Events and Community
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TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO NEW MEMBERS DUE TO NUMBERS, current and previous members are welcome. Are you a young adult, college student or otherwise, looking to meet fellow writers? Then join… |
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Find The Muse and WRITE NOW! Do you wonder if you can write? Have you always wanted to write a story? Are you looking for a little inspiration? Do you… |
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Get cozy and write with us this fall! What is Happy Writing Season? It's the 4 weeks between Halloween week and Thanksgiving week, AKA the coziest time of year, time… 
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Unlock your creative potential with the Wednesday Wordsmiths at The Muse Writers Center! Join us every Wednesday from 5-7pm for an inspiring and collaborative writing experience. Whether you're a seasoned… |
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Writers will read about six minutes of something they have written, then receive gentle feedback from other members of the club. Ages 18 and up. All levels of writing experience. Writers… |
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Calling all queer writers! Join us every first Saturday in person at Eleanor's Norfolk from 10-11. This is a space to meet up with other local creatives, meet new friends,… 
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Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other imaginative… |
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Join The Muse on the first Tuesday of each month* for our monthly Writers Zoom Meet-Up, an informal get-together where writers from anywhere in the world enjoy conversation, camaraderie, and… |
1 event,
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Unlock your creative potential with the Wednesday Wordsmiths at The Muse Writers Center! Join us every Wednesday from 5-7pm for an inspiring and collaborative writing experience. Whether you're a seasoned… |
1 event,
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Writers will read about six minutes of something they have written, then receive gentle feedback from other members of the club. Ages 18 and up. All levels of writing experience. Writers… |
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Join us for our monthly 1st Friday Writers Coffee Breaks at Cafe Stella in Ghent! At these informal get-togethers, area writers and Muse teachers, students, and friends enjoy conversation and… 
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Join our Caregiver Support Group for Medical Conditions, a welcoming space designed to nurture and uplift those caring for loved ones facing illness. Led by a skilled expressive arts facilitator,… 
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In honor of our military service members and their families, we are offering an open mic night for writers to share poetry, prose, and other creative endeavors like music, artwork,… |
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The next best thing to playing TTRPGs is talking about them. Want to gush about that cool thing that happened in your game? Need to workshop your character backstory or… |
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TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO NEW MEMBERS DUE TO NUMBERS, current and previous members are welcome. Are you a young adult, college student or otherwise, looking to meet fellow writers? Then join… |
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1 event,
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Find The Muse and WRITE NOW! Do you wonder if you can write? Have you always wanted to write a story? Are you looking for a little inspiration? Do you… |
2 events,
Featured
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Unlock your creative potential with the Wednesday Wordsmiths at The Muse Writers Center! Join us every Wednesday from 5-7pm for an inspiring and collaborative writing experience. Whether you're a seasoned… 
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Need a little mid-week motivation to pick up your pen? Join us every second Wednesday in person at the Muse for this drop-in writing session. No experience with writing or… |
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Writers will read about six minutes of something they have written, then receive gentle feedback from other members of the club. Ages 18 and up. All levels of writing experience. Writers… |
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Hey neighbors and music lovers! Get ready to tune up your instruments and warm up your vocal cords—Whether you're a seasoned musician or just starting out, this is your chance… |
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Families, come to The Muse Writers Center for Lunch and a creative writing Workshop! Pop in to The Muse for a catered lunch event and a creative writing exercise! Participants have the… 
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Come join us for a cozy, front row view of a heart-to-heart discussion of acclaimed essayist Heather Sweeney's debut memoir Camouflage. This will be an interview-styled discussion, with time for… 
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Prose and Cons
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Prose and Cons
Are you looking for a place to build your writing craft muscles or assistance getting your latest project unstuck? Join us for Prose and Cons, where we’ll dive into the… |
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Come join us for a quick two hour write in! We're going to use the 10/30/20/25 minute model of sprinting to get those words out of our brains and onto… 
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All ages welcome! For poets of all ages and skill levels interested in giving their thoughts and feelings more room to breathe with support of fellow writers. Come and write…
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Do you write scary stories? Things that go bump in the night? Creepy crawlies, paranormal, dark forests, monsters, real life horrors, all are welcome. Come write with fellow horror writers,… 
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Memoirists unite once a month at The Muse to spend an hour working on their memoirs. Come to share your life stories or just sit and listen. All are welcome.… |
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1 event,
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Find The Muse and WRITE NOW! Do you wonder if you can write? Have you always wanted to write a story? Are you looking for a little inspiration? Do you… |
1 event,
Featured
Recurring
Unlock your creative potential with the Wednesday Wordsmiths at The Muse Writers Center! Join us every Wednesday from 5-7pm for an inspiring and collaborative writing experience. Whether you're a seasoned… |
3 events,
Featured
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Writers will read about six minutes of something they have written, then receive gentle feedback from other members of the club. Ages 18 and up. All levels of writing experience. Writers… 
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Join us for our Third Thursday Writers Happy Hour, an in-person, informal get-together where area writers and Muse teachers, students, and friends enjoy conversation, camaraderie, and drinks. Feel free to…
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The Word is in collaboration with Zeiders American Dream Theater, The Muse Writers Center, and Tidewater Writers. The Word welcomes diverse voices and fans of poetry, spoken word, and all… |
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Come join the Muse for Happy Writing Season! Make yourself a hot beverage, grab a snack, and get those words written down! Can't make it in person? Come join us… 
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Come join author Joyce H Hynes for an evening of hearing the author read her work, question and answer time, and even purchase a copy of the book! About the…
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Welcome to the Norfolk Word Art Show! This monthly open mic takes place at The Muse Writers Center every third Friday, with a different featured performer each month to kick… |
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TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO NEW MEMBERS DUE TO NUMBERS, current and previous members are welcome. Are you a young adult, college student or otherwise, looking to meet fellow writers? Then join… |
0 events,
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1 event,
Find The Muse and WRITE NOW! Do you wonder if you can write? Have you always wanted to write a story? Are you looking for a little inspiration? Do you… |
1 event,
Featured
Recurring
Unlock your creative potential with the Wednesday Wordsmiths at The Muse Writers Center! Join us every Wednesday from 5-7pm for an inspiring and collaborative writing experience. Whether you're a seasoned… |
1 event,
Featured
Recurring
Writers will read about six minutes of something they have written, then receive gentle feedback from other members of the club. Ages 18 and up. All levels of writing experience. Writers… |
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1 event,
Featured
Recurring
Join The Muse on the first Tuesday of each month* for our monthly Writers Zoom Meet-Up, an informal get-together where writers from anywhere in the world enjoy conversation, camaraderie, and… |
1 event,
Featured
Recurring
Unlock your creative potential with the Wednesday Wordsmiths at The Muse Writers Center! Join us every Wednesday from 5-7pm for an inspiring and collaborative writing experience. Whether you're a seasoned… |
1 event,
Featured
Recurring
Writers will read about six minutes of something they have written, then receive gentle feedback from other members of the club. Ages 18 and up. All levels of writing experience. Writers… |
2 events,
Featured
Recurring
Join us for our monthly 1st Friday Writers Coffee Breaks at Cafe Stella in Ghent! At these informal get-togethers, area writers and Muse teachers, students, and friends enjoy conversation and…
Featured
Recurring
Join our Caregiver Support Group for Medical Conditions, a welcoming space designed to nurture and uplift those caring for loved ones facing illness. Led by a skilled expressive arts facilitator,… |
2 events,
Featured
Recurring
Calling all queer writers! Join us every first Saturday in person at Eleanor's Norfolk from 10-11. This is a space to meet up with other local creatives, meet new friends,…
Featured
Recurring
Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other imaginative… |
Writers Zoom Meet-Up
Wednesday Wordsmiths!
Roll For Discussion: TTRPG Club
The Muse Neighborhood Jam
Tunin’ Back In Poetry Club
Scary Stories: Writing Club
A Page in the Life Memoir Group
Wednesday Wordsmiths!
Happy Writing Season Write in
Joyce H Hynes Book Signing
Norfolk Word Art Show
Wednesday Wordsmiths!
Writers Zoom Meet-Up