wednesday, may 28 - thursday, april 5, 2014

Vol. 2, Issue 37

NEWS

Congratulations to Max Delgado (MFAW '07) recipient of the Two Many Voices Mentorship awarded annually to Minnesota-based beginning playwrights of color brought to you by the Playwrights' Center!

PUBLICATION

Kristin Adochio (MFAW '13) has a series of poems, "like water" in the fourth volume of LA-based The Altar Collective.

Keep up with San Mateo County Poet Laureate Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty) with her latest blog post, "The Running of the Poets".

Jeff Von Ward (MFAW '12) has a story, "Salt of Human Tears" in the current edition of Full of Crow.

Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty) is one of the members of VONA with a contribution in their anthology Dismantle. See FRI 30 below for launch information.

KQED Pop's Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW '09) with Never Owning a Home in SF, Charting Famous Vocal Ranges, and Remembering Maya Angelou; Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) on how the latest season of The Bachelorette faced unexpected misfortune.

Katie Wudel (MFAW '06), managing editor for Our Minutes with the silicon heart.

Max Cherney (MFAW '11) has an article on SF Appeal on how an SF coffee shop tracks cell phones of its patrons.

MEDIA

Can't make it to this Friday's launch of VONA's anthology Distmantle? You can listen along on KPFA , 8 - 9:30pm PT. You might hear from Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty) if you do!

Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty) was recently on KPFA's Up Front discussing #WeNeedDiverseBooks which is available for download here.

Piano Fight extends National Poetry Month and gifts us with two videos featuring Nick Johnson (MFAW '11).

Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty) offers the readers of HTML Giant her summer reading list.

ON-CAMPUS

Summertime.

SUN 1: Lecture: Small Press Traffic presents The Leslie Scalapino Memorial Lecture with Simone White and Divya Victor, 5pm at Timken Lecture Hall (SF).

OFF-SITE

FRI 30: Launch: VONA/Voices presents anthology Dismantle, 7:30 - 9:30pm at Modern Times Bookstore (2919 24th Street, SF) FB Event

FRI 30: Reception: Eating Cultures Closing Reception, Community Potluck and "Sausage Homage," performance by Genevieve Erin O'Brien, 6-9pm at SOMArts Cultural Center (934 Brannan St, SF) More info

SAT 31: Reading: Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty) reading from her new book The TV Sutras, 6:30pm at Steven Wolf Fine Arts Gallery (2747 19th Street, Suite A, SF) FB Event

THUR 5: Reading: One Lone Pear Tree Reading Series with Alex Gilliam (MFAW '15), David M. Morini (MFAW '08/PM), Sarah Carpenter, and Sarah Kobrinsky, 6 - 11pm at 1953 McAllister, SF) FB Event

ON GOING

5/1 - 30: Exhibition: Eating Cultures: a deliciously provocative art exhibition featuring works inspired by Asian American food and foodways, Tuesday through Friday from 12-7pm, and Saturdays from 12-5pm at SOMArts Cultural Center (934 Brannan St, SF)

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

COMING UP  

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)

6/7: Reading: Bernal Yoga Literary Series, featuring Michele Bigley, CassandraDallett, John W. Evans, Sean Labrador Y Manzano, SB Stokes (Eleven Eleven #14 contributor), William Taylor Jr., and musical guest Jessamyn Lynn, 7:30pm at Bernal Yoga (908 Cortland, SF)

6/7: Reading: Live at 851 curated by Janey Smith (MFAW) presents Kate Durbin, Tim Toaster Henderson, Kate Robinson, Mark Cronin, 8pm at the Squat (FB Event).   

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

6/15: Memorial Reading: Castle Marino Reading, A Memorial Reading in Honor of Anne Marino (MFAW Faculty) with Tom Barbash (MFA faculty), Kristen Kadner (MFAW '12), Rachel Howard, Alan Black, 5 - 6pm at Edinburgh Castle (950 Geary, SF)

6/21: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon curated by Tiff Dressen with Christopher Daniels, Susanne Dyckman, Denise Leto, Claiborne McDonald, Anna Soteria Morrison, John Sakkis, Alana Siegel, Eleni Stecopoulos, 7pm at the Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF)

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)

7/25 - 27: Play: The Killing Jar by Jennifer Lynne Roberts (MFAW '09) as part of Dayton Playhouse FutureFest.

7/26: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon curated by Erica Lewis with Michelle Detorie, Carrie Hunter, Lauren Levin, Alexandra Naughton, Ted Rees, Dan Thomas-Glass, Jessica Wickens (MFAW '07) & Della Watson, Valerie Witte, 7pm at The Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF)

8/30: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon curated Donna de la Perrière (MFAW faculty) with Megan Breiseth, Trevor Calvert, Norma Cole, Gillian Conoley, Edward Foster, Andrew Joron, Ben Mirov, Colin Partch (MFAW '14/MA '15), Nora Toomey (MFAW '14), 7pm at The Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF)

9/27: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon presents 100 Thousand Poets For Change curated by Donna de la Perrière (MFAW faculty) with Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty), Natalie Catasús (MFAW '14/MA '15), Maxine Chernoff, Johnny Hernandez, Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty), Monica Storss, Sunnylyn Thibodeaux, 7pm at The Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF)