Due to COVID-19, the library has cancelled all events through April 30th. We are hoping to reschedule this event for fall if things calm down. WRITING YOUR TRUTH Instructor: Suleiman Adan This workshop will be a creative yet therapeutic space that allows participants to convey their innermost feelings and thoughts unfiltered (raw). This can be...
Due to COVID-19, the library has cancelled all events through April 30th. We are hoping to reschedule this event for fall if things calm down. Instructors: Melissa Olson & Ryan Dawes Admission: FREE Writing a radio script is vastly different from print journalism, academic writing, or creative non-fiction. We’ll listen and read examples of radio...
Due to COVID-19, the library has cancelled all events through April 30th. We are hoping to reschedule this event for fall if things calm down. Description: Writing poetry can be a healing experience in navigating one’s identities and emotions. In this workshop, we will explore the layers of our identities and how that has an...
Instructor: Carolyn Holbrook Description: When we experience trauma, we feel alone and unprotected. Whether the trauma is physical or psychological, we often feel shame, believing that what happened is our fault. In this workshop we will learn tools and techniques for using the journal to tap into our innate abilities to help ourselves heal and...
Explore spoken word, written poetry, creative or free writing with guided writing prompts by writer, musician and mental health advocate Suleiman Adan. At the end of the workshop, there will be time for participants to share openly about the writing process, life and the world of mental health. Collaborator: More Than a Single Story. Funded...
Writing poetry can be a healing experience in navigating one’s identity and emotions. Explore the layers of our identities and their impact on our mental health through writing exercises with writer Diana Nguyen. Participate in discussions on how to process our emotions in written form and learn self-care techniques while exploring these feelings. Bring a...
Learn tools and techniques for using the journal to tap into our innate abilities to help ourselves heal and restore wellness, and to begin to believe that we are not the problem, the problem is the problem. This workshop is not intended to replace therapy or other healing work you're doing. Rather, it is intended...
Listen to and read examples of radio writing and discuss how to begin to organize a script with KFAI Radio’s Melissa Olson and Ryan Dawes. Discover different types of audio storytelling, including interviews, two-ways, narrated stories, non-narrated stories, audio postcards and audio essays. Collaborator: More Than a Single Story. Funded by Minnesota's Arts and Cultural...
