Upcoming Events

Loft Events

For In-person events: Advanced tickets guarantee a general admission seat and help cover the Loft's costs to host the event. We are committed to accessibility at our events. If the event cost is a barrier, please show up to the event and we will accommodate you at the door through pay-what-you-can admission.  

Date
Time
5pm-7pm
Friend Fête (September 2024)
Come together as one big friend group at our bi-annual gathering for Friends of the Loft! Have a drink and a bite, make connections, and participate in the open mic at this free donor social hour.
Price
Regular $0.00
Friend $0.00
Location
The Loft at Open Book
Friend Fete September 18
Date
Time
4pm-5:30pm
The 2025 Novel Writing, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, and Memoir Writing Project Information Session 1

If you're curious about the Loft's Year-Long Writing Project in Novel Writing with Peter Geye, Creative Nonfiction with Sun Yung Shin, Memoir with Carolyn Holbrook, or Poetry with Heid E. Erdrich, and which is right for you, come to this informal information session to find out more!

Presenters
Peter Geye
신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin
Carolyn Holbrook
Heid E. Erdrich
Price
Regular $0.00
Friend $0.00
Location
Online—Zoom Classroom
YLWP online info session
Date
Time
7pm-9pm
McKnight Judge Reading: Mahogany L. Browne

Please join us for a public reading by the 2024 McKnight judge in Poetry/Spoken Word, Mahogany L. Browne, author of Black Girl Magic. Browne will be joined in conversation with the Loft's Executive and Artistic Director, Arleta Little.

Presenters
Mahogany L. Browne
Arleta M. Little
Price
Regular $10.00
Friend $5.00
Location
The Loft at Open Book
Mahogany Browne Conversation Sep 2024
Date
Time
6pm-9pm
Friday Night Welcome Party — October 2024 Lit!Series

Kick off the October Lit!Series with our Friday night welcome party! This will be a fun chance to mingle with fellow Lit!Series participants, meet some of our Visiting Artists, and explore this month’s theme: Banned Books.


Registration included with all Craft Seminar passes and Agent/Editor appointments.

Presenters
Tasslyn Magnusson
Price
Regular $10.00
Friend $5.00
Location
The Loft at Open Book
LitSeries Oct 4 Kickoff Party Banned Books
Date
Time
7pm-8:30pm
Lit!Series: An Evening on Banned Books Featuring Carmen Maria Machado

Join the Loft Literary Center for its second Lit!Series event of the year featuring October’s Keynote, Carmen Maria Machado! This conversation will be centered around the topic of banned books and the wave of literary censorship that is facing teachers, students, librarians, and authors across the country. Carmen will be joined in conversation by authors Safia Elhillo, Jake Maia Arlow, and Ashley Hope Pérez as they discuss their work and their own experiences having books banned or challenged in schools and libraries.

Presenters
Carmen Maria Machado
Safia Elhillo
Jake Maia Arlow
Ashley Hope Pérez
Location
O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
Lit!Series Banned Book Convo with Carmen Maria Machado
Date
Time
5pm-6:30pm
The 2025 Novel Writing, Creative Nonfiction, and Memoir Writing Project Information Session 2

If you're curious about the Loft's Year-Long Writing Project in Novel Writing with Peter Geye, Creative Nonfiction with Sun Yung Shin, and Memoir with Carolyn Holbrook, which is right for you, come to this informal information session to find out more!

Presenters
Peter Geye
신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin
Carolyn Holbrook
Price
Regular $0.00
Friend $0.00
Location
Online—Zoom Classroom
YLWP online info session