Creative Youth Center
Creative Youth Center publishes seventh anthology
by (GRTV)
Submitted 04-04-2018 under NONPROFITS
In this week’s segment of GRTV’s NPO Showcase, Executive Director of the Creative Youth Center, Kristin Brace, reads from the seventh anthology of writings authored by Creative Youth Center's own members. The compilation...
Creative Youth Center helps area kids become published authors
by (GRTV)
Submitted 11-15-2017 under NONPROFITS
In this week’s segment of GRTV’s NPO Showcase, Sarah Jean Anderson from the Grand Rapids Creative Youth Center discusses some of the programs they have for area kids. The programs focus on creative writing and are free for Grand...
Breathing life into "The Characters that Lived"
by (Grand Rapids Cr...)
Submitted 10-11-2017 under NONPROFITS
The Creative Youth Center (CYC) is looking forward to its upcoming improv show, The Characters that Lived. The event is an opportunity to witness Grand Rapids’ only all-ages improv show. It will be performed at the Wealthy Theatre on Thursday...
Creative writing and music students team up for genre-bending performance
by (carly.schweppe)
Submitted 11-30-2016 under NEWS
Students at the Creative Youth Center and Triumph Music Academy are coming together for a brand new collaborative project, a free night of Spoken Word + Music. On December 16, CYC students will perform original poetry at the Wealthy Theatre Annex...
Catalyst Radio: Creative Youth Center & centering student voices
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 10-17-2016 under LOCAL LIFE
Katie Gordon speaks with Kristin Brace, Executive Director of Creative Youth Center, preparing kids for life’s adventures by supporting their writing and amplifying their voices. GR Creative Youth Center will host an all-ages improv...
Creative Youth Center to launch fifth edition of yearly young authors' anthology
by (Grand Rapids Cr...)
Submitted 05-06-2016 under NONPROFITS
Fans of Creative Youth Center (CYC) young authors will find it hard to believe that the fifth edition of their yearly anthology is already skimming off the press. In a few short weeks, Bloom Cherry Bloom Tree: The Book of Explosions V will...
The Creative Youth Center teams up with LaughFest for The Sketches that Lived Encore
by (Grand Rapids Cr...)
Submitted 03-11-2016 under NEWS
It’s the place where one goes to the beach at Rocky Mountain National Park, where people from opposite sides of the world swim in pools of jello, and where try as you might, it is near impossible to get to that coveted red velvet cupcake: on...
Spring semester starts at Creative Youth Center
by (Grand Rapids Cr...)
Submitted 01-08-2016 under NONPROFITS
“I love journaling about everything we do. We write about our lives: what’s fun and what’s funny,” Adrian enthuses at the last Afterschool Adventure gathering of the semester. When programming begins again, students will find...
Creative Youth Center begins fall programs
by (Grand Rapids Cr...)
Submitted 09-22-2015 under NEWS
Where do tales of world travel meet neighborhood lore? Where do curious kids intersect the jottings of an elusive poet-wanderer? And where do seemingly ordinary students reveal their true identities as talented, published authors? The Creative Youth...
New sketch writing workshop at the Creative Youth Center
by (Grand Rapids Cr...)
Submitted 05-27-2015 under NONPROFITS
Amy Gascon, a local improviser and sketch comedy writer, will lead a workshop at the Grand Rapids Creative Youth Center (CYC) this June. Gascon said students can expect a very interactive experience, with plenty of physical activity and...