All DISCO workshops are free, but space is limited and registration is required.

January 2012

January 28: FoodBlogSouth Teen (at Old Car Heaven) [REGISTER]
January 27: Woodlawn High School Journalism Club meeting
January 25: Word Up! Poetry Club meeting (WHS)
January 20: Woodlawn High School Journalism Club meeting
January 18: Word Up! Poetry Club meeting (WHS)
January 13: Woodlawn High School Journalism Club meeting

November 2011

November 17: Presumed Insect: Whodunits with Bugs [REGISTER]
November 13: Stranded: A Day of Desert Island Music
November 10: Moth Mania! [REGISTER]
November 3: The Secret Life of Groceries [REGISTER]

October 2011

October 6: Nature Writing at Ruffner Mountain [REGISTER]
October 8: TEDxBirmingham at Woodrow Hall
October 9: DISCO writing booth at Break ‘n Bread (Railroad Park)
October 13: Boo Yah! The Art of the Scary Story [REGISTER]
October 22: Jamberries, Fizzy Lifting Drinks… [REGISTER]
October 27: The Great Ginger Ale Taste Test [REGISTER]

September 2011

September 13-17: Eat Drink Read Write Festival

July 2011

July 22-24: Harry Potter Read-a-Thon
July 18: Urban Kids writing workshop
July 14: Woodlawn Summer Academy ends
July 11-13: Fresh Air Farm writing workshops
July 11: Urban Kids writing workshop
July 7: Interfaith Hospitality House writing workshop
July 6-7: Fresh Air Farm writing workshops

June 2011

June 27: Urban Kids writing workshop
June 23: Interfaith Hospitality House writing workshop
June 16: Interfaith Hospitality House writing workshop
June 13: Woodlawn Summer Academy begins

May 2011

May 14: Block by Block: A Storyboarding Workshop
Free workshop. Limited to 12 students. Register.
Saturday, May 14, 2-4 p.m. @ Erdreich Architecture
Want to make movies and comics or just draw pictures? In this workshop, led by a producer for Alabama Public Television, you will get a crash course in one of the basic components of visual storytelling: the storyboard. You’ll draw, you’ll write, you’ll share your story with the group. You’ll even watch a little SpongeBob for inspiration!
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April 2011

April 7-28: Letters to Disko Island
Free workshops for all ages. No registration necessary.
Different branches of the Birmingham Public Library.
This spring, young writers from across Birmingham will write snail mail postcards to the people of Qeqertarsuaq, an island off the coast of Greenland also known as Disko Island.
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April 8-9: Woodlawn Stories
Community storytelling performance. Free and open to the public.
Woodlawn High School auditorium.
What happens when a community shares its stories? Come to this culmination of DISCO’s Woodlawn Stories project and find out. A partnership between DISCO, Woodlawn High School and Treasure Arts, Inc., this project was funded with a grant from the Kresge Arts in Birmingham program and the Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingham.
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March 2011

March 10-31: Letters to Disko Island
Free workshops for all ages. No registration necessary.
Different branches of the Birmingham Public Library.
This spring, young writers from across Birmingham will write snail mail postcards to the people of Qeqertarsuaq, an island off the coast of Greenland also known as Disko Island.
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March 24: How Science Can Help You on a Desert Island (9-12 year olds)
Free workshop. Limited to 12 students. Register.
Thursday, March 24, 5-6:30 p.m. @ Woodrow Hall
Are you now or do you plan to be stranded on a desert island? If so, come learn how science can help you not just survive but enjoy your time as a castaway.
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March 5: How to Create Your Own Desert Island
Free workshop. Limited to 10 students. Register.
Saturday, March 5, 2-3:30 p.m. @ Woodrow Hall
Using maps, markers and their minds, students will create their own desert islands.
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