The North Carolina Writers Network and The Brandy Bar + Cocktails present DIANE RHOADES as next in their series “In the Company of Writers”

The program offers a series of personal and conversational dialogues featuring guest writers/poets followed by an open mic forum. These inspirational gatherings will elucidate and entertain those attending. The guest author speaks from 7-8 PM with an open mic from 8 -9 PM. The Chicago blues music of “Hollywood Johnny Cosgrove” (accompanied by Charlie Wilkinson) welcomes you, continues during intermission, and closes the evening. Sign-ups for the open mic sheet is posted at entry

Diane Rhoades, a published author, personal historian and worm rancher, lives on an urban farm in Hendersonville. A retired massage therapist, Diane recognizes how “stories” often find their way into muscles and bone. She notes, “Things that don’t get resolved in real time get stuck inside us. Writing is a vehicle to stir up the stories and inspires energy, health and pleasure.” In 2008, she trained with Dr. James Birren, author of Telling the Stories of Life through Guided Autobiography. Since then, Diane has facilitated 8-week Guided Autobiography sessions, which prime memory, so participants write their life stories with the compassion and insight of hindsight. Learn more about this process and meet Diane’s students Roger Burns and Betty Blackerby and hear their stories.

Co-sponsored by the North Carolina Writers Network and The Brandy Bar + Cocktails, the program, “In the Company of Writers” is featured the 2nd Wednesday of each month.