GHOSTS: Cemetery Tour & Writing Workshop ⟡ Beginner-Friendly

Enjoy a historical tour of Oakwood Cemetery followed by a writing workshop on the cemetery grounds! All levels of writers are welcome to join us for some respectful (and ever-so-slightly spooky) fun, as we remember those buried at Oakwood and learn more about Austin's rich history. Our Theme for June/July: The City Every 1-3 months, our group chooses a special theme to explore in our events. This writing workshop is part of our June-July session on "The City." What does it mean to "Keep Austin Weird"? What does our city owe us and what do we owe it back? How do art and literature expand or limit our sense of civic possibilities? What new kinds of cities and city life can we imagine? And how will we know when this city has become ours? Those are some of the questions we hope to investigate this month, while offering Austinites a creative home in our own arts & humanities community. This Week's Workshop: On Ghosts We'll meet in front of Oakwood Cemetery Chapel at 9:30 AM and have some casual chitchat before we leave for our cemetery tour at 10:00 AM sharp. If you arrive after 10:00 AM, there is a chance you may miss our tour, so please arrive in a timely fashion! Our tour will likely take around 30 minutes and will involve hiking around the cemetery, so be sure to wear closed-toe shoes and comfortable clothing + bring water (it's June)! After our tour, we'll have a discussion of three short poems followed by free writing time on the cemetery grounds, which are beautiful and peaceful this time of year. [Please find our reading packet linked here.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IzgRq4toapibj-3AWckWSwiOOecb3uMVONG34RiOCXk/edit?usp=sharing) Given that the reading is only two pages long, participants are asked to read it in advance, so everyone has plenty of time to ruminate and digest before our discussion :-) Whether you're an old hand or this is your first time trying out creative writing, we'll be really happy to see you! We look…