Here’s the latest news from Public Poetry, winner of the Best Reading Series 2011 from the Houston Press. Don’t miss this free event on February 4th featuring several former Writers in the Schools (WITS) teachers! Did you ever think you’d hear a local TV news anchor read poetry? Well, that’s what will happen at Park Place Regional [...]
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Tagged alan ainsworth, Dominic Walsh, Jeannie Gambill, Joseph Campana, Mayor Annise Parker, public poetry, Sarah Cortez, Van Garrett
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Exhibition of artwork and writing from the Artbound! and Writers in the Schools (WITS) residencies at Wharton Elementary Writers in the Schools and Art League Houston have partnered to present WhARTon NARraTives, an exhibition of over sixty pieces of artwork and writing by second and third grade students from the Wharton Elementary School who have [...]
Schools across the nation are signing up for Digital Learning Day, a national campaign that celebrates innovation in the classrooms on February 1st. On this day, administrators, teachers, parents, and students everywhere will unite to discuss the ways in which technology has revolutionized the curriculum and exchange ideas on how to improve computer literacy. Started [...]
Cool Brains! Inprint Readings for Young People presents Christopher Paul Curtis, on Sunday, January 15th, at Johnson Middle School Auditorium in Houston, TX. This FREE event for parents and their children features the acclaimed author of middle grade books such as Bud, Not Buddy and The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963. Curtis is the first African-American [...]
What: WITS Writer Deborah K. Frontiera celebrates the release of her memoir, Fighting CPS. When: Saturday, January 14, 2012 from 3-5 PM Where: River Oaks Bookstore, 3270 Westheimer @ River Oaks Blvd., Houston, TX 77098, ph. 713-520-0061 Cost: Free and open to the public More about the author Deborah Frontiera grew up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula [...]
Light the glittering candles Chant the ancient prayers Spin the colorful dreidels Eat the crunchy latkes Sing a holiday song Remember a Jewish miracle Tear open a hundred gifts! By Sam
I want to give you flowers so that you are happy. I want you to feel my heart. I would like to give you toys. Some sun to keep you warm. A star so you can sleep calmly and with love. I would especially like to give you my heart. By Jocelyn, 1st grade
What: Houston Inside Out: A Symposium Who: Rosellen Brown, Robb Walsh, Bao-Long Chu, Roger Wood, and Gwendolyn Zepeda Where: Houston Public Library, Central Branch, 500 McKinney St. When: Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 1:00 pm Cost: FREE and open to all! Writing & C/Siting Houston brings together writers, folklorists and scholars to create written portraits that explore the ways and the wheres through which [...]
The Celebration of Story benefiting Writers in the Schools (WITS) is tonight. Proceeds will provide WITS literary programs for low-income kids across Houston. Join us?
Don’t miss out on what Houston Press named the Best Reading Series 2011. The next Public Poetry event will take place at 2 PM on November 5th at Discovery Green. As usual, you’ll meet award-winning poets as well as children authors who have worked with WITS writers in schools, hospitals, libraries, museums, and homeless shelters. [...]
The WITS Celebration of Story will be held at 7pm on Thursday, November 3rd, and proceeds from this fundraising event will provide year-long literary programs for low-income children. 15 Houston artists have donated work for the silent auction. The list includes Wendy Wagner, Nicola Parente, and Liz Conces Spencer. Here are a few of the works that [...]
It’s time for young writers (and their teachers!) to sign up for National Novel Writing Month, which begins Nov. 1, 2011. In 2010, 41,000 young writers participated in this fun, free event. They committed to writing an entire novel in one month. Visit the NaNoWriMo website to register, and you will find support, resources, curriculum guides, [...]
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Tagged Figment, nanowrimo, nanowrimo 2011, National Novel Writing Month, Writer Resources
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Meta-Four Houston presents “Houston Speak Green” in partnership with Youth Speaks, Houston ArtsAlliance, DiverseWorks, Houston Museum of African American Culture and the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts on November 1 and 5, 2011. Houston Speak Green is the Regional Premiere of a spoken-word poetry contest for young people to speak about environmental effects [...]
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Tagged Brave New Voices, Brave New Voices Speak Green, environmental writing, Houston Museum of African american Culture, Houston Speak Green, slam poetry
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Writers in the Schools (WITS) understands the power of slam poets, and we are lucky to have on staff a WITS writer, Deborah D.E.E.P. Wiggins, who’s been ranked the #2 female performance poet in the world. We also celebrate deaf poets–each year WITS students from T.H. Rogers School bring down the house at the Blooms [...]
This Thursday a project called Writing & C/Siting Houston presents personal essayists on the topic, Old Neighborhoods, New Neighbors. Four local writers will delve into their chosen Houston sites: Nimmi Jayathurai, “Banana Leaves and Migrant Passages” Raj Mankad, “America Varshe, America Kande: Hinduism, Ornament, and the Suburban Box” Thomas Meloncon, “My Fifth Ward” Gwendolyn Zepeda, “The [...]
