WORD THURSDAYS FEATURING CELIA SORHAINDO AND VIRIGNIA ARCHER
CELIA SORHAINDO Celia A. Sorhaindo was born in The Commonwealth of Dominica. She migrated with her family to England in 1976, when she was 8 years old, returning home in 2005. Her poems have been published in several Caribbean and international journals. She is co-compiler of Home Again: Stories of Migration and Return, published by […]
UNCOMMON CREATURES: A Word and Image Installation
Bright Hill Press and Literary Center 94 Church Street, Treadwell, NY, United StatesMAY 6 - THE WORD AND IMAGE GALLERY PRESENTS UNCOMMON CREATURES ARTIST: BERTHA ROGERS A word and image installation at The Word and Image Gallery. Times to be announced. Show runs through June 4. BERTHA ROGERS Bertha Rogers's poems appear in journals and anthologies and the collections Wild, Again (Salmon, 2019); Heart Turned Back (Salmon, […]
WORDS THURSDAYS FEATURING FRANK HABERLE AND ALVIN ENG
FRANK HABERLE Frank Haberle is the author of two books: Shufflers (Flexible Press, Minneapolis, September 2021), a story of transients moving through minimum-wage jobs in the 1980s; and the upcoming Downlanders (Flexible Press, November 2023), following five misfits into a fictional wilderness. Frank’s short stories have won awards from Pen Parentis, Beautiful Loser Magazine, the Sustainable […]
HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH YOUR MOTHER WITH NICK KELSH
Bright Hill Press and Literary Center 94 Church Street, Treadwell, NY, United StatesMay 13 9-2:30 PM with Nick Kelsh. During this multi-media arts education workshop, students will learn how to take great photos on iPhones (Bright Hill has acquired a fleet of 5 in-house) during part one of the workshop. After lunch, moms will be invited back to Bright Hill, at which time students will take portraits […]
SEEING THINGS
VitrualMarch 13- May 15, Spring 2023 SEEING THINGS Mondays at 7 PM, 10 sessions Led by Robert Bensen Intensive poetry workshop led by acclaimed poet and retired English professor Robert Bensen for high school, college, and continuing education students; Times TBD - Registration Fee: $350 (scholarships and sliding scale offered to those in financial need). […]
WORD THURSDAYS FEATURING BERTHA ROGERS AND RICHARD LEVINE
BERTHA ROGERS Bertha Rogers's poems appear in journals and anthologies and the collections Wild, Again (Salmon, 2019); Heart Turned Back (Salmon, 2010); Even the Hemlock (Six Swans, 2005); The Fourth Beast (Snark, 2004); A House of Corners (Three Conditions, 2000); Sleeper, You Wake (Mellen, 1991); and What Want Brings: New & Selected Poems (forthcoming, Salmon, […]
REVISIONIST WORKSHOP
Bright Hill Press and Literary Center 94 Church Street, Treadwell, NY, United StatesMAY 29- JULY 18, Every Monday REVISIONIST POETRY WORKSHOP- ALL AGES Taught by Georgia Popoff Let’s Dig In! In a collaborative, hands-on workshop, participants will work together to discuss edits and opportunities in our work in progress. Following After the Beginning, What’s Next? – the Summer 2022 revision workshop – this session will incorporate the […]
WORD THURSDAYS FEATURING GEORGIA POPOFF AND ANTOINETTE BRIM
GEORGIA POPOFF Georgia A. Popoff is a writer, editor,arts-in-education specialist, and Workshops Coordinator for the YMCA of Central NY’s Downtown Writers Center, where she teaches poetry and creative nonfiction. Her poetry includes Coaxing Nectar from Longing (Hale Mary Press, 1997), The Doom Weaver (Main Street Rag Publishers, 2008), and Psalter: The Agnostic’s Book of Common […]
WORD THURSDAYS FEATURING SEAN MURPHY AND DAVD BACHNER
SEAN MURPHY Sean Murphy is the Founding Director of 1455, a non-profit that celebrates storytelling (www.1455litarts.org). He has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered and been quoted in USA Today, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, and AdAge. A long-time columnist for PopMatters, his work has also appeared in Salon, The Village Voice, Washington […]
MEXICO/ MAYAN/ AZTEC ART & GAMES- SUMMER 1
Bright Hill Press and Literary Center 94 Church Street, Treadwell, NY, United StatesJUNE 26-30, 2023 MEXICO/ MAYAN/ AZTEC ART & GAMES- SUMMER 1 Youth Literacy Arts Education Workshop Led by Bertha Rogers. The artists of Central & S. America created some of the world’s most unusual art & games. We’ll learn about them and create our own, then write poems in the style of Pablo Neruda & […]