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SUMMARY:MARY Journal Release Reading
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, May 26th\, MARY: A Journal of New Writing will be holding a release party for the latest print edition of MARY Journal! Join us from 7pm – 9pm at Octopus Literary Salon in Oakland for a night of celebration and literary readings.
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LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Book Release: Cotton Candy by Jeremy Fernando
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Uptown\, Oakland\, location for the much-anticipated release of Jeremy Fernando’s full-length poetry collection\, Cotton Candy! \nIt’s going to be an amazing evening of readings\, live music\, gnosh / refreshments\, and friends of Nomadic Press as we launch this treasure of a book into the universe. \nReadings by TBA\, pop-up surprise Nomadic Press readers\, and of course\, the star of the evening\, Jeremy Fernando. Books will be available for purchase and there will be a signing following the event ($12 each). Music by TBA! \nHope to see you there!
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LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Saturday Night Special\, A "Salty" Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Is it summer yet? At SNS we’re feeling SALTY and we’re ready to sweat\, so bring us your sexiest\, SALTIEST\, summer stories\, poems\, songs\, stand-up\, (whatever) on our theme: \nSALT·Y\nof language or humor: down-to-earth; coarse. \nsynonyms: earthy\, colorful\, spicy\, racy\, risqué\, naughty\, vulgar\, rude;\ninformal: tough; aggressive. \nUrban Dictionary: The act of being upset\, angry\, or bitter as result of being made fun of or embarrassed. \nAs always\, we’d love to hear your (three-minute) poems\, stories\, comedic sketches\, songs\, or dances\, on our optional theme (or any topic).\n\nOur featured readers for May are Christine No & Melissa Stein\n— \nFirst come first served. Sign-up starts at 7pm and closes when it fills up or when the reading starts\, so get there early if you want to read! (Note: Sometimes the list is full by 7:03pm) \nEach reader will have 3 minutes maximum. For prose writers this is about one and a half double-spaced pages. \nPLEASE NOTE: We are strict about the 3 minute max. When you reach your time limit at SNS\, we turn on the disco lights! So\, please plan ahead. Practice your piece out loud. Time yourself! \nAfter the reading\, stick around for karaoke starting at 10pm \nSaturday\, May 26\, 2018\n7 – 9:30 pm \nNick’s Lounge (21+)\n3218 Adeline Street\, Berkeley\, CA\n1 block south of Ashby BART\nBetween Fairview St & Martin Luther King Jr Way \nFREE!\nBut bring CASH if you want to buy drinks (which you sort of have to\, because there’s a 1-drink minimum!) \nHosted by Hollie Hardy \nPlease help out by liking our FB page\, where you can also find more details and photos from past events: \nhttps://www.facebook.com/Saturday-Night-Special-an-East-Bay-open-mic-112174188880786/ \nBIOS \nChristine No is a Korean American writer\, filmmaker and native Los Angelino. She is a Sundance Alum\, VONA Fellow\, two time Pushcart Prize Nominee and Best of the Net 2017 Nominee. You can find her work in: The Rumpus\, sPARKLE+bLINK\, Columbia Journal\, Story Online\, Apogee\, Atlas And Alice\, and various anthologies. Christine is the Assistant Features Editor at The Rumpus and a contributing writer at Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel. She also sits on the Board of Quiet Lightning\, a Bay Area based literary organization. She looks good on paper; but\, she spills a lot. Like a baby. She lives in Oakland with a pit bull named Brandy. Say hi\, here: christineno.com​ \nMelissa Stein is the author of the poetry collections Terrible blooms (Copper Canyon Press\, 2018) and Rough Honey\, winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize. Her work has appeared in Ploughshares\, Tin House\, Harvard Review\, New England Review\, American Poetry Review\, Best New Poets\, and others\, and she’s received fellowships from the NEA\, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, Yaddo\, and the MacDowell Colony. She’s a freelance editor in San Francisco.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/saturday-night-special-a-salty-open-mic/
LOCATION:Nick’s Lounge\, 3218 Adeline St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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