Writers' Retreat: Gloria Loring, Leslie Schwartz, more

4 AUGUST 2013 — sunday

"Country in the City," a one-day retreat for women writers features singer-poet Gloria Loring, novelist Leslie Schwartz, writer Hope Anita Smith, L.A. Observed columnist Erika Schickel, YA author Sherri L. Smith, and Curb Your Enthusiasm's Brett Paesel, sponsored by The Hedgebrook Writers-in-Residence Program's Alumnae Leadership Council of Southern California, this retreat intends to recreate the Hedgebrook experience for a day, Mount Saint Mary's College, West Adams campus, at the Doheny Estate, Los Angeles, $65 registration in advance online or by mail, includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, 9:00 a.m.-5:30 (info@adriennecrew.com, S. Pearl Sharp, 323/993-6006, www.hedgebrook.org/eventdetails.php?id=51)