April 28 Guests
ZOE KEITHLEY
Zoe Keithley is a local writer, with collections of poems, novels, short stories, and children’s stories. Her most recent collection of poetry, Crow Song, draws upon life experiences, dividing itself into four subjects: “Circling,” “From the Nest,” “Scavenging,” and “The Long Iridescent Flight.” Her stories have appeared in the North American Review, American Fiction, F3, Emergence, Pigeon, Dogwood and other journals. Her fiction has won a fellowship in Prose from the Illinois Arts Council and finalist awards from Zoetrope, American Fiction, Dogwood, Emergence and Hyphen. She lives in Sacramento, where she hosts workshops and public fiction readings, teaches private writing students, and is learning to play and compose music on the banjo.
CANDICE ANDREWS
Candice Andrews is the director of Some Things Are Private, presented by UC Davis Department of Theatre & Dance. Candice comes to UC Davis after working as a traveling drama director and speech and drama teacher in Colorado for four years. In 2003 she received a grant to teach in thirteen countries, including the poorest neighborhoods in India, Cuba and Africa, as well as futuristic institutes and theatres in Japan and Hong Kong. During her tours, she introduced drama curriculum into many of these schools. Candice has directed at the Rialto Theater for the Creative Arts for Students of Theatre and the Roberta Price Civic Auditorium in Loveland, Colorado. She was featured as Artist Spotlight in the December 2008 issue of Inside The City Sacramento.
When:
May 5: 8pm
Where:
Bistro 33
“I hope indeed you can join us tonight for the poetry of Patrick Grizzell accompanied by Steve Bird on stand-up bass. Grizzell poetry readings are soulful, meaningful affairs that people talk about afterwards, if they don’t forget to attend.”
UCD CREATIVE WRITING GRADUATE READING
When:
May 6: (8pm-10pm?)
Where:
Voorhies 126?
“Creative Writing Graduate Students’ Reading Series featuring poets Emily Hughes, Justine El-Khazen and fiction writer Richard Siegler.”
HAIR: THE AMERICAN TRIBAL LOVE-ROCK MUSICAL
When:
May 5: 8pm
May 8: 8pm
May 9: 7pm
Where:
Arboretum Gazebo
Tickets:
$14 General, $12 Students
“Peace. Flowers. Freedom. Happiness. Student-run Studio 301 presents the psychedelic musical inspired by the hippie counter-culture of the 1960’s. Directed by Stephanie Hankinson. Hair includes mature content and nudity. Bring a picnic blanket or lawn chair for comfort.”
SOME THINGS ARE PRIVATE
When:
May 5-8: 8pm
May 9: 2pm
Where:
Main Theatre, Wright Hall
Tickets:
Available in advance through the Mondavi Center.
“The UC Davis theatre production Some Things Are Private, set to open May 5 and run through May 9, asks “What is art?” — drawing on the real story of photographer Sally Mann and the pictures she took of her young children in the nude and partially nude. ADVISORY: nude images, brief loud noises and minimal profanity.”
WHOLE EARTH FESTIVAL
When:
May 7: 12pm-10pm
May 8: 8am-10pm
May 9: 10am to 6pm
Where:
UCD Quad
SACRAMENTO POETRY CENTER
When:
May 10: 7:30pm
Where:
Sacramento Poetry Center (in theR25 Arts Complex located on the corner of R & 25th Streets in midtown Sacramento.)
“The Sacramento Poetry Center celebrates the fifth annual performance of !X – The Sacramento City College Ethnic Theatre Workshop. This year, !X will present “Mis-Education Liberation.” The Sacramento City College Ethnic Theatre Workshop integrates various forms of art — drama, music, dance, poetry, visual art — with race, ethnic and gender studies.”
