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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Three Writers in the Schools (WITS) students at Helms Elementary (HISD) will have their winning poems published in the Young Writers of America Annual Students Anthology! Congratulations to 3rd graders Joshua Martinez, Bella Corona, and Emily De Leon, who are students in Ms. Jennifer Martinez’s class and work weekly with Writers in the Schools (WITS) [...]
I love music because it clears my mind. When I’m in a good mood, I listen to Indie music on the radio. The first time I ever heard Radio Lollipop (a fully equipped radio station staffed by a team of volunteers at Texas Children’s Hospital) was January 31, 2011. I was in a bed feeling down on [...]
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 [...]
Every summer Writers in the Schools (WITS) partners with Rice School Literacy and Culture Project (SLC) to host Summer Creative Writing Workshops across the city of Houston. We are pleased to let you know about their January Early Literacy Conference, which takes place this Saturday, January 14th, at Rice University. If you value creativity in [...]
2012 Children’s Contest Rules Subject = Adventure The final deadline for entries is March 31, 2012. Children are encouraged to submit their work to Houston-Texas-Online as soon as possible. They will receive 10 extra points if they submit their work prior to December 31, 2011. These extra points will count toward the final judging. Entries will be displayed on [...]
In Houston it almost never snows. You have to be really patient. I don’t recommend you hold your breath unless your name is Houdini. In Houston it almost never snows. But when it does, the city shuts down. An inch makes us crazy. Snow is bigger than the Super Bowl. But don’t hold your breath. [...]
When I tasted rain, it tasted like the water we drink when we run a lot on the playground with friends. When I heard the rain, it sounded like coins. It sounded like treasure. When I saw the rain, I saw my reflection. I looked happy. By Jennifer, 2nd grade Photo by Impressions by Lindy [...]
Creative Communication: A Celebration of Today’s Writers chose Writers in the Schools (WITS) student Jasmin Johnson as one of the top 10 4th grade poets in the nation. Three of her poems will be published in an anthology of student writing. Jasmin also will receive a $50 savings bond. For more information about Creative Communication [...]
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 [...]
Join us in congratulating these past and present WITS writers and students: Chuck Carlise’s new chapbook A Broken Escalator Still Isn’t Stairs is now available on Amazon. WITS student Jasmine Davis, who works with WITS writer Melanie Malinowski, won Honorable Mention for her essay “My Life with Clorox” for the Kidney Times Essay Contest. [...]
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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 [...]
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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