by Frances Phillips | Jul 10, 2019 | News
In his recently published essay, Andrew Lam writes: STANDING IN CONTRAST to the public narrative of itself—the male version of events—are the private dialogues shared by the city’s inhabitants: the story of desires and ambition, thirst for knowledge, yearning to...
by Frances Phillips | Feb 5, 2019 | 2017, Literary Arts, News
Developed through a collaboration between prolific poet and fiction writer Gary Soto and San Francisco Youth Theatre, The Afterlife is a bold new work about death that is intended for teens who have experienced the pain of violence, suicide, and loss in their...
by Frances Phillips | Apr 9, 2018 | 2017, Literary Arts, News
As part of Paseo Artístico hosted events, on April 14 at 2:30 p.m., writer Adriana Camarena, Acción Latina, and El Tecolote newspaper are presenting a free public reading of two essays from Camarena’s Unsettled/Inquietos series — issue no. 3,...
by Frances Phillips | Nov 25, 2017 | 2017, Literary Arts, News
Accion Latina is hosting a free, celebratory reading of the first two of Adriana Camarena’s extended essays, “Unsettled in the Mission,” published in El Tecolote and supported by a grant from the Creative Work Fund. Camarena will read on Saturday,...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 1, 2017 | 2017, Literary Arts, News, Traditional Arts
August 1, 2017 – The Creative Work Fund is pleased to announce the awarding of 15 grants totaling $600,000 to Bay Area literary and traditional artists. The Fund provides financial support to local artists creating new work in collaboration with Bay Area...
