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Spring Classes This Weekend
Writers Craft
- Word Pictures: How to Write an Image Your Readers Can See: Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Rebekah Coxwell. More information
- Keep ‘Em On the Edge of Their Seats: 6 Techniques to Create Suspense in Your Story: Saturday, April 23, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Jean Klein. More information
- The Experiment: Contemporary Cross-Genre: Saturday, April 30, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Rocko Foltz. More information
Writers Professional Development
- Patience and Publishing: A Guide to Getting Published: Sunday, April 24, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Patrick Dacey. More information
Military/Family & Caregivers
- We Gotta Get Out of This Place–Boomers look back to the music of the Vietnam War: Sunday, April 30, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Jack Sommer. More information
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We have scheduled this session as a mostly online session; classes will be held using Zoom. We are hopeful that we will be able to add a few in-person classes as the session progresses in the spring, and perhaps even offer some hybrid classes. We appreciate your patience. We just want to ensure everyone's health and safety during the pandemic. To participate in online classes, students must have a stable internet connection with a computer or device with a webcam and microphone.
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More Online & In-Person Events
Write Now! with The Muse & Slover Library for Kids & Teens
Are you looking for a little inspiration? Come on down (virtually), join us and Write Now! A talented and qualified Muse teacher will lead you through an easy, fun, and creative workshop full of writing prompts and creative sharing.
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Message in a Bottle and The Muse: A Write Now! Workshop
Join The Muse for a family-friendly writing workshop centered around the Message in a Bottle exhibit at Nauticus. We will do a series of fun writing prompts in the exhibit space itself, using the messages on display to spark your creativity. After each prompt, there will be an opportunity to share what you’ve written. Stay for the whole time or just drop in for a prompt or two. The workshop is free to attend but you must purchase a ticket from Nauticus to enter the exhibit. Discounts are available for Muse students.
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20/30 Writers Club
The 20/30 Writers Group is a monthly writing group for young adults. Each monthly meeting has a Question and Answer session with a guest writer. Join us as we improve our writing skills while building connections with each other. Free registration required. Hosted by Derek Spohn & Susan Deutsch.
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Write Now! with YCPL and The Muse
Join The Muse Writers Center and York County Public Library online for a monthly free prompt-based writing class, Write Now! We believe that everyone has a story and everyone can write it. You just need some inspiration and motivation. A talented Muse teacher will lead you through an easy, fun, and creative workshop full of writing prompts and creative sharing.
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Patchwork Party at Slover Library
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April 20, 2022 @ 5:00 pm EDT to 7:00 pm EDT at Virtual Event
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Brought to you by the Slover Library and The Muse, at Patchwork Party, we invite you to grab some simple art supplies, headphones, and notebook and give your internal and external critics the day off as we engage the spontaneous side of our creativity. Free registration required.
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Poetry as Ecology of Care: An Earth Day Reading and Conversation
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April 20, 2022 @ 5:00 pm EDT to 7:00 pm EDT at Virtual Event
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Join The Muse for this special Earth Day reading featuring poets Tyree Daye, Padmapani Perez, Diane Woodcock, and Claire Wahmanholm in conversation with Luisa A. Igloria, Poet Laureate of Virginia. Poets will read from their work and tackle questions of how, as poets/writers and community advocates, they address the linked themes of ecopoetry/climate crisis, mental health, community, and care. Register to attend live on Zoom Webinar. A recording will be available on the Muse Facebook page afterwards.
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Due to updated CDC, state, and city guidance, The Muse has changed some policies in order to best protect our amazing community. When you visit, please abide by our guidelines.
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- The Muse Writers Center's physical space is open for people to write, meet others, and learn more about The Muse four days a week: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. See our Locations, Hours, & Directions page for more information.
- You must be vaccinated (those 12 and older) to enter The Muse's physical space. You are no longer required to wear a mask, though it is encouraged.
- The Muse has installed is installing an iWave-R air purification system that uses needlepoint bipolar ionization (NPBI) cold plasma technology to sanitize the air, killing viruses, bacteria, and mold.
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Come Back from COVID Campaign
Become a Sponsor
During the Coronavirus in-person shutdown, the staff of The Muse Writers Center has been busy preparing for our eventual re-opening. We are re-organizing our library, assembling more comfortable furniture for our classrooms, and more.
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All sponsorships are tax-deductible and all donors will be acknowledged with a thank you plaque on the item(s) or room(s) sponsored. Sponsorships can be made in honor of or in memory of someone special. Credit cards and checks are accepted. You can sponsor more than one item or room, and can split larger sponsorships into payments.
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What's Still Available?
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Stay Connected! Join The Writers Reservoir on Facebook
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Visit facebook.com/groups/WritersReservoir and connect with other writers and share articles, essays and personal experiences about being a writer in the world today as well as information about places to submit, contests, conferences, and more. The Writers Reservoir is more than a writers’ resource, it is a writers’ community! It is a place where writers can share, learn, connect and find that often elusive creative spark. The Writers Reservoir is a Facebook group. All writers are welcome to join and send invitations to join.
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The Muse Writers Center’s projects, classes, and events are made possible in part through sponsorship by the City of Norfolk Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Business Consortium for Arts Support, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding has been provided by Virginia Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan of 2020 as well as The Literary Arts Emergency Fund, the Hampton Roads Community Foundation and the Norfolk Department of Economic Development.
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