May 12, 2012 6:00 p.m. Jack Kayak is an amorphous, seasonal, and passionate musical collective with a strong focus on improvisational and experimental compositions. Consisting primarily of Aaron Baxter (guitars, vocals), Dan Shadick (drums), and Dan Hambleton (cello, guitar, vocals), the group is sometimes joined by Jon Ebbrell, Emily Bennett, and others. As a group whose output consists [...]

May 25 – 27, 2012 (Friday evening to Sunday afternoon) Celebrate the coming of spring with the annual guitar weekend with Rick Fines. The workshop will begin with a scrumptious gourmet dinner at the lodge on Friday evening. Later in the evening, you will enjoy the first informal session of music making. On Saturday and [...]

  June 22 – 24, 2012 (Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon) During this weekend of conversation, guided writing exercises, and on-the-spot writing/workshopping, we will be focusing on various aspects of the short story. We will discuss the genesis of stories, how to facilitate their gestation from impulse to first draft, how to revise them, and [...]

Saturday, June 23, 2012 6:00 p.m. Acclaimed Kingston-based author, Steven Heighton, will inspire and provoke audience members with a public reading on Saturday, June 23, at Wintergreen Studios. Guests will enjoy a gourmet feast, followed by Steven’s reading. Steven will read from two recently published books, Workbook and The Dead are More Visible. The first [...]

July 9 – 13, 2012 (Monday lunch through Friday afternoon)   Are you ready to spend time exploring prose and poetry with other writers, under the guidance of acclaimed writer and teacher, Helen Humphreys? Then this writers’ workshop is for you. You will try new writing techniques and exercises, and learn how the land can [...]

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 6:00 p.m. For the third July running (this is fast becoming an annual event!), Helen Humphreys will read from current and forthcoming works. She is the author of four books of poetry, six novels, and one work of creative non-fiction. Helen was born in Kingston-on-Thames, England, and now lives in Kingston, [...]

August 12 – 16, 2012 (Sunday noon through Thursday afternoon) Have you dreamed about building an enchanting woodland retreat or a charming backyard garden shed? Creating something beautiful with hand tools and found materials? Using old fence rails or straw bales as construction materials?  And along the way, learning to tell the difference between a [...]

  August 23–26, 2012 (Thursday afternoon through Sunday afternoon) This four-day writing retreat will provide a nurturing setting for attending writers to create new work. Through a series of daily in-class and extra-class exercises, readings, discussions, and commentaries, fresh approaches to the poem will be explored with a view to not only improving our skills, [...]

Friday, August 24, 2012 6:00 p.m. Join us at Wintergreen for a rare treat, as Patrick Lane shares his work with an intimate audience in the Wintergreen lodge. We are hosting Patrick at Wintergreen for the first time this summer, and hope that this event will be the first of many. After a scrumptious meal, [...]

  September 14–17, 2012 (Friday afternoon to Monday afternoon) You are invited to spend a unique and nourishing long weekend taking part in a creative writing workshop led by writer Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes – winning selection for CBC Radio’s Canada Reads in 2009. It is not necessary for you to [...]

Saturday, September 15, 2012 6:00 p.m. Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes, will be our writer-in-residence in mid-September. He will give a public reading on the Saturday evening during his stay at Wintergreen, just as the leaves are beginning to turn on the maples surrounding the meadow. Guests will enjoy a gourmet dinner, [...]

Dates to be determined by participants. This workshop generally runs from a Friday evening through to Sunday after lunch. If you and five friends are interested in having a private workshop focusing on making fused glass, please contact Wintergreen Studios, and we will customize your workshop.   Are you captivated by the colorful allure of [...]