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Splash into Lake Erie Ink on Sept. 30th!

Lake Erie Ink is splashing into their second year of programming with Splash into Lake Erie Ink, an afternoon of creative expressions, on Sunday, September 30, from 4-6 pm in the old Coventry School at 2843 Washington Boulevard in Cleveland Heights. Refreshments and entertainment for all ages will be provided at no cost. Performances will begin at 4:30, with poet and emcee Ray McNiece, members of Take Nine poetry troupe, Lake Erie Ink Youth Writers, and Possibilitarian Puppet Theater. Additional activities include puppetry with Possibilitarian Puppet Theater and Haikus for Tattoos.

For more information call:  216-320-4757

Volunteer information and orientation this fall!

If you like creative writing and youth, have a story to share, a skill to teach or a subject you know a lot about… We need you!

Volunteer information and orientation will be held at Lake Erie Ink on September 6th, September 20th and October 9th from 6:30-8:00 pm.  Please call or email  to RSVP or if you have questions.  320-4757 or arosenbluth@lakeerieink.org

Please see our volunteer page for more information and to download an application.   Click to download our current volunteer flyer.

Fall Registration & Open House

Find out about our fall programming and register for the Ink Spot and other workshops at Lake Erie Ink’s Fall Open House on Sept. 5, 6, and 19th, from 4-6:30 pm. We are located in the Coventry School Building in Cleveland Heights, 2843 Washington Boulevard. If you are unable to attend an open house, call 216-320-4757 or email clarsen@lakeerieink.org.

Lake Erie Ink looks back at our first year

We had a dream, we achieved it, and what a lot of work we’ve done!

To learn more about our first official year operating as Lake Erie Ink, check out the slideshow:   Lake Erie Ink’s First Year.

Chinchilla poem and pinata

by Kai

Cute and fuzzy as I hop and prance

as I stare with smiling eyes and make you laugh

with great big smiles across your face,

a giggle and a hug you give as sweet

and more than the raisin in my cage.
Love, <(^.^)>the chinchilla

Guinea Pig Opinions (and Guinea Pig Pinata)

by Sophie

Squeak! Hey! Hello? I need water! Gosh. It’s so hard to get good service, being a pet and all. And what do they think I’m saying? “Oh, hello, hi.” This bottle is empty and they don’t even notice! Speaking of “not noticing,” when was the last time they picked me up? When was the last time they pet me? Let me tell you: I am precious, but they don’t even care!
“Hey—what are you doing? Don’t pick him up! Pick me up, pick me up! Ahh! Really? A spray bottle? I don’t think that was necessary. Wait! Where are you going with him? Hey! Come baaaaaack! Where did you go? Ohh—now you pick me up. Where are you taking me? Is that…. Is that RUNNING WATER I hear?! Ahhh!”
Glub blub blub glub splash!!

“Nice and clean you say? Nice and clean? I’ve got water in my ears thanks to you. Wait. So you don’t put water in my water bottle… but you put it in my ears. You know what? I’m done with you!”
Sniff sniff… gasp!

“Watermelon! I love you!”

A Planet Problem

By Maple B.

Characters
Narrator
Mercury
Saturn
Uranus
Sun

Scene One

(Bright light shining. As the light dims, enter all. Sun stands center stage, and planets begin to “orbit” it. Mercury closest to sun, then Saturn, then Uranus. The planets are not in a line. As each planet gets directly in front of the audience, everything freezes, and that planet speaks. When speech is done, everything un-pauses.)
(Mercury faces front. Everything pauses.)
Mercury: Hi, I’m Mercury. I’m small and fast. I’m not happy! I often leave my orbit to visit the asteroid belt. But I really like Saturn, though I don’t often get to visit her. Whenever I have a problem, I ask Saturn. Do you?
Uranus, rudely, still frozen: No!
(Un-pause. Planets continue orbit.)
(Saturn faces front. Everything pauses.)
Saturn: Hi, I’m Saturn. I’m very smart. I’m super slow because if my rings—which are actually hula hoops—are bumped, they’ll fall. I have rings because my giant hula hoops got stuck!
(Un-pause. Planets continue orbit.)
(Uranus faces front. Everything pauses.)
Uranus: I’m proud and I often brag. I hate the sun and would like to get rid of it. I also dislike all the planets, especially the smart ones and the smart ones’ friends. Read More

Time Flies at Summer Ink

We’ve had a great summer at Lake Erie Ink.  Our first camp–Word Play–included special guests from Possibilitarian Puppet Theater and Ensemble Theatre.  The first week ended with an outdoor puppet show in Coventry PEACE park.  Our second week culminated in original and AUDIBLE plays performed in Ensemble Theatre. Our second camp, Picture This, was overflowing with artists and storytellers, writing comics and creating other word art.

Next we explored Writing in 3D, writing about and recreating some of our favorite things as clay and papier mache sculptures.  A high point of the week was the Story Treasure Hunt.

We are now in the midst of our one camp for high school age youth–Writing Outside (and on the box), with one more camp (still a few spaces) starting next week…Community Connections is an opportunity to explore and write about where we live.  We have opened that camp up to 4th through 8th grade.

We want to give a special thank you to all of our teen volunteers who have made this summer so successful.  You can read more about them on the teen volunteer page soon.

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Thank you! To all who helped plan, promote, perform and participate in our Benefit last week!

We had a great crowd join us at the Grog Shop on Sunday, April 29th to hear Dan Chaon, Katie Daley, Ray McNiece and six brave and creative young writers. Thank you to all the folks who donated yummy appetizers and drinks: Jack’s Deli, the Heights Grill, Restless Coffee, and friends of Lake Erie Ink. Finally, a huge thank you to Kathy at the Grog Shop for letting us host the event there.
Hope this becomes our “annual” benefit reading- we’re game, are you?