Inkandescent Kids

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August 2 2026

Inkandescent Kids
Inkandescent Kids
Meet college senior Elizabeth Lane, who is performing at our August 8, 2026 book fair and 1st Birthday Bash, noon to 4pm: Elaine’s, 208 Queen Street in Old Town Alexandria
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Meet the musician: Elizabeth Lane is an award-winning 21-year-old Singer-Songwriter born & raised in Alexandria, Virginia. At 15, she started writing songs after her vocal coach from Rock of Ages Music, Taisha Estrada, encouraged her to do so. She has recorded and released 18 original songs since then, including a full-length album, and has garnered over 300,000 streams worldwide.

In 2023, Elizabeth was awarded the Bernard/Ebb Young Songwriter Award, recognizing the best youth songwriter across the DC, Maryland, and Virginia region. When she’s not writing songs or performing, Elizabeth is a busy college student at UC Santa Barbara, where she is double-majoring in Communication and Political Science.

Watch her perform “Ghost Town” on InkandescentKids.tv

Listen to her song, “Something New”

Check out all of Elizabeth’s music on Spotify!

Click here to learn more and reserve your seats at our August 8 Children’s Book Fair and 1st Birthday Party

About the show: From the mouths of kids come the most profound thoughts and ideas. On the Inkandescent® Kids Show, we take it one step further with interviews by kids, for kids. Yes, there are a few adults involved, too, including experts on parenting, education, and more!

Read all about it: Launched on August 8, 2025, InkandescentKids.com magazine is on a mission to teach kids from kindergarten to college to think critically, like a reporter. Students are welcome to submit articles, photos, illustrations, videos, puzzles, games, and more for review and publication.

We also offer classes: 

  • Journalism (3 sessions): I am an award-winning reporter and teach the journalism classes. In Class 1, the assignment is to be part of our “So You Want to be a …” book project, in which they interview a parent about their work. They learn how to do research, develop interview questions, and practice asking the questions; then they write the article, and we work on it together until it’s ready for our student editors to copyedit and publish it.
  • Photojournalism (2 sessions): Our Inkandescent photographer, AnnaGibbs.com, guides students through the process of taking photos for the articles. She teaches them the essentials of taking a good photograph, how to capture the essence of the story they are working on, and, once she approves the images, we send them to our editorial team for inclusion in the article.
  • Illustration (4 sessions): Award-winning illustrator michaelglenwood.com works with students to create artwork to accompany the articles. He teaches them to identify the main concepts in the article they are working on, create 3 sketches for editor review, and then craft the illustration. Upon his review and approval, it goes to the editorial team.
  • Videos and podcasts (4 sessions): With me, Inkandescent’s video and podcast producer, Nelson Benavides, teaches students how to capture the essence of an interview through video and podcasting. He focuses on helping students understand the technical aspects of production.
  • Newsroom (6 sessions): Our InkandescentKids editor, Ellen Smith, is building our student newsrooms that include a team of editors, copyeditors, proofreaders, and a layout team. In addition to our online magazine, they help us craft a bi-monthly printable publication that features a theme. This September-October theme is New Beginnings.

Click here for pricing and payment options, and learn how to join our InkandescentKids family!

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MEET THE INKANDESCENT® RADIO TEAM

Hope Katz Gibbs, Founder & Executive Producer, InkandescentRadio.com

Brandi Wilsker-Merritt, Director of Podcasting

Nelson Benavides, Director of Videography

Max KukoyInkandescent Website Developer

Michael GibbsInkandescent Art Director

 

Previous Episodes
Episode : Friday, August 8th, 2025

Special Needs Coach Renee Carleson invites us to understand what it’s like to be “A Bee Like Me”

A note from Hope Katz Gibbs, producer, Inkandescent Radio — Renee Carleson is a mom to two special needs kids, and that experience has helped her understand the importance of working with other families who need her love and support. Indeed, she is one of those truly amazing women whose story is so powerful that you have no choice but to say, “Tell me more.” Fortunately, we’ll be working closely with Renee and her tribe in 2021, as she is oneClick here to listen to the podcast!

Episode : Friday, March 26th, 2021

Episode 9: Margaritas with Marguerita — Equal Pay for Single Moms

March 26, 2021: A Note from Marguerita Cheng, CFP® — Welcome to my new radio show, “Diary of a CFP® Pro,” where I’ll be sharing insight into how women will learn how to improve their knowledge of financial matters so they can gain financial security. This show is a companion to my upcoming book of the same title. I’ll be doing webinars on the last Friday of the month, where I invite you to join me for “Margaritas with Marguerita” on the InkandescentClick here to listen to the podcast!

Episode : Sunday, January 10th, 2021

Meet Angela Mitchell: Tech goddess + entrepreneur = Case Management + Kids Code Too

January 10, 2021: A Note from Tony Farmer, host, Black Lives Matter Radio Show — It’s a pleasure to introduce our listeners to entrepreneur and tech guru Angela Mitchell, CEO of the Washington, DC-based company CASE Management Consulting. A multi-million, 8(a) Certified, Minority Woman-owned Small Business founded in 2016, CASE delivers secure, high-quality web-based process automation tools and knowledge management solutions. CASE guides an organization through change, focusing on business process and technology. “Our mission is to provide leaders withClick here to listen to the podcast!

Sunday, December 20th, 2020

California educator Suzette Love on the evolution of black education: "From Emancipation to COVID-19"

Dec. 20, 2020: A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, producer, Black Lives Matter Radio Show — How does a young woman go from a small town in Southern CA to rock stardom in Sweden? What makes her trade that in for a career as an educator and academic? You’ll learn about all that and more on tonight’s episode! First, a little back story: I had the privilege of meeting Suzette Love when we took a graduate class in the fallClick here to listen to the podcast!

Sunday, December 6th, 2020

What is Identity-based Navigation™ — and how can it help protect your family? James A. Samuel explains

Sunday, December 6, 2020 — A Note from Tony Farmer, your host, Black Lives Matter Radio Show — Say hello to James A. Samuel, Jr., the Founder & CEO of Pluribus Inc., a big data, geospatial analytics company headquartered in McLean, VA. “I founded Pluribus to lead the world in an entirely new industry: Identity-Based Navigation™,” explains the entrepreneur who has the skills and life experiences that uniquely qualify him to fulfill his vision. On tonight’s show, we talk not onlyClick here to listen to the podcast!

Episode : Wednesday, January 1st, 2020

The Future of Architecture: Glimpse the designs of buildings we’ll soon be inhabiting

January 2021: A note from Hope, publisher, BeInkandescent Health & Wellness magazine — It is a pleasure to launch 2021 to look to the future. With that goal in mind, we are honored to feature two dynamic young architects who have an eye on the future. Meet Weijia Song and Alex Yuen, founders of Collective Operations, an architectural and urban design, research, and development firm seeking to do things differently. “We focus on design, research, and development because we think that each isClick here to listen to the podcast!

Friday, May 3rd, 2019

Meet HEAV.org President and Homeschool Mom of 8, Anne Miller

Anne Miller

The Home Educators Association of Virginia is a member-supported, statewide, 501©3 non-profit homeschool association founded in 1983, and in the decades since HEAV has successfully worked to promote and protect home education in Virginia by working with the Department of Education and legislators, having a presence during the General Assembly sessions, and providing up-to-date information to homeschooling families, the media, and officials. HEAV, coming from a biblical worldview, serves all homeschoolers—regardless of religious or philosophical beliefs. Membership is, and alwaysClick here to listen to the podcast!

Sunday, March 10th, 2019

Homeschool Mom Lauren Bell is Educating Parents about the Power of Homeschooling

As the Convention Director at Home Educators Association of Virginia (HEAV), Lauren Bell is responsible for organizing an annual event that attracts nearly 13,000 people who want to learn about homeschooling. In our podcast interview, you’ll learn why she knew she’d homeschool her kids before they were born, and how she’s been effective in helping other parents along the way. Be sure to download our podcast interview!