EVENTS upcoming & recent
Before & After: Poetry of Pivotal Experiences
Saturday, September 9, 2023
9:00 am - noon CST
in person at Palatine Public Library and via Zoom
in partnership with Northwest Cultural Council and Poets & Writers
Find Your Voice: A Creative Writing Workshop
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
2:00 - 3:30 pm
Wilmette Public Library
1242 Wilmette Avenue
Wilmette, IL
Exploring Form Poetry
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
7:00 - 8:30 pm
SNAP
Field House, Glencoe, IL
Reading Group - for adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities
Listen to and discuss poems read aloud
Monday, April 17, 2023
1:00 - 1:45 pm
Highland Park Public Library
494 Laurel Ave, Highland Park, IL
Writer's Room Workshops
Ongoing monthly
Wednesdays & Fridays
1:00 - 4:00 pm CST
via Zoom
Guest Instructor, Story Jam Studio
Writing for All Genres
Thursday, October 20, 2022
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Ragdale, Lake Forest, IL
in partnership with Story Jam Studio
Word Play in Poem-Making
Sunday, October 8, 2022
9:00 am - noon CST
in person at Palatine Public Library and via Zoom
in partnership with Northwest Cultural Council and Poets & Writers
Cultivating Gratitude:
A Writing Workshop
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
11:30 - 1:00 pm CST
via Zoom
in partnership with Full Bloomed Lotus. Register here.
Poetic Responses to Loss: Elegies and Odes
Saturday, September 11, 2021
9:00 - 12:00 pm CST / via Zoom
Northwest Cultural Council
Second Saturday Poetry Series
Luck, Fortune, Playfulness & Humor: A Springtime Expressive Writing Workshop
Thursday, March 25, 2021
12:30 - 2:00 pm CST
via Zoom
in partnership with
Full Bloomed Lotus
(LOVE) NOTE TO SELF
Friday, February 12, 2021
12:00 - 2:00 pm CST
via Zoom
in partnership with
Full Bloomed Lotus
Departures & Arrivals:
Pathways to New Writing
Friday, February 19, 2021
1:00 - 4:00 pm CST
via Zoom
in partnership with
Story Jam Studio
LINKED POEMS AS MEMOIR
Saturday, February 27, 2021
1:00 - 4:00 pm CST
via Zoom
in partnership with
Poets & Patrons
Ushering Out 2020 &
Welcoming In 2021:
A Creative Writing Workshop
Monday, December 28, 2020
2:00 - 3:30 pm CST / via Zoom
iw/ith Full Bloomed Lotus
Fox Valley Youth
Poetry Workshop
private workshop
Sunday, November 22, 2020
2:00 - 3:30 pm
8th Grade Girls Writing Enrichment
private workshop
Wednesdays 4:15 - 5:15
Autumn and Winter 2020
Adventures in Creative Writing
via Zoom
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
11:00 - 1:00 CST
Writing for Healing and Growth
via Zoom
Tu. June 30 & July 7, 2020
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Springboard into Summer Writing:
A Generative Workshop
via Zoom
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
1:00 - 3:00 PM
THE LONG & SHORT OF IT: CRAFTING MEMOIR WITH VIGNETTES
via Zoom
Tu May 19, 27, June 2, 2020
1:00 - 2:30 PM
LINKED POEMS AS MEMOIR
Northwest Cultural Council Second Saturday Poetry Series
via Zoom
Saturday, May 9,2020
9:00 - 12:00
DOODLING AS MINDFULNESS PRACTICE
Full Bloomed Lotus
825 Green Bay Road
Wilmette, IL
11:00 - 11:45 AM
Wed. November 6, 2019
THE LITERARY LEGACY OF TONI MORRISON
The Book Stall
811 Elm Street
Winnetka, IL
9:30 - 11AM
Wed. September 25, 2019
POETRY PARTNERSHIPS:
Working in Tandem with Artists, Art Therapists & Art Teachers.
California Poets in the Schools
Symposium
San Juan Bautista, CA
Saturday, August 3, 2019
BOOK LAUNCH: POEMS FROM THE WELLSPRING
Wellspring House
Writers & Artists Retreat
Ashfield, MA
July 26 & July 27, 2019
8:00 - 10:00 pm
COMMON PLACE BOOK
WORKSHOP
Full Bloomed Lotus
825 Green Bay Rd. (#120)
Wilmette, IL
12:30 - 2:30 pm
Monday, May 6, 2019
NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
discussion of the poetry of
MARY OLIVER
The Book Stall
811 Elm Street
Winnetka, IL / 9:30 - 11AM
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
STUDIO E EXPRESSIVE ARTS
DROP-IN
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago
17 N. State St., Chicago, IL
12:00 - 3:00 pm / April 8,
May 13, June 10, July 8, 2019
MIDDLE SCHOOL
POETRY FESTIVAL
Avery Coonley School
Downers Grove, IL
March 22, 2019
EXPRESSIVE WRITING: TIME, SUPPORT & STRATEGIES
Full Bloomed Lotus
825 Green Bay Rd. Wilmette, IL
10:00 - 12:00 pm
Mondays Oct. 15, 22, 29, 2018
THE MASKS WE WEAR:
AN EXPRESSIVE ARTS WORKSHOP
Full Bloomed Lotus
825 Green Bay Rd. Wilmette, IL
12:30 - 2:30 pm
Friday, October 26, 2018
EN PLEIN AIR:
WRITING IN AND ABOUT
THE NATURAL WORLD
Palatine Public Library
Saturday, September 8, 2018
Sponsored by Northwest Cultural Council
SUMMER SOLSTICE PLEIN AIR
WRITING GATHERING
Poetic License with friends Highland Park Poetry,
ISPS, and Poets & Patrons
Highland Park, IL
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Free & open to the public.
POETRY READING
AT CULTIVATE URBAN RAINFOREST & GALLERY
704 Main Street, Evantson, IL
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Free & open to the public.
ART AND POETRY OF NATURE
Ravinia Elementary 4th Grade
Highland Park, IL
Spring Workshop, 2018
ART & POETRY EXHIBIT
HELLER NATURE CENTER
In Plein Air: poems and drawings of the natural world, from Poetic License Press and seasonal collages by Marla Snyder
Heller Nature Center
2821 Ridge Rd, Highland Park, IL
Exhibit: March 2018
RESOLUTION STICKS: AN EXPRESSIVE ARTS WORKSHOP
Full Bloomed Lotus
825 Green Bay Rd. Wilmette, IL
Friday, February 23, 2018