http://spongecell.com/embed/view/alyoung/Upcoming+Events en-us Copyright 2009 Spongecell LLC contact@spongecell.com contact@spongecell.com Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:37:29 -0800 901915i20091107 http://spongecell.com/event/view/901915 <b> Sat Nov 7, 2009 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm PST </b><br> <b>Location:</b> <a href="http://maps.google.com?q=1350+Waller+Street+%28between+Masonic+%26+Ashbury%29+San+Francisco%2C+CA+94117-2129" target='_blank' >View on Map</a><br> 1350 Waller Street (between Masonic &amp; Ashbury)<br>San Francisco, CA 94117-2129<br> <b>Notes:</b><br> Saturday, 7 NOVEMBER 2009 <br> <br>Fundraiser for the Haight Ashbury Literary Journal <br> <br>Poetry readings by <br> <br>• Lorna Dee Cervantes [Drive the First Quartet: New Poems 1980-2005] <br> <br>• California Poet Laureate emeritus Al Young [Something About the Blues: An Unlikely Collection of Poetry, and The Sea, the Sky, and You, and I / audio CD with bassist Dan Robbins] <br> <br>• Q.R. Hand, Jr. [Whose Really Blues] <br> <br>• Laura J. Moore [F-Stein] <br> <br>All Saints Episcopal Church <br>7-10 pm <br>1350 Waller Street (between Masonic and Ashbury), <br>San Francisco <br>$5-15 sliding scale admission at the door <br> <br>*** <br> <br>Haight Ashbury Literary Journal: <br>MISSION STATEMENT <br> <br>The Haight Ashbury Literary Journal publishes well-written poetry and fiction. HALJ’s voices are often of people who have been marginalized, oppressed, or abused. HALJ strives to bring literary arts to the general public, to the San Francisco community of writers, to the Haight Ashbury neighborhood, and to people of varying ages, genders, ethnicities, and sexual preferences. The Journal is produced as a tabloid to maintain an accessible price for low-income people. <br> <br>*** <br> <br>Further information: <br> <br>All Saints Church 415.621.1862‎<br> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:37:29 -0800 901208i20091108 http://spongecell.com/event/view/901208 <b> Sun Nov 8, 2009 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm PST </b><br> <b>Location:</b> <a href="http://maps.google.com?q=1924+Cedar+Street+Berkeley%2C+CA+94709" target='_blank' >View on Map</a><br> 1924 Cedar Street<br>Berkeley, CA 94709<br> <b>Notes:</b><br> In a musical setting of piano, violin, koto, cello and two vocalists, Adam David Miller looks at notions of time against the backdrop of poetry and other eternal verities. <br> <br>Al Young will introduce and narrate. <br> <br>For further information, contact: <br>Nicole Milner, 510.526.3583 <br> <br>Berkeley Fellowship Church: 510.841.4824 <br> <br>Venue Website: <br>http://www.bfuu.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp; view=article&amp;id=43&amp;Itemid=59 <br> <br> <br> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:36:29 -0800 854005i20091119 http://spongecell.com/event/view/854005 <b> Thu Nov 19, 2009, 9:00 am to Fri Nov 20, 2009, 9:00 pm EST </b><br> <b>Location:</b> <a href="http://maps.google.com?q=African+American+Studies%2C+Lipmann+Room%2C+Barrows+Hall+Berkeley%2C+CA+94720" target='_blank' >View on Map</a><br> African American Studies, Lipmann Room, Barrows Hall<br>Berkeley, CA 94720<br> <b>Notes:</b><br> THEBLACKSCHOLAR <br>40th Anniversary Celebration <br>NOVEMBER 19-20, 2009 <br> <br>THEBLACKSCHOLAR celebrates 40 years of continuous publishing with a conference hosted by the Department of African American Studies, UC Berkeley, at the Lipmann Room, Barrows Hall. <br> <br>THE TWO-DAY CONFERENCE FEATURES: <br> <br>Danny Glover, internationally renowned film star, will offer “An Evening with Danny Glover,” in which he will screen his recent film, Namibia, directed by Charles Burnett, and answer questions from the audience. <br> <br>Charles P. Henry, who will host a panel, “Barack Obama: the First Year.” Prof. Henry is Chair, Dept. of African American Studies, UC Berkeley and author of Long Overdue: The Politics of Racial Reparations (New York University Press, 2007). <br> <br>Ernest Allen, Jr., Professor of African American History at the W.E. B. Du Bois Dept. of Afro-American Studies, digital archivist and filmmaker, will present a feature-length documentary film, “Look Back in Wonder,” on the formation of the Dept. at UMass, Amherst and its highly successful Ph.D. program. <br> <br>Melba Joyce Boyd, Chair, Dept. of Africana Studies, Wayne State University, Detroit, will offer a panel on the topic, “The progressive black artist--poetry, music, fiction and film.” [California poet laureate emeritus Al Young is tentatively slated to join this panel] <br> <br>Awards Luncheon <br> <br>Additional featured speakers include Robert Chrisman, Robert L. Allen, and Laura H. Chrisman. <br> <br>Register now to reserve space. Send in your name, address or affiliation, email address, and number of attendees to THEBLACKSCHOLAR email address or P.O. Box listed below and reference THEBLACKSCHOLAR 40th Anniversary Celebration. <br> <br>Or send a check, $40 for 40 years! You will receive a subscription to THEBLACKSCHOLAR and your name will be listed as a Donor in our Program. <br> <br>Make checks payable to: THEBLACKSCHOLAR 40th Anniversary. <br>40th Anniversary Committee <br>P.O. Box 22869, <br>Oakland, CA 94609. <br> <br>For more details, email BLKSCHLR@aol.com <br> <br>Or contact: <br>Melba Joyce Boyd <br>313.577.2424 or 877.WSU.INFO<br> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:35:29 -0800 854128i20091122 http://spongecell.com/event/view/854128 <b> Sun Nov 22, 2009 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST </b><br> <b>Location:</b> <a href="http://maps.google.com?q=1220+Linda+Mar+Blvd.+Pacifica%2C+CA+94044" target='_blank' >View on Map</a><br> 1220 Linda Mar Blvd.<br>Pacifica, CA 94044<br> <b>Notes:</b><br> 15th Pacifica Poetry Festival <br>Featuring <br>AL YOUNG <br> <br>The Pacifica Poetry Festival presents California Poet Laureate emeritus Al Young, a world- renowned author and popular teacher, as the featured reader. Rod Clark and other Pacifica poets will also read. Music by the “Green Tea" band. <br> <br>2 pm Sunday <br>Nov 22, 2009 <br>Tickets $5-$10 <br> <br>Sanchez Concert Hall <br>1220 Linda Mar Blvd <br>Pacifica, CA 94044 <br> <br>RSVP <br>650.557.9097 <br> <br>Contact: <br>Anna Boothe <br>(Poet Laureate of Pacifica, CA; <br>Author of FINDING BUDDHA <br>650.557.9097<br> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:34:29 -0800