Promoting and strengthening the artistic and cultural development of Orange County, North Carolina
Where is home? What do you love about it? What if you had to leave your home and move to another country? In this generative workshop, we’ll write about homes we love, past or present, then turn our attention to the theme of immigration, exploring the work of poets who write about what it’s like... Read More →
The Orange County Main Library honors Domestic Violence Awareness Month with a reading by four poets who write with courage and candor about experiences with family and/or intimate partner violence and the journey through pain to empowerment. Featured readers: Pam Baggett, Terri Greco, Janis Harrington, and Priscilla Webster-Williams. The event is free and open to... Read More →
Pam Baggett will create a safe space in which to write about childhood abuse and/or intimate partner violence. Writers who have not experienced abuse are welcome to explore their thoughts on the violence ingrained in our society. Pam is a former volunteer at the Compass Center in Chapel Hill, where she co-wrote and facilitated a... Read More →
Workshop Instructor: Pam Baggett Chapel Hill Library, Meeting Room C Do you have a poem that’s stuck, looking for a next move? Are you interested in writing longer, more expansive poems, though moving beyond one page or a single subject feels like diving deep into the Marianas Trench? Although the focus of this workshop is... Read More →
Part Two: Turns and Endings The last lines of a poem, as we know, can be challenging. And while not every poem makes a turn, most make one or more, shifting the poem, incorporating new thoughts, ideas, and images so that it deepens in complexity and meaning. In this session, we’ll look at ways to... Read More →
Want to learn what a starfield is? Find out what bats have to do with hickory trees? Writing on the theme of nature, Maura High, Gary Phillips, Garrett Sharpe, and Pam Baggett have created new work in response to each other’s poems. The event is free. Doors open at 6:30 pm.
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