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Please check the website or the eblast for when we will be doing live events and when we will be Zooming.  Live events will be contingent on community conditions concerning COVID. We ask that all live events include proof of vaccination with Masks recommended.


Upcoming events

  • The Writers Place presents Strategies by Silvia Kofler

    • 7 Oct 2022
    • 6:30 PM
    • The Writers Place, 31 W 31st ST KCMO 64108


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  • The Writers Place Poetry and Jazz Night

    • 13 Oct 2022
    • 7:00 PM
    • Westport Coffeehouse Theater, 4010 Pennsylvania, KCMO


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  • TWP Reading Series featuring Rebecca Aronson, Brian Daldorph, and David Baker

    • 21 Oct 2022
    • 7:00 PM
    • Nonprofit Village, 31 West 31st ST KCMO 64108


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  • The Writers Place presents Four Genres: A Masterclass Series for Writers

    • 22 Oct 2022
    • 25 Mar 2023
    • 4 sessions
    • Nonprofit Village, 31 West 31st ST, KCMO 64108
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  • Rose Garden Reading

    • 22 Oct 2022
    • 2:00 PM
    • Loose Park Garden Center – Rose Room



    Phyllis Becker, poet

    Greg German, poet

    Angela Hagenbach, novelist


    Angela will be reading an excerpt from her historic novel about her family’s life in Weston, MO.


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Past events

23 Sep 2022 The Writers Place presents I-70 Reivew Magazine Release Party
16 Sep 2022 The Writers Place Reading Series featuring Cameron Morse, J. Khan, and Annie Klier Newcomer
9 Sep 2022 Riverfront Reading Series featuring Hadara Bar-Nadau and Jermaine Thompson
2 Sep 2022 TWP Member Party
19 Aug 2022 The Writers Place Reading Series featuring Joe Benevento, Michael Pritchett, and Phong Nguyen
12 Aug 2022 Riverfront Reading Series featuring Lynne Jensen Lampe and Steve Brisendine
30 Jul 2022 Book Release Event
15 Jul 2022 TWP Reading Series featuring Barbara Crocker, Jim Daniels, and Miles Waggener
13 Jul 2022 Hambingo for The Writers Place!
9 Jul 2022 Rose Garden Reading
7 Jul 2022 The Writers Place Poetry and Jazz Night featuring River Cow Orchestra
17 Jun 2022 The Writers Place Reading Series featuring Steve Paul, Iris Jamahl Dunkle, and Debbie Theiss
10 Jun 2022 Riverfront Reading Series featuring Angela Carole Brown and Silvia Kofler
20 May 2022 The Crystal Field Open Mic Reading (Theme: Dreams
14 May 2022 Rose Garden Reading
13 May 2022 Riverfront Reading Series featuring Colleen Maynard, Annette Hope Billings, and Celest Oster
12 May 2022 2022 Celebration of the Muse honoring Robert Stewart
15 Apr 2022 The Writers Place Reading Series featuring Denise Low and Andres Rodriguez
8 Apr 2022 Riverfront Reading Series featuring Robert L. Dean Jr., Cathleen Bascom, Tim Bascom
7 Apr 2022 TWP Improv & Jazz with the River Cow Orchestra
18 Mar 2022 TWP Reading Series featuring Rick Christiansen, Nettie Zan Powers, and Lee Ann Roripaugh
11 Mar 2022 Riverfront Reading Series featuring Carl Bettis, Stanley Barkan and William Wolak
18 Feb 2022 The Writers Place Reading Series featuring Karen Craigo, Gary Lechliter, and Maija Devine
11 Feb 2022 Riverfront Reading Series featuring Jason Baldinger, Jason Ryberg, and Jeremy Gulley
29 Jan 2022 TWP Reading Series featuring A Harp in the Stars Anthology contributors
21 Jan 2022 The Writers Place Reading Series featuring Daniel Biegelson, Gary Jackson, and Richard Newman
17 Dec 2021 Voices from the Writers Place
10 Dec 2021 Riverfront Reading Series featuring the adventures of Pat Lawson, Beth Gulley, and Phyllis Becker
2 Dec 2021 Westport Coffeehouse Theater
19 Nov 2021 TWP Reading Series featuring Alarie Tennille, Tina Hacker, Teresa Leggard
12 Nov 2021 Riverfront Reading Series featuring Steve Werkmeister and Matthew Schmeer
5 Nov 2021 Whispering Prairie Press Magazine Launch Party
5 Nov 2021 Kansas City Voices
29 Oct 2021 Day of the Dead Celebration
24 Oct 2021 A Tribute to Phil Miller & the Annual Scholarship Reading
23 Oct 2021 Rose Garden Reading
15 Oct 2021 TWP Reading Series featuring William Trowbridge, Jim Peterson, Shannon Ballam
9 Oct 2021 LGBTQ Reading
4 Oct 2021 Vino and Verse hosted by Sylvia Kofler (Riverfront Readings Series)
1 Oct 2021 1-70 Review Magazine Release Reading - A Zoom Event
25 Sep 2021 100 Thousand Poets for Change Open Mic
24 Sep 2021 1-70 Review Magazine Release Reading
17 Sep 2021 The Writers Place Reading featuring Kamilah Aisha Moon, Ron Koertge, Charles Harper Webb
10 Sep 2021 Riverfront Reading Series
20 Aug 2021 The Writers Place Reading Series featuring Robert L. Dean, Jr., Melissa Fite Johnson, and Jemshed Khan
18 Aug 2021 A Tribute to Conger Beasley, Jr.
13 Aug 2021 Vino and Verses in partnership with Riverfront Readings Series
16 Jul 2021 TWP Reading Series: The Shining Years, Poems about Aging
21 Jun 2021 Poetry Reading Circle
18 Jun 2021 The Writers Place presents Cate Browder, George Bilgere, and Saddiq Dzukogi
12 Jun 2021 Rose Garden Reading
11 Jun 2021 Riverfront Reading Series featuring Divya Ramesh, Chloe Wagner, and Michelle Pond
21 May 2021 The Crystal Field Open Mic Reading
17 May 2021 Poetry Reading Circle
14 May 2021 Riverfront Reading Series featuring Linda Rodriguez and Mary Troy
16 Apr 2021 The Writers Place presents Katie Manning, Wayne Miller, and Kevin Prufer
9 Apr 2021 Riverfront Reading Series: Featuring Lisa Bradford, Steve Bradbury, Xánath Caraza
19 Mar 2021 The Writers Place presents Walter Bargen, RM Kinder, and Catherine Pierce
12 Mar 2021 Riverfront Reading Series featuring Janet Banks, Gena Bardwell, and Stanley Banks
6 Mar 2021 Kansas City Poets: A Virtual AWP Offsite Event
4 Mar 2021 Missouri Lit Mags: A Virtual AWP Offsite Reading
19 Feb 2021 The Writers Place Presents The Nu Profit$ of P/O/E/T/I/C Di$shord
15 Feb 2021 Poetry Reading Circle
12 Feb 2021 Riverfront Reading Series featuring Gloria Vando and Anika Paris
15 Jan 2021 TWP Readers Series Featuring Pat Daneman, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, and Huascar Medina
11 Jan 2021 Poetry Reading Circle
14 Dec 2020 Poetry Reading Circle
13 Dec 2020 Riverfront Holiday Open Mic
4 Dec 2020 Riverfront Reading Series: Featuring Susan Whitmore and Denise Low
23 Nov 2020 Open Mic Night
20 Nov 2020 TWP Reading Series: Pat Lawson, Ruth Williams, Judith Fertig
16 Nov 2020 Poetry Reading Circle
13 Nov 2020 Riverfront Readings
6 Nov 2020 Day of the Dead Celebration
26 Oct 2020 Open Mic Night
25 Oct 2020 Phil Miller Scholarship Reading
19 Oct 2020 Poetry Reading Circle
16 Oct 2020 TWP Reading Series: Jocelyn Cullity, Robert Stewart, Lisa Stewart
11 Oct 2020 TWP Reading Series Annual LGBTQ Reading
9 Oct 2020 Riverfront Reading Series Featuring Maryfrances Wagner and Greg Field
2 Oct 2020 Writers Place Reader Series -Featuring Kathryn Nuernberger, John Gallaher, Rodney Gomez, Walter Bargen
28 Sep 2020 Open Mic Night
25 Sep 2020 1-70 2020 Release Party (via Zoom)
21 Sep 2020 Poetry Reading Circle
20 Sep 2020 TWP Recovery Reading
18 Sep 2020 TWP Reading Series Featuring Virginia Bracket, Traci Brimhall, John Peterson
11 Sep 2020 Riverfront Zoom Readings
4 Sep 2020 Worlds Beyond: Speculative Fiction Virtual Reading
24 Aug 2020 Open Mic Night
21 Aug 2020 TWP Reading Series: Zoom Event
17 Aug 2020 Poetry Reading Circle
14 Aug 2020 Riverfront Readings
13 Aug 2020 CANCELLED: Poetry + Jazz Improv with River Cow Orchestra
27 Jul 2020 Open Mic Night
23 Jul 2020 TWP Reading Series: Virtual Event
20 Jul 2020 Poetry Reading Circle
15 Jul 2020 TRIBE Your VIBE
22 Jun 2020 Open Mic Night
19 Jun 2020 The Writers Place Zoom Reading
17 Jun 2020 Riverfront Minis Virtual Reading Featuring Huascar Medina, Poet Laureate of Kansas
6 Mar 2020 Worlds Beyond: Speculative Fiction Reading
29 Feb 2020 Digging with the Golden Shovel: A Poetry Workshop
24 Feb 2020 Open Mic Night
21 Feb 2020 TWP Reading Series
17 Feb 2020 Poetry Reading Circle
14 Feb 2020 Riverfront Readings
27 Jan 2020 Open Mic Night
20 Jan 2020 Poetry Reading Circle
18 Jan 2020 Little and Fierce: The Micro-Memoir
17 Jan 2020 TWP Reading Series
30 Dec 2019 Open Mic Night
16 Dec 2019 Poetry Reading Circle
15 Dec 2019 Riverfront Holiday Open Mic
25 Nov 2019 Open Mic Night
18 Nov 2019 Poetry Reading Circle
16 Nov 2019 The Rough Draft or Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg? Or Both?
15 Nov 2019 TWP Reading Series
9 Nov 2019 Meet and Mingle and Help The Writers Place
8 Nov 2019 Riverfront Readings
28 Oct 2019 Open Mic Night
26 Oct 2019 (CANCELLED) Memoir and Memory: Writing Your Story
25 Oct 2019 Day of the Dead 2019
22 Oct 2019 (CANCELLED) Tighten Your Prose: The Economy of Words
21 Oct 2019 Poetry Reading Circle
19 Oct 2019 The Poem as Journey
18 Oct 2019 TWP Reading Series
13 Oct 2019 Haunted Words Open Mic benefit for the Philip Miller Memorial Scholarship Fund
10 Oct 2019 Westport Coffeehouse Theater
5 Oct 2019 Grace in 14 Lines: The Sonnet
4 Oct 2019 Meet and Mingle and Help The Writers Place
30 Sep 2019 Open Mic Night
27 Sep 2019 TWP Reading Series
21 Sep 2019 South Branch Library Reading
21 Sep 2019 Recovery Reading
21 Sep 2019 Ready, Set, Submit!
20 Sep 2019 TWP Reading Series
18 Sep 2019 Happy Hour at O'Dowd's
16 Sep 2019 Poetry Reading Circle
15 Sep 2019 Recovery Reading
13 Sep 2019 Riverfront Readings
26 Aug 2019 Open Mic Night
19 Aug 2019 Poetry Reading Circle
16 Aug 2019 TWP Reading Series
14 Aug 2019 Dining for Dollars at Blue Moose Bar & Grill
8 Aug 2019 Westport Coffeehouse Theater
29 Jul 2019 Open Mic Night
15 Jul 2019 Creative Writing Summer Camp
7 Jul 2019 Nonprofit Village Art Exhibit Hosted by The Writers Place
24 Jun 2019 Open Mic Night
21 Jun 2019 TWP Reading Series
17 Jun 2019 Poetry Reading Circle
14 Jun 2019 Riverfront Readings
1 Jun 2019 TWP Presents Writing Joy
20 May 2019 Poetry Reading Circle

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Phone: 816-281-8311

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