by Frances Phillips | Jun 10, 2016 | 2014, Literary Arts, News
On Wednesday evening, June 22, at 5:30 p.m., Denise Newman and Hazel White invite visitors to join them at the U.C., Botanical Garden at Berkeley for a poetic walk along Strawberry Creek. The two poets have been in residence at the garden, collaborating with its...
by Frances Phillips | May 24, 2016 | 2013, Literary Arts, News
Poets Denise Newman and Hazel White have been spending every Friday afternoon in residence at the University of California Berkeley Botanical Garden–collaborating with one another and with the gardening staff on Biotic Portal at Strawberry Creek. Monthly walks...
by Frances Phillips | May 17, 2016 | 2014, Literary Arts, News
Oakland City Hall and its immediate surroundings will welcome the second annual Oakland Book Festival on Sunday, May 22. Among the many presenters and moderators, Creative Work Fund recipient Linda Norton featured in a slide presentation and talk about Agricultural...
by Frances Phillips | May 11, 2016 | 2013, Literary Arts, News
On Thursday, May 12, at 6 p.m., poets Barbara Jane Reyes and Eleni Stecopoulos are reading alongside Robin Tremblay-McGaw at the San Francisco Public Library’s Main Library, in the Latino/Hispanic Rooms. Both Reyes and Stecopoulos are Creative Work Fund grant...
by Frances Phillips | Apr 18, 2016 | 2014, Literary Arts, News
On April 21-23, the Poetry Center at San Francisco State University is presenting the fruits of its collaboration with Barbara Jane Reyes, “Kuwentuhan (Talkstory),” a collective performance developed with Filipino American writers. The project kicks-off...
by Frances Phillips | Apr 13, 2016 | 2013, Literary Arts, News
On Sunday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to noon, poets Denise Newman and Hazel White are leading a walk along the creek that runs through the University of California Botanical Garden in Berkeley. The public is invited to join them and contribute to their year-long project,...