Join us for our monthly workshop at the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships.

In Chinese culture, the winter solstice is celebrated with the traditional Dōngzhì Festival to mark winter’s arrival. Observed on the longest night of the year, Dōngzhì is a turning point—every day after means more light. The festival’s philosophy is associated with the I-Ching hexagram fu, “Returning.”  This is the return of positive yang energy after a period of darkness.

For the last Second Tuesday workshop of 2024, we’ll write with this sense of return in mind as we take stock of what we need to reconcile with ourselves in order to make space to create something new as the solstice approaches.

Free and open to all, with community dinner immediately following.

Join us for our monthly workshop at the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships. Free and open to all, with community dinner immediately following.

Community based learning (CBL) is a pedagogical model that unites classroom learning, engagement opportunities, group dialogue, and guided introspection to make students more informed, more proximate, and more reflective about pressing issues that shape society. As Drexel students, you have a unique opportunity to take truly groundbreaking CBL courses.

Join Writers Room and the Lindy Center for lunch as we hear from current students and recent alums on the impact that community based learning (CBL) courses have had on their Drexel experience, professional development, and life more broadly. We hope you’ll consider enrolling in a future CBL course!

Ross Commons, 229 N. 34th St, 3rd Fl

Food & refreshments provided.

The Mantua Urban Peace Garden invites all neighbors to their 2024 Harvest Festival on October 26th, from 12:00pm - 4:00pm. There will be food, activities, and community throughout the day, and a special Writers Room cyanotype workshop. Stay tuned for more information.

Mantua Urban Peace Garden, 37th St. & Brown St.

Writers Room is thrilled to host an intimate writing workshop and book signing with Paola Mendoza, for the release of her book, SOLIS. We hope you’ll join us for an amazing opportunity to learn from a powerful writer and organizer.

The workshop at Writers Room will be followed by a reading with AJ Hikes at Parkway Central Library, at 7:30pm.

SOLIS is a haunting near-future tale, about undocumented immigrants who are subjected to deadly experiments in a government labor camp and the four courageous rebels who set into place a daring plan of liberation. SOLIS shows the reader what it takes to not only to survive, but to ORGANIZE and create a force greater than oppression.

The first 25 attendees of this workshop will receive a complimentary copy of SOLIS.

Join us for our monthly workshop at the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships. This month we will celebrate 10 years of the Dornsife Center (and Writers Room!) with a workshop facilitated by Teaching Artist Lauren Lowe.

We’ll look back and reflect on the transformations of the last decade, noting the changes we’ve witnessed in ourselves, our neighbors, and our communities. By looking to the past, we’ll see what that tells us about where we’re going—together.

Free and open to all, with community dinner immediately following.

Writers Room hosts an Open Mic on the last Thursday of each month. Please join us for our first Open Mic of Fall Term! Light refreshments and community from 6:00pm - 6:30pm, and then be brave and share your work from 6:30pm - 7:30pm.

Ross Commons 2nd Floor Lounge, 229 N. 34th St.

Come to Writers Room for lunch and a conversation about home, community, and what it means to be a new member of this beautiful neighborhood. You are encouraged to participate in the walking tour of Mantua/Powelton organized by the Lindy Center and Dornsife Center preceding this event, but all are welcome!

Our annual back-to-school night! Join us as we kick off the 2024-2025 season with our first monthly workshop of the year. Greet old friends, meet new ones, and help us sketch out what’s ahead for Year 11 at Writers Room.

Free and open to all, with community dinner immediately following.

Writers Room is excited to host Them That Do, an arts and activism workshop led by artist Lori Waselchuk! The workshop combines an introduction to digital photography and composition with presentations by Mantua community activists. This workshop is funded by Everyday Places Artist Partnership, a Barnes West program.

Please join us at the Mantua Urban Peace Garden on Saturday, September 14th, 10:00am - 12:00pm to see community activists in action, and use digital photography skills to document the work. Writers Room is providing a limited amount of Canon DSLR cameras to share amongst attendees.

Writers Room is excited to host Them That Do, an arts and activism workshop led by artist Lori Waselchuk! The workshop combines an introduction to digital photography and composition with presentations by Mantua community activists. This workshop is funded by Everyday Places Artist Partnership, a Barnes West program.

Them That Do is a visual arts and activism project that creates conversations about community and mutual aid. There will be two workshops on Wednesdays, July 17th and 24th, from 5:30pm - 7:30pm at Writers Room, to introduce participants to digital photography, composition techniques, and practice with digital cameras in a relaxed and generative space. In each class, participants will be introduced to community activists who will join in the art-making and share information about their projects and philosophies.

Workshop participants can also join the Photowalk on Saturday, July 27th, 10:00am - 12:00pm to see the community activists in action, and use their digital photography skills to document the work.

Please RSVP for the July 17th and 24th workshops HERE. Free and open to all, but space is limited.

Writers Room is excited to host Them That Do, an arts and activism workshop led by artist Lori Waselchuk! The workshop combines an introduction to digital photography and composition with presentations by Mantua community activists. This workshop is funded by Everyday Places Artist Partnership, a Barnes West program.

Them That Do is a visual arts and activism project that creates conversations about community and mutual aid. There will be two workshops on Wednesdays, July 17th and 24th, from 5:30pm - 7:30pm at Writers Room, to introduce participants to digital photography, composition techniques, and practice with digital cameras in a relaxed and generative space. In each class, participants will be introduced to community activists who will join in the art-making and share information about their projects and philosophies.

Workshop participants can also join the Photowalk on Saturday, July 27th, 10:00am - 12:00pm to see the community activists in action, and use their digital photography skills to document the work.

Please RSVP for the July 17th and 24th workshops HERE. Free and open to all, but space is limited.