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 [...]
By Marcia
|
Also posted in creativity, event, Houston, poetry, writers in the schools, writing
|
Tagged alan ainsworth, Dominic Walsh, Jeannie Gambill, Joseph Campana, Mayor Annise Parker, public poetry, Sarah Cortez, Van Garrett
|
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. [...]
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 [...]
By Marcia
|
Also posted in contest, event, Houston, nature, poetry, student, writers in the schools
|
Tagged Brave New Voices, Brave New Voices Speak Green, environmental writing, Houston Museum of African american Culture, Houston Speak Green, slam poetry
|
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 [...]
Meta-Four Houston will hold the high school poetry slam finals on Friday, April 15th, at 8pm at The Artery. The winning poets will form the Meta-Four team that will represent Houston at Brave New Voices 2011. The team is coached by WITS Writers Emmanual-Lee Bean and Deborah Wiggins. For more information, click here.
As I walked towards the front entrance of E.O. Smith Education Center to observe WITS Writer Deborah Wiggins, I sensed love in the air. On this Valentine’s Day, Wiggins’ writers were preparing to work when I slipped through the classroom door. An international performance poet with a commanding stature, Wiggins is a take charge teacher [...]
By jrwatson5
|
Also posted in art, creativity, education, event, imagination, inspiration, Lesson plan, national poetry month, poetry, story, student, teaching, writer, writers in the schools, writing, writing prompts
|
Tagged Annise Parker, deborah wiggins, public poetry, valentine's day prompt
|
My friend’s voice is like a leap of fireworks. His voice makes the kiss of joyfulness. That voice explodes like a boom, chanting the words and sounds, blending and mixing so that the sounds make a choir. I love for him to talk just so I can hear his voice. I know his voice will [...]
What: Meta-Four Houston Slam Season Kickoff When: Tonight, February 25, 2011 at 7:30 PM Where: Secret Word Cafe, 2016 Dowling St. Cost: $3 donation, open to the public In addition to tonight’s event, Meta-Four Houston and its affiliate Diverse Works will host 3 spoken word performances leading to the Grand Slam on Friday, April 15th. [...]
Allow me to introduce myself. They call me the back breaker, the rope shaker, the billboard breaker. They call me the wireless TV connector, the earth shaker. They call me the perfect piece of the world. They call me the United States President. They call me the Steamer. Allow me to introduce myself. By Mark, [...]
The 2010 WITS Writer Orientation featured special guests Michele Kotler and Keith Kaminski from the Community Word Project (CWP) in New York. Our friends at the CWP have given a great deal of thought to preparing writers to teach in classrooms. We at WITS Houston invited them down to see what it was all about. [...]
This Saturday the Life Is Living Festival will take place at Emancipation Park 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. in Houston. WITS Writers Deborah Wiggins, Emanuelee Bean, and the students of Meta-Four Houston will lead spoken word performances and activities. The festival is sponsored by the Mitchell Center at UH and a host of other partner [...]
During the Summer Creative Writing Workshops, WITS students visited Taping For The Blind, a nonprofit whose mission is to enrich the lives of individuals with visual, physical and learning disabilities by transforming what is seen into what is heard. Tune in this Friday, September 17, and listen as Emma, Alyssa, Jivanni, Leah, David, and Vincent [...]
Writers in the Schools and The Menil Collection will present The Watchful Eye, a reading in response to the Torres-Garcia and Cattelan exhibitions, tonight at 7:00 PM in the museum foyer. The reading will feature both WITS students and University of Houston students from their undergraduate literary magazine Glass Mountain. Join us for a night [...]
By Kristina McDonald
|
Also posted in art, event, Houston, poetry, story, student, writers in the schools
|
Tagged cattelan, ekphrasis, glass mountain, houston reading, menil collection, torres-garcia, writers in the schools
|
