On YouTube | If You Missed the Live Celebrating Cather 150 Event…
If you missed the live "Celebrating Cather 150" event at the Ames Public Library on February 28th, it was recorded and posted to YouTube.
Celebrating 150 Years of Willa Cather by Megan Klein-Hewett
The acclaimed American author, Willa Cather, would have been 150 years old on December 7, 2023. On February 28, from 7-8 pm, join the Ames Writers Collective, the National Willa Cather Center, and Ames Public Library to honor Cather’s great life and works in the Library’s Auditorium...
Ames Writers Collective Receives COTA Grant
The Ames Commission on the Arts (COTA) has awarded the Ames Writers Collective a Special Project Grant for 2024. Money awarded will help fund a teen-poetry master class in conjunction with the "Langston Hughes Project Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz" at Stephens Auditorium on February 8, 2024.
Writing That Scary Thing—A Women’s Writing Retreat
The thought of writing your obituary may be scary. But think of it as a wonderful opportunity to reflect and to plan how you wish to live the rest of your best life. Join Mary Lou Nosco and Ana McCracken for a fun-filled and reflective writing retreat at Prairiewoods. You don’t have to be “a writer” to join us.