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Upcoming and Past Events

  • Lights-On Salon Series
    Lights-On Salon Series
    Multiple Dates
    Lights-On Salon Series
    Tue, Oct 15
    Iowa City
    Oct 15, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Oct 15, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    IWP Writers Catarina Gomez & Mélanie Werder-Avilés start a conversation on the ethics of writing about family and friends.
  • A Reading and Workshop with Nancy Miller Gomez
    A Reading and Workshop with Nancy Miller Gomez
    A Reading and Workshop with Nancy Miller Gomez
    Wed, Oct 16
    PorchLight
    Oct 16, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    PorchLight, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Oct 16, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    PorchLight, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Join us for a special reading + generative writing workshop event!
  • Finding Your Voice Through the Anecdote
    Finding Your Voice Through the Anecdote
    Multiple Dates
    Finding Your Voice Through the Anecdote
    Thu, Oct 17
    Iowa City
    Oct 17, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Oct 17, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Drop in session!
  • A Lunch and Conversation with Natalie Goldberg
    A Lunch and Conversation with Natalie Goldberg
    A Lunch and Conversation with Natalie Goldberg
    Sun, Oct 20
    Iowa City
    Oct 20, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Oct 20, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Meet Natalie and join in a conversation about her new book "Writing on Empty"
  • The Free Generative Writing Workshop with Glen Waters
    The Free Generative Writing Workshop with Glen Waters
    The Free Generative Writing Workshop with Glen Waters
    Sun, Oct 20
    Iowa City
    Oct 20, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Oct 20, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Join us for inspiration, craft insight, and community!
  • PorchLight Open Mic
    PorchLight Open Mic
    PorchLight Open Mic
    Fri, Oct 25
    Iowa City
    Oct 25, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Oct 25, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Join us every final Friday of the month to celebrate work in progress from the PorchLight Community
  • Long Project Check-in
    Long Project Check-in
    Multiple Dates
    Long Project Check-in
    Sat, Oct 26
    Iowa City
    Oct 26, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Oct 26, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    PorchLight is happy to offer the "Long Project Check-in." Join us on the last Saturday of every month from 1-2:30pm. Anyone working on a long (30+ pgs.) writing project of any creative writing genre is welcome. Join us in person at PorchLight!
  • TAKE IT FROM A FICTION READER: getting through the first pass at lit journals
    TAKE IT FROM A FICTION READER: getting through the first pass at lit journals
    Multiple Dates
    TAKE IT FROM A FICTION READER: getting through the first pass at lit journals
    Sun, Oct 06
    Iowa City
    Oct 06, 2024, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Oct 06, 2024, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Note: This class costs $150 for non-members or $127.50 for members. Register here: https://www.porchlightliterary.org/book-online
  • Rooftop Reading Series
    Rooftop Reading Series
    Multiple Dates
    Rooftop Reading Series
    Fri, Sep 27
    Iowa City
    Sep 27, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Iowa City, 202 N Linn St, Iowa City, IA 52245, USA
    Sep 27, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Iowa City, 202 N Linn St, Iowa City, IA 52245, USA
    Music/Words/Views
  • The Free Gen with Jing Jian
    The Free Gen with Jing Jian
    The Free Gen with Jing Jian
    Sun, Sep 15
    Iowa City
    Sep 15, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Sep 15, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Join us for a generative writing session led by Jing Jian
  • Garden Party and Open House
    Garden Party and Open House
    Garden Party and Open House
    Sat, Sep 07
    Iowa City
    Sep 07, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Sep 07, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Come help us celebrate the unveiling of PorchLight's Writing Garden. Enjoy refreshments music and readings from the community members who have helped us bring the garden to life! Take a peek inside PorchLight, and find out more about our organization.
  • The Free Gen with Leslie Pyo
    The Free Gen with Leslie Pyo
    The Free Gen with Leslie Pyo
    Sun, Aug 18
    Iowa City
    Aug 18, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Aug 18, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Join us for a generative writing session led by Leslie Pyo
  • PorchLight's Prose Exchange
    PorchLight's Prose Exchange
    Multiple Dates
    PorchLight's Prose Exchange
    Sun, Aug 18
    Iowa City
    Aug 18, 2024, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Aug 18, 2024, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Need fresh eyes on your work? Join is for a bi-weekly workshop in which participants provide close readings, and feedback on each other's prose drafts.
  • A Writing Garden Session with Tricia Windschitl
    A Writing Garden Session with Tricia Windschitl
    A Writing Garden Session with Tricia Windschitl
    Sat, Aug 17
    Iowa City
    Aug 17, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Aug 17, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Come be part of a community garden building project this summer! Find out how the practice of planting can inspire creative writing. The Writing Garden Project features six free planting and writing sessions, a celebratory reading, zine publication and garden unveiling in August.
  • Writing with the Enneagram
    Writing with the Enneagram
    Writing with the Enneagram
    Sun, Jul 28
    Iowa City
    Jul 28, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Jul 28, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    A Free Generative Writing Workshop with Ashlee Zlatna
  • Writing Garden Session with Jennifer MacBain-Stephens
    Writing Garden Session with Jennifer MacBain-Stephens
    Writing Garden Session with Jennifer MacBain-Stephens
    Sat, Jul 27
    Iowa City
    Jul 27, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Jul 27, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Come be part of a community garden building project this summer! Find out how the practice of planting can inspire creative writing. The Writing Garden Project features six free planting and writing sessions, a celebratory reading, zine publication and garden unveiling in August.
  • The Free Gen with Bela Shayevich
    The Free Gen with Bela Shayevich
    The Free Gen with Bela Shayevich
    Sun, Jul 21
    Iowa City
    Jul 21, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Jul 21, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Join us for some ideas, inspiration, and writing time with translator and prose writer Bela Shayevich
  • Writing Toward Wholeness
    Writing Toward Wholeness
    Multiple Dates
    Writing Toward Wholeness
    Sun, Jul 21
    Iowa City
    Jul 21, 2024, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    Jul 21, 2024, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
    A Circle of Trust Retreat with Thomas Dean
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