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Mac Barnett at WordUp Fair 2012

May 10, 2013 | In The Works, Latest Projects, and Video

Full video of Mac Barnett

Check out the full video of author Mac Barnett at WordUp Fair 2012!

STEM Panel Discussion Video

May 09, 2013 | In The Works, Latest Projects, and Video

Full video of STEM Panel at WordUp Fair 2012

Check out the full video of the STEM Panel discussion at WordUp Fair 2012.

Congratulations Straight Up Winner

March 06, 2013 | Events, In The Works, and Latest Projects

And The Winner Is...

Literacyworks would like to congratulate Lori Saldal of Tolay Restaurant at The Sheraton of Sonoma County, Petaluma for winning the second annual Straight Up! A Charbay Vodka Cocktail competition.

Dr. Steve Bryson speaks on the search for exoplanets

March 06, 2013 | In The Works, Latest Projects, and Video

Check out the video of Steve Bryson talking about the search for exoplanets.

The KRUSH Community Minute: StraightUp 2013

February 27, 2013 | Events, In The Works, Latest Projects, and News

Brian Griffith Interviews Literacyworks Staff and Marko Karakasevic

Listen to Brian Griffith of The KRUSH interview Paul Heavenridge and Kelin Backman of Literacyworks and Charbay Distillery's Marko Karakasevic for StraightUp 2013!

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Straight Up! 2013

February 13, 2013 | Events, In The Works, and Latest Projects

A Cocktail Competition & Tasting and Fundraiser for Literacy Programs in the North Bay

Join us February 28th from 6:30 to 9:30 at the Sonoma Sheraton Petaluma’s Great Blue Heron Ballroom for the 2nd annual StraightUp.

Jane Smiley In Conversation with Michael Krasny

February 05, 2013 | Events, In The Works, Latest Projects, and Video

At WordUp Fair 2012

Jane Smiley on the importance of age appropriate genre fiction in fostering life long reading habits.

Inspiring and Engaging Girls in the Sciences

The Literacyworks STEM Panel discussion at the 2012 Word Up! Community Learning Fair featured female leaders in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, and was led by Dr. Jill Tarter, outgoing Director of the SETI Institute.

The Space Book Club

July 16, 2012 | Events, In The Works, and Latest Projects

Literacyworks and The W Foundation

The Space Book Club is a community-based literacy and social program for kids, adolescents and adults. The Club includes five to eight people with a wide range of reading skills who gather once a month at the Space Station, in bookstores, cafés, and, increasingly, libraries. The Club aims to further promote literacy through reading and sharing non-fiction titles from popular authors.