The Big Texas Read featuring Johnnie Bernhard
We're reading and discussing Johnnie Bernhard's Sisters of the Undertow. Moderated by Marjorie Herrera Lewis.
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Open Writers Lab with Dario Beniquez and Robert Allen
Online via ZoomThis peer-driven workshop, held the last Monday of each month, is open to writers of all levels. Facilitated by Gemini Ink volunteers Dario Beniquez and Robert Allen.
Free
Black and Blue: 400 Years of Struggle and Transcendence
Guadalupe Theater 1301 Guadalupe St, San Antonio, TexasTh e inaugural Sterling Houston Festival is a month-long series of events scheduled
for June 2022 presented by a city-wide collaboration of arts organizations honoring
the late African-American writer and San Antonio native, Sterling Houston. Join
Gemini Ink for a dramatic reading of “Black and Blue: 400 Years of Struggle and
Transcendence,” one of Houston’s seminal works; followed by a panel discussion on
the bold vision of this playwright.
Free
Writing Your Way Out of the Pandemic Wilderness: Journaling for Educators
Gemini Ink 1111 Navarro St, San Antonio, TX, United StatesSaturday, June 11, 10am-3pm (with 1-hour lunch break), in-person Instructor: Jim LaVilla-Havelin Nonmember: $125; Member:...
$125
Gemini Ink at the Poetic Republic Cafe
Poetic Republic Coffee Co. 2330 S. Presa St, San Antonio, Texas, United StatesJoin Gemini Ink this coming Friday, June 17th, for a night of poetry and literary celebration as we kick off the summer with our first in-person poetry event at the perfectly named (if we may say so ourselves) Poetic Republic Cafe! We’d love you to join us and sip some coffee or wine as you enjoy literary community in this inviting and welcoming space, created “for people to connect, engage, and create memorable moments” according to our awesome hosts and their wonderful manifesto!
Free
Poesía Migrante: Writing about the Migrant Experience with Juan Felipe Herrera
Online via ZoomThis workshop is geared toward anyone with roots in the migrante experience or anyone who would like to write about it in new, thought-provoking ways. All levels are welcome, but novice writers who want to unlock the beauty of their own voice are highly encouraged to register.
$150
Tame the Submission Process with Chibbi Orduña
Trying to get your work published? Overwhelmed with the entire submission process? We are too! This workshop will provide a 360° view of the publication process, from understanding your own writing to finding places to submit your work. Writers will gain familiarity with the ins and outs of the literary journal world and chapbook/manuscript contests while learning practical ways to submit work and track submissions. Participants will walk away feeling confident they can manage the beast that is the submission process.
$100
The Big Texas Read featuring Wondra Chang
We're reading and discussing Wondra Chang's novel, Sonju. This session will be moderated by Jay Brandon. ABOUT SONJU: After she defies the rigid, oppressive Confucian tradition of order and conformity, Sonju descends from an aristocratic upbringing to working at a men’s club...
Free
Breakaway Republics, Debut Novels, & Tireless Fiddlers: A Night with Jim LaVilla-Havelin & Ken Waldman
Join us for an unforgettable night of poetry, fiddling, and novels on “Alaska Time” as we celebrate San Antonio poet, educator, and arts advocate, Jim LaVilla-Havelin, with writer and Alaskan fiddler, Ken Waldman.
Free
Open Writer’s Labs
Online via ZoomThese peer-driven workshops, held the last Monday of each month, are free and open to writers of all levels and focus on poetry, flash fiction, and short creative non-fiction.
Free
City Songs Poetry Workshop with Reggie Scott Young
Gemini Ink 1111 Navarro St, San Antonio, TX, United StatesIn this 6-week workshop, we will write poems that celebrate and critique life in the city, with a special emphasis on San Antonio and its environs. This workshop is open to writers with various degrees of experience in poetry and will focus on crafting poems for the page with an emphasis on exploring poetic forms. Guest poets, including Natalia Treviño, John Olivares Espinoza, Clemonce Heard, and Emmy Pérez, will visit the course both in-person and virtually to discuss craft issues.
$145
Anything but Silent–A Book Celebration of Dario Beniquez’s Zone of Silence with Special Guest Readers Robert Allen & Jonathan Fletcher
Join us as we celebrate the release of Dario Beniquez’s debut poetry collection Zone of Silence (Flowersong, 2021) with a reception and reading. Dario has served our writing arts community in San Antonio and beyond for more than 23 years as a volunteer facilitator for Gemini Ink’s Open Writers’ Lab and more. We are excited to honor him and his work of heart, which takes on our complex times with poems that “confront the angst of contemporary life, space, war, theology, antibodies, economics, and love.”
Free