Write/Walk - May 10 to May 28
April 25th, 2010 by Admin
WritersCorps and Mission High School present write/walk, a public literary arts project in collaboration with Mission District businesses and organizations. write/walk is a walking tour of young writers and local businesses. Participating businesses are displaying the work of WritersCorps students from Mission High School on art posters in their storefronts.
The posters will be displayed during May, and will be accompanied by a free write/walk guidebook available at all participating merchants. The guidebook features a map of the tour, reproductions of the posters, and additional writing from Mission High School students.
An inaugural tour leaves from Mission High School at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, May 12, followed by a reading at Modern Times Bookstore from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
WHAT: write/walk Walking Tour and Reading
Featuring students from Mission High School who have participated in the award-winning WritersCorps program
WHEN & WHERE: May 12, 2010, 6:00-9:00 pm
• write/walk Walking Tour, 6:00-7:00 pm
Meet at Mission High School, 3750 18th Street
• write/walk Reading, 7:00-9:00 pm
Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia Street
COST: Free
PARTICIPATING MERCHANTS AND ORGANIZATIONS: Pick up your free copy of the write/walk guidebook at these locations:
Adobe Book Shop
Amore Pet Supply
Bombay Ice Cream
Borderlands Books
Candy Store Collective
Congregation Sha’ar Zahav
Dog Eared Books
Dolores Street Community Services
826 Valencia
Modern Times Bookstore
Retro Fit Vintage
Or download a PDF version of the booklet here: Write/Walk Guidebook
WritersCorps gratefully acknowledges the support of Elks Lodge No. 169-Mission for this project.
