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A Generative Writing Workshop for Adults

Ames Public Library 515 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States

Do you dream of writing “someday,” but don’t know where to start? Perhaps you already write, but you’re stuck. Join this FREE monthly writing workshop for adults,...

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Writing for the Sake of Writing – A Generative Writing Workshop

This workshop is held through OLLI-ISU. Instructor: Ana McCracken Five weeks: Monday, Sept. 30 - Oct. 28, 2024 Class Limit 8 1 - 3:30 p.m. CT Online with Zoom Cost: $60 Class limit 8 REGISTER ONLINE Do you dream of writing “someday” but don’t know where to start? Perhaps you already write, but you’re stuck. […]

Writing Circle Mondays | John Stoddard Cancer Center

Writing Circle Mondays: Each session participants create a safe space, and then write together to timed intervals to writing prompts. Writing prompt inspire stories from participants' lives...

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 […]

Writing Circle Wednesdays

Writing Circle Wednesdays are for individuals who are currently receiving or who have completed cancer treatments...

Writing Circle Mondays | John Stoddard Cancer Center

Writing Circle Mondays: Each session participants create a safe space, and then write together to timed intervals to writing prompts. Writing prompt inspire stories from participants' lives...

Free

Ruth Harkin at the Ames Public Library

Ames Public Library 515 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States

Join Ruth Harkin, author of the new book When My Husband Ran for President and Other Short Stories, for a talk and book signing. Mention the Harkin name in Iowa and most will recognize it because of Iowa’s long-time US Senator and Congressman Tom Harkin. However, Ruth Harkin has an incredible legacy of her own...

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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

Writing Circle Wednesdays

Writing Circle Wednesdays are for individuals who are currently receiving or who have completed cancer treatments...

Writing Circle Mondays | John Stoddard Cancer Center

Writing Circle Mondays: Each session participants create a safe space, and then write together to timed intervals to writing prompts. Writing prompt inspire stories from participants' lives...

Free