Tuesday, April 28, 2020

PUBLISH your work. Calling all Dominican writers. Submit to Dominican Writers... To me, being Dominican means ...

Website: Creative Non-Fiction

https://dominicanwriters.submittable.com/submit/131570/website-creative-non-fiction

Ends on December 31, 2020

If you wish to have us post your writing on your website please submit a 1 creative nonfiction piece of 500 - 2000 words with a cover letter. The Dominican Writers is open to the submission of all categories of nonfiction including creative and memoir. If accepted your submission will be published on the website.

Include

1. A brief bio (100 words) in your cover letter.

2. An image (not of yourself) representing your piece

3. One page 500-2000 words

In addition, please write a one line response to the following prompt: To me, being Dominican means ... Responses can be up to 100 words

VOLUNTEER Become a National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Virtual Volunteer and help us make historical documents more accessible and searchable.

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Become a National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Virtual Volunteer and help us make historical documents more accessible and searchable. Get started now!

We are currently transcribing our Correspondence Collection which includes personal and professional letters, military cards, thank-you notes, and speech transcriptions relating to various subject matter that aids in documenting and describing the history of baseball.

Join now and help us enhance our collections and become a part of preserving baseball history.

VOLUNTEER Help The New York Public Library fix computer-generated transcripts from hundreds of stories from the library's Community Oral History Project.

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Help The New York Public Library fix computer-generated transcripts from hundreds of stories from the library's Community Oral History Project.

An example of how the transcript editor works (click for sound)

Select an interview to get started.

FREE Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost

FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT is a curation of pieces which we believe will bring you pockets of joy during your day.

Flashback to summer of 2013... Free Shakespeare in the Park debuts Alex Timbers' adaptation of Shakespeare's LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST. With songs written by the late Michael Friedman, this musical was the first original adaption of Shakespeare's work at The Delacorte since 1971.

Before their run at The Delacorte, the cast performed some of the show's songs at Joe's Pub. Watch the preview here.

Running from July 23-August 18, 2013, The Delacorte was filled with song, laughter, and joy. Take a peak at the show from that summer.

In LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, romance, revelry, and enchanting music ignite in this contemporary yet lovingly faithful musical adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy. The King and his best buds decide at their five-year college reunion to swear off the joys of women. But when four cute, clever girls from their past show up, they’re forced to reconsider all of that nonsense! Smart, sexy, outrageous, and irreverent, LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST is a madcap celebration of true love and coming of age.

The cast featured Daniel Breaker, Kevin Del Aguila, Colin Donnell, Rachel Dratch, Andrew Durand, Kimiko Glenn, Jeff Hiller, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Justin Levine, Patti Murin, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Bryce Pinkham, Charlie Pollock, Caesar Samayoa, Maria Thayer, and Audrey Lynn Weston.

Whether you joined us at The Delacorte in 2013 and wanted to revisit the songs or you're just curious on hearing what you missed, we have the cast recording for you to take a listen. It's available at Ghostlight Records, Amazon, Apple Music, and Spotify.

While the stages are dark, the rehearsal rooms quiet, and the gathering spaces empty, please continue to connect with us, engage with us, and please continue to support and stand with us. Together, We Power The Public.

The Public is Theater Of, By, and For All People.

PUBLISH your writing... he Pulitzer Center has launched its youth poetry contest (deadline Friday, May 15, 2020).

The Pulitzer Center

The Pulitzer Center has launched its youth poetry contest (deadline Friday, May 15, 2020). How can poetry be an effective response to current events and under-reported stories? How can we use poetry to connect global issues to our local and personal contexts? Students are invited to explore these questions and make their voices heard in their entries to the Fighting Words Poetry Contest. Any current K-12 student in the United States or internationally may enter. Students and educators can review submission guidelines and workshop materials. For questions, email hberk@pulitzercenter.org

FREE APPLY NOW. Due: 5/1/2020 S-PREP is still accepting applications for our 2020 Summer Program. Applicants will be notified of any necessary changes to the schedule as the summer approaches.

Please note the S-PREP Application Deadline has been extended to Friday, May 1^st11:59pm ET.

If you already submitted your application, please ignore this email, and don’t forget to follow up with your recommenders.

Program Description: S-PREP is a free high school and college preparatory program for 7th - 12th grade students, who are interested in a career in medicine or related STEM professions. The long-range objective is to increase the number of historically underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students prepared to enter college, and improve their participation rate in healthcare and STEM.

Summer Program offerings include: Academic enrichment in math & science (Algebra, Biology, Chemistry, Ready for Pre-Med, Geometry & Pre-Calculus), PSAT prep, academic/career counseling, career development, college preparatory workshops, college tours & field trips. Program dates will be July 2^nd – July 31^st from 10am – 3pm. A program overview can be found on our website below along with the application.

Deadline EXTENDED: Friday, May 1^st 11:59pm EST!

Apply online at: www.ps.columbia.edu/sprep/apply

Missed our webinar! Check out the recording below.

Learn more about the program, application & general tips.

Webinar Recording: https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/51515824697104395

FREE to WHEELS students and community members. Word Up presents Julia Alvarez & Edwidge Danticat. A few seats left. Contact Ms. MacNeil... Tuesday April 28, 2020 at seven o'clock in the evening...

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Word Up presents Julia Alvarez & Edwidge Danticat

EN ESPAÑOL

BUY TICKETS AND BOOKS BELOW

Word Up presents Julia Alvarez (author of Afterlife) and Edwidge Danticat (author of Everything Inside) in conversation, taking place via Zoom on April 28, 2020, at 7pm EST.

The authors will be introduced by Angie Cruz.

With the purchase of a $10 ticket, you will receive a coupon code for $5 off your purchase of either Julia Alvarez's Afterlife and/or Edwidge Danticat's Everything Inside—and will help support our community bookshop. The coupon code will be sent to you only AFTER you complete the ticket purchase! The Zoom link will be sent to you the day before the event.

This event is organized by Word Up Community Bookshop; co-sponsored by Border of Lights and Dominican Writers Association; and supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Service in the Schools CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Is your crew doing service in response to COVID-19 needs?

Is your crew doing service in response to COVID-19 needs? Consider sharing your work here...

We Want to Hear From You!

We want to feature your school’s service-learning projects on social media or in our newsletter, especially if they relate to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Let us know how you are taking service-learning remote and how you and your students are supporting each other and your community. Send us an email at serviceinschools@schools.nyc.gov for a chance to be featured.

Does your school have a great service project to share? If so, the Service in Schools team wants to know!

Invite the Service in Schools team to visit your service project. We want to see your students and school community in action. Email the Service in Schools team at ServiceinSchools@schools.nyc.gov with two weeks’ notice, and we’ll schedule a visit to your school to learn about your project and see the impact you’re making on the community.

Visit our website

Follow @ServicenSchools on Twitter and @ServiceinSchools on Instagram to receive program updates, upcoming service opportunities, resources, and more. We encourage students who use social media and are interested in service opportunities to follow us.

Mission: Service in Schools strives to expand the number of NYC students engaged in transformative community service and service-learning experiences that enable them to use their voice, skills, and critical thinking to strengthen communities.

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

FREE William Shakespeare plays

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The Folger has copies of every play, from the earliest printings to modern editions, and we offer carefully edited print and digital texts. Follow the links below for more information, including plot synopses, brief textual histories, and selected images from our collection.

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