DISCO Board Member Laurel Mills joined FOX 6′s Janice Rogers to talk about Stranded: A Day of Desert Island Music. Thanks to FOX 6 for allowing us to share this exciting event!

Stranded artists shared some of the songs they’d want with them on a desert island with Birmingham Box Set, the music blog of Birmingham magazine (and one of the event’s sponsors). Birmingham Box Set writes, “I’m sure we’ve all been asked what you’d take with you on a desert island. That’s a question that has [...]

Over on the book and publishing blog {head}:sub/head, Trav writes, “I have fond memories of Robert Louis Stevens’ Treasure Island. It’s the first book I remember my father and I reading together while I was learning to read. Which is one reason this weekend’s November 13th STRANDED event has my attention. “The event is being [...]

Desert Island Supply Co. is proud to be part of the inaugural Eat Drink Read Write Festival, and we’re excited about the coverage the festival has received in recent publications.

DISCO has been fortunate to partner with a number of organizations throughout Birmingham, including several in its own Woodlawn neighborhood. The YWCA recently spotlighted DISCO’s writing workshops at its Interfaith Hospitality House. DISCO volunteers are grateful to be part of the YWCA’s work in the community, and we look forward to continuing to build that [...]

Birmingham Weekly has been a great supporter of DISCO projects, as it featured Woodlawn Stories on its cover the week of that event and reported on Food Blog South in January. In this week’s issue, writer Christiana Roussel reports on the Harry Potter Read-a-Thon. Thanks to both the Weekly and Christiana for covering DISCO’s events. [...]

William Thornton wrote an article about the Harry Potter Read-a-Thon, and it was published in today’s Birmingham News South News section. DISCO is still registering readers for this event! Register here, or sponsor one of our already-registered readers. By the way, you don’t have to raise money in order to read; simply set your goal [...]

As some Harry Potter fans recover from a late-night viewing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and others prepare to see the final installment in the movie series, we’re preparing for our ’round-the-clock reading of the book. This time next week, we’ll be nearly four hours in to the Harry Potter Read-a-Thon. [...]

Over at Magic City Manifesto, Laura Kate Whitney writes about how Woodlawn Stories inspired and encouraged her. LK says, “I so enjoyed this past weekend’s performance of Woodlawn Stories, presented by DISCO. To see young high school students tell the stories of their ancestors and neighbors was heartwarming and inspiring. It was a great reminder [...]

As this weekend’s performances of Woodlawn Stories draw near, the event has shown up in several Birmingham media outlets. Birmingham magazine’s Susan Swagler writes, ”Everybody has a story. But you can’t know them–the stories or the storytellers–unless you listen. There are generations of stories associated with Woodlawn, one of Birmingham’s oldest communities. These are the stories of black [...]