wednesday, june 25 - thursday, july 3, 2014

Vol. 2, Issue 41

NEWS

Rheea Mukherjee (MFAW '11) is a recent co-founder of content and design firm, Write Leela Write.

PUBLICATION

Rheea Mukherjee (MFAW '11) has a story, "The Rectification Still" in issue 15 of Out of Print Magazine.

Opal Palmer Adisa (MFAW faculty) has a story, "Stilettos" in the inaugural issue of Susumba's Book Bag.

Janey Smith (MFAW) has a piece in the recent Alt Lit anthology, 40 Likely to Die Before 40.  

KQED Pop's Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW '09) with an approaching hammock cafe.

Max Cherney (MFAW '11) has a few articles for VICE blog Motherboard; how a hacker group is attacking big oil and the emergence of khat in California.

Marisa Bell Toffoli (MFAW '06) of W³ Sidecar has Q&A with writer Shane Weidfeld.

Polly Conway (MFAW '07) with 8 Video Game Heroines to Inspire Your Daughter for Common Sense Media.

MEDIA

SFWeekly's Rachel Swan chats with Matt Silady (MFAC Chair) about their recent all-comics issue collaboration.

Re-experience Under the Influence, with Erin Ginder-Shaw (MFAW '13) reading Rick Moody, on this review by Evan Karp for LitSeen.

CROWDSOURCE

Nikki Thompson (MFAW '02) of Deconstructed Artichoke Press and Opal Palmer Adisa (MFAW faculty) have an Indiegogo campaign to complete their book In Search of Yemenja. (deadline, July 3)

ON-CAMPUS

THUR 3: Lecture: MFA in Comics presents Comics in the City with Molly Hahn, 6pm in Timken Lecture Hall (SF) more info

Summertime.

OFF-SITE

THUR 26: Reading: Articulations: the VONA/Voices Workshop FAculty Reading with Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty), Chris Abani, Elmaz Abinader, Staceyann Chin, Junot Diaz, Tananarive Due, M. Evelina Galang, Mat Johnson, Marjorie Liu, Randall Kenan, David Mura, Willie Perdomo, Andrew X. Pham, Patricia Smith, 7pm at Berkeley City College (2050 Center Street, Berkeley) VONA site

FRI 27: Reading: Under the Influence hosted by Evan Karp with readings by Sarah Bushman (MFAW '13), Ava Koohbor, Liam Curley, Ava Sayaka Rosen, David Welper, 7:30pm at the Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF) FB Event

FRI 27: Alumni Event: CCA Alumni Association presents tours of The SuperAwesome exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California, 3:45 - 6:30pm. RSVP

FRI 27: Reading: Live at 851, curated by Janey Smith (MFAW), with Paige Taggart, Sophia Le Fraga, Sampson Starkweather, 8pm at 849 Haight, SF FB Event

FRI 27: Performance: Stories on Stage Sacramento with stories by Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty) and Olga Zilberbourg, 7pm at Sacramento Poetry Center (1719 25th Street, Sacramento)

COMING UP  

7/4: INDEPENDENCE DAY campus closed

7/11: Lecture: MFA in Comics presents Comics in the City with Eric Stephenson, 6pm in Timken Lecture Hall (SF) more info

7/12: Ceremony: The Beast Crawl Collective, Ceremony at Midnight: A Full Moon Reading hosted by Vernon Keeve, III (MFAW '13), 11:59pm at 14th Street and Lakeshore, OAK. FB Event

7/18: Lecture: MFA in Comics presents Comics in the City with Keith Knight, 6pm in Timken Lecture Hall (SF) more info

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)

7/24: Reading: LitQuake presents Less Than Zero: Homage to '80s Lit, Big Hair and Distressed Denim with Joshua Mohr, Alia Volz, Andrew Dugas, Michelle Tea, 7pm at the Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa, SF) FB Event

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

7/25 Lecture: MFA in Comics presents Comics in the City with GB Tran, 6pm in Timken Lecture Hall (SF) more info

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)