Walk & Write: Schenley Park with Sherrie Flick

Pittsburgh's city parks are amazing spaces to explore with creating in mind. Immerse yourself in writing while we walk the trickling waterways of Schenley Park with writer Sherrie Flick. We'll think about both the chaotic and calm worlds on top, under, and hanging over the park's meandering stream. Headlamps will be provided for this tour.

About the Walk & Write Tour Series

Since 2021, local writer Sherrie Flick has led the popular Walk & Write Tour series for Shiftworks Community + Public Arts. The summer and fall of 2024 marks the fourth season of this successful program after three seasons of exploring Downtown Pittsburgh, Hazelwood, Morningside, the North Shore, and the South Side to name a few.

These hour-and-a-half tours traverse city neighborhoods and introduce tour-goers to various walking trails and footpaths. This season includes Flick working with guest writers Nancy Krygowski, Sarah Shotland, and Robert Yune, each exploring a different neighborhood and theme, such as noticing, inside/outside, the past isn’t the past, and immersion.

As participants walk these areas, they will have the opportunity to exercise their creative writing skills, responding to Flick’s writing prompts at each tour stop. The writing prompts are unique to each tour route and correspond with its surroundings. Each guest writer will read their work aloud during the program.

About Sherrie Flick

Sherrie Flick is the author of a novel, two short story collections, and the essay collection Homing (University of Nebraska Press, 2024). A third short story collection is forthcoming from Autumn House Press in 2025. She served as co-editor for the anthology Flash Fiction America (W. W. Norton). She loves leading writing sessions in unlikely places. She lives in the South Side Slopes of Pittsburgh.

Additional Information

This tour is appropriate for ages 16+. Please note that this route is hilly, like a hike, with uneven terrain.

Registrants should arrive by 6:50 PM and check-in with Shiftworks staff. The tour will begin promptly at 7:00 PM.

This tour will take place rain or shine. Please be prepared for any type of weather. If there is severe weather the day of the tour requiring cancellation, participants will be notified by email 2 - 4 hours before the start of the tour.

Parking and Transportation

Street parking is available within the vicinity of the meeting location. If taking public transportation, there is a Pittsburgh Regional Transit stop at Hobart Street and Greenfield Road that serves routes 65 and 93. For more information and to plan your trip, please visit the Pittsburgh Regional Transit website at: https://www.rideprt.org/

Accessibility

This tour will take place on public park trails and is not wheelchair accessible. To request additional accessibility accommodations, please contact Shiftworks directly at [email protected].

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