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 2024 Celebration of Creative Women | ||
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Omaha Pen Women has a membership luncheon meeting every fourth Saturday of the month except for November, December, and April. All members are welcome! In 2025, we will be meeting at noon here: Sand Point at 655 N. 114th St. (east side of 114th, Miracle Hills)Upcoming Speakers for Spring, 2025:March 22 is Juli-Ann Gasper, owner of ImagineLife Gallery and Studio in Omaha and author of Way Up North Where the Kittiwakes Play: An A to Z Alphabet Book for Child and Adult with over 200 scientific vocabulary terms!April: Pen Women does not meet because it conflicts with the Nebraska Writer's Guild Conference. See you there! May 24 is Angela Chaney, co-owner of Pixel Fire Marketing, an online marketing expert on developing a strong digital marketing strategy for your creative work. Recent Speakers: February 22 we enjoyed Carla Ketner, owner of Chapters Books and Gifts in Seward, and author of Ted Kooser: More than a Local Wonder a children's book and illustrator Paula Wallace, an Omaha artist. Our January 25 speaker was Jeanne Reames, Ph.D., "Worldbuilding in Historical Fiction" Website. She is a "mother, writer, history professor, Homer fangirl and Alexander the Great geek," author of Dancing with the Lion. Our October 26 speaker was Omaha Pen Women member Susan Baron, writer and history sleuth. 'Crossing the Wide Missouri,' the story of a bridge that almost didn't get built. On September 28, our speaker was Anna Monardo. Anna is an American novelist of the Italian-American experience. Originally from Pittsburgh, she graduated from Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana and received her M.F.A. from Columbia University. She has published several highly acclaimed novels. She recently retired from teaching in the Writer's Workshop at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. | ||
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