wednesday, october 22 - thursday, october 30, 2014

Vol. 3, Issue 8

PUBLICATION

KQED Pop's Matthew Jent (MFAW '09) ponders Facebook's ability to measure friendship.

Marissa Bell Toffoli (MFAW '06) sits down with writer Kate Tough for a Q&A on her blog W3 Sidecar.  

Check out Latasha N. Nevada Diggs's (MFAW '08) piece "Duck Season/Rabbit Season" in ART21 Magazine.

MEDIA

Latasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW '08) receives a write-up in The Daily Reveille in response to her reading at the Baton Rouge Gallery last week.

Todd Shalom's (MFAW '04) Elastic City Walks are named Best Art Walk in New York by Village Voice.   

ON CAMPUS

WED 22: Reading: HearSay presents author Angela Pneuman, 7:30pm at A2 Cafe on the Oakland campus (5212 Broadway at College Ave)

THUR 23: Lecture: Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Sound and Vision with Tarek Elhaik, 7 - 9pm in Timken (SF) more info

FRI 24: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with David Lida, 4:30pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF) FB Event

FRI 24: Reading: Fright Night III, readers TBD, 6:00pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

OFF-SITE

WED 22: Reading: Al Young (MFAW faculty), Marissa Bell Toffolie (MFAW '06), Erica Goss, Marvin R. Hiemstra, and Dan Brady celebrate SF Peace and Hope's 4th anniversary, 7 - 10pm at The Sacred Grounds Cafe (2095 Hayes St, SF)

SUN 26: Class: Writer Vanessa Hua teaches a class at the Writers' Grotto on how to land a writing/reporting fellowship. (SF) more info

THUR 30: Reading: Al Young and Caroline Goodwin (both MFAW faculty) launch San Mateo County's Poetry Is campaign, 6 - 8pm at the Belmont Library (1110 Alameda De Las Pulgas Rd, Belmont)

COMING UP  

10/31: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Miranda Mellis, 4:30pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF) FB Event

11/7: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Michelle Richmond, 4:30pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF) FB Event

11/7: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents Student Reading #3, 6:00pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

11/8: Release: Featherboard Writing Series presents Tom Comitta ('11) with a chapbook release, 6pm at Aggregate Space Gallery (OAK)

11/8 - 9: TechRaking: Designing the News, a two-day Design Sprint, hosted by The Center for Investigative Reporting and CCA's Center for Art and Public Life and MBA in Design Strategy, invites interdisciplinary teams of CCA students to rapidly explore and collaborate on the needs of media organizations of different disciplines. Register here

11/14: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Julia Fierro, 4:30pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF) FB Event

11/16: National Novel Writing Month presents the 2014 Night of Writing Dangerously Write-a-thon, 4pm at the Julia Morgan Ballroom (Merchants Exchange Building, 465 California St., 15th Floor, SF)

11/20: Lecture: Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Sound and Vision with Marina Rosenfeld & Chrisoph Cox, 7pm in Timken (SF) more info

11/21: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Brock Clarke, 4:30pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF) FB Event

11/21: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents Student Reading #4, 6:00pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

11/27-28: THANKSGIVING BREAK

12/2: Lecture: Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Sound and Vision with Geeta Dayal, 7pm in Timken (SF) more info

12/5: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Gillian Conoley, 4:30pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF) FB Event

12/5: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents Student Reading #5, 6:00pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF)