BAWP UPCOMING EVENTS

[Peter Farruggio <pfarr@cal.berkeley.edu>]

> From: bawp@berkeley.edu
>
> Dear Teachers,
>
> Please mark your calendars for these upcoming Bay Area Writing Project
> (BAWP) events.
>
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> SATURDAY SEMINAR SERIES
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>
> We?ve scheduled our popular (and free) Saturday Seminar Series for the
> 2006-07 school year. We?ll post the workshop descriptions in detail a few
> weeks before each event at www.bayareawritingproject.org.  But for now,
> please mark your calendars for:
>
> October 14, 2006
> January 20, 2007
> March 17, 2007
> May 12, 2007
>
> If you would like to receive workshop details via email a few weeks prior
> to each Saturday Seminar, send an email to bawp@berkeley.edu and request
> to be added to our email distribution list for program information. (But
> if you?re reading this message you?re probably on it already.)
> Attendance at the Saturday Seminar Series is free and no registration is
> required. All workshops take place at Albany Middle School.
>
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> WRITING TEACHERS WRITE
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>
> You are all invited to attend readings by teachers who are also writers on
> the following evenings at the Nomad Cafe in north Oakland. The next
> reading is this Wednesday!
>
>
> Wednesday, August 23
> 5:00 to 6:30pm
>
> JANE JUSKA
> The acclaimed author of A Round-heeled Woman will read from her new book,
> Unaccompanied Women: Late Life Adventures in Love, Sex and Real Estate.
> Question and answer session to follow.
>
> Wednesday, September 27
> 5:00 to 6:30pm
>
> AMY BROOKS WITH COLLEAGUES AND STUDENTS
>
> Amy, along with Oakland teachers and high school students will read to
> honor June Jordan.  Poetry for the People, founded by the late June
> Jordan, is a UC Berkeley program promoting the reading, writing and
> teaching of poetry.  In its 15th year, Poetry for the People continues to
> pursue Martin Luther King, Jr.?s vision of a beloved community for all.
>
> Time allowing, an open reading will follow.
>
> Wednesday, October 25
> 5:00 to 6:30pm
>
> MARTY WILLIAMS & CHUCK FORESTER
> Marty is former co-director of BAWP and coordinates the Teachers as
> Writers strand of the program.  She is the Literacy Coach at John
> O?Connell High School in San Francisco.  Marty has been published in the
> online ?zine, Rudolf?s Diner, Liberty Hill Review and Ruah and is
> currently intrigued with how the poetic spirit meets the day-to-day world.
>
> Chuck lives in San Franciso.  He has worked with poets Mark Wunderlich,
> David Wojahn, and Mary Ruefel among others.  His poetry has been published
> in Arts and Understanding and ZYZZVA.  His interview with Thom Gunn
> appeared in the Gay & Lesbian Review, and an essay will appear in an
> upcoming anthology on San Francisco.  He is working on a poetry
> manuscript.
>
> An open reading will follow the featured readers.
>
> As is our custom, the series will continue following a break in November
> and December.  Contact host Judy Bebelaar at jbebelaar@pacbell.net  if you
> would like to read in the New Year.
>
> Nomad Café
> 6500 Shattuck, Oakland
> Shattuck Avenue at 65th in Oakland
>
> The Nomad is a community-based, earth-friendly arts and Internet cafe
> which features organic coffees and teas, grilled sandwiches and fresh
> pastries in a friendly atmosphere.  There is even a kids? corner.  Please
> be aware of the one drink (or the equivalent) minimum for participants and
> audience.  Please see the Nomad Cafe website for a full menu and
> directions (www.gypsyspiritmission.com/html/nomad.htm).