This Week: Magazines, Adventures, Super Grandpa

April 19, 2010

The talented writers of Sunday's H. Mildew's Story Factory are rumored to have done the impossible and impressed Mr. Mildew. Mildew has denied this allegation, but has not let his copy of "The Most Amazing Short Stories" (pictured) out of his clutches. He has reportedly been re-reading each story when he thinks no one is looking.

Of course, when one workshop successfully publishes an anthology chronicling the adventures of "Super Grandpa vs. Frankenstein II" and typical days in Banana City, another one's brainstorm has just begun. And so Monday evening brings Magazine Magic: Create Your Very Own Zine to the writing center, where our writers will spend four sessions dreaming up and designing their very own magazine, and proving that print is very much alive, thank you.

On Tuesday morning, we'll welcome 2nd graders from The Geneva School for a Storytelling and Bookmaking field trip while the hardworking members of Publish the Greatest Story Never Told add to their masterpieces-in-progress later in the day. Wednesday rounds out the week's programming when 5th graders from PS 132 make their way here for a Choose Your Own Adventure workshop, a genre that seems to fit just about every day at 826NYC. Which way will this week's stories head? We never quite know, and we like it that way.

Texas Hold'Em Update!

April 19, 2010

A huge thank you to everyone who came out and helped raise the stakes against Ira Glass and John Hodgman in our Texas Hold'Em Poker Tournament on Saturday! Last year's reigning champ Jerad Mione took home the trophy once again, while 826NYC volunteer Steve Trifon spent his birthday defending his title as runner-up. Congrats to both of them (and happy birthday, Steve!)!

What's Going On This Week?

April 12, 2010

We have another action-packed week ahead of us, here at 826NYC!

Who knows what kind of tale will unfold at Tuesday morning's Storytelling and Bookmaking with PS 96Q, or which direction the stories of our soon-to-be-published writers will take during the first session of Publish the Greatest Story Never Told later that day? We're just as excited to see what happens during Wednesday's Choose Your Own Adventure with IS 227. (Already this spring the life of both an overemotional monkey ninja and a chocolate chip cookie-Cheeto best friend duo have hung in the balance of a page-turn, so it's anybody's game.) The mystery continues into the evening as our genre-bending workshop Literary Mashups heads into its second session! Then on Thursday, 826NYC volunteers head to Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem to help a group of budding 6th grade novelists revise their latest chapters.

And we'll end this whirlwind week by rolling out the latest and greatest from H. Mildew's Story Factory -- though not before Saturday's Raise Your Stakes Texas Hold'Em Poker Tournament with special guests Ira Glass and John Hodgman!

Texas Hold 'Em Tournament with Ira Glass and John Hodgman!

April 07, 2010

Texas Hold 'Em: SIGN UP TODAY!!

Raise your stakes and bet against Ira Glass and John Hodgman! The $25 registration fee will establish your pot. Every player raises money to determine the amount they'll play with. The more you bring to the table, the longer you'll get to play!

Sign up, raise money, and you, too, could be sitting at a table with Ira or John! Make it to the final elimination and WIN an autographed trophy! But bring your best poker face and buckets of cash because you'll be up against some tough competition! Raise Your Stakes will be held Saturday, April 17th, and starts at 1 pm at our Park Slope writing center (372 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn).

REGISTER NOW

All the proceeds raised from the tournament will benefit the programming at 826NYC and are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Please email Sarah Pollock if you have any questions.