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QL @ Clarion Music Center

Quiet Lightning @ Clarion Music Center

June 9, 2017
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning presents their 108th show at Clarion Music Center, curated by Lapo Guzzini and Caitlyn Wild and performed live on June 5, 2017: Adam Moskowitz » Rayan…

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QL107 by christine no

Quiet Lightning @ Galeria de la Raza

May 10, 2017
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning presents their 107th show at Galería de la Raza, curated by Christine No + Abe Becker and performed live on May 1, 2017: Baruch Porras-Hernandez » Natasha Dennerstein » Sarah…

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Kazumi Chin at Quiet Lightning

Quiet Lightning @ Elbo Room

April 9, 2017
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning presents their 106th show at Elbo Room, curated by Evan Karp, Brianna Nelsun + Hannah Rubin and performed live on Apr 3, 2017: Adam Moskowitz » Katie Wheeler-Dubin »  Kazumi…

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Quiet Lightning @ The Stud Bar

Quiet Lightning @ The Stud Bar

February 11, 2017
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning presents their 104th show at The Stud Bar, curated by Josey Rose and Christine No and performed live on Feb 6, 2017: Joe Wadlington Heather Bourbeau Peter Bullen…

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Akinyele Sadiq @ QL103 by Meghan Thornton

Quiet Lightning @ Montgomery Street BART Station

January 9, 2017
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning presents their 103rd show outside the Montgomery Street BART Station, curated by Evan Karp + Kate Folk and performed live on Jan 2, 2017: A.D. Winans…

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Quiet Lightning @ the Tenderloin Museum

Quiet Lightning @ The Tenderloin Museum

December 9, 2016
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning presents their 102nd show at the Tenderloin Museum, curated by Josey Rose Duncan + Jonathan Carroll and performed live on Dec 5, 2016, QL’s seven year anniversary show: Rohan DaCosta…

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Lindsey Christine Yang-Adams

Quiet Lightning @ PianoFight

September 20, 2016
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning presents their 99th show at PianoFight, a launch for their Kickstarter curated by Chris Cole, Kelsey Schimmelman, Christine No, & Evan Karp and performed live on Sept 12,…

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evan in ross alley by kate folk

QUIET LIGHTNING @ 41 ROSS

May 8, 2016
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning and the Chinatown Community Development Center presented a show @ 41 Ross on Monday, May 2nd 2016, curated by Christine No + Bel Poblador and featuring readings by: Christina…

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QUIET LIGHTNING @ ADOBE BOOKS

QUIET LIGHTNING @ ADOBE BOOKS

April 15, 2016
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning presented a show @ Adobe Books on Monday, April 4th 2016, curated by Meghan Thornton + Ian Tuttle and featuring readings by: Peter Bullen Madeleine Mori Ryan Johnson Cassandra…

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QUIET LIGHTNING + RADAR PRODUCTIONS: a queer literary mixtape

QUIET LIGHTNING + RADAR PRODUCTIONS: a queer literary mixtape

February 13, 2016
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning and Radar Productions presented a show @ Eureka Valley Rec Center on Sunday, February 7th 2016, curated by Evan Karp + Maisha Z. Johnson and featuring readings by Kitty Stryker, Gina…

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QUIET LIGHTNING @ THE LOST CHURCH

QUIET LIGHTNING @ THE LOST CHURCH

January 9, 2016
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning presented a show @ The Lost Church on Monday, January 4th 2016, curated by Lapo Guzzini + Joanna Lioce and featuring readings by Michael Palmer, Laura Jew, Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes, Alexandra…

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QUIET LIGHTNING SIX YEAR ANNIVERSARY @ SMASH GALLERY

QUIET LIGHTNING SIX YEAR ANNIVERSARY @ SMASH GALLERY

December 11, 2015
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning presented a show @ Smash Gallery on Monday, December 7th 2015, curated by Heather Bourbeau, Matt Leibel + Evan Karp and featuring readings by Lara Coley, Andrew O. Dugas, Lenore Weiss, Laura E….

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QUIET LIGHTNING @ ARC STUDIOS & GALLERY

QUIET LIGHTNING @ ARC STUDIOS & GALLERY

November 7, 2015
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning presented a show @ Arc Studios & Gallery on Monday, November 2nd 2015, curated by Evan Karp  + Jennifer Lewis and featuring readings by Chris Ames, Kacy Cunningham, MK Chavez,…

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QUIET LIGHTNING IN SAMUEL P. TAYLOR STATE PARK

QUIET LIGHTNING IN SAMUEL P. TAYLOR STATE PARK

September 14, 2015
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning presented a Labor Day show in Samuel P. Taylor State Park, curated by Lauren Traetto + Charlie Getter and the debut of Poetry in Parks, on September 7th,…

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QUIET LIGHTNING: Gloria Frym, Colin Winnette, Kathryn Ma, Benjamin Hollander, Daniel Alarcón, Katie Wheeler-Dubin, Tomas Moniz + Brenda Hillman

June 7, 2015
Evan Karp
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Evan Karp hosted Quiet Lightning‘s eighth Neighborhood Heroes show on June 4th 2015 at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, featuring readings by: Gloria Frym Colin Winnette Kathryn Ma (no…

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QUIET LIGHTNING @ Chez Poulet

May 11, 2015
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning 76 // sparkle + blink 65 was curated by Lapo Guzzini and Nora Toomey and held at Chez Poulet on May 4th, 2015, featuring readings by Matt Leibel » Suzannah Weiss » Maggie Tokuda-Hall » Jarvis Subia » A.G….

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QUIET LIGHTNING 73 // SPARKLE & BLINK 63 @ WEWORK GOLDEN GATE

March 6, 2015
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning 73 // sparkle + blink 63 was curated by Alexandra Kostoulas and Evan Karp and held at WeWork Golden Gate on March 2nd, 2015, featuring readings by Melissa Tan » Emily Kiernan » Emily…

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QUIET LIGHTNING: green apple books on the park

January 12, 2015
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning 70 // sparkle + blink 61 was curated by Shideh Etaat, Sara Marinelli, and Evan Karp and held at Green Apple Books on the Park on January 5th, 2015, the…

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QUIET LIGHTNING @ THE EMERALD TABLET

December 7, 2014
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning 68 // sparkle + blink 60 was curated by Lapo Guzzini and Evan Karp and held at The Emerald Tablet on December 4th, 2014 as part of QL’s…

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QUIET LIGHTNING @ VIRACOCHA

November 14, 2014
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning 67 // sparkle + blink 59 was curated by Kelsey Schimmelman and Allison Hummel, held at Viracocha on November 10th, 2014. Simon Crafts » Alex Peterson » Jesse…

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QUIET LIGHTNING @ SUTRO CAVE: after the sun set

September 18, 2014
Evan Karp
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Caroline Kessler and Evan Karp curated Quiet Lightning 64 // sparkle + blink 57,  held inside of Sutro Cave on Monday September 15 2014 and featuring:…

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QUIET LIGHTNING: neighborhood heroes

August 11, 2014
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning produced their 7th installment of Neighborhood Heroes on Thursday, August 7th 2014 at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, featuring Peter Bullen, Sarah Griffin, Lauren Traetto, Matthew Zapruder, Yiyun Li, Moneta Goldsmith, Katie…

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QUIET LIGHTNING + ARTSPAN @ Modern Eden Gallery

June 7, 2014
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning teamed up with ArtSpan for an artist mixer held at Modern Eden Gallery on June 5th, 2014. The readings were inspired by Brianna Angelakis‘ exhibit Fairy Tales: The…

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QUIET LIGHTNING: book launch @ haus of hipstamatic

April 19, 2014
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning celebrated the launch of Quiet Lightning Books with a special show at the Haus of Hipstamatic on April 7th, 2014. The show was curated by Zack Haber…

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QUIET LIGHTNING @ THE SAN FRANCISCO CENTER FOR THE BOOK: sparkle + blink 50

March 15, 2014
Evan Karp
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Quiet Lightning celebrated the publication of the 50th issue of sparkle + blink at the San Francisco Center for the Book on March 7th, 2014. The…

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