Edwin Decker Roast Response
“What a fun time we had turning the spit with Ed. Of course he had something to say when it was over. Here is Ed’s response.”
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The Scent of Jasmine on Parker Street
“For the past nine months I have been working on an opera with the composer Jude Thomas. This is going to be awesome! The rehearsals blow my mind. It has changed what I think I can accomplish. Opera is an incredibly powerful art form.”
The Scent of Jasmine on Parker Street
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Poetry & Art at MOLA, May 2–Pulitzer Prize-winner Rae Armantrout and Citybeat’s Edwin Decker
Rae Amantrout and Edwin Decker, MOLA, May 2
On Weds., May 2, UCSD’s Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rae Armantrout and San Diego Citybeat’s Edwin Decker will read in the Museum of the Living Artist, 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:00 p.m. Members free, $5 at the door or bring a snack/wine to share.
Rae Armantrout’s book of poetry Versed, published by the Wesleyan University Press, earned the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. On March 11, 2010, Armantrout was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Versed. Her work has been honored by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and she received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008. Her most recent collection, Money Shot, was published in February 2011.
Edwin Decker is a freelance journalist and columnist whose work has appeared in The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Reader, Modern Drunkard Magazine, Seattle Stranger, Tucson Weekly, Cleveland Scene and other magazines and newspapers across the country. His satiric and sometimes controversial column, “Sordid Tales,” runs every other week in San Diego CityBeat.
Decker’s book Barzilla and Other Psalms, published by Puna Press, was nominated for a 2007 San Diego Book Award and his performance piece, “Questioning Innocence is Questionable,” won the grand prize for the San Diego Visual Arts Performance Slam. Website:EdwinDecker.com.
Following the reading, there will be open mic for writers or painters who would like to share a few pieces of their work.
Please contact host, Michael Klam, with any questions: 619-957-3264 (cell) or 619-236-0011 (museum). Writers/artists would like to read on the open mic, can sign up ahead of time at mkklam@gmail.com or sign in on the night of the show.
More info about Rae Armantrout can be found at www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/…/100517crbo_books_chiasson and for her Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Versed,” see versedreader.site.wesleyan.edu. Edwin Decker articles and poetry can be found at edwindecker.com andpunapress.com.
Amber Rose II
“Amber is completed! I love it.”
Amber
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Michael Klam Reading and Art Installation at Evolution, March 17-18
The art installation includes two designed and painted large box projects: one was created with elementary students in the Museum of the Living Artist’s Page to Canvas to Stage program, funded by the California Arts Council, using found materials and student poetry; the other was built with Setom, a young graffiti artist, for the San Diego Museum of Art’s Summer Salon Series and used as an oversized soapbox to present poetry throughout the museum in a minstrel fashion. Reading will be on Sunday, the 18th from 1-3 p.m. Evolution is located at 2965 5th Ave. in Hillcrest. Michael is Poet in Residence for the Museum of the Living Artist. He hosts the Poetry & Art Series; 2012 featured authors include renowned Ilya Kaminsky, Katie Farris, and USCD’s Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rae Armantrout.
Klam at SDMA on Box Project.
Box Project for California Arts Council/MOLA Page to Canvas
Poetry & Art 2012 Hosted by Michael Klam Features Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris
SDSU professors, and husband and wife, Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris will read on Friday, March 23 at 7 p.m. in the Museum of the Living Artist, 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park. Members free, $5 at the door or bring a snack/wine to share.
Kaminsky’s imagination has been described as “a poetic talent of rare and beautiful proportions.” His book, “Dancing In Odessa” (Tupelo Press, 2004), won the American
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Academy of Arts and Letters’ Metcalf Award, the Dorset Prize, and the Ruth Lilly Fellowship given annually by Poetry magazine.
In 2009, poems from Kaminsky’s “Deaf Republic” were awarded Poetry magazine’s Levinson Prize. Writing in English and Russian, Kaminsky has been Writer In Residence at several institutions, including Harvard.
Farris’ most recent book of short stories, “BOYSGIRLS,” is a visceral trip through the fairy tale genre for adults. From metamorphosis to Cyclops, devils, freaks, lions, a boy with one wing, the invention of love, Farris channels Henry Miller and Anais Nin in a new zeitgeist, re-creating the fairy tale aesthetic originally intended for big kids.
The husband and wife team will present among the paintings. There will be music and snacks as usual, and please bring some wine or treats to share if you’d like.
If you are a writer or painter and would like to share a few pieces of your work, we will open the microphone following the reading.
Please contact host, Michael Klam, with any questions: 619-957-3264 (cell) or 619-236-0011 (museum). If you would like to read on the open mic, you can sign up ahead of time at mkklam@gmail.com or before the reading. Please visit sandiego-art.org for more info.
More info about Ilya Kaminsky can be found at ilyakaminsky.com. Katie Farris reviews and excerpts can be read at katiefarris.net. For info about Rae Armantrout (coming in May) and her Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Versed,” see versedreader.site.wesleyan.edu.
Pulitzer Prize-winning UCSD poet Rae Armantrout will read on Wednesday, May 2.
Wow!
“I don’t know how I missed this but here is a review of Pruitt Igoe’s self-titled cd from a few years ago. It blew me away! Thank you J.J. Biener and The Muse’s Muse.”
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Christmas Day in OB, 2011
“Awesome Christmas day weather! It costs a lot to live in San Diego but it is worth it for days like today. Hope there is joy and peace and love in your life. Merry Christmas!”
Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA 12/25/11
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Clouds, Rain & Rainbows
“Cabrillo yet again!”
Cabrillo National Monument 12/12/11
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Last Full Moon of 2011
“I am spoiled. Cabrillo delivers again!”
Cabrillo National Monument 12/09/11
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Amber Rose
“New art for the end of the year, Amber Rose!”
Amber Rose
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Cabrillo National Monument 12/05/11
“Check the sub going out and another great day at Cabrillo National Monument!”
Cabrillo National Monument 12/05/11
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Two days at Cabrillo
“I love the winter sky in San Diego and it’s awesome at Cabrillo National Monument. Here are some pics from two recent days.”
Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, CA
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Sunset, Ocean Beach, CA 11/24/11
Sunset at Dog Beach on Thanksgiving day
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Happy Thanksgiving!
“Happy Thanksgiving! i hope you’re enjoying the day with friends and family. Made sweet potato pies using grandmom’s super secret recipe.”
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Fiction 101, San Diego CityBeat
“I did a little take on ‘Winnie The Pooh’ for the San Diego CityBeat fiction 101 competition and it got in! Whoohoo! Check it out and all the entries.”
Illustrations by Scrojo
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Kismet
“I met Karen the day before I left for New York in August. Mr. Porter introduced her to me. She is beautiful, and as I have come to discover over this short period of getting to know her, very talented. A musician and more things to be discovered I’m sure, for I found she had hosted a music show in her homeland of Brazil. The good ole internet allows you to explore the worlds of people you meet and Karen has a blog. When we met I showed her Mr. Porter’s Kismet and invited her to arrange one.”
Kismet by Karen Coimbra
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Alternative Press Expo
“I went to San Francisco and got to see Sarah and some music and to read some poetry, but the reason this trip was planned was to man a table at the Alternative Press Expo(APE). This event is put on by the same organization that does the ComicCon in San Diego. This is my favorite book/art event; they have a full bar! Let me say this again. They have a full bar and everyone of age is allowed to purchase and consume while on the premises! It went well. Thank you to all my old and new friends for making the APE so much fun.”
APE 2011
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
“My friend Rain told me about this free music festival in San Francisco in Golden Gate Park that was happening while I would be in town but I didn’t think that I would be able to go. Well Sarah and a couple of her friends from the zen center wanted to go. While there I ran into Melanie, a friend from San Diego. That’s her on the hill with the large can of beer.”
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2011
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calligraphy of living
by ola hadi/10.5.11
I did not know the man
I did not know he had the same dreams
I have
reading about Steve
I wish I had
I can relate
not just because of his love
for the creative
but because he was real
was adopted
shaved his head and
meditated
spent time at an ashram
became a Buddhist
loved the Beatles
here is a man
who tripped acid
valued experiences
studied calligraphy
applied a similar beauty
to the business of life
learned about the heaviness of success
and about the lightness
of beginner’s mind
proof that a true genius
does not ignore
his heart
and can overcome
almost
any obstacle
but
was human
like the rest of us
taught
you have to trust
the dots will connect in the future
believe in that
connection
to believe in yourself
that will make all the difference
(I imagine
he answers Frost)
I analyze your advice
have the courage
to follow your heart
and intuition
stay hungry
stay foolish
time is limited
they say when a star dies
it becomes every single element
on the periodic table
and that you and I
are therefore
part
of a star
it may be the same
with the ideas
of great humans
so here is my expression
of gratitude
from my hungry, foolish heart
for beginner’s mind
and connected dots
©ola hadi 2011
Sarah & The San Francisco Zen Center
“Sarah is a dear friend, former roommate and holds a special place in my heart. She has been living in Turkey, Taiwan and India for the last four years. When she told me she would be in the bay area the same time as me, I knew we would have to hang. Sarah was staying at a zen retreat and organic farm just north of San Francisco.”
Sarah, The San Francisco Zen Center & Green Gulch Farm
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Pilgrimage
by ola hadi/ 10.4.11
if time was an infinite resource
I would spend lifetimes with you
as it is
this precious gift
sets limits
boundaries
that I doubt I’d draw alone
through you
the pilgrimage
begins
I’d hoped we’d share the journey
through life
in union
explore the paths ahead
get lost
and find something greater
than what we are
alone
gazing at you in the dark
I feel assured
that this is a beautiful universe!
in your warm brilliance
it is not so hard
to imagine more
I’ll take this feeling forth
I have to be strong enough
to walk alone
and know
I also
am the source
of the light
and unconditional
love
spend some time
to find peace
and move on
or learn to sit
with what I have yet to learn
though I’ve tried all I can try
it’s that time to say goodbye
©ola hadi 2011
Murals on Haight Street
“Was in San Francisco to read at Sacred Grounds Wednesday and took these pics of some of the street art and murals on Haight Street. Also took pics of the art on the walls of Cafe International, one of my favorite places to chill in San Francisco. The reading was a lot of fun; yelling was involved!”
Murals and Street on Haight Street
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Kismet
“Life is funny. This little skater girl came to Winston’s often for a few months before we met in discussion over a need for a darkroom. I told her I thought I knew where one was and just like that; friendship. She is now a member of Pruitt Igoe(see video in a previous post). She plays the trumpet. But way before that she came over and arranged a Kismet.”
Kismet by Krista Coppedge
Kismet by Krista Coppedge 4/12/11
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black & white, Juried Exhibition!
“That Escondido exhibit keeps paying dividends. When there Wendy, the director of the Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery, suggested I enter the La Jolla Art Association black &v white Juried Exhibition. Great news! I got in the show. Artist’s and awards reception Saturday, September 24th, 6 - 9pm.”
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New Release “etc.” Now Available!
“etc. is here and available for purchase online! This new book by Ted Washington contains art that preceded More and art that proceeds Less.
42 images!!
8 1/4 inches by 10 3/4 inches on 80 lb glossy paper, perfect bound. etc. is the companion to More and Less.”
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