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June 2019
13th Annual Staff Development Conference
For the past 13 years, the 826 Network convenes at one site for a week during the summer. Staff members from across the country come together for an opportunity to learn from other chapters, share their own best practices, network and more. The 13th Annual Staff Development Conference is being held in New Orleans for the first time this year.
Find out more »August 2019
Word’oeuvres 2019
Join us for our 3rd annual Word'oeuvres: a celebration of food & creativity. Join us to celebrate the power of food and youth voice in New Orleans. The August 29th event will feature the same special menu enjoyed by our students at the Word'oeuvres workshop (more on that below), and the students' food reviews published in the anthology If You See This, You're Gonna Eat It. Eat, drink, and enjoy a panel discussion featuring Chef Stephen Stryjewski, Chef Donald Link,…
Find out more »September 2019
Spooky Stories Workshop!
4th-8th graders are invited to our center to write a spooky story based upon an eerie image taken around New Orleans.
Find out more »October 2019
Don’t Open That Door Book Release Party!
Join us to celebrate the release of our third anthology of spooky stories written by New Orleans youth!
Find out more »A Dark and Stormy Night
Our spooky Halloween cocktail party is back for its 5th year! We’ll be dressed up in costume, dancing & drinking cocktails from some of the city’s best bars to raise funds for our writing programs.
Find out more »November 2019
Saturday Writing Workshop – Riddle Me This!
Have fun writing riddle poems with Ms. August. This workshop is free and open to students in grades 4-8.
Find out more »December 2019
Saturday Writing Workshop – Lost and Found: a mental mapping and writing workshop
4th-8th graders are welcome to join Ms. Carly in creating mental maps of places important to them, then use those maps to write personal essays. This workshop is free. Just come by!
Find out more »January 2020
Whole Village Art Therapy Saturday
Come to our space to make art with Whole Village Art Therapy! 11:00 - 12:30: Therapeutic Artmaking for Adults, 1:30 - 3:30: Artmaking for Everyone FREE
Find out more »Once Upon a Time in a City Called New Orleans Publishing Party
Join us in celebrating the ninth graders of New Harmony High who penned though-provoking tales about a world that's lost New Orleans as we know it due to environmental and cultural threats. The young authors will be reading, discussing their work, and signing books. We will also be joined by acclaimed author, Nathaniel Rich, who wrote the foreword.
Find out more »October 2020
A Dark & Stormy Night of Bingo
Dying to have some fun this Halloween season? On Wednesday, October 28th, we will come together (virtually!) for a fun and competitive night of spooky bingo to benefit youth writing in New Orleans. Eat, drink & be scary from the comfort of your own home. Join us in costume for the chance to win one of our popular prizes, or in your PJs for a comfy un-gala. DJ Ann Glaviano's spooky tunes will cast you under her spell. *Though we…
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