” target=”_blank”>P.O.P.S. the Club In January 2013, in a dingy classroom at Venice High School, Dennis Danziger, a high school English teacher, and his wife, “>, the club. They’ve expanded to more than 60 members in just that single Venice High club, and new clubs will soon be opening in schools across the country. The POPS website (www.popstheclub) has expanded, and beginning in early September, The Good Men Project began featuring, each Sunday, stories and poems by the POPS kids. POPS the club has published a (first annual) anthology of the students’ work, and stories have been featured in the San Quentin News, on Zocalo Public Square, on Madeleine Brand’s Press Play on NPR, and in November in the California Teachers’ Association Magazine.</p>
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“>On Thursday evening, October 16, Tim Allen is offering his talents to POPStheclub.com, Inc., a 501 c (3), as he headlines the first POPS Fundraiser at The Laugh Factory. Everyone over 18 is welcome. Also appearing will be comedian Lowell Sanders, and host Frazer Smith of KLOS Radio.
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