WRITE YOUR SELF OPEN: A WEEKLY WRITERS’ GATHERING
Join a community of new and seasoned writers for this revitalizing hour of self-discovery. Create fresh work every session using innovative writing exercises geared to open and honor your deepest self. Writers at all levels are welcome—from the life-long practitioner to those taking first steps on the path. Led by author and educator Rachel Astarte Piccione.
Every Tuesday from 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Birchwood Center:
85 South Broadway, 2nd Floor – Nyack, NY
$20 per person. Bring a friend and pay $30 for both.
NYACK WRITERS’ WORKSHOP
Nyack’s only ongoing writing workshop is here! Bring a brief piece of writing of any genre to share. Receive thoughtful, constructive feedback designed to help you improve the quality of your work.
Every Tuesday from 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Birchwood Center: 85 South Broadway, 2nd Floor – Nyack, NY
Every Thursday from 2:30-3:30 p.m. (beginning February 2012)
Nyack Yoga @ 42 Main: 42 Main Street – Nyack, NY
$20 per person. Bring a friend and pay $30 for both.
About RAP
Writer and peace worker Rachel Astarte Piccione is the president and founder of gentlefish productions, inc., a full-service writing company devoted to promoting positive and sustainable change in the world. Primarily a journalist and fiction writer, Rachel was also the 1996 Poet Laureate of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Her first non-fiction book, 101 BETTER SEX TIPS was published in July 2007.
She holds a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from Emerson College in Boston and has studied Theater and Acting at Loughborough University (UK) and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.
From 1999–2001, she was the head writer for and performer in the New York City-based comedic theater company, Circle in the Squirrel. She was also the co-founder and Executive Creative Director of Bardos Films, Inc., a company dedicated to uniting cultures through the globalization of cinema from 2001-2004. Currently, she works as a voice-over artist for radio, television, film, and the Internet.
Rachel's international work has centered on the promotion of cultural unity through the performing arts. Her feature script, "Little India," was a semi-finalist in the 2006 American Screenwriting Competition and a 2006 Gloria Film Festival Screenplay Competition selection. In December 2006, her one-act play, "Middle East Side," had its premiere reading at SALAAM Theater in New York City.
Rachel has also been an adjunct professor of writing at a number of east coast colleges, including Philadelphia University (formerly Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science), Bucks County Community College, and Emerson College.
Rachel is an ordained clergy member, holding the title of Peace Counselor since September 2002. As part of her ongoing peace work, Rachel has given numerous readings across the country, and lectured at such venues as New York City's New School on the topic of employing the arts as a means toward conflict resolution.
Rachel lives in New York City and Nyack, NY with her husband, son, and two very loving cats.
WRITE YOUR SELF OPEN: A WEEKLY WRITERS’ GATHERING
NYACK WRITERS’ WORKSHOP
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