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The Writers House at 3805 Locust Walk is under renovation until October 27. Until then, all events will take place off-site. See below for specific locations.
Wednesday, 10/1
- 8:30PM: Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose and Anything Goes. Open mic performance night. Chats, 3800 Locust Walk. For more information contact the hosts, Emily Cohen and Courtney Zoffness.
Thursday, 10/2
- 9:00PM: The Virgin House Band. Come listen to live jazz at Chats Too , 3800 Locust Walk.
Friday, 10/3
Saturday, 10/4
Sunday, 10/5
Monday, 10/6
- 5:15-7:15PM: Penn and Pencil Club Meeting for the creative writing workshop for staff at Penn and Health Systems. 413 Bennett Hall. For more information or to RSVP, e-mail us.
Tuesday, 10/7
- 4:30-7PM: Planning Committee Meeting. Harris Steinberg will attend. Meeting will be held at the Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk.
- 7PM: Talking Film. Screenwriters workshop with Ernie Vecchione. Tonight's workshop, "The Well-Made Script" will be followed by a screening of the film Barcelona or The Apartment at Williams Hall, Room 102.
Wednesday, 10/8
- 6 PM: Roundtable conversation about contemporary and experimental poetry! Join us for a discussion of contemporary poetics and poetry--including works by some of the poets we'll meet this semester. 413 Bennett Hall (4th Floor in the Writing Center). Readings can be picked up at the Writers House (1314 HRE) on and after Thursday, October 2nd.
Thursday, 10/9
- 9:00PM: The Virgin House Band jazzes up the scene at Chats Too, 3800 Locust Walk.
Friday, 10/10
Saturday, 10/11
- Fall Term Break
- 12 Midnight: LIVE at the Writers House #5 with WXPN 88.5. Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 South 36th Street.
Sunday, 10/12
- Fall Term Break
Monday, 10/13
- Fall Term Break
Tuesday, 10/14
- 7:00-7:30PM: The Writers House on Kid's Corner at WXPN 88.5 FM! Experts from the Writers House join kids on the popular radio show Kid's Corner to explore the world of poetry. Tonight's topic: haiku.
- Fall Term Break
Wednesday, 10/15
- 8:30PM: Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose and Anything Goes. Open mic performance night. Chats, 3800 Locust Walk. For more information, contact the hosts, Emily Cohen and Courtney Zoffness.
Thursday, 10/16
- 4:30PM-6PM:Talking Film screens contemporary American independent films, with talks by the writers and directors who made them. Tonight's guest, Jim Stark, will lead a workshop from 4:30-6PM at Williams Hall 27.
- 7:30PM: Screening of Cold Fever, a film Stark co-wrote, followed by a Q & A session. The screening will be held in DRL A7. To RSVP for these events and for more information contact the Writers House.
- 9:00PM: Get your dose of jazz and funk from the Virgin House Band at Chats Too, 3800 Locust Walk.
Friday, 10/17
Saturday, 10/18
Sunday, 10/19
Monday, 10/20
Tuesday, 10/21
- 7:00PM: Talking Film. Screenwriters workshop with Ernie Vecchione. Tonight's workshop, "The Writing Process / Rewriting" will be followed by a screening of the film Paris When it Sizzles. Williams Hall, Room 102.
Wednesday, 10/22
- Alumni Writers: Spend the evening with Gilbert Sandler, C'49, a columnist for The Baltimore Sun; and catch a glimpse of life as a journalist.
- 3:30-5PM: Sandler will give a journalism workshop at Williams 218.
- 6-7PM: Dinner with students. Location to be announced.
- 7:30PM: Informal lecture by urban journalist Gilbert Sandler at Bennett 323. For more information or to RSVP for any or all of these events, e-mail us.
Thursday, 10/23
- 4:30-6PM: Planning Committee Meeting. To be held at the Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk.
- 6:00PM: Roundtable conversation about contemporary and experimental poetry! Join us for a discussion of contemporary poetics and poetry--including works by Laura Moriarty and David Bromige, two contemporary poets who will visit the House on 10/30 and 10/31. At Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk. Readings for the discussion can be picked up at the Writers House temporary office (1314 HRE).
- 9:00PM-12Midnight: The Virgin House Band plays at Chats Too, 3800 Locust Walk.
Friday, 10/24
- Family Weekend
Saturday, 10/25
- Family Weekend
Sunday, 10/26
- Family Weekend
The renovated House will re-open Monday, October 27.
All following events will take place at the House, located at 3805 Locust
Walk.
Monday, 10/27
- 5:00PM: David Ferry, poet and translator, will be reading at Penn as a guest of the Creative Writing department. Ferry is the author of four books of poetry, the most recent of which is Dwelling Places published by University of Chicago Press. He is known as well for his distinguished translation of Gilgamesh (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1992) and the forthcoming Odes of Horace (FS&G). He is an honorary fellow of the Academy of American Poets.
- 6:00PM: Dinner with David Ferry. For more information contact Writers House.
Tuesday, 10/28
- W.W. Norton Co. Publishers Series: Guest workshop, dinner, and informal discussion with Gerald Howard, Editor, Trade Books, W.W. Norton Co.
- 3:30-5PM: Workshop with Gerald Howard.
- 6:00PM: Dinner with students.
- 7:30PM: Informal lecture by Gerald Howard. For more information and to RSVP contact the Writers House.
Wednesday, 10/29
- 7-8PM: The Free Jazz Project plays at the House.
- 8:30PM: Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose and Anything Goes. Open mic performance night. For more information, contact the hosts, Emily Cohen and Courtney Zoffness.
Thursday, 10/30
- 5:00PM. Visiting Writers: Reading by poet Laura Moriarty.
Friday, 10/31
- 4:00PM: Visiting Writers: Reading by poet David Bromige.
- 5:00PM: Philly Talks #1: Poets David Bromige and Laura Moriarty in conversation. These two notable contemporary experimentalists give brief talks about each other's work. A roundtable discussion will follow.
- 6:30 PM: Dinner with David Bromige and Laura Moriarty. RSVP toWriters House.
