WritersCorps is holding our first ever Pen Pal Meetup and Open Mic. Students from our sites have been writing letters to each other this fall to get to know youth who go to different schools. The meetup will feature a variety of activities, including a hip hop writing workshop, a holiday card making workshop, and the chance to read their work during our open mic hour. There will be prizes and refreshments. And you don’t even need a pen pal to attend.

When: December 6, 2011, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Where: San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street (at Grove), Children’s Creative Center, 2nd Floor

Cost: Free

Public Transit: Civic Center BART and Muni Metro J, K, L, M, and N lines

Join WritersCorps at San Francisco’s annual literary extravaganza, Litquake. Now in its 12th year, the festival runs October 7 to 15 this year with more than 550 authors at events. WritersCorps will be participating in the legendary Lit Crawl through the Mission district on Saturday, October 15. Our teaching artists and students will be reading about city and place.

WHAT: WritersCorps: Writers and Their Students Explore San Francisco

WHO: WritersCorps teaching artists Anhvu Buchanan, Rick D’Elia, Minna Dubin, Roseli Ilano, Carrie Leilam Love, and harold terezón, along with WritersCorps students.

WHEN & WHERE: Phase 2 of Lit Crawl: Saturday, October 15, 2011, 7:15 to 8:00 p.m.
Serendipity, 803 Valencia St, (near 19th St)

Cost: Free!

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Join WritersCorps for a special reading and art show with our students at Hilltop School.

We gave modern teenage girls a box, art supplies, pen and paper and asked: “What goes in your hope chest?”

The students at Hilltop School answered.

WHAT: The Hope Chest Project

WHEN: Thursday, May 12, 1 to 2 pm.

WHERE: Galeria de la Raza
2857 24th St (at Bryant)

COST: Free

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Students from all over San Francisco have been working with authors from WritersCorps to put their stories and thoughts down on paper. Now those writings have been published in a series of books and projects! Come join WritersCorps for our year-end celebration of new writing.

Featuring performances by students from Aptos Middle School, Downtown High School, Hilltop School, International Studies Academy, Mission High School, San Francisco Main Library, and the WritersCorps Apprentice Program.

WHAT: WritersCorps WordStorm: A Celebration of New Writing

WHERE: San Francisco Main Public Library, Latino Hispanic Room (lower level),
100 Larkin Street (@ Grove)

WHEN: May 11, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Literary Carnival (with free writing workshops and activites): 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Student Reading: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

COST: FREE

PUBLIC TRANSIT: Muni Lines 5, 19, 21, 43, 49; Civic Center BART and Muni Metro

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April 16 and April 19
Free Admission

Lights, camera, poetry! In celebration of National Poetry Month, WritersCorps presents the Poetry Projection Project, a festival of short films based on youth writing. We challenged filmmakers of all ages to create short films based on WritersCorps poems. Entries were juried by filmmaker Peter Bratt, who will be in attendance at the April 16 screening.

There are three screenings of the Poetry Projection Project. All screenings are free and open to the public.

April 16, 2 p.m.
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA)
2868 Mission Street (between 24th and 25th streets)
Peter Bratt, our special guest juror, will announce the winners of the Poetry Projection Project at this screening. A reception featuring food from Mission Pie to follow.

April 19, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street (at Grove Street)
This screening is open to school field trips and the public. If you are bringing a class on a field trip, please RSVP to nirmala.nataraj [at] sfgov [dot] org