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International High School student-editors speak with Nyuol Tong about inclusion and exclusion
February 28 was an exciting night for the student editorial board of the YABP with San Francisco International High School. To kick off the two-hour…
Join us for a Q and A with Jessica Hische
Typographer Jessica Hische (the designer behind the Moonrise Kingdom lettering and Dave Eggers’s latest book cover) has just designed a notebook for 826 Valencia,…
Shadi Rahimi speaks to After-school Tutoring students
Shadi Rahimi, a journalist, photographer, and videographer, joined us in the Writing Lab during after-school tutoring to talk to students and tutors about…
Pirate Lightning: 826 Valencia plus Quiet Lightning
If you didn’t make it to our 826+Quiet Lightning reading, you missed Quinn Mullen rapping about his trip to New York. Watch it–you’ll love it.
826 Valencia’s new Evening Tutoring Program
We are now in our second semester of our first year offering Evening Tutoring, an extension of After-school Tutoring for middle and high school students.
Guest artist Candice “Antique” Wicks visits After-school tutoring
We kicked off our guest artist series this year with a visit from Candice “Antique” Wicks. On Tuesday, February 4, Antique, an Oakland-based independent…
Join the Night Writer Society for a bookmaking workshop on March 15
The Night Writer Society, a writerly secret society that hosts literary happenings for adults, has begun holding its events at 826 Valencia, and…
Straight-up News kicks off its latest issue
Mr. Gardner’s Leadership class at Everett Middle School took a field trip to 826 Valencia on Wednesday to kick off the spring semester of the…
Slick Magazine releases Issue Five
Slick is here! On Friday, February 1, last semester’s Slick journalists, tutors, teachers, families, and friends packed the James Lick Writers’ Room to celebrate…