Wilkes-Barre Connect

Join NEPA Creative June Creative Meetup, hosted in partnership with NEPA Rainbow Alliance as they celebrate LGBTQ+ Creatives in honor of Pride Month! The free monthly creative meetups promote collaboration, brainstorming, and sheer moral support for creatives in NEPA. Each month they offer Breakout Sessions led by creatives of all types! June Breakout Session Lineup:... 1. Alyssa Duffy (she/her) - Poetry 2. Anne Wolfe aka Andrew Oddgenus (they/them) - Drag and Gender Expression 3. Nikki Berlew (she/her) - Abstract Painting As always - the meet up and the sessions are free! The group will meet in Kirby Park, near the pond - typically somewhere in the grass near / under shade unless a pavilion is available. Look for the NEPA Creative Meetup signs!

Check out these photos from yesterday's Creative Meetup, and save the date for the June meeting!

The first NEPA Creative meet up is tomorrow evening! At tomorrow's meet up, the NEPA Creative group will be gathering to chat about the year and to hear about anything and everything YOU are all doing to stay creative. If anyone attending has community events or programs you'd like to share, please use this space / meet up to spread the word so the group can support or help out.... As a little bonus, Holly K. Pilcavage and Tatum Neiderhiser will be leading a planting & painting breakout session. They'll have pots, paint, plants, paintbrushes, water, etc. for you! There will be space for 12 people to partake. If you feel called to bring your own container, please do! If anyone else is feeling called to lead a session, please feel free to reach out! Hope to see you tomorrow (near the pond in Kirby Park - we'll have signs).

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