The Writers Guild at Bloomington is an association of writers committed to mutual support and the professional development of their craft. Its mission is to foster interaction among writers as well as other artists, educators, and the Monroe County public, thereby enhancing the vibrancy of the arts and the writing community in the greater Bloomington area.

 

Events Calendar

Mar
21
Thu
World Poetry Day Marathon @ The Monroe
Mar 21 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

 

Writers Guild at Bloomington

Presents

World Poetry Day Marathon

March 21, 2024 5:00 to 8:00 pm

The Monroe at 1150 Clarizz Blvd

At The Clubhouse

 

Writers Guild at Bloomington is hosting a mini-marathon for World Poetry Day at The Monroe!!

There will be refreshments and plenty of space for a good crowd.

The Play That Goes Wrong @ Waldron Auditorium
Mar 21 @ 7:30 pm – Apr 7 @ 7:30 pm

Constellation Stage & Screen

presents

The Play That Goes Wrong

“The funniest play Broadway has ever seen” is coming to Bloomington! Constellation Stage & Screen presents The Play That Goes Wrong, on stage March 21-April 7 at the Waldron Auditorium.
Monty Python meets Noises Off in this slapstick farce! Welcome to opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. With an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines), it’s comic gold that is sure to bring down the house.
For a detailed performance schedule, please visit our website. Learn more and find tickets at https://seeconstellation.org/mainstage/play-that-goes-wrong/
Apr
7
Sun
First Sunday Prose April 7th 2024 – featuring Local Students and Teachers @ Juniper Art Gallery
Apr 7 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Writers Guild at Bloomington

Presents

First Sunday Prose Series

Featuring

Local Students and Teachers

Sunday, April 7, 2024

2-3:30pm

The Juniper Gallery

615 W. Kirkwood


First 20 people in the door get FREE solar eclipse glasses!!

PLEASE NOTE: This event will be held the day before the SOLAR ECLIPSE.  Bloomington is expected to be inundated.  PLEASE come early and be prepared for traffic!!  

 

Apr
19
Fri
Stormwash: Climate Awareness Program (Spoken Word, Dance & Music) @ The Arts Alliance Center Flex Space in College Mall (next to Foot Locker)
Apr 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Stormwash: Climate Awareness Program

April 19, 2024

6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Art Alliance Center Flex Space

2894 E. 3rd St. in College Mall (next to Foot Locker)

Stormwash is an inter-arts program presented by the Arts Alliance of Greater Bloomington, Artists for Climate Awareness, the Writers Guild at Bloomington, Windfall Dancers, Inc., and Julian Douglas.

 

Ray Zdonek will independently publish Stormwash: Environmental Poems (ed. Hiromi Yoshida). Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the Arts Alliance Center store.

 

Stormwash poems, such as Thomas Tokarski’s “Ashes,” will be performed as spoken word with dance accompaniment by KaraLynn Hayes and Kay Olges; Ray Zdonek’s “Over the Ageless” by Joanne Shank; and Tony Brewer’s “Pretty Sneaky Sis,” April Ridge’s “Mother Nature Flexes,” and Peter Kaczmarczyk’s “Rebellion” by Erin Strole.

 

Percussionist Julian Douglas will provide musical accompaniment for these spoken word + dance performances.

 

In Stormwash, 40 poets address the climate crisis and its various effects. From the editor’s Foreword:

“Invariably, these poems suggest an uncanny attunement with nature: Something in the air, a shift in carbon molecules foreshadowing an ominous onslaught, an accumulating avalanche, some kind of storm—the stink of destruction. In either case, these poems enable us to hope that the survival of future generations is not so tenuous after all.”

–Hiromi Yoshida

Stormwash poets include: K Ann Sea, Jonathan S Baker, Zilia Balkansky-Sellés, Jeffrey Bean, Walter Biskupski, Josh A. Brewer, Michael Brockley, Mary Brown, James Dorr, Dina Elenbogen, Marjie Gates Giffin, Jenny Anderson Kalahar, David Keppel, Joseph Kerschbaum, David Alec Knight, Nate Logan, Antonia Matthew, Snow Mathews, Lylanne Musselman, Linda Neal Reising, Jessica Reed, April Ridge, Peggy Squires, Nick ‘Frick’ Wentzel

Performances will be staged in a gallery space where the exhibition “Depictions: Earth, Life, and Our Shared Responsibility,” presented by Artists for Climate Change, will be viewable 4/3 – 4/28.

Artists for Climate Awareness
https://artistsforclimateawareness.org/events/

Writers Guild at Bloomington
https://writersguildbloomington.com/

Arts Alliance of Greater Bloomington (directory)
https://www.bloomingtonarts.org/directory

Windfall Dancers, Inc.
https://windfalldancers.org/

Julian Douglas
https://juliandouglas.bandcamp.com/

Ray Zdonek
https://www.amazon.com/…/Ray-Zdonek/author/B00F7NLQH6…

Apr
20
Sat
Writers Guild at Bloomington Business Meeting @ Monroe County Public Library - Downtown Room 2A
Apr 20 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

 

Writers Guild at Bloomington

Business Meeting

April 20, 2024

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Monroe County Public Library – Downtown

Meeting Room 2A

Email to attend virtually at

contact@writersguildbloomington.com

Nov
2
Sat
Local Author Book Fair @ Monroe County History Center
Nov 2 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

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