The Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome Nevada City poet Molly Fisk on Wednesday August 4th at 8 P.M. She will be performing at Bistro 33 at 226 F Street.
Born in San Francisco, Molly Fisk earned her B.A. from Radcliffe College/Harvard University, her M.B.A. from Simmons College Graduate School of Management, and began writing at the age of 35. She is the author of Listening to Winter, The More Difficult Beauty, Terrain (with Dan Bellm and Forrest Hamer,) and the letterpress chapbook Salt Water Poems. She has received fellowships in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council, and the Marin Arts Council. She’s won the Dogwood Prize, the Robinson Jeffers Tor House Prize in Poetry, the Billee Murray Denny Prize, and the National Writer’s Union Prize. Says poet Molly Peacock, “These poems [are] marvels of sheer whimsy and broad, wicked observation.”
Molly Fisk is a teacher of online and in-person classes and poetry writing workshops, including her famous Poetry Boot Camp (see http://poetrybootcamp.com/). A longtime host of radio shows on writing, creativity and gender issues on independent radio station KVMR, in recent years Molly has also placed radio essays in other media, including on KQED’s The California Report. Her two CDs of radio commentary are titled Blow-Drying a Chicken and Using Your Turn Signal Promotes World Peace. About her radio work, Fisk has said, “I’ve loved radio all my life for the way it enters the human brain so directly, not impeded by visual clutter. The intimacy of it, the fact that it’s so private but still so connected is compelling. I’ve fallen in love with so many radio voices, male and female, just because of that closeness. And radio seems the perfect way to convey local or national goings on, keeping people informed and at the same time reassured that the fabric of community is in place.”
Attendees at Poetry Night are encouraged to arrive early at Bistro 33 to secure a table, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list. The Poetry Night Reading Series, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson, occurs on the first Wednesday of the month at Bistro 33, and third Thursday of the month at the John Natsoulas Gallery, both at 8 P.M., with an open microphone segment at 9 P.M.
Who: Molly Fisk
What: The Poetry Night Reading Series
When: Wednesday August 4th at 8 P.M.
Where: Bistro 33
Media Contact:
Andy Jones
aojones [at] ucdavis [dot] edu
Bistro 33 – 756 4556
You are also invited to join the Facebook page for this event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144533225562772
And join the Poetry in Davis group on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2290130152&ref=ts
James Kaelan will be reading from his book, We’re Getting On, at The Avid Reader at 617 2nd Street, Davis, as part of his Zero Emission Book Project bike tour (from Los Angeles to Vancouver).
A recent coverman for Poets & Writers magazine, James Kaelan is the former web editor/co-founder of Flatmancrooked, a full-service, independent online and print publishing house established in 2008. He graduated with a BA in English & Creative Writing from the University of California, Davis, after which he earned his Fiction MFA at Boston University. He writes for The Sweet Science and Bedlam Magazine in LA. His first novel, Brute, is forthcoming in 2010. He is also the author of We’re Getting On, which is part of the Zero Emission Book Project. The first edition of We’re Getting On has birch seeds embedded in the cover, which means that if the novel is planted in the ground, it grows into a tree – thus offsetting its production emissions. The book tour is carbon-neutral as well. James will not only forego using any fossil-fueled vehicles by riding his bike 1,900 miles, but he’ll also be eating only organic, local produce.
This special event is co-hosted by the Avid Reader and the Poetry Night Reading Series. The Poetry Night Reading Series, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson, occurs on the first Wednesday of the month at Bistro 33, and third Thursday of the month at the John Natsoulas Gallery, both at 8 P.M., with an open microphone segment at 9 P.M.
Who: James Kaelan
What: Zero Emission Book Project Bike Tour
When: Monday July 19th at 7:30 P.M.
Where: The Avid Reader, 617 Second Street
Media Contact:
Andy Jones
aojones @ ucdavis . edu
The Facebook page for this event can be found at:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=107634285951344&ref=ts
For more on the Zero Emission Book Tour, visit:
http://www.flatmancrooked.com/archives/7376
Poets and Writers Magazine: http://www.pw.org/magazine
Chris “Whitey” Erickson and Mischa Kuczynski Erickson will be reading their poetry tonight at Bistro 33!
We hope you can join us! The Open Mic begins at 9pm. No charge.
Here’s what UC Davis Professor Joe Wenderoth has to say about these two poets:
“Chris Erickson and Mischa Kuczynski are tremendously talented writers. To have the chance to hear them read is to have the chance to be shaken and seized by the shape of where we are. Or by the rushing veins of whatever it echoes with. It is a chance to free yourself, literally, from the delusion of on-going communication. It is a chance to feel the houses that you’ve slept in.”
The Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome local writers Whitey and Mischa Erickson on Wednesday July 7th at 8 P.M. They will be performing at Bistro 33 at 226 F Street.
Chris “Whitey” Erickson is a graduate of the UC Davis Master’s in Creative Writing Program and author of the forthcoming book Henrytown. His work has appeared in Timothy McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Flatmancrooked’s Not about Vampires, online at benmarcus.com, and in The Hobo-Tramp Voice as “Boxcar Whitey.” According to Andy Jones, host of Poetry Night, “Whitey’s performance pieces create ecstatic hilarity from an irrepressible mix of small-town midwestern yarns and science-fiction hyperbole.”
Mischa Erickson is a graduate of the UC Davis Master’s in Creative Writing Program and holds a BFA from the University of Utah in Studio Art. A finalist for the 2009 Ruth Lily Poetry Fellowship, she has had her work featured in the American Poetry Review, Foursquare, and Gigantic. She has completed two books of poetry, Wait and Baby.
Attendees are encouraged to arrive early at Bistro 33 to secure a table, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list. The Poetry Night Reading Series, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson, occurs on the first Wednesday of the month at Bistro 33, and third Thursday of the month at the John Natsoulas Gallery, both at 8 P.M., with an open microphone segment at 9 P.M.
Who: Whitey and Mischa Erickson
What: The Poetry Night Reading Series
When: Wednesday July 7th at 8 P.M.
Where: Bistro 33
Media Contact:
Andy Jones
aojones @ ucdavis . edu
http://poetryindavis.com
Bistro 33 – 756 4556
You are also invited to join the Poetry in Davis group on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2290130152&ref=ts
The Facebook page for this event is http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136812969677861
Come to the International House on Saturday, July 17 at 6:00 PM for a fun and culturally diverse night of poetry! This event is open to the public and refreshments will be provided.
“Experience the sensation of a different spoken language, appreciate literature, break the language barrier, step up for a cross-cultural exchange, recognize the similarity and difference in all of us,” said I-House Volunteer Jennifer Hsieh. “We’re seeking poets and readers alike who’d like to share their own poem/s during an open microphone session in the Community Room. Or the poem reader may select a chosen poem and prepare a short biography of the poet. All poems in foreign language will be translated into English and be projected during the presentation,” she said.
Poets are welcome to sign up in advance by contacting Jennifer Hsieh at (831) 840-8089 or ms.hsieh@yahoo.com.
What: International Poetry night
When: Saturday, July 17th, 6:00 PM
Where: International House Davis, 10 College Park, Davis
Sign up early and reserve your spot! More information available at http://www.internationalhousedavis.org/prog/sp/0910/poetrynight.