10-11am: Open FreeWriting @ HoCo Miller Library in the Ellicott Room. All are invited. (OCA Mocha is closed at this time.)
Sep 13 Sun: SongWriting
SongWriting Group 🎶 contact Deb.
Sep 14 Mon : FreeWrites & Coffee
10-11am: Open FreeWriting @ Atwater’s Catonsville. Upstairs in the backroom behind the bar, where we write most Mondays. All are invited.
Sep 15 Tue: FreeNights at the Library (discontinued for now)
5 ~ 8pm closing: Casual FreeWriting, FreeReading, FreeAssociating, FreeKnitting, FreeScrabbling, and a short film. Bring your work and stay for as long as you like. No evening events scheduled at the Library at this time. These could resume later in fall 2026.
Sep 18th-20th | Fri-Sun | Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity
• Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity — a conference of writers in the genres of horror, science fiction & speculative fiction @ the DoubleTree Hilton in Columbia. www.CreaturesCrimesAndCreativity.com
Sep 19th | Sat | Open FreeWrites in Catonsville MD.
• 10-11am | Meet behind Scoops Ice Cream Shop in Catonsville, next to the bike shop. Just a few doors west of Atwater’s Catonsville.
• 10-11am | Open FreeWriting session @ Atwater’s Catonsville. All are invited. Upstairs backroom, no charge, bring a notebook.
Save the Date! Nov 14th | Carpool to Glenstone Museum after FreeWrites
• FreeWrites annual Fall Field Trip to Glenstone.org — vast nature trails, contemporary sculpture grounds & art museum galleries. We will carpool from OCA Mocha in Arbutus to Potomac MD at 11:30am, as we did twice in 2025. Check out the museum website. Richard has 30 free tickets, so put in your request now. Military & educators should check out special perks on the website. Families welcome, but sadly no art & nature lovers under 12.
Always check the FreeWrites Newsletter. Please notify Richard of any typos or other issues.
Notice! OCA Mocha in Arbutus is closed for renovations thru Sep 2026!
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