KQED Election 2020 Youth Media Screening, October 21

Welcome to Up Next! This weekly blog post highlights upcoming local and national performances, education workshops, book recommendations, and community service resources. As we develop new ways of enjoying and producing the arts during the pandemic, we hope that Up Next may help families, theater fans, educators, and community supporters discover something new or reconnect with much loved organizations.

We Need Diverse Books: Let’s Talk About Political Activism, Resource Guide

Pippin Properties: The First Annual African American Creatives Grant

Arts on the Horizon: Once Upon a Zoom, Late Oct

826 National: Write for inclusion with Cartoon Network’s Stop Bullying—Speak Up, Oct

American Indian Student Association at Washington University in St. Louis: Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Oct 12

Politics and Prose: Jason Reynolds and Danica Novgorodoff—Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel—in conversation with Gene Luen Yang, Oct 13

St. Louis County Library and Miriam Learning Center: Free Tutoring for Unique Learners, Oct 12-Dec 15

Arts and Culture Accessibility Cooperative: October Meetup, Oct 21

Theatre Communications Group: Fall Forum—A Just and Thriving Theatre Ecology, Nov 11-13

KQED Election 2020 Youth Media Screening: The event, hosted by Myles Bess from Above the Noise, will feature a conversation with author Jason Reynolds, Oct 21

Orlando Repertory Theatre: Vote? by Eric Coble (Playwright of The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus), Through Nov 8

Be An Arts Hero: Youth and Families! Write letters to Senators voicing support for the arts, October