hi everyone!
i know this is late but i really like how i put up a stillframe of each reader with a quote last time, and want to do it again, and since i’ve been on family vacation in the awful state of florida all week, i’m sure you will forgive me my tardiness!
tomorrow night Q uiet L ightning makes its elbo room debut from 7-9, upstairs (@ 647 valencia). there will be love, blood, whispers, antics, dangerous infusions of toxic goodness. in short: electroshock therapy. for only $2, i promise you will not be disappointed. there will be free books (so get there on time). we will have run of the bar. come sign up to respond to alia volz’s “won’t you be my neighbor” and, if you’re chosen from the magical hat, you will get to read at the next Q uiet L ightning AND … you will be published in our brand new magazine, yes, that’s right:
We’ll begin @ 7 and go until about 9 or so, so bring $2 to get in and some money for booze (no one will be refused and we will take more as donation if you can spare it). We also have some announcements:
* Everyone subscribed to the mailing list will be entered into a monthly raffle. The winner gets 1 ticket to see the current play @ American Conservatory Theater, in this case Vigil. There is a catch, of course: you have to go with me, Evan! (I am sorry about this. I asked for an extra ticket so I could give two away, but hey; press only gets you so far. The good news is, ACT is amazing. I will draw on the day of this upcoming show, the 1st, and announce the winner @ the end. Then we’ll coordinate the best time for both of us. Exciting, yes?
* We are taking submissions of artwork for the fabulous postcards that accompany each event. They should be scaled to 4×6. Pretty much anything goes except erotica – unless its tasteful. We here @ QL are o so refined. Keep in mind that text will cover at least half of your image. We accept photos too, and proudly give credit where credit is due.
* We are very pleased to announce that the next episode will take place Apr 5 @ Cantina, home of our first episode. It’s cozy and lovely down there, and we want to maintain that feeling.
* We’ve got some surprises lined up for March 1 . . . just sayin’!
love and excitement,
evan and raja
ps. we would enthusiastically like to congratulate our very own meghan thornton, who has just this weekend won the poetry competition @ the San Francisco Writers Conference for “Moonlight Recessional,” which you can see her read below (from the first Quiet Lightning!). Wish her, as we would say back home, ‘Mazel Tov!’
details: Mon Mar 1 | 7-9 | Elbo Room | 647 Valencia St (bw 17th + 18th) | $2