WELCOME TO THE HVWC CALENDAR: home of all our upcoming readings, events and workshops. You can view by list or calendar (see right menu to choose). Click the colored tabs below to show only specific options. Our workshops run as multi-session series or one-day “intensives.” Note, we list the multi-session courses on the first day they meet only. The full dates of the session are described in the course descriptions. You would need to scroll back to the start date if you needed to enroll for something already underway. But do let us know if you want to join something in midstream since we need the blessing of the instructor. Questions? Email us.
Workshops – This category encompasses all one-day and multi-week classes, whether in person or via Zoom.
Readings – Our readings are in many different genres and take place in person, on Zoom, or both!
HVWC Recurring Events – This category encompasses such regular favorites as Open Mic, Open Write, and Submission Sunday.
Special Events – These other creative experiences are sure to interest our creative community!
Audre Lorde said “Only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And that is not speaking.” In this class we’ll discuss how we poets weave narrative and lyric, the personal and political, autobiography and history in our work as we seek to speak our truth through crafting an artful poem. Sample poems will […]
Please join us for our warm and welcoming Open Write Nights, recurring monthly on the Second Saturday of each month. This group will take place in HYBRID FORM, meaning that there will participants in person at HVWC as well as joining on the big screen via Zoom. Your hosts Michelle Thomas and Cassie Cartaginese will facilitate an […]
Please note that this workshop is now sold out! Thanks for all the interest. If you want to be put on the waiting list for this workshop, or have questions about other Karen Finley event and workshop options, please email [email protected] Many of us were inspired and moved by Sinead O'Connor's heartfelt voice. With her […]
The Wide World: Translating Poetry, an ongoing monthly workshop with Sarah Arvio (via Zoom) Join season #3 of my vibrant, ongoing workshop. There is nothing so beautiful as transforming a poem from a foreign language into your own language! In this class we work on translating poems from any language into English. To begin, we […]
Join Jennifer Franklin, Program Director (in person) & Sophia Bannister (via Zoom), Programming Assistant & Social Media Director, as we welcome Nicole Callihan, Sean Thomas Dougherty & Jared Harél who will read from their new award-winning collections. NB: This reading will take place in person at HVWC and via Zoom. For Zoom participants, the link will […]
We’ll gather to consider poems that you’ve already written, an opportunity to receive response and to give it. Our goal is to become the best “noticers” we can be, “people on whom nothing is lost,” as Henry James put it. Our primary purpose is more practice developing and articulating our thoughts about other people’s poems, […]
Please note that this workshop is now sold out! Thanks for all the interest. If you want to be put on the waiting list for this workshop, or have questions about other memoir workshop options, please email [email protected] Are you inspired to record the transforming events of your life? Are you drawn to explore the circumstances […]
Please note that this workshop is now sold out! Thanks for all the interest. If you want to be put on the waiting list for this workshop, or have questions about other memoir workshop options, please email [email protected] Are you inspired to record the transforming events of your life? Are you drawn to explore the circumstances […]
Please note that this workshop is now sold out! Thanks for all the interest. If you want to be put on the waiting list for this workshop, or have questions about other memoir workshop options, please email [email protected] Are you inspired to record the transforming events of your life? Are you drawn to explore the circumstances […]
Please join Jennifer Franklin & Diane Seuss as they help Lisa Olstein launch her fifth poetry collection, Dream Apartment (September, 2023, Copper Canyon). NB: This reading will take place on Zoom. The link will be sent to the email that you use to register as soon as you reserve a spot. (Please check your spam […]
In Pure Critique we range far and wide in our discussions. To give you a sense of the creative fervor, the maelstrom of imaginative popcorn, the synaptic jumps and quantum leaps, the sheer headburn of lightbulbs going on and topics leaping fro and to, here's a sample of subjects that have come under scrutiny, the microscope, and […]
Somatic meditation views the body as the fundamental arena of meditation practice. Through specific practices, we observe how the body’s wisdom can serve as a guide in our everyday lives. In this regular group gathering, we’ll explore the view of somatic practice, practice meditation together, and discuss our experiences. This group will be facilitated by Paul […]
We are excited to hold Open Mic Night in hybrid form, both in-person at HVWC and virtually! Please note reader slots are sold out. There are still in-person and Zoom audience tickets available. Physical and virtual doors open at 7:20 pm for event starting at 7:30 pm. Due to popular demand to participate, we’ve had […]
Natalie Tsur and Mariah Lanzer will facilitate an afternoon of generative writing, as well as an informal exchange between attendees' writing experiences, practices, and recent reads. In doing so, we hope to cultivate an intimate writing community (at no cost!) with the participation of other writers their age (18-25). Therefore, the Young Adult Open Write […]
Join us in person at the Hudson Valley Writers Center or on Zoom as we welcome Heller Levinson and Mary Makofske as they read from their most recent books. Books will be available for purchase on site. Heller Levinson has published over a dozen books and his work has appeared in over a hundred journals. His […]
Somatic meditation views the body as the fundamental arena of meditation practice. Through specific practices, we observe how the body’s wisdom can serve as a guide in our everyday lives. In this regular group gathering, we’ll explore the view of somatic practice, practice meditation together, and discuss our experiences. This group will be facilitated by Paul […]
Eaters who fantasize about reviewing restaurants for a living tend to picture themselves sitting at a dinner table rather than a desk, because writing is the hard part of food criticism. But finding the words to capture a meal can be just as rewarding as locating the best curry in town, so long as you’re […]
In this two-hour workshop, you will brainstorm, write, and receive verbal feedback on a brand-new lyric essay in the spirit of danger. How can a single sentence become an essay? How can we draw from the pulse of poetry to write nonfiction narrative? And in what ways can the lyric essay as a genre allow […]
In this class we'll look at sonnet crowns, prose sonnets (Harryette Mullen and Ralph Waldo Emerson), the "American sonnet" (Wanda Colman and Terrance Hayes) the Seussian memoir sonnet (Diane Suess) and others. Students will engage with the rigor and flexibility of the form, learning all the sonnet can hold. NB: This class will be taught on Zoom and will be capped at 15 students. Registrants will […]
Join Life Coach and Author, Naomi Vladeck and Author and Artist Jenny Laden in a special author conversation on Saturday, September 23 at 5pm. During this event, Naomi will share stories and practices from her new book Braving Creativity, Artists Who Turn the Scary, Thrilling, Messy Path of Change into Courageous Transformation and invite author […]
This six-session workshop will meet weekly on Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 PM ET via Zoom, from September 27 - November 4. Short stories are like small dogs — they pack a lot of energy and personality into their small forms and are superbly suited to burrowing down after one particular goal. Short stories are also an excellent […]
Somatic meditation views the body as the fundamental arena of meditation practice. Through specific practices, we observe how the body’s wisdom can serve as a guide in our everyday lives. In this regular group gathering, we’ll explore the view of somatic practice, practice meditation together, and discuss our experiences. This group will be facilitated by Paul […]
Please note that this event is now sold out! Thanks for all the interest. If you want to be put on the waiting list for this evening, or have questions about other Cast Party events. including the Oct 5&12 groups, please email [email protected] Cast Party presents: A FREE 4-hour D&D 5e Halloween themed storytelling event: […]
This four-hour workshop will begin with an hour-long discussion of the poetic line. Using published poems as examples, we’ll consider how several poets use and combine long lines and short lines, end-stopped lines and enjambed lines. We’ll experience lines as visual objects, and listen to them as music. We’ll of course discuss line breaks, but […]