Southern California Daily Calendar

Southern California Workshops & Classes

updated January 26, 2010

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LOS ANGELES & ORANGE COUNTIES V	SAN DIEGO COUNTY & RIVERSIDE COUNTY V
SAN LUIS OBISPO SANTA BARBARA/VENTURA V	ONLINE WORKSHOPS V

LOS ANGELES & ORANGE COUNTIES

• Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center in Venice hosts ongoing workshops. Monday Night Literary and Experimental Fiction Workshop, bring copies of short pieces or sections of longer work, with Angie Kirk, free, 8:00. Tuesday Night Creative Nonfiction Workshop, bring works of creative nonfiction, memoir, and prose, with To Nga Nguyen and Joe Edwards, free, 8:00. Wednesday Night Poetry Workshop with poet Ellyn Maybe, free, 8:00. Thursday Alternative Screenplay Workshop, independent projects only including documentary, narrative, art film scripts, feature films in standard screenplay format, bring one to ten pages, with Matt Byrnes, free, 7:00. Saturday Afternoon Poetry Workshop, bring ten copies of poem, with Bob Foster, free, 1:30. Second and fourth Saturday Morning Prose & Poetry Workshop, workshop for publication, bring ten copies, with Annette Robinson, free, 11:00 a.m. Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, (310) 822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org.

• Life Stories Performance Workshop offers five and ten-week workshops with performer, poet, and playwright Terrie Silverman. Truth, Lies & Memory: Creating the one-person show features writing exercises designed to transform your ideas/stories into performance. Culminates with Work-In-Progress performance at Beyond Baroque. Life Stories Workshop focuses on spontaneous writing, music, movement, and drawing to create autobiographical stories for memoir or performance. All levels welcome. Tuition: $200/$400, classes on Saturday 10:30 a.m.–1:30 or Sunday 11:00 a.m.–2:00. Play Workshop focuses on reconnecting with the creative spirit. Tuition $200, classes on Monday 7:00–9:30. Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, (310) 822-3006. To register, call (310) 281-3175. For information: www.creativerites.com, www.beyondbaroque.org.

• “Historical Material Inside the Lyric Poem” workshop with poet David Baker, February 27, 9:30 a.m.–4:30. Bring twenty copies of your poem, Ruskin Art Club, 800 S. Plymouth Blvd., LA, $95 all day/$55 audit/$35 non-refundable deposit; both include lunch and breakfast; morning session lecture and discussion, afternoon workshop of your poems. To register: payment must be received one week prior to workshop, verbal agreements binding eight days prior, payable to Ruskin Art Club; e-mail notification of payment is also required: Elena Karina Byrne, P.O. Box 3761, Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274. Other one-day Ruskin Art Club workshops will be announced throughout 2010. For information: (310) 936-7484, Ekduende @ gmail.com.

• World Stage Literary Series: Anansi Writers Workshop coordinated by Jawanza Dumisani, every Wednesday, $5 donation, free parking. Workshop, 7:30, followed by a featured reader at 8:30 and open reading at 9:05. Bring ten copies of your new or unfinished poems for feedback and your polished ones for the open reading; usually the work is poetry but other writing is welcome. World Stage, 4344 Degnan Blvd., LA, (323) 293-2451, www.theworldstage.org.

• Writers at Work on-going classes taught by poet and prose writer Terry Wolverton, founder of Writers at Work. All classes meet weekly. Saturdays, noon–2:00: Crafting the Story, an intermediate level workshop focusing on techniques required to tell a compelling story, $140 per month. Saturdays, 10:00 a.m.–noon: Poets at Work, open to all levels, this workshop focuses on craft-based exercises, readings, and constructive feedback on participants’ work, $120 per month. Tuesdays, 7:00–9:00: One Page at a Time: Writing the Book-Length Work, an intermediate to advanced workshop designed to provide a supportive community, constructive feedback, and guidance to full-length book authors, $140 per month. Thursdays, 7:30–9:30: Working from Life: Writing Creative Nonfiction, open to all levels, this workshop explores memoir, personal and lyric essays, and new journalism. To apply: download an application, send with a three to five-page work sample and check for the first month’s tuition made payable to Terry Wolverton to: Writers at Work, 4022 Fountain Avenue, Suite 202, Los Angeles, CA 90029. Checks will not be cashed until you have attended a workshop session and signed a participation agreement. For information and application: www.writersatwork.com, or call (323) 661-5954.

• Los Angeles Writers Lab presents the 90-Day Screenplay Online workshop designed for the serious-minded screenwriter willing to commit to writing a minimum of two hours per day. Workshop begins March 22 and takes place on a teleconference call, Mondays, 6:00–7:30. Full price $445, $385 if you sign up by March 15. In person, the 90-Day Novel offers serious novelists a three-hour class once a week to receive the practical tools needed to complete a novel in a sane and reasonable manner. Saturdays, beginning July 10, 9:00 a.m.–noon at SFS Theater, 5636 Melrose Avenue, $998 if you sign up by June 30, $1,200 full price. A brief telephone interview with instructor Al Watt is required for all candidates. For more information and to register, visit: www.lawriterslab.com, or call (310) 712-1290.

• Southern California Haiku Study Group hosts a monthly haiku poetry workshop on the third Saturday monthly, 2:00–4:00, free, newcomers welcome. Pacific Asia Museum, 46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena. For more information, visit: www.socalhaiku.org.

• Creative Writing Workshops in poetry, prose-poetry, creative nonfiction, nonfiction, memoir, fiction, and playwriting with poet and teacher Holly Prado. Tuesday mornings weekly, 10:00 a.m.–1:00, $160 for four meetings. Tuesday evenings, every other week, 7:00–10:00, $100 for two meetings. Wednesday evenings, every other week, 7:00–9:30, $100 for two meetings. For more information, contact Holly Prado: (323) 664-3640, or hollyprado @ earthlink.net.

• Poet and long-time poetry teacher Laurel Ann Bogen leads a Master Class in Poetry, Sundays, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 in West Los Angeles. These workshops have been meeting since 1989; its alumni have won national contests and fellowships. You must make a three-month commitment, reasonable rates. Submit a manuscript of no more than six poems to labogen @ verizon.net. E-mail is preferable, or mail to: 1221 Amherst Ave. #6, Los Angeles, CA 90025. Private students and individual consultations are also welcome, please inquire.

• Cecilia Woloch presents the Saturday Poetry Workshop, a weekly group that discusses craft and participates in exercises and critiques. Workshop meets for six sessions, starting January 30, $250 for six sessions, workshops are held at 5921 Whitworth Drive, Los Angeles. For information, contact ceciwo@aol.com, (323) 933-8718. Visit: www.ceciliawoloch.com.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY & RIVERSIDE COUNTY

• San Diego Writers, Ink presents workshops on Saturdays. February 6: 10:00 a.m.–1:00: Bring Your Characters to Life with fiction writer Leslie Larson, $45/$36 members. February 7, 10:00 a.m.–1:00: Editing Your Work: Vision and Revision with Leslie Larson, $45/$36 members. February 13, 10:00 a.m.–4:00: The Heart of the Art: Writing the Personal Story with Christopher Canaan, $90/$72 members. February 14, 1:00–4:00: Setting the Scene with Midge Raymond, $45/$36 members. February 20, 10:00 a.m.–1:00: Writers Boot Camp with Beth Goldner, $45/$36 members. March 6, 10:00 a.m.–1:00: Choosing & Working With an Editor with Jennifer Silva Redmond, $45/36 members. The Ink Spot, Art Center Lofts, 710 13th Street, Studio 210, San Diego. For more information and to register, visit: www.sandiegowriters.org.


SAN LUIS OBISPO, SANTA BARBARA & VENTURA

ONLINE WORKSHOPS

• Kim Addonizio, Ordinary Genius, offers online poetry workshops focusing on craft and revision, poetry workshop not for beginners. February 22–April 19, anytime from anywhere, $450. E-mail some information about yourself as a writer and no more than one or two poems to: kimaddonizio @ comcast.net. Visit: www.kimaddonizio.com.

• Poetry Boot Camp online workshops with poet Molly Fisk. Draft six poems in six days during this online writing intensive. Next sessions February 7–12, March 7–12, and May 6–21, $175, visit www.poetrybookcamp.com for information and to register. A Voice of Your Own: How to Write Intimately, Truthfully, and Fearlessly About Your Life in the Tradition of Mary Oliver and Anne Lamott is a six-week online workshop for women led by Molly Fisk. Next session, April 26–May 31. $250, visit www.voiceofyourown.com for more information and to register.