Bursk’s Works - An evening of poetry and music to celebrate the life and works of Dr. Christopher Bursk.

Friday, April 25th at the Zlock Performing Arts Center.

Pianist Jeff Baumeister of the School of Music has written songs based on the poetry of beloved professor, mentor and poet Christophre Bursk. The songs are a mix of styles, including rock, funk, jazz, folk, and gospel.

Proceeds benefit the Keri Barber Scholarship Fund.

Tickets: $10 (Bucks students free with valid ID)

ARGO WRITER’S CIRCLE

We have another Argo Writer’s Circle coming up! Actually two! The turnout for the March meeting was bigger than we’d anticipated and, what with introductions and all, we were only able to share and give feedback on four pieces.

So this month, we’ll break the group into two smaller ones, one of which will meet on Saturday, April 12th from 10 am to 12 noon, and the other on Saturday, April 19th also from 10 am to 12.

The groups will each be capped at seven participants, which should give us ten to fifteen minutes apiece for each writer.

You are asked to bring eight (8) copies of your piece. If you want to copy them when you arrive, please get to the library by 9:45 to do that.

To reserve your spot, please contact us by April 6th to specify your preference in workshops ( April 19th)

WHEN:
Saturday, April 19th
10:00 am to 12 noon

WHERE:
Volta: Center for Writing

PREREGISTRATION for this event is FREE but MANDATORY
REGISTER HERE

ARGO WRITER’S CIRCLE

We have another Argo Writer’s Circle coming up! Actually two! The turnout for the March meeting was bigger than we’d anticipated and, what with introductions and all, we were only able to share and give feedback on four pieces.

So this month, we’ll break the group into two smaller ones, one of which will meet on Saturday, April 12th from 10 am to 12 noon, and the other on Saturday, April 19th also from 10 am to 12.

The groups will each be capped at seven participants, which should give us ten to fifteen minutes apiece for each writer.

You are asked to bring eight (8) copies of your piece. If you want to copy them when you arrive, please get to the library by 9:45 to do that.

To reserve your spot, please contact us by April 6th to specify your preference in workshops (April 12th or April 19th)

WHEN:
Saturday, April 12th
10:00 am to 12 noon

WHERE:

Volta: Center for Writing

PREREGISTRATION for this event is FREE but MANDATORY
REGISTER HERE

Join us for an afternoon of good stuff—share your creative writing through drama, poetry or prose.

Hosted by the Poet Laureate Community Project

The Wordsmiths Reading Series, one of the longest-running cultural events at Newtown-based Bucks County Community College, continues its proud tradition of live readings.

Thursday, April 3, 2025

12:30-1:30 pm

Novelist, Carolyn Kuebler

Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown Campus
Library275 Swamp Road
Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940

Tyler 142

The Argo Writers' Circle

In the spirit of the argonauts searching for the Golden Fleece, this group meets once a month to share work, discuss, celebrate, and advise by way of providing mutual support in the quest for the gold that is the writer's art.

Please join us for the first meeting on Saturday, March 8, 10 a.m. to 12 noon at Volta: Center for Writing Arts, Bucks County Community College Library, Newtown Campus.

Argo Writer’s Circle is facilitated by Terence Culleton, who has taught writing and literature for forty years and is the author of three published books of verse. A Communion of Saints (2011) and Eternal Life (2015), both published by Anaphora Literary Press, and A Tree and Gone (2021) from Future Cycle Press.

*This event is free and open to the public.

THIRD ANNUAL
Movie Award Party & Fundraiser
WEDNESDAY, February 26th
12:00 noon to 1:30 PM

BENEFITTING THE L.A. FIRE VICTIMS

Bucks County Community College
2nd Floor Library

• Show off your Red Carpet Fashion!

• Give an acceptance speech

• Play Trivia

• Enter raffles

• make ‘thank you’ cards for the firefighters

and WRITE WITH US, VOLTA: Center for Writing Arts!!!!

The Wordsmiths Reading Series, one of the longest-running cultural events at Newtown-based Bucks County Community College, continues its proud tradition of live readings.

Friday, February 21, 2025

7:30 pm

Poets, Lisa Sewell and Thomas Devaney

Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown Campus
Library275 Swamp Road
Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940

Tyler 142

Join us for an afternoon of good stuff—share your creative writing through drama, poetry or prose.

Hosted by the Poet Laureate Community Project

In this workshop, we’ll discuss why to review and how to stay focused simultaneously, always-always, in vivid, responsible detail, on the poetry and on the reader.

Here’s your invitation to write!
Choose a key. Examine it, imagine sliding it into a lock. Let the key inspire a piece of poetry or prose. Perhaps this key will unlock a door you need to have opened. Perhaps it is the key to lost memories, to future adventures, perhaps . . .

"Every year you make a resolution to change yourself. This year, make a resolution to be yourself." - Anonymous

The 48th Bucks County Poet Laureate, Lake Angela will be reading her poetry on Saturday, November 16 at 1:00 pm in Tyler 142 on the Newtown Campus. She will be reading with 2024 Laureate Tara Tamburello, and they will be joined by our three runners-up, Robbin Farr, Madeline Marriott, and Judith Adams Lagana. Thomas Devaney, one of the judges, will also be reading. We hope that you can join us!

The reading will be followed by a dessert reception.

OPEN MIC LUNCH HOUR!
Join us on Tuesday, November 12th, from 12:15 to 1:30 pm for an afternoon of good stuff. Share your creative writing through drama, poetry or prose.

Volta: Center for Writing Arts, BCCC LIbrary (Newtown Campus)

Hosted by:
Poet Laureate Community Projects

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Fiction writing and playwriting require different mindsets and different skill sets. In this workshop, you will try your hand at both using the same premise for each.

Join Poetry Editor of Ovunque Siamo: New Italian-American Writing and founder of the Caesura Poetry Festival and Retreat, Chad Frame, for this generative workshop. Being offered on two separate dates in two locations: September 19th at Volta: Center for Writing Arts and again (tentatively) September 23rd at the Peace Center in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Look for more details coming here soon!

WRITING THIS MOMENT: POEMS FOR CURRENT EVENTS
Current events poetry can be a personal catharsis, an exploration or commemoration of an issue or a moment in time, or a public reckoning.

In this workshop, we will study, explore, and categorize current events poems as well as write and share our own—and, most importantly, will discuss and review submission strategies sure to get them published.

Join Poetry Editor of Ovunque Siamo: New Italian-American Writing and founder of the Caesura Poetry Festival and Retreat, Chad Frame, for this generative workshop. Being offered on two separate dates in two locations: September 19th at Volta: Center for Writing Arts and again (tentatively) September 23rd at the Peace Center in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Look for more details coming here soon!

We’re here! Come by and visit us during our OPEN HOUSE. See our space, meet some of the Volta team members, grab a snack!

We’re here! Come by and visit us from 12:00-1:30 p.m. during our OPEN HOUSE. See our space, meet some of the Volta team members, grab a snack!