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!
Learn to play D&D while you go on a fantastical storytelling adventure! Oh, and have some mead along the way. Cast Party presents: Dungeon Master Andy guiding you through a 2-part D&D 5e learning, storytelling, and mead tasting event: Zero to Hero. Adults only (21 and over). Perfect for a date night out. Six seats […]
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 […]
Despite being the first words a reader (or editor) sees as they decide whether or not to read further, many writers spend less time considering their titles than other language that composes a text. And yet, a title can create context, establish tone, announce formal concerns, establish dramatic tension or misdirection; in a manuscript, titles […]
Metaphors are often thought of as the domain of poets, a rarefied and purely linguistic trope. But metaphors are everywhere – when we have meetings coming up, when you find yourself in an argument, when you (hopefully!) grasp what it is I mean. And not just in language; linguistic metaphors emerge from our thinking and […]
Join Jennifer Franklin as she welcomes acclaimed poets and translators, Rachel Hadas, Patrick James Errington, & Walter Ancarrow for a celebration of their new poetry collections. NB: This reading will take place in person at HVWC. Rachel Hadas is the recently retired Board of Governors Professor of English at Rutgers University—Newark. She is the author […]
Rainer Maria Rilke is probably the most widely-read German-language poet, and yet his poems present challenges to readers. This two-hour class will be a primer on how to approach his work generally. More specifically, we will look at The Duino Elegies, their framing devices, the themes of the work, and the strange, posthumous voice the […]
Find Your Courage to Create the Art and Work you Love 3-hour Interactive Workshop for Artists & Creatives IN PERSON at the Hudson Valley Writers Center For Artists and Creatives ready to tame their fears and change the trajectory of their lives! Open to the possibilities available to you when you tame your fears. […]
Midrash writing is a modern adaptation of an ancient rabbinic form–retelling some of the compelling stories in the Bible, from the point of view of the characters. In workshop, we start by re-imagining Adam and Eve, then go on to more complicated tales, discovering what they can mean for us today. Participants work at speed—some […]
Learn to play D&D while you go on a fantastical storytelling adventure! Oh, and have some mead along the way. Cast Party presents: Dungeon Master Andy guiding you through a 2-part D&D 5e learning, storytelling, and mead tasting event: Zero to Hero. Adults only (21 and over). Perfect for a date night out. Six seats […]
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 […]