Thursday, March 20, 7:30pm
DELORES HUERTA
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Sacramento State. University Union Ballroom. www.csus.edu/union/unique. (916) 278-6997.
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Dolores Huerta, a civil rights activist for more than half a century, and co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, will speak as part of the University’s Women’s History Month events. Her talk will focus on U.S. immigration policy and its impact on women. Huerta’s talk is presented by the University Union UNIQUE Programs, the Women’s Resource Center, Multicultural Center, California Faculty Association, Serna Center and ASI at Sacramento State.
Huerta, who first came to national attention when she organized a widespread grape boycott in the 1960s, remains active in causes supporting civil rights, women’s rights and farmworkers’ rights. She also chairs the nonprofit Dolores Huerta foundation, which trains community organizers to assist immigrants and the poor. In recent public appearances, she has stressed the importance of intense hands-on involvement in the political process.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
April | Poetry Month events at The Book Collector
Here's a rough sketch of what we're doing at the bookstore for and during Poetry Month. I'll follow up with more details.
APRIL 2008
POETRY MONTH EVENTS
AT THE BOOK COLLECTOR
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1008 24th Street
Sacramento, CA
Between J & K Streets
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916.442.9295
richard@poems-for-all.com
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Saturday, April 5th, 6 - 9pm
THE BONEFOLDERS: POEMS-FOR-ALL BUILDING PARTY
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Help us build the hundreds of poem booklets we want to put on the street for Poetry Month.
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Each little booklet made as part of the Poems-For-All (PFA) Series goes through the same ritual: Cut. Fold. Staple. Bonefolders are the small tools used to make a neat fold in paper. The Bonefolders are those kind souls willing to come out and help PFA build little booklets to be given away for free. Care to be a bonefolder? Join us anytime between 6 and 9 pm in the relaxed atmosphere of the bookstore. Come to fold poems or just hang out and enjoy the light refreshments. There are jobs for any skill level. Building little poem books is theraputic and you're welcome to take some with you!
Wednesday, April 9th, 7pm
RATTLESNAKE PRESS: FOURTH ANNUAL BIRTHDAY BASH
featuring ANN MENEBROKER, TED FINN
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From Rattlesnake publisher Kathy Kieth: "We will mark the Snake’s fourth birthday by throwing the Fourth Annual Birthday Bash at The Book Collector on Wednesday, April 9, including a buffet at 7 PM, followed by a reading at 7:30 PM. That night, there will be three history-making releases: Ann Menebroker’s new chapbook (Small Crimes); Ted Finn re-emerges with a new SnakeRings SpiralChap of his poetry and art (Damn the Eternal War); and Katy Brown inaugurates her blank (well, not really) journal series for our HandyStuff department with her MUSINGS: Photos and Prompts For Capturing Creative Thought. Please join us to celebrate four years of [your] poetry with fangs!"
Friday, April 11th, 7:30pm
CORNERED: FIVE YEARS OF SN&R'S POET'S CORNER
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A celebration of five years of poetry in the Sacramento News & Review. Poetry Editor Kel Munger is putting together a line-up of poets from among those who've been published in the papers' weekly Poet's Corner.
Saturday, April 12th, 6 - 9pm
THE BONEFOLDERS: POEMS-FOR-ALL BUILDING PARTY
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Come out for Midtown's Second Saturday Art Walk and drop by the bookstore!
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Each little booklet made as part of the Poems-For-All (PFA) Series goes through the same ritual: Cut. Fold. Staple. Bonefolders are the small tools used to make a neat fold in paper. The Bonefolders are those kind souls willing to come out and help PFA build little booklets to be given away for free. Care to be a bonefolder? Join us anytime between 6 and 9 pm in the relaxed atmosphere of the bookstore. Come to fold poems or just hang out and enjoy the light refreshments. There are jobs for any skill level. Building little poem books is theraputic and you're welcome to take some with you!
Thursday, April 17th, All Day
POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY
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The Academy of American Poets launches the first annual national "Poem in your Pocket Day" The idea is simple: select a poem and carry it with you (poem in your pocket) and unfold it with family friends and co-workers throughout the day. More details are available at their website: poets.org/pocket
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Throughout the day the largest selection of Poems-For-All booklets ever made available for distribution will at the bookstore for people to take and use as part of "Poem in your Pocket Day." Other activities during the day at the bookstore are in the works to help celebrate and promote this new national tradition.
Friday, April 18th, 7:30pm
CHARLES CURTIS BLACKWELL
VINCENT KOBELT (Invited)
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Poems-For-All is pleased to welcome Charles Curtis Blackwell back to Sacramento. Presently a poet and performer in the Bay Area, Charles once graced the Sacramento scene with his exceptional readings. He comes with a new book of poems, or rather, two vignettes of poetry in one book: "Is, The Color of Mississippi Mud and Lou Next Door." The book's publisher/editor Vincent Kobelt has also been invited to read.
Saturday, April 26th, 6pm
ARTHUR WINFIELD KNIGHT
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Poet, writer and editor of UNSPEAKABLE VISIONS, a literary journal of Beat Generation writing, Arthur celebrates the release of his latest Novel MISFITS COUNTRY.
AND INTO MAY...
Friday, May 2nd, 7:30pm
WILLIAM WANTLING IS DEAD
featuring
KEVIN JONES
GENE BLOOM (Invited)
RICHARD HANSEN
Others
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May 2nd marks the anniversary of the death of mimeo era poet William Wantling. Poet and Wantling Scholar Kevin Jones and others will read their favorite Wantling poems and discuss his importance and impact as a poet. Poet GENE BLOOM who edited the little magazine ENTRAILS and published Wantling has been invited to attend. (I wish I had the cash to bring A.D. WINANS over from the Bay Area. His Second Coming Press put out a wonderful collection of Wantling poems...Fortunately, A.D. Winans will be reading at the bookstore in January 2009 in support of a forthcoming book to be published by Robert Grossklaus at Polymer Press.)
APRIL 2008
POETRY MONTH EVENTS
AT THE BOOK COLLECTOR
- - -
1008 24th Street
Sacramento, CA
Between J & K Streets
- - -
916.442.9295
richard@poems-for-all.com
- - -
Saturday, April 5th, 6 - 9pm
THE BONEFOLDERS: POEMS-FOR-ALL BUILDING PARTY
- - -
Help us build the hundreds of poem booklets we want to put on the street for Poetry Month.
- - -
Each little booklet made as part of the Poems-For-All (PFA) Series goes through the same ritual: Cut. Fold. Staple. Bonefolders are the small tools used to make a neat fold in paper. The Bonefolders are those kind souls willing to come out and help PFA build little booklets to be given away for free. Care to be a bonefolder? Join us anytime between 6 and 9 pm in the relaxed atmosphere of the bookstore. Come to fold poems or just hang out and enjoy the light refreshments. There are jobs for any skill level. Building little poem books is theraputic and you're welcome to take some with you!
Wednesday, April 9th, 7pm
RATTLESNAKE PRESS: FOURTH ANNUAL BIRTHDAY BASH
featuring ANN MENEBROKER, TED FINN
- - -
From Rattlesnake publisher Kathy Kieth: "We will mark the Snake’s fourth birthday by throwing the Fourth Annual Birthday Bash at The Book Collector on Wednesday, April 9, including a buffet at 7 PM, followed by a reading at 7:30 PM. That night, there will be three history-making releases: Ann Menebroker’s new chapbook (Small Crimes); Ted Finn re-emerges with a new SnakeRings SpiralChap of his poetry and art (Damn the Eternal War); and Katy Brown inaugurates her blank (well, not really) journal series for our HandyStuff department with her MUSINGS: Photos and Prompts For Capturing Creative Thought. Please join us to celebrate four years of [your] poetry with fangs!"
Friday, April 11th, 7:30pm
CORNERED: FIVE YEARS OF SN&R'S POET'S CORNER
- - -
A celebration of five years of poetry in the Sacramento News & Review. Poetry Editor Kel Munger is putting together a line-up of poets from among those who've been published in the papers' weekly Poet's Corner.
Saturday, April 12th, 6 - 9pm
THE BONEFOLDERS: POEMS-FOR-ALL BUILDING PARTY
- - -
Come out for Midtown's Second Saturday Art Walk and drop by the bookstore!
- - -
Each little booklet made as part of the Poems-For-All (PFA) Series goes through the same ritual: Cut. Fold. Staple. Bonefolders are the small tools used to make a neat fold in paper. The Bonefolders are those kind souls willing to come out and help PFA build little booklets to be given away for free. Care to be a bonefolder? Join us anytime between 6 and 9 pm in the relaxed atmosphere of the bookstore. Come to fold poems or just hang out and enjoy the light refreshments. There are jobs for any skill level. Building little poem books is theraputic and you're welcome to take some with you!
Thursday, April 17th, All Day
POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY
- - -
The Academy of American Poets launches the first annual national "Poem in your Pocket Day" The idea is simple: select a poem and carry it with you (poem in your pocket) and unfold it with family friends and co-workers throughout the day. More details are available at their website: poets.org/pocket
- - -
Throughout the day the largest selection of Poems-For-All booklets ever made available for distribution will at the bookstore for people to take and use as part of "Poem in your Pocket Day." Other activities during the day at the bookstore are in the works to help celebrate and promote this new national tradition.
Friday, April 18th, 7:30pm
CHARLES CURTIS BLACKWELL
VINCENT KOBELT (Invited)
- - -
Poems-For-All is pleased to welcome Charles Curtis Blackwell back to Sacramento. Presently a poet and performer in the Bay Area, Charles once graced the Sacramento scene with his exceptional readings. He comes with a new book of poems, or rather, two vignettes of poetry in one book: "Is, The Color of Mississippi Mud and Lou Next Door." The book's publisher/editor Vincent Kobelt has also been invited to read.
Saturday, April 26th, 6pm
ARTHUR WINFIELD KNIGHT
- - -
Poet, writer and editor of UNSPEAKABLE VISIONS, a literary journal of Beat Generation writing, Arthur celebrates the release of his latest Novel MISFITS COUNTRY.
AND INTO MAY...
Friday, May 2nd, 7:30pm
WILLIAM WANTLING IS DEAD
featuring
KEVIN JONES
GENE BLOOM (Invited)
RICHARD HANSEN
Others
- - -
May 2nd marks the anniversary of the death of mimeo era poet William Wantling. Poet and Wantling Scholar Kevin Jones and others will read their favorite Wantling poems and discuss his importance and impact as a poet. Poet GENE BLOOM who edited the little magazine ENTRAILS and published Wantling has been invited to attend. (I wish I had the cash to bring A.D. WINANS over from the Bay Area. His Second Coming Press put out a wonderful collection of Wantling poems...Fortunately, A.D. Winans will be reading at the bookstore in January 2009 in support of a forthcoming book to be published by Robert Grossklaus at Polymer Press.)
MAR 19 | Protests | Anti-War Demonstrations and Events in Sacramento (and beyond)
On the fifth year anniversary on the war in Iraq a list of anti-war demonstrations and events compiled by musician, journalist and friend Dan Bacher with the hope that the poets, musicians, writers and other creative souls who read this blog will add their voice and energy to ending the war in Iraq.
IN SACRAMENTO:
7:30-8:30am Demo at 3rd & J Sts. offramp, Sacramento. From here we will plan random demonstrations throughout the city, stopping at the 11:30 rally at the Capitol. Info: 916-448-7157
11:30am, 5th Anniversary Rally Against the War Iraq; North side State Capitol, L & 11th Sts, Sac, 916-448-7157; sacpeace@dcn.org
4 - 6pm, Anti-War vigil 15th & L, Sac, 916-446-5261.
4:30 - 6pm, 5 Years is Too Many: Demonstration to demand an End the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Bring signs. Howe & Fair Oaks Blvd. Sacramento, 916-481-6122.
7:15pm, CAAC Goes To The Movies: Retrospective on the 5th Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq with Short Films. 1640 9th Avenue, FMI: 446-3304
7pm, Candlelight Peace Vigil & gathering on the 5th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Unitarian Universalist Society, 2425 Sierra Blvd., Sac, ernestsweet@aol.com; 916-481-6122
Please join with other opponents of this war, which is driving our country into the ground, and causing so much misery for so many.
IN SAN FRANCISCO:
5 - 8pm, No business as Usual March & Rally on 5th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Civic Center, San Francisco. Carpools from Sacramento: 916-448-7157; sacpeace@dcn.org
IN SACRAMENTO:
7:30-8:30am Demo at 3rd & J Sts. offramp, Sacramento. From here we will plan random demonstrations throughout the city, stopping at the 11:30 rally at the Capitol. Info: 916-448-7157
11:30am, 5th Anniversary Rally Against the War Iraq; North side State Capitol, L & 11th Sts, Sac, 916-448-7157; sacpeace@dcn.org
4 - 6pm, Anti-War vigil 15th & L, Sac, 916-446-5261.
4:30 - 6pm, 5 Years is Too Many: Demonstration to demand an End the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Bring signs. Howe & Fair Oaks Blvd. Sacramento, 916-481-6122.
7:15pm, CAAC Goes To The Movies: Retrospective on the 5th Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq with Short Films. 1640 9th Avenue, FMI: 446-3304
7pm, Candlelight Peace Vigil & gathering on the 5th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Unitarian Universalist Society, 2425 Sierra Blvd., Sac, ernestsweet@aol.com; 916-481-6122
Please join with other opponents of this war, which is driving our country into the ground, and causing so much misery for so many.
IN SAN FRANCISCO:
5 - 8pm, No business as Usual March & Rally on 5th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Civic Center, San Francisco. Carpools from Sacramento: 916-448-7157; sacpeace@dcn.org
Thursday, February 14, 2008
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.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
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.
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.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
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.
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.
- - -
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.
Friday, February 1, 2008
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
Shiny Object "Movies on a Big Screen" presents:
THE CRAZIES
- - -
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
- - -
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."
- - -
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.
- - -
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
- - -
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