On Monday, December 3rd we are proud to present our final literary mixtape of 2012: Club Deluxe » Cocoanut Grove (Santa Cruz) » Elbo Room » Boxcar Playhouse » Alley Cat Books » William Westerfeld House » Galeria de la Raza » Vessel Gallery (Oakland) » San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers (August and September) » Red Read More
Category: Year !!!
thanks, viracocha!
Hi everyone, and welcome to our website. This is not just another WordPress site. This is the home of Quiet Lightning, and we have been expecting you. Take your digital shoes off. Kick back in your chair. You’ve earned this internet. We’ve prepared a feast for you; but first, a message from our sponsor (read: Read More
november 5th @ viracocha
Click on the photograph by this month’s artist, Kirsten Harkonen, for links and videos, and here to pre-order your copy of sparkle + blink. Kirsten was selected by our new Art Director Jacqueline Norheim – more on our new art process very soon. This show was curated by Chris Cole and Evan Karp. Next month’s curators will be Meghan Thornton and Read More
videos + photos from our litquake show at the conservatory of flowers
Thanks to the always inspired and inspiring Julie Michelle, you can enjoy photos from the final show of our second annual three-show series held at the Conservatory of Flowers, The Greenhouse Effect, which was part of Litquake: [portfolio_slideshow size=large showtitles=true nav=top trans=fadeZoom] As you can see, it was a really packed house. Of the 73 people who filled out the survey (and Read More
we got our first grant! come celebrate (with litquake) at the conservatory of flowers
Hi everyone, By now you probably know we received our first grant last week, courtesy of the Zellerbach Family Foundation. We are thrilled nearly beyond belief; nearly, for we are inspired every single month by the work that comes in, by the readings—every time the books come in, e’ry time the submissions converge—by the packed Read More
random play @ the red poppy arthouse, videos from the conservatory of flowers + winners of our first instagram contest!
Hi everyone, Are you still buzzing from our last show at the Conservatory of Flowers? You can now watch all the videos here, including songs from Ash Reiter and Quijeremá. We’d like to thank everyone a final time before moving forward, no less the winners of our first Instagram contest! Congratulations to Jonathan Hirsch, Dominick, and Leilani Clark! Read More
a thousand thrilling directions at once
Our show yesterday at the Conservatory of Flowers was even more fun than we thought it would be. Pictures, videos, and a transcript of the show will all be online soon, but we’d like to thank the many people who made yesterday what it was (and we think you should know them): Huge thanks, first, to Morgan Davis for Read More
go green on labor day + join us on the lawn for free food a beer garden and live music by quijeremá and ash reiter, all free but the beer (only $3/ice cold draft) and all followed by a new book performed live ($5 to see it $10 to take it home)
Believe it or not, the title barely gets us there: the Conservatory of Flowers (that’s where)! Yes, on Monday, September 3 we will reconvene on the front lawn of the COF for a free potluck picnic (4:30pm), live music (5pm) and a beer garden à la La (made you sing) Lagunitas Brewing Co! Have you seen Quijeremá? Ash Reiter? This Read More
the work of volunteers
Last year’s first show at the Conservatory of Flowers was a new dream. We were a new board, having received our nonprofit status only two months before. We’d already done 19 shows, but that was different. It was the kind of dream that opens your eyes to a new world. What does it mean that Read More
these are the days my friends
at exactly 6:30 philip morris we will open the doors to the san francisco conservatory of flowers where if you would like you may have your photo taken (your photo taken) by ian tuttle so that you may cherish yourself looking good in supernatural surroundings as though these were the days and perhaps they truly Read More