BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Fort Bragg Library - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Fort Bragg Library REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260513T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260513T143000 DTSTAMP:20260519T184739 CREATED:20251227T210523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251227T210523Z UID:10012093-1778680800-1778682600@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, May 13\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: FICTION – Fear into Fiction: Defying Your Inner Evil Editor  with Ericka Lutz\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n \nEricka Lutz is a novelist\, poet\, nonfiction writer\, and performer. Her publications include eight books plus many short stories\, poems\, essays\, and columns. She’s received two fellowships to the Virginia Center for Creative Arts\, and was nominated for a 2021 Pushcart for poetry. She lives on the Mendocino coast where she writes\, edits and coaches writers\, walks on the beaches and bluffs\, rehabs an old cottage\, and cooks up a storm. She hangs her virtual hat at erickalutz.com. URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-17/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260408T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260408T153000 DTSTAMP:20260519T184739 CREATED:20251227T210123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T215957Z UID:10012092-1775656800-1775662200@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, April 8\, 2026\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: POETRY: Not Your Mama’s Poem: Explore a different way of writing with Elizabeth Vrenios\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n \nMs. Vrenios has been published in numerous anthologies. She is a Professor Emeritus at American University in Washington D.C. and the editor of WMC’s 2026 anthology. URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-16/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260114T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260114T153000 DTSTAMP:20260519T184739 CREATED:20251224T182921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T171129Z UID:10012088-1768399200-1768404600@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, January 14\, 2026\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: POETRY: Resistance through Erasure. Find Power in our Protest with Elizabeth Vrenios\n**NONFICTION: Telling True Stories and Other Impossible Tasks with Kailyn McCord has been rescheduled for June 10th. We apologize for the inconvenience. \nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n \nElizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios has been published in numerous anthologies. She is a Professor Emeritus at American University in Washington D.C. and the editor of WMC’s annual anthology. URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-13/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250813T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250813T153000 DTSTAMP:20260519T184739 CREATED:20250723T175344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T194845Z UID:10011199-1755093600-1755099000@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, August 13\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: Make it Steamy: ROMANCE with Elizabeth Vrenios\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n About Elizabeth Vrenios \nElizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios’ third book of poetry\, A Concerto for an Empty Frame\, was released by Kelsay books and her fourth\, Ra-ven\, coming in July. Nominated for Pushcart and Best of Net numerous times\, she has poems published in anthologies and journals\, is Professor Emerita from American University and spent much of her life as a singing artist.  URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-10/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250709T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250709T153000 DTSTAMP:20260519T184739 CREATED:20250611T174140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250708T175252Z UID:10011086-1752069600-1752075000@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:CHANGE OF VENUE JULY 2025 ONLY!\nDue to a scheduling conflict\, Creative Writing Workshop will be held at 205 South Street (West Entrance) July 9th 2-3:30 pm\nWe’ll return to the library for our August meeting. Thank you for your patience\n \n \n Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, July 9\, 2025\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: SHORT FICTION with Kailyn McCord\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n About Kailyn McCord: \nKailyn writes fiction and nonfiction in Fort Bragg\, California\, where she also teaches writing at Mendocino Community College. Her work has appeared in Ploughshares\, Literary Hub\, Brevity\, The Believer\, The Cincinnati Review\, The Master’s Review\, Alta Journal\, Pleiades\, and New York Magazine\, among others. She holds a BA in English literature from Reed College and an MFA in fiction from the University of New Orleans\, where she was the editor of Bayou Magazine. \nWith support from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, the Ucross Foundation\, Writing by Writers\, and the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference\, Kailyn writes about land\, the West\, fire\, addiction\, and true love. When not writing\, she likes to be outside. (bio courtesy of https://kailynmccord.com) URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-9/ LOCATION:Mendocino Coast Clinics Meeting Room\, 205 South St.\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, 95437\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250108T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250108T153000 DTSTAMP:20260519T184739 CREATED:20241119T214024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241218T205751Z UID:10010360-1736344800-1736350200@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, January 8 \, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: NONFICTION with Kailyn McCord\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org.\n \n \n \nAbout Kailyn McCord: \nKailyn writes fiction and nonfiction in Fort Bragg\, California\, where she also teaches writing at Mendocino Community College. Her work has appeared in Ploughshares\, Literary Hub\, Brevity\, The Believer\, The Cincinnati Review\, The Master’s Review\, Alta Journal\, Pleiades\, and New York Magazine\, among others. She holds a BA in English literature from Reed College and an MFA in fiction from the University of New Orleans\, where she was the editor of Bayou Magazine. \nWith support from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, the Ucross Foundation\, Writing by Writers\, and the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference\, Kailyn writes about land\, the West\, fire\, addiction\, and true love. When not writing\, she likes to be outside. (bio courtesy of https://kailynmccord.com) \n  \n  URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-3/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240911T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240911T153000 DTSTAMP:20260519T184739 CREATED:20240807T174420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240830T011815Z UID:10009977-1726063200-1726068600@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshops DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshops\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nSeptember 11\, 2024\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: MEMOIR\, Tell Your Stories with Norma Watkins. \nThe Writers of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocinocoast.org. \n \nNorma Watkins grew up during the civil rights struggles in Mississippi. She is the author of three books: two memoirs. The Last Resort (2011)\, won a gold medal for the best book published in the South by an independent press; That Woman from Mississippi (2017); and a novel\, In Common (2022). Watkins has a Ph.D. in English and an MFA in Creative Writing. She is Professor Emerita at Miami Dade College where she held an endowed chair. She taught creative writing at College of the Redwoods and Mendocino College. She lives on the northern California coast with her woodworker husband and three cats. \nWebsite: www.normawatkins.com \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshops/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR