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Writing
Cancelled

[CANCELED] Memoir Writing Workshop

with Jim Talone

Registration required.

UPDATE (posted 10/26/22): This workshop has been canceled. 

All events are tentatively scheduled and may change. Please see the CMCL Events Calendar on our website, follow us on social media, and subscribe to our weekly eNewsletter for any and all updates.


We all have stories. This workshop is about crafting those stories to create memoirs that are worth reading. Adventures and achievements are great topics; however, some students have created wonderful stories about a family trip or an autumn walk home from school. Sometimes the simple moments linger longest. This is a slightly different memoir class. For those who are willing, it will be geared for publication or sharing of our work. Since we each have different life stories our topics will vary but the class will not. 

Each week we will have a little instruction in the writing process and then a good bit of sharing and feedback on our writing. We will work in small groups so that each student will be able to share a piece of writing each week. 

This is a 6-class series being held on Wednesdays, 2pm-4pm starting October 26th:

  • 10/26
  • 11/2
  • 11/9
  • 11/16
  • [There will be NO CLASS on 11/23]
  • 11/30
  • 12/7

All registrants are required to attend the first class of a series. If absent, your spot will be given to the next in line on the Waitlist.

Jim Talone is a retired school teacher who moved on from teaching writing, photography and movie making to doing it himself. Since his retirement he has worked with the Stone Harbor Museum and helped produced a series of documentary films, including Salt Marsh Stories, Stone Harbor Stories and The Miracle on 81st Street. With Ted Burke he wrote and narrated nearly 50 of the Museum Minutes which told small pieces of the history of Stone Harbor. He recently self-published a memoir of his year in Vietnam called,  “There It Is: A Helicopter Ride and a Purple Heart.”


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AGE GROUP: | 18 or older |

EVENT TYPE: | Education | Book Sale |

TAGS: | writing class | writing | memoirs | creative writing |

Cape May Court House

Phone: 609-463-6350

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Cape May Court House

Mon, Jan 12 8:30AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Jan 13 8:30AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Jan 14 8:30AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Jan 15 8:30AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jan 16 8:30AM to 4:30PM
Sat, Jan 17 9:00AM to 4:30PM
Sun, Jan 18 1:00PM to 5:00PM

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Wed, Jan 14, 9:15am - 10:15am
Upper Cape - Events Room

Wed, Jan 14, 9:15am - 10:15am
Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room

Wed, Jan 14, 10:00am - 11:00am
Lower Cape - Public Meeting Room

Wed, Jan 14, 10:00am - 10:30am
Sea Isle City - Children's Room

Wed, Jan 14, 10:30am - 11:30am
Cape May City - Events Room North,Events Room South

Wed, Jan 14, 10:30am - 11:30am
Woodbine - Children's Room,Events Room

Wed, Jan 14, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Sea Isle City - Conference Room

Wed, Jan 14, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Cape May City - Multi-Purpose Room
Registration is now closed

Wed, Jan 14, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Lower Cape - Public Meeting Room

Wed, Jan 14, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Woodbine - Children's Room,Events Room

Wed, Jan 14, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Cape May Court House - Teen Area

Wed, Jan 14, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Sea Isle City - Public Meeting Room

Wed, Jan 14, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Cape May Court House - Presentation Room

Wed, Jan 14, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Cape May Court House - Storytime Room

Wed, Jan 14, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room

Wed, Jan 14, 6:30pm - 7:15pm
Cape May Court House - Children's Room

Thu, Jan 15, 9:30am - 10:30am
Cape May City - Events Room North,Events Room South

Thu, Jan 15, 10:00am - 10:30am
Cape May Court House - Storytime Room

Thu, Jan 15, 10:00am - 11:30am
Sea Isle City - Public Meeting Room

Thu, Jan 15, 10:00am - 10:30am
Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room

Thu, Jan 15, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Lower Cape - Public Meeting Room

Thu, Jan 15, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Cape May Court House - Presentation Room
This event is full

Thu, Jan 15, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Cape May City - Events Room North,Events Room South

Thu, Jan 15, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Cape May Court House - Teen Area

Thu, Jan 15, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Cape May Court House - Storytime Room

Thu, Jan 15, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Upper Cape - Events Room

Thu, Jan 15, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Cape May Court House - Storytime Room

Thu, Jan 15, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Cape May City - Events Room North,Events Room South

Thu, Jan 15, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Cape May Court House - TLC Makerspace

Thu, Jan 15, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Lower Cape - Public Meeting Room

Fri, Jan 16, 9:15am - 10:15am
Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room

Fri, Jan 16, 9:30am - 10:30am
Stone Harbor - Events Room

Fri, Jan 16, 10:00am - 11:00am
Sea Isle City - Children's Room

Fri, Jan 16, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Lower Cape - Public Meeting Room
Registration is now closed

Fri, Jan 16, 10:00am - 11:00am
Sea Isle City - Public Meeting Room

Fri, Jan 16, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Sea Isle City - Public Meeting Room
This event is full

Fri, Jan 16, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room

Fri, Jan 16, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Lower Cape - Public Meeting Room

Fri, Jan 16, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Cape May Court House - Teen Area

Sat, Jan 17, 10:00am - 3:00pm
Cape May City - Events Room North,Events Room South

Sat, Jan 17, 10:00am - 11:00am
Cape May Court House - Children's Room

Sat, Jan 17, 10:00am - 11:00am
Lower Cape - Public Meeting Room

Sat, Jan 17, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Stone Harbor - Events Room

Mon, Jan 19, All day
Cape May Court House

Tue, Jan 20, 9:15am - 10:15am
Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room

Tue, Jan 20, 9:30am - 10:30am
Cape May City - Events Room North,Events Room South

Tue, Jan 20, 10:00am - 10:30am
Stone Harbor - Events Room

Tue, Jan 20, 10:00am - 10:45am
Upper Cape - Events Room

Tue, Jan 20, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Cape May Court House - Presentation Room

Cancelled
Tue, Jan 20, 10:00am - 11:00am
Sea Isle City

Tue, Jan 20, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Stone Harbor - Kitchen Area
This event is full

Tue, Jan 20, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Cape May City - Events Room North,Events Room South

Tue, Jan 20, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Cape May Court House - Storytime Room

Tue, Jan 20, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Cape May Court House - TLC Makerspace

Wed, Jan 21, 9:15am - 10:15am
Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room

Wed, Jan 21, 9:15am - 10:15am
Upper Cape - Events Room

Wed, Jan 21, 10:00am - 11:00am
Stone Harbor - Events Room

Wed, Jan 21, 10:00am - 11:00am
Lower Cape - Public Meeting Room

Wed, Jan 21, 10:00am - 10:30am
Sea Isle City - Children's Room

Wed, Jan 21, 10:30am - 11:30am
Cape May City - Events Room North,Events Room South

Wed, Jan 21, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Sea Isle City - Conference Room

Wed, Jan 21, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Lower Cape - Public Meeting Room

Wed, Jan 21, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Cape May City - Events Room North,Events Room South

Wed, Jan 21, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Cape May Court House - Board Room

Wed, Jan 21, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Cape May Court House - Teen Area

Wed, Jan 21, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Sea Isle City - Public Meeting Room

Wed, Jan 21, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room

Wed, Jan 21, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Lower Cape - Public Meeting Room

Wed, Jan 21, 6:30pm - 7:15pm
Cape May Court House - Storytime Room