Hello Beautiful People, I recently had the privilege of seeing The Cripple of Inishmaan at the Cort Theatre, and it was delightful. Wonderful. Poignant. Surprising…and FUNNY. Oh, was it funny. I didn’t expect it to be so funny! I mean, it has the word cripple in the title. How could there be humor in that? How could their be classy…
Hello, music lovers! It’s hard to believe (mostly because of the unusually cool weather I’ve been experiencing where I live), but the month of May is upon is. Here’s a playlist dedicated to this most wonderful and spring-y month. Arcade Fire, “Month of May” The Beatles, “Here Comes the Sun” Ben Howard, “Old Pine” Eddie…
Hello Beautiful People, Since May is the month of…warmer weather. (We hope.) And finals. And baby showers. And bridal showers. And a season of new… …and MORE books! The Fog Machine, by Susan Follett and Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell As always, please note that we haven’t read these gems yet. But, we will….
Hello Beautiful People, When I was five, I went to see The Secret Garden. I wore a navy blue dress, with a white sailor collar. My mom put my hair in a french braid. And, as much as I love my little brother, my parents had left him with my grandparents. I don’t know when…
Hi bookworms! If you’ve been following along with Close Reads Cafe, the official book club of The Write Teacher(s), you’d know that our book pick for April was FALLEN BEAUTY by Erika Robuck. Now that April is coming to a close, we’d love to discuss the book with you! My review: Robuck does it again with…
Hello Beautiful People, DUETS with The Write Teacher(s) is on Friday. Cue feelings of pure joy + glee, mixed with just an element of stress, which, as any director/producer will tell you, is natural, especially when you’re dealing with a cast over twenty. This is my fourth concert that I’m producing in New York City….
Hello Beautiful People, When we first launched Maggie Keenan-Bolger’s column, one of our greatest supporters was Lauren Oliver. And so, I’m just unbelievably honored and grateful that she has so graciously participated in our School Time Author Q&A Series! For those of you who don’t know, Lauren Oliver is the author of the YA novel Before…
Hello Beautiful People, It was a Wednesday afternoon, and I was at the Cupcake Cafe with my new, (now old), friend Shakina Nayfack. It was a wonderful day, one of those perfect New York moments – I was having cupcakes and coffee with a kindred spirit, a new friend, we were sharing stories of art…
Hello, music lovers! I hope you all had a fun and music-filled Record Store Day on April 19! I know I did. I was only able to spend about an hour and a half at my hometown record store, and while I feel like I’d need way more than 90 minutes to browse the store’s…
Hello Beautiful People, Due to the email flooding that we’ve recieved, and the brilliance of our dear Deidra, the #AskATeach column will be taking a different turn. From this point forward, our posts on thewriteteachers.com will be focused on events occuring in schools that are gaining a large amount of media attention. We’ll be discussing these…