Archive for November, 2008|Monthly archive page
From comma splices to the spirit world, alumni share their expertise
Alumna Janis Bell discusses her new book, “Clean, Well-Lighted Sentences: A Guide to Avoiding the Most Common Errors in Grammar and Punctuation” (W.W. Norton, ’08), Wed., Nov. 19, 7 p.m. at BookShop, West Portal, 80 West Portal Avenue, San Francisco. For other readings, visit: http://janisbell.com
Alumna Erin Kate Whitcomb has been cast to play Dame Edna’s daughter Valmai in “Dame Edna: Live and Intimate in her First Last Tour.” Whitcomb has a singing/dancing solo in the show previewing Thurs., Nov. 20 and running the following Sunday through Jan. 4 at the Post Street Theatre, 450 Post St., San Francisco. $55-$100.
For tickets, call 415/ 771-6900 or visit www.ticketmaster.com
Join the executive producer of “The Ghost Whisperer,” alumnus James Van Praagh, for a “spirited conversation” Sat., Nov. 22., 8 p.m. at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno. As this Sacramento Bee article reveals, Van Praagh, “a survival evidence medium,” was the inspiration for Haley Joel Osment’s character in “The Sixth Sense.”
Alumnus Ben Fong-Torres, in his latest Radio Waves column in The San Francisco Chronicle, mentioned that “Quincy Jones is coming to town Dec. 16 for the City Arts & Lecture series at the Herbst Theatre. I’m writing a book about Jones and will quiz him onstage about Michael Jackson, Oprah Winfrey, ‘We Are the World,’ his role in the Opening Ceremonies for the Beijing Olympics and more.”
For more information, visit www.cityarts.net
Congratulations to newly named poet laureate of California
This just in: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today appointed SF State alumna Carol Muske-Dukes California’s poet laureate.
Read more here: http://thecalifornian.com/article/20081113/NEWS01/81113018/1002
