Wednesday, September 25, 2013

wednesday, september 25 - thursday, october 3, 2013


Vol. 2, Issue 4



PUBLICATION

Elizabeth Terrazas (MFAW alum) has two poems out in Otoliths.

Jim Kettner (MFAW '13) has a new comic out in an anthology, As You Were from Silver Sprocket Press.

Suzanne Barnecut (MFAW '07) on what to do in Lake Tahoe for The Bold Italic.

KQED Pop bloggers David Aloi (MFAW '09) shares his emmy predictions and on bro-core bands.


MEDIA

As You Were, a comics anthology featuring Jim Kettner (MFAW '13), is discussed on Punknews.org.

Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty) is interviewed by Peter Rock of The Rumpus.


ON-CAMPUS

FRI 27: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Hugh Behm-Steinberg and Caroline Goodwin (both MFAW Faculty), 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

SAT 28: Reading: 100,000 Poets For Change/Bay Area Poetry Marathon joint event: featuring Julian Talamantez Brolaski, J.P. Dancing Bear, Zack Haber, Elaine Barry Kahn (MFAW alum), Even Karp, Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty), Mariam Dubovik Lease, Erica Lewis and Chloe Veylit (MFAW '13), curated by Donna de la Perrière (MFAW faculty), at The Writers Studio (SF)

THU 3: Lecture: CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Joshua Clover, 7pm in Timken (SF)


OFF-SITE

WED 25: Reading: Word Performances Reading Series, with performances by Ethel Rohan, Joyce Lee, Steven Gray, Maisha Z. Johnson (Eleven Eleven #15 contributor), Hollie Hardy, William Taylor Jr., John Swain, Erma Kyriakos, Todd Siegal, Cybele Zufolo Siegal and Jack Boulware and Philip Brezina, 7:45pm at Viracocha (998 Valencia St, SF)

THU 26: Reading: Writing Without Walls: Dog Days, featuring Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty), Jennifer Kulbeck, Ben Bellizzi, Katie Tandy, Sandra Wassilie, and Siamak Vossoughi, 7pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)

SAT 28: Reading: 100, 000 Poets For Change: hosted by Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty), featuring California Poet Laureate Emeritus Al Young (MFAW faculty), Linda E Norton, Mary Mackey, 4:30pm at Ocean Art Gallery and  Laura Masko, Sherri Rose-Walker and Matt Shears (MFAW faculty), 6pm at Florey's Book Company (150 Eureka Square, Pacifica)

SAT 28: Reading: 100,000 Poets For Change hosted by Bay Area Poetry Marathon with works by Julian Brolaski, JP Dancing Bear, Zack Haber, Elaine Kahn, Evan Karp, Joseph Lease (MFAW Faculty), Mariam Dubovik Lease, Erica Lewis, Steven Seidenberg, & Chloé Veylit (MFAW '13), 7:30pm in the Writers Studio.

SAT 28: Reading: Poets On the Occasions of Mark Di Suvero, contemporary poets come together to read new works in response to the artist's sculptures and to launch a limited-edition chapbook featuring new poems by Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty), Bill Berkson, Victor di Suvero, Paul Ebenkamp, C. S. Giscombe, Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty), Kush, Joanne Kyger, Hugo Garcia Manriquez, Richard O. Moore, D. A. Powell, Frances Richard, Juliana Spahr, and C. D. Wright, 2pm at Crissy Field (1199 East Beach, SF)

SAT 28: Screening/Reading: CITYDANCE with film works and poetry including works by Anne Lesley Selcer (MFAW '13), 7pm at the Wattis (350 Kansas) RSVP

SUN 29: Festival: The 10th Annual Roadworks Steamroller Printing Festival, a day-long public printmaking showcase presented amid a selection of local food and fine craft vendors, 11am-4pm at the San Francisco Center for the Book (375 Rhode Island St, SF)

MON 30: Artist Talk: Mark di Suvero and Poets in Conversation featuring Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty), Victor di Suvero, Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty), Hugo Garcia Manriquez, Richard O. Moore and Frances Richard, 7pm at the SFJAZZ Center (201 Franklin St, SF) ($10 general admission/ $7 members, seniors and students)

THU 3: Reading: The Poetry Center presents Rachel Levitsky and Latasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW alum), 4:30pm at the Poetry Center, (1600 Holloway Ave, HUM 512, SFSU)



COMING UP  

10/4: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Latasha Diggs (MFAW '08) and Hazel White (MFAW '05), 4:30pm at the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

10/4: Reading: The Poetry Center presents Edward Dorn's Collected Poems, with Jennifer Dunbar Dorn, 7:30pm at Subterranean Arthouse (2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley) ($10/$5)

10/5: Reading/Panel: Regional Voices panel featuring Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty) with Frances Dinkelspiel, Ellen Ullman and Karen Tei Yamashita, moderator Anthea Hartig, 9:15-10:15am at San Francisco Public Library (100 Larkin St, Koret Auditorium)

10/5: Comics Event: MFA Comics hosts a 24 hour Comics Day, around the clock comics drawing event open to all CCA students, faculty and staff, BYO art supplies and snacks, pizza and coffee will be provided, 10am Saturday-10am Sunday in the Writer's Studio (SF)

10/6: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Rachel Levitsky and Heriberto Yepez 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)

10/9: Forum: VCS Forum presents Jordana Moore Saggese, 10am-12pm in the Boardroom (SF)

10/9: Reading: Eleven Eleven #15 launch and reading, 7pm in the Writers Studio (SF)

10/9: Conversations/Presentation: The Center for Art and Public Life at CCA celebrate this year's IMPACT award winners, 7pm at 350 Kansas St (SF)

10/10: Reading: The Bloom Reading Series/14 Black Poppies: Witches & Bitches hosted by Lisa Gray, featuring Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty) with Brown People Don't Read, 7-9:30pm at Bayview

10/10: Conversation/Q&A: Stories Breaking Through Silence: A Conversation with Aminatta Forna and Sarah Ladipo Manyika, 5:30pm at MoAD (685 Mission St, SF) (CCA students look in CLASSIFIEDS below for discount information)

10/11-12: Building an Artist's Life, a two-day symposium open to CCA students and alumni that will address what it means to be a working arts professional, focusing on career options and essential skills, RSVP to secure your spot! (OAK)

10/12 - 13: APE - Alternative Press Expo, Concourse, San Francisco

10/12: Reading: Telling Haiti's Story Through Two Lenses, featuring Opal Palmer Adisa (MFAW faculty), 2-4pm at Lakeview Branch Library Meeting Room (550 El Embarcadero, Oakland)
10/5: Reading/Panel: Writing From California: San Francisco Literary Conference

10/13: Reading: Litquake Event, "Off the Richter Scale: Iranian Voices", featuring Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty), Persis Karim, Jasmin Darznik, Shideh Etaat, and Ari Siletz, 11am at Hotel Rex (562 Sutter Street, SF)

10/13: Workshop: Litquake Event, Bagels & Bloodies: Sunday Morning "Hair Of The Dog", featuring The Short Story with Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty) 9am at San Francisco Writers' Grotto (490 2nd Street, 2nd Floor) ($85) (TICKETS)

10/14: Reading: Litquake Event, Quiet Lightning's 50th show with Sean Labrador y Manzano, Kelly Egan, Ken Grobe, Naomi Goldner, Davy Carren, Charlie Getter, Jennifer Cheng, Neil Carman, Kai Carlson-Wee, Chloe Veylit (MFAW '13), Janet Frishberg, Mira Martin-Parker and Jason Schenheit, at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers (100 John F Kennedy Dr, SF)

10/14: Discussion: MFA Comics presents Anders Nilsen, 12pm in The Writer's Studio (SF)

10/16: Forum: VCS Forum presents Conner Habib, 10am-12pm in the Boardroom (SF)

10/15: Reading: Litquake Event curated by Matthew James DeCoster, works by Nick Johnson (MFAW '11), Martha Grover (MFAW '11) and SB Stokes, Zarina Zabrisky, and Hollie Hardy (all Eleven Eleven contributors) and Juli C. Lasselle, Amy Thigpen, Tim Toaster Henderson, and Joel Landmine, 8pm at the Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF)

10/17: Reading: Litquake Event, "Flight of Poets" with Kazim Ali, Sophie Cabot Black, Xochiquetzal Candelaria, Maxine Chernoff, Keith Ekiss, and Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty), 7pm at Hotel Rex (562 Sutter St, SF)

10/17: Reading: Litquake Event, MFA Mixer 2.0: Litquake Edition, featuring Carolyn Abram (MFAW alum), Scott Newton (MFAW alum), Molly Daniels, Rex Leonowicz, Robert Andrew Perez, Mary Paynter Sherwin, Sarah Broderick, Yume Kim, Jessy Goodman, Erik White, Chris Carosi and Kate Folk, 6:30pm at the Cat Club (1190 Folsom St, SF)

10/18: Reading: MFAW Writers Series with LitQuake presents Mary Gaitskill, 7pm in Timken Lecture Hall (CCA 1111 8th St, SF)

10/18: Reading: The Poetry Center presents Yusef Komunyakaa, 7:30pm at McRoskey Mattress Company (1687 Market St at Gough, SF) ($10/$5)

10/19: Reading/Panel: Litquake Event, The Art of the Memoir presents "The Art of Writing" featuring Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty), Jeff Greenwald, Will Lutwick, Louise Nayer and Julia Scheeres, 12:30pm at Z Space (450 Florida St, SF) (TICKETS) ($5 for each panel; $9 for two; $12 for all three)

10/19: Reading: Litquake Event, The Art of the Memoir presents "The Art of the Short Story"panel featuring Aimee Phan (MFAW chair), Lucy Corin, Carolyn Cooke, Valerie Fioravanti, and Jason K. Friedman, 2pm at Z Space (450 Florida St, SF) (TICKETS) ($5 for each panel; $9 for two; $12 for all three)

10/19: Reading: Litquake Event, The Art of the Memoir presents "The Art of the Novel" panel featuring Carol Edgarian, Karen Joy Fowler, Gail Tsukiyama, Susan Straight and Chris Baty, 4pm at Z Space (450 Florida St, SF) (TICKETS) ($5 for each panel; $9 for two; $12 for all three)

10/19: Reading: LitCrawl with Aimee Phan (MFAW chair), Gloria Frym (MFAW faculty), Matthew Iribarne (MFAW faculty), Steffi Drewes (MFAW '06), Nana Twumasi (MFAW '07), Ryan Funk (MFAW '12), 6pm at Mission Cheese (736 Valencia) MORE INFO

10/19: Reading: LitCrawl, The Catamaran Literary Reader with Judith Serin (MFAW faculty) and others, 8:30 - 9:30pm at the Red Poppy Art House (2698 Folsom, SF)

10/19: Panel: LitCrawl, a panel of translators featuring Denise Newman (MFAW faculty) 8:30-9:30pm at Love & Luxe (1169 Valencia St, SF)

10/19: Reading: LitCrawl, Bang Out Volume XXII: "Song" with works by Shandy Walton (MFAW '14) and others TBA, 7:15-8:15pm at Deepistan National Parklet (937 Valencia St, SF)

10/19: Reading: LitCrawl, "Beautiful Liars", dark readings featuring faculty and students from UC Berkeley's Summer Creative Writing Program, hosted by T. Geronimo Johnson, Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty), Terra Brigando, David Lau, Safeena Leila Mecklai, Anca Roncea and Ryan Sloan, 6-7pm at Density (593 Valencia St, SF)

10/20: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Christopher Russell and Matthew Gordon, 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)

10/22: Lecture: CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Prem Krishnamurthy, 7pm in Timken

10/24: Reading: The Poetry Center presents George Stanley "Open Workshop", 4:30pm at the Poetry Center, (1600 Holloway Ave, HUM 512, SFSU)

10/24: Reading: Writing Without Walls, 7pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)

10/25: Reading: Fright Night 2: The Revenge, readers TBA, time TBA (Writers Studio)

10/26: Reading: The Poetry Center presents George Stanley and Leish Ellingham, 7:30pm at the Meridian Gallery (535 Powell St, SF) ($10/$5)

10/30: Forum: VCS Forum presents Pamela M.Lee, 10am-12pm in the Boardroom (SF)

10/31: HALLOWEEN

11/1: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty), 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

11/3: Reading: The Poetry Center presents Fred Moten, 5pm TBD (SF)

11/7: Reading:  MFAW Writers Series presents Rick Moody, 7pm in the Writers' Studio (SF) MOVED TO THE 14TH

11/13: Forum: VCS Forum presents Women in Comix Then and Now, 10am-12pm in the Boardroom (SF)

11/14: Reading:  MFAW Writers Series presents Rick Moody, 7pm in the Writers' Studio (SF) RSVP

11/14: Reading: The Poetry Center presents a Tribute to Jayne Cortez with Robin D.G. Kelley in conversation with Justin Desmangles, 4:30pm at the Poetry Center, (1600 Holloway Ave, HUM 512, SFSU)

11/15: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Tom Bissell, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

11/17: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Robert Kocik, 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)

11/19: Lecture: CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Hito Steyerl, 7pm in Timken (SF)

11/20: Forum: VCS Forum presents Bernice Bing, 10am-12pm in the Boardroom (SF)

11/28: THANKSGIVING

12/1: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Jared Stanley and Christian Hawkey 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)

12/4: Forum: VCS Forum presents Julian Carter, 10am-12pm in the Boardroom (SF)

12/5: Lecture: CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Amy Seimetz and Miriam Bale, 7pm in Timken (SF)

12/13: Last day of the Fall 2013 semester

12/15: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Amanda Davidson and Jaime Cortez, 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)