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(919) 469-4061 www.townofcary.org 45 ARTS Sunday, September 14, 2014 | 3 & 6 p.m. Page-Walker Arts & History Center and The Cary Theater Enjoy a unique "Meet and Learn" opportunity. Four free writing workshops will be offered by Piedmont Laureates Jaki Shelton Green, Ian Finley, Scott Huler and Carrie Knowles. After the workshops, there will be a panel discussion and reading by the Laureates, followed by a reception. There will also be a pop-up bookstore during the event and Laureates will be available to sign books. Climbing Down the Ladder of Writing Head First…: Poetry Workshop with Jaki Shelton Green, 2009 Piedmont Laureate Sunday, September 14 | 3-5 p.m. | Course code: 79801 Poems often get stuck inside our stories, fic- tion, nonfiction, and our folklore. How do we reclaim voice and revision? How do sensory, detail, metaphor, and imagery serve as bridges between the story of the poem and the unleash- ing of the poem? Participants will play around with their own narrative memories/cerebral lore and create poems in this excavation. Prior to class, email your po- ems to wildwoman46@hotmail.com. How to Tell a True Story in a True Way: Non-Fiction Workshop with Scott Huler, 2011 Piedmont Laureate Sunday, September 14 | 3-5 p.m. | Course code: 79803 Do we live in a golden age of nonfiction, with radio enterprises like StoryCorps making the telling of true stories a legitimate art form? Or do we live in the nonfiction End Times, with "reality" TV and a tide of faked memoirs? We live in both. Learn how to tell the difference – and how to tell a true story in a true way. How to Begin: Theatre / Playwriting Workshop with Ian Finley, 2012 Piedmont Laureate Sunday, September 14 | 3-5 p.m. Course code: 79804 An introduction to dramatic structure and the tools to prevent writer's block and the fear of the blank page. No Problem, No Story: Short Fiction Workshop with Carrie Knowles, 2014 Piedmont Laureate Sunday, September 14 | 3-5 p.m. | Course code: 79805 You need a main character and a problem… when you've got those two things, you can be- gin to build a story. Designed to get your main character knee deep in a plot that's ready to un- fold, this workshop will help you develop a be- lievable main character, find the problem, let the character make decisions both good and bad, and talk. Piedmont Laureate Panel Discussion and Reading Sunday, September 14 | 6 p.m. | The Cary Spend a thought provoking evening with Piedmont Laureates Jaki Shelton Green, Scott Huler, Ian Finley and Carrie Knowles. The Laureates will be reading from their latest works and answering your questions about writing and the writing life. Reception with light refreshments after the program. No registration necessary. Literary Laureates: Writing Workshop & Train Trip with Carrie Knowles, 2014 Piedmont Laureate Saturday, October 4, 2014 | 11:30 a.m. | Cary Depot Course code: 79807 Get away for the day on the train and see where your writing muse takes you. We'll board in Cary; talk about where stories come from and how place and time play a role in the development of both characters and the story line. We go to Burlington, have an hour to write, then back on the train to talk about where our stories are going. Literary Laureates: Short Story Writing Workshop with Carrie Knowles, 2014 Piedmont Laureate Monday, November 10, 2014 | 2 p.m. | Belle at the Jones House Café | Course code: 79808 We'll take a look around historic Jones House Café, view old pho- tographs and talk about the structure of a short story and the power of setting to create an interesting narrative then we'll write and en- joy some refreshments. At the end of the workshop everyone will have a chance to read one page of what they've written and get some feedback. Literary Laureates 2014