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Scanners, the bookstore we all visited this past Tuesday, is holding a few events before it closes for good. The ones left:
October 23, 5:00 pm
Reading and the Brain
Patricia Greenfield, Professor of Psychology, UCLA, on how reading affects human development and the brain.
October 28, 6:30 pm
D-L Alvarez and Colter Jacobsen
An artist talk on source material.
All events take place at 312 Valencia Street, cross street 14th.
-Reba
Let it be said: You’re welcome.
DUE TOMORROW, FRIDAY 10/21:
Charlotte Solomon papers for Maia
DUE TUESDAY, 10/25:
2-page response to Scanners field trip
Portfolios
Tomorrow, Heather will go over portfolio instructions. It’ll also be Isaiah’s birthday celebration! Woot! Party!
This Friday at Cine/Club is the 1978 French film Molière (IMBD), directed by Ariane Mnouchkine. The film is about four hours long, so it will begin at 6:30. Due to its length, Heather will count your attendance to Molière as two Art&Film credits for this grading period. There will be a 15-minute intermission when sandwiches will be served. Please be on time for sign-in, and remember to sign-out before you leave to receive full credit.
WHY WE CHOSE THIS FILM:
Moliere doesn’t get so much attention here in America. This film vividly recreates the late 1600’s, the atmosphere of the religious wars and the court of Louis IV, but above all it’s an astounding look at theater during that time: the mimes, the pantomimes, the classic drama, and the freewheeling lives of actors. It’s filled with color and life.ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Ariane Mnouchkine is one of the most important theater directors in France. She founded her own theatre, Theatre du Soleil (Theater of the Sun), and is known for mind-boggling spectacles, like a Kabuki-inspired version of Richard II, and for producing theater in unexpected spaces, like barns and gymnasiums. Moliere was made with Theatre du Soleil, the entire cast is made up of actors from the theater. Of Mnouchkine’s few films, this is the greatest and her ability to collaborate with her theater company so completely might be the reason why.
There will be an Art Saturday this weekend on Oct 22. Please meet at 10:45 at Metreon in the park side facing the waterfall.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts– New Art from Modern India.
12:30 Picnic Yerba Buena Gardens2:30 FILM Opera Plaza (bring money for film) TOAST an comedy set in 1960 England about a boy who develops a life long passion for cooking. He begins to compete with his step-mother for the affection of his father –through cooking. Funny and unusual.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
7:30
Moe’s Books
2476 Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley
(510/849-2087Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by
with
Nina Corwin, The Uncertainty of Maps,
and Andrena Zawinski, Something About.
-Reba
Today’s Adventure Tuesday (as opposed to the usual Adventure Friday) was to the temporary bookstore Scanners, on 14th and Valencia. It will only be open for a month; the store is using a gallery as its space, and it looks it. The books are wacky, visually interesting, on a vast variety of topics, and most are out-of-print. We were given a talk by Scanner’s co-owner, Nick Hoff, about the store and the value of used books. Nick is our own Maia Ipp’s partner, and has in the past come in to teach Creative Writing II. We all were tickled pink with delight at this cornucopia of books; most of our time was spent searching and appreciating the store’s wares. (Many eager purchases were made, some for the Creative Writing room’s collection.) If you have the time, definitely check this rarity of a store out.
-Reba
First, LATE START TOMORROW. Rejoice.
Second, if you are interested in LGBTQ issues, and would like a volunteer or paid position with outLoud Radio, apply to be a podcast producer for the outLoud LGBTQ youth podcast today (applications due Friday, November 11). Mykel and Sophia are available for questioning at school, too. (Just make sure to ask nicely!)
Third, just a little reminder, our fiction unit begins tomorrow. For the first time this year, CWI and CWII will part, go their separate ways. CWII will be taught by Maia, while CWI remains with Heather. Can’t wait!
Last but not least, this might be a bit last minute, but if you are interested in hearing Verdi’s Requiem at the SF Symphony tomorrow night, please email Ronald Chase for tickets. Students and parents are welcome. Meet at the Davis Symphony Hall at 6:45 PM tomorrow evening.
Try to drop what you were supposed to do and join us. It’s a tremendous musical experience.The Requiem is a funeral mass to commemorate the death of a public figure, king or to commemorate a significant public occasion. Verdi’s Requiem got it’s start with a requiem for Rossini (the popular composer), in which a number of composers collaborated, but which was never performed. Verdi had saved his contributions, and when the writer and humanist Alessandro Manzoni died, he decided to finish his requiem.It is a colossal musical experience–the bowels of the earth open in one movement, angels appear in others, darkness and chaos sweep over many sections. Verdi was famous for his dramatic operas, and that sense of theater and drama extends to the requiem, which will be performed without intermission.
So many thank you’s to everyone who had a hand in helping our show become one of the best to date! Our amazing seniors, super chill parents, and all of the awesome creative writers, we were marvelous. We will find a way to upload massive amounts of pictures somewhere, soon, and have pictures from Field Day, Kirby Cove, and Vegas, Baby! up soon. Until then:
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–Facebook Event–
A benefit for SF Art & Film for Teenagers SUNDAY OCT 16 6:30-9 Surreal films & performances. Live music. Prizes for best costumes! $20 at the door includes food & 1 drink. We’re expanding the party to Kerouac Alley where our student performers will greet guests in costume! They will be entertained with food, drink and great films, and nonsense performances by other students. SF Art & Film for Teenagers has been making the arts a vital part of young people’s lives since 1993 with free programs: a Friday night Cine/Club, Art Saturdays and free tickets to cultural events throughout the year. SF Art & Film depends on support from the community and needs your help. Join us! |
Congratulations to Molly (or Smally, as everyone knows her), for getting published in the Used Furniture Review!
I bring you this message in sorrow: tomorrow, Wednesday, October 12th, will not be late start. Sophomores and some juniors will be taking the PSAT all morning tomorrow, so everyone, come to class at 8 am. Be prepared to stay late again, too, Creative Writers. We’re not done with rehearsals, yet.
PUBLICITY GROUP, please be prepared to meet tomorrow. Mykel will print out ten Elvis faces and scatter them around the school; whoever finds one can trade it in for either a free snack or a raffle ticket. Heather had also expressed her wishes for us to plaster our CW locker bank with Elvis faces, so bring printouts!! It doesn’t matter if everyone else is bringing one– we can always use more.
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