wednesday, may 15 - thursday, may 23, 2013

Vol. 1, Issue 33

NEWS

Bay Area Poetry Marathon has announced their guest curators for their summer line up, Tom Comitta (MFAW '11) will take on June and Ryan Funk (MFAW '12) with take on July. Donna De la Perriere (MFAW faculty & BAPM co-founder) will continue with August and the 100 Thousand Poets for Change in September.

MEDIA

Michelle Richmond (former MFAW faculty) breaks it down in 10 steps on how to write a novel.

Check out these videos posted by Steffi Drewes (MFAW '06), curator of Featherboard Writing Series, one of Tom Comitta (MFAW '11) and one of Evan Karp.

PUBLICATION

Samizdat Literary Journal has recently published works by Stephen Leeper and Alexandra Leong (both MFAW '14) and Ben Bellizzi (MFAW '08).

KQED Pop has a feisty crew in their stable: David Aloi and Emmanuel Hapsis (both MFAW '09) take on Mothers' Day with Music and the Moms of American pop culture;

Emmanuel then takes on the Before... film trilogy; Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) gives her May music insights and urban biking.

ON-CAMPUS

WED 15: Career Development Bootcamp, open to CCA Undergrad and CCA Grad students from the graduating classes of 2010 through 2013, 9am - 5pm (SF) [REGISTER]

THU 16: Reception for Teresa Walsh (former MFAW program manager), 3-5pm in the Writer's Studio (SF) RSVP

THU 16: MFA EXHIBITION OPENING, 6 - 10PM, (SF)

FRI 17: The Fashion Design Program 2013 Annual Fashion Show, 8pm (SF) TICKETS

SAT 18: CCA Commencement Ceremony

OFF-SITE

WED 15: Fourteen Hills 19.2 Release Party with Dan Langton, Dana Teen Lomax, Ron Nyren, Zara Raab, and Elizabeth Treadwell with Lisa Cattrone and Hobie Anthony, 7pm at Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa, SF)

THU 16: MFA Mixer 2.0: featuring readings by Vernon Keeve (MFAW '13), Phil Lumsden (MFAW ' 14), Nanor Abkarian, Jon Boulier, Matt Carney, Tony DeGenaro, Alisa Dodge, Caroline O'Connor, Aaron Rose, Daniel Suarez, and Adrienne Villa-Stanley, hosted by Jeff Von Ward and Nick Johnson (both MFAW alums), 6:30pm at the Cat Club (1190 Folsom St, SF)

THU 16: Reading: Readings at the Bookstore- Tales of The San Francisco Cacophony Society Launch Party, with Kevin Evans, Carrie Galbraith, John Law and more, 7pm at City Lights Bookstore (261 Columbus Avenue at Broadway, SF)

FRI 17: Reading: Jessica Wickens (MFAW alum), Della Watson, Valerie Witte, and Stephen Vincent, 7pm at Canessa Park Gallery Reading Series (708 Montgomery Street @ Washington, SF)

SAT 18: BANG OUT Volume XXI: "Bridges and Tunnels" at the Make Out Room (SF)

SAT 18: Film Screening: "The Space Invaders: In Search of Lost Time", a film by Jeff Von Ward (MFAW '12), 7:30pm at 9th Street Independent Film Center (145 9th, SF)

MON 20: Reading: As/Us: A Space for Women of the World, featuring Julie Lythcott-Haims (MFAW '14), Cherrie L. Moraga, Tria Andrews, Jennifer Elise Foerster, Justine Kao, Casandra Lopez, Juanita Mantz, and Tanaya Winder, 4:30 to 6:30pm at Cecil H. Green Library, Bing Wing, Albert M. Bender Room (Fifth Floor Standford University)

WED 22: Book Tour: Mattilda B. Sycamore (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) touring for The End Of San Francisco, 7:30 at Olympia Timberland Library (313 8th Ave SE, Olympia)

THU 23: One Lone Pear Tree: A Backyard Reading with works by Maisha Z. Johnson, Frank Weisberg (MFAW '11), Amelia Whitcomb (MFAW '12), and Sarah Bushman (MFAW '13), 6pm at 1953 & 1955 McAllister (SF)

COMING UP  

5/24: Reading: Adam Johnson and Anthony Marra, 7:30 - 9pm at The Booksmith (1644 Haight, SF)

5/24: Live at 851: Featuring Alex Dimitrov, Ben Mirov (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor), Cedar Sigo, and Erica Lewis, hosted by Janey Smith (MFAW), 8pm at The Squat (849 Haight Street, SF)

5/24-27: East Bay Poetry Summit: 4 days of readings, talks and bbq at houses and houses and haunts of the east bay featuring Anne Boyer, Anna Vitale, Bhanu Kapil, David Wolach, Dolores Dorantes, Jen Hofer, Douglas Rothschild, Frank Montesonti, Sophie Sills, Matt Longabucco, and Uyen Hua (Oakland)

6/7: Live at 851: featuring Joe Hall, Meri St Mary, Stuart Schuffman (Broke-Ass Stuart), Alyss Dixson, Nathan Keele Springer

6/16: Reading: Jessica Wickens (MFAW alum), Alexandra Mattraw and Raina Leon, 2pm at Bird and Beckett (653 Chenery St, SF)

7/1: First Day of the

7/5: Live at 851 featuring Marisa Crawford, Matt L. Rohrer, plus special guests

8/1: Submission: Octopus Magazine opens their submissions period (through August 31)