wednesday, june 12 - thursday, june 20, 2013

Vol. 1, Issue 37

NEWS

Career Development tipped us off to a Creative Capital webinar on applying for grants and residencies for writers during the evening of June 17. Check below in Classifieds for more info.

PUBLICATION

Anne Lesley Selcer (MFAW '13) has a blog post on SFMOMA Open Space about Etel Adnan.

Marissa Bell Toffoli (MFAW '06) interviews Richard James Bentley for her Words With Writers blog.

KQED Pop bloggers continue posting their musings of American popular culture: Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) on the allure of basketball; David Aloi (MFAW '09) gives us a road trip mix[ed media]-tape.

ON-CAMPUS

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OFF-SITE

6/12: Reading: "Sunset Poetry by the Bay" with work by Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW Faculty) and Albert Flynn DeSilver, Claire Blotter, Tim Kahl, 7pm at Studio 333 Art Gallery (333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito)

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

6/16: Reading: Not Yo Mamma's Summer Reading with work by Nora Toomey (MFAW '14), Sarah Bushman (MFAW '13) and Valerie Chavez, Jonathan Hirsch, Evan Karp, Alexander Friend, 7pm at Trees (1502 8th Street, West Oakland)

6/17: Release Party: Criminal Class Review: Volume 6 (Kevin Whiteley [MFAW '09], Editor in Chief) hosted by Erica Mancini 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)

6/20: Reading: MFA Mixer 2.0: Cali4nication with works by Alicia Franco and Sam Cavedon (both MFAW '14), Terra Brigando, Brian Gilton, Katrina Greco, Gabe Johnson, Maria Judnick, Marcus Lund, Tanya Schleyer, 6:30 - 9pm at the Cat Club (1190 Folsom, SF)

COMING UP  

6/22: Reading:  Featherboard Writing Series curated by Steffi Drewes (MFAW '06) with work by Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW Faculty) and Geraldine Kim, Hollie Hardy, Daniel Yovino, 5 - 7pm at Aggregate Space (801 West Grand Avenue, Oakland) FBEP

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

6/28: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon: curated by Ryan Funk (MFAW '12), 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)

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

7/5: Lecture/Reading: MFA Comics in the City: Cathy Malkasian, 6pm in the CCA Writers Studio (195 De Haro)

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

7/6: Reading: "Beast Crawl: Punk Hostage Press UNRESTRAINED" with work by Kimberly Kim (MFAW '11) and Carlye Archibeque, Dennis Cruz, Kate Menzies, Bucky Sinister, between 6 - 9pm, location TBD Facebook Event Page.

7/6: Reading: "Beast Crawl: SPD Wild Things" with works by Janey Smith (MFAW) and Brent Cunningham, Farnoosh Fathi, Teresa K. Miller, Arisa White, 6:30 - 7:30pm at Loring Cafe (37 Grand Ave, Oakland)

7/12: Lecture/Reading: MFA Comics in the City: James Robinson, 6pm at Timken Hall (SF)

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