Workshops and Seminars
Pitch Workshop with Sarah Aswell
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesAre you an aspiring writer who wants to get published? Do you need some tips on how to pitch your work to agents, editors, and publishers? In this 1-hour workshop with freelance humor writer Sarah Aswell, you'll learn what professionals in the publishing world are looking for right now, as well as how to negotiate deadlines, payment, and other issues surrounding writing for pay. This event is free and open to the public, and is part of UA's Creative Writing [...]
Pitch Workshop with Sarah Aswell
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesAre you an aspiring writer who wants to get published? Do you need some tips on how to pitch your work to agents, editors, and publishers? In this 1-hour workshop with freelance humor writer Sarah Aswell, you'll learn what professionals in the publishing world are looking for right now, as well as how to negotiate deadlines, payment, and other issues surrounding writing for pay. This event is free and open to the public, and is part of UA's Creative Writing [...]
Pitch Workshop with Sarah Aswell
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesAre you an aspiring writer who wants to get published? Do you need some tips on how to pitch your work to agents, editors, and publishers? In this 1-hour workshop with freelance humor writer Sarah Aswell, you'll learn what professionals in the publishing world are looking for right now, as well as how to negotiate deadlines, payment, and other issues surrounding writing for pay. This event is free and open to the public, and is part of UA's Creative Writing [...]
“Stories That Stand Still” – A Discussion of Craft by Carmen Maria Machado
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThis talk will explore the craft of writing fiction that doesn’t move—fiction contained in a single, discreet space as large as a house, and as small as a bed—and the implication it has for our understanding of gender, characterization, plot, and time. Stories discussed will include Angela Carter’s “The Fall-River Axe Murders,” Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers,” Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Nancy Hale’s “The Earliest Dreams,” and Lesley Nneka Arimah’s “The Future Looks Good.” This [...]
“Stories That Stand Still” – A Discussion of Craft by Carmen Maria Machado
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThis talk will explore the craft of writing fiction that doesn’t move—fiction contained in a single, discreet space as large as a house, and as small as a bed—and the implication it has for our understanding of gender, characterization, plot, and time. Stories discussed will include Angela Carter’s “The Fall-River Axe Murders,” Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers,” Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Nancy Hale’s “The Earliest Dreams,” and Lesley Nneka Arimah’s “The Future Looks Good.” This [...]
“Stories That Stand Still” – A Discussion of Craft by Carmen Maria Machado
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThis talk will explore the craft of writing fiction that doesn’t move—fiction contained in a single, discreet space as large as a house, and as small as a bed—and the implication it has for our understanding of gender, characterization, plot, and time. Stories discussed will include Angela Carter’s “The Fall-River Axe Murders,” Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers,” Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Nancy Hale’s “The Earliest Dreams,” and Lesley Nneka Arimah’s “The Future Looks Good.” This [...]
Paleontology Show and Tell
Grand Gallery, Smith Hall 427 6th Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesDiscover the wonders of what paleontology is and what types of tools they use to uncover different type of fossils! Participants in Grades 1-3 will have a show and tell experience with real life fossils and equipment and dress up as a paleontologist. This program is free with museum admission. If you have any questions, please call Joyia Davis at (205) 348-6383 or email joyia.davis@ua.edu
Fossil Excursion
Museum Fossil Excursion Day Trips travel to the Black Belt of Alabama in search of vertebrate and invertebrate fossils from the Cretaceous Age. Participants of all ages should be prepared to get wet and muddy as we wade through shallow streams to collect shark teeth and other marine fossils from streambed gravel deposits. All participants 17 and under must be accompanied by an adult. The price includes roundtrip transportation from the museum to the site. Register and pay online through [...]