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR