WAT?!: Word Around Town
Nuestra Palabra - Latino Writers Having Their Say
The Word Around Town tour was originally put together by three noteworthy Houston area poets: Zelene Pineda, Joe B. and Stephen Gros, as a way to celebrate and exhibit Houston’s varied and talented spoken word artists and the venues that support them. This ambitious endeavor [...]

WITS is mentioned and Executive Director Robin Reagler is quoted in an editorial in today’s Houston Chronicle.  The column is about the spoken word project, Young Houston Writers (YHW). The Houston teenagers who made the YHW team are in Washington DC for the Brave New Voices festival, an international poetry slam. A story from the [...]

This week the US president is in Slovenia. Next week: WITS Writer Merrilee Cunningham!
Merrilee will spend three weeks of her summer vacation bringing creative writing to students in Macedonia and Slovenia.  This international WITS expedition was organized by Amy Storrow, a Department of State member who is stationed in Skopje, Macedonia.  Amy was the [...]

Bohemeo’s–with sponsored assistance from the Greater East End District, Frost Bank, Talento Bilingue de Houston, and others–will host the first annual festival showcasing the cultural arts of the East End.In addition to two visual art spaces, there will be two stages (one indoors and one outdoors) that will continuously feature music, dance, theater, poetry and [...]

Dacamera of Houston presents Jazz and Poetry featuring the Sam Dinkins III Quartet Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 5:30 PM at the Houston Public Central Library.
Jazz drummer, bandleader and music educator Sam Dinkins III is a local legend.  He has worked with major artists such as Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul. He has received [...]

“Cool Brains! Inprint Readings for Young People” presents an afternoon with award-winning picture book authors Rosemary Wells and David Wiesner in which both authors will read from their [...]

Here is a list of the amazine young WITS writers who performed at The Menil Collection on Tuesday, May 13, 2008:
Maria Aguilera
Mohammed A. Al-Ali
Alice Alsup
Collin Brant
Shantricniece Brewster
Ariel Brigham
Sarah C
Leslie A. Campos
Yolanda Canales
Leah Chavez
Lauren Cherry
Miriam Connor
Yessica Contreras
Sergio De Paz
Daniel Echeverri
Janet Flores
Alex Fuentes
Juan Garcia
Rafael Garcia
Tommie Garcia
Jake Garrison
Luke George
Elizabeth Gibson
Alyssa Gomez
Paul Gonzalez
April Grant
Linda J. Gutierrez
Elissa Hakemack
Javanti Hall
Nash Haydon
Rebecca [...]

Here is the list of incredible young WITS writers who performed at The Menil Collection on Monday, May 12, 2008:
Lora Abousaway
Emma Allbright
Averie Allwein
Selasi Amoani
Camila Araujo
Michelle Arellano
Meg Ashman
Fernando Avendano
Madison Black
Quincy Bledsaw
Tamara Brown
Julia Bugos
Kassandra Bustos-Doria
Jose Canales
Angeles Cano
Susan Castillo
Audie Choi
Reese Costis
Hanh Dang
Audresha Davis
Keshawn Denning
Kiaynah Dickerson
Bobby Eaton
Destiny Enriquez
Fadila Farag
Jeffery Flor
Amber Flores
Anthony Flores
Jocelyn Garza
Jazmin Gomez
Erika Gonzalez
Rianna Hamilton
Shane Hauser
Madison Henderson
Alesse [...]

Young Houston Writers Poetry Slam
The 1st Young Houston Writers Teen Poetry Slam will be hosted by Marcell Murphy.

Come to this event ready to perform your own original poetry
Who: Poets ages 13 - 19
When: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, May 10, 2008
Where: The Art Car Parade (Houston Chronicle tent at Sam Houston Park downtown, across [...]

Have you seen Kanye West or Alicia Keyes do it on Def Poetry Jam? And did you watch, thinking, move over–I can do that. Better than that?
For those of you entertaining the possibility of entering the first ever Houston Young Writers poetry slam this weekend, we’ve collecting some links offering inspiration:

The Youth Speaks channel [...]