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ODU LitFest Opening Reception

Join The Muse Writers Center and Old Dominion University to celebrate the opening of the 45th Annual ODU Literary Festival. Presenters, participants, and attendees of the festival along with students, teachers, and friends of The Muse and the ODU MFA in Creative Writing program are welcome to enjoy hors d’oeuveres and conversation (with a cash…

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Short Short Playwriting Project Stage Reading

Join us for this special staged reading. Four playwrights were chosen for the short short playwriting project in July. In six weeks their ideas turned into scripts and assigned to a director at the Little Theatre Norfolk. Come see the results of this annual experiment. A Q and A with the playwrights hosted by their…

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Alisha Brown’s “Call of Adventure” Closing Reception

The Call of Adventures is a dramatic and colorful collection of art created by Alisha Brown. Her art has been brightening the days for the staff at the Muse during this tumultuous last year. Please join us as we celebrate her work at The Muse for this closing reception. Light refreshments will be served. Star…

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Norfolk Playwrights Collective – Staged Readings

The readings are a culmination of the playwriting workshop offered by The Muse Writers Center and instructed by Jean Klein. Following the readings there will be a talk back session with Ms. Klein, the playwrights, and the directors of the plays. Tickets are on a donation basis: $5, $10, $15, $20 Get tickets at Little…

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Grit and Grace: 43rd Annual ODU Literary Festival

All events are via virtual webinar, and links for each day appear in the tabs below. Purchase featured books at the ODU Bookstore! 5 p.m., MFA Thesis Reading ODU MFA Thesis Reading—The ODU MFA Creative Writing Program presents its May 2020 graduates reading excerpts from their thesis manuscripts: James Beardsley, Lyzzie Golliher, David Jacobson, Raoul Lobo,…

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