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SUMMARY:Rehearsals | The EcoTheatre Lab
DESCRIPTION:The EcoTheatre Lab Presents—In Our Backyard Rehearsals \nRehearsals for The EcoTheatre Lab’s new eco-play festival\, In Our Backyard. Rehearsals are reserved only for participating artists. The festival is May 1st-3rd and is free and open to the public! Check out ecotheatrelab.com for more information!
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/rehearsals-the-ecotheatre-lab-2/
LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Firth Street Writers & the EcoTheater Lab":MAILTO:ecotheatrelab@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Rehearsals | The EcoTheatre Lab
DESCRIPTION:The EcoTheatre Lab Presents—In Our Backyard Rehearsals \nRehearsals for The EcoTheatre Lab’s new eco-play festival\, In Our Backyard. Rehearsals are reserved only for participating artists. The festival is May 1st-3rd and is free and open to the public! Check out ecotheatrelab.com for more information!
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/rehearsals-the-ecotheatre-labs-present-4/
LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Firth Street Writers & the EcoTheater Lab":MAILTO:ecotheatrelab@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Rehearsals | The EcoTheatre Lab
DESCRIPTION:The EcoTheatre Lab Presents—In Our Backyard Rehearsals \nRehearsals for The EcoTheatre Lab’s new eco-play festival\, In Our Backyard. Rehearsals are reserved only for participating artists. The festival is May 1st-3rd and is free and open to the public! Check out ecotheatrelab.com for more information!
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/rehearsals-the-ecotheatre-lab/
LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Firth Street Writers & the EcoTheater Lab":MAILTO:ecotheatrelab@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Auditions | The EcoTheatre Lab
DESCRIPTION:The EcoTheatre Lab Presents—In Our Backyard Auditions \nMarch 29th and 31st \nAuditions for The EcoTheatre Lab’s new eco-play festival\, In Our Backyard. Auditions are open to the public\, ages 18+. Please see ecotheatrelab.com for more information\, and email ecotheatrelab@gmail.com with questions.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/auditions-the-ecotheater-lab-presents-2/
LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Firth Street Writers & the EcoTheater Lab":MAILTO:ecotheatrelab@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Auditions | The EcoTheatre Lab
DESCRIPTION:The EcoTheatre Lab Presents—In Our Backyard Auditions \nMarch 29th and 31st \nAuditions for The EcoTheatre Lab’s new eco-play festival\, In Our Backyard. Auditions are open to the public\, ages 18+. Please see ecotheatrelab.com for more information\, and email ecotheatrelab@gmail.com with questions.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/auditions-the-ecotheater-lab-presents/
LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Firth Street Writers & the EcoTheater Lab":MAILTO:ecotheatrelab@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:2026 IPA Poetry Slam | Ames Qualifier
DESCRIPTION:Poets! Join us for the 2026 IPA Poetry Slam Ames Qualifier!\nDoors open at 6:30 PM! Qualifying event begins at 7 PM!\nBring your poems and be ready to compete! Click here to register. \n 
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/2026-ipa-poetry-slam-ames-qualifier/
LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ames Writers Collective in Partnership with IPA Poetry Slam":MAILTO:info@ameswriterscollective.org
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SUMMARY:Portraits of Stones w/ Karen Bermann & Claire Kruesel
DESCRIPTION:Portraits of Stones – a drawing & writing workshop\nSaturday Nov 22: 1:30 to 6:30 PM\nDrop 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. \n \nKaren 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. \nScreenshot\nClaire Kruesel\, a resident of Ames\, is a poet and longtime creative collaborator with Karen. She writes object biographies and teaches writing.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/portraits-of-stones-w-karen-bermann-claire-kruesel/
LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ames Writers Collective":MAILTO:ana@ameswriterscollective.org
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SUMMARY:Author Spotlight | Karen Bermann
DESCRIPTION:LIVE and In Person at\nFIFTH STREET WRITERS\n612 5th St.\, AMES\, IA\nThursday\, November 20\, 6:30 PM\nBooks for Sale & Author Signing \nA 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. \nKaren 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. \nOn Exhibit & Meet the Author/Artist:\nDrawings from The Art of Being a Stranger\nThursday\, Nov 20: 6:30 PM\nFriday Nov 21 10:30 AM to Noon and 1 to 6:30 PM\nSaturday Nov 22: 1:30 to 6:30 PM
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/author-spotlight-karen-bermann/
LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ames Writers Collective in Partnership with KHOI Community Radio":MAILTO:info@ameswriterscollective.org
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SUMMARY:2025 Ames Artists' Studio Tour at Fifth Street Writers
DESCRIPTION:2025 Ames Artists’ Studio Tour at\nAmes Writers Collective Fifth Street Writers\n612 5th St\, ames\nWriting & Spoken Word\nSATURDAY ONLY \nDesigned to serve as a hub for writers\, Fifth Street Writers provides a quiet and inspiring environment for writing while also offering a range of programs\, classes\, and special events tailored for writers of all ages and experience levels. This new space furthers the Ames Writers Collective mission to create healthy communities through the art of writing\, while also supporting writers in the region. \nDuring the studio tour\, Fifth Street Writers will offer space and supplies for creatives to create poetry collage postcards and “Tumbling Words Wild Writing” sessions from 11 to Noon and 2 to 3 PM. We’ll supply a pen and paper.
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/2025-studio-tour-at-fifth-street-writers/
LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Author Spotlight with John T. Price
DESCRIPTION:Join the Ames Writers Collective & KHOI Community Radio Station for an evening with John T. Price—live at Fifth Street Writers on Thursday\, October 9th at 7 PM. \nThis free community event features a reading\, book signing\, and conversation with John T. Price\,  author of the novel\, Goethe’s Oak–A Holocaust Story. Hosted in partnership with KHOI Community Radio\, the evening celebrates literature\, community\, and creative storytelling. \nAbout John T. Price: He is is the author of four creative nonfiction books: Not Just Any Land: A Personal and Literary Journey into the American Grasslands\, Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships\, Daddy Long Legs: The Natural Education of a Father\, and All Is Leaf: Essays and Transformations. He is the Regents/Foundation Distinguished Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha\, where he directs the English Department’s Creative Nonfiction Writing Program\, and is a faculty member in the Goldstein Center for Human Rights. \nVisit KHOI to tune in!
URL:https://ameswriterscollective.org/event/6591/
LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talks
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