Can You Handle the Spelling BEAST?!
September 12, 2010
On September 30th at 8pm at the Canal Room in Manhattan, 826NYC presents the SPELLING BEAST, a most exigent, obstreperous Spelling Bee, where you and your team mates will have the opportunity to win portentous and beguiling prizes while also supporting the free student writing programs of 826NYC.
A panel of recalcitrant judges, made up of the creators of the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee musical, will challenge you and your fellow competitors,, including Catherine Keener (Please Give), Dave Eggers (Zeitoun), Kristen Schaal (Flight of the Conchords), and Ira Glass (This American Life), to spell the most vexatious words ever to make it into the English language. Your only chance of winning? Bribe, or, should we say, "Bee-ribe," the judges.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
1. Sign up to compete! Do you have the grit required to take on the spelling beast? (Or would you, with the help of three other friends, plus the ability to bribe the judges?) Create a team!
2. Purchase a $25 ticket to watch! Too pusillanimous to compete? More interested in being a fly on the wall than a beast on the stage? Come and watch safely from the sidelines!
3. Support a team! Can't make it? Are your beast allergies acting up? Donate money to your favorite team and give them leverage against the beast.
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.
Brooklyn Book Festival - This weekend!
September 08, 2010
The 2010 Brooklyn Book Festival will be Sunday, September 12th from 10am to 6pm. The Brooklyn Book Festival will be at Borough Hall and all events are free!
826NYC is proud to have several Board and Advisory Board Members (and other friends!) scheduled to appear at the Borough of Kings’ greatest lit fest!
Check out Board Vice President Jon Scieszka (who has a panel on Saturday as well!), Advisory Board Member John Hodgman (with funny ladies Kristen Schaal and Sloane Crosley), and Advisory Board Member Dan Ehrenhaft, who will be performing with his band, Tiger Beat. On Friday, powerHouse books will have Daphne Beal.
Please contact Brooklyn Book Festival for any questions regarding this event.
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