May Reading Series

Please support our restaurant hosts and have dinner and drinks at the reading. Make a reservation—it guarantees you a space. Reservations will be accepted for those who are having dinner—otherwise seating is first-come, first-served. As these are special events, please be aware that most everyone is arriving and ordering at the same time—patience is a virtue.

Come and support the readers from our Winter/Spring 2012 Creative Writing classes, including: Introduction to Writing Poetry, The Poetry Workshop, The Poetry Studio, Introduction to Fiction Writing, The Fiction Workshop, Young Adult Fiction Workshop, The Fiction Studio, Personal Narratives: An Introduction to Memoir, Writing Personal Narratives, Breaking Into Magazine Writing, The Memoir Studio, Journaling for Personal Development, Write Now, & Open Studio.

Sunday, May 20
7 p.m.

328 W. 20th St., Ghent, Norfolk, 314-1141

Readers: Laura Blank, Siddiqua Champlin, Juana Cruz, Shannon Curtin, Steven K. Elmore, harles Hecht-Leavitt, Susan Kaplan, Amber Kuré, Una MacGillivray, Cathy Malley, Rochelle Graves McKoy, Jason Mintel, Kathryn Morton, & Charles Rhodes

Come for dinner, drinks, and great words!

The Muse Jam

6-11 p.m., the 2nd Friday of each month

The Jam on Friday, April 13 will be in conjunction with Gaia Fest!

At The Muse Writers Center (816-A Orapax St., Ghent, Norfolk, (Directions and maps). Hosted by Matt Hutchinson. Suggested donation: $2 (goes to our scholarship funds; donation not required to attend). Open to all.

Attention all writers & poets, musicians, singers, songwriters, comedians, and improvisers: Join us for an evening where everyone gets to express themselves. We'll alternate between individual-led and collaborative performance, practice at the microphone, and pure unplugged jams. Who's welcome? Anyone from beginners to professionals, whether you like to play an instrument or just listen, sing or be sung to, read your work or hear great stories, practice your standup or improv or laugh yourself silly. Feel free to bring songbooks, sheet music, instruments, and friends.

Muse Improv Comedy Nights

Friday May 25, 8 p.m.
& Saturday, May 26, 8 p.m.

631 35th St, Norfolk, 23508, 469-0337

Featuring performers from the Muse's Improv Comedy 101, 202, 303, and Teen classes (taught by the founders of The Pushers)

Improvisers (Friday, May 25, Improv for Teens): Sarah Berry, Amelia Feagans, Alyssa Glace, Natalie Harper, Rhiannon Harvey, Liza Kremer, Ben Pagano, Jenna Panneton, Dawn Petrie, Austin Sens, & Tessa Solee

Improvisers (Friday, May 25, Improv 101): Lisa Bolen, Henry Boone, Josh Feury, Sylvantria Hawkins, Julia Hislop, Greg Lee, Danielle Leibovici, Sam Leibovici, Jacob Palalay, Mark Pawley, Victoria Phelps, Lisa Porten, Jennifer Tomlin, James H. Veverka, Mary Veverka, & Abdullah Williams

Improvisers (Saturday, May 26, Improv 202): Justin Anderson, Dennis Andrews, David A. Beloff, Pamela Good, Matthew Hutchinson, Kerry Kruk, Thomas Maddin, Deb Markham, Ryan McCrone, Zane Thivierge, April Threet, & Jennifer Woods

Improvisers (Saturday, May 26, Improv 303): Anna Barbay, Remus Borisov, Heather Conner, Carla Finklea Green, Rona Hyman, Joy Julian, Michael Khandelwal, Rachael Lang, Adam Paine, James Roach, James Rodatus, Holly Santiago, Jim Seward, Thomas Wilkinson, & Sandy Wittman

Only a $5 cover each night

Come for dinner, drinks, and laughter!

Muse Sketch Comedy Night

Friday, June 8, 9:30 p.m.

1083 W. 37th Street (at Hampton Blvd.), Norfolk, 533-5151

Featuring sketches written in the Muse's Sketch Comedy 101 Workshop (taught by the founders of The Pushers)

Writers: Justin Anderson, Remus Borisov, Nan Byrne, Matt Hutchinson, Rachael Lang, Thomas Maddin, James Roach, Sandy Wittman, & Perry Woods

Only a $5 cover each night

Come for dinner, drinks, and laughter!

Writers' Happy Hour Every Wednesday

Every week, we'll be visiting a different bar in Norfolk's Ghent!
Join us every Wednesday from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at a different location in Norfolk's Ghent for an informal get-together where area writers and Muse teachers, students, and friends enjoy conversation, camaraderie, and drinks. Come and join us!

Calendar of Wednesday Writers' Happy Hours:

Wednesday, May 23: Norfolk Chop House (2314 Colonial Ave., Norfolk, 23517, 627-1190), $3.50 well drinks, $1 off wines by the glass. Free valet parking.

Wednesday, May 30: Belmont House of Smoke (2117 Colonial Ave., Norfolk, 23517, 623-4477), 39 cent wings, $1 off draft and bottled beers, $3.50 well drinks, till 7 p.m. Downstairs bar at first.

Writers' Coffee Break Every Friday Morning

Join us every Friday from 10:30 a.m.-Noon at Elliot's Fairgrounds Coffee Shop (806 Baldwin Ave. #2 (at Colley), Ghent, Norfolk) for an informal get-together where area writers and Muse teachers, students, and friends enjoy conversation and camaraderie over a (perhaps much needed) coffee break. Hosted by Lisa Hartz and Michal Mahgerefteh.

Come and join us!