THANK YOU!

Our amazing Write On! campaign is over and we raised over $11,000! Thank you to all of our fabulous (and generous) supporters! While we didn’t reach our ambitious goal, the money raised will go a long way towards getting our after-school program up and running. In fact, it started yesterday – with 15 neighbourhood kids coming to Story Planet after school to work on homework and creative writing. They’ll be back today, and every Tuesday and Wednesday from 3:30-5:30pm, for the rest of the school year.

Stay tuned for more ways to donate to Story Planet – our ability to help kids and teens become creative and effective communicators starts with you!

 

A love letter came by Story Planet last week.

Lindsay Zier-Vogel’s The Love Lettering Project began eight years ago. Zier-Vogel has been placing love letters in different places throughout the city and letting strangers discover the surprise. Combining poetry and art, these letters display love in unexpected ways and show up in unexpected places.

We felt extremely lucky and ecstatic to have found this love letter. It’s a wonderful reminder of how a simple letter can brighten anyone’s day.  Check out  The Love Lettering Project for more stories!

With your help, we’ve raised $5,815!

We’re so grateful for all your support (there were many high-five montages and jumping scenes going on at Story Planet today).  An astronomical thank you goes out to our generous donors.  Your donations will help fund our new after-school program.

Let’s keep the momentum going towards our $20,000 goal by September 15th!

 

Joey, citizen of Earth came by the Intergalactic Travel Authority this week to do some travelling.

Airline: Story Planet Air

Destination: Neptune

Flight number: Z1039 NEP

Gate: XG3079

Departure time: 07:16 August 3, 2012

Arrival time: 15:09 January 2, 2013

Joey has declared all his nine-armed beings and has passed through customs without incident. He is now able to land legally on Neptune. Safe travels!

 

On August 6th, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover will land on Mars at 1:30AM Eastern Time.

To remember this astronomical occasion, Toronto will be holding a Mars Party on Sunday night (August 5th) to celebrate.

This event will be held at Hotel Ocho from 8pm-2am and there will be a Kids’ Program from 6pm-8pm. All Martian-friendly families are invited to the event.

Click here to learn more about the Mars Party and to get tickets!

Welcome to the launch of our brand spanking new website! With this new portal we will be better able to let you know the exciting things going on at Story Planet and how you can be involved. Take a tour around this corner of our universe and let us know what you think.

Keep an eye and/or tentacle out for our new website!

See if you can crack the code to play “Space Invaders” on our site!

We had a great article written about us in the National Post this past weekend!

Read it here!

Big on Bloor was this past Saturday. We had a great time getting to share our story with everyone!

We’re so excited to announce our alien-drawing contest winner! This magnificent creature dubbed “Bieber” has been picked out of the raffle and the lucky winner will receive a free t-shirt.

Workshop Series with Eric Kim

Thursdays 4:00-6:00pm at the Story Planet Centre (1165 Bloor Wt. W.)

6 weeks: April 12 – May 17

For girls ages 12 – 18

Learn how to make your own comics from start to finish! Drawing, inking, writing – you will learn the fundamental skills in making your own stories. Works will be collected into a small booklet that you will be able to take home at the end of the sessions. Participants must register for all 6 sessions.

To register, email katherine@sp004.dev.contextstaging.ca