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SUMMARY:MARY: A Journal of New Writing
DESCRIPTION:MARY: A Journal of New Writing is accepting submissions for our Fall 2018 issue. If you have poetry\, nonfiction\, or fiction you would like to share\, please send it our way! Authors of works selected for the Fall 2018 Issue will be offered a small honorarium. Submissions are open until November 7th. We look forward to reading your work! For more information about our submission guidelines\, please use the following link: https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/MarySubmissionForm
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mary-a-journal-of-new-writing-3/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Clark Coolidge
DESCRIPTION:Clark Coolidge reads from Poet (Pressed Wafer) and other works. \nAuthor of more than twenty books of poetry\, Clark Coolidge has occupied a singular place in American letters since the mid-1960s. An unparalleled influence on the wider avant- garde—the Language Poets\, the second and third generation New York School\, and whole movements of visual artists\, musicians\, and linguists\, Coolidge is from Providence\, Rhode Island. Since 1997 he has lived in Petaluma\, California. \n“When I was a Poet / I had no doubt / knew the Ins & Outs of / All & Everything”–so wrote David Meltzer in the title poem of his 2011 collection\, When I Was a Poet. Clark Coolidge heard this poem many times\, in different versions\, over the years\, often as a result of giving readings with Meltzer. He began to ask himself\, What is a poet? Pressed Wafer is proud to present the fruits of Coolidge’s ruminations: a 310-page serial poem\, the bulk of which was written between 2014 and 2016\, titled POET and dedicated to Meltzer. “I give instructions in my poems / you must follow them to the ends of / tura lura independence platform / forget any leaden attempts along the way / this is fortissimo serious / there’ll be no popcorn.” Luckily for us\, “fortissimo serious” means altogether too exuberant to pay bashful court to the muse. These delightful–and frequently hilarious–meditations on the ontologically precarious condition of poethood could only have been written by someone who has spent a lifetime productively writing and reading poems–someone\, moreover\, who is as uninterested in self-regard as they are in penning a lifeless line. Coolidge follows the direction of the music\, keeping his poems just beyond him but within reach. “The poet steps to the beat of his own length.” And his pearls of advice are beyond price: “won’t get far with a title like / Heaven’s Penis.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/clark-coolidge-3/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Odd Mondays "Talking About Theatre with Lily Janiak & Joel Mullennix"
DESCRIPTION:Theatre lovers everywhere! Come by Folio Books\, 3957 24th St.\, Monday\, November 5 at 7pm for a special treat. Maxine Einhorn will be speaking with critic Lily Janiak and director/actor Joel Mullennix about their individual perspectives on theatre at Odd Mondays’ “Talking About Theatre.” Janiak is the theatre critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. Mullennix is a director and performer at the Word for Word Performing Arts Company in San Francisco. How does a professional reviewer/critic watch and evaluate a production? How and why does the director choose to work with a particular play? How does the performer get into character? Bring questions and hear about upcoming Bay Area productions. Free admission. Free refreshments. \nABOUT THE PANELISTS:\nLily Janiak joined the San Francisco Chronicle as theater critic in May 2016. Previously\, her writing appeared in Theatre Bay Area\, American Theatre\, SF Weekly\, the Village Voice\, and HowlRound. She holds a B.A. in theater studies from Yale and an M.A. in drama from San Francisco State University. \nJoel Mullennix is a performer and director with numerous performance credits\, especially with Word for Word Performing Arts Company\, both at the Magic Theater and Z Space in San Francisco. He won the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for directing Olive Kitteridge and has directed numerous Word for Word productions\, such as Stories by Alice Munro\, Which is More Than I Can Say About Some People\, and most recently Deep Kiss by Tobias Wolff at Word for Word’s 25-Year Anniversary Performance at Z Space. \nMaxine Einhorn is a Londoner\, an educator\, having lectured and managed a department in colleges in inner London for over 25 years before coming to San Francisco and joining the Education Department at KQED Public Media. She has a B.A. in History from the University of Sussex and an M.A. in Film and TV from the University of London and has taught film studies\, communications\, and media literacy. She has researched and written education guides for independent film productions in London and San Francisco and\, now retired\, is a senior programmer with the Mostly British Film Festival.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/odd-mondays-talking-about-theatre-with-lily-janiak-joel-mullennix/
LOCATION:Folio Books\, 3957 24th St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Tim Mohr in conversation with Penelope Houston
DESCRIPTION:Cosponsored by Rock ‘n Roll Book Club in conjunction with City Lights and Algonquin Books \ncelebrating the release of \n\nBurning Down the Haus: Punk Rock\, Revolution\, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall \nby Tim Mohr \nPublished by Algonquin Books \n\nIt began with a handful of East Berlin teens who heard the Sex Pistols on a British military radio broadcast to troops in West Berlin in 1980\, and it ended with the collapse of the East German dictatorship. Punk rock was a life-changing discovery. The buzz-saw guitars\, the messed-up clothing and hair\, the rejection of society and the DIY approach to building a new one: In their gray surroundings\, where everyone’s future was preordained by some communist apparatchik\, punk represented a revolutionary philosophy—quite literally\, as it turned out. \nBut as the East German punks became more numerous\, more visible\, and more rebellious\, security forces—including the dreaded secret police\, the Stasi—targeted them. They were spied on by friends and even members of their own families; they were expelled from schools and jobs; they were beaten by police and imprisoned. Instead of backing down\, the punks fought back\, playing an indispensable role in the underground movements that helped bring down the Berlin Wall. \nThe story of East German punk rock is about much more than music; it is a story of extraordinary bravery in the face of one of the most oppressive regimes in history. Rollicking\, cinematic\, deeply researched\, highly readable\, and thrillingly topical\, Burning Down the Haus brings to life the young men and women who successfully fought authoritarianism three chords at a time—and is a fiery testament to the irrepressible spirit of resistance. \nTim Mohr is an award-winning literary translator of authors such as Alina Bronsky\, Wolfgang Herrndorf\, and Charlotte Roche. He has also collaborated on memoirs by musicians Gil Scott-Heron\, Duff McKagan of Guns n’ Roses\, and Paul Stanley of KISS. His own writing has appeared in the New York Times Book Review\, New York Magazine\, and Inked\, among other publications\, and he spent several years as a staff editor at Playboy magazine\, where he edited Hunter S. Thompson\, John Dean\, and Harvey Pekar\, among others. Prior to starting his writing career he earned his living as a club DJ in Berlin. \nPenelope Houston is one of the pioneering women of American punk music. As the lead singer and songwriter for the seminal San Francisco Punk band The Avengers\, she trailblazed the first wave of American punk influencing many future musicians. Music critic Greil Marcus described The Avengers as “San Francisco’s best punk band – in their moments\, they were\, you knew\, better than any other band playing that night anywhere in the world.” Penelope’s later solo forays into acoustic and electric music blended the influences of punk\, folk\, rock\, blues and americana leading to the release of over 11 albums. She makes her home in San Francisco. \nAbout the Rock ‘n Roll Book Club \nAdvance praise for Burning Down the Haus: \n“The Best Punk Book since Please Kill Me.”\n—Legs McNeil\, author of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk \n“Burning Down the Haus is not just an immersion into the punk rock scene of East Berlin\, it’s the story of the cultural and political battles that have shaped the world we live in today.  Tim Mohr delivers the soundtrack for the revolution that we’ve all been waiting for.”\n—DW Gibson\, author of The Edge Becomes the Center: An Oral History of Gentrification in the Twenty-First Century \n“In East Germany\, where non-conformity meant jail time\, punks’ ripped clothes and spiked hair were a show of courage and defiance. Squatting in derelict apartments and burning their lyrics before the secret police could get ahold of them\, these teenagers wrote the soundtrack for a rebellion that helped bring down the Berlin Wall. Tim Mohr tells the story of their DIY revolution with the thoroughness of a historian and the panache of a cultural insider. Burning Down the Haus is a riveting cultural history that also serves as a rallying call against authoritarianism everywhere.”\n—Ruth Franklin\, author of the NBCC Award-winning Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life \n“The true story of how teenage kicks turned into political opposition. With meticulous research and impassioned prose\, Tim Mohr brings to life the saga of a bunch of East German punk rock kids who broke the state that wanted to break them. A book to warm an old punk’s heart.”\n—Claire Dederer\, author of Love and Trouble \n“Equal parts terrifying and exhilarating\, Burning Down the House is a fabulously alive history of punk rock behind the Iron Curtain\, where simply dressing like a punk could get you hauled in by Stasi\, the dreaded East German secret police. Mohr ties the fearless music-driven resistance to authoritarianism and mass surveillance in the 1980s to our current fraught times\, showing how even the most formidable forms of oppression can be shaken by highly motivated\, creative kids with riotous rage and a driving beat. A thrilling\, inspiring read.”\n—Rob Spillman\, editor of Tin House and author of All Tomorrow’s Parties \n“An appealing\, lively cultural history worth reading in an era of corporate punk nostalgia.”\n—Kirkus Reviews \n“You say you want a revolution? Tim Mohr’s spellbinding Burning Down the Haus reveals how a bunch of young East German punks in the 1980s made their wild music into a clarion loud enough to topple the Berlin Wall. With a sharp eye for the prosaic brutality of the repressive state and an ear locked on the furies in the music\, Mohr has crafted an unforgettable story that is part cultural history\, part political thriller and entirely true.”\n—Peter Ames Carlin\, author of Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon \n“Berlin has always been a crazy city\, and a dramatic stage for the epic struggle between powerful ideological forces and the individual desire to be free. In case you weren’t sure just how political music\, fashion\, and a certain attitude can be: read this book. Burning Down the Haus is wonderful.”\n—Norman Ohler\, author of Blitzed \n“This is a crazily inspiring\, strange\, beautiful story that deserves to be remembered\, and Mohr is a wonderfully compassionate writer. What a combination!”\n—Johann Hari\, NYT bestselling author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections \n“Tim Mohr’s book details a fascinating period of time in the history of punk music. I am so glad he documented that moment in history for punk rock and for the world.”\n—Greg Gaffin\, singer/songwriter for Bad Religion and author of Population Wars and Anarchy Evolution
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tim-mohr-in-conversation-with-penelope-houston/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Quiet Lightning
DESCRIPTION:On November 5\, Quiet Lightning returns for a series of 9 surprises: \nPeter Bullen\nShirley Huey\nFernando Meisenhalter\nMaia Bull\nCassandra Dallett\nSarah Henry\nSean Taylor\nPaolo Bicchieri\nBrian Kirven \n  \nThis is a FREE\, all-ages show! WHERE IS IT? Ok ok: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou get it: Cupid’s Span in Rincon Park!!! \nMonday\, November 5\, 2018\nReadings begin at 7:30pm \nBut come early\, bring some dinner or a drink if you want\, it’s turn back the clock the night before so sunset will be *just after 5pm* … let’s do this together\, taking in the Bay Lights with a monster mixtape! \nThe first 100 people will receive a book featuring all of the selected writing and photography by Evan Karp. \nRSVP / invite a friend
URL:https://litseen.com/event/quiet-lightning-5/
LOCATION:RIncon Rark\, The Embarcadero & Folsom St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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