Manzanita Night Writers meetings in the Mother Lode with Zoom
1st and 3rd Mondays at 6:30 — serving the Mother Lode, foothill, mountain, and Sierra regions, the Central Valley, eastern counties of California, and Sacramento areas, and beyond – to join, email manzanitawp@gmail.com
Voices of Wisdom – free writing classes and support for seniors 50-plus in the tri-county Mother Lode region — Calaveras, Tuolumne, Amador
Every Friday 1-3 pm live and via Zoom- Contact: Director, Linda Toren to get on the email list — lintoren@gmail.com – Just come to the center – don’t be shy!
Location: Calaveras Senior Center in San Andreas, CA – 956 Mountain Ranch Road
Film classes in May– for young people – Film Classes are held at CCTV (Calaveras Community Television in San Andreas) with special invitations to ages 16-30 to get trained in filming, creating video programs, interviewing, audio techniques, editing, transcribing & captioning, and more – 4:15-6:15 at CCTV studios in San Andreas. After classes are completed, students will be offered paid opportunities to capture the stories of our elders on film and audio. For more information, contact Monika: manzanitawp@gmail.com or Sarah at Calaveras Community Television in San Andreas. calhum.org
“This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org.”
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS for MANZANITA
Voices of Wisdom Seniors 50+ Writing Classes Schedule
Every FRIDAY in March from 1-3 pm. at the Calaveras Senior Center in San Andreas – off Mountain Ranch Road near Government Center. Live meeting and ZOOM.
209-754-3769 If a session is canceled due to bad weather, we will convene on Zoom — get the link from lintoren@gmail.com – Be sure to call the senior center to check during inclement weather.
May every Friday, live and on Zoom, from 1-3 pm – Writing coach: Sharon Strong – Calaveras Senior Center in San Andreas – email lintoren@gmail.com for a Zoom link.
May Schedule 5, 12, 19, 26 Turning Points
Turning points are key moments that bring a narrative to life. They say, “Stop here. Explore what you thought you knew. Go deep until you hit the bedrock of human experience that connects you with your reader.” Whether you are writing a memoir and the protagonist is you, or fiction where characters emerge from your imagination, a story told authentically is universal … there are so many stories. Which ones represent the essence of what you want to communicate? Which ones bring your characters to life?
Sharon Strong (Armstrong), author of BURNING WOMAN, MEMOIRS OF AN ELDER (She Writes Press, 2022), a visual artist and clinical psychologist, will introduce a creative method of capturing those moments. All you need to bring is your writing project, whatever stage it’s in, your curiosity, and your willingness to engage in serious play. All materials will be provided.
“This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org.”
Upcoming Events:
Manzanita Writers Press will be representing our many authors at the Taste of Calaveras, June 3, 2023, 1-4 pm at Ironstone Vineyards. Featured: Judy Creighton, with her new book, Cheese Loves Wine.
July 15 – Poetry and Journaling in the Forest – all day event at Big Trees State Park – more information to come.
The Three featured poets are Dana Gioia, Lee Herrick, and Susan Kelly-Dewitt, plus local poets, a John Muir expert from UOP, and our own Calaveras Poet Laureate, Linda Toren, director of the event and poet Monika Rose, Director of Manzanita Writers Press. $45.00 for the program. GET TICKETS HERE.
For more information, contact Linda at lintoren@gmail.com.
Voices of Wisdom attendees in 2023 will receive a discount. We will be walking and talking with featured poets and docents in the North Grove, journaling and writing, attending workshops and readings, and listening to the poetry voices of the giant Sequoia in the Grove.
“This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org.”
Tech Tuesdays: Classes for Seniors 50+
Tech Tuesdays for Seniors – May and June, 2023, at the Calaveras Senior Center in San Andreas – 209-754-3967 – email manzanitawp@gmail.com to reserve. Come to the weekly classes with your smartphone, tablet, or laptop.
Voices of Wisdom is sponsored by Manzanita Writers Press, partnering with CCTV and the Senior Center, through a grant from California Humanities and our California Gold Oral History project.
“This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org.”
May 2023 every Tuesday at the Calaveras Senior Center in San Andreas – 10-11:30 am- Varied instructional lessons planned including using your smartphone, Google, Zoom, Skype, chat, social mediaand other online video chat forums (Sarah from CCTV) – FREE for seniors 50+
Learn how to create and participate in zoom sessions, skype, and more – including YOUTUBE and making your own channel – checking out granny and grampy channels out there – all the rage! Every Tuesday from 10-11:30 – great no-host lunches afterwards to continue your conversations after class
Calaveras Senior Center in San Andreas – 956 Mountain Ranch Road, across from the Red Barn Museum, just before the intersection. On the right side if you are coming from San Andreas.
Topics include: Using Social Media using phones, tablets, or laptops – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and continued Google tools, safety online, apps and social media topics continue – Facebook, Google tools, Youtube, Spotify (music station), texting and emailing, photos and storage, and more! Instructor Sarah Garner Armstrong
The classes continue into June, but funding is needed to continue the program. Contact Monika Rose if you have a business or community funding source to keep these free classes going for the seniors.
The following upcoming June classes are presented by Mary Rodriguez: (filling fast)
June 5 – Iphone class and June 14, android class, in VALLEY SPRINGS is presented by An Official State of California Program with Mary Rodriguez with sponsors Manzanita Writers Press and the Volunteer Center of Calaveras County. Contact us for the location near Valley Springs Elementary School at the Volunteer Center facility. 10 am to noon. Contact manzanitawp@gmail.com. Signup with manzanitawp@gmail.comCalifornia Telephone Access Program/CA Connect, a program of the California Public Utilities Commission Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program.
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WRITER SUPPORT SERVICES – all genres and all levels – free
Manzanita Night Writers Manuscript Review Schedule – 2023 – contact manzanitawp@gmail.com to get the Zoom Link and join the group. We service regional writers in the rural foothill counties, particularly Calaveras, Amador, and Tuolumne counties – we include Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, El Dorado, and Mariposa, etc.
First and third Mondays 6:30 pm – 9 pm on Zoom – plus, we have free access to our Manzanita Writers Press NING group online, a free service for our writers in the group. It’s a safe online, vetted community of writers who post and get feedback on their work online, with several genre groups to choose from – Voices of Wisdom, Poetry, All-genre Manuscript Review, Fiction group, and Memoir group.
Email manzanitawp@gmail.com for an invitation. We service regional writers in the rural foothill counties, particularly Calaveras, Amador, and Tuolumne counties – we include Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, El Dorado, and Mariposa, etc.
Spring sessions:
Mondays, April 3 and 17
Mondays, May 1 and 15 –
Mondays, June 5 and 19
June 3 – 1-4 pm – Visit us at Ironstone Vineyards for A Taste of Calaveras! The press will have all of our author books available. Featured author: Judy Creighton with her new book, Cheese Loves Wine – A cheese and wine pairing book with lovely appetizers, info, recipes, and the history of cheese!
Summer:
Event: July 15 (Poetry and Journaling at Big Trees) featuring poets Dana Gioia, Lee Herrick, and Susan Kelly-Dewitt, plus our local and regional poets & writers. Tickets are $45 for the entire day. Morning workshops are capped at 75 participants. Contact Linda Toren, Current Calaveras Poet Laureate; Conrad Levasseur, 2020 Calaveras Poet Laureate; Monika Rose, poet, author, and director of Manzanita Writers Press; and wonderful poetry guests! – For information, please email lintoren@gmail.com
Mondays, July 3 and 17
Mondays, August 7 and 21
Mondays, September 4 and 18
Fall:
Mondays, October 2 and 16
Mondays, November 6 and 20
Monday, December 4
Memoir Mondays: with Linda Toren – 2nd Monday of every month – 6:30 – 8:30 on ZOOM – email lintoren@gmail.com or manzanitawp@gmail.com to get the link.
Poetry Mondays – 4th Monday – email lintoren@gmail.com or manzanitawp@gmail.com to get the link
Film classes in April and May– for young people – Film Classes at CCTV with special invitations to ages 16-30 to get trained in filming, creating video programs, interviewing, audio techniques, editing, transcribing & captioning, and more – 4:15-6:15 at CCTV studios in San Andreas. After classes are completed, students will be offered paid opportunities to capture the stories of our elders on film and audio. For more information, contact Monika: manzanitawp@gmail.com or Sarah at Calaveras Community Television in San Andreas.
“This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org.”
ARCHIVED EVENTS
April 15 – Crafty Chicks Spring show at the Calaveras Fairgrounds – BOOTH – Manzanita Writers Press will have a booth – stop by and say hello, talk to the authors and editors! Help support local authors and buy their wonderful books! – It was a blast!
April 25 – TUES Author panel at Murphys Library – 4 pm – several authors from Manzanita will talk about writing and publishing
April 29 – Ragin’ Cajun event – Author table with authors present to sign books.
Gold Rush Writers Conference – October 7-9, 2022
It was a great event! Headliners were Ace Antonio Hall, Tommy Orange, and Sands Hall! We may schedule another incredible conference in May 2024. Stay tuned!
“This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org.”
No Conference is scheduled for 2023. Too busy! Watch for next year’s event.
Author meet-and-greet! Free!
April 23 from 11 am-5 pm
at the Spring Wine Weekend
at Ironstone Vineyards
Museum and Gift Store
Poetry in the Mother Lode
Celebrating National Poetry Month
April 30 – 2-4 pm
Zoom
email lintoren@gmail.com for an invitation to the Zoom
May 3 – Author Book launch
Fireside Room next to Camp’s Restaurant at Greenhorn Creek Golf Resort in Angels Camp
3:30 – 5 pm – refreshments served
Stephen Finlay Archer – Revolution: Book 5 of the Irish Clans Series
May 7 – Linda Toren book signing and reading
Raven Braids the Wind–Haiku: A Life in Syllables
Hein & Co Bookstore in Jackson
Author tables at the Calaveras Jumping Frog & Jubilee County Fair in the Frogeteria Building – with the Professional Art Show – 8-10 local authors will be there to talk about writing and publishing
May 19-22
Come on by and meet the authors in our region
Children’s Poetry Contest – grades pre-K to 6th – wonderful prices and participation gifts – all four days of the fair – Free entry! May 19-22.
Events & Readings
A Marvelous time was had by all!
Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 2 pm at Ironstone Vineyards!
Author talks, signings, new book releases, Voices of Wisdom readers, and so much more!
Join Manzanita authors and writers in an Outdoor Book launch at Ironstone Vineyards in the breezeway/cavern coming up Sunday, October 25, at 2 pm — distancing and masking up required. Reservation only: $10 for canapes, a half wrap, and a cup of soup will be lovely!
– Cate Culver: The Untold History of Sonora Pass and Its People – 1860 to 1960 — the author will speak
– Tom White – Soldier By Chance – (Vietnam memoir)
Author talk
— Voices of Wisdom anthology –
Writers in the anthology will read from the book!
—Stephen Finlay Archer’s Book 5 of the Irish Clans: December release – presales and an author talk
Book Launch party and author talk – Tuesday, May 3 at 3:30 in the Fireside Room next to Camp’s Restaurant in Angels Camp – at Greenhorn Creek – Stephen Finlay Archer talks about the Irish Revolution and his new book #5 in the series.
MONIKA ROSE, DIRECTOR OF MANZANITA WRITERS PRESS
MARY SEXTON, ONLINE Manzanita GALLERY DIRECTOR
Email: manzanitawp@gmail.com
Call for MORE INFORMATION 209-728-6117
THANKS, EVERYONE!
MONIKA
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New address for client meetings, Manzanita Morning Writers, Writers Unlimited evening manuscript review meetings, Voices of Wisdom (free writing classes for seniors), and a place to meet with writers once things clear up:
325 Lewis Avenue, San Andreas, CA 95249
Mailing: PO Box 215, San Andreas, CA 95249
Phone: 209-754-6117 (this number is new)
Email: manzanitawp@gmail.com
Facebook pages: Manzanita Writers Press and Manzanita Arts Emporium
The Manzanita Arts Emporium has closed its doors on Main Street in Angels Camp DUE TO CORONAVIRUS issues and complications. We are saddened about this, but there was no other choice. We could not sustain the onslaught and financial upheaval. We are very happy at our new location in San Andreas for Manzanita Writers Press (by appointment only). We have not resumed regular activities, but check back with us in Summer 2021.
Thank you for all your support and participation at our Angels Camp location the last five years. We will be getting creative with our projects, but for now, we are taking a hiatus, except for book publishing, which is going strong. We are very busy. If you have a book project you would like to complete, please call us. We would be happy to review your project proposal. See Book Publishing tab and protocol in sending us your proposal.
(ONLINE WRITERS NING IS AVAILABLE to members).
WRITER SUPPORT AND FEEDBACK MEETINGS, LECTURES & SEMINARS, ART RECEPTIONS, AND OTHER PROGRAMS, are coming back slowly. Contact us to find out more. Writing support may start back up in September as conditions improve.
Publishing services for writers • manzapress.com Manzanita Writers Press is a non-profit 501(c)3 creative arts organization & publisher devoted to the development and support of the literary, music, and visual arts community in Calaveras County and the wider Mother Lode region.
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Publishing Services: Nonprofit 501(c)3 publisher, reasonable services in Editing, Book design and Layout, Book Publishing, Writer Support, Workshops & Classes. Contact us for an appraisal of your book project. We can help.
Manzanita Writers Press is a non-profit 501(c)3 creative arts organization & publisher devoted to the development and support of the literary and visual arts in Calaveras County and the wider Mother Lode region. Manzapress.com and manzanitaartsemporium.com – manzanitawp@gmail.com
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Archives
Instagram Workshop for Creatives: 3 more dates in 2019:
Insta-1 October 29 – Tuesday, 5:30-7:30 with Sherri Bloomer – bring a smartphone or tablet – $15 class is capped at 10.
Insta-2 November 5 – Tuesday, 5:30-7:30 with Sherri Bloomer – bring a smartphone or tablet – $15 class is capped at 10 – no overlaps from the Oct 29 session
Insta – LAB November 12 – LAB for attendees of either Insta-1 or Insta-2 – Tuesday – 5:30 – class is capped at 20 participants – $20.
Archives:
Instagram Workshop for Creatives:
Thursday, June 4 – at 6:30 pm at Manzanita Arts Emporium. $20. Sign up now. Limited enrollment. Learn all about marketing and using Instagram for artists, writers, musicians and all creative people. Taught by artists, with expertise in marketing and an eye for what works. Call 209-728-6171 or email: manzanitawp@gmail.com to sign up ASAP.
Voices of Wisdom:
Preserving the Memories of the Elders – Free Writing Classes for seniors 55+ — every week through end of March- see itinerary of classes
FREE Tuesday afternoon sessions in 2019. Sign up at 728-6171 and manzanitawp@gmail.com
Call to reserve your spot.
Complete Schedule: click on Voices of Wisdom link above.
Voices of Wisdom is open to all Mother Lode writers with an anthology planned for an April launch and reading celebration.
Writers Unlimited Meetings on Mondays – see schedule: free.
Morning group: 1st and 3rd Mondays – 9-11:30 AM at MAE
Evening group: 2nd and 4th Mondays – 6-9 PM – meet at the Volunteer Center of Calaveras in San Andreas at 255 Lewis Avenue on the lower terrace of San Andreas Elementary School from 6 to 9 pm.
WU member authors can sell their books in the retail store, receive discounts on writing workshops, classes, events – participate in street fairs, Jumping Frog Jubilee book table sales, book and author signings organized, Wild West Fest in October booth (free), and other events – author writing craft lending library and resources –
Call for more information: 209-728-6171 or email: manzanitawp@gmail.com
Paint Nights Every third Friday at 6 pm – must reserve ahead – deposit $25 and prefer full payment to reserve.
–with Mary Sexton, a complete acrylic painting in one session!
$40.00 per person – all materials provided including canvas, paints, and brushes. Space is limited to sign up now to reserve.
Paint Nights with Mary Sexton, artist.
Manzanita Arts Emporium, 1211 S. Main Street,Angels Camp, CA 95222$40. includes all paint supplies. Wine and beverages and hors d’oeuvres complimentary. For reservations contact marysexton@comcast.net or call 209-770-5818 or Manzanita Writers Press Gallery at 209-728-6171. Seats are limited.Leave your Stress at the Door, Relax and Have Fun!Benefits of Paint Parties:
- Painting uses both the left and right side of the brain. It uses your creative and emotional side, as well as you rational and logical thinking.
- Even in a group setting, painting is a solo activity that allows you to focus on the task at hand, leaving your worries behind, as the stress begins to melt away.
- Paint Parties boost your self-confidence. In a non-competitive atmosphere everyone is treated equally regardless of their abilities.
- Learning how to handle a paintbrush helps to strengthen fine motor skills and hand eye coordination.
- Painting sparks creativity and makes good use of the imagination. Each painting becomes as unique as it’s painter.
- At Paint Parties whether, Coffee n Canvas or Sip n Paint, there is always opportunity to laugh, socialize, and make some fun-filled memories.
