by Frances Phillips | Nov 18, 2015 | 2014, Literary Arts, News
On Saturday, November 21, at 1:30 p.m., Peralta Hacienda Historical Park is hosting Oakland actor and dramatist Norman Gee, who is holding a talk-back about his use of drama with youth in juvenile detention. Also speaking are community member Gwen Jackson and Creative...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 4, 2015 | 2008, Literary Arts, News
Poet and scholar Eleni Stecopoulos, who collaborated with the Poetry Center at San Francisco State University on a series of events and writings about poetics and healing in 2009-10, has published Visceral Poetics, which features a forward by philosopher Alphonso...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 4, 2015 | 2008, Literary Arts, News
Acclaimed poet David Meltzer, who collaborated with Big Bridge on Rockpile on the Road–an expansive writing and performance collaboration in 2008-09–will read from his poetry notebook, Two Way Mirror at the San Francisco State University Poetry Center on...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 5, 2015 | 2014, Literary Arts, News
Writer Linda Norton and Peralta Hacienda are collaborating to document the effects of mass incarceration on the Fruitvale district and city of Oakland through “Home and Away.” Community members are invited to create this exhibit with Norton and Peralta...
by Frances Phillips | Mar 5, 2015 | 2014, Literary Arts, News
Writer Linda Norton and Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park have launched Home & Away: Oakland, California’s Prisons and the Geography of the Heart, a project documenting the effects of mass incarceration on the community in Oakland. Starting in...
