This open-mic storytelling event is open to anyone! Put your name in the hat for a chance to share a seven-minute story, or just come to enjoy the show.

Learn the basics of writing, including creating dialogue, character, and description, from Grand Valley State University writing instructor Glenn Lester.

Writer and storyteller Laura Packer will explore character development, story structure, point of view, understanding your audience, and other storycrafting techniques.

Join a community of your writing peers to provide supportive and constructive critiques of each other’s work.

Learn from nationally known storyteller and Grammy-nominated recording artist Milbre Burch about storytelling varieties.

In this interactive workshop with Jessica Robinson, participants will take stories they know well and twist them, reshaping them into something new and different.

Learn from Reader Engagement Librarian Angela Strathman about genre from the writer’s point of view.

This open-mic storytelling event is open to anyone! Put your name in the hat for a chance to share a seven-minute story, or just come to enjoy the show.