February 26, 7PM, LTCC Writers' Series
Jennifer Woodlief, Author of Wall of White: The True Story of Heroism and Survival in the Face of a Deadly Avalanche (Atria, 2009)
Author Jennifer Woodlief will read at an LTCC Writers' Series event on Friday, February 26, at 7PM in the library. This event is free and open to the community. If you missed her at the Tahoe Writers Works "Celebration of Writers Around the Lake," now is your chance to her read from her compelling account of the 1982 avalanche at Alpine Meadows that claimed 7 lives and revealed the spirit of a mountain town and its people. Lake Tahoe Community College, One College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 530-541-4660 X708.
Ongoing Events - Lit Around the Lake
Truckee
Poets, writers, and storytellers check out the fabulous Karen Terrey’s Tangled Roots Creative Writing Workshop in Truckee.
New four-week sessions run:
· January 11th - February 1st
· February 8th - March 8th (no class 2/15)
· March 22nd - April 12th
Monday nights from 6:30 to 8 pm in Downtown Truckee $60/session
Contact Karen Terrey at (530) 386-3901 or email tangledrootswriting@gmail.com to sign up or for more information.
Reno
Artists, writers, and performers, check out BEtheCAUSE, a collective started by Reno writer Benjamin Arnold, to share art, music, and poetry--and spread their cause. Every 1st Saturday of the month inside Reno's West St. Market, BEtheCAUSE hosts an all-ages event that includes an art show, open mic, and poetry slam from 2pm to 5pm. It is always free, but donations are welcome -- each slam winner earns $50!
South Lake Tahoe
Tahoe Writers Works is back in session, starting Tuesday, January 12th. Workshops held every other Tuesday; submit work the week before. You can also just drop in for writerly camaraderie. 6:30, see website for directions. www.tahoewritersworks.com
Previous Events
November 6, 7PM
Poet Camille Dungy, Author of What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison (Red Hen Press, 2006)
Poet Camille Dungy reads at a LTCC Writers' Series event. The library, Lake Tahoe Community College, One College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 530-541-4660 X708.
October 6th at 6PM
Literary Journal Reading, Kokanee
Kokanee literary journal reading, Aspen Room, Lake Tahoe Community College, One College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 530-541-4660 X708.
September 18th at 7 PM
Celebration of Writers around the Lake
The first "Celebration of Writers Around the Lake" was a great success. Thank you to everyone who helped, especially all of the writers. You were excellent!
Check out photography of the event at flickr.com/photos/tahoewritersworks.
Read more about the event at Tahoe Arts and Mountain Culture.
Read a review of the event at Lake Tahoe News.
Join Tahoe Writers Works for a Celebration of Writers around the Lake at the Valhalla Grand Hall, South Lake Tahoe, CA. $10, includes a wine reception and reading by writers who call the lake home and who are inspired by the lake, including:
- Todd Borg (author of Owen McKenna mystery series; toddborg.com)
- Ellen Hopkins (author of Crank, Glass, and forthcoming Tricks, ellenhopkins.com)
- Karen Terrey (poet karenaterrey.blogspot.com)
- Michael J. Makley (author of John Mackay: Silver King in the Gilded Age and The Infamous King of the Comstock: William Sharon and the Gilded Age in the West)
- Gailmarie Pahmeier (poet, The House on Breakaheart Road)
- Suzanne Roberts (poet and essayist, Shameless, Nothing to You, Plotting Temporality, suzanneroberts.org)
- June Saraceno (poet, Altars of Ordinary Light, junesaraceno.com)
- Jennifer Woodlief (author of Wall of White: The True Story of Heroism and Survival in the Face of a Deadly Avalanche, awallofwhite.com)
June 17th EDGE Publication Release Party
Tahoe Writers Works celebrated the release of their literary journal EDGE, Volume 3, on June 17th at the Blue Angel Café in South Lake Tahoe. EDGE is a collection of dynamic, thought-provoking poems, essays, short stories and art; to submit to Volume 4, go to Tahoe Writers Works. Click here to enter the photo gallery.