Adult Classes
Tuesdays 7-9PM
Sep 22, 29; Oct 6, 13, 20, 27
A six-week course for adults at any level of experience writing and reading poems. After studying a wide variety of poems, we will create our own verse based on the models we’ve studied. In addition to mastering key elements of poetry writing such as image, line, syntax, we will write for all manner of “occasions,” composing poems about love, loss, nature, place, childhood memories, and many other moments we learn to capture through the lyric. Your poems will be addressed individually with written feedback from the instructor as well as discussed in workshop.
Jill Kress Karn is a poet, teacher, and scholar; she earned her Ph.D. in English from the University of Rochester. Her poems have appeared in Carolina Quarterly, Alaska Quarterly Review, FORMA, and Salamander. She has taught literature and creative writing for more than 20 years at the University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music, Cornell, and Villanova.
Saturdays 9-10:30AM
Sep 12, 19, 26; Oct 3, 17, 24; Nov 7, 14
An 8-week class where we view a particular Shakespeare work from a variety of lenses. We’re poets, playwrights, actors, audience members, and scholars all in one. Lighthearted and fun, but also informative!
This fall, we’ll be exploring the oft-adapted comedy, Much Ado About Nothing.
Saturdays 11AM-12:30PM
Sep 12, 19, 26; Oct 3, 17, 24; Nov 7, 14
An 8-week class where we read, write, and perform poetry inspired by fairy tales and folk tales from various traditions.
This fall, we’ll be focusing on stories about forests and trees (and the mysterious things you might find among them!)
Sunday, Sep 13th 10-11AM
Join us for a relaxing and enlightening morning of tea, snacks, and poetry. Offered the second Sunday of each month.