Wednesday, February 24th 5:30 pm - approx. 8:30 - 9:00 Dancing Ganesha Indian Restaurant 1100 Harmon Place Minneapolis MN 55403 Tel (612) 338-1877 Corner of 11th & Harmon Place, Downtown Minneapolis http://www.dancingganesharestaurant.com/ Happy Hour 4 - 7 p.m. Tap Beer $2 Wine by the Glass $5 All Appetizers $5 Select Curries $7 1/2 off anything at the bar, including signature cocktails Free parking validation in attached ramp (enter on 11th Street side). We have the Fireplace Room reserved. Close access to I-94 & 394 All are welcome, members and non-members. Network with writers, actors, directors, producers, and crew.

February 9th (the second Tuesday of the month) 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. Minneapolis Community & Technical College Technical Buidling, Rm T-1020 (the Executive Conference Room on 1st floor by the cafeteria) 1501 Hennepin Avenue S, Minneapolis, MN 55403 Directions: http://www.minneapolis.edu/directions.cfm Parking - $5 in ramp (connected by skyway across the street) or metered street parking Script Title: Marilyn for a Week Logline: A failing young actress channels Marilyn Monroe for a week, and the icon becomes her mentor to help this starstruck fan win the lead role in a Marilyn biopic and the love of a Joe DiMaggio impersonator. Genre: Supernatural Love Story Author Bio: Linda Anderson is a national award-winning book author and playwright. Her screenplays have placed in the top 15% of the Nichol Fellowship, the top 25% in the Screenwriters Expo contest, as a quarter-finalist in Writer's Network Screenplay & Fiction Competiion, and honorable mention in the Writer's Digest competition. She has been a member of SWW Saturday Script Group since 2001 and is a ProSeries Alumni of Script for Sale (ScreenwriterU).

This class, taught by Jill Bernard, will introduce basic concepts of improvisational theater - the tools improvisers use to create scripts/stories instantly -with the goal of giving writers skills they can use in their writing process. Sponsored by Screenwriters' Workshop. CLASS LIMIT: 20 students JILL BERNARD has performed with ComedySportz -Twin Cities since 1993, and is also a founding member of HUGE Theater. Her one-woman improv piece, Drum Machine, has been featured at the Chicago Improv Festival and the Miami Improv Festival, among others. She has taught and performed improv in Norway, Canada, and over thirty of these United States. WHEN: Saturday, February 6th 10 am to 12 Noon WHERE: ROOM T4040 Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC) 1501 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis, MN COST: $10 (After Feb 1st $15) SWW Members $15 (After Feb 1st $20) IFP, MN-WIFT, MN Fiction Members $20 (After Feb 1st $25) General Public INFO AND REGISTER: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Ed at (651) 341-8162 Mail check to: Screenwriters' Workshop 528 Hennepin Avenue #507 Minneapolis, MN 55403

Screenwriters' Workshop would like to thank Minneapolis-based Mariner Software for their generous donation of screenwriting software to be used as contest prizes and door prizes. Check out their affordable software solutions - Contour (script development) and Montage (script writing with Final Draft compatibility and submission tracking). www.MarinerSoftware.com