When most of us hear the word “wedding”, we tend to get idealistic.
That tendency is a challenge that was recently presented to the talented participants of The Pasadena Writing Project, in their memoir-writing workshop.
Workshop team teacher Maria Elena Fernandez instructed her students to strip away the hearts and flowers–and write about what weddings and marriages meant to them, in real life.
The results are both fascinating, and the subject of a special upcoming presentation at the Pasadena Museum of History. This Saturday morning, June 1 at 11:00, Pasadena Writing Project authors will offer a free reading of their work, based on the subject of weddings and marriage, at a sumptuous literary brunch. After the program, there will be a reception, with refreshments and a chance to meet the authors.
Maria Elena and two of her students, Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin and Adenike Harris, talked about what The Pasadena Writing Project meant to them and read samples of their work.
Pasadena Writing Project members will read their essays on weddings and marriage at the Pasadena Museum of History, 470 West Walnut Street, at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 1. The program is free.
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