wednesday, january 23 - thursday, january 31

Vol. 1, Issue 19


PUBLICATION

Brent Foster Jones (MFAW alum) wrote a review of Leo Villareal in the latest edition of ArtPractical.

Max Cherney (MFAW alum) co-wrote this SF Appeal article about the purchase of SFWeekly.


ON-CAMPUS

WED 23: Wattis: Claire Fontaine in Conversation with Jason E. Smith, 7 - 9pm at Wattis (360 Kansas, SF)

THU 24: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Faculty roundtable with Cheryl Dunye and Matt Silady (both MFAW faculty), Kim Anno, Stever Diller, Tania Hammidi, Brook Hinton, Andrew Lyndon, Kristian Simsarian, 7pm in Timken (SF)

FRI 25: FRIDAY SEMINAR: IMPACT Info Session, 3:30 - 4pm in the Writers Studio (SF)

FRI 25: WRITERS SERIES / FRIDAY SEMINAR: giovanni singleton, 4 - 5:30pm in the CCA Writers Studio (SF)


OFF-SITE

WED 30: Reading: Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty) and David Lloyd, 7:30pm at Moe's Books (2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley)

THU 31: Event: StoryCorps' 4th Anniversary Celebration featuring Dave Isay [Jessica Arevalo (MFAW alum) facilitates the StoryCorp booth for SF], 6:30 - 8pm at Contemporary Jewish Musuem (736 Mission, SF) TICKETS $5

COMING UP

2/1: WRITERS SERIES / FRIDAY SEMINAR: John Searles, 3:30 - 5pm in the Writers Studio (SF)

2/2: Featherboard Writing Series curated by Steffi Drewes (MFAW alum): Jessica Wickens (MFAW alum), Della Watson, and Elizabeth Treadwell, 5pm at Aggregate Space (901 West Grand Avenue, OAK)

2/3: Reading and Book Party: Les Gottesman (MFAW alum) and Jodi Sanchez, 2pm at Bird & Beckett (653 Chenery, SF)

2/5: Al Young (MFAW visiting faculty) Day in Berkeley, 7 - 7:30pm at City Hall in Berkeley

2/8: WRITERS SERIES: Fire & Ink Panel, 3:30 - 5pm in the Writers Studio (SF)

2/12: HearSay Reading Series: Matt Shears (MFAW faculty), 7:30pm at Nahl Hall (OAK)

2/18: City Arts & Lectures Series: JAMAICA KINCAID in conversation with Frances Phillips, 7:30pm at Herbst Theater (401 Van Ness, SF)

2/21: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Paul Miller (DJ Spooky), 7pm at 350 Kansas (SF)

2/28: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Juvenal Acosta, 7pm at Timken (SF)

3/1: Writers Remembered, TBD

3/2: Bernal Yoga Literary Series: Aimee Phan (MFAW Chair), Kristen Kadner, Phil Lumsden (both MFAW alums) and more

3/5: HearSay Reading Series: Malena Watrous and WRLIT Students, 7:30pm at Nahl Hall (OAK)

3/7 - 3/9: AWP - Boston

3/7: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Sister Spit, 7pm at Timken (SF)

3/14: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Scott Snibbe, 7pm at Timken (SF)

3/15: WRITERS SERIES: Benjamin Antranas, 3:30 - 5pm in the Writers Studio (SF)

3/18 - 3/22: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Exhibition: Ray'n-Gah--Linked Elegance at Oliver Art Center (OAK)

3/20: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Opening: Ray'n-Gah--Linked Elegance, 5:30 - 7:30pm at Oliver Art Center (OAK)

3/25 - 3/29: SPRING BREAK

4/5: Word.World, Timken (SF)

4/7: CCA Grad Open Studios

4/9: HearSay Reading Series: Senior WRLIT Students, 7:30pm at Nahl Hall (OAK)

4/11: Opening: Tear It Out in the Writers Studio (SF)

4/13: Bernal Yoga Literary Series

4/16: HearSay Reading Series: Senior WRLIT Students, 7:30pm at Nahl Hall (OAK)

4/19: Word.World, Timken (SF)

4/26: Word.World, Timken (SF)

5/3: Word.World, Timken (SF)

5/7: HearSay Reading Series: Humble Pie Volume 8 Launch Party

5/10: Last Day of the Spring 2013 semester

5/18: CCA Commencement Ceremony

wednesday, january 16 - thursday, january 24

Vol. 1, Issue 18

PUBLICATION

The Reeducation of Cherry Truong by Aimee Phan (MFAW chair) has recently been published in paperback.


MEDIA

There's an article on Harriet about LaTasha Diggs (MFAW alum) and her efforts to Indiegogo her way to the Dominican Republic for a conference on Black Feminism.

Matt Shears (MFAW faculty) has written a review of Jill Magi's book Slot for Jacket2.

Ishmael Reed (MFAW visiting faculty) wrote a review of Django Unchained for the Wall Street Journal.


ON-CAMPUS

TUE 22: FIRST DAY OF THE SPRING 2013 SEMESTER!!

TUE 22: Opening: CCA Wattis Institute: The Way Beyond Art 4: Infinite Screens, 7 - 9pm at the Wattis (NEW LOCATION: 360 Kansas, SF)

TUE 22 Opening: CCA Wattis Institute: Claire Fontaine: Redemptions, 7 - 9pm at the Wattis (NEW LOCATION: 360 Kansas, SF)

THU 24: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Faculty roundtable, 7pm in Timken (SF)


OFF-SITE

WED 16: Sacred Grounds Open Mic, 7 - 9:50pm at Sacred Grounds Cafe (2095 Hayes, SF)

FRI 18 - SAT 19: Small Press Traffic: The 12th Annual Poets Theater with work by Ish Klein directed by Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty), Avra Spector (MFAW alum) and Julie Lythcott-Haims (MFAW '14) and others including Dorothy Trujillo Lusk, Mary Burger, Yedda Morrison, Will Alexander, Stan Apps, Amy Berkowitz, Zoe Tuck, Lindsey Boldt, Steve Orth, Jen Currin, and Kate Robinson at CounterPULSE (1310 Mission, SF) TICKETS

SUN 20: Reading: Mary Burger, Denise Newman (MFAW faculty), and Hazel White (MFAW alum), 2pm at Bird & Beckett (653 Chenery, SF)

MON 21: Live at 851 curated by Janey Smith (MFAW): with readings by Cameron Pierce, Ross E. Lockhart, Kirsten Alene, Carleen Tibbetts, Wonder Dave, Kate Robinson, 8 - 11pm (SF)

TUE 22: Word/Play at The Booksmith: Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty), 7 - 9:15pm at The Booksmith (1644 Haight, SF) $15 [gets pizza, open bar, and entertainments]


COMING UP

1/25: IMPACT Info Session, 3:30 - 4pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

1/25: WRITERS SERIES: giovanni singleton, 4 - 5:30pm in the Writers Studio (SF)

1/30: Reading: Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty) and David Lloyd, 7:30pm at Moe's Books (2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley)

1/31: Event: StoryCorps' 4th Anniversary Celebration featuring Dave Isay [Jessica Arevalo (MFAW alum) facilitates the StoryCorp booth for SF], 6:30 - 8pm at Contemporary Jewish Musuem (736 Mission, SF) TICKETS $5

2/1: WRITERS SERIES: John Searles, 3:30 - 5pm in the Writers Studio (SF)

2/2: Featherboard Writing Series curated by Steffi Drewes (MFAW alum): Jessica Wickens (MFAW alum), Della Watson, and Elizabeth Treadwell, 5pm at Aggregate Space (901 West Grand Avenue, OAK)

2/3: Reading and Book Party: Les Gottesman (MFAW alum) and Jodi Sanchez, 2pm at Bird & Beckett (653 Chenery, SF)

2/5: Al Young (MFAW visiting faculty) Day in Berkeley, 7 - 7:30pm at City Hall in Berkeley

2/8: WRITERS SERIES: Fire & Ink Panel, 3:30 - 5pm in the Writers Studio (SF)

2/12: HearSay Reading Series: Matt Shears (MFAW faculty), 7:30pm at Nahl Hall (OAK)

2/21: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Paul Miller (DJ Spooky), 7pm at 350 Kansas (SF)

2/28: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Juvenal Acosta, 7pm at Timken (SF)

3/1: Writers Remembered, TBD

3/2: Bernal Yoga Literary Series: Aimee Phan (MFAW Chair), Kristen Kadner, Phil Lumsden (both MFAW alums) and more

3/5: HearSay Reading Series: Malena Watrous and WRLIT Students, 7:30pm at Nahl Hall (OAK)

3/7 - 3/9: AWP - Boston

3/7: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Sister Spit, 7pm at Timken (SF)

3/14: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Scott Snibbe, 7pm at Timken (SF)

3/15: WRITERS SERIES: Benjamin Antranas, 3:30 - 5pm in the Writers Studio (SF)

3/18 - 3/22: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Exhibition: Ray'n-Gah--Linked Elegance at Oliver Art Center (OAK)

3/20: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Opening: Ray'n-Gah--Linked Elegance, 5:30 - 7:30pm at Oliver Art Center (OAK)

3/25 - 3/29: SPRING BREAK

4/5: Word.World, Timken (SF)

4/7: CCA Grad Open Studios

4/9: HearSay Reading Series: Senior WRLIT Students, 7:30pm at Nahl Hall (OAK)

4/11: Opening: Tear It Out in the Writers Studio (SF)

4/13: Bernal Yoga Literary Series

4/16: HearSay Reading Series: Senior WRLIT Students, 7:30pm at Nahl Hall (OAK)

4/19: Word.World, Timken (SF)

4/26: Word.World, Timken (SF)

5/3: Word.World, Timken (SF)

5/7: HearSay Reading Series: Humble Pie Volume 8 Launch Party

5/10: Last Day of the Spring 2013 semester

5/18: CCA Commencement Ceremony

wednesday, january 9 - thursday, january 17

Vol. 1, Issue 17


NEWS

Cheryl Dunye (MFAW faculty) was recently announced as a FilmHouse resident by the San Francisco Film Society for 2013!


PUBLICATION

Here are some of Max A. Cherney's (MFAW alum) recent published articles: SF Appeal #1, SF Appeal #2, Byte #1, Byte #2.


MEDIA

There's an interview with Donna de la Perrière (MFAW faculty) in the Talisman: A Journal of Contemporary Poetry and Poetics.


OFF-SITE

WED 9: Sacred Grounds Open Mic, 7 - 9:50pm at Sacred Grounds Cafe (2095 Hayes, SF)

FRI 11: Literary Clown Foolery: New Year's Resolutions Edition, 8 - 9:30pm at The Booksmith (1644 Haight, SF) $10

SAT 12: Friends of the San Francisco Public Library: $1 Book Sale, 10am - 2pm at the Donation Center (438 Treat, SF)

SAT 12: Book Release: Tagged: Variations on a Theme by Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty) with readings by Tom Comitta (MFAW alum) and others, 6 - 9pm at Needles and Pens (3253 16th Street, SF)

SAT 12: Film Screening: Shoplifting From American Apparel with pre-show performance by Janey Smith (MFAW), Lauren Marie Grant, and Matthew Sherling, 4pm at 4-Star Theatre (2200 Clement, SF)

WED 16: Sacred Grounds Open Mic, 7 - 9:50pm at Sacred Grounds Cafe (2095 Hayes, SF)


COMING UP

1/18 - 19: Small Press Traffic: The 12th Annual Poets Theater with work by Ish Klein directed by Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty), Avra Spector (MFAW alum) and Julie Lythcott-Haims (MFAW '14) and others including Dorothy Trujillo Lusk, Mary Burger, Yedda Morrison, Will Alexander, Stan Apps, Amy Berkowitz, Zoe Tuck, Lindsey Boldt, Steve Orth, Jen Currin, and Kate Robinson at CounterPULSE (1310 Mission, SF) TICKETS

1/22: Word/Play at The Booksmith: Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty), 7 - 9:15pm at The Booksmith (1644 Haight, SF) $15 [gets pizza, open bar, and entertainments]

1/22: Opening: CCA Wattis Institute: The Way Beyond Art 4: Infinite Screens, 7 - 9pm at the Wattis (NEW LOCATION: 360 Kansas, SF)

1/22 Opening: CCA Wattis Institute: Claire Fontaine: Redemptions, 7 - 9pm at the Wattis (NEW LOCATION: 360 Kansas, SF)

1/24: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Faculty roundtable, 7pm in Timken (SF)

1/25: IMPACT Info Session, 3:30 - 4pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

1/25: WRITERS SERIES: giovanni singleton, 4 - 5:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

2/1: WRITERS SERIES: John Searles, 3:30 - 5:00pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

2/21: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Paul Miller (DJ Spooky), 7pm at 350 Kansas (SF)

2/28: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Juvenal Acosta, 7pm at Timken (SF)

3/2: Bernal Yoga Literary Series: Aimee Phan (MFAW Chair), Kristen Kadner, Phil Lumsden (both MFAW alums) and more

3/7: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Sister Spit, 7pm at Timken (SF)

3/14: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Scott Snibbe, 7pm at Timken (SF)

3/20: GRAD SPRING SYMPOSIUM: Narrative (Inter)Actions: Opening: Ray'n-Gah--Linked Elegance, 5:30 - 7:30pm at Oliver Art Center (OAK)

4/5: Word.World, Timken (SF)

4/11: Opening: Tear It Out in the Writers Studio

4/13: Bernal Yoga Literary Series

4/19: Word.World, Timken (SF)

4/26: Word.World, Timken (SF)

5/3: Word.World, Timken (SF)