SUMMER WRITE SPRING & SUMMER YOUTH CREATIVE DAYCAMPS &WORKSHOPS 201 7 1

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER, CALL 473-2590 X107 2

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER SEE PAGE 21 refunds orcredits. W&B willrefund 50%orgive apro-rated credit. Afterthesecondclassthere willbeno credit toward anotherclass.Afterthefirstclass anduptothedayofsecondclass, will give afullrefund. Within oneweek ofaclass, W&B willrefund 50%orgive afull cancel aclass.Ifyou withdraw uptooneweek before thefirstdayofaclass, W&B currently available foryouth classes. Sally BittnerBonnat(585)473-2590x109,[email protected]. Onlineregistration isnot (585) 473-2590x107.Ifyou have questionsabout classcontent,pleasecalloremail your request. Payment isbasedontheweek: to know your extra care needsatleasttwoweeks in advance tobesure we canfill minutes before classbeginsorstaymore than15minutesafterclassisover. We need pm isexpectedtoregister for, andpayfor, extendedcare. laterthan4:15 am–4:15 pm.Anystudentarrivingearlierthan8:45amordeparting by staffandinstructorsisprovidedby anadult.Supervision continuouslyfrom 8:45 are led by one adult teaching artist andonehighschoolorcollegeapprentice.are ledby oneadultteachingartist enrollment of12studentswiththeexception ofafewspecificclasses.Mostworkshops notified within a minimum of one week before the scheduled start oftheclass. notified withinaminimum of one week before thescheduledstart canceled duetolow enrollment orotherunforeseeable circumstances, you willbe conditioned workshop rooms, acomputerlab, andaperformance space. We useour isfullywheelchair accessible,withthree sun-lit,air-Neighborhood oftheArts Facilities: Procedure: Cancellation Withdrawal Policy: Payment: Field Trips andFinal Presentations: Registration: Extended Care: Supervision andHours: Choose Full D Food: What to Bring: Group Size andInstructor Ratio: backpack orbag. phones andotherelectronic devicesathomeorturnedoffcompletelyandtuckedina a penandpaper, waterbottle,andlunchifyou’re stayingallday. Pleaseleave cell fee ifdue,isrequired attimeofinitialregistration. with apresentation onFriday, and/oragroup publication. Gallery.and theMemorialArt aswell—and therefore Manyusedramatic arts mayend institutionscloseby,take advantage ofarts such astheGeorge EastmanMuseum allergies ontheregistration formandwe willdoourbesttoaccommodate. bringtheirownbottle. Full lunches.Pleasemakenoteofany dayparticipants lunch hour, from 12pm-1pm. for afulldayofprogramming. duringthe Students stayingalldaywillbesupervised days orfulldays.Amorningworkshopmaybecombinedwithanafternoon Snacks andwaterare provided forbreaks, thoughpleasebringawater Full plusmembership paymentforeachworkshop, foreach participant, Ourbeautiful 1903 ClaudeBragdon buildingonArtWalk inthe 5:30 departure =$45/week 5:30 departure =$30/week 5:00 departure (plusweekAfternoons: JY17-EP number[1-9].) 8:00 arrival =$30/week 7:30 arrival =$45/week (plusweek number[1-9].) Mornings: JY17-EA Mailorfaxtheformonpage21. To register by phone,call ays orHalfD Unlessotherwisenotedinthedescription,allyou needis Extended careExtended isavailable ifachildmustarrive more than15 Afullrefund isgiven intheevent that W&B must Participants mustbecheckedinandsignedout Participants Intherare event thataclasshastobe ays : Workshops offered are eitherhalf

Workshops are limitedtoatotal Several ofourworkshops Things toKnow interesting tidbitsabouttheSummerWrite program! in duringhisorherclass,whichare sometimesaccompaniedby photosandother the Arts. Avenue intheNeighborhoodof Merriman Street andAtlantic 740 University Avenue between Writers &Booksislocatedat prior totheworkshop. accommodation, pleaseemail [email protected] atleast 10days main entrance offAtlanticAvenue. Ifyou wouldliketomakearequest forany Accessible parkingisavailable inourlotattherear ofthebuildingnearour is equippedwithaliftandelevators toprovidefullwheelchairaccessibility. inourprograms! Ourfacilityat740UniversityAvenue disabilities toparticipate Where to Park: Map &Directions Lakes Creative Retreat, locatedon24acres inscenicSouthBristol. for eachgroup. Someclassesalsotakeplaceatourrural facility, Gell:AFinger In addition,dailyplayground break-time orotheroutdooractivitiesare scheduled landscaped grounds andtheplayground nextdoorforoutdoortimeduringlunch. Questions? Accessibility: Summerwrite Blog: Scholarships: Membership: questions: [email protected]. based onneed. Visit www.wab.org foranapplicationorcontact Sarah Brown with available toallmembersofthecommunity. andfullscholarships We offerpartial Become amembertodayusingourregistration formonpage21! more informationonmembership, call(585)473-2590x107,orvisitwww.wab.org. mailbox, andthere willbeexclusive events thatwillilluminatetheselections.For Writers &Booksprograms. Four timeseachyear asurprisebookwillarrive inyour membership allows auniquewayofdiscovering bookswhilealsosupporting other benefits,detailedonpage20.Ourspecial Turning Pages Readers’ Circle membership andreceive discountsonSummerWrite classes,alongwith please contact theSummerWrite Coordinator [email protected]. absences,orto figure outlogistics of to-day questions, toreport your child’s day, Director of Youth Education,SallyBittner Bonn,[email protected]. Or, forday- visit aware ofsignsforparkingrestrictions. Ifyou wishtopark close totheentrance, surrounding W&B. Pleasebe also available onthestreets or AtlanticAvenue. Parking is entered from University Avenue parking inourlot,whichcanbe summerwrite.tumblr.com : Pleasedon’t hesitateto beintouchwithus!Contactour Itpaystobeamember!Signupforstudentorhousehold

Writers &Bookswelcomes andencourages peoplewith Writers &Booksiscommittedtomakingourprograms There is : During theweek(s) your childisincamp, please to see a list of activities your child participated toseealistofactivitiesyour childparticipated 2590 x107,[email protected]. Questions? Calloremailus:(585)473- mentions your namewhenregistering. you refer tous.Justbesure your friend toward SummerWrite foreachnewchild friends tous! You couldearna$10credit highest formofflatteryis referring your Referral Program: Referral this blocksouraccessibleentrance. not parkdirectly infront ofourdooras a spaceisavailable inourlot.Pleasedo we suggestarrivingearlyto ensure that The

photo by Lily Brunner Joe Flaherty, Founder &Director Emeritus Kyle Semmel,Executive Director Henry W. Williams, Jr. Mary Widger Brad Van Auken Lois Bennett Taubman Adrian Neil Kimberly J.Mura David J.Mihalyov K.(Ken)Gilbert McCurdy Danielle Massare Jennifer R.Kellogg Will Irwin Frank Interlichia Grant Holcomb William Hall Grace Gonzalez Beverly Gold Teresa Galbier Peggy S.Fox Susan Desino Mark Boylan Elizabeth Berry Charles Towles, Secretary Christine A.Eichelberger, Treasurer Bruce Gianniny, Vice-President Trevor Harrison,President BOARD OFDIRECTORS Georgie Silvarole Lily Brunner PHOTOGRAPHY Scott Evans VOLUNTEER Carl Davis Edgar Brown STAFFGELL Kathy Pottetti Emma Lynge Brandon Fair STAFFFRONT DESK Karen vanMeenen PROGRAMS READING COORDINATOR OFCOMMUNITY Alexa Scott-Flaherty MANAGER RELATIONS DONOR Kathy Pottetti OFGELL DIRECTOR Emma Lynge COORDINATOR MEMBERSHIP Daniel Herd OFOPERATIONS DIRECTOR Chris Fanning OFCOMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Tate DeCaro OFDEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Sarah Brown COORDINATOR OUTREACH COMMUNITY & DESIGNER GRAPHIC Abonado Albert OFADULTDIRECTOR PROGRAMS Sally BittnerBonn OF YOUTHDIRECTOR EDUCATION Kyle Semmel DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE STAFF Cover photoby Georgie Silvarole process, themore invested intheexperienceofworkshopsyour childwillbe. your childtoperuse thepagesofthiscatalog—themore your childcanbeinvolved inthedecisionmaking We have manyexciting newworkshopsthissummer, aswell asreturning favorites. Pleasetaketimewith accomplished practitioners atworkingwith intheirownyouth. field,andthey are experts are thevery role andencouraging modelswe have, studentgrowth. nurturing Allofourinstructorsare seek thetruth,todeepenourunderstandings,improve ourown skills.Here at Writers &Books,these mentorscanhelpushoneourownExperienced voices, digdeepertochallengeourselves toalways ideas andfeelingsintotheworldmatters. hopes. We needourvoices. How we our express andhow ourselves we choosetoputforth isimportant, Creative outletsallow ustoexpress ourfeelingsandthoughts,worries,frustrations, ourgreatest and Itrulybelieve empathyisourbestwayforward. books andthrough writing. Reading andbearingwitnesstoothers’ storiesinvokes empathywithinus, thinking andbeingthatare different from ourown—and sometimessuchaccessis onlyavailable through thinking skillsthatbeingagood,strong reader provides. We needtobeopencultures andwaysof Now more Allpeople—youth thanever andadultsalike—benefitfrom thecritical we needthearts. Dear Families, [email protected] Director of Youth Education Sally BittnerBonn A NotefromtheDirectorofYouth Education SUMMER WRITE SPRING &SUMMERYOUTHCREATIVE DAYCAMPS ANDWORKSHOPS accessible toall. education high qualityarts is committedtomaking member, Writers &Books As aNationalGuild and Writing asLife-Long Activitiesfor People ofAllAges andBackgrounds Writers &BooksPromotes Reading SPONSORED BY OUR MISSION 3

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER, CALL 473-2590 X107 4

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER SEE PAGE 21 SUMMERWRITE BYWEEK Week 47/17-21 5-7 5-7 Week 37/10-14 3.5-5 Week 27/5-7(3DayWeek) 7-9 7-9 Week 16/26-30 7-9 Spring 9-12 8-11 8-11 5-7 5-7 Week 67/31-8/4 13+ 8-13 Week 57/24-28 HS 12-14 12-14 9-12 8-11 8-11 7-9 8-11 12-15 AMetaphorandMovementMontageforLife! 12-15 Dragons,Dice,&Roleplaying 9-12 7-10 10-13 5-7 8-11 12-14 8-11 HS 12-14 12-15 9-13 9-13 8-11 13+ CreativeRecipesforYour Writing STAY ALLDAY! COMBINE MORNINGS&AFTERNOONS Magic Tree House:MerlinMissionAdventure Word Art&Words A Taste ofWriters &Books! Where’s Walden? Fantastic Beasts101 Meet theMagicDragon How To Write Your OwnBook iBienvenidos! FunWithSpanish The Tales ofBeedletheBard Hogwarts Academy Writing Your CollegeAdmissionsEssays World Building Supernatural Shakespeare Percy Jackson’s MagicPen Poetry-N-Motion My NameInPrint Telling Tales Produce a90-SecondNewberyFilm Picture This A Taste ofWriters &Books! Magical Creatures Author/Illustrator Fanclub Nursery Rhymes&FairyTales Riding &Writing Mo Willems Field GuidetoSprites,Goblins... The ArtofStorytelling:Myths&Motifs My IdeaBook Teen Writers’ MasterWorkshop Graphic Novel Novel Tools Writers &Cooks:AroundtheWorld Writers &Cooks:MenusforEveryMeal Magnus ChaseNorseMythReaders’Theatre

ALLDAY pg8 THAMpg8 ALLDAY pg8 ALLDAY pg8 AMpg9 ALLDAY pg8 ALLDAY pg8 ALLDAY pg9 PM ALL DAY pg12 ALL DAY pg11 PMpg10 ALL DAY pg10 PMpg10 AMpg10 ALL DAY pg10 ALL DAY ALL DAY AM pg8 AM PM pg8 PM pg12 AM pg11 PM pg11 AM pg11 AM pg11 PM pg10 AM pg10 PM AM PM pg9 AM pg9 PM pg9 AM pg9 PM pg9 pg 7 pg 7 pg 6 pg 7 pg 7 pg 7 pg 7 pg 6 14+ Week 78/7-11 11-13 13-16 12-14 14+ 14+ 13+ 5-7 Week 88/14-18 5-7 7-9 Week 98/21-25 10-12 5-7 5-7 7-9 8-11 8-11 8-11 9-12 8-11 8-11 12-14 14+ 11+ 10-13 8-11 12-14 12-14 14+ 12-14 14+ 12-14 HS Writing Your ColegeAdmmissionsEssays 14+ 13-16 14+ Donors andFunders Registration Form Instructor Bios Things toKnow 14+ Embracing thePersonalEssay Comedy Improv Outdoor Writers ALLDAY pg12 I Wonder: ExploringEternalQuestions The BareBonesOfAPlay Teen ComedyImprov Songwriter’s Workshop ALLDAY Junie B.Jones Rebels, Leaders,&Innovators Find aMystery Write A10-MinutePlay! Magic Tree HouseAdventureClubPM pg14 Solve AMystery Poetry Doodles Secret LivesofAnimals Spooky Stories Word PlayWorkshop Build-A-Book Percy JacksonReaders’Theatre Young Storytellers (Super) HeroHallofFame Fact toFiction My SideoftheMountainALLDAY pg14 Your IncredibleIllustratedStoryALLDAY pg13 Poetry, Pottery, and PaperALLDAY pg13 Dystopian Literature Fan Fiction Best Friends&Worst Enemies... Fairy Tale Heroines Writing Movies Writing WithLightALLDAY pg15 Fleshing OutFiction Produce A90-SecondNewberyFilmALLDAY pg16 Reading MarginalizedVoices Writers OnTheMoveALL DAY pg16 ALLDAY pg15 PM pg13 AM pg12 PM pg12 AM pg12 PM pg12 AM pg14 AM pg13 AM pg15 AM pg14 PM pg13 PM pg15 PM pg15 AM pg13 AM pg15 PM pg13 PM pg16 AM pg15 AM pg14 AM pg16 PM pg15 PM pg14 PM pg14 PM pg16 PM pg15 AM pg16 PM pg16

pg13 pg 23 pg 21 pg 18 pg 2 SUMMERWRITE BYAGE WK 9PM WK 9AM WK 8PM WK 7ALLDAY WK 7PM WK 7AM WK 6PM AM 6 WK WK 4PM WK 4AM PM 3 WK AM 3 WK WK 3ALLDAY WK 2ALLDAY Ages: 8to11 WK 1 Ages: 7to10 WK 9PM WK 9AM WK 4 1 WK WK 1 Ages: 7to9 PM 8 WK WK 8AM WK 7PM WK 7AM WK 6PM WK 6AM WK 3 WK 3 WK 2 Ages: 5to7 WK 2 Ages: 3.5to5 WK 8AM Ages: 10to 12 WK 3PM WK 3AM Ages: 9to13 WK 8ALLDAY WK 6ALLDAY WK 4ALLDAY WK 1ALLDAY Ages: 9to12 WK 5ALLDAY Ages: 8to13 ALL DAY ALL DAY PM AM PM AM ALL DAY TH AM Writers &Cooks:Around theWorld Writers &Cooks:Menus forEveryMeal Young Storytellers Word PlayWorkshop Secret LivesofAnimals Poetry, Pottery, &Paper Percy JacksonReaders’Theatre Spooky Stories Fantastic Beasts101 Dragon Magic the Meet Poetry-N-Motion My NameinPrint Myth... Norse Chase Magnus Goblins... Sprites, to Guide Field Riding &Writing My IdeaBook Picture This Poetry Doodles Find AMystery Telling Tales Mission... Merlin House: Tree Magic Word Art&Words TreeMagic Club Adventure House Junie B.Jones Solve AMystery Rebels, Leaders,&Innovators How To Write Your OwnBook iBienvenidos! FunwithSpanish Magical Creatures Author/Illustrator FanClub Mo Willems Nursery Rhymes&FairyTales Write A 10-MinutePlay! Build aBook Where’s Walden? Percy Jackson’s MagicPen Produce a90-SecondNewberyFilm Hogwarts Academy

pg 14 pg 9 pg 9 pg 15 pg 12 pg 10 pg 7 pg 11 pg 16 pg 15 pg 15 pg 13 pg 13 pg 13 pg 12 pg 11 pg 10 pg 10 pg 9 pg 9 pg 8 pg 8 pg 7 pg 15 pg 15 pg 10 pg 7 pg 7 pg 14 pg 14 pg 13 pg 13 pg 11 pg 11 pg 8 pg 8 pg 8 pg 8 WK 9PM WK 9AM WK 8ALLDAY WK 8PM WK 8AM PM 6 WK WK 4PM AM 4 WK WK 3PM WK 2ALLDAY Ages: 12to14 WK 7ALLDAY Ages: 11&Up WK 6AM Ages: 11to13 WK 7ALLDAY Ages: 10to13 WK 7PMWriting Your College AdmissionsEssays WK 4PM WK 3ALLDAY High SchoolStudents DAYALL 9 WK WK 9PM WK 9AM WK 8PM PM 7 WK WK 7AM WK 6PM WK 6PM WK 6AM Ages: 14&Up WK 9ALLDAY WK 6ALLDAY Ages: 13to16 WK 6ALLDAY WK 5AM WK 2ALLDAY Ages: 13&Up WK 1 WK 1AM Ages: 12to15 WK 3AM SIGN UP WITHAFRIEND! DOUBLE YOUR FUN! PM Fairy Tale Heroines Dystopian Literature Writing withLight Fan Fiction (Super) HeroHallofFame Questions Eternal Wonder:Exploring I World Building Shakespeare Supernatural Graphic Novel The ArtofStorytelling:Myths&Motifs My SideOfTheMountain Comedy Improv Your IncredibleIllustratedStory Writing Your CollegeAdmissions Essays Teen Writers’ Master Workshop Move The On Writers Reading MarginalizedVoices Fleshing OutFiction Writing Movies Enemies... Worst & Friends Best Fact toFiction Embracing thePersonalEssay Teen ComedyImprov The BareBonesOfAPlay Produce a90-SecondNewberyFilm Outdoor Writers Songwriters’ Workshop The Tales ofBeedletheBard Creative RecipesforyourWriting Dragons, Dice,&Roleplaying Novel Tools A MetaphorandMovementMontageforLife! pg 14 pg 10 pg 9 pg 16 pg 16 pg 16 pg 15 pg 14 pg 14 pg 13 pg 12 pg 12 pg 16 pg 12 pg 13 pg 11 pg 8 pg 9 pg 7 pg 7 pg 16 pg 16 pg 15 pg 15 pg 15 pg 12 pg 10 pg 10 pg 9 pg 8 pg 14 pg 12 pg 13 5

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER, CALL 473-2590 X107 6

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER SEE PAGE 21 language foradayduringthespring! Summer Write classes,andnowstudentscanplay withthe drumming, andmultimedia.Thisis oneofourmostpopular the languagethroughsongs,games, AfricanCaribbean Welcome toafunandcreativedayofSpanish!We willlearn Instructor: HenryPadrón W17-YL01 Spanish FRIDAY: ¡Bienvenidos! Funwith art projects! magical realmandusewhatwefindtocreatesomeinspiring giants, andotherbeasts.We’ll doalittleresearchonthe beings, includingfairies,unicorns,mermaids,trolls,centaurs, creatures? Comespendthedaylearningaboutlegendary Are youreadytoentertheworldofmagicandmagical Instructor: KatieRich W17-YM37 THURSDAY: MagicalCreatures group skills,andimaginationsinawholenewway. Let’s PLAY! theatre gamesandexercisesthatwillstretchyourbodies, plays throughimprov, storytelling,movement,andengagein with yourfriends?Learnhowtoworktogetherandcreatemini Do youlovetodigintoimaginaryworldsandmakeupplays Instructor: SaraBickweatPenner W17-YD31 WEDNESDAY: Let’s Play! page. making theirownbooksplusatleastonefullycompleted of ourown!Studentswillgohomewithsomenewskillsfor olds andthengetstartedonwritingillustratingastory We’ll lookatsomecreativeexamples ofbooksfor7-9year- Instructor: Tracy Cretelle W17-YR51 Own Book! TUESDAY: HowTo WriteYour a craft. Explore thebooksthroughreaders-theatreskits,games,and Learn aboutGreekgods,heroes,andpresent-dayDemi-gods. Adventure intotheworldofGreekDemi-godPercyJackson. Instructor: MarnaRossi W17-YR04 Greek Theatre MONDAY: PercyJackson (see belowforcodesindividualclasses) Single Day:$44W&Bmembers/$50generalpublic (use codeW17-X03) Full week:$195W&Bmembers/$225generalpublic April 17-21,9am-3pm A Taste ofWriters&Books! Ages: 7-9 SPRING BREAK at leastthreenewpiecesofwriting. wanting more.Attheendofdaystudentswillgohomewith quickly andthen,throughanunexpectedtwist,leavethereader character, setting,andplot.We willlearntohookthereader is essential.Thesestorieshavearhythmandfoundationof Flash fictionisashortformofwritinginwhicheveryword Instructor: JudyDeCroce W17-YF07 MONDAY: FlashFiction (see belowforcodesindividualclasses) Single Day:$44W&Bmembers/$50generalpublic (use codeW17-X04) Full week:$195W&Bmembers/$225generalpublic April 17-21,9am-3pm A Taste ofWriters&Books! Ages: 10-13 —SummerWrite participant with other other with thing was thing to write! to The best best The who like who We offer needs-based partial andfull We offer needs-basedpartial making ourprograms available toall people people being being scholarships. Visit www.wab.org. Writers &Booksiscommittedto Scholarships Scholarships members ofthecommunity. Contact Sarah Brown Available [email protected] 473-2590 x110 photo by LilyBrunner

APRIL 17-21 participate inDay OneinordertoparticipateDay Two! you yourselfwere astudentatHogwarts.Itisnot necessaryto inspired writing, and leaveattheendofdayfeeling asif have lessonsinTransfiguration, Divination,anddosomePotter- Another dayimmersedintheworld ofHarryPotter!You will Mulvey, SaraBickweatPenner Instructors: Tracy Cretelle,Chris Fanning,Claire W17-YR19 FRIDAY: Dark Artsclass,writeastoryfortheDailyProphet,andmore! wand, takeclassesinpotions,Herbology, andDefense Againstthe Jump intotheworldofallthingsHarryPotter!You willmakea Mulvey, AngelaCannon-Crothers Instructors: ChrisFanning,DonnaM.Marbach,Claire W17-YR10 Day 1 THURSDAY: Academy Hogwarts of poems,riddles,andtonguetwisters!Come,playwithwords! expand ourvocabulariesandplaywithwordsbywritingspecialkinds and exercises.We’ll playwithpalindromes andanagrams.We’ll language brain!We’ll uncoverthemagic inwordsthroughfungames All workandnoplaymakesforadullwriter. Comestretchyour Instructor: DonnaM.Marbach W17-YL02 Workshop WEDNESDAY: Word Play storyteller.” and artist, philosopher, a is person “Every Instructor: AlmetaWhitis W17-YM38 TUESDAY: Storytellers&Seers! based exercises. the waywetellthemthroughwriting,discussion,andtheatre- generations. We’ll spendthedayexploring ourownstoriesand they passedonknownhistory, information,andwisdomtonew “seer” or“spiritcaller.” Usingintuitionandcommunicationskills, In ancientcultures,thestorytellerorphilosopherwascalled — Hal Adams Hogwarts AcademyDay2 Hogwarts will presentastoryorskitforfamilyandfriends. activities, andevenlearnsomemagictricks!Onthelastdaywe read someofthestoriesandactoutscenes;we’lltryart Jack, wewilllearnabouttheanimalsandpeoplevisit.We’ll Florence NightingaleorAlexandertheGreat.LikeAnnieand China, theSwissAlps,orEgypt.We couldmeetheroes suchas world andthroughtime.Throughthesebookswemightvisit as theysolveproblems,helppeople,andtravelaroundthe more advancedMagicTree Housefan!JoinAnnieandJack camera, pleasebringit. last day“artopening”exhibition. Ifyouhaveyourowndigital photographic andwrittenexpressions willbedisplayedata story. Afinalpresentation featuringtheparticipants’ pens willcapturethewordsthat help totellthephotographic will createphotographicnarrativeswiththeircameras.Our collections asinspirationforourcreativewriting.Participants Museum gardens,photogalleries,andpermanentmuseum then joinus!We’ll spendtimeexploringtheGeorgeEastman you lovetowritepoetryorshortstoriesandtakephotographs, Rochester isthehomeofapicturegiant:GeorgeEastman.If They say, “Apictureisworthathousandwords,”and Instructors: RoxanaAparicio-Wolfe &LisaJohnson $228 W&BMembers/$250GeneralPublic ALL DAY: 9am-4pm,June26-30 JY17-A02 Picture This Ages: 7-10 Take partinwonderfulmagicaladventuresfromthe Instructor: MarnaRossi $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,June26-30 JY17-R05 Mission Adventure Magic Tree House:Merlin Ages: 7-9 words, thisisforyou. you liketodoodleordrawandwritingplayingwith our handatconcretepoetry(poetrythatmakesapicture).If words andart,useletterstomakepictures,try prompts tohelpuswrite.We willdesigncollagesthatcombine work together. We mightillustrateastoryorusepicturesas class wewillexplorewaysinwhichwordsandartworkcan share dreams.Botharepartoftheworldbooks.Inthis Both artworkandliteraturetellstories,expressfeelings, Instructor: DonnaMarbach $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,June26-30 JY17-M36 Word Words &Art Art Ages: 7-9 WEEK 1 House: Merlin Mission Merlin series,designedfortheslightlyolder, JUNE 26-30 Magic Tree Tree Magic knowledge thatwriting itselfistherealadventure. host ofinteresting characters,thebeginningofastory, andthe On Friday, eachchildwillleavewith afantasticalsetting, my character?”and“HowdoImake mystoryapage-turner?” age-old riddleslike“HowdoImake abelievablebackstoryfor fearsome beastknownaswriter’s block,andfindanswersfor will singofforagestocome.We willstudytricksfortacklingthat and learnhowtohoneourplotpoints intostoriesthatthebards fantastical worlds.We willcreatecomplex,drivencharacters, games likeDungeons&Dragons,thisclasswillexplorerich, Calling allquest-seekers!Basedoncollaborativestorytelling Instructor: EmmaLynge $109 W&Bmembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,June26-30 JY17-M49 Roleplaying Dragons, Dice,and Ages: 12-15 about thefilmfestatjameskennedy.com/90-second-newbery. the national90-SecondNewberyFilmFestival.Findoutmore friends onFridayandthefinishedmoviewillbesubmittedto movie too?We’ll havearedcarpetpremiere forfamilyand edit. Oh,didwementionyou’llbethewritersandstarsof cameras, setuplights,operateaudioequipment,direct,and a NewberyMedal-winningbook.You willlearnhowtorun into castandcrewtomaketheirownshortmoviebasedon Over thecourseofthisweek-longclass,studentstransform NOTE: MeetsatRCTV, 21GorhamStreet Watson Instructor: RashidaBurch-Washington &John $228 W&BMembers/$250GeneralPublic ALL DAY: 9am-4pm,June26-30 JY17-V03 Newbery Film Produce a90-Second Ages: 9-12 long, but it bends toward justice.” justice.” toward bends it but long, exploration –atimeofcreativityandpeace. era ofcrisisandstrifeintoatimeharmonydynamic and flexibleenoughtohelpourcommunitynavigatethis the wheeloflife.We mayfindartformsarestrongenough exhibits, alldesignedtomoveuscloserthecenteron and createatransformativeritualwithelementsfromMAG Art Gallery(MAG),wewillusestorytohealsocietaldivisions visual art,music,movement,andafieldtriptotheMemorial and creativeproblemsolving.Mergingwriting,spokenword, generates communitytransformation,byengagingcooperation world! Thismulti-facetedclassisachancetocreateartthat is story andritualtounitepeopleconstructamorebeneficial universe moral myths. Becomeanadvocateofthetransformativepower the of arc Join usinadynamicquesttouncoverpresentdaycultural the Because —Rev. Dr. MartinLutherKing,Jr. long. Not long? “How Instructor: AlmetaWhitis $109 W&Bmembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,June26-30 JY17-M51 Montage forLife! A MetaphorandMovement Ages: 12-15 enrichment experience, but but experience, enrichment he doesn’t even know it! know even doesn’t he [My son] is having an an having is son] [My —Parent of aSummerWrite participant photo by LilyBrunner 7

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER, CALL 473-2590 X107 WEEK 2 JULY 5-7 8

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER SEE PAGE 21 WEEK 2 games. creative artprojects,andlaughingalldaywithdelightful alive throughinteractivereading,expressingourselveswith are fullofpersonalityandwewillmakethebookscome and hispopular tales evenbetter! different culturesandhowspin-offshavemadetheseclassic ball. We willlookintothemanyversionsoffairytalesfrom Jack, huff&puffliketheBigBadWolf, anddanceattheroyal nursery rhymesandfairytales:jumpoverthecandlestickwith Spend yourmorningreadingandactingoutfavorite Join usforourfirstone-dayclass31/2-5yearolds! Instructor: KatieRich $18 W&BMembers/$20GeneralPublic ONE HALFDAY: 9:15am-11:45am,ThursdayJuly6 JY17-RY14 & FairyTales Nursery Rhymes Ages: 3.5-5 books like delighting youngreadersformorethanadozenyearswith is? DidyouletPigeondrivethebus?MoWillemshasbeen Have youreadeverysingleElephantandPiggiebookthere Instructor: SarahBrown $133 W&BMembers/$145GeneralPublic ALL DAY: 9am-4pm,July5-7 JY17-R59 Mo Willems Ages: 5-7 combination tocommunicateour ideasorfeelings. poetry) tofinddifferentwayswecanuseartandwordsin explore somespecialprojects(e.g.collageandconcrete with wordsbyrespondingtopromptsandexercise.We will by tryingdifferentdrawingandpaintingtechniques, both sketchesandwords.We willexperimentwithillustration walks andvisittheMemorialArtGallerytocaptureimagesin ways inwhichartandwordscanworktogether. We willtake and wordsinourownspecial“ideabooks”ordertoexplore with words.Inthisclass,wearegoingtogatherbothpictures Writers carryjournals tocapturethoughtsandexperiences Artists carrysketchbookstocaptureideaswithdrawings. Instructor: DonnaMarbach $133 W&BMembers/$145GeneralPublic ALL DAY: 9am-4pm,July5-7 JY17-M26 My IdeaBook Ages: 8-11 Knuffle Bunny, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus the Drive Pigeon the Let Don’t Bunny, Knuffle Elephant and Piggie and Elephant 3 DAY WEEK JULY 5-7 series.Thesestories , Turn me around so that I can see everything I was meant to be.” to meant was I everything see can I that so around me Turn Michael Kiwanuka–songlyricsfrom“Tell MeaTale.” Tell me a story that I can read. Tell me a story that I can believe… can I that story a me Tell read. can I that story a me Tell engaging, andlife-enhancing. of writingandtellingstoriesinwaysthatarecompelling, the artofstorytellingwe’lllearnspecificuniversalelements engaging thecommunity. Throughdiscussion,writing,and times whenthefirstpersonstoodbeforeacommunalfire, intimacy andeffectivenessofstorysharinghailstoancient in. be telling astoryismoreimportanttodaythaneverbefore.The can I that We’ll learnhowandwhystorytellingdeveloped story a me Read was. always that tale a me “Tell Instructor: AlmetaWhitis $133 W&Bmembers/$145GeneralPublic ALL DAY: 9am-4pm,July5-7 JY17-M38 Myths &Motifs ofStorytelling: The Art Ages:12-14 your ownliteraryfeast! techniques. You willleavewithablueprintofideastocreate pieces ofwritingandpracticingasmorgasborddifferent study craftbylookingatsomewell-constructedshort rhythm, length,pauses—muchlikeitisinmusic.We will Tone iscreatedbythewriter’s voice,theshapeofasentence, in language,throughtheuseofengagingwritingexercises. explore soundpatterns,rhythm,andtheelementofsurprise Sentences arelivingthings–theyflyaround!Thisclasswill Instructor: KittyJospé $133 W&BMembers/$145GeneralPublic ALL DAY: 9am-4pm,July5-7 JY17-P23 Writing Creative RecipesforYour Ages: 13&Up photo by LilyBrunner

WEEK 3 will gohomewiththeirownnewillustrationsandwritings. their writingandartistictalents.Attheendofweek,students different crafts,withplentyofroomforthechildrentoexplore on theartandstoryfromday’s author. Therewillbelotsof book author, thenledthroughcreativeartisticprojectsbased students willbetreatedtoanewstoryfrompopularchildren’s after theyentertheworldoftheirfavoritecreators!Eachday, Youngsters wholovestorybookswillthemevenmore Instructor: JasonYungbluth $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,July10-14 JY17-A01 Author/Illustrator FanClub Ages: 5-7 our newworks. centered piecesofwriting.OnFridaywe’llhaveareading experiences, learninghorseterminology, andcreating horse- making ourownhorse-inspiredjournals,recordingequine Wednesday, andFridaywillbespentatWriters &Books real horses!We’ll learnhorsecareandridingskills.Monday, (transportation fromW&Bwillbeprovided),workingwith the fulldayTuesday andThursdayatDoubleGRanchinBergen Horseback ridingandcreativewritingcombined!We’ll spend Instructor: LisaJohnson $350W&BMembers/$375GeneralPublic ALL DAY: 9am-4pm,July10-14 JY17- M11 Riding &Writing Ages: 8-11 want tomissthisenchantingexperience! ZooMobile, andcreatesomeinspiringartprojects.You won’t stories, researchthemagicalrealm,haveavisitfrom giants, andotherbeasts.We’ll read ourfavoritemystical beings, includingfairies,unicorns,mermaids,trolls,centaurs, creatures? Comespendyourweeklearningaboutlegendary Are youreadytoentertheworldofmagicandmagical Instructor: KatieRich $119 W&BMembers/$131GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,July10-14 JY17-M53 Magical Creatures Ages: 5-7 writing ideas that carry over to to over carry that ideas writing home, introduced her to new new to her introduced home, forms of writing, and stoked stoked and writing, of forms her excitement for writing. for excitement her [SummerWrite] sparked sparked [SummerWrite] —Parent of aSummerWrite participant JULY 10-14 WEEK 3 Thor, Baldur, andFreya.Manyofourfavoritestoriessuchas and magicheroicdeedsfillthetalesofNorsegodsOdin, head-on withtheNineWorlds ofthe NorseGodsAdventure, Magnus, cousinofGreekdemi-godAnnabethChase,collides the magical.We willmakethenotebooks ourselves. magical realms,andnotesabouthowtoattracttherealmof sketches withstoriesaboutthem,interestinghappeningsin of Writers &Books.Your finalbookwillinclude character summer, andcreatefairytrollhousesonthegrounds local gardenwhereatleastonefairy(ortwo)isspottedeach fantastical andfairytalecreatures.Visit anextraordinary the Earth’s enchantedwondersinyourownnotebookof on thenaturalhistoryofmagicalcreatures.Document – bothincluderecordingobservationsandfantasticalnotes and friendsonthefinalday. and seaserpents.Createaskitbringittolifeforfamily creatures suchasdwarves,elves,frostgiants,trolls,gnomes, about runes,themagicalNorsealphabet,and bridge thatconnectstheworldsofgodsandpeople.Learn myth throughcraftactivities.Findoutabouttherainbow scripts basedontheMagnusChasestory. Learnabout Norse of theNorse(Vikings). Readfunny, excitingreaderstheatre in thenew and writers.Taught byachefwho isalsoanEnglishteacher, busy, creative,andtastyworkshop forbuddingyoungcooks Cook upastorm and puttogetheryourowncookbook inthis NOTE: MeetsatThirdPresbyterian Church,4MeigsSt.14607 Instructor: PaulL.Jonasse $175 W&BMembers/$192 GeneralPubic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,July 10-14 JY17-C01 for EveryMeal Writers &Cooks:Menus Ages: 9-13 Hobbit The demigod. We willlookinto Explore therollicking,daringtaleofMagnusChase,Norse Instructor: MarnaRossi $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,July10-14 JY17-R45 Myth Readers’Theatre Magnus ChaseNorse Ages: 8-11 Spiderwick Instructor: AngelaCannon-Crothers $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,July10-14 JY17-J03 Creatures Goblins, &OtherMagical Field GuidetoSprites, Ages: 8-11 and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard of Gods the and Chase Magnus and Harry Potter Harry Fantastic Beasts Beasts Fantastic Sword of Summer of Sword were influenced by the myths wereinfluencedbythemyths JULY 10-14 have something in common have somethingincommon , the first book , thefirstbook series. series. writing. Note: New and different recipes from last summer! writing. Note:Newanddifferentrecipesfromlastsummer! creative variations),anddosometaste-bud-tickling They willannotateandillustratetherecipes(includingtheirown journey throughfivecuisines—cooking,eating,anddiscussing. workshop willtakeplaceinateachingkitchen.Participants writers. Taught byachefwhoisalsoanEnglishteacher, this busy, creative,andtastyworkshopforbuddingyoungcooks Travel theworldandputtogetheryourowncookbookinthis NOTE: MeetsatThirdPresbyterianChurch,4MeigsSt.14607 Instructor: PaulL.Jonasse $175 W&BMembers/$192GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,July10-14 JY17-C02 the World Writers &Cooks:Around Ages: 9-13 summer! creative writing.Note:Newanddifferentrecipesfromlast their owncreativevariations),anddoabitoftaste-bud-tickling each day. Theywillannotateandillustratetherecipes(including snack—cooking, eating,anddiscussingdishesforonemeal will workfromafullday’s menu—breakfastthroughevening this workshopwilltakeplaceinateachingkitchen.Participants as wellhowto writethestorythatgoeswithimages. Students willlearn thebasicsofcreatinggoodgraphic novelart, popular andcutting-edgecreators in thegraphicnovelfield. fundamentals ofgraphicstorytelling usingtheworksofmany cartoonist JasonYungbluth willintroducehisstudentstothe and images,isapopularpursuitfor youngadults.Professional Graphic storytelling,thecreationof asingularnarrativeusingtext Instructor: JasonYungbluth $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,July10-14 JY17-A03 Graphic Novel Ages: 12-14 it, andabundleoftoolsinsightsforbecomingnovelist! will leavetheweekwithanovelwellstarted,planforfinishing and thecreationofdifferentvoicesforcharacters.You suspense, andsurprise.We willalsolookattheuseofdialogue and sustaininginterestthroughconflictswithimportantstakes, characters, compellingsettingandatmosphere,creating We willfocusonchoosingpointof view, developingcomplex stories tolifefromintriguingbeginningssatisfyingconclusions. and discoverthetoolsthatsuccessfulnovelistsusetobringtheir or contemporaryrealistnovels,you’llwanttodeveloptheskills Whether youaspiretowritefantasy, sciencefiction,historical, Instructor: Wendy Low $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,July10-14 JY17-F25 Novel Tools Ages: 12-15 from theworkshop. night andapublishedanthology ofstudentwork culminate withafinalstudent readingonFriday of theirownwork.Thewhole programwill In addition,instructorswillgiveeveningreadings conferencing withyourprimaryinstructor. on givingapublicreading,plusone-on-one a professionalscreenwriterfromL.A.,instruction topics infiction,ascreenwritingworkshopwith not limited,tointensivesinslampoetry, special subjects withintheworldofwritingincluding,but The afternoonswillbededicatedtospecific two weeks. to becompletedathomeoverthecourseof Reading andwritingassignmentswillbeexpected placed ontheimportanceofreadingasawriter. on revisionandediting.Astrongemphasiswillbe professional workshopexperience,andinstruction variety ofgenerativecreativewritingprompts, will provideintensivelessonsoncraft,awide morning from9:00-Noon.Thesesessions primary instructorwithwhomtheywillmeetevery student willbeassignedaworkshopgroupand designed forseriousandadvancedwriters.Each & Books’Teen Writers’ MasterWorkshop is specialized instructionandapeergroup?Writers Are youadedicatedcreativewriterlookingfor graduated, asofstartdateprogram. Must bearisingsophomore,junior, senior, orjust workshop-2017/ fortheapplication. Go towww.wab.org/teen-writers-master- accepted onarollingbasis.Applytoday! Note: Admissionbyapplicationonly. Applications Leslie Youngblood, andSaraBickweatPenner The RocBottomSlamTeam, MichaelM.B.Galvin, Special Topic Instructorsinclude:LuHighsmith, Daily Workshop Instructor:SarahCedeño Partial andFullScholarshipsAvailable $625 W&BMembersandGeneralPublic Friday, July21,7pm July 12&19,7pm,StudentFinalreading Plus 3evenings:Teacher readingsWednesdays TWO WEEKS,ALLDAY: 9am-4pm,July10-21 Master Workshop Teen Writers’ High SchoolStudents 9

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER, CALL 473-2590 X107 10

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER SEE PAGE 21 participant willreceiveacopyofthebooktheyhelpedcreate. celebrate ourwritingwithareadingandpublication.Each will becomepartofaclassanthology. Bytheend,wewill revising skills.Thentheywillselecttheirfavoritework,which make themostoftheirwritingbysharpeningeditingand they feelmostpassionatelyabout.Participantswilllearnto be encouragedtotryallgenres,butwillfocusontheone(s) essays throughimaginativewritingprompts.Participantswill producing poems,stories,journalentries,andcreative Write, write,write!We willspendthefirstpartofcourse Instructors: M.J.Iuppa $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,July17-21 JY17-M07 My NameInPrint Ages: 8-11 Writers &Books:(585)473-2590x110,[email protected] (under theYouth Programstab)orcontactSarahBrownat scholarship, pleasefillouttheapplicationatwww.wab.org full) areavailablespecificallyforthisprogram. To applyfora *Please Note:Severalneeds-basedscholarships(partialand Creative Workshop: (585)276-8959. these sitesduringthelunchhour. To registerpleasecallthe the CreativeWorkshop, andbewalkedby teachersbetween spend themorningatWriters &Booksandtheafternoonsat you’ll takehomeyourowncomicorstorybook.Studentswill setting— allusingjuicylanguage.Attheendofweek, how todraw—andlearnthebasicsofplot,character, and idea, chooseafittingstyle,anddrawthingsyoudon’t know artist. You’ll learnthetoolsoftrade—howtoillustratean while learningatthehandofamasterwriterand create yourowncharactersandexplorestoryideas the CreativeWorkshop attheMemorialArtGallery, you’ll In thisexcitingcollaborationbetweenWriters &Booksand 276-8959. NOTE: To registerpleasecalltheCreativeWorkshop: (585) the MemorialArtGallery Instructors: DonnaMarbach&anartteacherfrom Public* $240 W&BandMAGMembers/$265General ALL DAY: 9am-4pm,July17-21 Telling Tales Ages: 7-9 WEEK 4 plot for my book and being being and book my for plot able to write it all the way way the all it write to able how to create a complete complete a create to how I really enjoyed learning learning enjoyed really I —SummerWrite participant through. through. JULY 17-21 ancient Greecestilllivesinus. language, government,culture,architecture,andart—toseethat We willalsolookathowweborrow fromancientGreeceinour helmets, designourownhopliteshields,andconcoctambrosia! explore theBerkeleyGalleryofAncientArt,tryontunicsand ancient Greekculture;we’llattemptsomeliteraryforms, Camp HalfBloodadventure.Meanwhile,we’llenjoyexamining wisecracks likethoseinPercy’s narration.You’ll createyourown from pastliterature.We’ll craftvivid descriptionsandhumorous chapter breaks,andofthebenefitsborrowingstoryelements how todevelopvividcharacters,ofholdreadersacross have afinalperformanceforfamilyandfriends. Improves disciplineandcriticalthinkingskills.OnFridaywe’ll for dancers,non-dancers,boys,girls,poets,andnon-poetsalike. reach heights,depths,andthestrangein-betweens.Designed movement. We willexploreartisticintersectionsandaspireto open toindividualswhodesireexperimentwithwritingand to translatemusic.Thisworkshopwillfunctionlikealaboratory, paint feelings,ourmusclestosculptmovement,andsenses unique blendinfluencescreativitythatwillprovokeourhandsto ways ofthinkingaboutwritinganddancingasanewartform.This emphasis onsightsandsounds,youngmindswilldevelopnew dramatization ofthesensesaspoetryanddancemeet.Withan Come explorethepowerandphysicalityofwords, Instructor: LisaJohnson $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm–4pm,July17-21 JY17-P12 Poetry-N-Motion Ages: 8-11 of theseries, weave asirenspellonyou!Preparebyreadingthefirstbook is mightywithhispen.Try thewritingmethodsRiordanusedto Percy Jacksonismightywithhissword;creator, RickRiordan, Instructor: Wendy Low $221 W&BMembers/$242GeneralPublic ALL DAY: 9am-4pm,July17-21 JY17-R06 Percy Jackson’s MagicPen Ages: 9-12 The Lightning Thief. Lightning The We willmineitformodelsof photo by LilyBrunner creations withfamilyandfriendsonFriday! illustrations, andthebeginningsofstories.We’ll share our which couldincludeamap,“rules”fortheworld,characters, student willcreatethebuildingblocksforafictionalworld, of unconventionalpeoplesandhowstoriesaretold.Every your creativewriting.Together wewillinvestigateclassictales Learn newperspectivesfromwhichtobuildin-depthworldsin Join usforanexplorationofsurprisingworlds,bigandsmall! planets seetheearthandtellastoryaboutitsinhabitants? wardrobe, likein everyday lifeintoafantasticalworld—isitthroughmagic lives similartoourown?Howdoesonegetfromtheworldof week withacompleted essay. feedback fromthe instructorandwillleaveatthe end ofthe each otherfeedback.Eachstudent willalsoreceivepersonal you wanttoapply. We willpracticewiththerealthing andgive also bringanyspecificessayquestions fromschoolstowhich common trapseachessayquestion cansetforyou.You should the CommonApplicationpersonal essayandexaminesome hard-working, involved.We willanalyzethesixoptionsfor you sayit,andthatadvertiseyou:creative,curious,intelligent, the kindthatwowadmissionsofficersbywhatyousayandhow Learn towriteimpressiveessaysforadmissionapplications, Instructor: Lynn Marquart $126 W&BMembers/$140GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,July17-21 JY17-B01 Admissions Essay Writing Your College Ages: HighSchoolStudents people intheclassicbook bike orgoshopping?Whathouseholdobjectsdotheminiature Who istheworld’s secondtallestmanandhowdoesheridea Instructors: EmmaLynge $109 W&Bmembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,July17-21 JY17-F23 World Building Ages: 12-14 construct aperformanceofourown! some conflictasweputmonologuesandscenestogetherto get seriousaboutcomedy, looklightlyattragedy, andcreate Come, let’s cookupsomechaos,incitesiblingrivalry, and evenlearnhowtowardoffthecurseofTheScottishPlay! games, peekintosomeofhisotherworldlyplotsandcharacters, and learnthesecretstohisuseoflanguage.We’ll playtheatre of thesupernaturalinhisplays.We’ll explorehislifeandtimes world ofWilliamShakespeare,withspecialfocusonhisuse Calling youngthespians!We’ll spendtheweekwalkinginto Instructor: SaraBickweatPenner $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,July17-21 JY17-D25 Supernatural Shakespeare Ages: 12-14 The Chronicles of Narnia of Chronicles The The Borrowers The

repurposetocreate ? Howmightdistant WEEK 5 legends, andgiventhepowertocreatesomeoftheirown. little historyofmagic.Studentswillbeimmersedinmagicand world andthemuggleworld,hexescharms,evena and writingactivitiesaboutfairytalesinboththewizarding Join BellatrixLestrangeforamagicaljauntthrough Instructor: ChristineGreen $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,July24-28 JY17-R29 The Tales ofBeedletheBard Ages: 13&up of Beedle the Bard the Beedle of students intofourgroups,roughlybasedonage.Expectthattheolderwillbediscussinglaterbooksaswell. activity tostarttheday. Studentsneedtobefamiliarwithbooks1-4,ataminimum.Onceeveryone isregisteredwewilldivide Harry Potter’s birthday!EverymorningallstudentsfromeveryyearandhousewillgatherintheGreatHallforaspecial write fortheDailyProphet,exploreNeighborhoodofArtswithaneye forthemagical,andonFridaywewillcelebrate exercises tospurtheimagination.You willbesorted,earnhousepoints,playQuidditch,participateinHarryPottertrivia, Magic, DefenseAgainsttheDarkArts,Potions,andmuchmore!Hands-onactivitieswillbeaccompaniedbycreativewriting will havethechancetoattendclassesinHerbology, CareofMagicalCreatures,Charms,Transfiguration, Divination,Historyof Immerse yourselfintheworldofHarryPotterasweturnallWriters &BooksintoHogwarts!Throughouttheweekstudents Mulvey, SaraBickweatPenner Instructors include:AngelaCannon-Crothers,Tracy Cretelle,ChrisFanning,DonnaMarbach,AmieMcLaughlin,Claire $265 W&BMembers/$295GeneralPublic ALL DAY 9am-4pm,July24-28 JY17-R10 Ages 8-13 photo by LilyBrunner For A Night at Hogwarts Eventforadults &families,seepage 17! For ANight atHogwarts . Classactivitieswillincludediscussion JULY 24-28 The Tales Tales The photo by LilyBrunner WEEK 6 or illustration. workshop withastronginterestand goodskillsinwritingand/ and thensendingsubmissions.Students shouldcometothis special attentionwillbegivento reviewing guidelinesfor workshop. Whileactualpublication cannotbeguaranteed, more publishablepiecesofwriting and/orartbytheendof The goalforeachparticipantisto completeandsubmitoneor articles onwritingorproducingqualityartworkinfunways. examples ofpreviouslyselectedworks,andreadits“how-to” a complimentarycopyof literary magazineforyoungpeople.Eachstudentwillreceive in advanced studentstohaveworkconsideredforpublication work inprint?Thisworkshopprovidesarealopportunityfor Are youaseriouswriterorartist?Would youliketoseeyour Instructor: DonnaMarbach $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,July31-August4 JY17-M03 Meet theMagicDragon Ages: 8-11 share withourfriendsandfamily. that wecanuploadtoWriters &Books’SummerWrite pageto Teague &JaneYolen’s collectionof out whenwereadabookeachdayoftheweekfromMark How dodinosaurswritebookswiththeirfriends?We’ll find Instructor: Tracy Cretelle $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,July31-August4 JY17-R51 Book How toWriteYour Own Ages: 5-7 a finalfiestaonthelastday! Spanish promisesgreatexcitement.Familieswillbeinvitedto vendor boothsinthemarket.Thisweek-longexperiencewith market willhelpuslearnourfoodwordswithstopsatmany drumming, andmultimedia.Awalkingfieldtriptothepublic the languagethroughsongs,games,AfricanCaribbean creative way, thisisthecourseforyou!We willlearn If youwanttoexploretheSpanishlanguageinafunand Instructor: HenryPadrón $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,July31-August4 JY17-L01 Spanish ¡Bienvenidos! Funwith Ages: 5-7 will collaborateonagroupversionof As welearnhowtowriteandillustrateapatternbook, pages tocreateabookthatyoucanreadoverandagain. design andlaminateabookcover, andcinchtogetherthe We willhelpeachotherwriteour own versionofthestory, The Magic Dragon Magic The —an award-winning,localartand The Magic Dragon Magic The JULY 31-AUGUST4 How Do Dinosaurs…? Do How How Do Dinosaurs…? Dinosaurs…? Do How toseefirst-hand

11

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER, CALL 473-2590 X107

12

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER SEE PAGE 21 WEEK 6 returning at 5pm. at returning & Books) in Rochester leaving promptly at 8am and and 8am at promptly leaving Rochester in Books) & our own. the informationwe’vegatheredtocreateFantasticBeastsof this), andthencreateourownfieldguides.Finallywe’lluse behavior andhabits(avisitfromtheZooMobilewillhelpwith concealment techniquesanddefensetactics,analyzetheir A van will run from 740 University Avenue (Writers (Writers Avenue University 740 from run will van A some activitieswilloverlap. Outdoor Writer groupwillfunctionasseparateclasses, but beach. TheyoungerWhere’s Walden groupandtheolder Canandaigua Lake,gullyadventuring andswimmingatthe bring thataswell!Onedaywillbe spentatOnandaParkon a bagluncheachday. Ifyou haveyourowncamera,please create anall-campanthology. Pleasedresstohike,andpack plants, andanimals.Ourfavoritepieceswillbeusedto poems probingthepast,present,andfutureoflandscape, which tosketchandwritestories,dramaticmonologues, activities, bothancientandmodern.Createfieldjournalsin art ofobservation.Try yourhandatavarietyofnaturalarts and naturalistsalongtheFingerLakesTrail asyoulearnthe retreat intheBristolHills.Explorewithprofessionalwriters Spend aweekcommuningwiththewriterwithinyouatour Summertime, sunshine,greenrollinghills,wildlife,andyou! Brown Instructors: AngelaCannon-Crothers&Edgar $351 W&BMembers/$372GeneralPublic If attendingfrom740UniversityAvenue: $221 W&BMembers/$242GeneralPublic If meetingtheclassatGellCenter: ALL DAY: 9am-4pm,July31-August4 JY17-G02 Outdoor Writers JY17-G01 Where’s Walden? Retreat. Creative Lakes Finger A Gell: at Held NOTE: Gell NaturePrograms from the and scourtheNeighborhoodofArtsfordifferentbeasts creature huntersasweprepareourownmagizoologistkits Creatures? Ifso,FantasticBeasts101isforyou!Joinfellow the DepartmentforRegulation&ControlofMagical magical creatures)?Areyouconsideringacareerin Are youayoungmagizoologist(apersonwhostudies Instructor: ChrisFanning $119 W&BMembers/$131GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,July31-August4 JY17-R53 Fantastic Beasts101 Ages: 8-11 Harry Potter Potter Harry universe. We’ll studytheirmuggle- JULY 31-AUGUST4

Ages: 13-16 Ages: 9-12 necessarily knowing what they mean!” they what knowing necessarily the creative act is all about. Things come to you without you you without you to come Things about. all is act creative the Life, DeathAndChildren’s Lit,toNPR) presentation forfriendsandfamiliesonFriday. brief characterization,projection,andtiming.Therewillbea audience forsuggestionsonhowtocreatescenes,alongwith to trustandsupporttheirfellowplayerslearnaskthe experienced andinexperiencedimprovisers.Studentswilllearn all whilehavingfuninasupportiveatmospheredesignedfor solving abilities,andboostconfidenceinpublicspeaking, will enhancetheircommunicationskillsandcreativeproblem- games, andfinallytheimprovsketchesthemselves.Students warm-up andgroup-buildinggames,skill-buildingtheatre will learnthecraftofcomedyimprovisationthroughplaying least entertaining.Inthisexperientialworkshop,students suggestions, withtheresultbeingatbesthilariousand will trymanytheatregames,sometimesplugginginaudience Comedy improvisationistheartofactingwithoutascript.You Anyway?” andthought,“I’dliketodothat!”Here’s yourchance! Have youeverseenthetelevisionshow“WhoseLineIsIt Instructor: JulieDonofrio $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,July31-August4 JY17-D03 Comedy Improv Ages: 11-13 invitation toparentsparticipateasstudentsfortheday. defining personalphilosophies.Theclasswillculminatewithan include invigoratingdiscussions,evocativewritingprompts,and thinking, reflection,debating,andcreativewriting.Classactivities a moderndayphilosopheraswelearnthefinerpointsofcritical or intriguesyou?Thenthisistheclassforyou!You canbecome the leadandbeingteacherofanideaorsubjectthatinterests searching forwhatliesbeneaththesurface?Would youenjoytaking what endlessly curiousabouttheworld?Doyouoftenfindyourself is Which Do youenjoyanargument…indefenseofyourideas?Are me. to came It it. of thought I happy so was “I Instructor: AlmetaWhitis $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,July31-August4 JY17-M24 Questions I Wonder: ExploringEternal Ages: 12-14 bounce ideas off each other. each off ideas bounce I like how we were able to to able were we how like I —SummerWrite participant (MauriceSendak:On screenplay, ornovel. will usethesetechniquestocreateanoutlinefortheirownplay, to seehowstructureisusedengageanaudience.Students presentation forfriendsandfamiliesonFriday. brief characterization,projection,andtiming.Therewillbea audience forsuggestionsonhowtocreatescenes,alongwith to trustandsupporttheirfellowplayerslearnaskthe experienced andinexperiencedimprovisers.Studentswilllearn all whilehavingfuninasupportiveatmospheredesignedfor solving abilities,andboostconfidenceinpublicspeaking, will enhancetheircommunicationskills,andcreativeproblem- games, andfinallytheimprovsketchesthemselves.Students warm-up andgroup-buildinggames,skill-buildingtheatre will learnthecraftofcomedyimprovisationthroughplaying least entertaining.Inthisexperientialworkshop,students suggestions, withtheresultbeingatbesthilariousand will trymanytheatregames,sometimesplugginginaudience Comedy improvisationistheartofactingwithoutascript.You Anyway?” andthought,“I’dliketodothat!”Here’s yourchance! Have youeverseenthetelevisionshow“WhoseLineIsIt Instructor: JulieDonofrio $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,July31-August4 JY17-D23 Teen ComedyImprov Ages: 14&Up Hamilton that hasbeenusedtotellstoriesfromancientGreektragedies It’s actuallyawesome.Thisclasswillteachthenarrativetheory need characters,conflict,andperceptionshifts.Soundboring? Whether you’reinterestedinwritingfortheatre,TV, orfilm,you Instructor: KatherineVarga $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pmJuly31-August4 JY17-D35 The BareBonesOfAPlay Ages: 14&Up photo by LilyBrunner . We’ll analyzeshortplays,films,andsonglyrics WEEK 6 draft ofseveralessaysandmanyideastomoveforwardwith! summary. Eachwriterwillleaveattheendofweek witha craft: form,voice,image,themusicoflanguage,andscenevs. essay bystudyingpublishedexamplestoexamineelementsof anything! We’ll examinetheelementsofasuccessfulpersonal history tocelebrateorreflecton—anessaycanbeabout yourself revisitingagainandagain,orastoryfromyourown commentary youwanttomake,athoughtorthemefind and publishableformsofwriting!Whetheryouhaveapolitical is quicklygrowingtobeoneofthemostpopular, engaging, 5-paragraph schoolassignments.Infact,thepersonalessay Does theword“essay”makeyoucringe?Notallessaysare Instructor: SallyBittnerBonn $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pmJuly31-August4 JY17-N13 Essay Embracing thePersonal Ages: 14&Up are notsingers! is necessary. Accommodationswillbemadeforwriterswho rehearsing, andrecording.Nopreviousexperiencewithmusic The finaltwodayswillbespentputtingthewordstomusic, each studentwillhaveatleastonesetofpolishedlyrics. and broadenstudents’perspectives.Bytheendofthreedays, guest musiciansandsongwriterswillenhancetheexperience workshops, learningtotunetheirpoetryintolyrics.Special own song.Studentswillparticipateinpoetryandsongwriting you willbeledthroughthecreativeprocessofwritingyour the guidanceofprofessionalsongwriters,musicians,andpoets, own songs,likeyourfavoriteartists?Well, nowyoucan!Under always listeningtomusic?Doyouwishcouldwriteyour Do youconstantlyhaveatuneplayinginyourhead?Are needed. Suite 122AinPittsford.Inquireabouttransportationif Music, TheOldPickleFactoryBuilding,1GroveStreet, NOTE: MeetsatRochesterContemporarySchoolof Instructors: SeanJefferson,CharlieCoté,&more General Public $295 W&BMembersandRCSMStudents/$319 ALL DAY: 9am-4pmJuly31-August4 JY17-M31 Songwriter’s Workshop Ages: 13&Up AUGUST 4 JULY 31- photo by LilyBrunner cap, andjoinus,detective! the arts.Dustoffyourmagnifyingglass,putonthinking critical thinkingclass,takingusaroundtheneighborhoodof list thesuspectstoclosecase.Thiswillbeaninteractive difference inourcommunity! artistic andcreativeselvestoembodyourpowermakea We’ll doactsofkindness,makepicture books,anduseour Lou Gehrig,andmorebyreadingage-appropriatebiographies. Anthony, AbrahamLincoln,MartinLutherKingJr., HelenKeller, muscles! We’ll learnaboutpeoplelikeRosaParks,SusanB. different times,andencourageustostretchour“socialgood” learn abouttheheroesamongus,atalllevelsofsocietyandin fictional, havethepowertoguideus.Thisclasswillhelpus world abetterplace,oneactionattime.Andstories,trueand Be achangemaker!We eachhavethepowertomake Instructor: AlexaScott-Flaherty $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,August7-11 JY17-M59 Innovators Rebels, Leaders,& Ages: 5-7 Instructor: Marna Rossi $109 W&BMembers/ $121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,August7-11 JY17-R04 Theatre Percy Jackson Readers’ Ages: 8-11 tingling storythatwillleaveyourreadersbeggingformore. (but nottooscary!)storiesandthenwriteanoriginal,spine- settings, andtwistyplots.You willread somefavoritespooky attention andcreateunforgettablevillains,perfectlystrange class isforyou!Together wewilllearnhowtograbyourreader’s vampires, andwisheverydaycouldbeHalloween,thenthis If youlovereadingaboutghosts,witches,monsters,and Instructor: CaedraScott-Flaherty $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,August7-11 JY17-F47 Spooky Stories Ages: 8-11 Brown Encyclopedia the plotsofserieslike genre tohelpsolvethecaseatWriters &Books.Following It’s amystery!Usesomeofthebestbooksinmystery Instructor: KatieRich $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,August7-11 JY17-R55 Solve aMystery Ages: 5-7 WEEK 7 , wewilllearnhowtofollowthecluesand A-Z Mysteries, Cam Jansen Cam Mysteries, A-Z AUGUST 7-11 , and 473-2590 x110, or [email protected] tab) orcontact SarahBrownatWriters &Books(585) application atwww.wab.org (under theYouth Programs program. To applyforascholarship, pleasefilloutthe (partial andfull)areavailable specificallyforthis *Please Note:Severalneeds-based scholarships register pleasecalltheCreative Workshop: (585)276-8959. by teachersbetweenthesesites duringthelunchhour. To and theafternoonsatCreativeWorkshop andbewalked book. StudentswillspendthemorningsatWriters &Booksat end oftheweek,you’lltakehomeyourowncomicorstory plot, character, andsetting—allusing juicylanguage.Atthe things youdon’t knowhowtodraw—andlearnthebasicsof how toillustrateanidea,chooseafittingstyle,anddraw writer andamasterartist.You’ll learnthetools ofthetrade— illustrated andself-writtenstorywhilelearningfromamaster Memorial ArtGallery, you’llcreateyourownfantastically between Writers &BooksandtheCreativeWorkshop atthe What doyouwanttosay?Inthisexcitingcollaboration NOTE: To register please call the Creative Workshop: (585) (585) Workshop: Creative the call please register To NOTE: from theMemorialArtGallery Instructors: DonnaMarbach&anartinstructor Public* $240 W&BandMAGMembers/$265General ALL DAY: 9am-4pm,August7-11 Story Your IncredibleIllustrated Ages: 10-13 and poetryreadingforyourfriendsfamilies. in theoldpolicestation)!OnFriday, therewillbeanartshow the oldfirestation)andat Writers &Books(onUniversity Ave writers atboththeFlowerCityArtsCenter(onMonroeAve in real hands-onexperiencetaughtbyprofessionalartistsand print thewordsyouhavewritten.Thisworkshopwillbea interview realartists,makepaper, andusealetterpressto to createaceramicbook,writepottery-inspiredpoems, visual artswithcreativewriting.You willuseapressmold City ArtsCenter, you’llhaveauniqueopportunitytomerge In thiscollaborationbetweenWriters &BooksandtheFlower Lawson Instructor: M.J.Iuppa,KateWhorton,&Ryana $245 W&BMembers/$267GeneralPublic ALL DAY: 9am-4pm,August7-11 JY17-A09 Poetry, Pottery, &Paper Ages: 8-11 adapted versionforfamilyandfriendsonthelastday. based onachapterofbookfromtheseries,thenactoutan heroes. Withyourteam,you’llpracticeareaders’theatreskit act outbriefrole-playsbasedontheadventuresofDemi-god heroes alongtheway. You’ll gettocreateyourownheroand learn aboutGreekgods,heroes,andmodern-dayDemi-god would neverhaveimagined!We’ll explorehisadventures,and out heisaDemi-god,theGreekmythscomealiveinway When NewYork middleschoolstudentPercyJacksonfinds 276-8959. 276-8959. 13

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER, CALL 473-2590 X107

14

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER SEE PAGE 21 WEEK 7 and breakfastwillbeprovided. bag andpackforthelastnight,willbeneeded.Lastnightdinner Daily packedlunches,hikingshoes,waterbottle,andasleeping world. Journalingonyourexperienceswillbeencouraged! stories ofheroesjustlikeyou,andfeelathomeinthenatural Finger LakesTrail. Discoverhowself-reliantyoucanbe,discuss your skillswhilewecampoutovernightThursdayonthenearby and othernaturalartswillculminateinaFinalChallengetotest games ofstealthanddiscoveryintheoutdoors.Hiking,tracking, using tools,andlearninghowtofindyourwaywhileplaying foods andmedicines,buildingsurvivalshelters,making environment andpracticefirebuildingskills,foragingforwild with EarthworksInstitutetolearnaboutthewondersof Come totheBristolHillsforthisexcitingnewcollaboration you, thendon’t missthisweekoffullimmersioninnature. and compiledaslewofideasfor futurestories. the week,studentswillhavecomposed asolidpieceoffiction discussions, in-classprompts,andpeerreview. Bytheendof and writeforanhouranight.Classworkwillconsistofstory Robert OlenButler, JoyceCarolOates, andPamHouston) homework: toreadapieceofworkeachnight(bywriterslike past, forwaysintocharacterandconflict.Studentswillhave will minethepublicworld,ourprivatelives,aswell but itrequiresacombinationofethics,instinct,andcraft.We into plots.Everywriterdoesit,whichisproofthatitworks, setting, thepeoplearoundyouintocharacters,andtidbits into afictionalrealm,yourhometownordreamlocale Twitter feed.Thiscourseisfertilegroundtoturnthe realworld turn onthenews,openamagazine,readyourFacebookor Are youabuddingwriterlookingforinspiration?Stepoutside, Instructor: SarahCedeño $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,August7-11 JY17-F41 Fact toFiction Ages: 14&Up Dare todiscoveryourwildside!Ifbooksofsurvivallike $420 W&Bmembers/$450generalpublic If attendingfrom740UniversityAvenue: $309 W&Bmembers/$340generalpublic If meetingtheclassatGell: leaving promptlyat8am,returning5pm Retreat. AvanwillrunfromWriters &Books NOTE: HeldatGell:AFingerLakesCreative & LindsayCray Instructors: EdgarBrown,AngelaCannon-Crothers, ALL DAY: 9am-4pm;Thursdayovernight,August7-11 JY17-RG08 My SideOfTheMountain Ages: 11&Up Side of the Mountain, Hatchet, Mountain, the of Side being with other writers. other with being I love all of the things I I things the of all love I educational, and I love love I and educational, learn here! It is so so is It here! learn — SummerWrite participant AUGUST 7-11 and Call of the Wild the of Call intrigue My My Memorable Characters Enemies: Creating Best Friends&Worst Ages 14&Up completed essay. the instructorandwillleaveat endoftheweekwitha Each studentwillalsoreceivepersonal feedbackfrom practice withtherealthingandgive eachotherfeedback. questions fromschoolstowhich youwanttoapply. We will can setforyou.You shouldalsobringanyspecificessay and examinesomecommontrapseachessayquestion six optionsfortheCommonApplicationpersonalessay intelligent, hard-working,involved.We willanalyzethe how yousayit,andthatadvertiseyou:creative,curious, the kindthatwowadmissionsofficersbywhatyousayand Learn towriteimpressiveessaysforadmissionapplications, Instructor: Lynn Marquart $126 W&BMembers/$140GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,August7-11 JY17-B02 Admissions Essay Writing Your College Ages: HighSchoolStudents you’ve alreadyputonthepage. resolutions, you’lldevelopnewcharactersorrefinethose body language,facialexpression,risksandmotivations, them unique.Throughfunandinteractivediscussionson real interestsandhabits,slang,theflawsthatmake characters ourselves.We’ll paycloseattention topeople’s excerpts, andessays,thenlearntocreatememorable examples fromparticularlycompellingshortstories,novel all thewaysthatwritersgoaboutcreatingit.We’ll study our stories.We’ll beginbydefiningcharacterization and Plot isimportant,butcharactersareevenmorevitalto Instructor: NinaAlvarez $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,August7-11 JY17-F49 photo by Georgie Silvarole family andfriendsonthelastday. chance totryyourhandatartactivitiesandpresentastoryskitfor will evenbeinspiredbyavisitfromtheZooMobile.You willhavea we visit.We willreadsomeofthestories andactoutscenes.We we willlearnabouttheanimalsandpeopleineachenvironment the SwissAlps,orAustralianoutback!LikeAnnieandJack, exploration oftheMagicTree Housebooks,wemightvisitChina, people, andtravelaroundtheworldthroughtime.Throughour Friday. will bepresentedinastagedreadingforfriendsandfamilieson character, setting,anddialogue totellastory. Ourownshortplays aloud (aspiringactorsarewelcome!)andtalkabouthowtouse play? Thenthisclassisforyou!We willreadseveralshortplays Do youlovetheatre?Havealwayswantedtowriteyourown Instructor: KatherineVarga $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,August14-18 JY17-D37 Write a10-MinutePlay! Ages: 10-12 Take partinwonderfulmagicaladventuresfromthe Instructor: MarnaRossi $119 W&BMembers/$131GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,August14-18 JY16-D29 Club Magic Tree HouseAdventure Ages: 5-7 by readingandcreatingjokes.Wowie wowwow! outrageous sceneswithreader’s theatre,andlaughourselvessilly to learnmoreaboutJunieB.andherfavoritepeople,actoutthe fun toreadchapterbooks.We willreadsectionsfromthebooks follows JunieB.inKindergartenandfirstgradethroughthirty funniest kid,JunieB.Jones.ThedelightfulseriesbyBarbaraPark ME! It’s JunieB!Spendtheweektalkingaboutworld’s Instructors: KatieRich $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,August14-18 JY17-R09 Junie B.Jones Ages: 5-7 House House WEEK 8 series. JoinAnnieandJackastheysolveproblems,help AUGUST 14-18 photo by LilyBrunner Magic Tree Tree Magic WEEK 8 your books. creating ananthologyconsistingofexcerptsfromeach writing, conferencing,andsharingwithoneanother we explore! Alexander Hamiltoncouldbeone ofthehistoricalfiguresthat presentation. HarrietTubman, LeonardodaVinci, oreven their superhero,andperformitaspartofaHallFame The studentswillthenwriteafirst-personnarrativeabout discussion, research,theatregames,andimprovisation. based onwhattheyhavediscoveredaboutheroismthrough and inhistory. Thestudentswillcreatetheirownsuperhero heroism inthemselves,theirfamily, inthecommunity, and personalheroesdoyoulookupto?Studentswillexplore Our heroesinspireus!Whichsuperheroes,historicalheroes, Instructor: DeloresJacksonRodney $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,August14-18 JY17-M13 (Super) HeroHallofFame Ages: 12-14 Fletcher’s book, neighborhood andthroughtipsfromyourowncopyofRalph life whileonourdailywalkingtripstositesintheArtWalk and placescanhelpyoubringyourbook’s charactersto and turningitintoajuicyplot!Observehowordinarypeople how toplotabookchapterbychapter, takingyourgreatidea So youwanttowriteabook,butneedplan?Learn Instructor: Tracy Cretelle $231 W&BMembers/$252GeneralPublic ALL DAY: 9am-4pm,August14-18 JY17-F29 Build-A-Book Ages: 9-12 and thendecidewhethertousethemornot? readers relatetothem?Howdowegetthefactsneed, they interactwithhumancharacters,ifatall?Howwill with eachother, withotheranimals,humans?Howwill anthropomorphize (makelikehumans)ornot?Cantheytalk of choicesauthorsfacewhenwritinganimalcharacters:to inspired byavisitfromtheZooMobile.We’ll makethekinds favorite animalstoriesandwritesomeofourown.We’ll be adventure, bothrealisticandfantastic.We’ll shareour falcon Frightful,animalcharactersfillyouthfictionwith From thetalkingbeastsofNarnia,toWarrior cats,tothe Instructor: CarenPita $119 W&BMembers/$131GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,August14-18 JY17-F21 Secret LivesofAnimals Ages: 8-11 Live Writing Live . Ourafternoonswillbespent AUGUST 14-18 goes intocrafting ascreenplaythatsings. comedies, dramas, thrillers,andhorrorfilms we’llseewhat to scripts.We’ll examine thedifferencesbetweenscripts for each otherdevelopideasaswe go fromloglinestotreatments with ideasforaplotorcharacter inasituation.We’ll help how thewritermadeitallhappen. Studentsshouldcomein different moviegenresandbreak downtheirscriptstosee characters, dialogue,andformat. We’ll watchscenesfrom and learnbasictechniquesbyfocusing onstructure,story, workshop we’lltalkaboutwhatmakesscreenplayswork All thebeststuffhappensbeforecamerasroll!Inthis Instructor: MichaelM.B.Galvin $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,August14-18 JY17-D04 Writing Movies Ages: 14&Up Flower CityArtsCenterfortheafternoon. at Writers &Books, andatlunchstudentswillbewalkedtothe combine yourwordswithphotography. Morningswillbespent use objectsandletterstocreatephotograms,creatively City ArtsCenter, youwillmakeyourownblackandwhiteprints, each otherintheseenvironments.UsingthedarkroomatFlower the gardensandnaturalareas.You willalsotakeportraitsof interior andexteriordetailsofthemanyhistoricbuildings, about theoutdoorartsuchaswallmuralsandsculptures, of theArts.Therewillbeopportunitiestophotographandwrite notebook, youwillexploretheuniquenessofNeighborhood your words.Usinga35mmfilmcamera(provided)andpen Combine themagicoffilm-basedphotographywithpower The wordphotographyliterallymeans“writingwithlight.” and awriterTBA Instructor: SulynBennett-Hennesey, Liz Raymonda, $275 W&BMembers/$300GeneralPublic ALL DAY: 9am-4pm,August14-18 JY17-A17 Writing withLight Ages: 12-14 fan fiction. unleash ourinnerfanaticandwriteshareplentyofown Factionfiction, LiveJournal,and Wattpad. And,ofcourse,wewill fiction, andlearnhowtoself-publishrightawayonsitessuchas fan fictionfactions,genres,tropes,andcrossovers,read you’ve alwayswantedtomeet.Inthisclass,wewilltalkabout band, actor, actress,writer, professionalathlete,oranyonethat you canbethemaincharacterandmeetyourfavoritesinger, to writeaboutitandtelltheworld?Fanfictionisfantasywhere comic, TVshow, orgamethatyoulikesomuchwant a favoriteanime/manga,book,movie,cartoon,play/musical, Have yourfriendseverreferredtoyouasafanatic?Dohave Instructor: AmieMcLaughlin $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,August14-18 JY17-F35 Fan Fiction Ages: 12-14 Word PlayWorkshop Ages: 8-11 classroom intoanartexhibitonthefinalday! cube, andahandmadedoodlebook.We willtransform our and drawingstogether, createconcretepoems,a3-Ddoodle neighborhood willinspireourartandpoetry. We’ll putwords kinds ofwordslikesynonymsandantonyms.Walks through the onomatopoeia andusefunwordplaytoexaminedifferent play withwordsthroughpoeticdeviceslikealliterationand Come createyourownfabulous,colorfuldrawings!Learnto Do youliketodoodle?loveplaywithwords? Instructor: MarnaRossi $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,August21-25 JY17-P16 Poetry Doodles Ages: 7-9 the neighborhood—andgettobottomofeachone. Hamisher theHamster. We aregoingtofindmysteriesallover complete withlovablesidekickslikeDr. Watson, Betty, and mysteries. We’ll makeupourowncuriouscrimesolvers, you’ll discovercluesinthebooksyoulovetomakeyourown or HerculeahJones,DinkDuncan,EncyclopediaBrown, It’s amystery!WhetheryourfavoritesleuthisNancyDrew does thestaircasegoandwhat’s withthelittledoorattop? the buildingdesignedbyamanwhotalkedtoghosts?Where There’s somethingmysteriousaboutWriters &Books.Was Instructor: CarenPita $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,August21-25 JY16-F43 Find aMystery Ages: 7-9 while” funalongtheway. building blocksinallgoodwriting. Andwe’llhavesome“word- and families.Mostofall,wewill learn thatwordsarethekey away withpuzzlesandfactswecanusetoamazeourfriends riddles, tonguetwisters,orshort-shortstories.We willwalk spelling, andplaywithwordsbywritingspecialkindsofpoems, or anacrostic.We willstretchourvocabulary, improveour pencil ourwaythroughawordsearch,crosswordpuzzle, games suchasBoggle,Scrabble,andHangman.We might find manywordswithinoneword.Insmallgroups,we’llplay magic inwords,learntowriteanagramsandpalindromes, language brainintheWord PlayWorkshop. We will uncover All workandnoplaymakesforadullwriter. Comestretch your Instructor: DonnaMarbach $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,August21-25 JY17-L02 WEEK 9 AUGUST 21-25 15

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER, CALL 473-2590 X107

16

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER SEE PAGE 21 as contemporaryworkssuch the dystopianclassics Jackson, E.M.Forster, andHarlanEllisonalsodiscuss read shortstoriesbyKurtVonnegut, RayBradbury, Shirley the inequalityofourcurrentsystems.Inthisclass,wewill perfect place—itisoftenwrittentomakeacommentaryon in anoppressivesocietythatistheoppositeofautopia—or literature genre.Definedasfictionwherecharactersstruggle our familyandfriends. week we’llshowoffournewskillsinafinalpresentationfor will choosethestoriestheylearntotell.Atendof alive inthetelling.Withhelpfrominstructor, students facial expressions.We willlearntoreallymakeastorycome of techniquestodeliverastory:voice,bodylanguage,and perform andengageanaudience.We willpracticeavariety presentation. Thisclasswillintroduceskillsneededto The artofstorytellingisimportantforconfidenceinany Instructors: JudyDeCroce $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,August21-25 JY17-M20 Young Storytellers Ages: 8-11 their veryownmodernfairytales withatwist. children. Studentswillworktogether tocreateaclassbookof at someoftheclassicswe’veread sincewewerejustlittle explore fairytaleheroinesanddiscuss newwaystolook praise fortheirsuper-powers. Inthisclassstudentswill cool fashionsfortheirgodchildren?Theynevergetany fairy godmotherswhograntwishesandcreatesomepretty “Burd Janet”whorescuesakidnappedPrince.Andthose at inopportunetimes.Ibetyou’veneverheardofEngland’s with alittlemoreoomphwhoweremuchlesslikelytodozeoff Sleeping Beauty. ButFairyTales worldwidefeature heroines We’ve alllearnedaboutsleepySnowWhiteanddrowsy Instructors: ChristineGreen $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,August21-25 JY17-R57 Fairy Tale Heroines Ages: 12-14 Games Hunger The Instructors: AmieMcLaughlin $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,August21-25 JY17-R25 Dystopian Literature Ages: 12-14 we writeourveryownshortstories. of thecraftthatwillhaveusdreamingupdystopianworldsas clips, andfunactivities,wewilllearnthespecifictechniques Runner, WEEK 9 and The Giver The has re-popularizedthedystopian . Throughreadings,discussions,movie Brave New World New Brave AUGUST 21-25 The Hunger Games, Maze Maze Games, Hunger The and 1984 , aswell plot, aswellsolidcentralandsecondarycharacters. get there,we’llexploreexercisestohelpdevelopsettingand reader. Astrongfocuswillbeplacedonfinishingastory. To writer, thendevelopsuccessfulmethodstoalsohookyour learn howtofindanddeveloptheideasthathookyouas out thestories.Fromaplaceofinspirationandopenness, class helpsyoubuildconfidenceandhoneyourvoicetoflesh As ateen,youalreadyhavehundredsofstoriestotell.This Instructors: LeslieYoungblood $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic MORNINGS: 9am-12pm,August21-25 JY17-F51 Fleshing OutFiction Ages: 14&Up second-newbery. Find outmoreaboutthefilmfestatjameskennedy.com/90- the 90-SecondNewberyFilmFestivalheldinNewYork City. friends onFridayandthefinishedmoviewillbesubmittedto movie too?We’ll havearedcarpetpremiereforfamilyand edit. Oh,didwementionyou’llbethewritersandstarsof cameras, setuplights,operateaudioequipment,direct,and a NewberyMedal-winningbook.You willlearnhowtorun into castandcrewtomaketheirownshortmoviebasedon Over thecourseofthisweek-longclass,studentstransform NOTE: MeetsatRCTV, 21GorhamStreet Watson Instructors: RashidaBurch-Washington &John $228 W&BMembers/$250GeneralPublic ALL DAY: 9am-4pm,August21-25 JY17-V02 Produce a90-SecondFilm Ages: 13-16 photo by LilyBrunner activities whilelooking throughthelensofpublicart. position toexpressthemselvesthrough poetryandotherwriting guest muralartists.Thisexperience willputteensinaunique common themesinartandwriting, andhavingpresentationsby Writers &Bookswriting,participatingingroupactivities toexplore and theRochesterAqueduct.Part ofeachdaywillbespentat Neighborhood oftheArts,Public Market,theSouthWedge, or twocitybusexcursionstoviewmuralsthroughoutthe celebrate art.We willtakewalkingfieldtrips,alongwithone to buildcommunityawareness,delveintosocialjustice,and recent yearsmanynewmuralshavebeenpaintedinRochester Art andwordsmeetinourcommunitythisbrandnewclass!In Instructors: HenryPadrón $240 W&BMembers/$265GeneralPublic ALL DAY: 9am-4pm,August21-25 JY17-M57 Writers ontheMove Ages: 14&Up important workshop! community. Specialguestswillenhancetheexperienceofthis be giventoaccessingadiversepoolofwritersinourlocal keep ourselvesinformedandwell-read.Specialattentionwill narrative, andwe’llexploreresourcestohelpmakesurewe and ourownwritingtoseewherevoicesfitintothegreater from diversebackgrounds.We’ll lookatourown backgrounds discussion aboutwhyit’s importanttoreadtheworkofwriters and poetrybywritersfrommarginalizedgroups,engagein voices outintotheworld:Read.We’ll lookatfiction, non-fiction, to ensurethatunderrepresentedpeopleandgroupsgettheir In thispolarizingpoliticalclimate,there’s plentyawritercando Instructor: TBD $109 W&BMembers/$121GeneralPublic AFTERNOONS: 1pm-4pm,August21-25 JY17-N15 Reading MarginalizedVoices Ages: 14&Up photo by W&B staff A NIGHTAT HOGWARTS Enjoy food,HarryPotter-themed drinkslikeButterbeer, andfunactivities the funofcelebratingbirthdayThe BoyWhoLived!Makeawand, This Wizardphoto,and somuchmore.Pleasecomedressed asyour Walk throughPlatform93/4,besortedintoyour house,andthenjoin concoct potions,playQuidditchPong,take yourownHaveYou Seen • • In advance:$5forkids12andunder /$10formembers At thedoor:$7forkids12andunder /$16foradults favorite HarryPotter character, ifyouaresoinclined. Register in person,online,or call 473-2590x107. while dressedinyour Hogwartsrobes! / $12forgeneralpublic 6:00 PM-9:00 Saturday, July29 Pricing: Writers &BooksNight SummerWrite 2017registration form. 585-473-2590 x107, orincludeitonyour Tickets are only$8.00ifyou contact usat support Writers &Books! Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, and See the Rochester Red Wingsplay the at Frontier Field August 21, 2017|7:05p.m. 333 PlymouthAve. N. J17-E01 17

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER, CALL 473-2590 X107

18

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER SEE PAGE 21 Redactions, Literary Mama Mama Literary Redactions, Review, Free Lunch, HazMat Review HazMat Lunch, Free Review, Writing, The Rumpus, Hippocampus Magazine, Bellevue Literary Review, Review, Literary Bellevue Magazine, Hippocampus Rumpus, The Writing, Review, Upstreet, Boston Literary Magazine, ByLine, Connecticut River River Connecticut ByLine, Magazine, Literary Boston Upstreet, Review, novel), Canoe includes tutoringonwritingandrevision,sheisacreativewritercon that yearwithaB.S.inBrainandCognitiveSciences.Herbackgroundalso at Writers &Booksin2015.ShegraduatedfromtheUniversityofRochester classroom onpoeticcraft.Publication creditsinclude: Kim Addonizio),andbringsawealthof experiencetotheWriters &Books in thecountry(StephenDobyns,Thomas Lux,GregoryOrr, ThomWard, and Charlie Coté tion ofshortfiction. Wild the in Work Who Lover Bird Women Ultimate Boots: The Her In Mile A and parentingaswellshortstories.Herfictionhasappearedin with degreesinscienceandeducation.Shepublishesarticlesonnature Angela Cannon-Crothers of two. community throughRCTV, Rashida’s favoritejobisbeingawife,andmother favorite responsibilityatRCTV. Whileshelovestheworkdoeswith radio stationWXIR,butteachingthe90-SecondNewberyFilmCampisher theatre, music,performance,andproduction.Rashidacurrentlymanages Boston, MA.ShejoinedRCTVin2013,bringingherextensiveexperience for performancewhilestudyingmusicbusinessandmanagementin the prestigiousBerkleeCollegeofMusicwhereshepursuedherpassion moved toRochester, NYin1989.SheattendedtheSchoolofArts,and Rashida Burch-Washington i Webster PublicLibraryastheChildren’s LibraryAssistant. stantly workingononeprojectoranother. Shealsoworksparttimeatthe Sarah Brown’ ness skillstoyouthandadultgroups. for thelasttenyears,whilealsoteachingnatureobservationandwilder Education fromRIT. Hehastaughtartatthemiddleandhighschoollevel Edgar BrownreceivedhisBFA inFurnitureDesignandMaster’s inArt full circle,nowplanningtheseprograms. Writers &Booksyouthclassinthemid-1980’s andisthrilledtohavecome pens todriveapowerwheelchair. Shewasastudentintheveryfirst Instructors speaking engagements,asshesharesstoriesofraisinghersonwhohap promotes disabilityawarenessthroughherwriting(www.oscar-go.org) and Listen toYour Mother, Rochesterandisnowontheproductionteam.Sally well asonPoet’s Walk onUniversityAvenue. Shewasinthe2016castof years. Herworkhasbeenpublishedinvariousanthologiesandjournals,as teaching creativewritingandpresentingherownworkpubliclyforover15 Sally BittnerBonn photographer. BOCES overthepast20yearsandalsoworksasadesignerfreelance been avisualcommunicationandphotographyteacheratMonroe#1 RIT, andteachercertificationK-12ArtfromNazarethCollege.Shehas SUNY Cortland,anMFA inGraphicDesignandFineArtPrintmakingfrom Sulyn Bennett-HennesseyreceivedaBAinFineandStudioArtsfrom as ateacherandeditor. 2015. Shehasamaster’s degreeinEnglishandover13years’experience Journal. NinalaunchedthepublishingcompanyCosmographiaBooksin her workwithteenwritersinworkshopsandthroughCanvasTeen Literary GRRC. Shewasawardedthe2014Writers &Books’BigPencilAward for festival, andherplay“TheLifeofLeoWool” wasproducedin2013bythe short play“Type Writer” wasafinalistinthe2015GeVa “2Pages/2Voices” recently beenpublishedinSplitLipMagazineandPrickoftheSpindle.Her Nina Alvarezisafictionwriter, poet,andplaywright.Herwritinghasmost a chapbook holds anMFA from GoddardCollegeinVermont andisatworkon a collec She’s theEditorialDirector ofthenationalliterarymagazine her husbandandtwosons,teacheswritingattheCollegeBrockport. Sarah Cedeño’s workhasappearedin Books BigPencilAward forTeacher ofYoung People. poetry awards.Cannon-Crothersistherecipientof2010Writers & and Grape Pie Season Pie Grape LadyBug LadyBug Flying for the Window the for Flying has studied with some of the best poets and poetry teachers has studiedwithsomeofthebestpoets andpoetryteachers s love for the literary world has only grown since she started s lovefortheliteraryworldhasonlygrownsinceshestarted is awriter, performer, andteachingartistwhohasbeen and her true stories have appeared in the anthologies and hertruestorieshaveappearedintheanthologies (2010).Sheistheauthorof (achildren’s story),andis therecipientofseveral is anenvironmentaleducator, author, andwriter, and elsewhere. She lives in Brockport, NY with and elsewhere.ShelivesinBrockport,NYwith s from the island of St. Croix, USVI. Her family s fromtheislandofSt.Croix,USVI.Herfamily (Finishing Line Press, 2008), elegies (FinishingLinePress, 2008),elegies , and The Baltimore Review, New World World New Review, Baltimore The Lake Affect Magazine Affect Lake The Wildcrafter The (Solas Hous, 2006) and (SolasHous,2006)and The Cortland Cortland The Clockhouse , as well as , aswell Stone Stone (a (a , - - - - ghostwriter fortheEbook publication. Asaninstructorshehashelpedstudents“flash”theirwrit been honinghercraftfor10yearsandispreparingamanuscript storytelling—being thecharactersineachstory. Asa writershehas taught andentertainedforover25years.Hertechniqueis“firstperson” Judy DeCroce also currentlyseekingpublishersforherchildren’s booksandYA novel. helping youngpeoplelearnEnglishthroughcreativewriting.Tracy is Literary ArtscolumnforRochester’s Christine Green asks ‘Whyaren’t youwriting?’ Disney’s Hyperionimprint. ThereisaPost-Itnoteonhisrefrigeratorthat author ofthe“RebelsLamp”seriesmiddle-gradenovelson audience awardatthe2012SXSWfilmfestival.Galvinisalsoco- Kid RulestheWorld” withwritingpartnerPeterSpeakman wonthe independent studiosandproductioncompanies.Hisadaptationof“Fat MGM, Fox,Disney, Warner BrothersandMiramaxalongwithaslewof screenwriter inLosAngeles.Hehasworkedwithmajorstudioslike Russia toteachEnglish.Herwritinghasbeenpublishedin TESOL (teacherofEnglishasasecondlanguage).Shehastraveledto She hasaB.S.inEnglishfromBrockportandanM.E.Nazareth poet, agrantwriter, aghostwriter, aneditor, andapuppetryteacher. Tracy Cretelle positive impactsonthosewithwhomsheworks. founding theEarthworksInstituteistomakesimplebutlong-lasting, cation programforjuvenileswithcriminalbackgrounds.Hergoalin youth, aswelldevelopedMentoredtoMastered,analternativeedu families andcreatededucationprogramsforover2,000underprivileged education gapfornon-English-speakingyouthofmigrantfarmworker for anon-profitlandtrustincentralCaliforniawhereshebridgedthe Risk AssessmentfromSUNYESF. LindsayservedasEducationDirector Institute, holdsaMaster’s degreeinEnvironmentalManagementand Lindsay Cray vate practiceandliveswithhiswifetwosonsinBrighton,NY. about hisson’s illnessanddeath.Heisaclinicalsocialworkerinpri who has performed at festivals, coffee houses, nursing homes, schools, who hasperformed atfestivals,coffeehouses,nursinghomes, schools, Lu Highsmithisawriter, publisher, promoter, andspoken wordartist 2016 PinkDoorLiteraryFellow. torical archaeologyfromtheCollegeof WilliamandMary. Sheisalsoa Michael M.B.Galvin Facebook, andInstagram. go. ChrisrunstheWriters &Bookssocialmediasites,includingTwitter, walking toworkwithhisheadphonescrankedupashightheycan Festival. HecurrentlylivesintheNeighborhoodofArtsandenjoys school. HeisalsoAssistantProduceroftheKeyBankRochesterFringe hours ofcommunityserviceatWriters &Booksduringhistimeat received aServiceScholarship,whichresultedinhimdoingover300 spending ayearabroadinTheNetherlands.DuringcollegeChris Chris Fanning 2015. and wastherecipientofaBigPencilAward fromWriters &Booksin Rochester, andatMCC,aswellmanyotherchildren’s organizations, teaching. ShehasworkedwithCubScouts,Young Audiencesof a children’s entertainerandeducator, andcannotcontainherlovefor include aguest-starringroleinthepilot“FindingFabulous.”Julieisalso Toronto andRochesterFringeFestivals,hertelevisioncredits beverage tentattheMonroeCountyFair. Shehasperformedinthe everywhere fromNewYork Citycomedyclubstoareacollegesthe comedian andimprovactor, doingstand-up,improvandsketchcomedy commercial whenshewas3.Morerecently, she’s beenworkingasa purpose. Shebeganperformingatanearlyage,appearinginherfirst Julie Donofriohasbeenmakingpeoplelaughforyears,sometimeson flash fiction. ing, creatingshorterpiecesandaddingahooktwist,makingit degree inanthropologyfromUCBerkeley andamaster’s degree inhis Path Gallery. She grewupinSanJose,CAandholdsabachelor’s hosts amonthlyliteraryreading,”Words ontheVerge,” atADifferent Sun, Nazareth College Consortium TESOL Journal TESOL Consortium College Nazareth Sun, , Co-Founder and Executive Director of Earthworks Co-Founder andExecutiveDirectorofEarthworks graduated from St. John Fisher College in May 2008 after graduated fromSt.JohnFisherCollegeinMay2008after is ateacher, acoachforEnglishLanguageLearners, is an educator and professional storyteller who has is aneducatorandprofessionalstorytellerwhohas is a freelance writer in Brockport, NY and writes a is afreelancewriterinBrockport,NYandwrites spent the last twenty years as a professional spent thelasttwentyyearsasaprofessional Unsung Heroes Heroes Unsung Democrat and Chronicle and Democrat by Dominic. She best enjoys by Dominic.Shebestenjoys and she was the andshewasthe The Sodus Sodus The . Green . Green - - - - high schoolEnglishteacher, andtheformermanagingeditorof Magazine Ryana LawsonisaceramicartistfromRochester, NY. Shemakesfunc CD, “Ascension”isacollaborationwithherGrammy-nominatedmusi “Woman toWatch” inTheRochester 2010. ShehasbeenfeaturedpoetatMoodMakersBookstoreanda Walk, Walk, poems, stories,andessayspublished in Wendy Lowwritespoetry, prose, performancepoetry, anddrama,with University in2015. University ofColoradoinBoulder, andreceivedherBFA fromAlfred fauna. In2016,shespentayearaspost-baccalaureatestudentatthe tional workwithhanddrawnsurfacesfeaturingawidearrayoffloraand Lines Gathering Nimrod and enjoysperformingpoetry. Herpoemsappearin suchpublicationsas patterns. Sheisanactivecollaboratorwithartists,dancers,musicians, has giventalkslinkingmusicalelementsofspokenlanguagetovisual been adocentattheMAGsince1998whereinadditionstotours,she French Literature,1984;anMFA, 2009,increativewriting/poetry; andhas reading poetryappreciationsessionsince2008.SheholdsanMAin Kitty Jospéisalinguistandpoetwhohasmoderatedpopularweekly English fromtheUniversityofRochester. and holdsanMSinEducationfromSUNYBrockport,aswellaBA and food.HehasledclassesatWriters &Booksforoveradozenyears, world andlearningaboutotherculturesthroughtheirpeople,literature, English atMonroeHighSchool.Paulispassionateabouttravelingthe deciding tochangecareersandreturncollege.Hecurrentlyteaches Paul Jonasse with diverseartisticstyles. roles asanactressintwolocallyproducedmovies.Sheenjoysworking well, shedeliversherneo-soullyricsacrossmanymediaandhasearned over adozenyears.Acommunityactivist,playwright,andproduceras ous spokenwordvenuesandhasconductedworkshopsforW&B Lisa Johnsonisapoet,authorof instructor. School ofMusicforthepastsixyears,wherehealsoservesasdrum Bobby Militello.SeanhasbeenthedirectorofRochesterContemporary Gordon, HustonPerson,DanielBennett,Walt Weiskopf, JeremyPelt,and Philharmonic OrchestraconductorJeffTyzik, MarcusPrintup,Wycliffe guished musiciansintheworldsuchasDr. LonnieSmith,Rochester three fulllengthpoetrycollections,mostrecently with students,K-12,inRochester, NY, andthesurroundingarea.Shehas College atBrockport.Since1986,shehasbeenateachingartist,working since 2000hasbeenaparttimelecturerinCreativeWriting atThe Program andLecturerinCreativeWriting atSt.JohnFisherCollege;and M.J. IuppaistheDirectorofVisual andPerformingArtsMinor ations.net “Flowetic Rhythms”[email protected]:www.lucre CSWA (CultureStartsWithArt),andforeightyearshasbeenhostingthe Master ofRocBottomPoets,co-foundertheartistsadvocacygroup cian/composer husband,JimmieHighsmithJr. LuisthefounderandSlam Traveler Vicissitudes: The Ups and Downs of Life of Downs and Ups The Vicissitudes: nals andanthologiesaswellinhertwopoetrycollections New York andbeyond.Highsmith’s poemshavebeenpublishedinjour churches, artgalleries,clubsandcommunityeventsthroughoutwestern years, Seanhasperformedandrecordedwithsomeofthemostdistin grammy-nominated soul-jazzoutfitParadigmShift.Overthepastdozen modern jazztrioSeanJefferson3ioandisafull-timememberofthe Sean Jeffersonisadrummer/composer/producer. Hecurrentlyleadsthe small farminHamlinNY. Cadences Acts, HazMat Review, Napalm Health Spa, Rochester Woman, The Poet’s Poet’s The Woman, Rochester Spa, Health Napalm Review, HazMat Acts, writing coach. Education atWriters &Books.Sheiscurrently afreelanceeditorand their craft.Lowedited hundredsofanthologiesasformer Directorof important tobeginning writersandhelpingonall levels improve than 30yearsofexperienceinmaking creativewritingenjoyableand as well and elsewhere.AformercollegeEnglish instructor, shehasmore and (Foothills Publishing, 2003)); and 5 chapbooks. She lives on a (FoothillsPublishing,2003));and5chapbooks.Shelivesona andthe , 2010; Within Reach Within Grasslimbs cooked professionally at several local restaurants before cooked professionallyatseverallocalrestaurantsbefore , 2013;and Mosaicq Frederick Douglass Voice. Douglass Frederick . Shehaspublishedfourbooksofpoetry: bothfromCherryGroveCollections; (Finishing Line Press semi-finalist), 2012; (FinishingLinePresssemi-finalist),2012; Golden Smoke Golden Reflections of My People My of Reflections Democrat and Chronicle and Democrat , 2008and Breaking the Silence, Desperate Desperate Silence, the Breaking , 2015(Foothills). Shehasperformedatvari Small Worlds Floating Worlds Small Ascension into Love, into Ascension , a long-time , along-time Night Night . Her first . Herfirst Motion Motion

------

Instructors Review, Jigsaw, The Times of Wayne County Wayne of Times The Jigsaw, Review, MacGuffin, The Red Wheelbarrow, The Pearl, The Wheelbarrow, Red The MacGuffin, magazine with DaveTilley andiscurrentlyontheadvisoryboardofchildren’s a featuredpoetin world of nannying, andbeingastep-mom.Sheisexcitedtoshareherloveofthe costume designer. Herexperienceworkingwithchildrenincludestutoring, more compassionatelyinourownworld.Claireisawriter, musician,and allow usasafespacetoreflectonourhumanityandlearnhowlive before sheknewthatthosetermsexisted.Shebelievesfantasyworlds Claire Mulvey azine Donna Marbach lection ofshortstories. founded in president ofJustPoets,Inc.(www.justpoets.org). Herworkhasappeared school studentsinGuadalajara,Mexico.Sheisalsoaco-founderandpast minor inArtHistory. Sheiscurrentlyworkingonanovel,aswellcol College inMaryland,wheresheearnedherBachelorsEnglish,witha Front DeskandMembershipCoordinator. SheisagraduateofGoucher Apprentice forfivesummers.Sheisthrilledtocontinuebeinginvolvedas far backasshecanremember, whethertakingclassesasachild,oran Emma Lynge hasbeenaroundWriters &Booksinsomefashionalmostas featured inRochester’s PoetWalk. In2010Donnaco-authored Rochester withherhusbandandtwo children. diction, andactingatFingerLakesCommunity College,andliveshappilyin public andprivateschoolsthroughout NewYork City. Sarateachesvoice, New York FilmAcademy, theMusicTheatreCompanyinChicago,andat Candentia TheatreCompany. SarahastaughtontheActingfacultyat on Bravo’s InsidetheActorsStudio.InChicago,Saraco-founded independent filmsandtelevision,workedasthestudent/talentliaison Arthur Penn,RobertLupone,andRonLeibman.Shehasdonenumerous Actors StudioinNewYork andhasworkedwithEllenBarkin,LeeGrant, Chicago, andregionallythroughouttheU.S.ShehasherMFA fromThe Sara BickweatPennerspent12yearsworkingintheatreNewYork City, He hasvolunteeredextensivelyinthelocalcommunity. Salmorejo Poetry/PercussionEnsemble,andBorinquenDanceCompany. Spanish ActionCoalition,theNationalCouncilonPuertoRicanRights, member ofthePuertoRicanYouth DevelopmentandResourceCenter, the Audiences, andcurrentlytheFrederickDouglassClub.Heisafounding Festival, SpanishActionCoalition,foraBetterCommunity, Young Ministries. HehasalsoservedasaboardmemberofthePuertoRican Museum andwasthefirstyouthboardmemberofGeneseeEcumenical Programs. HehasworkedwiththeSummerFunprogramatTheStrong District, RundelLibrary, andGeneseo/BrockportMigrantEducation school. HenryhasbeenavisitingartistintheRochesterCitySchool Henry Padrónisabilingualpoetandmusicianwhoteacheselementary has beenpublishedin teacher andhasworkedasaneditorfreelancejournalist.Herwork Creative Writing. Sheisalsoacertified7-12gradeEnglishLanguage Arts Bachelor ofArtsinEnglishWriting ArtsandaMaster’s degreeinEnglish, schools andatSUNYBrockportBryant&StrattonCollege.Shehasa years ofexperienceteachingEnglishandwritinginpublicprivate Amie McLaughlinisafictionandcreativenonfictionwriterwithover15 adorable cockerspaniels. Geneseo. Sheismarriedtoateacher, hasa7-yearolddaughterandtwo earned bothherundergraduateandgraduatedegreesfromSUNY push themtoindividuallybetheirbestasreaders,writers,andpeople.She prides herselfonherabilitytoconnectwithstudents,spottheirneeds,and along withessaysforscholarshipsandsummercollegecourses.Lynn She hassuccessfullyhelpedmanystudentswritetheircollegeessays, she teachesbothAPLanguageandCompositionEnglish11Regents. Wayland-Cohocton, andnowatRush-Henriettaforthelast17years,where Lynn Marquart other creativewriting.Sheisalsoavisualartist. Blueline, Hazmat Review, Homestead Review, Quercus Review, The The Review, Quercus Review, Homestead Review, Hazmat Blueline, ByLine Pensimientos Harry Potter Harry The Magic Dragon Magic The , andforFootHillsPublishing,asmallpoetrypress.Sheco- has loved fantasy and speculative literature since long has lovedfantasyandspeculativeliteraturesincelong has been teaching high school English for 24 years, first at has beenteachinghighschoolEnglishfor24years,firstat has servedaseditorforthenationalmonthlywriter’s mag The Centrifugal Eye Eye Centrifugal The withyoungwriters! , a bilingual literary magazine by and for middle , abilingualliterarymagazinebyandformiddle Lowestoft Chronicle, Chronicle, Lowestoft , for which she writes a column on poetry and , forwhichshewritesacolumnonpoetryand and selected to be among the poets and selectedtobeamongthepoets Craftygal.com, , and and more. She has also been andmore.Shehasalsobeen The Palladium-Times. The The Great Lake Lake Great The Twisted Pair Twisted - -

crucial creativepursuits.RocBottomhasrepresentedRochesterinvar sometimes beautifullyoverlappingwhileaddressingharshrealitiesand ranting torapping,narratives,story-tellingsinging,withallofthat K-T, andPoeticallyUndefined.Theteam’s performancesrangefrom A.O.R, MichaelDreitlein,MarvelousMarvin,LadiiLove,ChiTheRealist, Productions leadstheteam,whichconsistsofAceyon(teamcaptain), adult slampoetryteam.ProgramdirectorLuHighsmithofLuCreations Roc BottomSlamTeam, especially enjoyshistoricalfiction,mysteries,andchicklit. instructor forchildren.Shereadspleasureeverynightandshe could helpinspirealoveofreading.Katieisalsocertifiedyoga that studentsandfamilieswouldhaveaccesstofreebookssoshe pre-K andfirstgrade.ShestartedaLittleFreeLibraryatSchool5so School District,andshelovesherjob!Priortothis,taughtuniversal Katie RichistheK-3readingteacheratSchool5inRochesterCity school photographyandwritingprogramatFlowerCityArtsCenter. and painting.LiziscurrentlyaleadteacherinStudio678,anafter- Arts ConservatoryforTeens, whereshetaughtphotography, drawing, Oswego. AftergraduationshemovedtoTampa, Floridatoworkforthe Concentration inPhotography, andaMinorinPsychologyfromSUNY Education fromMonroeCommunityCollegeandaBachelorofFineArts, Elizabeth RaymondareceivedherAssociatesDegreeinEarlyChildhood student understandinginallsubjectareasthroughtheatre. satisfy theNewYork Statelearningstandardsindramaandenhance School District(2001–2004),whereshedesigneddramacurriculumto Delores wasthetheaterresourceeducatorforRochesterCity plays, children’s plays,andhistoricaldramasforfamilyaudiences. of ayouthdramatroupe,KuumbaKids.Sheiswriteranddirector organizations throughouttheregion.Deloresisalsoartisticdirector agency providingartsandculturalprogrammingforschoolsyouth is thefoundingpartnerofKuumbaConsultants,anartsineducation Delores JacksonRadney,actor, director, art historian,educator, curator, dren. Shehasbeenwritingsinceshewasnineyearsold. adults, andabitofeverythingtohertwoformerlyhomeschooledchil to collegestudents,babywearingparents,hulahoopingkidsand University. Overthelasttenyearsshehastaughtliteratureandwriting Caren PitaholdsanMFA increativewriting,fiction,fromGeorgeMason magazines suchas proud mamalivinginBrooklyn,NY. Her storieshaveappearedinliterary Caedra Scott-Flaherty wife, andmother. for theKeyBankRochesterFringeFestival. SheisalsoaVassar alum, International TheatreDepartmentandservesontheBoardofDirectors Alexa iscurrentlyaLecturerfortheUniversityofRochester young peopleteachingactingandcreativewritingforover15years. Labyrinth TheatreCompanyinNewYork City. Alexahasworkedwith actress, theatreartist,andproducer. Sheisstillaproudmemberof moved backtoRochesterfromNewYork Citywhereshewasan 2009, althoughshehasbeenbehindthescenessinceitsinception.She Alexa Scott-Flaherty tion ofliteratureinyoungpeople. Books’ 2011BigPencilAward for inspiringthecreationandapprecia at NazarethCollegeandRIT. SheistherecipientofWriters & of Rochester. Rossihasalsotaughtchildandadolescentdevelopment church youthprograms.ShehasperformedwiththeStorytellingGuild Computer Camp;theUrbanLeagueTeen Program;theYMCA;and programs fortheUniversityofRochester’s Girls’Science,Math,and drama. InadditiontoherworkatW&B,shehasdesignedandtaught young peoplebecomemoreexpressivethroughstorytelling,poetry, and Marna Rossi, NY. cities, includingHartford,CT, Washington, D.C.,SyracuseandBuffalo, Slam, andtheEmpireStateSlam.Theteamhasalsofeaturedinvarious Invitational, Toronto InternationalPoetrySlam,Buffalo ious SlamPoetryCompetitions,includingtheAlbanyWordfest & Booksandwent on tobeanapprentice.ShestudiedCreative Writing State. Originallyfrom Rochester, she grewuptaking classesatWriters multi-disciplinary performanceshave been shownthroughoutNewYork PhD, is a storyteller and workshop leader who helps PhD,isastorytellerandworkshopleaderwhohelps Slice Story, One officially joinedthestaffofWriters &Booksin is apublishedauthor, activedance artist,and

founded inJanuary2013,isRochester’s first and New England Review England New and her , and her - - - John Watson Don’t tooning. Magazine MAD tion ofthe short story, “PoorGirls’Palace,”waspublishedinthe winter2009edi Room ofHerOwnFoundation’s 2009OrlandoShortStoryPrize.Her Hemingway ShortStoryPrize,aHurstonWright Fellowship,andthe including a2014Yaddo’s ElizabethAmesResidency, theLorian Carolina atGreensboro.She’s beenawardedahostofwritinghonors Leslie Youngblood a team! grams, thoughherfavoritepartisteachingyouth,especiallyasof Roxana hasdesignedandimplementedmanyyouthphotocamppro Museum andcurrentlyteachesarthistoryatSt.JohnFisherCollege. College. ShehasworkedasamuseumeducatoratGeorgeEastman Teachers College,andaBAinpainting andprintmakingfromHartwick Admin withanArtsEducationfocusfromColumbiaUniversity develop theirownartistic“eye.”RoxanaearnedherMAinVisual Arts engaging themwithphotographyandvisualimagerytodiscover area forover18years.Shehastaughtyoungpeopleofallages, Roxana AparicioWolfe hasbeenanartseducatorintheRochester live withtheirtwodaughtersinBrighton,NY. Her husbandteachescreativewritingatSUNYBrockport,andthey of SouthernMississippi.ShemovedtoRochesterseveralyearsago. Masters inArtEducationandherBFA inSculpturefromtheUniversity Center fortheArtsandEducationinRochester. Shereceivedher Kate WhortonistheDirectorofGeneseePotteryat with thechildrenandfamiliesofNewYork State”. her the“DecadeofChildAward” for“hervaluable,sensitivework Creates fortheMillennium.In1993,GovernorMarioCuomoawarded Experienced CommunityArtist”-ArtistsandCommunities:America and Mid-AtlanticArtsFoundationawardedher“MostSkilled over 450childrenandadults.In2000,NationalEndowmentfortheArts a Saturdayclassofeightchildrentoyear-round program serving Dance Department,aMAGandURoutreachprogram,sheexpanded Year” byunanimousdecision.AsChairofALLOFUSArtWorkshop’s Award”. In1995,PhiDeltaKappaawardedher“LayEducatorofthe in 1997,shereceivedtheir“DistinguishedScholarPublicService Arizona. AformerassistantprofessorofTheateratSUNYBrockport, who hastaughtelementary, middleandhighschoolinNYS Almeta Whitis from differentperspectives. program thatwillallowviewerstoseeRochesteraswellNYS doors andusingdronephotographyactioncamsbycreatinga drone. Heiscurrentlyworkingonmarryinghispassionfortheout hiking, biking,camping,playinghockey, andflyinghisPhantom4 class orworkingwithyouthgroups,hespendstimeoutdoorsfishing, minor inFilmStudiesfromSUNYBrockport.Whenheisn’t teachinga and MediaArts,hisBAinJournalismBroadcastingwitha dent ofRochester, hereceivedhisAAfromMCCinCommunications country, andheisanadjunctprofessor atRITwhereheteachescar series, Jason Yungbluth friends. family ofnaturalstorytellersandacircle ofsupportiveandfamily Bogalusa, LA,andraisedinRochester, NY, sheisfortunatetohavea Grade novel,LOVELIKESKY, willbepublishedin2018.Born won theGoOnGirl!BookClubAspiringWriter Award. HerfirstMiddle freelances fortheRochester as theirSummerWrite Youth ScholarshipsCoordinatorandcurrently in Denver, Colorado.ShehaspreviouslyworkedwithWriters &Books Last summersheattendedtheCuriousNewVoices NationalCollective Pages /2Voices festival,andontheUniversityofRochestercampus. Writers Showcase,theRochesterFringeFestival,Writers &Books’2 University. HerplayshavebeenfeaturedinGevaTheatre’s Regional Katherine Varga teach atSummerWrite! University. She looksforwardtoreturningRochestereveryyear at Brown UniversityandreceivedherMFA atNewYork strips. His work has been published in newspapers across the strips.Hisworkhas beenpublishedinnewspapersacross the Deep Fried Deep Indiana Review, Indiana is aProducer/Director/EducatoratRCTV. Alifelongresi is astoryteller, actress,poet,writerandteachingartist , andismostwellknown forhisgruesome is currentlypursuinganMFA inPlaywritingatOhio is the creator and publisher of two comic book is thecreatorandpublisheroftwocomic book and received anMFA fromtheUniversityofNorth Weapon Brown Weapon

aswell Democrat & Chronicle & Democrat Kwelijournal, . He is a regular contributor to . Heisaregularcontributorto 2014. In 2010 she 2014.In2010she . Scooby Scooby - - - - - 19

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER, CALL 473-2590 X107

20

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER SEE PAGE 21 here. oneofthenation’salso besupporting longest-runningindependentliterary centers. We’d love to see you counts onourworkshopsandevents, andearlyaccesstoworkshopsSummerWrite camps,you’ll If you’re notalready amongour1,800+members,now isagreat timetojoin.Notonlywillyou getdis- in orregister foraworkshop, askforyour memberloyalty card. We encourage you touseitfrequently. ways toexpandbenefitseach year, and we are already atworkonnewitemstoadd.Nexttime you stop below.the chart You’ll seesomenewand,we hope,exciting offeringsforyou. We willcontinuetoseek Because we value your membership, we’ve decidedtoupdateandexpandyour benefits. Take alookat members, thankyou somuch. Your meanstheworldtous. support and familiesview elementintheirlives. Writers &Booksasanimportant To thoseofyou whoare already all membershipcategories,were membersofourorganization. We’re honored thatsomanyindividuals has played anactive role inthiscommunity. This pastyear alone,more than1,800individuals,across ter. Despiteitsrelatively modestsize, thiscityhasarobust literary scene.For 35years, Writers &Books At Writers &Books,we’re ofacommunitywritersandreaders inandaround Roches thrilled tobepart - There’s neverbeen abettertimetobecomeW&Bmember. We’ve expandedourmemberbenefits! W S P H I C t ndIvdual Come H tudent W urn atron ouSeHold rIterS m amPIon H emBerSHIP Ing at

WItH B

($100)

P & B ($25)

ageS

($500+ enefItS

($40) ($65)

your

ookS

($250)

?

)

& & & & & & 10% discount in our bookstore

& & & & & & Discounts on all events & workshops Early access to course & & & & & & registration (including SummerWrite)

& & & & & & Discounts on BOA and Open Letter books & at local partner organizations & & & & & & Membership Loyalty punch card for a free class

& & & & & Access to Gell & ability to rent space at W&B

& & & & Membership coverage for entire family

& & & 2 discount passes to share with friends

& & & 1 free Individual Membership to give to a friend

& & 1 free night at Gell & 1 free space rental at W&B

& & 1 Turning Pages book mailed to you per quarter Ticket to all Debut Novel & Series events and “A Novel Evening” with Rochester Reads author

& 1 free manuscript consultation * design subject to minor changes minor to subject design * SummerWrite. of start the after Books & Writers at purchase for available be will quantity limited A 26. June after Books & Writers at pick-up for available be will Shirts 2. June due Orders x ordered______shirts of # total x-large _____adult large _____adult medium _____adult small _____adult (12-14) large _____child (10-12) medium _____child (6-8) small _____child First date child will attend camp______attend will child date First Email______Phone______Name______Child’s SummerWrite T-Shirts! $12=total amount due______amount $12=total design printed on a purple, short- purple, a on printed design SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER Writers &Books Writers &Books All proceeds go to the to go proceeds All scholarship fund. scholarship sleeve t-shirt* sleeve SummerWrite $12 each $12 WRITE WRITE WRITE WRITE WRITE WRITE WRITE WRITE WRITE presents... WRITE presents...

0 0 2 7 2 7 1 1 PROGRAM REGISTRATION EXTENDED CAREMORNINGS(JY17-EA) ADVANCE TOBESUREWECANFILLYOURREQUEST. WE NEEDTOKNOWYOUREXTENDEDCARENEEDSATLEASTTWOWEEKSIN 5. WORKSHOP # / TITLE 4. WORKSHOP # / TITLE 3. WORKSHOP # / TITLE 2. WORKSHOP # / TITLE 1. WORKSHOP # / TITLE (585) (www.wab.org) web the on us visit forms, additional For form. separate a needs participant Each arrangement. by available care Extended supervision. full-day = week single a in Classes Youth Afternoon and Morning both for Registration APPLICABLE) IF (STUDENT, EMAIL (PARENT) EMAIL TELEPHONE (DAYTIME) (EVENING) CITY ADDRESS NAME PARTICIPANT START DATE ______EXTENDED CAREAFTERNOONS(JY17-EP) START DATE ______5:00 ($30/week) or 7:30 ($45/week) or START DATE FEE START DATE FEE START DATE FEE START DATE FEE START DATE FEE CHILD’S DATECHILD’S OFBIRTH

STATE ZIP 473-2590 x 107. x 473-2590 5:30 ($45/Week) 8:00 ($30/week)

m dy

/

or call or FEE FEE Week #______Week #______Payment Method: Method: Payment ______BY REFERRED I. H. * G F. E. RED WING TICKETS $______D. C. B. A. Novelist: $250–$499 Novelist: Essayist: $100–$249 $100–$249 Essayist: More information on membership benefits: www.wab.org benefits: membership on information More

I got this catalog (check one) (check catalog this got I Fund Scholarship Annual Fund Poet: up to $99 to up Poet: community! this in work good W&B’s Wings? (seepg17ofourcatalogfordetails) Joining usAugust21for Writers &BooksnightattheRed by picking it up at ______at up it picking by

a discount today!) discount a to you entitles Membership (Your today! membership my renew or  I want to join a community of readers & writers. Create, upgrade, Create, writers. & readers of community a join to want I Y $ $8.00 x amount awarded $______amount owed $______owed amount $______awarded amount awarded Scholarship OFFICE USEONLY ______es, I (also) want to contribute to the Annual Fund and support and Fund Annual the to contribute to want (also) I es, $65 Household $65 Individual $40 Student $25 GRAND TOTAL GRAND CREDIT REFERRAL T SHIRT ORDER SHIRT T ANNUAL FUND CONTRIBUTION FUND ANNUAL FEES MEMBERSHIP SUBTOTAL TUITION SUBTOTAL YES IwanttobecomeaMember! SIGNATURE EXP. DATE CVC CODE CREDIT CARD # full ______($120 supports one child for a week) port Writers & Books programs and services. and programs Books & Writers port sup- directly will donation mini Your cost. total your up” “round to option the have now *You

Registration formcontinues...

Check Enclosed Enclosed Check

partial (numberoftickets)=$

$500 Champion $500

(if applicable) (if

Publisher: $500–$999 Publisher: Ampersand Giving Circle Giving Ampersand through the mail mail the through $250 Turning Pages Readers Circle Readers Pages Turning $250 Patron $100

DATE ) $ applicable) (if

Credit Card Credit $______--$______$ $ ______$ ______$ ______

______

$1,000+ 21

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER, CALL 473-2590 X107

22

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER SEE PAGE 21 ______pen) epi an carries child whether and reaction of severity (Indicate Allergies Child’s______Gender: RELATIONSHIP AND PICKUPNAME AUTHORIZED NUMBERS PHONE CONTACTEMERGENCY RELATIONSHIP AND NAME EMAIL NUMBERS, PHONE RELATIONSHIP AND NAME #2 PARENT/GUARDIAN Parent/Guardian ContactInfo: NAME STUDENT please include any pertinent info with registration. with info pertinent any include please so class, of start the to close provided normally sheets info parent/student the using longer no are We NOTE: instructors. and administrators program between confidential kept be will information medical All ______needed. if sheet additional an attach to free Feel child(ren). your serve best us help will that information additional Any ______etc.): Aspergers, ADHD, ADD, to limited not but ing (includ- of aware be should we issues medical Other home): at takes child your medication any and carries child your medication allergy any (including condition/purpose what for and takes currently child your Medications ______PHONE NUMBERS, EMAIL NUMBERS, PHONE RELATIONSHIP AND NAME #1 PARENT/GUARDIAN ______

PARENT SIGNATURE PARENT ______complete. and accurate is provided I information the all that also and above the to agreement and of understanding my acknowledges signature My here. stated is which that than purpose other any for used be not will work and images Student formats. these of any in name full by identified be never will Students website. Books & Writers or blog SummerWrite the on or catalog SummerWrite the as such materials print promotional in workshops in generates child my art or writings any or appears child my which in videos or photographs any use to Books & Writers for permission give I • property. Books’ & Writers off and on activities camp day or workshop all in participate to child my for permission give I • above. statement consent Emergency/Medical the in detailed conditions and terms the to agree and understand I • notified. be will I treatment additional require(s) child(ren) my If aid. first basic only provide will staff SummerWrite Books & Writers arise. emergency of type any should me contact immediately to effort every make will and program the of hours the during well-being child(ren)’s my for responsibility assumes program the that understand I receives. child my that care emergency the with associated costs the of all pay to agree I participation. program from results that harm other or injury any for responsible employees their or Books & Writers hold not will I contacted. be can myself or designee contact emergency as time such until appropriate deem they as measures emergency such take to staff SummerWrite the to permission give I designee(s), contact emergency the or me, locate to inability program’s the of event the In time. any at program the from child(ren) my up pick to permission including child, my of care medical and care daily the regarding decisions make to permission have individuals Those form. registration the on listed have I individuals the contact to Staff SummerWrite Books & Writers the to consent my give I reached, be cannot I and care medical emergency requires child my If CONSENT FORM EMERGENCY/MEDICAL Registration: Phone (585-473-2590 ext. 107), mail, fax (585-442-9333), (585-442-9333), fax mail, 107), ext. (585-473-2590 Phone Registration: You can register for adult workshops online at: www.wab.org at: online workshops adult for register can You If you have questions, please call (585) 473-2590 x 107 107 x 473-2590 (585) call please questions, have you If 740 University Ave, Rochester, New York 14607. 14607. York New Rochester, Ave, University 740 or email [email protected] email or or drop off this form to to form this off drop or

Apprentices work four to five weeks out weeks five to four work Apprentices writer, or anyone who is interested in a in interested is who anyone or writer, For more information visit http://www. visit information more For ideal position for an aspiring educator, aspiring an for position ideal literary programming, child care/youth child programming, literary of the summer and are an integral part integral an are and summer the of of SummerWrite. Apprentices will gain will Apprentices SummerWrite. of wab.org/internships-apprenticeships/ Apprenticeship experience in youth arts education, arts youth in experience classrooms with teaching artists of artists teaching with classrooms inside an arts non-profit. This is an is This non-profit. arts an inside development, and exposure to life to exposure and development, Apprenticeship offers high school high offers Apprenticeship (juniors and seniors) and college and seniors) and (juniors students the chance to work in work to chance the students Writers & Books SummerWrite Books & Writers Applications due March 25. March due Applications WRITE WRITE SUMMER various backgrounds. various career in the arts. the in career photo by W&B Staff

Conway Joel &Delores Seligman Rice, MD Linda George & Scharr Jim &Marguerite Quinn Kerri &Michael Pierce Angela Bly Pichichero Katharine S.Parsons Kathy &Louis Parker Roger &Kimberly Palma Van Arsdale Osta &DaveElizabeth Inc. Financial Services practice of Ameriprise private wealth advisory Nocon &Associates, a Napier Family Fund Jim Napier James C.Moore Lovenheim John &Barbara Rose-Marie Klipstein Jennifer &Glenn Kellogg Nora A.Jones W. Elisabeth Judson Thomas F. Judson, Jr. & Will &Lois Irwin Grant Holcomb Trevor Harrison Horowitz &Bruce Gold Beverly Joanne Gianniny &DanaBruce Gianniny Germanow Andrew &Jacquie Scott &Liz Joe Flaherty Susan Lobell Ronald H.Fielding & Eichelberger &JimChristine Susan Desino Jim &Pat DeCaro Zicari &CraigAnne J. C.Coon Callahan Jean &Tom Close Kathy Cleary Smith Robert Janet Buchanan-Smith & Mark &Anne Boylan DiVita &Don Berry Elizabeth Good Elk AuspitzReuben &Dawn Memorial Trust The Ames Amzalak Anonymous $1,000-24,999 MUSE Ken McCurdy Foundation The Gleason Family Anonymous $25,000 &UP GODSEND & FUNDERS CAMPAIGN DONORS each year. touches tens of thousands programmingthe that facilities, and expanding to town, maintaining world’sthe writers best scholarships, bringing increasing educational possiblebest use–for to put funds to new the enable Writers &Books Thiscampaign will CHAPTER CAMPAIGN THE WRITINGNEXT – William Shakespeare thanks. make, but, and thanks, nootherI can answer GENEROUS DONORS THANK YOUTOOUR Anonymous $1-99 POET Karen vanMeenen Meredith &Adam Smith Kyle Semmel &IgorDenise Schukoff Neil Scheier Carol &Alvani Santos Kathy Pottetti &Alex Mitchell Margie Ira Miller Daniel Meyers Katherine McCurdy &Domenico Alampi Michele Liguori-Alampi LowenthalRobert Jr. Lawrence &Dia Chris Kourofsky Carolyn E.and Kevin Kitty &Nick Jospé Jones &MaryAnneDouglas Susan &Howard Itkin Peter &Lynda Hotra Karen Higman Hesselberth &MarianneBob Stephanie Gradinger AdventureGoose Racing Richard &Robin Flaherty Tate DeCaro DavisDale David Merulla BittnerSally & Bonn $100-249 ESSAYIST Stephen Webb Patricia Uttaro Sproles Inara Scott &Kraig Jon Itkin & Scott-Flaherty Alexa Jim Reilly &Linda Ann Patchett NaylorMarianne &Larry Kimberly Mura Judith Mohler Danielle Massare Audrey Markle Jennifer Lloyd &Connie Jane H.Johnson Gombert Nancy &Barry William Diggin &Eileen John Light &Lissa Costello $250-499 NOVELIST Wise Kitty David Tinling William Begeny & Scott-Flaherty Caedra Adrian Neil Patrick Murphy James Moore, Jr. Mimi Hwang KarinYoung Andrew Heminway & Grace Gonzalez Peggy &Jed Fox Cowan &KathyGeorge Drury Trust Cameros Family Lead $500-999 PUBLISHER Barbara Dimmick W.Henry Williams, Jr. & &StanMary Widger The Westport Fund Miller Brad VanAuken &Stacey &PamelaRalph Uttaro Maia Toldsdorf &Chris John &Tay Thoman Mark &Lois B. Taubman John T. &Gloria Sullivan &Gayle StilesBob Todd Bernie Smith Clifford W. Smith & INSTITUTIONAL FUNDERS: your tremendous support. are extremely grateful for institutional funders. We donors, members and generositythe of our not possible without be of Writers would &Books The programs services and 2017) February (from January 2016- DONORS &FUNDERS ANNUAL FUND &FrankLinda Wood Jamie Whitbeck &Sally Sue Whan Ethan &Janet Welch Kenley Vogt Preston Diana Voellinger &Mark Turianski George of Judith Trabert, inmemory Tornatore Janice &Thomas ThomasLorianne & Story Garodnick &Dan Segal-Reichlin Zoe Doubleday Rick Scott &Nancy Peter &Sondra Scott Schroeder Wolf &Chojaste John Roche Kelly &Mark Paganelli Joyce S.O’Connor Maril Nowak Heidi Miller Brian &Nancy McCarthy MaryKate McCarren Martin Annabelle &Henry Mapother Kate Emma Lynge John &Nancy Laurence Kathleen Lacy-Krupp Sharon Kovalsky King Kristen Zory Illig Alan &Elizabeth Gail Hosking Catherine Hoodak Jo-Ann Honan &Clark HochgrafLisa The Herd Family JeanMary Gutberlet Rita Garretson FanningChris Meredith Drake Judy Dell Dasta Kristina &Zach Martha Clasquin &JulieBill Capossere Sarah Brown Brown Joan Deanna Baker &Catie AbonadoAlbert Endowment for Monroe County National Trust Charitable The S. Mary Mulligan Language Intelligence HBT Architects Harris PLLC Beach, Foundation The Gleason Family Foundation Community Rochester the Area Gell The Fund of Foundation The Fred &Floy Willmott Flower City Printing Charitable Foundation Max &Marian Farash Constellation Brands, Inc. City Newspaper City Blue Imaging &Trust Bank Canandaigua National LLP Code, Boylan for Greater Rochester &CulturalArts Council Mary &StanMary Widger The Westport Fund Mark &Lois B. Taubman Conway Joel &Delores Seligman Wessendorf Nannette Nocon &Karl Jennifer &Glenn Kellogg Grande Dr. William &Patricia Gleason James S.&Janis F. Joanne Gianniny &DanaBruce Gianniny Eichelberger &JimChristine $1,000-24,999 MUSE of Collier Zena Hampson, inmemory TheEstate of Tom Smith Robert Janet Buchanan-Smith & Anonymous $25,000 &UP GODSEND Virginia Dodier Matt Dobbins &Laurie Selian Mark Cuddy &Christina Clement Teri &Christopher Kathy Cleary Sharon P. Stiller Nelson Adrian Blish & Murphy BlackRalph &Susan Susan Berry DiVita, of inmemory &Don Berry Elizabeth Anonymous $250-499 NOVELIST Justin Vigdor &Louise Gamm Charles Towles &Gerald Rice, MD George &Linda Scharr Frederick Rion Kerri &Michael Pierce Katharine S.Parsons Roger &Kimberly Palma Adrian Neil David &Melissa Mihalyov Stephen &Ann Martin Peter Lovenheim Williams of inmemory Sylvia Stuart Loeb, &Illa Nora A.Jones Will &Lois Irwin of Joe Flaherty Peg Heminway, inhonor Dr. William Hall William Freese &Mary Scott &Liz Joe Flaherty Joan Feinbloom $500-999 PUBLISHER Wegmans Credit Union The Summit Federal Company Pike The Paychex Fund Payce Chemco Helping Panther Graphics Foundation The Ellen Guido & Palma Inc. Financial Services practice of Ameriprise private wealth advisory Nocon &Associates, a N.Y. State Legislature Andrew Cuomo &the Gov. of support on with the Arts the New York State Council Arts the Daniel Meyers Valerie McPherson &EleanorBruce McLear McGuckenSally Joseph Finetti Maria Mastrosimone & Danielle Massare of Joe Flaherty Audrey Markle, inhonor James Spiller Anne MacPherson & Lovenheim John &Barbara Cay Johnston Jennifer Leonard &David Lawrence Christopher & Dia Jane &Philip Lange Valerie Lang Kourofsky Carolyn &Kevin KoenDeb KingKathryn Pedzich of memory Joan W.Rae-Ellen Kavey, in Richard &Marcia Kaplan Fund Scholarship Jessie L.Huff Memorial Peter &Lynda Hotra of BJYudelson Hodgman, inmemory Christopher &Joanna Heppard Dr. Brian &Cynthia Ann Harrington Judy &Dane Gordon J.Elizabeth Gilbert Ronny &Alan Frishman First Universalist Church Jeff & Karen Fanning Dana &Wanda Drake Steven Donner Kelly Dodd Elizabeth Diggin &Eileen Bill Susan Desino Delettrez Jacques &Monique Shirley Dawson Janice Daitz of memory Sara Gale Katherine in DaCosta, Ned Corman &Linda James Conlin Cooper Robert Norinne Cole Anne L.Cline Childs Robert Barbara J. Case Bosworth Allison Timothy &Susan Boland of Joe Flaherty Goldstein ,inhonor Andrea Barrett &Barry Toni M.Baller Berry inhonor of Elizabeth Jennifer &Adam Anolik, Wanda Schubmehl Allardt,Linda inhonor of Anonymous $100-249 ESSAYIST Gail Hosking of &of Joe Flaherty Weisskopf, inhonor Shea &KateBob Kyle &Pia Semmel Moller Don Reinfeld Andrew Stern Melissa McGrain & Jennifer Lloyd &Connie Baron-Johnson JohnsonRobert &Ellen Frank Interlichia Grant Holcomb Karen Higman &Sean Suzanne Gouvernet Horowitz &Bruce Gold Beverly Naumburg Carl HoffmanElizabeth & Peggy &Jed Fox Ehrseman George &Maria Medoff Wayne Willis &Susan Ethan &Janet Welch Stephen Webb Wardlow Lawrence &Diane Yvonne &Rick Wambach Patricia Uttaro Towler William J. Anna & Mary David C.Tinling Tilton Mary Linda Allardt TenEyck, inhonor of Richard Jo &Mary M.TeallElizabeth John &Gloria Sullivan Northrop Jules Smith &Alex Janet Smith Levit ShoreBernard &Arlene SchultzThe Family A.Schenk Elizabeth David W. Ryon Tom Richards &Betty Julie Reynolds &JimLinda Reilly Madeline Segal Abbot & Reichlin Ronald Perry T.C. Pellett Dolores Parlato Panning of memory Barb Anne Panning, in Van Arsdale Osta &DaveElizabeth &NedMary Nicosia Brasley Karl Nelson &Patricia James &Shirley Moore MooreElizabeth Mary KateMary McCarren Thomas Tasick Francine Martella & MaginnisElizabeth &Diane Loysen Garry Lee Allison Archie &Patricia Kutz Kaaren Kunze Michael Krause King Kristen Zory David Justice Craig Hurlbut Kelly Huiatt Susan Holcomb Faber Elaine Heveron &Lou Debra &Daniel Hallowell Jennifer Grotz John Green &TimothyRebecca Fuss Damrad Frye Lawrence &Robin Jana Femia Tony Falzano M.DorstSally Tippett Michael &Ann Doolin Joseph &Barbara Dooley Andrea DeCastro DearDaryl Cubitt Charlie &Barb Cote Zicari &CraigAnne Coon Janine &Steven Coan Tamsan Cleveland Cigelnik Darryl CapossereBill Sandra &Paul Caccamise BrzustowiczMary Vicki &Roger Brown of memory Montesi Al LynnMary Broe, in Amy Boyle-Johnston Richard Bird Susan Bench Barry Hannah &PamelaBruce Baker &N.Odom Cristine Bahr Rev. William Amann Anonymous $1-99 POET Writers Assistance of Aspiring of Assistance Memorial Fund for the for Fund Memorial Mimi &Samuel Tilton Anna & Alan Singer Sears David Mehalick Jr. Judson W.Elisabeth &Thomas F. Hampson TheEstate of Tom Glassman Stanley &Anthony Stewart Davis Blumenau E.&EvelynRodney A. for the In of Collier, Zena memory Wheeler A.&StephenElizabeth J. Britta Stackwick PeckBeth Brendan O’Kelly Murray Edward P. F. & Beverly Dupuis: In of Calvin memory Wanda & Bill Schubmehl R.D. Richardson Kalb Anderson: In of Karen memory YovanoffSusan &Larry YoungLeah Jennifer Years &FrankLinda Wood Fund Wise Charitable Gift Sergeant W. &Catharine Timothy Wilson Lydia Garrity Sue Whan, of inmemory Cathy Westerfeld honor Gold of Bev Werner, &Chris Elissa in Ruth Wamser Joan VanNess Gwen Thompson Keith &Patricia Stott Timothy T. Stoller Polly Stapley SpragueLisa SperlingDeborah Smith Thomas Smith Clifford Bernie W. & Todd Slaughter Thompson- Denise Thomas Slaughter & Sara Silvio Jean A.Shafer Shah Sejal Seyba Linda Scutt Ed Schroeder &JackElizabeth Helen Schneck Tanya Reynolds Straumanis PostChad &Kaija Katherine Pitcher Jann Packard O’Connor Martha Flaherty inhonor of Joe Naylor,Marianne &Larry Tina Motiwala Lynda Morris Moore Molly Clar MiskellMary &Terry Tara Minor Miller Roberta MegerColleen McCarthy Nancy [email protected]. our Director of Development at accept our apologies, and contact list. If you an error, see please ensure of our accuracy donor the We have effort to made every Zena Collier Collier Zena : 23

| SUMMERWRITE 2017 CLASSES & WORKSHOPS | TO REGISTER, CALL 473-2590 X107

Non-profit Org. US Postage 740 University Avenue PAID Rochester, NY 14607 Permit No. 5899 www.wab.org Rochester, NY

Or Current Resident

SUMMERWRI T E 2 0 17 OPEN HOUSE at Writers & Books Saturday, April 8,1:00 pm-3:30 pm. Free & Open to the Public Come join in the fun on this creative and informative day! • Take a mini-creative writing workshop • Play word games • Learn about our scholarship program • Listen to local poets and storytellers • Meet our teachers • Tour our facilities • Have questions answered about our youth programs •Learn about our referral program • Register for summer workshops Special Discounts on workshops and membership will be available on this day only: $10 off household membership & $10 off SummerWrite classes!

photo by Georgie Silvarole