Write the Rivers, Hazelwood

Interested in exploring Pittsburgh’s rivers this summer? Sometimes they seem to hide in plain sight. We plan to think, write, and walk beside a few. In this guided walk-and-write tour you’ll get outside, explore city neighborhoods, and write creatively.

Writer Sherrie Flick will lead this guided hour-and-a-half writing and walking tour that uses the urban environment and rippling water for inspiration. This session will focus on a stretch of the Monongahela River and the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh. No experience necessary—just bring your pen, paper, curiosity, and walking shoes.

About Sherrie Flick

Sherrie Flick is an award-winning writer, editor, and teacher who loves to walk around. She’s the author of the novel Reconsidering Happiness and two short story collections, Whiskey, Etc. and Thank Your Lucky Stars. Her nonfiction has appeared in Ploughshares, The Wall Street Journal, New England Review, and Creative Nonfiction. Flick writes a monthly gardening column for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and she teaches in the Food Studies and MFA programs at Chatham University. www.sherrieflick.com

Directions and Parking

From Second Avenue, heading away from downtown, turn right onto Blair Street. The tour group will meet at the train trestle. There is public parking before and after the trestle.

Street parking is available along Blair Street and Lytle Street. There is also a public parking lot in front of Mill 19 at Beehive Street and Lytle Street. You can find more information on parking and directions to Hazelwood Green HERE.

If taking public transportation, there is a stop at Blair Street and Beehive Street that serves route 57. View a map HERE.

Registration

Registration for this class is $5.00 per person. The registration button below will redirect you to Eventbrite where you complete your registration.