A Child of the Times
This residency allows students to make history come alive with their own creative ideas and writing.
- Program Type: Writer-in-Residence
- Discipline: Literary
- Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
- Accepts bookings in Johnston County
This residency allows students to make history come alive with their own creative ideas and writing.
A high-energy writing residency engaging students into spoken word by celebrating our fiercest selves with our dreams and fanciful urges.
Students will take an old photograph as inspiration and write their own creative story.
Interactive multi-media presentation honoring contributors to America and the world, who influenced the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement.
Morphing between characters of multiple races, young to old, man to woman, Mike Wiley’s gripping stories enlighten and inspire audiences of every age to apply history’s lessons to gripping issues of today.
Interactive concerts of songs, stories and narratives about slavery and the quest for freedom.
Students will write a creative non-fiction piece around a NC lighthouse they are studying.
Follows the leopard’s journey through the African savannah, featuring dynamic portrayals of animals like gazelles, zebras, lions, and snakes. Audiences will explore unique choreography, learn dance vocabulary, and engage with movement inspired by wildlife.
Legendary Llanero musician Larry Bellorín & GRAMMY-nominated multi-instrumentalist Joe Troop play a fusion of Venezuelan and Appalachian music for live audiences in English and Spanish.