Anthologies

Do you want to be wild and break out of the limitations that are always being set? Poetry is the answer. We’re strapping on our shoes, grabbing our pens, and meeting at the P.S. 187 school yard to go on a poet’s adventure! Poetry is a way of seeing things outside the boxes they are always being put in. We'll be rejuvenated by the nature of Ft. Tryon park and emboldened by our resilient neighborhood. We'll explore the wilds of language out in the world, allowing a stream of poetry to flow from the river of possibility.

Whether it’s throwing the dice, shuffling cards or plotting your
next move, everyone loves to play games. In this workshop we
are taking it a step further – you’ll invent your own game.

Create
your own characters, design the setting and develop the plot,
then we’ll apply these elements into your game. And yes, we’ll
be making the pieces, boards and/or cards needed to play your game, so get ready! From D&D devotees to Candy Land aficionados, this workshop is open to every level of gamers.

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When you daydream, does your pen run free? In The Shape of a Story, those in-the-moment doodles and random drawings can be the start of something epic. Here, your abstract blobs, kitty-unicorn-whale hybrids, and silly faces, go into a visual storytelling laboratory that we build together. We’ll transform accidental shapes into creatures, creatures into characters, characters into worlds, and worlds into absolutely original stories.

Writing and illustration don’t have to live in separate worlds! When we put them together, our creativity goes off the charts. Join us in The Shape of a Story and totally transform. So storytelling scientists, what will come out of your creative lab?