wednesday, march 5 - thursday, march 13, 2014

Vol. 2, Issue 25

NEWS

On March 22, Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty) will deliver the keynote address for Isms: An Exploration into the Invisible Barriers of Classification a conference at CalState Northridge.

A selection of work by Tom Comitta (MFAW ‘11) has been “extruded into ‘art’” and will be on street view in Zurich, Switzerland.

PUBLICATION

Allie Chandler (MFAW ‘15) will have two poems published in HAARP via Hexagon Press which will then be featured at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive’s exhibition “The Possible”.

Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty) has a review of the recent Oscar’s broadcast on the Fanzine; in the March 2014 edition of ArtForum, he has a review of the Tom of Finland/Bob Mizer show at LA MOCA.

Nora Toomey (MFAW ‘14) has some poems in the latest issue of Harmonium.

Katie Wudel (MFAW ‘06), Managing Editor for Our Minutes, has a new post “Panerai Brings Galileo’s Radical Discovery to Life.”

Sarah Bushman (MFAW ‘13) has a poem, “For My Valentine” on Samizdat.

KQED Pop’s Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW ‘09) on the closing of Esta Noche; the viral “Dunkin Love” Beyonce parody; an interview with the Bay Area artists of the parody, Reggie White and Adrian Anchondo; the only Oscar 2014 moments worth talking about; and the latest from Beach House; David Aloi (MFAW ’09) on what your pick for Best Picture says about you.

MEDIA

Trapline, by Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty) was recently reviewed on the Rumpus by Lisa Cheby.

Marissa Bell Toffoli (MFAW ‘06) continues Q&A’s for W³ Sidecar with Tejas Desai and J Dylan Yates.

ON-CAMPUS

FRI 7: Reading: MFAW 3rd Student Reading, with Nora Toomey (MFAW ‘13), Alex Gilliam, Phil Lumsden, Julie Lythcott-Haims, Summer Harim Park, Zack Ravas, Charlie Radka, Nelson Rivera (all MFAW ‘15), David Morini (MFAW ‘08/PM), 4:30pm at the MFA Writing Writers’ Studio (SF)

MON 10 - FRI 14: Thesis Candidacy Review Meetings

OFF-SITE

THUR 6: Panel: Can Poetry Save the Earth? with readings and discussions with Hazel White (MFAW ‘05) and John Felstiner, Keith Ekiss, Arif Gamal, Austin Smith, 6 - 8pm in Terrace Room, Margaret Jacks Hall, 450 Serra Mall,Bldg. 460, 4th Floor, Stanford, CA MORE INFO

FRI 7: Reading: Quiet Lightning: Issue #50 of sparkle + blink with Chloé Veylit (MFA ‘13), Matt Leibel, Monica Mody, Cosmo Spinosa, Moneta Goldsmith, Geraldine Kim, Lex Kosieradzki, RJ Ingram, Siamak Vossoughi, Tomas Moniz, Michael Cooper, Teresa K Miller, 7:30p at San Francisco Center for the Book (375 Rhode Island, SF) more info

FRI 7: Reading: Ugly Duckling Presse - San Francisco Spectacular with Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty), Tom Comitta (MFAW ‘11), Micah Ballard, Brent Cunningham, Patrick Dunagan, John Sakkis, Cedar Sigo, Sara Wintz and others, 7:30pm at The Green Arcade Books Ideas Goods (1680 Market, SF) FB event

FRI 7: Reading: Live at 851 featuring Melissa Broder, Ben Mirov (Eleven Eleven #14 contributor), Mike Kitchell and Lucy Tiven, 8pm at The Squat (849 Haight St, SF)

SAT 8: Reading: Lark Readings hosted by Elizabeth Treadwell featuring Donna De la Perriere (MFAW faculty) and Erika Staiti, Lyn Hejinian, 8pm at Studio Grand (3234 Grand Ave, Oakland)

MON 10: Reading: Words As Works/Punk Hostage Press featuring Alexandra Naughton, SB Stokes (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor), Joel Landmine and Kimberly Kim (MFAW ‘11), 7pm at Pegasus Books Downtown (2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley)

THURS 13: Conversation: REEL WARRIOR: with Pratibha Parmar (MFAF visiting artist) and Allan deSouza, 7pm at Brava Theater Center (2781 24th Street, SF) more info

COMING UP  

3/14: MFAW Writers Series presents Julie Patton, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers’ Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) (MORE INFO/FB EVENT)

3/14: Reading: Soft Water Studios presents Femme Fantasy with presentation/reading by Amber DiPietra (MFAW ‘04) and other events, 6 - 10pm at Soft Water Studios (515 22nd Street, Saint Petersburg, FL) FB Event

3/15: Book launch/Reading: Carville Annex presents Jordan Karnes and Ryan Funk (both MFAW ‘12), APQ Commune Inquiry Release Party, 12pm at SF Botanical Gardens Redwood Grove (SF) more info

3/16: Small Press Traffic presents Renee Gladman and Evelyn Reilly, hosted by Joelyn Saidenberg, 5pm at Artists’ Television Access (992 Valencia, SF)

3/21: Book Release Reading: A History of Broken Love Things by SB Stokes (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) featuring readers Cassandra Dallett, Jennifer Brown, Zarina Zabrisky (Eleven Eleven #13 Contributor), Sonya Renee Taylor, Mk Chavez, Yume Kim, Tara Rose, Carmella Suzanne Fleming, Lauren Traetto, Dana Andrews, Alexandra Naughton and Hollie Hardy, 6:30-9pm at Monarch (101 6th St, SF)

3/22: Conference Keynote: Isms: An Exploration into the Invisible Barriers of Classification, keynote by Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty) hosted by the Sigma Tau Delta Iota Chi Chapter and the CSUN English Department and the Distinguished Speaker award, CalState Northridge

3/24-28: SPRING BREAK

3/27: Reading: Writing Without Walls: “A Certain Kind of Madness,” readers TBA, 7:30pm at Cafe Du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)

3/27: Reading: Carville Annex presents Jordan Karnes (MFAW ‘12), Junior Clemons (MFAW ‘10), and others, 7pm at Unnameable Books (NYC) more info

3/29: Reading: Carville Annex presents Jordan Karnes (MFAW ‘12), Molly Prentiss (MFAW ‘10), Nabil Kashyap, Iris Cushing, 2pm at TBD (NYC) more info

4/3: Lecture: Graduate Lecture Series presents Hunter Lovins, 7pm in Timken (SF) more info

4/7: Lecture: City Arts & Lectures presents Lorrie Moore and Mona Simpson, 7:30pm at Nourse Theater (275 Hayes St, SF)  (See Classifieds below for Student Discount)

4/10: Lecture: Graduate Lecture Series presents Helen Molesworth, 7pm in Timken (SF) more info

4/10: Lecture: City Arts & Lectures presents Tony Kushner in conversation with Steven Winn, 7:30pm at Nourse Theater (275 Hayes St, SF)  (See Classifieds below for CCA Discount)

4/11: Final Unbound Thesis Due

4/17: MFAW Writers Series presents Akhil Sharma, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers’ Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) (MORE INFO/FB EVENT)

4/17: Lecture: City Arts & Lectures presents Dani Shapiro and Ayelet Waldman, 7:30pm at Nourse Theater (275 Hayes St, SF)  (See Classifieds below for CCA Discount)

4/18: Word.World 2014, thesis readings by students in CCA’s MFA Program in Writing, 7pm (SF)

4/19: Literary Festival: 4th SF Diasporic Vietnamese Literary Festival with Anhvu Buchanan, Thao P. Nguyen, Kim Thuy, Bich Minh Nguyen, Phong Nguyen, Masahiro Sugano, 8 - 10pm at the African American Art & Culture Complext (762 Fulton)

4/24: Graduate Lecture Series presents Anne Carson, 7pm in Timken Lecture Hall (SF) more info

4/25: Word.World 2014, thesis readings by students in CCA’s MFA Program in Writing, 7pm (SF)

4/27: Small Press Traffic presents Lisa Robertson and Jeff Derksen, hosted by Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty), 5pm at Artists’ Television Access (992 Valencia, SF)

5/2: Word.World 2014, thesis readings by students in CCA’s MFA Program in Writing, 7pm (SF)

5/9: Reading: ENGAGE: Teaching Creative Creative Writing with Matt Iribarne (MFAW faculty) presents Oakland School for the Arts students, 2p in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

5/5-9: Final Thesis Review Meetings