SHOULD OLD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT: Employing the Editor to Take Out the Trash, with Rahne Alexander

Join writer, performance artist, and UMBC alum Rahne Alexander for a hands-on workshop exploring writing, editing, performance, reflection, release, and self-kindness. Participants will use a new sketchbook and markers to develop ideas, identify pages or thoughts they are ready to set aside, and wrap the notebook as a personal gift to themselves.

The workshop ends with a celebratory “cup of kindness” featuring sparkling cider and a collective ritual in which participants destroy their discarded pages. The tactile, playful process is designed to mark a fresh start, with each attendee taking home a personalized reminder of the experience.

When: Sunday, November 8, 2026

Showtimes: 2–4 PM

Venue: Fine Arts : 018

Format: In-person workshop

Facilitator: Rahne Alexander, a creative polymath working across intermedia art, music, writing, and event production. She was formerly the front woman of The Degenerettes and Santa Librada and now performs with the trans and queer band 50’♀ & the Worms.

Background: Alexander earned an M.F.A. in intermedia and digital arts from UMBC in 2021. She is active in Baltimore’s LGBTQ+ and arts communities, is a Baker Artist Award recipient, contributes to BmoreArt and UMBC Magazine, and regularly speaks with artists and authors at venues including Red Emma’s, Greedy Reads, and Atomic Books.

Activities: Sketchbook-based writing and editing exercises, reflective prompts, setting aside pages to release, notebook wrapping, a sparkling-cider toast, and a group ritual involving the destruction of discarded pages.

Run time: Approximately two hours, from 2 to 4 PM.

Tickets: Free

Registration: Space is limited, so advance RSVP is requested.

Photo credit: Britt Olsen Ecker.