Right this way! You there—step right up and tour the town. We got art on the walls and wandering minstrels, food and Downtown Wine on the pour. Special guests at each station: Studio One, 826, and SOMArts in the house; a video projector, exquisite corpse, oracular storytelling, a lightning trivia station with prizes, our beloved Lagunitas, and a prompt-generated chain letter that could get you into our February 4th show at 826 Valencia free!
Right this way! You there—for only $5 you can have it all: Wednesday night, January 16th @ the Sports Basement on Bryant Street. Tell ‘em you’re there for Quiet Lightning and it’s all yours. No strings or surprises. OK, surprises. But no money? No problem! (More money? We’ll take it!) Draft beer $3. Wine for donations. Food? Compliments of the Basement.
In the gallery: work by previous sparkle + blink artists.
The party starts at 6pm. Come socialize, play some games, win a prize. The latest Quiet Lightning, put together by Charles Kruger and guest curator Sandra Wassilie, to follow, featuring readings by: J. E. Freeman, Matt Leibel, Shideh Etaat, William Taylor Jr., Ariel Fintushel, Sarah Natalie Webster, Sarah Kobrinsky, and Dawn Gross, at 7:30.
This month’s featured artist is Daniel Healey:
So begins the fourth year of
sincerely yours, Quiet Lightning
Submissions for the show at 826 Valencia are open to all between the ages of 6-18 through the end of January 16th. Please tell all of your young friends and encourage them to submit; our show at the Pirate Supply Store is going to be legend! ARGH: http://bit.ly/piratelightning.
Submissions for our collaboration with SOMArt’s Feast of Words, with a special culinary guest and collaborative writing experiment—limited to 50 people but only $5 with a dish, $10 in advance or $12 at the door without one—are now open. Curators will be Josey and Christian Lee.
We’re accepting (very basic) applications for co-curators.
We’re open to nominations for Neighborhood Heroes, our show on June 6th at The Contemporary Jewish Museum.
Quiet Lightning is sponsored in part by the Zellerbach Family Foundation and Lagunitas Brewing Company.
Statistics for this show:
We received 39 submissions. Of those, we selected 8, or 21%. Of those selected:
- 8 human beings
- 4 first timers (50%)
- 2 2x (matt leibel and j. e. freeman)
- 1 3x (shideh etaat)
- 1 6x (william taylor jr.)
This will be the 39th Quiet Lightning and the 35th issue of sparkle + blink.
You there—step right up and tour the town!
Details
Wednesday, Jan 16th • 6pm • $5 – no one turned away
1590 Bryant St. • a half block North of 16th St.
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