New Class Alert!

New Class Alert! 🚨

Join Emma Zimmerman for: Words as Resistance, Words as Release 🖊️

📅 Every Thursday at 7:15-8:15pm starting in September!

♥️ Free for Unlimited Membership holders, regular class passes accepted, or sliding scale option

The written word is one of the most powerful tools we have — both for questioning systems of oppression, and finding peace and presence in the now. In this writing workshop, we’ll do both!

Come as you are, with every bit of rage and joy your day has brought, and get ready to release it to the page! For inspiration, we’ll read short passages by writers, activists, and environmentalists throughout history. Then, we’ll work through a new generative writing prompt every week, focusing on resistance or release (or both)! Many of these prompts can be revisited and used as grounding tools throughout your daily life.

No prior experience with creative writing is necessary. Anyone interested in writing, journaling, or exploring new realms of creativity is welcome here!

Emma Zimmerman is a writer, journalist, and writing teacher. She is passionate about the power of the written word to spark change, foster connection, and build more resilient communities. Her journalism has appeared in publications that include Outside, Runner’s World, the Boston Globe, and the Maine Monitor. It has covered topics that range from environmental justice to gender, sexuality, race, reproductive justice, sports and the outdoors, and more. Her literary nonfiction has received various awards, including a “notable nonfiction” selection in the Best American Essays anthology. She has led creative writing workshops at NYU and Phillips Exeter Academy, and in partnership with various nonprofits. Her debut book, Body Songs: a memoir of Long Covid Recovery, is forthcoming from Penguin in 2026. When she’s not writing, Emma enjoys running in the woods, reading by the water, and exploring the outdoors with her sweet border collie mix.

*18+ only

*Please pre-register at least 2 hours in advance

*Scholarships usually available, just ask