CREATIVE WRITING

at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco

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Once upon a time, cats were lonely, so they wanted someone whose only purpose in existence was to love and cherish cats. Thus, the Creative Writers were born. Out of the glowing bundle of soft and squishy warmness and fluff was a stack of Post-It notes that absolutely adored cats. Cats named that stack Midori, and that was that.

Category: Art and Film

  • SF Galleries Speed-Viewing

    by Abigail (’14) I had no idea there were so many galleries downtown! And all free! For any parents reading this who don’t know what I’m talking about, last Saturday the C-Dubs were taken at hyperspeed through San Francisco’s art world by Ronald Chase, creator of Art and Film. As a culmination of the unit…

  • Terry Jones’ THE MEANING OF LIFE

    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 CINE/CLUB Randall Museum 199 Museum Way Refreshments 6:30 Film Program 7 Ronald Chase, moderator CARTOON Short Film: Chris Anthony’s And Everything in Between Student group film: The Balloon Man  Terry Jones’ THE MEANING OF LIFE (1983, England) A now, for something completely different! This Monty Python classic is filled with some of their most…

  • Apocalypse Now at Cine/Club

    by Noa (’16) It’s safe to say that seeing Apocolypse Now as my first Cine/Club experience left me completely blown away and guaranteed my further (voluntary) interest in Cineclub’s films. Coming in, I had expected my first film viewing to be tedious and boring, having never seen or heard much about Apocolypse Now and having…

  • Cine/Club: In Heaven, They Speak the Hunsrück Dialect.

    By Nick Cloud (’15) Midori—Mykel—Olga—I greet you, my comrades! Yea, we have put them all to shame, have we not? My God, my God, but we have. Look upon us, ye low! Look, see how our spirits swell, tremble, with splendidness, see, we are arrayed in triumph, radiant more for the shadows below our eyes,…

  • 4/27 – Stalker

    This is the second to last Cine/club! Take advantage. FRIDAY APRIL 27 DOLBY SCREENING ROOM 100 Potrero Ave Refreshments 6:30 Film 7pm Andrei Tarkovsky’s STALKER (1979, Russia) A different kind of science fiction–a journey through “The Zone” to find the room where wishes come true. Come stretch your mind. “The film itself has become synonymous…

  • 3/23 – Ikiru at the Randall

    FRIDAY MARCH 23 CiNE/CLUB Randall Museum 199 Museum Way. Refreshments 6:30 FIlm Program 7pm Akira Kurosawa’s IKIRU (1952, Japan) An inspiring film about a humble clerk who discovers his true calling and sets about to effect a change in his world.  

  • Art&Film Award Winning Student Films

  • 2/3– Amarcord

    FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3- CINE/CLUB DOLBY SCREENING ROOM 100 Potrero Frederico Fellini’s AMARCORD (1973, Italy) This glorious film Fellini made about his childhood summons up atmospheres and images from the past. Amarcord recreates life in a small Italian town through the lives of a young boy. It’s magical. Runtime: 2 hr. 5 min. (Rotten Tomatoes) WHY…

  • Art&Film 1/20 – Pather Panchali

    Friday, January 20th at Randall Museum (199 Museum Way) will be: Sayajit Ray’s PATHER PANCHALI (1955, India) The debut film from India’s most famous director was made with few funds and loads of talent and faith. It takes two children in rural India through their childhoods and into adolescence, capturing the atmosphere and rhythms of daily…

  • Art&Film: This Is England 1/13

    FRIDAY JANUARY 13- CINE/CLUB DOLBY Screening Room 100 Potrero at Division Refreshments 6:30 Film program 7pm CARTOON Short film: Peter Fischli & David Weiss’ THE WAY THINGS GO Shane Meadow’s THIS IS ENGLAND (2006, UK) We start the year with a powerhouse of a film—and something different from our usual fare. This film takes us…