When Reading Rainbow Week was announced, I began to reminisce about my favorite books as a child and teenager– the really formative ones that made me want to be a lifelong reader, and eventually writer. And Chris’s post reminded me too, of those foundational books, that gripped my imagination so deeply, and held on, like [...]
Entries Tagged as 'support Vernacular'
Use Kids’ Books to Help Improve Education!
September 25th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: donate books! · kim · library · Reading Rainbow Week · support Vernacular · Teach For America
And what a Gala it was…
May 16th, 2009 No Comments
Thanks to everyone who came to Vernacular’s Spring Gala last night!! What a great time it was– so thanks to all of our guests, musicians, sponsors, and bloggers-turned-party planners who made it success. And we hope that to newcomers, now that you know about Vernacular, you’ll subscribe, read, comment, donate, and participate in our online [...]
Tags: Gentlemen Hall · Narrangansett beer · networking · parties · Spring Gala · support Vernacular
See You Tonight!
May 15th, 2009 No Comments
“Do you have any plans tonight? No? Well, I hear there’s this really cool, exclusive party happening in this 4th floor writer’s studio, in this really funky building next door to Emerson College…”
Could it be, perhaps, the VERNACULAR SPRING GALA?? We sure hope the answer is yes!
(and we are NOT exclusive, actually– all literary and [...]
Tags: kim · networking · Spring Gala · support Vernacular
WLP Spring Party This Monday!
May 2nd, 2009 No Comments
Happy Finals Week! Come on out this Monday for free food and WLP fun:
The Writing, Literature & Publishing End-of-the Year Party
Join us to celebrate another successful year!
Monday, May 4th
Sweetwater Cafe, 3 Boylston Place
4 - 7PM
Writing award winners will be announced after 5PM.
Also, we’ll be selling advance tickets to the Vernacular Spring Gala. Bring your [...]
Tags: Emerson College WLP Department · kim · parties · support Vernacular · Sweetwater Cafe · writing awards
Announcing: Vernacular Spring Gala!!
April 28th, 2009 No Comments
Enjoying the warm weather? Looking forward to the end of homework? Need an excuse to party?
Then come to Vernacular Blog’s Spring Gala!
Friday, May 15th, 7 - 10pm
@ Grub Street
Tickets $3 advance / $5 at the door
Join us for drinks, food, live music, and networking with special guest VIPs: publishing professionals, published writers, successful alums, and [...]
Tags: emerson alums · Gentlemen Hall · grub street · kim · networking · parties · support Vernacular
Vernacular’s 10,000th
February 22nd, 2009 No Comments
Happy last Sunday in February, also known as Oscar Sunday! I’d like to take a moment today to announce an achievement of our own, that while not cinematic, still gives me a small shiver of glee:
We hit our 10,000 visitors mark!
… sometime, we think, in the last week or two (probably while getting drunk [...]
Tags: blogs · emerson alums · Emerson College WLP Department · kim · support Vernacular
Powell’s, the Metropolis of Books!
January 12th, 2009 1 Comment
I’m kicking off Indie Bookstore Week with Powell’s, which is, yes, the greatest(!) bookstore in the history of bookstores! It’s called the City of Books, which is appropriate considering the size of this store. As the map below shows, the main store is a full city-block and four stories of wordnerdy goodness. Before I [...]
Tags: bookstores · Independent bookstores · patrick · Powell's · support Vernacular
Announcing: Indie Bookstore Week!
January 12th, 2009 No Comments
Happy winter, folks! We in Boston have been hit by yet another 6 inches+ snowfall, and I pity the poor people who have to dig out their cars yet again. In any case, we at Vernacular thinking a lot recently about the state of the publishing industry, and where we buy our books.
So [...]
Tags: bookstores · Independent bookstores · kim · Powell's · publishing industry · support Vernacular