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SUMMARY:Introduction to Playwriting with Mikaela Simon
DESCRIPTION:Write scenes that demand to be performed.\nSTARTS TOMORROW\, OCT 7!\nTuesday(s)\, October 7\, 14\, 6-9pm CT via Zoom \nNon-member $225; Member $194; Student/Educ/Mil $158 \nClass Closed\nJoin writers from across the country connecting on Zoom.\n \nHow do you write a story that comes alive on stage? Excellent theatre has a way of getting a great story up on its feet. But how do you tell a story on the page so that it comes to life on the stage?  \nJoin New Jersey-based playwright Mikaela Simon in this three-session course which will cover the fundamentals of writing a play. Workshop participants will learn how playwriting differs from other genres\, what “show don’t tell” means when writing for the stage\, and how to use it to create dynamic storytelling.  \nThis course will examine structure\, format\, dialogue\, monologues\, characters\, dramatic action\, and theatricality. Participants will explore these elements and use them to create their own short plays and/or scenes.   \nThis course is open to writers of all genres and skill level\, 18+.  \nWalk away with the first draft of a 10-minute play or the first few scenes of a larger work!\nStudents will leave this course with: \n\nKnowledge of how to structure and format a play\nAn understanding of playwriting elements and how to use them\nThe ability to apply the concepts to long-form works\, such as one acts\, full-lengths\, etc.\n\nRead Mikaela’s Writer’s Desk Q&A!\n \n\nMikaela Simon (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Jersey City\, NJ. She graduated in 2019 from Drew University with a BA in Theatre Arts. While in college\, Mikaela’s work was performed a number of times in the Plays in Process series\, and she was also a recipient of the Robert Fisher Oxnam Award for Playwriting in 2018\, resulting in a staged reading produced by the Ensemble Studio Theatre. Since graduating\, she has taken on the role of teaching artist for the theatre program at Yavneh Academy in Paramus\, NJ. Mikaela is also a multimedia visual artist\, and is very involved in the Jersey City arts community with her small business (@doodlealldayy). Writing has always held a special place for her\, and she looks forward to getting the chance to share the beautiful craft of playwriting with people who have a story to tell.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/introduction-to-playwriting/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251015T183000
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SUMMARY:Veterans Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veteran’s 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-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2025-10-15/
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:20251025T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251025T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
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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 over 15 years. After studying History in grad school\, he tromped around the outdoors doing conservation with teenagers. Spending time as a Montessori educator revealed the power of incorporating creativity with learning. Encouraging youth to tap into their creative abilities convinced him to discover his own. Since then\, in addition to his original love of storytelling\, he’s found a penchant for calligraphy\, puppetry\, poetry\, and block printing. A San Antonio native\, he explores the crystalline waters of Central Texas in his free time. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/teen-writing-circle-2025-03-29-2025-04-26/2025-10-25/
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:20251027T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251027T203000
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SUMMARY:Open Writer's 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-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28-2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27-2023-12-25-2025-04-28-2025-05-26/2025-10-27/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251101T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251101T120000
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SUMMARY:Get to “The End”in Style: A Prose Workshop with Guadalupe Garcia McCall
DESCRIPTION:Saturday(s)\, November 1 & 15\, 10am–12:30pm CT\, Hybrid (in-person and online via Zoom) \nNonmember $125; Member $108; Student/Educ/Mil $88 \n*EARN CPEs\n \nAre you stuck trying to finish a great story? The journey to completing a first draft is always bumpy and nebulous\, but having the right vehicle (writing exercises\, plotting devices\, and writing mode) can get your story to “The End” in style. \nIn this generative two-session workshop\, participants will use various modes\, structures\, and forms of writing to enhance their stories and\, in turn\, their own writing process. We will also explore Sequence and Sequel and the cause and effect of a scene–two intimately connected elements that impact our characters\, motivations\, and plot. Students will apply these concepts to their own writing in class. \nThis class is open to writers of all skill levels 18+. \nStudents will: \n\nDiscuss their personal writing process \nAnalyze various plot structures \nUse writing exercises to apply the concepts of Scene & Sequel to their work\n\nRead Guadalupe’s Writer’s Desk Q&A!\n\nGuadalupe García McCall is the national bestselling\, award-winning author of several young adult novels\, some short stories for adults\, and many poems. She has received the prestigious Pura Belpré Author Award\, a Westchester Young Adult Fiction Award\, the Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Children’s Book Award\, among many other accolades. Guadalupe is currently an Affiliate Faculty in the MFA Creative Writing program at Antioch University LA. She lives in San Antonio\, Texas\, where she is working on the Seasons of Sisterhood series\, three YA novels set in the world of Summer of the Mariposas\, coming from Tu Books 2025-2027! Spring of the Cicadas\, book 1 in the series\, is coming in October 2025!
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/get-to-the-end-in-style/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251101T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251101T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
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SUMMARY:Voices of San Anto Workshop with Marisela Barrera
DESCRIPTION:Join writer and performer Marisela Barrera for a free\, two-session bilingual storytelling workshop at the Pan American Library. \nWorkshop participants will craft a 5-7-minute story about asignificant moment in their lives and present it at a live storytelling show. \nFlyer_English \nSpanish Flyer_Spanish \n\nAttendance at all three sessions is mandatory.\nWorkshop dates: Nov 1 & 8\, 1-5pmFinal Celebration: Nov 15\, 2-4pm \n\nRegistration is required.\nSpace is limited to 15!\nSign up at: https://www.mysapl.org/Events-News/Events-Calendar?trumbaEmbed=search%3Dvoices%20of%20san%20anto\n\nEvent is Full!\nPlease email Sarah.DeLaRosa@sanantonio.gov to request being added to the waitlist.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/voices-of-san-anto-workshop-with-marisela-barrera/
LOCATION:San Antonio Public Library\, 600 Soledad\, San Antonio\, Texas\, 78205
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Catherine Burianek":MAILTO:cburianek@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251112T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251112T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
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SUMMARY:LitMinds Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Note: This title replaces Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne\, which appeared in our previous class schedule. \nRegister\n\n\n“A riveting tale of perseverance and the lengths humans will go to help each other in times of struggle.”—Dave Eggers \nONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review\, NPR\, The Washington Post\, San Francisco Chronicle\, Vulture\, She Reads\, Kirkus Reviews \nTrip. My parents started using that word about a year ago—“one day\, you’ll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure.” \nJavier Zamora’s adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador\, through Guatemala and Mexico\, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone amid a group of strangers and a “coyote” hired to lead them to safety\, Javier expects his trip to last two short weeks. \nAt nine years old\, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents’ arms\, snuggling in bed between them\, and living under the same roof again. He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips\, relentless desert treks\, pointed guns\, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family. \nA memoir as gripping as it is moving\, Solito provides an immediate and intimate account not only of a treacherous and near-impossible journey\, but also of the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier Zamora’s story\, but it’s also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the author\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJavier Zamora was born in El Salvador in 1990. His father fled the country when he was one\, and his mother when he was about to turn five. Both parents’ migrations were caused by the U.S.-funded Salvadoran Civil War. When he was nine Javier migrated through Guatemala\, Mexico\, and the Sonoran Desert. His debut poetry collection\, Unaccompanied\, explores the impact of the war and immigration on his family. Zamora has been a Stegner Fellow at Stanford and a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard and holds fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/litminds-book-club-4/
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:20251113T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
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SUMMARY:Writing in the Land with Emmy Pérez
DESCRIPTION:Literary Masters Lecture Series\nThursday(s)\, November 13 & 20\, 6:30–8pm CT\, online via Zoom\nNonmember $90; Member $75; Student?Educ/Mil $63 \n*EARN CPEs\nTWO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE\n \nHave you been seeking a more intentional connection to nature? Writing about the land is an intimate way to slow down and reconnect to earth with purpose. Join us for the last Literary Masters Lecture of the year! Each session features an engaging craft talk\, actionable writing strategies\, and a live Q&A with the author. \nIn this two-part lecture\, led by 2020 Texas Poet Laureate Emmy Pérez\,  we will discuss poems\, songs\, and prose that center the land and our connections to places and the environment. We will use these discussions and short writing activities to examine nature through a creative lens\, explore attention to detail\, integrate historical and cultural contexts\, and encourage an eco-justice approach to the writing. We will leave the lecture with our own research plans to explore a place of personal interest. \nThis lecture is open to writers of all skill levels 18+. \nIn this lecture students will: \n\nDiscuss poems and short prose pieces\nStart drafting a poem or short prose piece \nDevelop a research plan to include online and in-person exploration of a land or a waterway of interest\n\n\nEmmy Pérez\, Texas Poet Laureate 2020\, is the author of Solstice\, With the River on Our Face\, and the forthcoming Boxes with Zero Tolerance\, and Paper america: New and Selected Poems. She is a recipient of fellowships from the Academy of American Poets\, United States Artists\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, and CantoMundo. A member of the Macondo Writers Workshop since 2008\, she is a professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley\, where she also serves as chair of the Department of Creative Writing.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/writing-in-the-land/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Lecture,Online Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251114T203000
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Our Stories: A Night with Gemini Ink
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, November 14\, 2025 | 6:30–9:30pmRoosevelt Library\, San Antonio \nView sponsorship opportunitiesRegister now / Buy tickets \nThe Roosevelt Library \nThe Gemini Ink Board and team invite you to our autumn fundraiser\, Celebrating Our Stories: A Night with Gemini Ink—an unforgettable evening that uplifts San Antonio storytellers and honors those who keep our literary community thriving. \nThis year\, we’re moving the celebration to the Roosevelt Library\, a stunning venue that reflects the beauty and history of San Antonio’s artistic spirit. \nAn Evening of Stories\, Flavor\, and Connection\nEnjoy a culinary journey of small plates—from gumbo to Cacio e Pepe—paired with select wines and beverages. Hear from our Honorary Chair and Gemini Ink founder\, Nan Cuba link\, and mingle with fellow literary enthusiasts\, including our recent Inkstravaganza honorees Cary Clack\, Dr. Norma Elia Cantú\, Jenny Browne\, and Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson. \nFeaturing Live Performances\nExperience riveting performances from some of San Antonio’s most dynamic voices\, including Poet Laureate Eddie Vega\, and Gemini Ink’s Voices of San Anto alums Dragonfly and Enedina Irene\, sharing their powerful personal stories. \nA Special Reveal\nBe among the first to learn who will be honored at Inkstravaganza 2026—the announcement will be made exclusively during the event! \nSupport the Literary Arts\nWhen you purchase a ticket link or become a sponsor\, you directly support Gemini Ink’s year-round programs—helping us nurture the creative voices of tomorrow through initiatives like Partner Classes for under-resourced youth and our Writing for Resiliency workshops for frontline professionals. \nJoin us for this very special celebration of the writing arts. None of this would be possible without you! \nView sponsorship opportunitiesRegister now / Buy tickets
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/fundraiser/
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Valeri Aragon":MAILTO:varagon@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251115T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251115T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
CREATED:20250814T165353Z
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SUMMARY:Live Storytelling: Voices of San Anto Showcase
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to a live storytelling show featuring students from our Voices of San Anto Bilingual Storytelling workshop!\nStudents from our workshop\, led by local writer\, performer\, and San Antonio Poet Laureate Eddie Vega\, will share deeply personal stories. Each participant will read a 5-7 minute piece about a significant moment in their life. \nCome experience the power of live storytelling and hear these moving narratives firsthand. \nWe hope you can join us!
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/voices-of-san-anto-showcase-2/
LOCATION:Pan American Branch Library\, 1122 W Pyron Ave\, San Antonio\, 78221
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251119T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251119T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
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SUMMARY:Veterans Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veteran’s 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-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2025-11-19/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Online Workshop,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251124T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251124T203000
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SUMMARY:Open Writer's 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-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28-2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27-2023-12-25-2025-04-28-2025-05-26/2025-11-24/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251129T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251129T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
CREATED:20241125T170232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T192247Z
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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 over 15 years. After studying History in grad school\, he tromped around the outdoors doing conservation with teenagers. Spending time as a Montessori educator revealed the power of incorporating creativity with learning. Encouraging youth to tap into their creative abilities convinced him to discover his own. Since then\, in addition to his original love of storytelling\, he’s found a penchant for calligraphy\, puppetry\, poetry\, and block printing. A San Antonio native\, he explores the crystalline waters of Central Texas in his free time. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/teen-writing-circle-2025-03-29-2025-04-26/2025-11-29/
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251211T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251211T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
CREATED:20221110T202340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T220554Z
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SUMMARY:Gemini Ink Holiday Open House
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for Dec 11!\n  \nJoin our community of writers\, readers\, and friends to share your work\, make connections\, and close the year on a high note. \nWe’ll also be celebrating our Partner Classes Teaching Artist of the Year for 2025 is Daniel Ramirez! Daniel is our TA of the Year for the amazing work he has been doing\, especially with youth\, for his wonderful creativity\, and his ability to be a great co-teacher and to take the lead when the situation calls for it. He has an excellent way of building rapport quickly with students\, whether they are reluctant 5th graders or busy public health workers. Through this rapport\, he helps participants feel safe enough to take risks in their writing and play creatively with ideas and words. We are so excited to honor Daniel this year! \nOpen mic sign-up starts at 6:30pm.Hosted by Mandy Lynn\, Public Classes Coordinator. \nWine\, non-alcoholic drinks\, coffee\, and snacks will be served. \nThank you to our sponsors! \n \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/holiday-open-house-3/
LOCATION:UTSA Southwest Campus – Coates Chapel\, 300 Augusta\, San Antonio\, Texas\, 78205
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251213T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251213T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
CREATED:20250814T171156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250814T171156Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry as Praise with Amanda Johnston
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, December 13\, 10am–1pm CT\, online via Zoom\nNonmember $75; Member $65; Student/Educ/Mil $53 \n*EARN CPEs\nTWO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE\n \nHonor that special someone\, a major milestone\, or that first sip of coffee with a praise poem! \nThrough times of hardship and joy\, poetry connects us to our shared human experience. Praise poems give writers a vessel to carry wonder and gratitude and to deliver loving messages to their community. \nIn this one-day workshop led by Texas Poet Laureate Emeritus Amanda Johnston\, participants will explore poetic forms of praise\, learn how to identify and celebrate the awe-inspiring everyday moments of life\, and craft new works that can be given as gifts to loved ones. \nThis class is open to writers of all skill levels 18+. \nIn this workshop students will: \n\nExplore poetic forms of praise.\nWrite and share new praise poems.\nBuild an idea catalog for future works.\n\n\nAmanda Johnston is a writer\, visual artist\, and the 61st Poet Laureate of Texas. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine. She is the author of two chapbooks\, GUAP and Lock & Key\, and the full-length collection Another Way to Say Enter\, and editor of the anthology Praisesong for the People: Poems from the Heart and Soul of Texas\, coming Fall 2025 from Host Publications. Her work has appeared in numerous online and print publications\, among them Callaloo\, Poetry Magazine\, The Moth Radio Hour\, Bill Moyers\, The Rumpus\, and the anthologies Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry and Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism. She has received fellowships\, grants\, and awards from Cave Canem\, Hedgebrook\, Tasajillo\, the Kentucky Foundation for Women\, The Watermill Center\, American Short Fiction\, Prizer Arts & Letters\, and the Academy of American Poets. She is a former Board President of Cave Canem Foundation\, a member of the Affrilachian Poets\, and founder of Torch Literary Arts. \nIG: @poetamandajohnston\nFacebook: Amanda Johnston\nWebsite: AmandaJohnston.com \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/poetry-as-praise/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Online Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251217T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251217T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
CREATED:20191105T075945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251006T163822Z
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SUMMARY:Veterans Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veteran’s 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-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2025-12-17/
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251217T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
CREATED:20250814T161317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T201759Z
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SUMMARY:The Big Texas Author Talk featuring Cyra Sweet Dimitru
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, December 17th\, 2025\, via Zoom for a conversation with Cyra Sweet Dimitru\, to discuss her new book\, Words Make a Way Through Fire: Healing After My Brother’s Suicide (Simon & Schuster).\n\n\n\n\n(Virtual Readings Quarterly @ 7pm CST) \n\n\nRSVP \nWords Make a Way through Fire is an intimate\, courageous memoir of a woman shattered by witnessing her eldest brother’s horrific suicide when she was a teenager. The book traces her creative journey of recovery and healing with poetry as a constant companion. \nThe primary means of Cyra Dumitru’s healing process\, from age sixteen through adulthood\, is writing poetry and journaling. During this decades-long journey\, Cyra experiences a transcendent\, loving presence called Voice who guides her and helps her imagine wholeness. She finds community with others through the sharing of poems. She studies poetry as craft and as medicine—becoming a published poet with multiple books\, an award-winning college instructor of poetry writing\, and a certified practitioner of poetic medicine who creates spaces where others can heal through poetry. \nIn Words Make a Way through Fire\, Cyra explores the specific medicinal properties of poetry—giving order to interior anxiety\, trusting the wisdom within—and invites her brother David to speak through her as he reflects upon his final hours. In doing so\, poem by poem\, she shifts gradually from being traumatized and feeling haunted to feeling empowered and spiritually expansive. \n\nAbout the Author\nCyra Sweet Dumitru is a published poet and instructor of poetry\, and one of four certified practitioners of poetic medicine in Texas. Her poems have appeared on the walls of City Hall\, been spoken on national public radio and in museums\, and appeared in city newspapers and national literary journals. Her collections of poems include What the Body Knows\, Listening to Light\, Remains\, and Elder Moon. She offers therapeutic writing circles for adults learning to live with trauma\, bereavement\, depression\, anxiety\, and religious trauma. Cyra lives in San Antonio\, Texas with her family. \n\nAbout the Moderator\nNatalia Treviño‘s fiction appears in Mirrors Beneath the Earth (Curbstone Press)\, The Platte Valley Review\, and her non-fiction appears in Wising Up Anthologies\, Complex Allegiances and Shifting Balance Sheets: Women’s Stories of Naturalized Citizens. Her first book of poetry\, Lavando La Dirty Laundry\, is available from Mongrel Empire Press and most online bookstores. A member of the Macondo Writers’ Workshop\, Natalia has been working to increase young adult literacy since 1992 in her teaching career and through programs sponsored by the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center\, Gemini Ink\, and the Bexar County Juvenile Detention Center.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/the-big-texas-author-talk-featuring-cyra-sweet-dimitru/
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251218T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251218T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
CREATED:20230407T182100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T205848Z
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SUMMARY:MOSAIC Poetry Reading & Print Sale
DESCRIPTION:We’re celebrating the work of high school students who created original visual art and poetry in this special series of workshops\, in partnership with MOSAIC Studio\, Contemporary at Blue Star. The celebration will be held at MOSAIC Studio at Contemporary at Blue Star. \nLearn more about our Partner Classes Program!
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/mosaic-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Contemporary at Blue Star\, 116 Blue Star\, San Antonio\, Texas
CATEGORIES:Event,Youth
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ORGANIZER;CN="Catherine Burianek":MAILTO:cburianek@geminiink.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251227T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251227T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
CREATED:20241125T170232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T192247Z
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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 over 15 years. After studying History in grad school\, he tromped around the outdoors doing conservation with teenagers. Spending time as a Montessori educator revealed the power of incorporating creativity with learning. Encouraging youth to tap into their creative abilities convinced him to discover his own. Since then\, in addition to his original love of storytelling\, he’s found a penchant for calligraphy\, puppetry\, poetry\, and block printing. A San Antonio native\, he explores the crystalline waters of Central Texas in his free time. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/teen-writing-circle-2025-03-29-2025-04-26/2025-12-27/
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251229T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251229T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
CREATED:20191105T141203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T193011Z
UID:11143-1767033000-1767040200@geminiink.org
SUMMARY:Open Writer's 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-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28-2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27-2023-12-25-2025-04-28-2025-05-26/2025-12-29/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260114T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260114T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
CREATED:20250722T203531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T212224Z
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SUMMARY:LitMinds Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the LitMinds Book Club at Gemini Ink. We’re reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.\nRegister\n\nThe #1 New York Times bestselling novel beloved by millions of readers the world over. \nNew York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century \n“A vivid and engaging story that reminds us how long his people [of Afghanistan] have been struggling to triumph over the forces of violence—forces that continue to threaten them even today.”—The New York Times Book Review \nThe unforgettable\, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant\, caught in the tragic sweep of history\, The Kite Runner transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and destruction. A powerful story of friendship\, it is also about the power of reading\, the price of betrayal\, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love\, their sacrifices\, their lies. \nSince its publication in 2003\, Kite Runner has become a beloved\, one-of-a-kind classic of contemporary literature\, touching millions of readers and launching the career of one of America’s most treasured writers. \n\n\nAbout the Author\n\nKhaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read and beloved novelists in the world\, with over thirty-eight million copies of his books sold in more than seventy countries. The Kite Runner was a major film and was a Book of the Decade\, chosen by The Times\, Daily Telegraph and The Guardian. A Thousand Splendid Suns was the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year in 2008. Hosseini is also a Goodwill Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees\, the UN Refugee Agency\, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation\, a not-for-profit organization that provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. He was born in Kabul\, Afghanistan\, and lives in northern California. \nVisit our LitMinds page to see what we’re reading next!
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/litminds-book-club-5/
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260121T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260121T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
CREATED:20191105T075945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191105T075945Z
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SUMMARY:Veterans Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veteran’s 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-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2026-01-21/
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260126T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260126T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
CREATED:20191105T141203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191105T141203Z
UID:13642-1769452200-1769459400@geminiink.org
SUMMARY:Open Writer's 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-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28-2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27-2023-12-25-2025-04-28-2025-05-26/2026-01-26/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260130T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260130T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
CREATED:20260117T132744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T135547Z
UID:13743-1769794200-1769799600@geminiink.org
SUMMARY:For a Girl Becoming with Joy Harjo
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special family-friendly reading of For a Girl Becoming with Joy Harjo\, featuring illustrator Adriana Garcia and guest poets Laurie Ann Guerrero and Xelena González. \nThis free community event celebrates poetry and storytelling. Hosted at the Las Palmas Branch Library. All are welcome.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/for-a-girl-becoming-with-joy-harjo/
LOCATION:Las Palmas Branch Library\, 515 Castroville Rd\, San Antonio\, Texas\, 78237
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alexandra van de Kamp":MAILTO:avandekamp@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260131T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260131T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
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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 over 15 years. After studying History in grad school\, he tromped around the outdoors doing conservation with teenagers. Spending time as a Montessori educator revealed the power of incorporating creativity with learning. Encouraging youth to tap into their creative abilities convinced him to discover his own. Since then\, in addition to his original love of storytelling\, he’s found a penchant for calligraphy\, puppetry\, poetry\, and block printing. A San Antonio native\, he explores the crystalline waters of Central Texas in his free time. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/teen-writing-circle-2025-03-29-2025-04-26/2026-01-31/
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/Chicago:20260203T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260203T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
CREATED:20251022T155335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T160429Z
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SUMMARY:Tapping Into Your Senses: A Memoir Workshop with Denise Tolan
DESCRIPTION:Breathe life into your memoir \n  \nTue\, Feb 3\, 10\, 17 & 24\n6:30-8:30pm CT\, Hybrid (in-person at Gemini Ink or online via Zoom)\nNonmember: $200; Member: $170; Student/Educ/Mil: $140\n*EARN CPEs \nClass Full\nAre you in the throes of writing your memoir but unsure how to make readers truly feel your story?  Learn to transform your personal experiences into an immersive\, resonant journey by tapping into your senses! \nThis four-week hybrid course will help you unlock the power of sight\, sound\, touch\, taste\, and smell to bring your memoir to life. Through engaging activities and guided exercises\, you’ll explore the sensory details of key moments in your story and use them to develop your memoir more fully. We’ll build from these moments to create stronger characters\, richer plotlines\, and breakthroughs in your writing. Students are encouraged to bring a memoir-in-progress\, if they have one.  We will also generate work in class. \nThis workshop is open to writers of all skill levels 18+. \nWorkshop participants will leave with the following:\n\nStrategies for using sensory elements to recall memories\nGuidance on how to incorporate sensory elements into your work\, including how to negotiate difficult moments in your memoir with confidence and control\nA polished section of your memoir to build on\n\n\nDenise Tolan‘s work has appeared in The Best Small Fictions\, The Penn Review\, Cherry Tree\, and Lunch Ticket. Denise was a finalist for Best of the Net and the International Literary Awards: Penelope Niven Prize in Nonfiction. Her memoir\, Italian Blood\, was a finalist for the 2024 Eric Hoffer book award and the Reader’s Choice Awards. Denise has taught Creative Writing classes at the college level for over 20 years and given workshops at conferences in Texas\, Arizona\, Ohio\, and Oklahoma.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/tapping-into-your-senses/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260206T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181601
CREATED:20260130T162752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260130T180108Z
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SUMMARY:In Conversation with Katie Gutierrez
DESCRIPTION:Join us for In conversation with Katie Gutierrez at the Maverick Carter House on Friday\, February 6 at 7pm presented by UT San Antonio Creative Writing Program in partnership with Gemini Ink. \nKatie Gutierrez is the bestselling author of the mystery novel More Than You’ll Ever Know\, a Good Morning America Book Club pick and Edgar Award finalist. Her essays and features have appeared in TIME\, Texas Highways\, Harper’s Bazaar\, and more. She has an MFA from Texas State University and lives in San Antonio\, Texas. Gutierrez will read from her work and share her approach to writing in conversation with Dr. Kimberly Garza. An audience Q&A and book signing will follow. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided. \nLocation: The Maverick Carter House\, 119 Taylor St.\, San Antonio 78205
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/in-conversation-with-katie-gutierrez/
LOCATION:Maverick Carter House\, 119 Taylor St\, San Antonio\, 78205
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="UTSA Arts":MAILTO:Breanna.Castillo@utsa.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260216T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260216T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181602
CREATED:20251022T181712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T190237Z
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SUMMARY:Creating an Immersive Setting and Atmosphere with Andrew Porter
DESCRIPTION:Literary Masters Lecture Series \nWrite a World for Readers to Explore\n  \nMonday(s)\, February 16 & 23\, 2026\, 6:30-8pm CT\, online via Zoom.\nNonmember: $90; Member: $75; Student/Educ/Mil: $63\n*EARN CPEs; TWO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE\n \n \n  \n Join us for the first Literary Masters Lecture of the year and learn to craft an immersive setting and atmosphere readers can truly sink into! Each session features an engaging craft talk\, actionable writing strategies\, and a live Q&A with the author. \nIn this two-part intensive lecture\, award-winning fiction author Andrew Porter will share practical techniques for building immersive settings and atmospheres\, explore their vital role in fiction and nonfiction\, and offer craft tools participants can practice on their own after the lecture. \nThis lecture is open to writers of all genres and skill levels 18+. \nParticipants will leave this lecture series with:\n\nAn understanding of the important role setting and atmosphere play in a piece of writing\nTechniques for creating an immersive setting and atmosphere in any genre\nAdditional activities to complete at home following the lecture\n\n\nAndrew Porter is the author of four books\, including the story collections The Disappeared (Knopf) and The Theory of Light and Matter (Vintage) and the novels In Between Days (Knopf) and The Imagined Life (Knopf\, 2025). A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, he has received a Pushcart Prize\, a James Michener/Copernicus Fellowship\, and the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. His work has appeared in Best American Short Stories\, One Story\, Ploughshares\, American Short Fiction\, The Southern Review\, and on Public Radio’s Selected Shorts. Currently\, he teaches fiction writing and directs the creative writing program at Trinity University in San Antonio\, Texas.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/creating-an-immersive-setting/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260218T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260218T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181602
CREATED:20191105T075945Z
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SUMMARY:Veterans Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veteran’s 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-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2026-02-18/
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/Chicago:20260221T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260221T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181602
CREATED:20250814T180348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T211206Z
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SUMMARY:Poets & Coffee
DESCRIPTION:A morning of poems and conversation\nSaturday\, February 21 · 10am–12pm · FREE * OPEN TO EVERYONE! \nWe’ll have the coffee ready—just bring a friend and settle in among fellow poetry lovers. \nExplore what’s happening now in the world of contemporary verse. We’ll share a few favorite poems and spotlight contemporary poets who are making waves both on the page and on the stage. This is your chance to join the conversation! Share the poems that have moved you and tell us why poetry matters in your life. \nWhat to Expect\n• Fresh coffee and a relaxed\, come-as-you-are atmosphere• A guided\, informal conversation led by Gemini Ink Executive Director Alexandra van de Kamp• Readings of contemporary poems• Space to listen\, reflect\, and share (only if you want to)• New poems to take home and simple prompts to spark your own writing• A room full of people who love poetry—or are just getting curious\n• No lectures. No pressure. Just good poems\, good conversation\, and good company. \nYou’ll leave with a sense of community. Whether you’re a seasoned poet or simply curious\, everyone is welcome at our poetic gathering. \n__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \n​​Alexandra van de Kamp is the Executive Director for Gemini Ink\, San Antonio’s Writing Arts Center. Her third book of poems\, Ricochet Script\, was published by Next Page Press in 2022. Her previous full-length collections include: Kiss/Hierarchy (Rain Mountain Press 2016) and The Park of Upside-Down Chairs (CW Books 2010). She has also published several chapbooks\, including A Liquid Bird Inside the Night (Red Glass Books 2015) and Dear Jean Seberg (2011)\, which won the 2010 Burnside Review Chapbook Contest. Her poems have been published in journals nationwide\, such as The Cincinnati Review\, Connecticut Review\, The Texas Observer\, and Denver Quarterly.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/poets-coffee-2/
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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