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Hablar es mejor (Clase de conversación y errores en español)
Buenas!
(English below)
Cada día aparecen formas nuevas de aprender español, (y otros idiomas) apps nuevas, métodos de gramática, IA, videos de profes explicando cosas, y están todas genial.
Si te ayudan a entender más y a hablar mejor están genial.
El plan de este grupo es mejorar tu español con juegos, actividades reales y ejercicios para hablar más.
Con la excusa de los juegos y las actividades corregimos la mayoría de errores:
Palabras difíciles, confundir pasados, preposiciones, verbos que significan muchas cosas, ser y estar en pasado, frases con dos verbos o mas, subjuntivo, expresiones coloquiales,
y también los errores "culturales”: ¿De que forma usamos los españoles el idioma en diferentes situaciones?
La gente que participa es (casi siempre) muy simpática, y normalmente deja reviews muy positivas de las clases.
Si te cuadra el plan ven a practicar tu español y hablamos de comida, de viajes, de trabajo, de cultura, de Internet, de temas locales, de noticias y de muchas más cosas.
Para participar hay una contribución de solo 10€ por persona/ clase de 2 horas (materiales incluidos, bebidas no incluidas) o de 30€ por 4 clases.
Vente y hablamos.
Rafa.
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Hi!
Every day there are new ways to learn Spanish, (or any language) new apps, grammar methods, AI, teachers explaining things on videos, and they are all great.
If they help you to understand more and to speak better, they are great.
The main plan in this group is to improve your Spanish with games, real activities and exercises to speak more.
All the games and activities are a good excuse to correct the most difficult/ frequent mistakes:
Difficult words, confusing past tenses, prepositions, verbs that mean many things, ser and estar in the past, sentences with two or more verbs, subjuntive, colloquial expressions,
and also “cultural" mistakes: How we, Spanish people, use the language in different situations?
People participating are (almost always) very nice, and usually leave very positive reviews of the classes.
If the plan fits you, come to practice your Spanish and we'll talk about food, travel, work, culture, Internet, local issues, business, news and many more things.
There is a contribution to participate of only €10 per person/2-hour class (materials included, drinks not included) or €30 for 4 classes.
Let´s talk.
Rafa.
Taller de escritura creativa
¡Bienvenidos al taller de escritura creativa!
En este taller, nos enfocamos en aprender y fomentar la escritura creativa. Hay un moderador quien plantea un tema y todos los asistentes escribirán un relato lo más creativo posible. Después leerán dicho relato y recibirán feedback. No importa si eres un escritor experimentado o si acabas de empezar, este taller está hecho para ti
Todo lo que necesitas es un papel y bolígrafo, o un ordenador si lo prefieres, y muchas ganas de pasarlo bien mientras conoces a gente que comparte tu pasión por la escritura.
Nuestro objetivo es que te diviertas mientras aprendes, te inspires a escribir más y conozcas a gente que tiene tu misma inquietud. Así que, si quieres sumergirte en el maravilloso mundo de la escritura creativa, ¡este taller es para ti! ¡Te esperamos con los brazos abiertos!
**Precios de la actividad:**
Taquilla inversa. 10€=muy satisfecho 5€=Satisfecho 0€=nada satisfecho.
Pago solo en efectivo. Gracias
Backstory Talks: Claudia Piñeiro
We’re delighted to welcome argentinian author **Claudia Piñeiro** to Backstory for a special evening in conversation with novelist **Emma Christie**.
Piñeiro is one of Argentina’s most widely read contemporary writers, known for crime and literary novels that combine suspense with sharp social and political insight. Several of her books have become **bestsellers in Argentina** and have been **adapted for television series**.
The conversation will focus on her work in English translation published by **[Charco Press](https://charcopress.com/claudia-pineiro)**, exploring crime fiction as a lens for social critique, the journey of her novels across languages, and the process of adaptation for the screen. The event will take the form of a short conversation followed by audience questions.
**About the speakers:**
**Claudia Piñeiro**
Born in Buenos Aires in 1960, Claudia Piñeiro is a best-selling author, known internationally for her novels that, while rooted in the crime genre, frequently address sociopolitical issues. She has won numerous international prizes, including the Pepe Carvalho Prize, the LiBeraturpreis for *Elena Knows* and the prestigious Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for *Las grietas de Jara* (*A Crack in the Wall*). Many of her novels have been adapted for the screen, including *Elena Knows, Thursday Night Widows* and *Cathedrals*. Piñeiro is the third most translated Argentinian author, after Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar. She's also a playwright and scriptwriter (including for popular Netflix series *The Kingdom).* In 2022, her novel *Elena Knows* was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
Her books translated into English by Frances Riddle:
* [Elena Knows](https://backstorybookshop.shop/product/elena-knows/)
* [Time of the Flies](https://backstorybookshop.shop/product/time-of-the-flies/)
* [A Little Luck](https://backstorybookshop.shop/product/a-little-luck/)
* Cathedrals (out in May 2026)
**Emma Christie**
Emma Christie is a novelist based in Barcelona and the author of four crime and mystery novels set in Portobello, Edinburgh. Her debut, *The Silent Daughter*, was shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year, as well as the Scottish Crime Debut of the Year and the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger. Her subsequent novels, including *Find Her First* and *In Her Shadow* — named Thriller of the Month by *The Times* — have been widely acclaimed, and her fourth novel, *Watch Your Back*, will be published in autumn 2025. Emma has appeared at major literary festivals such as Bloody Scotland, Aye Write, Theakstons Crime Writing Festival, and Granite Noir. Alongside her writing, she is the founder of the Diary of a Debut Novelist Festival, a member of the Crime Writers Association, and a regular host and moderator of literary events. She lives in Barcelona, where she continues to write and engage with the international literary community.
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🇪🇸 Español 🇨🇳 中文 ⤵️
🇪🇸 **Intercambio de idiomas: chino🇨🇳 y español🇪🇸** 🎉
📅 **Cada martes** \| 📍 **Viena, Passeig de Sant Joan, Barcelona**
¡Ven a pasar un rato divertido practicando Chino🇨🇳 y Español 🇪🇸 en un ambiente relajado! 🗣️✨ No importa tu nivel, lo importante es compartir, aprender y conocer gente nueva. 👫🌏 ¡Reserva tu martes y únete a la conversación! 🎊☕
🇨🇳 **语言交流:中文🇨🇳和西班牙语🇪🇸** 🎉
📅 **每周二** \| 📍 **Viena, Passeig de Sant Joan, Barcelona**
🆓 **免费活动** 来一起开心聊天,练习语言,在轻松的氛围中认识新朋友!🗣️✨ 不管你的水平如何,重要的是分享、学习和交流。 👫🌏 快把周二留给我们,一起畅谈吧! 🎊☕
NEW ¡ESPAÑOL! MARTES / CHARCHA - Meetup de filosofía - 19:30h - 21h
Hola y bienvenidos a nuestro próximo meetup de filosofía de Sócrates Café!
¿Deseas una comprensión más profunda de ti mismo y del mundo? ¿Valoras el diálogo profundo, honesto y respetuoso? Si es así, entonces este encuentro será muy interesante para ti.
1. ¿DONDE NOS ENCONTRAMOS?
Charcha Café
[Carrer d'Avinyó, 24, Ciutat Vella, 08002 Barcelona](https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x12a4a3004ce10d7d:0xbc126fd29e6e5d2d?sa=X&ved=1t:8290&ictx=111)
https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x12a4a3004ce10d7d:0xbc126fd29e6e5d2d?sa=X&ved=1t:8290&ictx=111
2. ¿CUANDO NOS ENCONTRAMOS? los martes de 19:30 a 21:00
3. ¿CUÁNTOS NOS REUNIMOS? Hasta 25 personas. Las reuniones comenzarán a las 7.30 pm. Por favor, les pedimos que pidan algo para beber antes de comenzar y que lleguen puntualmente. **Empezaremos puntualmente.**
4. ¿QUE PASA EN LAS REUNIONES? En cada reunión tenemos una discusión usando el método socrático: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method Hacemos, respondemos y discutimos preguntas e ideas para estimular el pensamiento crítico y ampliar nuestras perspectivas con algunos conceptos y pensamientos en los que nunca hemos pensado. El objetivo principal de estos encuentros es enriquecernos con las perspectivas de los demás, no convencer a los demás sobre nuestras propias perspectivas. Nuestras reuniones son sobre nuestras propias filosofías de la vida y no necesariamente lo que los grandes filósofos y académicos han dicho o escrito. No es un club de debate o una plataforma para hacer proselitismo. En cambio, ponemos énfasis en cuestionar, tener una mentalidad abierta y desafiar nuestras propias suposiciones mientras escuchamos y respetamos las opiniones compartidas por otros. Una reunión de Socrates Café se considera un éxito cuando los participantes dejan una discusión con muchas más preguntas de las que tenían al principio.
5. ¿QUÉ TEMA SE DISCUTE EN EL MEETUP? Los participantes sugieren temas al principio de cada reunión. Luego votamos y elegimos el tema más popular de ese evento para la discusión. No es necesaria la formación académica en filosofía; Solo entusiasmo por intercambiar ideas y puntos de vista. Algunos ejemplos de temas elegidos en reuniones anteriores:
* ¿Por qué ideales vale la pena morir?
* ¿Por qué nunca estamos satisfechos?
* ¿Por qué los seres humanos están informados de que la sociedad está yendo mal y los líderes están bien informados y las cosas continúan?
* ¿Es necesaria la identidad?
* ¿Qué es el precio ético y la codicia?
* ¿Qué es post-verdad?
* ¿Cómo puede ser que las personas en las sociedades democráticas estén tan obsesionadas con el poder? (Deseo de ser diferente, mejor, más fuerte que los demás).
* ¿Qué es la amistad?
6. ¿QUIÉN PUEDE PARTICIPAR EN ESTE MEETUP? Cualquiera es más que bienvenido a unirse a nuestros encuentros. Nuestros eventos reúnen a personas de diferentes orígenes, diferentes culturas, mientras que no es obligatorio tener antecedentes filosóficos. Nuestros participantes habituales son personas que tienen deseo de una comprensión más profunda de sí mismos y del mundo. Personas que valoran el diálogo profundo, honesto y respetuoso.
Taller de Pintura (mañana)
Este taller es un espacio de aprendizaje y búsqueda creativa. La idea es acompañar procesos personales e ir aprendiendo técnica. Vemos obras de artistas. Un espacio para indaga en nuestro estilo personal. Materiales incluidos. 20 euros la clase/ 60 el mes
Spanish Literature Events This Week
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Domingo literario
Tema sugerido: "NO"
si la negativa te motiva o te enerva, es un buen tema para inspirar tu creatividad...
En Barcelona escribe también nos reunimos dos domingo al mes, para leer nuestros relatos ya escritos anticipadamente, con un tema sugerido.
Para aquellos que les guste escribir, y quieran ayuda o sugerencias para mejorar y aprender.
Somos aficionados, pero nos encanta escribir.
La pasaras muy bien. ven a las 11.30h (LUGAR POR DECIDIR)l.
¡Te esperamos!
KNOW BCN REAL LIFE!
CONOCE LA BCN REAL!
Every Saturday
Cada Sábado
SPANISH and ENGLISH!
Tour turístico por Barcelona
Descubre Barcelona caminando y conoce su historia, cultura y lugares más emblemáticos. Visitaremos zonas como el Barrio Gótico, Las Ramblas, Sag. Familia si da tiempo, compartiendo curiosidades y tradiciones locales.
📍 Punto de encuentro: Hard Rock Cafe Barcelona (Plaza de Cataluña)
🚇 Metro: Catalunya (L1 / L3)
🕒 Hora: 11:00
📅 Actividad diaria (previa confirmación en Meetup)
🗣️ El tour se realiza en español y en inglés.
Ideal para viajeros, expatriados y locales, con un ritmo tranquilo y buen ambiente.
👉 Sin precio fijo: cada persona paga lo que quiera, según su experiencia.
Si quieres venir contacta con el organizador.
Nax +34635013685
🇬🇧 Barcelona Walking Tour
Discover Barcelona on foot and explore its history, culture, and most iconic places, including La Sagrada Familia, the Gothic Quarter, and Las Ramblas, with local stories and fun facts.
📍 Meeting point: Hard Rock Cafe Barcelona (Plaça de Catalunya)
🚇 Metro: Catalunya (L1 / L3)
🕒 Time: 11:00 AM
📅 Daily activity (with prior confirmation on Meetup)
🗣️ The tour is conducted in Spanish and English.
Perfect for travelers, expats, and locals, with a relaxed pace and friendly atmosphere.
👉 No fixed price: pay what you feel is fair.
If you want to join contact to the organizer :-)
Nax +34635013685
COM VAIG APRENDRE A CONDUIR, de Paula Vogel
*Com vaig aprendre a conduir* va rebre el Premi Pulitzer 1998 i el Premi Tony en la seva reestrena de 2022.
Una dona guarda un secret que, després d’anys de silenci, està a punt de revelar. Coseta –malnom que es va guanyar a l’instant de néixer, definida pel seu sexe– ens guia en un viatge emocional a través de les corbes de la memòria: al seient d’un cotxe, al menjador de casa, als passadissos de l’institut, allà on la seva educació afectiva i sexual es va construint, deformada per la visió misògina i sexualitzada del seu entorn.
Amb una estructura fragmentada i esquitxada d’humor i cançons, *Com vaig aprendre a conduir,* reconstrueix els moments clau de la complexa relació de la protagonista amb el seu oncle Peck, en la qual es va teixint la teranyina subtil i perversa de l’abús disfressat d’afecte.
Autoria: **[Paula Vogel](https://www.salabeckett.cat/membre/paula/)**
Traducció: **[Helena Tornero](https://www.salabeckett.cat/membre/helena-tornero/)**
Direcció: **Marilia Samper**
Repartiment: **Mireia Aixalà, Ivan Benet, Alba Gallén, Blai Juanet Sanagustin** i **Kathy Sey**
Escenografia: **Sebastià Brosa** i **Paula Bosch**
Una producció de la Sala Beckett
Duració: 1h 50m
Preu
D'11 € a 22 €
Promoció abans de l'estrena: 50% de descompte per a les primeres funcions (Limitada a 50 entrades/funció)
Enllaç a venda d'entrades:
https://salabeckett.koobin.cat/com-vaig-apendre-a-conduir-040226-2000
NOTES IMPORTANTS:
* Cada participant gestiona la compra de la seva entrada.
* Només ha d'indicar RSVP = "Sí" qui ja hagi adquirit o reservat la seva entrada. Si us plau, no us apunteu si no la teniu, perquè altrament ens complica determinar el quòrum real.
* Us recordem que aquest grup no té cap interès comercial, és una simple trobada d'aficionats, apassionats, addictes i bojos pel teatre.
* En acabada la funció, ens quedarem al bar de la Beckett per fer-hi un mos o un beure i comentar l'obra. Amb l'antelació suficient abans obrirem llista per saber quants llocs a taula cal reservar.
Speak Spanish: café, conversación y juegos
**Are you learning Spanish but don’t have enough opportunities to practice speaking?**
Join us for a fun and engaging event with different activities designed to help you practice in a relaxed, casual way. This is not a class but a social gathering where you can have real conversations in Spanish.
Meet new people, make friends, and improve your language skills in a friendly and supportive environment. All levels are welcome!
**P.S.** This event is only to practice Spanish, it is not a language exchange.
Taller de escritura creativa de los viernes
EL TALLER ES EN LA **CALLE DURAN I BAS 3 \- \(RESTAURANT POCA\-SOLTA\)\. Poca\-Solta \| Portal de l'Àngel \(metro Plaça Catalunya o Plaça Urquinaona\)**
https://maps.app.goo.gl/sWtVf2VEhsYHaogu7
¡Bienvenidos al taller de escritura creativa de los viernes.
En este taller nos enfocamos en aprender y fomentar la escritura creativa. Hay un moderador que plantea un tema a fin de que todos los asistentes escriban un relato, poema, diálogo, etc. de forma creativa. Después leemos lo escrito y recibimos feedback. No importa si eres un escritor experimentado o si acabas de empezar, este taller está hecho para ti.
Todo lo que necesitas es un papel y bolígrafo, o un ordenador si lo prefieres, y muchas ganas de pasarlo bien mientras conoces a gente que comparte tu pasión por la escritura.
Nuestro objetivo es que te diviertas mientras aprendes, que te inspires a escribir más y conozcas a gente que tiene tu misma inquietud. Así que, si quieres sumergirte en el maravilloso mundo de la escritura creativa, ¡este taller es para ti! ¡Te esperamos con los brazos abiertos!
**Precios de la actividad**:
Taquilla inversa. Se paga según la satisfacción.
Pago solo en efectivo. Gracias
Trial class: B1 Spanish conversation course
# **🗣️ Speak Spanish Like a Local – B1 Conversation Course**
Forget tourist phrases. In this course, you'll learn the **real Spanish** locals use to talk about phone calls, social celebrations and health 💬❤️.
Whether you're settling into life in Barcelona or tired of textbook Spanish, this course will help you **connect, express, and thrive.**
***
### **💥 Why This Course is Different**
✅ **Real-world speaking from day one**
You’ll speak more Spanish in your first class than in weeks of traditional lessons.
✅ **Designed for expats, by a local**
We focus on the situations you *actually* face in Barcelona—from job interviews to finding roommates to dating apps.
✅ **Immersion challenges (2 per unit!)**
Go beyond the classroom with real-world missions.
***
### **📚 What You’ll Learn**
### Unidad 4: Celebraciones sociales
* **Objetivos:** Contrastar hábitos pasados con eventos puntuales y situar acciones en el tiempo.
* **Vocabulario:** Bodas familiares, eventos originales y cortos, celebraciones de cumpleaños y cenas en casa.
* **Gramática:**
* **Contraste de pasados:** Imperfecto para descripción de hábitos frente al Indefinido para eventos puntuales.
* **Oraciones temporales:** Uso de Cuando + Presente para hábitos y Cuando + Pasado para eventos pasados.
### Unidad 5: Médicos de familia (Salud)
* **Objetivos:** Dar instrucciones de tratamiento y describir estados de salud.
* **Gramática:**
* **Imperativo:** Uso con pronombres de objeto directo e indirecto. En el afirmativo, los pronombres se unen al final del verbo.
* **Expresión de estados:** Sentirse + adjetivo y uso de verbos pronominales.
### **👨🏫 Meet Your Teacher**
¡Hola! I’m **Jonatan Sánchez**, from Toledo (Spain).
Over the past 10 years, I’ve helped 1,000+ students fall in love with Spanish. I know what works, and I make learning fun.
🎓 With a Master’s in Teaching Spanish and experience in both U.S. high schools and Barcelona companies, I blend structure with soul. I’m here to cheer you on.
***
### **📅 Course Details**
* **🧾 Price**: 102€ (try the first class for just 7€!).
* **🕒 Duration**: 4 weeks – 90 minutes/week (6 hours total).
* **📍 Location**: A cozy café near **Plaça Catalunya.**
* **📆 Time**: Wednesdays, 18:30–20:00. Starting **Feb. 4th**.
***
### **✅ Ready to finally speak Spanish with confidence?**
There are only 5 spots for this course and 2 are already taken. Reserve your seat today and say **¡Hola!** to real-life Spanish.
Mercè Rodoreda Book Club Series: Session 2 — With Peter Bush
This year, Backstory is launching a **five-month Book Club series dedicated to Mercè Rodoreda**, one of the most renowned Catalan writers of the 20th century. The series runs from January to May, in parallel with the CCCB exhibition *Rodoreda, a forest*, and is designed to introduce English-speaking readers to Rodoreda’s work through its translations.
Across five monthly sessions, we will read five key works by Rodoreda, guided by **translators and scholars who have played a central role in bringing her writing into English**. Each session combines close reading, contextual discussion, and open conversation, always in an accessible, non-academic format.
The series will conclude with a **guided group visit to the CCCB exhibition**, thanks to their support.
### 📅 Session 2 — February
### [📖 In Diamond Square](https://backstorybookshop.shop/product/in-diamond-square/)
**Original title:** *La plaça del Diamant*
**Translator:** Peter Bush
**Publisher:** Virago Press
**Original publication:** 1962
In Diamond Square is Mercè Rodoreda’s most widely read and internationally recognised novel. Set in Barcelona before, during, and after the Spanish Civil War, the novel follows the life of Natàlia (Colometa), offering an intimate portrayal of womanhood, war, survival, and identity. Through its restrained yet powerful prose, the novel has become a cornerstone of modern Catalan literature.
### 👤 Guest: **Peter Bush**
Peter Bush is an award-winning literary translator based in Barcelona and one of the most prominent translators of Catalan literature into English. His translations include works by Josep Pla, Joan Sales, Emili Teixidor, Quim Monzó, Teresa Solana, and Prudenci Bertrana, among many others.
His translation of In Diamond Square has played a key role in introducing Rodoreda’s most important novel to English-speaking readers worldwide. Peter’s long-standing engagement with Catalan literature and his deep knowledge of its literary landscape make him an ideal guide for this session.
Spanish Literature Events Near You
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Conversacion en español (en persona)
While some are still meeting online, this is an in person event. Please note that we have attendees of all levels of speaking, including some native speakers. All are welcome!
Also, as we meet at the same time and place each week, many don’t RSVP on the app, so we will likely have more attendees than noted here.
Note: if you are asked to pay and upgrade the Meetup app, this is not necessary. You can ignore this and still attend our meetings.
Saturday Mornings @ East Market
Let's grab some coffee/food and share a morning chat! The East Market has an ample parking lot and outdoor and indoor seating.
Grab a cup of coffee from Winston's Coffee & Waffles or on your way to East Market and meet us on the second floor - table behind or east of the elevator. If the weather cooperates we will be meeting in the patio.
Per what this group is about: "Everyone is welcome! International transplants to Columbus who want to improve language skills, Columbus residents who want to discuss international travel and culture, and anyone who enjoys getting together for good conversations."
Pop-up Book Club: A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams
Let’s meet and discuss whatever comes to mind about one of Tennesse Williams’ most famous plays.
Humanist Community Celebrating Darwin Day
Dale Gnidovec, Curator of the Orton Hall Museum of Geology at The Ohio State University, will be presenting a program he has wanted to share with us for a long time: Plate Tectonics. His description of his program:
Continents on the move - Nothing in Earth history makes sense without moving continents - it tells us why mountains, volcanoes, minerals, and fossils are where they are. This talk examines the evidence for continental drift, why it was disbelieved, and explains how the more-encompassing theory of plate tectonics was developed and eventually proven. Dale is an energetic, incredibly knowledgeable, and very entertaining speaker and this will be another wonderful program by Dale. Hope to see you there!
Food and drinks will be provided at the event. Feel free to show up a little bit early to hang out and talk.
Going forward our meetings will be hybrid. You can meet us in-person or attend online
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The 40 Rules of Love
**First Gathering: Love as Transformation**
Reading: **The Forty Rules of Love** by **Elif Shafak**
We begin Men, Meaning, and Madness with a novel that treats love not as sentiment, but as a force that disrupts, humbles, and reshapes the self.
The Forty Rules of Love explores love as discipline, surrender, and moral risk. It asks what happens when certainty breaks, when the ego is wounded, and when meaning is found not through control, but through transformation.
This gathering is for men interested in serious literature and honest inquiry into how love shapes character, responsibility, and the inner life.
Discussion will be guided by questions rather than summaries. The aim is depth, not debate.
Come having read the book or engaged with it seriously.
Shut Up & Write!® East Side Columbus
Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 7:00pm on Wednesday, February 11 at Streetlight Guild.
Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done.
**SCHEDULE:**
6:45ish - Quick introductions
7:00 - Timer starts: write for 1 hour
8:00 - The End
**OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING** happens before and after the writing hour. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing.
**BEING LATE IS OKAY:** just show up and get settled! If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer.
Happy writing & I look forward to seeing you at Streetlight Guild!
**WHAT SHOULD I BRING?**
Whatever you need to be able to write! You're welcome to bring earplugs/headphones if noise will bother you!
**OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS:**
* **RSVP:** Please RSVP by 6:00pm the evening of the meeting. This helps me know how many to expect, and if we'll need additional space!
* **COVID:** While masks are not required, please be mindful of the other writers around you and their comfort levels.
* **WIFI/OUTLETS:** Outlets are limited, so please ensure your devices are charged when you come! But Streetlight Guild does have free WiFi! Yay!
* **PARKING:** There is free public parking at Streetlight Guild.
Valentine's Weekend: WUTHERING HEIGHTS at the Drexel Theatre!
Join us as we get together to see the steamy-romance-period-drama, WUTHERING HEIGHTS. Director Emerald Fennell gives us her take on the romance between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw from the classic Emily Bronte novel. Here’s a description, trailer and plan for this event:
DESCRIPTION: The film tells a passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. The film is directed by Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman, Saltburn) and is loosely based on the classic novel by Emily Bronte. It stars Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Alison Oliver, Owen Cooper and Hong Chau!
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fLCdIYShEQ
PLAN: We’ll plan for a 7pm-ish showing and will meet inside the lobby area about 30 minutes before the show begins. Advance ticket purchase not required for this theater but early arrival is advised! Be sure to mention you’re with the Movie Group for admission and concession discounts! And, after the movie, don’t miss the best part of the night – food and drinks at the nearby Rusty Bucket! Complete details will be confirmed/announced as the date gets closer!
Look forward to seeing you there, Dan





















