Thursday, July 28, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Congratulations to Best of the Bay Ben!
Best of the Bay 2011: BEST HOMEBOY SCRIBE
Related:Awash as it is in traffic-stopping murals and radical neighborhood galleries, the Mission hasn't produced a lot of novels recently from its native sons and daughters. So when born-and-bred Missionite and City College literature professor Benjamin Bac Sierra's debut effort Barrio Bushido turned out to be a magical realistic, drug-and-violence-driven, sophisticated lyrical achievement, the 'hood rejoiced in its son. Bac Sierra's readings at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts turned out a capacity crowd, and a retinue of candy-painted, hydraulic-powered low-riders lined the curb outside. With Bac Sierra as a role model, maybe the barrio won't have to wait long for another of its own to follow suit and publish something great.
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
From the CHE Ticker . . .
California’s Public Colleges Are Falling Behind, Report Says
July 20, 2011, 1:59 pm
The often-celebrated public system of higher education in California is average, at best, and getting worse, argues a report released today by researchers at Sacramento State University. The report evaluates the state’s performance on six measures and finds major declines in college preparation, affordability, participation, and finance compared with other states over the past seven years. “It is a serious mistake to assume that a subset of high-profile, high-performing colleges and universities equates to a public postsecondary system that is up to the task of educating growing generations of Californians,” the report says.
Read the report.
Read the report.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
SF Fringe Festival Play about a Community College English Teacher
Panic!
EXIT Studio
San Francisco, CA
This comedy traces the journey of a community college English teacher who starts having panic attacks while teaching Hamlet, is repeatedly visited by the ghost of her dead father, and receives advice on reducing anxiety from characters such as Crazy Larry the cynical teaching veteran, Rainbow the yoga teacher, and Elvira the healthfood store clerk. Laura Wiley plays over ten different characters in this solo show on anxiety, middle-age disillusion and listening to your inner voice.Laura Wiley has studied solo performance at the San Francisco Marsh. She is grateful for all the artistic input, script feedback, acting coaching and encouragement that she has received on this piece from four special people affiliated with the Marsh--David Ford, Ann Randolph, Mark Kenward and Rebecca Fisher.
In addition to acting and writing, Laura draws, paints, plays classical and jazz flute, and sings. Her websites are www.lauraaustinwiley.com and www.laurawileyflute.com.
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| Contact |
| Who: | Christina Augello |
| Phone: | 415-673-3847 |
| Email: | mail@sffringe.org |
| Web: | http://www.sffringe.org |
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