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SUMMARY:Voices of San Anto Storytelling Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Participants gather during a Voices of San Anto bilingual storytelling workshop led by Marisela Barrera in 2025. \nJoin Gemini Ink and the San Antonio Public Library for an afternoon of live bilingual storytelling featuring local San Antonio storytellers. \nOver the past several weeks\, community members from across San Antonio have worked with writer and performer Marisela Barrera to craft original stories rooted in family history\, neighborhood memory\, music\, identity\, immigration\, friendship\, and everyday life in San Antonio. This final celebration brings those stories to the stage in English and Spanish. \nVoices of San Anto is a free bilingual storytelling workshop series presented in partnership with the San Antonio Public Library and designed to help local residents shape and share their personal stories in a welcoming community setting. \nEvent Details\nFree and open to the public.\nSaturday\, Sep 5\, 2026\n2–4pm \nIgo Branch Library\n13330 Kyle Seale Pkwy\nSan Antonio\, TX 78249 \nPresented by Gemini Ink and the San Antonio Public Library. \n\nAbout Voices of San Anto\nSince 2023\, Gemini Ink has partnered with the San Antonio Public Library to offer free bilingual storytelling workshops led by local writers and performers including Daniel Ramirez\, Marisela Barrera\, Eddie Vega\, and Chibbi Orduna. \nParticipants develop original 5–7 minute stories and share them during a live public celebration with family\, friends\, and the community.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/vosa-storytelling-showcase-2/
LOCATION:Schaefer Library\, 6322 US Hwy. 87 E.\, San Antonio\, Texas\, 78222
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Catherine Burianek":MAILTO:cburianek@geminiink.org
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SUMMARY:LitMinds Book Club: Art Above Everything
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we read Art Above Everything by Stephanie Elizondo Griest.\n \n\n\n\n  \n\nA new kind of travel writing.\n— Booklist\n…a potent testament to the value of pursuing one’s passion.\n— Publishers Weekly\nA global exploration of what it means to choose a creative life.\nAll artists struggle. But women are especially pushed to give up their creative ambitions\, from societal disapproval against “selfishness” to the pressure (or desire) for children and economic stability. Throughout her 20s and 30s\, Stephanie Elizondo Griest wondered if constantly prioritizing her writing over everything else was leading her to fulfillment or regret. After a brutal break-up and narrowly surviving a health crisis in her early 40s\, she turned to other women for their perspectives on that haunting question: is art enough? \nArt Above Everything documents her travels to 10 nations—from Cuba to Iceland; Rwanda to Qatar—where she meets with legendary painters\, poets\, actors\, dancers\, and musicians who talk intimately about their art\, both what it gifts them and what it costs them. Collectively\, these artists speak dozens of languages and worship a spectrum of faiths\, but their compulsions to create despite financial hardship\, misogyny\, sexual violence\, and family ostracization are wholly akin. Bold and inspiring\, Art Above Everything illuminates the ways we can wield creativity as a vitalizing force. \n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStephanie Elizondo Griest is a globetrotting author from the Texas/Mexico borderlands and the author of six books\, including Around the Bloc\, Mexican Enough\, All the Agents and Saints\, and Art Above Everything. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, VQR\, The Believer\, BBC\, Orion\, Lit Hub\, and Oxford American\, and has earned a Margolis Award\, a PEN Southwest Book Award\, an International Latino Book Award\, and two Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism prizes. \nShe is currently Professor of Creative Nonfiction at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. She has traveled to 50 countries and 49 states\, is a cancer survivor now in remission\, and recently endowed Testimonios Fronterizos\, a research grant for borderlands student journalists at the University of Texas at Austin. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVisit our LitMinds page to see what we’re reading next!
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/litminds-art-above-everything/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260910T183000
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SUMMARY:Read Like a Writer with Bestselling Author Laura Castoro
DESCRIPTION:Thu\, Sep 10\, 17\, 24\, & October 1\, 2026\n6:30-8:30pm CT via Zoom\nNonmember: $200; Member: $170; Student/Educ/Mil: $140\n*EARN CPEs; SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE \n \n  \nHave you ever read a great book that grabbed you from the first page and wondered\, “How did the author do that?” Reading can be a writer’s greatest teacher\, but it requires a shift in how you approach a text. Train your eye for literary craft with bestselling author Laura Castoro and learn to read the way writers do. \nIn this four-week workshop\, we will use close reading to examine how the writing pros achieve enviable work. We will explore how to read more deeply so we can deconstruct how the author sets the mood\, adheres to or manipulates conventions\, and plays with boundaries. In each session\, we will use excerpts from popular fiction books and short writing prompts to stimulate our imagination and inspire new written work.   \nThis course is open to adult writers of all skill levels.  \nIn this course students will:\n\nExplore how to effectively set the mood of a story to the draw the reader in\nIdentify how writers manipulate conventions and play with boundaries\nLearn what is and is not important to the reader\nImmediately apply concepts using short\, generative writing prompts\n\n\nLaura Castoro\, a USA Today\, Amazon top 100\, and Apple Books bestseller\, has published 47 novels with major publishing houses such as Dell Books\, Berkley\, Avon\, Warner\, MIRA\, Harlequin\, Kensington\, Pocketbooks\, Harper Collins\, St. Martins Press\, and William Morrow. She has also contributed to several fiction anthologies and has published non-fiction YA and short fiction in Good Housekeeping. Under the name Laura Parker\, she writes historical and contemporary romance\, westerns\, and sagas. As Laura Castoro\, she writes contemporary African American and contemporary women’s fiction. Writing as D. D. Ayres\, she publishes a romantic suspense series called the K-9 Rescue Series. Her current release as Laura Castoro is Love On The Line (2021) through William Morrow. \nLaura has won multiple national writing awards. In 2005 she was inducted into the Arkansas Writers’ Hall of Fame. She is a past president of Novelists\, Inc. (2013)\, an international professional fiction writers’ organization. She is a past president and board member of the Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow\, a writer residency program in the AR Ozarks. She is a speaker at numerous conferences and workshops in the U.S. and abroad. Laura currently lives in San Antonio\, TX. Email: Laurapcastoro@gmail.com. website: www.ddayres.com
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/read-like-a-writer-with-bestselling-author-laura-castoro/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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SUMMARY:Diving into the Kiddie Pool: Writing for Picture Books with Diane Bertrand
DESCRIPTION:Sat\, Sep 12\n10am-3pm CT\, in-person at Gemini Ink\nNonmember: $125; Member: $108; Student/Educ/Mil: $88\n*EARN CPEs; SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE\n \n \n  \nDo you have a family story\, childhood memory\, narrative poem\, or concept that inspires an idea for a picture book? Let’s share a creative journey into writing for children! \nIn this one-day workshop\, adult writers will look at storybooks and discuss what works and what doesn’t work. We’ll explore how successful children’s authors build characters\, develop story arcs\, create page turners\, and play with language. We will discuss the balance between engaging children and impressing an editor.  Then\, we will revise drafts of our own work\, rethinking character\, structure\, and vocabulary.  \nBring your first draft and 1-2 picture books similar to the style you envision for your story. This course is open to writers of all skill levels\, 18+.  \nStudents will leave this class with:\n\nA new and/or revised draft of a picture book story\nAn understanding of the characters\, story frames and voice unique to picture books\nA list of books\, websites\, & organizations that publish picture books\n\n\n\n \nDiane Gonzales Bertrand is the author of twelve bilingual picture books including the award-winning My Pal Victor\, The Party for Papá Luis\, Cecilia and Miguel are Best Friends\, and The Story Circle. She retired from her position as Writer-in-Residence for the English Department at St. Mary’s University in 2021.  A new picture book\, Music Rides the Bus\, is forthcoming in 2027 from Piñata Books. (Arte Público Press\, Houston\, TX   www.artepublicopress.com)
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/diving-into-the-kiddie-pool-writing-for-picture-books-with-diane-bertrand/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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SUMMARY:Writing the Difficult From a Reservoir of Love with Brian Turner
DESCRIPTION:Literary Masters Lecture Series\nTue\, Sep 15 & 22\n6:30-8pm CT via Zoom\nNonmember: $90; Member: $75; Student/Educ/Mil: $63\n*EARN CPEs;SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE\n \n \n  \nJoin us for the first Literary Masters Lecture of the fall as we explore how to write about life’s most difficult experiences from a reservoir of love. Each session features an engaging craft talk\, ready-to-use writing strategies\, and a live Q&A with the author. \nIn this two-part intensive\, award-winning poet and memoirist Brian Turner will share techniques for transforming painful experiences into meaningful\, resonant writing. Through craft-focused lessons\, you’ll learn how to approach challenging subjects with a broader\, more grounded perspective that honors the humanity of the story. Participants will receive additional writing exercises to continue developing their work after the lecture series ends. This lecture is open to writers of all genres and skill levels 18+. \nParticipants will leave this lecture with:\n\nCraft-based strategies for writing about loss and other challenging topics\nA sense of what it means to sit with the art\nA series of writing prompts to work on at home following the lecture\n\n\nBrian Turner is the author of five collections of poetry (from Here\, Bullet to The Wild Delight of Wild Things) and a memoir (My Life as a Foreign Country). He’s the editor of The Kiss and co-editor of The Strangest of Theatres. His poems and essays have been published in The New York Times\, The Guardian\, National Geographic\, and Harper’s\, among other fine journals\, and he was featured in the documentary Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience\, nominated for an Academy Award. A Guggenheim Fellow\, he’s received a USA Hillcrest Fellowship in Literature\, the Amy Lowell Traveling Fellowship\, the Poets’ Prize\, and a Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation.   \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/reservoir-of-love-with-brian-turner/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260916T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260916T203000
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SUMMARY:Veterans' Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veterans’ Writing Collective (VWC) encourages the art of writing in a workshop environment where participants are offered honest\, positive\, and constructive peer-to-peer and mentor feedback. The workshop is open to all active-duty military\, veterans\, retirees\, and their immediate family members. Writers of all levels working in all genres are welcome. \nThe VWC meets monthly online via Zoom.\nIf you would like an invitation to this class\, send an email to veteranscollective@geminiink.org\n\nSarah Colby was born in northern New Mexico and raised in the Rocky Mountains. She is married to a retired Army Chaplain and is mother to a son in the Navy. Sarah has an MFA in Creative Writing from Sierra Nevada College and an exuberant interest in making the ordinary luminous. Her war-time experiences have motivated her to be a voice for the mostly untold stories of families and loved ones during these years of protracted conflict. She is currently working on a manuscript of poems about her experiences as a military family member.\n \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/veterans-writing-collective-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2026-09-16/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Colby":MAILTO:veteranscollective@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260926T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260926T133000
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SUMMARY:Teen Writing Circle with Daniel Ramirez
DESCRIPTION:Register\nLast Saturday of Every Month 12-1:30pm cst via Zoom \nFor ages 13-19 years old \nAre you a teen who enjoys writing in their free time? Or are you someone who’s never had the chance to write on their own? If so\, this Online Teen Writing Circle is for you!  \nIn this once-a-month writing circle\, teens will enjoy writing in a judgment free zone. We’ll break the ice with one another and perform various writing exercises. You are encouraged to share your work with your peers and get constructive feedback\, but it is not required. Our only goal is to keep you writing! \nThis course is open to teen writers of any skill level. \nParticipants will leave the writing circle with:  \n\nNew\, unique written work\nListening and sharing experience\nConstructive feedback to help improve their writing\n\nWant to learn more about our Teen Writing Circle? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions!\n \n\nDaniel Ramirez has been an educator for more than 15 years. After studying History in graduate school\, he spent several years working in conservation programs with teenagers. His time as a Montessori educator revealed the power of combining creativity with learning and inspired him to explore his own creative practice. In addition to his longtime love of storytelling\, he has developed interests in calligraphy\, puppetry\, poetry\, and block printing. A San Antonio native\, he spends his free time exploring the crystalline waters of Central Texas. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/teen-writing-circle-2025-03-29-2025-04-26/2026-09-26/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop,Youth
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260928T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260928T203000
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SUMMARY:Open Writers' Labs
DESCRIPTION:These 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.\n \n  \n\n\nOnline Via Zoom\nFor the online workshop\, sign up the day before the class to ensure you receive the Zoom link. \nThis workshop is facilitated by Kevin Ramos. Originally from the northeast\, Kevin studied theater arts at Rutgers University and The University of Washington. He’s lived all over the country before making his home in San Antonio\, Texas. Kevin has written several novels and short stories. Most recently\, publishing a short memoir called Enough about addiction\, mothers\, and missing graves. And a novel\, Hayley’s Sense of Fire (DLG Publishing Partners)\, a modern re-telling of the classic fairy tale\, The Little Matchgirl. \n\nIn-Person at Gemini Ink\n \nJoin our in-person Open Writer’s Lab with Robert Allen at Gemini Ink’s office\, 1111 Navarro St.\, San Antonio\, TX 78205. \nRobert Allen has worked as a librarian and an electrical contractor for most of his life. Many moons ago\, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin\, where he studied poetry under David Wevill. Allen has been active in local writer’s groups and open mics\, including the Sun Poets Society. He’s been published in The Ocotillo Review\, the Texas Poetry Calendar\, Voices de la Luna\, di-verse-city\, the San Antonio Express-News\, and Poetry on the Move. In 2006\, he started attending Gemini Ink’s free Monday night writing classes and has attended regularly ever since. With more than a decade of attending writers’ groups\, classes\, and open mics\, he now co-facilitates Gemini Ink’s Open Writer’s Lab. \nParking at Gemini Ink\nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/open-writers-lab-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28-2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27-2023-12-25-2025-04-28-2025-05-26/2026-09-28/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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