You’ve been writing your memories and stories and chapters, and you’re wondering how it all fits together. In this four-hour intensive, through in-class writing and discussion, we will uncover pervasive themes that connect your pieces, consider possible beginnings and endings, begin to define your narrative arc, and better understand what your work is about. For memoirists at any stage of their writing.

In the spirit of the Sleepy Hollow Lit Fest, we proudly launch our new semi-annual showcase of local and self-published authors. Krista Madsen hosts.

The best-loved body, mind, spirit holistic party, Awaken Wellness Fair, is back!   In its 18th year of educating people about holistic wellness techniques, the Awaken Fair presents both ancient practices and cutting edge technology.  Offering dozens of exhibitors, including expert speakers, gifted healers, unique vendors and intuitive readers, the Awaken Fair returns to the Roger Smith Hotel, 501 Lexington Ave. @ 47th St. in NYC on Sunday July 28, 2019.  FREE admission via Eventbrite or go to the web site…

Submission Sundays is a free service to members of HVWC. Space is limited to 20 participants each session so please reserve your spot. One Sunday a month, 12:30-2:30 pm. Join host Mary Ann Scott for two hours of insider information on where and how to send your best work. Members can reserve a seat at the table of like-minded writers with a room of journals, advice on where to submit, moral and technical support, and everything you need to successfully send your…

A memorable, exciting & intimate concert with a legendary Broadway, TV & Concert Star in a one of a kind home, especially suited to this experience. Carole Demas, who created the role of Sandy, in the original Broadway Production of GREASE, as well as the Title Role in THE BAKER'S WIFE, and created leading roles in numerous other shows, seen on TV for 12 years in THE MAGIC GARDEN, various Soap Operas and primetime TV dramas.  She continues (in NYC)…

This one-day Master Class will explore how powerful emotion impels a poem and, in the case of loss, can lead, through craft, to a poem or even a series of poems. Oscar Wilde said: “Form is everything. It is the secret to life. Find expression for a sorrow and it will become dear to you”. How do we find the right expression in a poem? During this four-hour class, after looking at some examples of elegies, we’ll read and discuss…

Please join us for our warm and welcoming Open Write Nights, now at an easier-to-remember regular recurring monthly spot of Second Saturdays! Your hosts Michelle Thomas and Cassie Cartaginese will facilitate an evening of generative writing and community building at the Hudson Valley Writers Center. Prompts will be offered, refreshments served (that includes wine). Stories swapped. $10 for non-members; free for members (will be deducted at checkout when you log in).

Our Open Mic Nights are held from 7:30-9:30 pm on the 3rd Friday of each month. Doors open at 7 pm for event starting at 7:30. There are now 10 performer slots up for sale online, placing you on the list in order of your purchase. The other 10 slots are available at the door in the order of your arrival. If the online “performer” tickets are sold out, you can still buy general audience tix and add your name to…

The secret of novel writing is that every novel writer is at heart a hack. Each novel is invented and reinvented from the ground up. No novel is the same and there is no formula. Please join Bethany Ball for a class on all the novel writing hacks she’s gathered since she= took up the form in earnest eight years ago. Join her in novel writing discussions and writing exercises as well as discussions about the publishing process. Short story…