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
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.
Constellation Stage & Screen
presents
The Play That Goes Wrong
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!!
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…