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Portraits of Stones w/ Karen Bermann & Claire Kruesel

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Portraits of Stones – a drawing & writing workshop
Saturday Nov 22: 1:30 to 6:30 PM
Drop in anytime Saturday for drawing, writing, and chatting with two creatives. Art materials provided for watercolor & drawing as well as stones. Objects will be used to inspire short bursts of writing. Feel free to bring your own objects for inspiration and/or drawing/writing materials. Or just stop by to view Karen’s artwork on display.

Karen Bermann is the author of The Art of Being a Stranger. She has a daily practice of watercolor drawing and naming the stones in her courtyard where she resides in Rome, Italy.

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Claire Kruesel, a resident of Ames, is a poet and longtime creative collaborator with Karen. She writes object biographies and teaches writing.

Member Open Hours – Today 10 to Noon

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This month, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information!

Open today from 10 AM – NOON. Check our events calendar for specific dates!

Our space is designed for writers by writers? It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects? We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building, with plenty of street parking. Our site host is founder, Ana McCracken.

Member Open Hours – Today 10 to Noon

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This month, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information!

Open today from 10 AM – NOON. Check our events calendar for specific dates!

Our space is designed for writers by writers? It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects? We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building, with plenty of street parking. Our site host is founder, Ana McCracken.

Member Open Hours

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This month, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information!

Open this month from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM on Mondays and Wednesdays. There are a few exceptions, please check our events calendar for specific dates!

Our space is designed for writers by writers. It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects. We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building, with plenty of street parking. Our site host this month is communications intern, Acacia Coates.

2026 IPA Poetry Slam | Ames Qualifier

Poets! Join us for the 2026 IPA Poetry Slam Ames Qualifier!
Doors open at 6:30 PM! Qualifying event begins at 7 PM!
Bring your poems and be ready to compete! Click here to register.

 

Member Open Hours

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This month, join us for our Members Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information!

Open this month from 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM on Wednesdays. There are a few exceptions, please check our events calendar for specific dates!

Our space is designed for writers by writers? It’s a quiet place to focus on your writing projects? We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building, with plenty of street parking. Our site host this month is communications intern, Acacia Coates.

Eco-Theatre Workshop

Join The EcoTheatre Lab and Ames Writers Collective for a community Climate Change Theatre Action workshop!

This event is located at Fifth Street Writers on Saturday November 15 from 10am – 12pm. This event is FREE and open to the public.

The EcoTheatre Lab team will share readings of short climate change plays and introduce the international Climate Change Theatre Action (CCTA) initiative. Then participants will engage with performance and
generative writing exercises as a way to connect with local climate change issues and solutions.

This workshop is open to anyone who is interested, but pay-what-you-can donations will be accepted at the door. Click here to RSVP.

Author Spotlight | Karen Bermann

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LIVE and In Person at
FIFTH STREET WRITERS
612 5th St., AMES, IA
Thursday, November 20, 6:30 PM
Books for Sale & Author Signing

A vividly illustrated family memoir told in two voices, father and daughter, The Art of Being a Stranger explores the impact of displacement and historical memory across generations.

Karen Bermann is professor emerita of architecture at Iowa State University. She worked on sweat equity rehabilitation in her native New York and taught first-year design in Ames and fourth-year design in Rome, where she now lives.

On Exhibit & Meet the Author/Artist:
Drawings from The Art of Being a Stranger
Thursday, Nov 20: 6:30 PM
Friday Nov 21 10:30 AM to Noon and 1 to 6:30 PM
Saturday Nov 22: 1:30 to 6:30 PM

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Meet Bestselling Novelist Nicole Baart!

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Meet Nicole Baart!

Nicole is the bestselling author of several novels, including Where He Left Me and Everything We Didn’t Say. She has years of experience in modern publishing and knows what it takes to move a novel from first draft, to query, to published work. She will share her experience publishing and practical tips for new authors. Details below.

Nicole Baart | The Publishing Journey | A Publishing Talk & Workshop

Location: Ames Writers Collective, Fifth Street Writers

Saturday, November 8 | 11 AM – 12 PM:  Nicole Baart, The Publishing Journey & book-signing
FREE and open to the public

Saturday, November 8 | 1 PM – 3 PM:  Pitching Your Work
Publishing practicum workshop

Fee: $25 general admission, Fifth Street members receive a 10% discount, and Students Free. CLICK HERE to receive a discount code.

This event is held in partnership with the Iowa State University MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment Pearl Holgrefe Visiting Writers Series.

Learn more about Nicole at NicoleBaart.com.

 

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2nd & 4th Write Together Tuesdays

JOIN ANA MCCRACKEN for
Write Together Tuesdays during the month of October

Open to Fifth Street Members, Community Writers &
Writers From Around the Globe!
Hybrid Write Together Tuesdays
at Fifth Street Writers (612 5th Street Ames)
& on Zoom from 3:30 to 5 PM CT

WHAT’S A Write Together? We briefly state what we’re working on, and write for ~90 minutes. at the end, we share our successes and sign off. More information about Write Togethers can be found by CLICKING HERE.

To learn more about our host, Ana McCracken, CLICK HERE.

REMINDER: We meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month.