----/ The Squid List /-------------------------------------------------- Cheers & Incantations: An Evening of Poetry
Thursday, June 8 7-8:30 pm 0 ----/ Event Description /----------------------------------------------- Asian American Women Artists Association and Encantada Gallery of Fine Art Present Cheers & Incantations: An Evening of Poetry Thursday, June 8, 7-8:30 pm Featuring: Kaira Espinoza Leticia Hernandez Barbara Jane Reyes Annabelle Udo Encantada Gallery of Fine Art 908 Valencia Street and 20th, SF (Parking garage: 21st St. bet. Mission & Valencia) About the Poets: Kaira Espinoza is a native of San Francisco after her parents immigrated here from El Salvador. She is a poet and a writer, currently working on her first fictional novel. Her articles and poems have been published in Sojourner, War Times, and El Tecolote. A personal essay of hers was also published in the anthology Letters from Young Activists:Today's Rebels Speak Out. This Fall, she will begin the Bilingual teaching credential program at SDSU. Leticia Hernandez has performed at universities and art spaces throughout the country and in El Salvador. Her writing has appeared in literary anthologies and journals such as This Bridge We Call Home, The Other Side of the Postcard, Latino Literature Today, and Crab Orchard Review. Razor Edges of my Tongue, her chapbook of poetry, was published by Calaca Press in 2002. She is currently the Executive Director for Making Waves, a program that empowers youth of color to get college bound. Barbara Jane Reyes was born in Manila, Philippines, and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her undergraduate education at UC Berkeley and her MFA at SF State University. She has been widely published in dozens of anthologies, journals, and magazines. Her first book, Gravities of Center, was published by Arkipelago Books (SF, 2003). Her most recent book, poeta en san francisco (2005) has been called a linguistic tour de force, incorporating English, Spanish, and Tagalog in a book-length poem. Barbara was nominated for the 2005 Pushcart Prize and received the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets in 2005. Annabelle Udo is a San Francisco-based spoken word artist and freelance writer/events producer who has worked on several anthology projects including Interlope #8, Liwanag 2, and can be heard on "Evidence", a CD featuring a collective of Filipino American artists recorded live at Bindlestiff Theatre in 1999 and archived segments of KPFA's annual Indo Pacific Edge and Radyo Kalayaan programs. She currently has a column called "Sigaw!/Shout!" for a Vallejo-based arts and poetry publication, Listen & Be Heard. She is also working on her book project consisting of poems and tales. In conjunction with the Cheers & Incantations exhibition of work by members of the Asian American Women Artists Association Exhibit runs May 13 - June 18, 2006 Gallery hours: 12pm-6pm Tuesday-Sunday 12pm-8pm Friday and Saturday Phone number: 415-642-3939 Sponsored by Encantada Gallery and AAWAA For more information: www.aawaa.net ----/ Venue Info /------------------------------------------------------ Encantada Gallery 908 Valencia Street and 20th SF 415-642-3939 Encantada Gallery 908 Valencia Street and 20th, SF (Parking garage: 21st St. bet. Mission & Valencia) ----/ Additional Info /------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.aawaa.net ----/ The Squid List Admin /--------------------------------------------- The Squid List, a tentacle of Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/ subscribe, unsubscribe, change your email address or change your subscription options: http://lists.laughingsquid.org/mailman/listinfo/squidlist/ Frequently Asked Questions & Submission Guidelines Squid List FAQ: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/faq.html The Squid List Online Calendar: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar/ The Squid List RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/squidlist ----/ Laughing Squid /-------------------------------------------------- Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.com art, culture and technology from San Francisco and beyond Laughing Squid Web Hosting http://laughingsquid.net friendly, dependable and secure web hosting services for artists, individuals, bloggers, non-profits and small organizations The Squid List is licensed under a Creative Commons License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/
