Peace of Mind: Self, Sanity and the Pursuit of Happiness

Posted on Mar 10, 2018

An evening of contemplation and music to benefit Still Waters in a Storm and Mission 22. Monday, April 23, 2018 at 7:00pm Symphony Space Expected Run Time is 120 minutes Featuring readings and conversation with Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness, and Susan Cain, author of Quiet and a keynote speech by Bob Kerrey, former United […]

Don Quixote

Posted on Feb 2, 2018

Reserve your seats now for: THE TRAVELING SERIALIZED ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE Right now and for the next five years, a group of 15 children at Still Waters in a Storm, ages 7 to 17, are reading and translating Don Quijote de la Mancha from the Spanish original into English and retelling the tale as […]

Still Waters Film

Posted on Oct 29, 2017

A feature documentary movie about Still Waters in a Storm, called Still Waters, is having its world premiere in November at the DOC NYC festival! This film can help us to keep going and raise awareness of the work as a model for education reform! Here are the screening dates: Sunday, November 12 at 11:15 […]

Visiting the Real America

Posted on Jul 15, 2017

Francisco Goldman has written a beautiful account of his experiences with the Still Waters kids. You can read the full published article at Literary Hub.

The Nowhere Men

Posted on May 30, 2017

The One-Room Schoolhouse – Ep. 020 The Nowhere Men visited Still Waters and made this wonderful video!

Quixote Project

Posted on May 18, 2017

The Traveling Serialized Adventures of El Hidalgo Ingenioso Don Quixote de La Mancha Video by Thelma Boyiri The group’s running translation combines Spanish and English and is being adapted and performed collectively by the kids as a series of brief, traveling adventure plays in non-theatrical settings, such as apartments, offices and classrooms, all around New […]