wednesday, april 16 - thursday, april 24, 2014

Vol. 2, Issue 31

NEWS

KICKSTARTER: Jenny Goldsmith (MFAW ‘14) has launched her Kickstarter to fund the writing of her book/memoir that takes a stand against the school shooting epidemic. Please help Jenny STAND UP against this!

PUBLICATION

Emily Raabe (MFAW ‘03) has a novel out on Knopf, Lost Children of the Far Islands.

Alex Vikmanis (MFAW ‘10), Lisa Gordon (MFAW ‘10), Dustin Acton (MFAW ‘10), and Ashley Brim (MFAW ‘11) all have pieces in new publication Belle SF.

Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty) has a collection of poems, “Real Life Poetry Top Ten,” on ARCADE.

Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty) has a new book of poems available, Tweaky Village out on Wonder; he also has blog post, “Fernandez and Carrington,” on The Poetry Foundation’s blog, Harriet.

Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty)’s newest blog on the San Mateo County Poet Laureate website.

Katie Wudel (MFAW ‘06), Managing Editor for Our Minutes has new blog posts about BaselWorld 2014.

MEDIA

Emily Raabe’s (MFAW ‘03) book, Lost Children of the Far Islands, is reviewed on Kirkus.

Marissa Bell Toffoli (MFAW ‘06) continues Q&A’s for W³ Sidecar with Naomi Zener.

ON-CAMPUS

WED 16: Reading: HearSay presents Senior Thesis Reading, with Nathan Gale, Zoe B., Vanessa H., and Erika Delgado (all Writing and Literature), 7:30-9pm at Nahl Hall (OAK)

THU 17: MFAW Writers Series presents Akhil Sharma, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers’ Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) (MORE INFO/FB EVENT)

THU 17: Reception: Opening Reception: Many Places At Once, an exhibition curated by the graduating class of the CCA Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice to be on display from April 17th-July 12, 6:30-8:30pm at the Wattis (360 Kansas St, SF)

FRI 18: Word.World 2014, thesis readings by Patrick C. VanNevel, Tanika Thacker, Nora Toomey, Candace Elise Hoes, Dahlia Baeshen (all MFAW ‘14), 7pm at Timken Lecture Hall (1111 8th Street, SF) more info / FB Event

FRI 18: Lecture: CCA Wattis presents a lecture/performance by Rana Hamadeh, 7-8pm at the Wattis (360 Kansas St, SF)

SAT 19: Event: GSA Presents: All Grad Prom, theme: “Hot Tub Time Machine,” 8pm at Hooper Courtyard (SF)

WED 23: Reading: HearSay Reading, 7:30-9pm at Nahl Hall (OAK)

OFF-SITE

THU 17: Lecture: City Arts & Lectures presents Dani Shapiro and Ayelet Waldman, 7:30pm at Nourse Theater (275 Hayes St, SF)  (See Classifieds below for CCA Discount)

THU 17: Reading: MFA Mixer featuring Mick Coughlin, Andrew Brooks, Juliana Delgado Lopera, Rich Wright, Evan Adams (MFAW ‘15), Matthew Elias, Jenny Goldsmith (MFAW ‘14), Tony DeGenaro, Melissa Burke and Ari Moskowitz, 6:30pm at the Cat Club ( 1190 Folsom St, SF)

FRI 18: Reception: Opening Reception for Full Disclosure, showcasing artists from the MFA graduate programs of both San Francisco Art Institute and California College of the Arts as part of a collaboration project: SFiCA, special flash fiction reading by Patrick Newson (MFAW ‘15) and Gabriel Edwards, 6-9pm at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery 3130 24th St, SF)

SAT 19: Literary Festival: 4th SF Diasporic Vietnamese Literary Festival with Anhvu Buchanan, Thao P. Nguyen, Kim Thuy, Bich Minh Nguyen, Phong Nguyen, Masahiro Sugano, 8 - 10pm at the African American Art & Culture Complex (762 Fulton, SF) TICKETS

SAT 19: Reading: Literary Death Match San Francisco, featuring Scott Hutchins, Sylvie Simmons, Eli Horowitz, Joshua Safran, Rachel McKibbens, and Joshua Mohr, 6:30pm at the Elbo Room (647 Valencia St, SF)

WED 23: Reading: Word Performances Reading Series featuring Jon Siegel, Tina D’Elia, John Panzer, Ginger Murray, Tomas Moniz, Brynn Saito, Todd Siegel, Cybele Zufolo Siegel, and musical guest The Mark Growden Trio, 8pm at The Lost Church (65 Capp St at 16th and Mission, SF)

THU 24: Reading: Writing Without Walls: “THE DANCE,” featuring Siamak Vossoughi, Tara Rose, Steven Gray, Jon Sindell, Tanika Thacker (MFAW ‘14), and Notty Bumbo 7:30pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)

THU 24: Reading: Kelsey Street Press 40th Anniversary featuring Hazel White (MFAW ‘05) and Sabrina Dalla Valle, 4:30 pm at The Poetry Center (1600 Holloway Ave, SF)

THU 24: Reading: Books Inc. presents Andrew Demcak reading from his new book, Ghost Songs, 7:30pm at Books Inc., (2275 Market St, SF)

COMING UP  

** 4/24: Graduate Lecture Series presents Anne Carson, 7pm in Timken Lecture Hall (SF) more info ** MOVED TO SATURDAY, APRIL 26

4/25: Word.World 2014, thesis readings by Shandy Walton, Kat A. Croswell, Zane Hawley, Felicia M. Hayes, Sam Cavedon (all MFAW ‘14), 7pm at Timken Lecture Hall (1111 8th Street, SF) more info / FB Event

4/25: Reading: Under the Influence: Round 13 with Chloé Veylit and Maggie Heaps (both MFAW ‘13), Sunnylyn Thibodeaux, Brandon Brown, Melissa R. Sipin, 7:30pm at the Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF) FB Event

4/26: Graduate Lecture Series presents Anne Carson, doors at 6pm, 7pm in Timken Lecture Hall (SF) more info / FB Event

4/27: Small Press Traffic presents Lisa Robertson and Jeff Derksen, hosted by Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty), 5pm at Artists’ Television Access (992 Valencia, SF)

4/29: Lecture: Faculty of Color Research Alliance and Queer Conversations on Culture and the Arts present Isaac Julien, 7-9pm at Timken Lecture Hall (SF)

5/2: Word.World 2014, thesis readings by Natalie Catasús, Samiat Salami, Alicia Franco, Colin Partch, Jenny Goldsmith (all MFAW ‘14), 7pm at Timken Lecture Hall (1111 8th Street, SF) more info / FB Event

5/4: Discussion/Class: Whatever: Reading Giorgio Agamben’s The Coming Community, led by David Brazil and Anne Lesley Selcer (MFAW ‘13), 7pm at the Bay Area Public School (2141 Broadway, Oakland) More Info

5/7: Release Party: Humble Pie vol. 10 Release Party, 7:30-8:45pm at A2 Cafe (OAK)

5/8- 6/8: The Doll’s House Project: Ibsen Is Dead, by Henrik Ibsen and Calamity West (MFW ‘07)  More info

5/9: Reading: ENGAGE: Teaching Creative Creative Writing with Matt Iribarne (MFAW faculty) presents Oakland School for the Arts students, 2p in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

5/5-9: Final Thesis Review Meetings

5/10: Reading/Festival: The 12th Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival, featuring Nanette Deetz, Time Donnelly, Rosa Lane, Baruch Porras-Hernandez, Maisha Johnson (Eleven Eleven #15 contributor), Grace Marie Grafton, Arisa White, Harold Terezon, Denise Jolly, Jezebel Delilah X, Rafael Jesus Gonzalez and Aya de Leon, Wilfred Galila, Nusaibah Coleman, Michael Hartman and Fred Dodsworth, 1pm-4:30pm at Berkeley City College Auditorium (2050 Center St, Berkeley)

5/22: Reading: Writing Without Walls: INTERVENTION, readers TBA (see below for submission guidelines), 7pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)

6/6: Opening night: "Photo Dynamic Therapy" by Jennifer Lynne Roberts (MFAW ‘09) at The Exit as part of Wily West Productions' and PCSF's Sheherezade 14. (SF)

6/6: Opening night: “Reframing Rockwell” by Jim Norrena (MFAW ‘13) at The Exit as part of Wily West Productions' and PCSF's Sheherezade 14. (SF)

6/12 - 22: Play: “Photo Dynamic Therapy” by Jennifer Lynne Roberts (MFAW ‘09), part of The Women’s Project with Theatre Arts West

6/21: Book Release/Reading: Get Wet Reckless, a celebration for the release of Cassandra Dallett’s book Wet Reckless, with readings by Sonya Renee Taylor, Tim Toaster, Nic Alea, SB Stokes (Eleven Eleven #14 contributor), and Paul Corman-Roberts, 7pm at the Make-Out Room (3225 22nd St, SF)

7/24 - 8/23: Play: “Meet Claudia” and “Mars One Project” both by Jennifer Lynne Roberts (MFAW ‘09), part of Superheroes, a Wiley West Production at The Exit Theatre. (SF)