2021 EVENTS | writenowsf

Dec 17, Talking to Strangers, live at Medicine for Nightmares bookstore, featuring Tony Aldarondo, Dawn Angelicca Barcelona Dondi Dancy, Karin Turner, Sabina Khan-Ibarra, Shizue Seigel, André Le Monte Wilson, and Leslie Yee-Murata, with special guests Josiah Luis Aldrerete, Tureeda Mikell, Kim Shuck, and Kimi Sugioka.

Nov 14, 4pm, Essential Truths: the Bay Area in Color, virtual readings and discussion, Alta Mesa Center for the Arts, Orinda Community Church. Hosted by Mary Volmer and featuring Joyce E Young, Vickie Ya-Rong Chong, Max Leung, SriDevi Ramanathan, Shizue Seigel and Tehmina Khan. Free.
Oct 23, 6:30-7:30 pm. ESSENTIAL TRUTHS AT LIT CRAWL, live at Manny's, 3092 16th St at Valencia) Free. Readings from Essential Truths: The Bay Area in Color, edited by Shizue Seigel, with Mirah V. Lucas, Malcolm Williams, Rocio Evans, and Sabina Khan-Ibarra.
Oct 20, 5-6:30 pm, "Express Yourself: Living the Creative Life," Shizue Seigel at Real Talk, hosted by the National Health Association of San Francisco

Workshop series: The Elephant in the Room: Getting REAL About Race, Creative writing workshops for BIPOC and white writers, with Kim Shuck and Shizue Seigel. Three Tuesdays , Sept 7, 14, 21, 6-8pm, virtually hosted by the Green Arcade. Three creative writing workshops to explore the impact of racism on all of uds. Generate poetry and prose through discussion, prompts, free-writes and shares). Sliding scale $10-25.

WORKSHOP: The Hatchery - Nurturing Creative Writers of Color, 2nd Mondays, 6-8pm, year-long series hosted by the San Francisco Public Library. Aug 10: https://sfpl.org/events/2021/08/10/workshop-hatchery-nurturing-creative-writers-color
WORKSHOP: Write Now! Creative Writing Workshops, 3rd Saturdays, 2-5 pm Register for Aug 21: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/write-now-sf-bay-third-saturdays-bipoc-creative-writing-workshop-tickets-165760593397?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
Thurs, July 29, 7 pm, Literary Speakeasy curated by James J. Siegel, Martuni's, 4 Valenica St. Scott Bird, Shizue Seigel, K.R. Morrison, and James J. Siegel.

July 22, 7-9 pm: Essential Truths: The Bay Area in Color, East Bay Book Launch, hosted by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. View on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEUPJjf2oSc

June 30, 7-9 pm: Essential Truths: The Bay Area in Color, San Francisco Book Launch, hosted by the San Francisco Public Library. view on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXc2Z7SxAzQ
May 30, Readings from "Lunchbox Moments" zine, Shizue Seigel, participating reader
May 19, (Her)oics: Women’s Lived Experience of the Pandemic, Asian American Experience in the Pandemic, Shizue Seigel, participating reader
March 25, Shizue Seigel. Q & A, Mental Health in the Face of Racism, Literature and Psychology classes, Lowell High School
March 13, (Her)oics: Women’s Lived Experience of the Coronavirus Pandemic, West Coast Book Launch Celebration, hosted by Book Passage, Shizue Seigel, participating reader