Vol. 1, Issue 39
PUBLICATION
Kevin Killian (MFAW Faculty) has posted a review of James Lough's This Ain't No Holiday Inn: Down and Out at the Chelsea Hotel 1980-1995 on Amazon.
The bloggers at KQED Pop bring you the best of the best: Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) reflects on the coldest winter she had, summer in San Francisco; Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW '09) sheds light on SCOTUS; David Aloi (MFAW '09) says it OK to not be as gay as society wants you to be.
MEDIA
Check out this review of Featherboard Writing Series' (curated by Steffi Drewes [MFAW 2006]) May 4th reading involving Gloria Frym (MFAW Faculty), Evan Karp, and erica lewis.
ON-CAMPUS
-summer, summer, summer time-
OFF-SITE
6/26 - 28: Walk: Elastic City presents Spread with Todd Shalom (MFAW '04), Juan Betancurth, Niegel Smith, 7pm at 33rd Street and Broadway, NYC RSVP
6/27: Reading: One Lone Pear Tree: with works by Mequila Alehandre and Juliana Paslay (both MFAW '12), Melissa Kuhn (MFAW '13), Phil Lumsden (MFAW '15), 6pm at 1953 & 1955 McAllister (SF) FBEvent Page
6/28: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon: curated by Ryan Funk (MFAW '12) with works by Jordan Rice Sarantis (MFAW '13) and Brittany Billmeyer-Finn, Robert Gluck, Robert Andrew Andres Perez Jr., Cedar Sigo, Eric Sneathan, Ronaldo Wilson, 6pm in the CCA Writers Studio (195 De Haro)
6/29: Conference: Litquake: digi.lit, 9am - 5pm at SPUR Urban Center (654 Mission) STUDENT DISCOUNT IN CLASSIFIED BELOW
6/29: Opening: RISK: Annual Juried Exhibition with work by Alex Nichols (MFAW '11), Rebekah Goldstein (MFA '12) and Leigh Barbier, Michael Berens, Paper Buck, Natalya Burd, Nuala Creed, Arthur Comings, Diane Ding, Jessica Eastburn, Joel Frudden, Danielle Gherardi, Adrienne Heloise, Dana Hemenway, Joshua Highter, Edith Hillinger, Kelly Inouye, Becky Johnson, Carter Johnston, Jennifer Kaufman, Jeff Kramm, Cathy Lu, Michael Martin, Nadja Miller, Benjamin Moss, Eva Nicolait, Johanna Poethig, Amanda Quiroz, Zachary Roberts, Stephanie Robison, Blayre Stiller, Sam Vaughan, and Leah Virsik, 6 - 8pm at Berkeley Art Center (1275 Walnut, Berkeley)
6/29 - 30: Small Press Traffic: Endless Summer - A Two Day Marathon Reading Party, 12pm - 12am at the Public School (2141 Broadway in Oakland). Details and Readers.
7/1: First Day of the MFA in Comics Residency!
7/4: Happy Independence Day!
COMING UP
7/5: Lecture/Reading: MFA Comics in the City: Cathy Malkasian, 6pm in the CCA Writers Studio (195 De Haro)
7/5: Reading: Live at 851, curated by Janey Smith (MFAW) featuring Marisa Crawford, Rob Halpern, Monica Mody, and Matt L. Rohrer, 8pm at 851 The Squat. FBEP
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
7/6: Reading: "Beast Crawl: Punk Hostage Press UNRESTRAINED" curated by Iris Berry and A. Razor with work by Kimberly Kim (MFAW '11) and Carlye Archibeque, Dennis Cruz, Kate Menzies, Bucky Sinister, between 6:30 - 7:30pm at Loring Cafe (37 Grand Ave, Oakland) Facebook Event Page.
7/6: Reading: "Beast Crawl: Four out of Fifteen: A Sneak Preview of Eleven Eleven's 15th Issue" curated by Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW Faculty) with Edward Gauvin, Monica Mody, Caitlin Myer, and Ted Rees, 6:30 - 7:30pm at SomaR bar (1727 Telegraph, Oakland)
7/6: Reading: "Beast Crawl: Naked Bulb - Backyard Beast" curated by Missy Church with works by Autumn Darbrow (MFAW '13) and William Taylor Jr., Colleen McKee, Andrew J. Thomas, Crowheart Boy, 6:30 - 7:30pm at the Stork Club
7/6: Reading: "Beast Crawl: SPD Wild Things" with works by Janey Smith (MFAW) and Brent Cunningham, Farnoosh Fathi, Teresa K. Miller, Arisa White, 8 - 9pm at Rande Vu (2430 Broadway, Oakland)
7/12: Lecture/Reading: MFA Comics in the City: James Robinson, 6pm at Timken Hall (SF)
7/14: Reading: Poetry Flash with works by Caroline Goodwin (MFAW Faculty) and Brynn Saito, 3pm at Diesel Bookstore (5433 College Avenue, Oakland)
7/16: Reading: "What Is It Really Like to Be Alive?" celebrating Inquiring Mind's latest issue with works by Denise Newman (MFAW Faculty) and Anne Barrows, Andrew Chaikin, Barbara Gates, Mushim Ikeda, Susan Moon, Scoop Nisker, Gary Turchin, Marty Williams, 6:30 - 8:30pm at Diesel Bookstore (5433 College Avenue, Oakland)
7/18: Multi-Media Concert: "Amplified" curated/directed by LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW '08) with works by HPrizm, Tamar-kali, Douglas Kearney, Patrick Rosal, Kamala Sankaram, Jasiri, Val Jeanty, Kassa Overall, Juliette Jones and Lisette Santiago with video by Chinisha Scott, 7:30pm at The Atrium @ Lincoln Center (NYC)
7/19: Lecture/Reading: MFA Comics in the City: Jason Shiga, 6pm at CCA Writers Studio (195 De Haro)
7/26: Lecture/Reading: MFA Comics in the City: Dash Shaw, 6pm at Timken Hall (SF)
7/27: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon: curated by Tom Comitta (MFAW '11), 6pm at The Public School (Oakland)
7/27: Performance: Berkeley Art Center's Members' Family Picnic with live performance by Alex Nichols (MFAW '11), 12 - 3pm at Berkeley Art Center (1275 Walnut, Berkeley)
8/1: Reading: Poetry Flash with work by Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW Faculty) and Larry O. Dean, 7:30pm at Moe's Berkeley (2476 Telegraph, Berkeley)
