Assemble 21+ Workshop: Retro Typing with Dr. Sparks

So retro!

About this Event

Test your typewriting skills with master storyteller Doctor Sparks. You’ll write a short story during the workshop with one of 15 antique typewriters then share with the group. Best story will take home a prize!

Assemble 21+ Workshop tickets include drinks, snacks and all project materials.

ABOUT DR. SPARKS

Doctor Sparks is the Storytelling alter ego of Dr. Karl J. P. Smith. Karl been typing stories on his typewriter for strangers for more than 6 years, and he has written over 1,900 stories. His typewriting storytelling has been profiled by USAToday, Scientific American, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and in 2017 he was named “Storyteller-in-Residence” at the Carnegie Science Center. He tours regionally as a children’s Storyteller.

ABOUT ASSEMBLE

Assemble is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering learning and creativity. Assemble envisions diverse neighborhoods of empowered people who create, connect, learn, and transform together. We build confidence through making by uniting communities of artists, technologists, makers, and learners both in our space at 4824 Penn Ave and beyond.

Our space is wheelchair accessible. We have two gender-neutral bathrooms with wheelchair-accessible stalls. If you have any questions about our 21+ workshops, please reach out to Tom, Monthly Program Coordinator + Teacher, tom@assemblepgh.org