wednesday, may 29 - thursday, june 6, 2013

Vol. 1, Issue 35

NEWS

Congratulations to Connor Maley (MFAW '11) for his fellowship to the Summer Literary Seminar in Vilnius, Lithuania and for his acceptance into the DISQUIET International Program in Lisbon, Portugal!

MEDIA

SFWeekly posted a great review of the documentary The Space Invaders by Jeff Von Ward (MFAW '12). Look below for screening details.

A little press for Live at 851 run by Janey Smith (MFAW).

PUBLICATION

Max Delgado (MFAW '07) has a post up about Gotham by Gaslight on The Longbox Project.

Jenn Virskus (MFAW '13) has a prose piece and Melissa Louise Kuhn (MFAW '13) has a poem posted on Samizdat Literary Journal.

Marissa Bell Toffoli (MFAW alum) interviews Jennie Shortridge for her Words With Writers blog.

The latest from the KQED Pop bloggers; David Aloi (MFAW '09) on the Cool of the Uncool; Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) on our obsession with cult stories.

ON-CAMPUS

SAT 1: Film Screening: "The Space Invaders: In Search of Lost Time" by Jeff Von Ward (MFAW '11), 6:30 - 8:30pm in Timken.

OFF-SITE

SAT 1 - SUN 2: The Latino Comics Expo, with Liz Mayorga (MFAW '13) 11am - 5pm at Cartoon Art Museum (655 Mission, SF)

WED 5: Radar Superstar with works by Jibz Cameron, Brian Freeman, Thomas Page McBee, Maryam Farnaz Rostami, 6pm at the San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium (100 Larkin, SF)

COMING UP  

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

6/8-9: CLMP 14th Annual Lit Mag Marathon NYC)

6/10: Reading: "Writing Outside the Box" with work by Claire Chafee (MFAW faculty) and Brian Thorstenson, 7pm in Z Below (470 Florida)

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

6/17: Release Party: Criminal Class Review: Volume 6 (Kevin Whiteley [MFAW '09], Editor in Chief) with contributors Mickey Leigh, Kimberly Warner-Cohen, Mykel Board, John Strausbaugh, George Tabb and the Criminal Class Band, 4 - 8pm at Otto's Shrunken Head, Tiki Bar & Lounge (538 East 14th Street, NYC)

6/29: Conference: Litquake: digi.lit, 9am - 5pm at SPUR Urban Center (654 Mission) STUDENT DISCOUNT IN CLASSIFIED BELOW

7/1: First Day of the MFA in Comics Residency!

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

7/5: Criminal Class Press will do an hour-long segment for UK radio

7/6: Pub Crawl: "Beast Crawl: Uptown Oakland's Annual Literary Event" with 125 poets, writers, and performance artists, 5 - 9pm MORE INFO

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