Concert + Writing Workshop
Week of July 30, 2022
Writing Workshop for Poets, Songwriters or Prose Writers
Laura Veirs’ writing workshops are aimed at songwriters, poets and prose writers. She has taught these for years on her own and through Stanford University’s Continuing Education Series. She will use a deck of her Kaleidoscope Creativity Cards which is a prompt-based system for unlocking people’s creativity. People should bring paper, pencil, recording device (phone fine) and an instrument if they are planning on writing a song. For more info, see lauraveirs.com.
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Laura Veirs will be performing songs from her 12-album catalog in a solo concert. Veirs plays nylon finger style guitar and her lyrics draw from nature and her life experience. She has toured internationally for over 20 years and has collaborated with luminaries such as kd lang, Neko Case, Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists and My Morning Jacket. Her work has been praised in the New York Times, The Washington Post, at NPR, in The Guardian, The Independentand many more publications. Veirs is also an author, podcaster, painter and single mom. This is a family-friendly concert.