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Fall in Love With Poetry!

In-Person Program
2023-09-16 10:30:00 2023-09-16 12:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Fall in Love With Poetry! Join us for a poetry workshop with former West Hollywood City Poet Laureate Kim Dower. West Hollywood Library - Meeting Room

Saturday, September 16
10:30am - 12:30pm

Add to Calendar 2023-09-16 10:30:00 2023-09-16 12:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Fall in Love With Poetry! Join us for a poetry workshop with former West Hollywood City Poet Laureate Kim Dower. West Hollywood Library - Meeting Room

West Hollywood Library

Meeting Room

Join us for a poetry workshop with former West Hollywood City Poet Laureate Kim Dower.

Former West Hollywood City Poet Laureate (2016-2018) Kim Dower offers an intimate writing experience filled with fever writing exercises using prompts, poems, and memories to inspire and jump start poets at all levels. Come awaken your inner poet senses and leave with the tools and creative excitement to continue writing!

Sponsored by the Friends of the West Hollywood Library. This is the second of a four-program series that will be held on September 9, 16, 23, and 30. Each program date has its own event page. Please register individually for all of the dates you would like to attend.

Attendance is limited, and advance registration is required. Please register every individual in your party. This will be used to save your spots in the program. We cannot guarantee availability for any unregistered attendees. 

This event is held in-person. LA County Public Health strongly encourages masks and physical distancing indoors regardless of vaccination status. Masks will continue to be available for customers upon request. Please see the Guidelines for Attendees during the registration process for more information.

AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Books, Poetry, & Writing |

TAGS: | Workshop |

West Hollywood Library
Phone: 310.652.5340
Hours
Mon, Dec 09 11:00AM to 7:00PM
Tue, Dec 10 11:00AM to 7:00PM
Wed, Dec 11 11:00AM to 7:00PM
Thu, Dec 12 11:00AM to 7:00PM
Fri, Dec 13 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Dec 14 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Dec 15 1:00PM to 5:00PM
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About the branch

West Hollywood Library began service to the area (then unincorporated ) in 1913. The library was previously located at Sherman School, a cottage on Clark Street, a building on Westbourne Drive, and a building near the present site. The Library has an active Friends of the Library group.

The new library was dedicated October 1, 2011.

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