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
First Wednesday Spoken Word Series
Presented by the Writers Guild at Bloomington
Rachel Berenson Perry discusses her new book
Author and art historian Rachel Berenson Perry discusses her new biography of Felrath Hines which chronicles the life of an exceptional artist
and art conservator who overcame numerous obstacles throughout his career, refusing to be pigeonholed by his race. Perry explores Hine’s life in Indianapolis and then in New York City in the 1950s and 60s where he created a close friendship with jazz musician Billy Strayhorn and participated in the African American Spiral Group of New York and the equal rights movement.
This is a Coffee with Friends event at the Monroe County Public Library.
In program room 2B.
Free.
Age 12 and up.
The Sunday Poetry Reading & Open Mic
Please note new TIME and DATE
PDVNCH
PDVNCH [Pee-dove-inch] is a dramatic prophetic poetic storyteller, who uses rainbows, painting pictures, creating vivid images, with words, from multiple perspectives, giving voice to the unheard, with vocal tones, that are rhythmic.
As an inventor/originator, most known, globally, for his original iconic hair designs ‘Beads by PDVNCH’, fabulous frames and his phenomenal passion for fashion.
A Bloomingtonian, and Director Of Creative-Arts Productions for GHETT-HEALTHY productions @ GHp Stewdios. Through collaboration, his desire is to Inspire inspiration, and “Always be on Purpose”!
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Writers Guild Monthly Business Meeting
Join us for our monthly business meeting to discuss what we are doing and what we are doing next. Bring you ideas! Bring your voice to add to the discussion.
We meet at the Monroe County Public Library in room 214.
First Sunday Prose Reading and Open Mic
Presented by the Writers Guild at Bloomington
First Sunday Prose Reading and Open Mic
Presented by the Writers Guild
The featured readers are: Zilia Balkansky-Selles and Joan Hawkins
Come early to sign up for Open Mic!
Zilia Balkansky-Sellés is a Bloomington-based writer, and occasional dancer and actor. She earned a master’s in information science
degree from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in folkloristics from the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University. She has worked as an academic advisor for the Groups Scholars Program at Indiana University and currently works as the Extracurricular Coordinator for the Hutton Honors College at Indiana University. Her poetry has appeared in Comparative Woman, from Louisiana State University. She has written for Wild Swan Theater, which produces plays for Michigan schools and libraries.
Joan Hawkins is the Chair of the Writers Guild and an Associate Professor in Cinema and Media Studies at Indiana University.
She works mainly in creative memoir and Spoken Word; her creative work has appeared in Sand, Avalanches in Poetry, n+1,and Performing Arts Journal. Her most recent book, a critical anthology on the writer William S. Burroughs, has been nominated for an Indiana Author Award and a Modern Language Association Award.
Writers Guild Spoken Word Series