Dewey Drop-In Use Your Words: Emergence w/ Suzi Banks Baum
Wednesday, March 1
Doors at 6:30, Event at 7pm.
Dewey Hall, 91 Main Street, Sheffield, MA 01257
$10 at the door. Additional donations welcome.
Contact: deweymemorialhall@gmail.com, 413 429 1322

Special Roberto’s at Dewey Menu and beverages available at the Hall, wheelchair accessible. See below for ordering info and all your Wednesday evening dining options.

Emergence
March is mud season and what better time to hear what Berkshire writers have been ruminating on all winter? This evening will feature new writing by local writers on the theme of emergence. Readers will be Suzi Banks Baum, Laura Didyk, Maria Black, Kristin Grippo, and Janet Elsbach.
Suzi Banks Baum dwells at the crossroads of literary and visual arts. A writer, mixed media and book artist, Banks Baum teaches daily creative practice for writers, artists, and creative thinkers in many settings. Originally trained as a theater artist, Banks Baum’s collage work is featured in Storey publications Collage Your Life by Melanie Mowinski. Her award-winning writing can be found in The Good Life Review and Hypertext Magazine. Publications about her artistic work include The Guild of Book Workers Journal and Mingle Magazine.

Use Your Words brings writers, readers, and listeners together for evenings of sharing and conversation. Each date will be hosted by a different local writer, with readings by colleagues, students, writing groups, published authors, and storytellers. Themes will include Emergence, Grief, Creaturely Stories, Lives Gone Off Script, True Tales, Memoirs, and more. The hosts will open conversations around each evening’s themes, but also talk about writing practices, writing groups, and other skills to empower the art of writing and to encourage reading.

Dewey Drop-In: Use Your Words dates, hosts, and themes:

04/05/2023 Laura Didyk: Lives Thrown Wildly Off-script

05/03/2023 Maria Black: The Thursday Group

06/07/2023 Melanie Greenberg: Real Life Stories

10/04/2023 Barbara Newman: Life is a Bowl of . . .

11/01/2023 Sheela Clary: True Tales of Lives Lived

12/06/2023 Peter Murkett | Bonner McCalister: Creaturely Stories

Wednesday Night Dining options in Sheffield!
Drop In and Dine In OR Dine Out and Drop In
**Order at Dewey Hall and eat at Dewey Hall: Food ordered at the hall or in advance from the special Roberto's at Dewey Menu is delivered by Dewey staff to the Hall! Dewey Hall has partnered with Roberto’s to provide a special menu that supports Dewey Drop-In programming. Order here: www.dhrobertos413.com
**Dine in at the Marketplace: The Marketplace (our sponsors) are now open for your dining pleasure until 7pm on Wednesday nights. Enjoy your meal before heading to the Hall.

**Dine in at Roberto’s: Roberto’s full menu is available at the restaurant, but come early enough to enjoy your meal before heading to the Hall.
PLEASE do not bring food or beverages to the Hall!! Only food ordered from the Roberto's at Dewey Menu is allowed in the Hall! Beverages are available for purchase at the Hall!

The Dewey Drop-In (DDI) Wednesday night series includes:

First Wednesdays: Use Your Words, writing, readings, and storytelling

Second Wednesdays: Jazz Jams hosted by Brian Kantor w/ bandleader Luke Franco (participants and audience welcome)

Third Wednesdays: Show & Tell, a music and art soireé hosted by Michael Lesko

Fourth Wednesdays: Game Nights with hosts Maggie McRae and Michael Siktberg. Bring a game or join a game.