Erasers for Breakfast 2010!
Posted on August 31, 2010
Congratulations to this year's Summer Filmmakers! Last week's Erasers for Breakfast was 100% pure cinematic gold - in the form of robots, detectives, Cyclops, whales, butlers, lookalikes, news reporters, and even the sun herself!
We're so thrilled to add 2010's films - including Robot Theft! (Parts I through III), Artex to the Rescue: In Space No One Can Hear You Sing..., The Old Sailor Goes to the Movies, There's Only One "I" in President: The Bob Hopewell Story, Sunburn in School, Max A. Million and The Four Keys, and Missing! - to our expanding collection of movies.
None of this would have been possible without our dynamite students, parents, volunteers, and donors - so thank you! And as ever, special thanks to Ann Yershov and the folks at BAM for making the evening possible.
826 National presents Youth Literacy Day!
Posted on August 25, 2010
Celebrate the power of reading, writing, and self-expression with 826, on 8/26!
Text a donation of $8.26 on 8/26!
Yep, it's that simple! August 26th, 2010 is Youth Literacy Day, and you can help 826 writing centers continue to make a difference in the lives of over 22,000 students each year. Make a donation of $8.26 on August 26th by texting "WRITE" to 20222 or giving online at www.826on826.org.
A one-time donation of $10.00 (an $8.26 donation and a $1.74 service fee) will be added to your mobile phone bill or deducted from your prepaid balance. Msg&Data Rates May Apply. All charges are billed by and payable to your mobile service provider. Service is available on most carriers. Donations are collected for the benefit of 826 by the Mobile Giving Foundation and subject to the terms found at www.hmgf.org/t. You can unsubscribe at any time by texting STOP to 20222; reply HELP to 20222 for help.
Show Off Your Sugar - TWICE This Month!
Posted on August 10, 2010
This month's performances will feature acoustic sets by Here We Go Magic and Phosphorescent, plus readings by Chuck Klosterman and Sloane Crosley.
AUGUST 11, 2010
Here We Go Magic and Chuck Klosterman
Tickets available here.
AUGUST 18, 2010
Phosphorescent and Sloane Crosley
Tickets available here.
The events take place at CoCo66 (66 Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn 11222).
Admission is $16
All proceeds benefit 826NYC.
More information about Show Off Your Sugar is available at www.826nyc.org/sugar
826NYC Presents DUELING BINGOS!
Posted on August 07, 2010
Join us at 826NYC (372 5th Ave, Brooklyn) for the most cut-throat, single elimination, down-and-dirty, going-to-get-ugly, no-holds-barred Bingo Tournament ever held!
Go head to head against other players, including Comedian John Oliver (The Daily Show), Actor Jack McBrayer (30 Rock) and Author Sarah Vowell (The Wordy Shipmates) to win fabulous prizes!
Show Off Your Sugar!
Posted on June 25, 2010
Please join us for the first event in our new monthly series of readings and acoustic musical performances -- presented by 826NYC, Myopenbar, and Tammy Hart.
This month's performance will feature an acoustic set by Norwegian musician Sondre Lerche (Heartbeat Radio), a reading by author and This American Life contributor, Shalom Auslander (Foreskin's Lament), and an opening set by Oberhofer.
June 25, 2010 at 8pm
CoCo66 (66 Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn 11222)
Admission is $16
All proceeds from this event will benefit 826NYC.
More information about Show Off Your Sugar is available at www.826nyc.org/sugar
Nick McDonell in Conversation With Seth Mnookin
Posted on June 10, 2010
826NYC and McSweeney's invite you to an evening with Nick McDonell in conversation with Seth Mnookin
Nick McDonell's latest book is The End of Major Combat Operations, an engrossing, ground-level account of the latest iteration of the war in Iraq, written after an embed in Mosul with the 1st Cavalry Division. He has reported from Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere for Harper's, Liberacion, and TIME.
Seth Mnookin is a contributing editor of Vanity Fair and the author of Feeding the Monster.
