Kentucky Datebook for the week of May 23

Meetings

The University of Kentucky Alumni Association Job Club will meet from 9 to 10:15 a.m. May 24 at Fayette County Cooperative Extension Service, 1140 Red Mile Place. Topic: Panel of job club success stories. Info: 859-257-8905 or Ukalumni.net/jobclub.

Workshops and classes

The Central Kentucky Computer Society offers the following workshops at 160 Moore Drive, Suite 107. Info: 859-373-1000 or at Ckcs.org.

▪ Database, 7 p.m. May 23.

▪ Digital Photography, 7 p.m. May 24.

▪ Unix / Linux, 7 p.m. May 26.

▪ Photo Coffee, 9 a.m. May 26.

▪ Photo Coffee, 9 a.m. June 2 and 9.

▪ Tech Chat, 1:30 p.m. June 2.

▪ Dr. Fixit & iHelp, 10 a.m. June 4.

The 2016 Carnegie Books-in-Progress Conference, scheduled for June 2-4 at the Carnegie Center, Kentucky author Wendell Berry (World Lost, Jayber Crow, Country of Marriage and Hannah Coulter, among others) is open for registration. The conference welcomes both beginning and advanced writers and features craft workshops in nonfiction, fiction and young adult; and business workshops on how to get published. The conference offers participants a chance to meet face-to-face with literary agents, Noah Ballard and Sharon Pelletier, who will lead workshops and meet one-on-one with conference attendees (extra fee of $25 required). Register at Carnegiecenterlex.org/event/books-progress-conference-2016-3/.

Compiled by Dorothea Wingo

This story was originally published May 23, 2016 at 6:01 AM with the headline "Kentucky Datebook for the week of May 23."