Reaching for the Stars

Did you hear?! It was another galvanizing night in The City! Wednesday night in downtown L.A. saw an amazing lineup of performances from Inner-City Arts, Homeboy Industries, and of course, the InsideOUT Writers and J.T!

The set also included a handful of local actors, poets and writers, and even hip hop dancers and comedians, each of whom delivered their own brand of the magic that makes L.A. one of the foremost creative hubs on the map.

To cap things off, it was one of IOW’s youngest writers — a sixteen year old ‘Ms. Jackson’ — who closed out the show when her performance was met with a standing ovation by a raucous crowd!

The night was the first of its kind for IOW at the venue, due in no small part to the gracious support of the legendary Richard Cabral. But rest assured, if you missed us, there will be more soon! Hanging and gliding through The City together, the road has never been brighter.

J.T.

…Thursday Night, The Faculty Public Reading. June 25, Congregational Church, July 2, Books and Books. All the faculty from the week will be reading and it’s the best reading around. All participants are urged to come and to invite their friends. Please get there early. Faculty books will be available. It is being live-streamed on the web as well.

Friday, Your turn—the Workshop presentations.  4:30—we gather for a community meal and each workshop presents a reading or performance or anything they desire for 10 minutes to illustrate their VONA/Voices Experience.  This is a required event. You will also receive your VONA/Voices certificates. (An off-campus party follows. DANCE!)…

Whoah. It’s actually happening!!!