Tonight at the Poetry Center

The Sacramento Poetry Center celebrates the fifth annual performance of !X – The Sacramento City College Ethnic Theatre Workshop. 7:30pm.

Dale "Crawdad" Nelson, Maureen Hurley - May 12 at The Book Collector

Join Rattlesnake Press in celebrating the work of Crawdad Nelson and Maureen Hurley this coming Wednesday, May 12, as Richard Hansen hosts at The Book Collector, 1008 24th St., Sacramento, 7:30pm. - - -

Literary Journal Season

There is a season for college literary journal releases, and May seems to be the month. Friday afternoon was the release of the 12th annual Calaveras Station, a student run and produced journal by and for CSUS students. I hosted the release event which featured 12 readers in a nearly full space seating 100 people. Books were sold and signatures gathered. Sacramento's own B.L. Kennedy joined others from outside of CSUS to celebrate. On Saturday, SCC hosted its own release of Susurrus. I was unable to attend this event. CRC offers the Cosumnes River Journal, which is scheduled for release this spring. My apologies to those I might have missed. I'd like to hear from people working on the different journals. Please contact me at PoetryNowEditor@gmail.com. Consider supporting these literary journals by attending the releases, looking for the journals, asking for them at our local bookstores, and encouraging the students.

Did you Miss Poets on Board - May 3, 2010?

Viola Weinberg and Mario Uribe spoke to a full house on May 3, 2010 about their collaborative efforts. They met at a party and discussed collaboration, but it didn't actually occur for another two years. Mario painted a series of Buddhist Enso circles, went to a reading given by Viola, and asked her to write poems on the paintings. She wrote a poem of 24 lines to go with the 24 circles Mario had painted. She hesitated to write on the paintings, but Mario assured her that he wanted her to do just that. Viola arranged the paintings as pleased her and wrote the lines of her poem on each painting. It is the final stanza of the poem, Enso, that appears on the 275 placards that are featured on RT buses in SPC's new Poets on Board program.

Tonight at The Sacramento Public Library

The Sacramento Poetry Center presents Stan Zumbiel and Edythe Haendel Schwartz.

Monday, May 10th at the Poetry Center

The Sacramento Poetry Center celebrates the fifth annual performance of !X – The Sacramento City College Ethnic Theatre Workshop.

Monday, May 10 at 7:30pm.

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This year, !X will present "Mis-Education Liberation."

Join us for an inspiring performance by this young and talented ensemble!

Hosted by Emmanuel Sigauke and Bob Stanley.

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The Sacramento City College Ethnic Theatre Workshop integrates various forms of art -- drama, music, dance, poetry, visual art -- with race, ethnic and gender studies. The goals of the TA 454/455 Race & Ethnicity in Performance class and of the Ethnic Theatre Workshop are to: 1) Develop artistic expressions of diverse experiences; 2) Encourage community development through participation in the arts; and 3) Promote educational equity at Sacramento City College.

Tonight at The Poetry Center

Poets on Board with Viola Weinberg and Mario Uribe.

May 5 at the Sacramento Room

May 5 at the Sacramento Room

The Sacramento Poetry Center presents

Edythe Haendel Schwartz and Stan Zumbiel
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6pm

Sacramento Room

Central Library, Second floor

828 I Street

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