Tutoring During Covid
Covid-19 has not stopped our efforts. While we are no longer tutoring from our space at 20 Rensselaer Street, we are tutoring. In fact, we are tutoring more students now than before the pandemic began. We are just not doing...
Readers Theater Event of 2020
Our second annual Readers Theatre Fundraising Event was completely virtual due to COVID. This year’s featured reader was Newbery Medal winning author, Katherine Paterson. The moderator was Rex Smith, Editor of the Times Union, and other readers included authors Margaret...
Wizard’s Wardrobe presents event featuring “Bridge to Terabithia”
Tutor Nancy Ost, left, with Maple Bee, a second-grader with the Wizard’s Wardrobe reading program in Albany’s South End (photo by Amy Biancolli) Times Union By Abigail Rubel Updated 2:47 pm EDT, Thursday, September 24, 2020 https://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Wizard-s-Wardrobe-presents-event-featuring-15565316.php#:~:text=Wizard’s%20Wardrobe%2C%20a%20nonprofit%20free,Katherine%20Paterson%20on%20Monday%2C%20Oct.Wizard’s Wardrobe, a nonprofit free tutoring service serving Albany’s...
Black History Month 2020
During Black History Month, 2020, students and tutors read numerous fiction and non-fiction books, sharing powerful stories of slavery, the underground railroad, and the bravery and contributions of African-Americans who inspired courage and resistance during those times.As students read, they...
It was MAGICAL!
Inaugural Annual Event, 2019. Rex Smith, Editor and Vice President of the Times Union, kicked off the evening with eloquence and just a bit of magical inspiration. The stage was set for local readers, many of national and international recognition,...
Readers Theater Event of 2019
Our first annual Readers Theatre Fundraising Event was a phenomenal first event. This year’s featured reader was Gregory Maguire, New York Times best-selling author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (basis for the...
‘Wicked’ author Gregory Maguire on bill at Albany reading program
Times UnionBy Amy BiancolliUpdated 6:43 pm EDT, Friday, October 25, 2019https://www.timesunion.com/living/article/Word-wizardry-14560276.php#item-85307-tbla-10Books are magic. Any kid can tell you that. Any person who used to be a kid can tell you that.Just ask the novelist Gregory Maguire, who knows well the...
Reader’s Theatre Event: October 28
Time: 6:00-8:30pmPlace: Capital Repertory Theatre, 111 N Pearl St. Albany, NY 12207Join us for an evening of powerful readings, featuring Gregory Maguire, the New York Times best-selling author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the...
Relaunch of Community Newspaper “The South End Scene.”
June, 2019: See The Wizard’s Wardrobe student writing featured in this amazing first edition, along with other community writers. The NAACP, along with the Howe Branch of Albany Public Library, Center for Law and Justice, Youth FX, and other partners are relaunching...
News10 Special Report:Reading is ‘magic’ at the Wizard’s Wardrobe
by: Mary WilsonPosted: Nov 26, 2018 / 10:31 AM EST / Updated: Nov 26, 2018 / 11:43 AM ESThttps://www.news10.com/news/special-reports/super-mom-monday-reading-is-magic-at-the-wizards-wardrobe/In this Super Mom report, News10’s Mary Wilson visits a special tutoring program in Albany that extends learning beyond the classroom in...
