Get Out And Play! - City of Spokane Parks and Recreation

ACTiVE LiFESTyLES COrBiN ArT CENTEr PrOGrAmS
AGES 50 & OVEr SPriNG 2012
COrBiN CrEATiVE
WriTiNG CLASSES
Telling your Life Story
5 weeks | Dian Zahner Everyone has
a story. We remember fond childhood
experiences, but no one else knows about
them. Let’s begin the story of our lives
to pass on to our loved ones. We all have
made history; now let’s tell it. Please bring
a three ring binder and lots of paper. $49
22013 M 4/16-5/14 6-8 PM
Writing Fiction
4 weeks | Teen & Adult | Cara Strickland
Love to write but don’t know how to start
(or finish?) Have ideas that never make it
onto paper? This class is for you! Topics
include: character, plot and structure,
revision and combating writers’ block.
Bring a notebook, writing utensil and
ideas! $54
22015 T 4/17-5/8 6-9 PM
GET LiT! FESTiVAL
WOrkSHOPS
For more complete festival information
visit www.ewu.edu/getlit
Beyond the Page: Poems Aloud,
Poems Alive
1 day | Elizabeth Austen What does it take
to make poems come alive in performance?
Commitment, practice…and some skills
that poet and performer Elizabeth Austen
will teach in this interactive workshop.
We’ll explore the physical nature of
language, and practice embodying the
poem-backing it up with breath, voice and
body. You’ll leave with concrete tools to
improve your reading skills and public
presence. Applicable to all styles of poetry.
Held at the EWU Riverpoint Campus,
Phase 1 Building. Pre-registration
suggested; general admission $30/$20 w/
student ID.
Sa 4/14 9:30-11:30 AM
General Admission # 22137
Student Course # 22138
register online at spokaneparks.org
Classes and workshops are held at the Corbin Art Center, 507 W. 7th Ave.
(Corner of 7th Ave. & Stevens St.) unless otherwise stated.
Forms of Fiction
1 day | Caitlin Horrocks Poets have
sonnets, villanelles, haibuns, ghazals,
pantoums: hundreds of forms to provide
scaffolding and structure to their lyrical
ideas. In fiction, we often talk about form
only in terms of length: novels and short
stories and short-shorts or the elusive
novella. We can do better! Think Ander
Monson’s “Big 32,” in the form of a
temperature gauge, or Kevin Wilson’s
“The Dead Sister Handbook,” or more
traditional stories that impose some kind of
constraint on their authors or readers.
This workshop will re-examine the idea
of form in fiction: how it can shape a
difficult subject, refresh a familiar one,
and provide new paths for our creativity.
Workshop will include sample readings
and practical exercises. Held at the EWU
Riverpoint Campus, Phase 1 Building.
Pre-registration suggested; general
admission $30/$20 w/student ID.
Sa 4/14 9:30-11:30 AM
General Admission # 22139
Student Course # 22140
20 Ways to Tell a Story
1 day | Wendy Call In this fast-paced
afternoon, we zoom through twenty writing
exercises, searching for the best way to get
those words on the page. If there’s a story
(factual or otherwise) you’ve been itching
to tell, or a narrative poem prowling your
mind, this is your chance to anchor those
words to the page. Multimedia writing
prompts – questions, answers, lines of
poetry, images, even scents – will help us
open the dusty drawers of memory and
empty them out. Each participant leaves
with the raw material for a rough draft.
All writers or wannabe writers age 13
and over are welcome! Held at the EWU
Riverpoint Campus, Phase 1 Building.
Pre-registration suggested; general
admission $30/$20
w/student ID.
Sa 4/14 9:30-11:30 AM
General Admission # 22141
Student Course # 22142
Bringing Literature to Life in the
Classroom by American Place
Theatre
1 day This interactive approach to literacy
will demonstrate our basic Literature to
Life methodology. We show educators how
to encourage critical thinking and inspire
a student’s interest in reading and writing
through active exploration and making
personal connections. Held at the EWU
Riverpoint Campus, Phase 1 Building.
Pre-registration suggested; general
admission $30/$20 w/student ID.
Sa 4/14 9:30-11:30 AM
General Admission # 22148
Student Course # 22149
Travel Writing
1 day | Julian Smith Whether you’re
interested in recounting journeys to
exotic locations or writing about your
favorite local hiking spot, this workshop
will provide the tools you need, plus
some tips and tricks from an experienced
travel writer. Julian Smith has written
guidebooks to El Salvador, Ecuador,
Virginia and the American Southwest. His
writing and photography have appeared
in Smithsonian, Outside, Wired, National
Geographic Traveler, National Geographic
Adventure, the Los Angeles Times, the
Washington Post, US News & World Report
and USA Today. For more information on
this workshop, visit ewu.edu/getlit. Held
at the EWU Riverpoint Campus, Phase
1 Building. Pre-registration suggested;
general admission $30/$20 w/student ID.
Sa 4/14 9:30-11:30 AM
General Admission # 22150
Student Course # 22151
Check out the Corbin kids
Camps in the youth Camps
section at the front
of the guide.
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