Movies that Move Us: The Art of the Film Review
This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill. From the dawn of cinema, film critics have looked askance at the big screen and shared their opinions with
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The Art of Audio Storytelling
This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill. Radio and podcasts are rich creative mediums for writers who want their work to be heard aloud, as well
Worldbuilding for All Genres
This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill. How do you write a world as rich and compelling as the characters that move through it?  Great stories
I Don’t Get It: Reading Poetry Together
Strangers to poetry are welcome and poets, too! This book-club-style class offers a guided tour through the newest, and final, 2025 edition of the renowned, sometimes controversial, Best American Poetry
Stories That Make Us: A Yearlong Exploration in Myth & Meaning
Myth is map, mirror, spell, trap. It shapes not only how we tell stories, but how we live inside them. In this immersive, nine-month reading and writing course, youâll step
Advanced Memoir Intensive
This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill. Memoir is more than just what happenedâitâs personal history, shaped into art. This 20-week intensive is for writers ready
Fiction III
This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill. This is where the work gets deeperâand your voice gets sharper. In this ten-week advanced fiction class, weâll focus
Engaging Your Ancestors Intensive
This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill. âI move because my mother moved, because my grandmother moved. Their steps are inside me, their rhythms are in
Reconnecting With Your Inner Artist
This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill. Once upon a time, you made things simply because you wanted to: drawings in the margins, stories with no
The Art of the Personal Essay
In this six-week course, weâll explore how to turn lived experience into writing that stays with its reader. Through close reading, guided reflection, and generative prompts, weâll study how personal essays take shapeâfrom flashes
