EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Sunday, March 17, 3:00 p.m.
The Memoir Mansion: Truth Dwells in Many Rooms
Salon Series, Denver Woman's Press Club
1325 Logan Street, Denver, CO 80203
303-241-3504
Free event ($5 donation appreciated)
It's easy to wander from "room to room" when writing memoir, from fact in the family room, to memory in the nursery, to fiction in the kitchen. But a building full of random rooms does not a house make. This discussion will be facilitated by Colorado authors Cara Lopez Lee and Page Lambert. Cara has written, edited, and ghostwritten a dozen books, including four memoirs. She's also a writing coach and workshop leader. Page has taught more than 200 workshops and seminars, and works with clients on memoir, fiction, and poetry. The Rocky Mountain News called her memoir In Search of Kinship "One of the summer's hottest reads."
Thursdays, April 18-May 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m. (4 weeks)
Get Into the Scene: Beginner-Intermediate Writing Workshop
Writing with Cara
South Denver, location to be announced
303-241-3504
Registration: $150, by April 4
In this workshop, Cara Lopez Lee will lead beginner to intermediate creative writers on an exploration of that most animated of moments in storytelling: the scene. Even though you know what the word scene means, it can be a challenge putting all the pieces together to build one. As a class, you'll explore such tools as descriptive language, narrow focus, and show-versus-tell. Each student will focus on creating at least one complete scene during this four-week workshop. Writers of both fiction and creative nonfiction are welcome. Your workshop leader is author and writing coach Cara Lopez Lee, who has written, edited, and ghostwritten a dozen books in both fiction and nonfiction.
Saturday, May 4, 8:30 a.m.-Noon
Spring into Writing Fiction
Denver Woman's Press Club
1325 Logan Street, Denver, CO 80203
Park free in the lot north of the clubhouse
303-377-5125 (Georgia Garnsey)
Registration: $45
Pay via Paypal at www.dwpconline.org
Join three professional authors for an opportunity to grow your creativity in the historic and intimate setting of the Denver Woman's Press Club. Spring is a perfect time to bring your writing ideas and projects to life. Novelist and memoirist Cara Lopez Lee will ask you to consider the question of Dialogue: Should You Really Keep it Real? Bestselling novelist Corinne Brown will help you crack your Opening Pages. And mystery and short-story author Linda Berry will share with you the grown-up art of Show and Tell. Please bring either paper and pen or your laptop. Light refreshments will be provided.
Thursdays, May 16-June 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m. (4 weeks)
Bringing Scenes to Life: Intermediate-Advanced Writing Workshop
Writing with Cara
South Denver, location to be announced
303-241-3504
Registration: $150 by May 2
In this class, Cara Lopez Lee will work with intermediate to advanced creative writers to dig deep into the heart-and-soul of modern storytelling: developing the scene. You probably know a scene when you feel it, but bringing one to life can feel like a task for Dr. Frankenstein: how do you create the spark that will make the creature rise? As a class, you'll explore such tools as slow time, patterns in the chaos, internal life, and dreaming awake. Each student will focus on creating at least one complete scene during this four-week workshop. Writers of both fiction and creative nonfiction are welcome. Your workshop leader is author and writing coach Cara Lopez Lee, who has written, edited, and ghostwritten a dozen books in both fiction and nonfiction.
RECENT EVENTS
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Friday, September 21, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Girls Trek Too Workshop: Flip Your Trip
REI, Boulder
1789 28th St., Boulder, CO 80301
303-583-9970
Wednesday, September 12, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Colorado Authors' League Luncheon
Brooklyn's
901 Auraria Parkway, Denver, CO
"Is Your Life Memoirable?" Do you have a story inside of you that others might like to read? That was the topic of this luncheon featuring guest speakers Cara Lopez Lee, author of They Only Eat Their Husbands, and Lisa Jones, author of Broken: A Love Story.
Monday, September 10, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Girls Trek Too Workshop: Flip Your Trip
REI, Lakewood
5375 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood, CO 80123
303-932-0600
Wednesday, September 5, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Girls Trek Too Workshop: Flip Your Trip
REI, Englewood
9637 E. County Line Rd, Englewood, CO 80112
303-858-1726
Wednesday, August 29, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Girls Trek Too Workshop: Flip Your Trip
REI, Denver Flagship Store
1416 Platte St., Denver, CO 80202
303-756-3100
Saturday, August 18, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Jax Local Author Day, 2012
Jax Outdoor Gear
1200 North College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80524
970-221-0544
Monday-Friday, August 6-10, 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Write Your Life as an Adventure: Week-long Young Women's Intensive
Lighthouse Young Writers Program
Lighthouse Writers Workshop, 1515 Race St., Denver, CO 80206
303-297-1185
Wednesday, July 11, 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Imagine Your Life as an Adventure Tale...
The Door Talks
Three Kings Tavern, 60 South Broadway, Denver, CO 80120
Phoenix Gallery (downstairs)
303-777-7352
Tuesday, June 19, 7:00 p.m.
Imagine You Have No Fear: What Adventure Will You Begin?
Memories of Alaskan Love and World Travel
Bemis Library Adult Program
6014 S. Datura St., Littleton, CO 80120
303-795-3961
Saturday, June 16, 9:15 a.m.
Make Real Life Read Like a Novel
Litfest Book Fair
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
1515 Race Street, Denver, CO 80206
303-297-1185
Thank you to the friends and fans who attended my talk at Lighthouse's first annual book fair. Lighthouse writers and friends are full of genuine warmth, talent, and dedication, and it was an honor to talk with you! What a terrific event! I dug the tent. I say they invite tightrope walkers and clowns next year...Hmmm, maybe they already did.
Friday, April 13, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Colorado Authors Open House & Book Signing
Longmont Library Festival
Longmont Public Library, 409 4th Ave, Longmont, CO 80501
303-651-8470
Tuesdays, March 27 - May 22, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. (Eight weeks/No class May 8)
Mining Life's Moments for Meaning: A Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
Cherry Hills 3, 2800 South University Blvd, Denver, CO 80210
303-241-3504
