FEB 25 | History of the Zapatista Movement

Raúl Salinas has died

The news circulates, and I am sad to send it, that poet Raúl Salinas has died. He was here, in Sacramento, in 2004; a part of Jose Montoya's Flor y Canto. There he conducted a sunday programme for Children. I remember fondly how he delivered a love of poetry to the kids; my little daughter among them. I'll remember Mr. Salinas this way, in how he made her smile.

FEB 21 & 22 | Poetry | Readings in Davis | Yosefa Raz | Susan Kelly-DeWitt Options

Thursday, February 21, 7pm
YESEFA RAZ
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Yolo County Library in the Blanchard Room, 317 W. 14th Street, Davis.
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Yosefa Raz is an Israeli-American poet, whose first book, In Exchange for a Homeland, was published in 2004 by Swan Scythe Press. She is a graduate of the U.C. Davis creative writing program, and now lives in Berkeley, where she is working on her doctorate. The reading is sponsored by Israel Peace Alternatives.

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Friday, February 22, 7:30pm
SUSAN KELLY-DeWITT
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The Avid Reader, 617 Second Street, Davis.
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Susan Kelly-DeWitt will celebrate the publication of her first full- length collection, The Fortunate Islands, at a readingThe author of six chapbooks and a letterpress collection, The Book of Insects, she has been the recipient of a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, and has won many national awards for her writing. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, Prairie Schooner, New Letters, North American Review, Rosebud, Cutbank, and Nimrod, among many other journals.

FEB 6 & 7 | Poetry | Readings in Davis | Mary Mackey | Joe Wenderoth Options

Wednesday, February 6, 9pm
MARY MACKEY
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Bistro 33, 226 F Street, Davis.
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Poetry Night hosts Andy Jones and Brad Henderson are pleased to announce that the esteemed poet, novelist and Sac State Professor Mary Mackey will be the featured performer at Poetry Night at Bistro 33 on February 6 at 9pm. Mackey has published five volumes of poetry, a novella, and eleven novels. Her works have sold over a million copies and have been translated into eleven foreign languages, including Japanese, Hebrew, Greek, and Finnish.
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Mackey's nonfiction and memoirs have appeared in various anthologies. She has reviewed books for The San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, the American Book Review, and a variety of other publications; has lectured at Harvard and the Smithsonian; and has contributed to such diverse print and on-line publications as The Chiron Review, Redbook, and Salon.
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Poetry Night takes place on the first and third Wednesday of every month. After the featured performer, an open mic will give new and experienced poets and performers an opportunity to share their work. Admission is free, and all are welcome to join the evening of literary performance at 226 F Street in the old City Hall building. For more information, contact Bistro 33 at (530) 756-4556.

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Thursday, February 7, 2008, 8pm (sharp)
JOE WENDEROTH
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The John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, 521 1st Street, Davis.
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The heralded author of the poetry collections No Real Light, Disfortune, and It Is If I Speak; the epistolary novel Letters to Wendy's, and the collection of essays The Holy Spirit of Life: Essays for John Ashcroft's Secret Self, will perform his work -poems, songs, and short silent film clips--in the darkened third floor of Davis's most majestic gallery. The critic Ben Marcus has commented that "Joe Wenderoth is a brilliant writer, original and subversive, sensitive and strange. I read his work with awe and admiration." Come early to this unforgettable event. Viewer Discretion is Advised. No Host Bar.

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FEB 1 | Film | The Crazies (7pm) | Rocky Horror (10pm)

FRIDAY, FEB 1, 7:00PM
Shiny Object "Movies on a Big Screen" presents:
THE CRAZIES
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600 4th St, West Sacramento. That's the corner of 4th & F in WEST Sacramento (not downtown Sacto). Admission: $5.00. Digital projection on to a large screen. Seating is on folding chairs - feel free to bring a pillow or cushion - or even your own folding chair! web: www.shiny-object.com/screenings
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A government plane carrying a secret military bio-weapon crashes near a small town in Pennsylvania, leaking into the water supply. Violent insanity infects and transforms most of the town's citizens, and the army moves in to quarantine the town and restore order -- but have to avoid infection themselves. Filled with government paranoia and social statements, this oft-overlooked Romero classic from 1973 is about to be remade (shudder) and was a blatant influence on "28 Days Later."
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Do NOT forget, The Rocky Horror Picture Show plays every Friday at 10 PM. Admission for this is $6.00. Turnout has been picking up -- but we still need people coming out to continue screening this! Oh - you can also see the RHPS FAQ at our website.
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COMING ATTRACTIONS: Next week (2/8) a personal fave of ours -- the rarely seen film from Kids in the Hall director John Paizs, "Crimewave." And don't forget our Valentine's Day movie -heh- on 2/15: "Porn King: The Trials of Al Goldstein."


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ELSEWHERE & OTHERWISE
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CALIFORNIA LECTURE SERIES
Subscriptions are on sale now for their next six-lecture series ($150). Subscribe and get more info at: (916) 737-1300 or visit www.californialectures.org
SIX-LECTURE SERIES: Crest Theatre, Sacramento 7:30pm
GERALDINE BROOKS Wednesday, February 6, 2008
RICHARD POWERS Monday, March 3, 2008
TOBIAS WOLFF Thursday, May 8, 2008

FEB 2 | Music | Instagon at the Java Lounge

SATURDAY, FEB 2, 8PM
[Music]
INSTAGON LORDS OF OUTLAND
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Java Lounge, 2416 16th Street, Sacramento. www.thejavaloungeisrad.com
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You may know Lob as a poet. He's also the genius behind the annual Noise Fest as well as the unique noise-music-performance experience know as INSTAGON whose performers change every time it takes the stage. About the show, which celebrates Instagon's 15th birthday, Lob says: "Your support would be most appreciated.. It will be a fun show will lots of surprizes... BE THERE." Also playing, LORDS OF OUTLAND from the Bay Area who will be celebrating a CD release. More info: Lob ov Instagon


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ELSEWHERE & OTHERWISE
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FRIDAY, FEB 8, 5PM
ALEX ESCALANTE: POET-TRAITS
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Luna's Cafe, 1414 16th Street. (916) 441-3931.
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Poet Portraits of JOSE MONTOYA, PHIL GOLVARG, FELICIA McGEE and others. Readings by selected poets at 7pm. Complimentary wine and Hors d’oeuvres will be served.

FEB 4 | Poetry | Francisco X. Alarcón & Eve West Bessier

MONDAY, FEB 4, 7:30PM
Sacramento Poetry Center presents:
FRANCISCO X. ALARCÓN & EVE WEST BESSIER
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The Book Collector, 1008 24th Street, between J & K Streets. (916) 442-9295. www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
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PLEASE NOTE THE TEMPORARY LOCATION CHANGE. SPC events typically happen at their location at 25th & R Streets, inside HQ: Headquarters for the Arts.
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Francisco X. Alarcón is an acclaimed poet and educator, author of ten volumes of poetry. Alarcón is the recipient of 1993 American Book Award, the 1993 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award, and the 1984 Chicano Literary Prize. In April 2002 he received the Fred Cody Lifetime Achievement Award from the Bay Area Book Reviewers Association (BABRA). He was one of the three finalists nominated for the state poet laureate of California. Alarcón was also awarded the 1997 Pura Belpré Honor Award by the American Library Association and the National Parenting Publications Gold Medal. He also received 2002 Pura Belpré Honor Award, Danforth and Fulbright fellowships, 1998 Carlos Pellicer-Robert Frost Poetry Honor Award by the Third Binational Border Poetry Contest, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.
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Alarcón's most recent books are Sonnets to Madness and Other Misfortunes / Sonetos a la locura y otras penas (Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company 2001) and From the Other Side of Night / Del otro lado de la noche: New and Selected Poems (University of Arizona Press 2002). He currently teaches at the University of California, Davis.
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Eve West Bessier is a author of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. She was born in the Netherlands and has lived in Davis, California for the past two decades. She currently works as a Certified Life Coach and Vocal Coach, and teaches writing workshops and residencies. She worked for The University of California, Davis for eighteen years in educational research, program development and evaluation. She holds a Master of Education from UC Davis and has done graduate course work in English and creative writing at California State University, Sacramento. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.
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She is a performing jazz vocalist, a visual artist and a promoter of community arts programs. She has received several literary awards including The Kathryn Hohlwein (2000), First Place for Poetry in The California Focus on Writers Contest (2000), and Second Place in the Sacramento News & Review's Short Story Contest (2001). Her poetry was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2003.. She has two chapbooks, Roots Music and Splash published by dPress, Sebastopol, 2002 and 2003.

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ELSEWHERE & OTHERWISE
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MONDAY, FEB 18, 7:30PM
Sacramento Poetry Center presents:
AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE & HISTORY MONTH READING
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Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, 25th & R Streets, www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
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Hosted by: Indigo Moor and Khiry Malik Moore. Headliners include: Emmanuel Sigauke, Dawn Dibartolo, Mario Ellis Hill, Terry Moore and Supanova.