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Social Media & Web Design Internship Application Period: August 1 – 22 Internship Period: September 2019 – June 2020 Unpaid* Job Description We are currently seeking a creative, versatile, and hard-working Social Media and […]

Join the Poetry Center throughout this late summer and early fall for readings including Tara Betts, avery r. young, Meg Day, and more! We’ve got a stellar fall lineup which we’ll be previewing here. […]

September Six Points Reading with Rosie Accola and Jessica Mascarenhas September 20th 7:00pm Space Oddities Please join us for the September installment of the Six Points Reading Series featuring Rosie Accola and Jessica Mascarenhas. […]

When we can, we love to collaborate with the other after school programs.  The dance program was asked to prepare an assembly for today, so some of the boys in our Poets with Class […]

May Six Points Reading with Gabriel Ojeda-Sague & Davon Clark May 17th 7-8pm Pilsen Books Please join us for the May installment of the Six Points Reading Series featuring Davon Clark and Gabriel Ojeda-Sague. […]

Congratulations to our Douglas Park Poetry Contest Winner, Aniyah Orr Howard for her poem, “Douglas Park.” Our final two poems were printed and put up at the Douglas Park field house for community input, […]

Congratulations to the three poets whose poems have made it to the final shortlist for the Douglas Park poetry mural and Word Play Way installation. The final shortlisted poets are Ariel Walton, avery r. young, […]

April Six Points Reading with Jan-Henry Gray, Xandria Phillips, mai c. doan April 26th 7:00-8:30 Women & Children First   Please join us for the April installment of the Six Points Reading Series featuring […]

Congratulations to our four poets whose poems have made it to the final four shortlist for the Douglas Park poetry mural and Word Play Way installation. The final four poets are: Aniyah Orr-Howard, Ariel […]

The MLK after school program is primarily for the 6th-8th graders but a few 5th graders that are wise beyond their years often join us after school.  Sade, is one of those 5th graders.  […]

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