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Calling all writers: WKTV News presents a writing workshop with Tom Rademacher

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Tom Rademacher Update: Due to an unforeseen conflict, the writing workshop will be postponed to a later date!

 

By: Mike DeWitt

 

Every artist has a palette full of basic building blocks in which to create their masterpiece. Painters have a palette full of individual colors, sculptors start with a slab of stone, and writers are privileged to the 26 letters of the alphabet and a story at every turn.

 

This Wednesday, May 4, Tom Rademacher – national award-winning author and former columnist for the Grand Rapids Press – will host a writing workshop at the Kent District Library’s Kentwood (Richard L. Root) Branch to help teach and inspire writers to utilize their full palette.

 

The writing workshop is one in a series of workshops put on by WKTV News to reach out to potential citizen reporters in the community. The stories in our communities are engaging, endearing, and endless, we just have to tell them!

 

The workshop is an opportunity to learn from one of the best storytellers around. Tom Rademacher made his mark writing about everyday individuals whose impact ripples throughout the community.

 

Following the presentation, there will be time for a question-and-answer segment. The writing workshop is free and open to the public.

 

Details Below:

 

Who: Tom Rademacher and WKTV News
What: Writing Workshop and Q&A
When: May 4, 6:30 – 8:00pm
Where: KDL Kentwood (Richard L. Root) Branch – 4950 Breton Rd. SE, Kentwood
Why: To sharpen you storytelling skills and learn from the best!

 

RSVP with your name to news@wktv.org

Top-5 Stories from the month of March

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Mike DeWitt

Mike.dewitt@wktv.org

 

March brought some record numbers to WKTV News because of stories about people who make Wyoming and Kentwood a great community to live in.

 

If you happened to miss some of March’s top stories, make sure to check them out below!

 

Thom Vander Klay - Wyoming BasketballAfter 31 years, Thom Vander Klay and the Wyoming Wolves are still making history

 

Coach Vander Klay has coached basketball in Wyoming for over three decades. The 2016 season marked a new experience with Wyoming’s first four-year class of Wolves.

 

Sami Ahmad18-year-old pianist wows crowd performing Rachmaninoff at Grand Rapids Youth Symphony concert

 

At only 18 years old, Sami Ahmad mastered Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2. His mastery of the piece earned him the honor of being the featured soloist at the March concert.

 

Maria ErazoNot just another pretty face

 

First generation immigrant Maria Erazo is a woman of many talents: Entrepreneur, business woman, author, motivational specialist…and the new Face of Siegel Jewelers.

 

The TwitsWyoming Theater Company presents the original ‘despicable me’ Roald Dahl’s ‘The Twits’

 

Wyoming High School students worked hard to put on a wonderful performance of Roald Dahl’s “The Twits.”

 

quilter - OnPointOnPoint Tutorials, Tips & Tours – the show about all things creative

 

OnPoint Tutorials, Tips & Tours airs on WKTV and focuses on providing viewers with step-by-step tutorials on particular techniques each week. The show airs Monday at 6 p.m. and Friday at 10:30 a.m.