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Thursday, September 15, 7:30 p.m.
The Local Celebrity Spelling Bee is an evening of spelling (and misspelling!), fundraising and celebrating Hugo House, featuring local muckety-mucks in the arts and entertainment as well as students, teachers and members of the Hugo House community.
The spelling bee will work like all those ones in grade school with a slight twist. When a contestant gets the word correct, they get to move on... and when they make a mistake, they’ll rely on the generous audience to buy them opportunities to cheat! It’s dastardly (“das-terd-lee”), yes--but all proceeds raised at the event will support Hugo House’s classes, events and resources for Pacific Northwest writers.
Featuring Stranger books editor Paul Constant, author and forager Langdon Cook, John Roderick of The Long Winters, author Stacey Levine, poet and Hugo House founder Frances McCue, DJ Riz Rollins from KEXP, Jerry Holkins of Penny Arcade, David Schmader of The Stranger and more!
Tickets are $25-50 and are available online here or by calling (206) 322-7030.
Hugo House Literary Trivia
Wednesday, August 24, 7 p.m.
Hugo House’s new literary trivia night returns this week!
Led by quizmasters Steve Barker and Elissa Washuta, contestants are asked four rounds of questions about books, authors and other literary factoids. The top-scoring team wins a prize pack of books and other goodies.
If you've been dying to show off your book-smarts in front of people who actually care, here’s your chance.
This event is FREE, and the bar will be open beginning at 6:30 p.m. serving $2 Rainiers, select wells for $4 and more.
RSVP on Facebook and begin the trash talk with your fellow book nerds!
*PLEASE NOTE: Teams are limited to five people.
Hugo Literary Series Passes & Tickets On Sale Now!
The Hugo Literary Series kicks off on October 28 with The Haves & the Have Nots, featuring newly commissioned writing from National Book Award winner Charles Johnson, queer spoken word poet Tara Hardy, cartoonist Megan Kelso and performance artist and “Awesome” band member David Nixon.
Tickets are $15-25 and on sale now here or by calling (206) 322-7030, or purchase passes for the entire series ($50-80) and see Sherman Alexie, Heather McHugh, Sam Lipsyte and more!
More information about the Hugo Literary Series here.
Classes
Advanced Poetry Workshop
Following the principle that “Art is the accidental byproduct of the restless and curious mind,” (Noah Purifoy) this workshop is for writers who are committed to reading and writing poetry, although that “commitment” may take a variety of forms. Participants will write new poems following difficult and encouraging limitations, encouragingly limited difficulties and limitedly-difficult encouragement. Fun! But deadly serious. We will talk very deeply about the relation of form to content (inseparable) and the freedom of the poet.
Instructor: Ed Skoog
Meets: Tuesdays, October 4 - November 8, 7-9 p.m.
General: $230 Member: $207
Writing Your Memoir
Your memoir is not an autobiography, which would be the story of your life; it is a story from your life. We will discuss the importance of theme and how that shapes and provides a backbone to your memoir as well as explore scenes versus summaries, character development, the art of using judgment, forms of memoir, how to weave musings along with plot to keep the story going and that sticky thing called truth. Students will leave with a solid outline for their memoir.
Instructor: Corbin Lewars
Meets: Wednesdays, October 5 - November 9, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
General: $230 Member: $207
Novel Writing
This course is designed to address the specific concerns of novelists in a workshop setting. Each student should be prepared to submit the first twenty pages of a novel-in-progress for critique. From this six-week workshop you can expect to come away with a hard outline for your story as well as a store of ideas—generated by your peers and instructor—toward moving forward with your novel or writing a new revision.
Instructor: Jeff Bender
Meets: Wednesdays, October 5 - November 9, 7-9 p.m.
General: $230 Member: $207
To register, call (206) 322-7030, or view the entire fall course catalog and register online here.
Post-it Note Project
September 8-October 14 with an opening night party 5-8 p.m.
Each night before she goes to bed, artist Clare Johnson draws a picture on a post-it note. Using a combination of images and writing, each drawing depicts something she’s thinking about that evening—a moment from the day, a feeling or thought running through her head as the end of that day approaches. Post-its, usually used for remembering household tasks, work deadlines or lists, instead serve as a visual record of Johnson’s life, acknowledging both the urgency and the ordinariness of her desire to hold on to passing moments.
The exhibit runs September 8-October 14 with an opening night party 5-8 p.m. in conjunction with the Blitz Art Walk, featuring the artist, drink specials and an interactive post-it-making station.
More info here.
Icicle Creek Music Center Launches Residency Program
The Icicle Creek Music Center in Leavenworth is launching a new Creative Residency program and will start accepting applications for partially subsidized (less than $20 a day) residencies beginning in the fall, 2011. The Creative Residencies program is geared towards self-directed, established local and national writers, playwrights, composers, artists and musicians who are looking to create new or finish existing pieces while being inspired by the natural beauty of the Icicle Creek region. Residencies will begin in mid-November with an emphasis on writers and playwrights.
For more information and how to apply, visit icicle.org.
Silence & Communication
Thursday, September 1, 7 p.m. at Sole Repair
Silence & Communication is an evening of readings inspired by the works of John Cage featuring 22 writers of different backgrounds and disciplines, as well as a host of local publishers and presses, all under one roof.
The featured performers are: Joe Milutis, Matthew Simmons, M Thompson, Lisa Wells, Crystal Curry, Nico Vassilakis, Cristin Miller, Paul Nelson, Alex Bleecker, Jarret Middleton, Jeremy Springsteed, Laura Wachs, Robert Mittenthal, Greg Bem, Jason Conger, Willie Fitzgerald, Graham Isaac, Summer Robinson, Jesse Minkert, Ian Ettinger, Gregory Laynor and Melanie Noel.
Tickets are $5 at the door, and all ages are welcome.
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