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2nd Sunday Swift Youth Writers Groups

On Sunday, September 8th, Linea King kicks off the Swift Youth Writers groups series. She looks forward to writing with those of you who can join her from 2 to 4 PM at the Ames Public Library...

Free

Swift Literary Festival—Pop-Up Event

Octagon Art Festival 409 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States

Join the Ames Writers Collective at our 2nd Annual Swift Literary Festival, on Sunday, September 24th at the annual Octagon Art Festival. (10 AM to 4 PM)

Free

Where We Live & My Ántonia—Connecting People and Place

On Zoom

This program is for OLLI-ISU members. Speakers: Rachel Olsen and Ana McCracken Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 3 - 4:30 p.m. CT Online with Zoom Few books pack as much genuine life into their pages as the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read, My Ántonia—the classic novel of the American immigrant experience that pairs a […]

Gathering of Artists

This event will be the first in a series of soft opening events for Fifth Street, our new writers co-working space in downtown Ames. Meet with other writers and our director Ana Hays McCracken to explore the space as it's open for the first time.

Free