Vol. 2, Issue 33
FUNDRAISING
Jenny Goldsmith (MFAW '14) has launched her Kickstarter to fund the writing of her book/memoir that takes a stand against the school shooting epidemic. Please help Jenny STAND UP against this! (deadline, May 9)
NEWS
Suzanne Barnecut (MFAW '07) is now the Associate Editor of Carve Magazine, and you can check out the latest issue in which she worked on.
PUBLICATION
Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty) has a blog post, "Robert Duncan as Visual Artist," on The Poetry Foundation's blog, Harriet.
Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty)'s newest blog about poetry slam/open mic night the Belmont Library is on the San Mateo County Poet Laureate website.
Katie Wudel (MFAW '06), Managing Editor for Our Minutes has new blog posts about movement, NOMOS Glashütte, engraving, and vintage looks for today.
KQED Pop's Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW '09) on Stephen Colbert and the Harvey Milk Stamp, the DuckTales theme song turned sexy slow jam, and the announcement of the Star Wars Episode VII cast.
MEDIA
Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty) reads from her new book, The TV Sutras, and is interviewed afterwards on The Likewise Folio.
Emily Raabe (MFAW '03) has her new book, Lost Children of the Far Islands, reviewed on The (YA) Bookcase.
ON-CAMPUS
FRI 2: Word.World 2014, thesis readings by Natalie Catasús, Samiat Salami, Alicia Franco, Colin Partch, Jenny Goldsmith (all MFAW '14), 7pm at Timken Lecture Hall (1111 8th Street, SF) more info / FB Event
5/5-9: Final Thesis Review Meetings
5/ 8: Screening: Double Exposure: Year-End Screening, undergrad Film senior show plus screenings of work by MFA in Film students, reception at 5:30pm, show 7-10pm
WED 7: Release Party: Humble Pie vol. 10 Release Party and Open Mic, 7:30-8:45pm at A2 Cafe (OAK)
OFF-SITE
WED 30: Reading: Canessa Park Reading Series, featuring Elizabeth Treadwell, Stephen Vincent, and James Meetze, 7:30pm at Canessa Gallery (708 Montgomery St, SF)
THU 1: Exhibition: Eating Cultures: Opening Reception, 6-9pm at SOMArts Cultural Center (934 Brannan St, SF) More info
FRI 2: Reading: Live at 851 presents Juliet Escoria, Joshua Mohr, Sarah Fran Wisby, Jayinee Basu, 8pm at The Squat (849 Haight St, SF)
FRI 2: Reading: First Fridays at Malonga Arts Center featuring S.B. Stokes (Eleven Elven contributor #14) and Jason Schenheit, with open mic to follow, 7pm at The Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts (1428 Alice St, SF)
FRI 2: Exhibition: PLAySPACE presents Activating Site: An Exhibition curated by Lauren R. O'Connell, Opening Reception featuring art by Jay Atherton, Jennifer Klecker, Laura Arminda Kingsley, Maral Hashemi, and Ormar Mismar 6-9pm at Heron Arts (7 Hernon St, SF)
SAT 3: Reading: Featherboard Writing Series presents Troung Tran, Nicole Trigg and Rj Ingram, 5-7pm at Aggregate Space Gallery (801 West Grand Ave, Oakland)
SUN 4: Discussion/Class: Whatever: Reading Giorgio Agamben's The Coming Community, led by David Brazil and Anne Lesley Selcer (MFAW '13), 7pm at the Bay Area Public School (2141 Broadway, Oakland) More Info
TUE 6: Reading: RADAR Reading Series featuring Ariel Gore, Andrew Demcak Shawna Kenney, Ocean Capewell, 6-8pm at the San Francisco Public Library (100 Larkin St, SF)
ON GOING
5/1-5/30: Exhibition: Eating Cultures: a deliciously provocative art exhibition featuring works inspired by Asian American food and foodways, Tuesday through Friday from 12-7pm, and Saturdays from 12-5pm at SOMArts Cultural Center (934 Brannan St, SF)
5/8- 6/8: The Doll's House Project: Ibsen Is Dead, by Henrik Ibsen and Calamity West (MFW '07) More info
COMING UP
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
5/9: Reading: The Poetry Center presents "Philadelphia to San Francisco," featuring Emily Abendroth, Sueyeun, Juliette Lee, Jenn McCreary and Frank Sherlock, 7:30-9:30pm at Ruth's Table (580 Capp St, SF)
5/10: Reading/Festival: The 12th Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival, featuring Nanette Deetz, Time Donnelly, Rosa Lane, Baruch Porras-Hernandez, Maisha Johnson (Eleven Eleven #15 contributor), Grace Marie Grafton, Arisa White, Harold Terezon, Denise Jolly, Jezebel Delilah X, Rafael Jesus Gonzalez and Aya de Leon, Wilfred Galila, Nusaibah Coleman, Michael Hartman and Fred Dodsworth, 1pm-4:30pm at Berkeley City College Auditorium (2050 Center St, Berkeley)
5/10: Panel: Eating Asian America Panel Discussion, 2-4pm at SOMArts Cultural Center (934 Brannan St, SF) More info
5/17: Reading: Literary Sriracha: A Spicy Mix of Poetry, Mini-Memoirs, and Flash Fiction, 2-4pm at SOMArts Cultural Center (934 Brannan St, SF) More info
5/22: Reading: Writing Without Walls: INTERVENTION, readers TBA (see below for submission guidelines), 7pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)
5/24: Exhibition: "Stage and Screen," part of the MFA and Grad Design Thesis Exhibition, 5-7pm (SF)
5/30: Reception: Eating Cultures Closing Reception, Community Potluck and "Sausage Homage," performance by Genevieve Erin O'Brien, 6-9pm at SOMArts Cultural Center (934 Brannan St, SF) More info
6/6: Opening night: "Photo Dynamic Therapy" by Jennifer Lynne Roberts (MFAW '09) at The Exit as part of Wily West Productions' and PCSF's Sheherezade 14. (SF)
6/6: Opening night: "Reframing Rockwell" by Jim Norrena (MFAW '13) at The Exit as part of Wily West Productions' and PCSF's Sheherezade 14. (SF)
6/12 - 22: Play: "Photo Dynamic Therapy" by Jennifer Lynne Roberts (MFAW '09), part of The Women's Project with Theatre Arts West
6/21: Book Release/Reading: Get Wet Reckless, a celebration for the release of Cassandra Dallett's book Wet Reckless, with readings by Sonya Renee Taylor, Tim Toaster, Nic Alea, SB Stokes (Eleven Eleven #14 contributor), and Paul Corman-Roberts, 7pm at the Make-Out Room (3225 22nd St, SF)
7/24 - 8/23: Play: "Meet Claudia" and "Mars One Project" both by Jennifer Lynne Roberts (MFAW '09), part of Superheroes, a Wiley West Production at The Exit Theatre. (SF)
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