2008 Literary Arts Festival
21 April
Politics and the English Language
7 p.m. in Grossmont College Griffin
Gate
An Interrogation by Grossmont Faculty
T Ford, Micah Jendian, Rob Williams,
Carlos Contreras
Also, this year's Creative Writing
Contest winners will be announced.
22 April
At Rise! Dramatists' Project
5:30 p.m., Griffin Gate
Grossmont's up-and-coming
playwrights present their one-acts
plays in a staged reading. Not your
average dinner theatre!
24 April
Acting Locally
Writing San Diego
7 pm in Griffin Gate
Jim Miller, Kelly Mayhew, Adrian
Arancibia, Mel Freilicher and Local
Jazz Master Trumpeter Gilbert
Castellanos
April 29
New Voices: A Student Reading
7 pm in Griffin Gate
Standout students from Grossmont
College's Creative Writing Program
read their original works. This very
popular event is typically standing-
room only, so come early to stake your
claim on the limited seating.
April 30
Lover and Warrior
The Literature of Marge Piercy
12:30 pm in Griffin Gate
01 May
Open Mic Reading
with Tate Hurvitz & Guests
12:30 pm in the Student Center
Tate Hurvitz and guests take the stage
to reawaken your revolutionary instinct
with an old-fashioned, subversive open
mic reading. Sign-ups start at noon.
02 May
Marge Piercy
Friday, 7 pm in Room 220
The internationally renown, best
selling author takes the stage as poet,
novelist and activist. Arrive early for
seating.
To find out more about Piercy and her
monumental contributions to the
canon of modern literature, visit the
official MARGE PIERCY WEBSITE.
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All events are free of charge and open
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Dates, venues and event details are
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will be posted to this site. For further
information about the Literary Arts
Festival, or about the Creative Writing
Program at Grossmont College, contact
Sydney Brown in the English Department:
(619) 644-7523.