Join us for two days with acclaimed writer and musician Ken Waldman as he brings his music, writing, and storytelling to the Big Sky Center for the Arts.
Community Writing Workshop - October 20, 7-8:30pm
Big Sky Center for the Arts
Four Writing Prompts: The Beginning of Four New Stories or Poems
Ken Waldman will lead a 90-minute workshop designed for writers of any experience, ability, and age, though it is recommended for writers 13 and older. Participants will use four writing prompts to begin four new stories or poems while learning strategies to help get new pieces started. Pre-registration is encouraged.
Artist-in-Residence Public Performance - October 21, 7-8:30pm
Big Sky Center for the Arts | Free and open to the public
On his birthday, Ken will perform Now Entering Alaska Time, combining fiddle tunes with Alaska-set stories and poems. A longtime touring artist, Ken has performed at venues and festivals ranging from the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage to the Dodge Poetry Festival and Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland, Australia.
Ken is a fiddler with 12 CDs and a former college professor with an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He has published 17 full-length poetry collections, a memoir, three children's books, a creative writing manual, a short story collection, and a novel. More than 400 of his stories, poems, and essays have appeared in publications including Beloit Poetry Journal and Poets & Writers. Learn more at kenwaldman.com.
