2012 | 826 Valencia

High Seas: 826 Valencia gets its own Dandelion Chocolate bar

October 24, 2012

826 Valencia and Dandelion Chocolate are thrilled to announce High Seas: a special, limited batch of sea salt-speckled chocolate bars inspired by our Choc-full ‘O Chocola…

Molly Parent joins the crew

October 23, 2012

We’re pleased to announce that our former intern and current Writing and Publishing Apprentices teacher, Molly Parent, is our new Workshops Programs Assistant. Intern Rebecca Tantony interviewed M…

During the weekend of October 13 and 14, the Pirate Supply Store held a special outpost at Treasure Island for the 6th annual Treasure Island Music Festival. Along with swaying to the sweet sounds of Grimes and Best Coast, the sto…

Students bring down the house at Lit Crawl

October 19, 2012

Over 100 people packed into the writing lab at 826 Valencia on October 13 for Phase II of Lit Crawl. One of our favorite nights of the year, Lit Crawl brings thousands of li…

The Great Personal Statement Weekend helps high school seniors!

October 16, 2012

The weekend of October 13 and 14, 826 Valencia proudly hosted our fourth Great San Francisco Personal Statement Weekend. One hundred and twenty-…

826 Valencia Presents Young Voices (and Isaac Fitzgerald) for LitCrawl

October 11, 2012

Join us on Saturday, October 13 at 7:15 PM for a celebration of the 826 Quarterly! Hear the Rumpus‘s own Isaac Fitzgerald read from his fo…

How to Teach ‘Hamlet’ the Dave Eggers Way

October 10, 2012

Director of Education Emilie Coulson champions creative thinking in How to Teach ‘Hamlet’ the Dave Eggers Way, an article she wrote for The Atlantic on October 1…

Meet Olivia White Lopez: Pirate Supply Store Manager

September 24, 2012

Olivia White Lopez has stepped up as our new Pirate Supply Store Manager. 826 intern Brian Karfunkel sat down with her to ask some hard-hitting questions. How does it feel t…