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Crystal is the mother of three children in our program and she wrote a book dedicated to all of our volunteers at Wizard’s Wardrobe. Crystal expresses her gratitude for the literature and exploration services provided to her three kids that...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...