Writing Workshop for Poets, Songwriters or Prose Writers + Concert

Week of December 25, 2021

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.

 

Concert
Laura Veirs will be performing a duo concert with renown NYC-based musician Shahzad Ismaily. Laura and Shahzad both play many instruments and recently co-produced Laura’s 13th studio album together, recording both in Portland, OR (where Laura lives) and Brooklyn, NY (where Shahzad lives and owns a recording studio). The album will be released in Spring 2022.

 

Singer-songwriter Laura Veirs has produced 13 albums over 24 years, has toured internationally and has collaborated with luminaries such as kd lang, Neko Case, Sufjan Stevens, Jim James (of My Morning Jacket), The Decemberists, Bill Frisell and many more. Her music blends the poetic sensibilities of contemporary folk with the melodic frameworks of indie rock. Veirs’ songs are literate and emotionally intelligent. Her work has been praised in the New York Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Washington Post and many other publications. She also is a published author, podcaster, teacher and is a single mom to two young children.

 

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