SUMMER 2010 WORKSHOPS
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Registration is required. To register for a workshop, click its “Sign Up” link. All workshops will be held at 826michigan unless specified otherwise.
Things to know about the Summer 2010 Workshop Schedule:
- Each student can only sign up for TWO workshops per semester.
- Yes, we are strict on ages.
- Workshops are so stellar, so spectacular, so amazing that they fill up quickly. Please give us at least 48 hours to confirm your registration. If after 48 hours you haven't heard from us, feel free to call or send an email.
- A sad reminder: the fact that you have filled out the registration form does not mean that you are "in" the workshop until you get a confirmation email from us. Remember all that stuff about how quickly workshops fill up? Sometimes they fill up while we are looking the other way, and we are unable to immediately change the status to "waitlist." (See #3.)
- When you get your confirmation email, write down the workshops you have gotten into on your calendar! It makes us feel sadder than almost anything when students sign up for workshops and then don't show.
- We love feedback! Let us know what you think of the schedule. Send an email to amy@826michigan.org to let us know what’s working for you and what isn’t!
Volunteers: If you would like to volunteer to help with a workshop, click on that workshop’s “Sign Up” link and then follow the “Volunteer” link in the yellow box on the upper right side of the page.
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Fort Society!
Taught by Maggie Hanks
Ages 7-18
Mondays from 4-5pm, starting June 21, 2010 and ending August 9, 2010 (no Fort Society July 5)**
** This is a drop-in program for young writers who want to build forts and then write in them. Come whenever you can, no registration necessary!
Due to the overwhelming success of this workshop, we've decided to adapt it into a weekly drop-in program. Come when you can, build a fort, write in it. Want more info? Here's the original description:
Sometimes you have a baby sister. Sometimes she cries and puts her sticky hands on your face while you're writing. Sometimes maybe you need someplace that is quiet and close-in and smells a little like laundry detergent and paper. If you need some time by yourself, away from those pesky super villains, LOOK NO FURTHER!
We're gonna turn over chairs, stack up cushions, and convert the robot store into the coolest, coziest writing spot this side of the Mississippi! Be ready to write an awesome story or poem in your very own fortress of solitude.
Maggie Hanks used to read and write stories about werewolves under a bridge by her apartment.
Drop-in Writing Time! (Tuesdays)
Taught by 826michigan volunteers & interns
Ages 8-18
Tuesdays from 4-5pm, starting June 22 and ending August 10
This workshop is a drop-in program, so no pre-registration is necessary: just come whenever you can!
Writing is not all five-paragraph essays! Writing can just be a good way to express your creativity and pass time. In this
ongoing, drop-in program, we invite you to join our mad scientists every week to sharpen your creativity and skill with a
variety of fun, informal writing exercises, including exquisite corpses, story starters, and a healthy dose of hilarity.
Drop-in Writing Time! (Thursdays)
Taught by 826michigan volunteers & interns
Ages 8-18
Thursdays from 4-5pm, starting June 24 and ending August 12 (No drop-in July 22)
This workshop is a drop-in program, so no pre-registration is necessary: just come whenever you can!
Writing is not all five-paragraph essays! Writing can just be a good way to express your creativity and pass time. In this
ongoing, drop-in program, we invite you to join our mad scientists every week to sharpen your creativity and skill with a
variety of fun, informal writing exercises, including exquisite corpses, story starters, and a healthy dose of hilarity.
Harry Potter and the Lost Portkey
Taught by Eric Canosa, Whitney Jones, and co.
Ages 8-10, 15 students
Thursday, June 24, 2010: 6-8pm (one session)
Everyone knows that world of Harry Potter is filled with strange and fantastic places. In this workshop, students will have
the opportunity to invent an entirely NEW setting and write a story about Harry Potter characters visiting that setting.
There will be smiles (and at least one guffaw), there will be hard work, and there will be a WHOLE ton of magic! Students
will leave with a booklet containing their original story.
Eric Canosa majored in cryptoliterary studies at Miskatonic University and graduated with high honors. Following
a six-month marketing internship in Trollesund, Lapland, Eric spent a few satisfying weeks as an intransitive verb. Nowadays,
he is a passionate creative writer and experienced teacher who spends a lot of time thinking of ways to inspire people that
wander through the doors of the Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair.
Whitney Jones graduated from Hogwarts with honors in Transfiguration, Charms, and writing whimsical stories. She enjoys a good
game of Quidditch, visiting Hagrid, and facilitating magical writing workshops to muggle children.
This workshop is full. (You can put your name on the waiting list, though.)
Drop-in for English Language Learners
Taught by a ragtag group of renegade robots who jealously guard a stories-high mound of dictionaries
Ages 8-18
Saturday afternoons, 12-1pm, starting June 26, 2010 and ending August 7, 2010 (No ELL July 3 and 24)
This workshop is a drop-in program, so no pre-registration is necessary: just come whenever you can!
826michigan is proud to offer a workshop series especially designed for English Language Learners between the ages of 8 and
18! A team of knowledgeable, passionate volunteers are working hard to create a fun and creative atmosphere for kids to learn
and practice new English skills. The students will participate in activities designed to improve their pronunciation, grammar,
and conversational skills in individual or group settings. This workshop is most suitable for beginning or intermediate ELL
students.
ELL is taught by a team a teachers who have as much fun creating new lessons as they do working with
students. ELL teachers have worked with students from China, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, and Korea. They LOVE English and
are happy to help other people improve their English.
A Pompous Potluck: Poems of the delicious and un-nutritious
Hosted by: Baron Daniel Gershman VonSnootingham
Ages 10-14, 15 students
Tuesday, June 29, 2010: 6-7pm
You are cordially invited for an evening of class.
We'll write magnificent poetry inspired by snacks.
After refreshments, we'll learn how to create,
Various poems that are certainly great.
So if you want to write poetry of all different types,
Register for this workshop, and bring a big appetite!
Baron Daniel Gershman VonSnootingham is of the finest stock, coming from a long line of VonSnootinghams
before him. He writes poem so grandiose and deep that sometimes even he does not understand them. He is boastful, coceited,
ostentatious, vainglorious and flatulent, and delights in sharing his genius with the world. How lucky you are to read about
him.
Literary Facebooks - Technology Without Technology
Taught by Katie Riddle
Ages 13-18, 15 students
Wednesday, June 30, 2010: 6-7:30 (one session)
Curious what Elizabeth Bennet's, Harry Potter's, Bella Swan's, or Percy Jackson's Facebook profile would look like? Wonder
no more! In this workshop, participants will create a mock Facebook profile based on their very favorite literary character.
Don't worry about remembering all those pesky details about your character—there's lots of room for creativity and making
stuff up in this workshop!
Katie Riddle is currently finishing her masters degree in Educational Studies at The University of Michigan.
She has also been spending the past year student teaching at Romulus High School in an eleventh and twelfth grade English
classroom. This workshop will be her last with 826michigan (tears) because she is moving to Anchorage, Alaska to teach and
make friends with moose. Go Blue!
Collective Story-Telling
Taught by Eric Canosa, Jesse Hudzik, and Dan Peterson
Ages 11-14, 12 students
Thursdays, July 1 & 8, 2010: 6-7:30pm (two sessions)
The skies are overcast and threatening rain. You pull up the collar of your jacket and quicken your pace toward home—not
wanting to be caught in the downpour. Suddenly, you are distracted from your concerns by a man dressed all in black, sprinting
right toward you down the sidewalk! Not having the time to sidestep his approach, you collide with the man. Without
apologizing, he picks himself up and continues his mad dash down the street. As you begin to have sore thoughts about the man
and rise to your feet, you notice a photo on the ground. It's a picture of your best friend! You realize that the man in black
must have dropped it when he bumped into you.
What do you do?
If you feel an urgent need to answer that question—won't you join us for Collective Storytelling?
Eric Canosa majored in cryptoliterary studies at Miskatonic University and graduated with high honors.
Following a six-month marketing internship in Trollesund, Lapland, Eric spent a few satisfying weeks as an intransitive verb.
Nowadays, he is a passionate creative writer and experienced teacher who spends a lot of time thinking of ways to inspire
people that wander through the doors of the Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair.
Dan Peterson, a Virginia native and a graduate of Swarthmore College, is currently a Philosophy PhD student at the University
of Michigan specializing in Philosophy of Physics, which he swears is a real thing. He spends a lot of time thinking about
time travel and would one day love to invent a time machine.
How to be the Next President of the United States! Or, How to Write a Really, Really Good
Letter
Taught by Jenny Howard
Ages 8-10, 15 students
Tuesday, July 6, 2010: 6-7:30pm (one session)
Have you been dreaming of being the president since you were little? Want to know how can you change politics if you can't
even vote yet? What do you love about living in Michigan? What do you want to change? A great way to tell important people in
politics your story is to write something called a constituent letter. At this workshop we'll help you figure out what you
want to talk to your politician about, we'll help you write your letter, and we'll even help to send the letter right to your
politician's office. All you need to bring with you are your opinions and your great ideas about what you want to see in your
state!
Jenny Howard wrote a letter just like this when she was in third grade, and she's wanted to be in the White
House ever since!
This workshop is full. (You can put your name on the waiting list, though.)
Cards with Colby
Taught by Mary Roderique
Ages 6-9 (Entering K-3), 12 students
Wednesday, July 7, 2010: 6-7:30pm (one session)
Dogs brighten our lives- and so does mail. Come write an old fashioned pen and paper letter. Colby the Service dog is ready
to help. Be sure to pack an address or two so you can send your letter or card at the workshop. Colby will bring the stamps.
We will drop our mail into the mailboxes at the Post Office on Liberty at the end of the workshop.
After working as a classroom teacher in New York City and Bloomington, IN, Mary Roderique moved to Ann Arbor
for better access to Zingerman's tomato soup. She works as a Writing Workshop Consultant for teachers in Michigan and Indiana
and also works with Colby the Service Dog to lead a Canine Assistants' National Volunteer program, Noah's Team of Ann Arbor.
Mary, her husband Blaine, son Francis, daughter Claudia, and Colby enjoy long walks and picnics in the park. When not thinking
about 826 workshops, Mary can be found supporting local cupcake establishments.
Colby Roderique, a Canine Assistants CASE (Canine Assistant Special Educator) dog has been working in Michigan for five years.
She is friendly, flexible, and very furry. She is constantly recognized all over town as a former 826 Volunteer of the Month
(May '09). In addition to her official duties for Canine Assistants, Colby is passionate about nurturing young writers. She
has been known to taste poems that she finds inspiring. When not at 826, Colby enjoys napping in the sunny spot by the big
picture window at home. Her absolutely favorite person in Ann Arbor is Amy Sumerton; she is currently working on a formal
crayon and pencil sketch of Ms. Sumerton that was rumored to be commissioned by local robotier.
This workshop is full. (You can put your name on the waiting list, though.)
Me: Wanna write a play? You: Yes, with all my heart. Me: Excellent.
Taught by Anne Heintz
Ages 12-16, 8 students
Thursdays, July 8, 15, 29, August 5, 12: 2-4pm (five sessions, no class July 22)
Join a playwriting workshop this summer! Over five weeks, we'll write plays and help each other act them out and revise
them. A selection of the plays will be performed for a live audience in the Fall of 2010 as part of a benefit for 826michigan.
You'll take part in a true writer's workshop: getting playwriting tips and how-to's, getting your work read, and getting ideas
from others on how to make your play pop, sizzle, and bang!
Anne Heintz is a student at MSU. A few years ago, she was invited to take part in an international workshop
for young playwrights called Interplay. One of her plays was produced as part of a festival in New York City. She has taught
playwriting workshops for 826michigan, the Ann Arbor public libraries, and with Wild Swan Theater.
This workshop is full. (You can put your name on the waiting list, though.)
Diorama-Lama-Ding-Dong
Taught by the Downtowners and FLY
Ages 8-10, 15 students
Friday, July 9, 2010: 6-7:30pm (one session)
Back by popular demand! It has been scientifically proven* that making dioramas is super fun and one of the very best ways
to pass an evening. Join us, then, for this workshop, wherein you’ll get the chance to further prove this truism.
The very fortunate participants in this workshop will construct dioramas with help from our good friends at FLY**. Then
we’ll write magical stories about the spaces we’ve created. If you like laughing, dioramas, ridiculous conversations, and
stories, and you are between the ages of 8 and 10, this is most likely*** the workshop for you.
* By us
** FLY is a nonprofit organization from Ypsilanti, MI that brings meaningful art making experiences to children ages 3-11. FLY
open studio sessions are an environment where children are self directed artists, and where they see themselves as art makers
in a fun and exciting place.
*** By which we mean to say: “Absolutely, without question.”
The Downtownerz are an 826michigan super group consisting of 826michigan robotiers Tyler Brubaker, Jason
DePasquale, and Doctor Sara Walker and 826michigan Program Director Amy Sumerton. They love teaching, stories, and dioramas.
This is their attempt to combine all three.
FLY is a mobile art center based out of Ypsilanti. They bring art supplies and studio staff right into community centers,
schools, and libraries to convert them into temporary art studios for children.
This workshop is full. (You can put your name on the waiting list, though.)
Colby Speaks! Puppy-tales Performance
Taught by Mary Roderique
Ages 6-9, 8 students
Monday, July 12, 2010: 6:00- 7:30pm (Performance at 7:15)
No hand-cramps (or paw cramps) today! Just talking and talking and talking... Come help build a story or two with Colby the
Service Dog and then rehearse and act out the stories. Colby will also be available to demonstrate her acting prowess as a
leading lady as needed.
After working as a classroom teacher in New York City and Bloomington, IN, Mary Roderique moved to Ann Arbor
for better access to Zingerman's tomato soup. She works as a Writing Workshop Consultant for teachers in Michigan and Indiana
and also works with Colby the Service Dog to lead a Canine Assistants' National Volunteer program, Noah's Team of Ann Arbor.
Mary, her husband Blaine, son Francis, daughter Claudia, and Colby enjoy long walks and picnics in the park. When not thinking
about 826 workshops, Mary can be found supporting local cupcake establishments.
Colby Roderique, a Canine Assistants CASE (Canine Assistant Special Educator) dog has been working in Michigan for five years.
She is friendly, flexible, and very furry. She is constantly recognized all over town as a former 826 Volunteer of the Month
(May '09). In addition to her official duties for Canine Assistants, Colby is passionate about nurturing young writers. She
has been known to taste poems that she finds inspiring. When not at 826, Colby enjoys napping in the sunny spot by the big
picture window at home. Her absolutely favorite person in Ann Arbor is Amy Sumerton; she is currently working on a formal
crayon and pencil sketch of Ms. Sumerton that was rumored to be commissioned by local robotier.
This workshop is full. (You can put your name on the waiting list, though.)
Drop-in Writing Time for Wee-bots! (Tuesdays)
Taught by 826michigan volunteers and the Kindergarten Brigade
Ages 6-7
Tuesdays from 4-5pm, July 13, July 20, July 27, August 3rd and August 10th.
This workshop is a drop-in program, so no pre-registration is necessary: just come when you can!
This brand-new, on-going drop-in program seeks to serve our youngest writers, ages 6 and 7, and will meet in the 826basement. Come and play with stories and express yourself on the page. Writing help is on hand to support you with thinking of topics, telling an idea over several pages, and dancing with the pen. We might get a bit silly; come prepared to snicker.
Word on the Street
Taught by Dale Anderson & Eric Canosa
Ages 14-18, 10 students
Tuesday, July 13, 2010: 6-7:30pm (one session)
Hip Hop culture has always been about social change and creative expression. DJs spin, MCs rap, B-boys dance, and graffiti
artists tag—these are the artists of the Hip Hop scene, pushing back the limits of what can be considered a canvas.
In this workshop, we'll discuss the values and practices of Hip Hop culture—exploring both its controversies and its merits.
We'll listen to music and check out some famous graffiti. Then, we'll do some writing (or rapping!) of our own.
Dale Anderson’s first tape (yes, tape, he is that old) was LL Cool J Bad, but it was between sixth and
seventh grade when he heard Wu Tang’s Enter the 36 Chambers album. That moment sparked an undying affection for rap
music. He has since turned his love for all things hip hop into an academic career. His master’s degree is from Eastern
Michigan University, where his focus was on hip hop as a tool for organic education about issues of racial injustice. He is
currently a PhD candidate at Wayne State University studying hip hop and racial identity formation.
Eric Canosa majored in cryptoliterary studies at Miskatonic University and graduated with high honors. Following a six-month
marketing internship in Trollesund, Lapland, Eric spent a few satisfying weeks as an intransitive verb. Nowadays, he is a
passionate creative writer and experienced teacher who spends a lot of time thinking of ways to inspire people that wander
through the doors of the Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair.
Writing Funny Short Stories
Taught by Jonathan Schwartz
Ages 9-10, 15 students
Thursday and Friday, July 15 & 16, 2010: 6-7:30pm (two sessions)
In this two-session workshop, we'll write funny stories. Some say it's difficult to be funny in writing, but we say it's
easy to be funny if you don't have to be funny for a long time. So, with that in mind, we'll keep our stories short. Before
you sign up for this workshop, the question you need to ask yourself is "Do I think I'm funny?" If so, come on in. If not,
come anyway. We'll spend our first session writing scenes and our second editing our stories. All genres welcome—realistic
fiction, science fiction, historical fiction, detective fiction, fantasy, tall tales, and so on.
Jonathan Schwartz received an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College in Boston, where he wrote a few
tall tales of his own. He just graduated from U of M with a master’s in Education. In the past, he taught third grade in New
York City, worked briefly as a line cook in a breakfast joint, on the assembly line of a candle factory, for a life insurance
company, and as a vacation club salesman.
This workshop is full. (You can put your name on the waiting list, though.)
United Nations of Space/Time
Taught by Catherine Calabro & Burke Hilsabeck
Ages 11-14, 12 students
Mondays, July 19 & 26, 2010: 6-7:30pm (two sessions)
"This is bad. And I room with mummies." —Cleopatra
"The most wretched smell since the eight-day scurvy." —Ferdinand Magellan
"Worse than a Northumberland coal mine in the sun under a rotten pile of cured meat." —Charles Dickens
A time of peace followed the 2134 Zombie Invasion. Goodwill reigned throughout space and time. Human beings of all
historical eras and their zombie counterparts danced in the streets and went on picnics. Until now. People, we have a problem
on our hands. Zombies. Smell. Really. Bad. The United Nations of Space/Time has called a meeting of the brightest minds in
history and the future to find a solution.
In the first session of the workshop, students will choose a place and time in history, and create a character from that
place in time. The second session of the workshop will be the international space/time summit during which students—in
character and costume—will deliver speeches addressing the problem. Our hope is that, together, we will come to a kind of
solution because time travel allows for cool cooperation and many new solutions. In both sessions, we'll practice basic
research and the composition and delivery of dramatic monologues. We'll also practice how to problem solve in the face of
ZombieStink.
Burke and Catherine are writers and friends. One of them is a zombie.
This workshop is full. (You can put your name on the waiting list, though.)
Not Your Little Sister's Acrostic
Taught by Sarah Dawn Johnson
Ages 11-14, 15 students
Wednesday, July 28, 2010: 6-7:30pm (one session)
We all wrote acrostic poems on Mother's Day cards in the first grade: Marvelous Original Magnificent. Most of us left our
acrostics in the first grade with the giant crayons and the class guinea pig. Sestinas and sonnets don't have to replace our
beloved vertical verses, acrostics can be grown up too! We will embrace our inner 1st grade poet, and see what the time tested
form can bring us now (if it worked for Edgar Allen Poe and Lewis Carroll it can work for us!).
Sarah Dawn has a deep and abiding love for acrostic poems, not only for their delightful outcomes, but also
their inevitable ability to cure writer's block. She works a grownup job by day and volunteers with 826, writes, does yoga and
cooks by night. Soon she will be embarking to achieve her dream of being a High School teacher.
My Life As A Robot
Taught by Elaine Reed
Ages 8-10, 12 students
Friday, July 30, 2010: 6-7:30pm (one session)
If you’ve stopped by the Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair (and if you haven’t, why haven’t you?), you’ve seen Rightbot,
our amazing robot that sits in the front window and cycles through a rotating cast of students faces in its head.
In this workshop, the artist who made that robot will show you how to draw a robot. We’ll look at examples of different
types of robots as we make robots that are reflections of ourselves. After our drawings are completed, we’ll write short
stories about our robots, and our lives as robots.
Elaine Reed, volunteer at 826michigan for about three years and artist creator of the metal sculpture “Robot
Right” that resides in the Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair. She has facilitated and helped out with many 826 workshops
and field trips. She is an artist working with the Gifts of Art Program at the U of M Hospital as an Artist in Residence for
the Bedside Art Program and part time Therapeutic Artist with the U of M, Silver Club Programs at the Turner Center for
Geriatrics. She enjoys mixing creative art with creative writing, and loves working with children of all ages. She is very
supportive of all the staff and projects 826michigan does. Lastly “SHE LOVES ROBOTS!”
This workshop is full. (You can put your name on the waiting list, though.)
Echo Poems
Taught by Sarah Dawn Johnson
Ages 15-18, 15 students
Monday, August 2, 2010: 6-7:30pm (one session)
Have you ever been sitting with your copy of The Best American Poetry, The Wasteland, Collected Works of Emily
Dickinson or The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry and thought, “I could do that better”? Maybe not, but I bet you've
thought “I've felt just like that!” or “I could write that story!” And here is your chance. We will be looking at great poems,
famous and not so famous, examining what they say and do, then we'll take our own swing at them.
Sarah Dawn's first poem was about a dove in the 1st grade, she's been writing ever since. She works a
grownup job by day and volunteers with 826, writes, does yoga and cooks by night. Soon she will be embarking to achieve her
dream of being a High School teacher.
This workshop is full. (You can put your name on the waiting list, though.)
How to Write a Winning College Application Essay
Taught by Debbie Merion
Parents and Students Grades 9-12, 15 pairs
Tuesday, August 3, 2010: 6-7:30pm (one session)
Walk out of this class with a jumpstart on writing a compelling, appealing and personally meaningful college application
essay. Well-written essays help students get into their first choice college, clarify their strengths, and stimulate thoughts
about college goals. Discussion will include the characteristics of a winning essay, determining an essay theme that
highlights a student’s positive and unique qualities, essay examples, and writing tips.
Debbie Eisenberg Merion, M.S.W, is the founder of Essay Coaching (essaycoaching.com), which has helped
hundreds of students write winning college application essays through individual coaching sessions and workshops for students,
parents, and educators. She wrote College Admissions: From Chaos to Control, A Guide for Students and Families for Solving
the College Admissions Puzzle with co-authors John Boshoven, M.S.W, and Geri Markel, Ph.D. in 2008. Debbie’s students have
been admitted to Harvard, Yale, Columbia and other prominent universities. Her techniques combine experience in counseling,
teaching college English, and thirty years of professional writing.
This workshop is full. (You can put your name on the waiting list, though.)
SAT Prep
Taught by Will Purves
Ages 14-18, 6 students
Thursdays, August 5 & 12, 2010: 6-7:30pm
Join us for a two evening study and test prep jam session for the SAT. The first date for the test is in early fall and we
will work at getting you as ready as we can. The workshop will involve review of the test sections, sample tests, personalized
strategies for each section, and one-one feedback on your practice essays and tests. If you took the PSAT, bring those scores
along; they will help us get the most out of these sessions.
Will Purves is a local educator and teacher who has worked with tests and test-takers for many years. He is
an experienced test and essay coach and has worked with 826 as a workshop leader and tutor. He enjoys helping students figure
out their test-taking strengths and coming up with strategies that make the experience more successful (and more
bearable!).
This workshop is full. (You can put your name on the waiting list, though.)
Famous Lady Writers And Us: A Multi-Generational Jamboree
Taught by Amy Wilson
Ages 14-114, 15 people
Tuesday, August 10, 2010: 6-8pm (one session)
Willa Cather. Beverly Clearly. Agatha Christie. Patricia Cornwell. Everyone loves Famous Lady Writers (and the letter C)!
But what, exactly, is a Famous Lady Writer? Why is she special? What can we learn from her?
In this workshop, we'll gather to learn about six all-new all-exciting Famous Lady Writers. We'll discuss their lives and
read their words. And then we'll try some Famous Lady Writer stylings of our own.
But wait, there's more! This time, we're inviting everyone! Bring your parent, friend, sister, teacher, uncle,
neighbor or anyone else who loves Famous Lady Writers. The only prerequisite for this jamboree is a willingness to talk and
write. All non-ladies are invited, and encouraged, to attend.
Amy Wilson is pretty sure she comes from a long line of Famous Lady Writer enthusiasts on both sides. Hence,
her degrees from the University of Michigan in Creative Writing and Women's Studies were pretty much
fate.
Robots, Ad Copy, and Soldering—What More Could You Want in a Workshop?
Taught by a Whole Mess of People
Ages 11-14, 10 students
Workantile Exchange, 118 South Main Street
Friday, August 13, 2010: 6-8pm (one session)
Do you love the Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair? Do you wonder how we make up and put together the products? Do
you wonder how all that funny ad copy gets written? More importantly, Do you want to learn how to solder?
In this workshop, a whole mess of people will teach you how to solder the Wee Blinkie robot, and THEN we’ll figure out how
to repackage and rename it, and write the copy on the box so that it can be sold in our robot shop! The very best
entry/entries will be sold in the store.
A whole mess of people consists of robotics people, writing people, and people who work at the robot shop.
This workshop is full. (You can put your name on the waiting list, though.)
