Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Catherine Meng and James Shea

An evening spent with Catherine Meng and James Shea is one not to be missed, and I am glad I was there. Here are a few photos from the reading.




Catherine Meng




James Shea


The Meng and Shea crowd

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Summer Planning and more


Last night at Studio One was amazing, and some awesome audience members had the great idea of doing an outdoor reading this summer! We have a huge courtyard and big rolling lawns. No joke!

Speaking of summer, I'm putting together the readers now and will announce the final list next month! Some of the names to look forward to: Mike Young, Jane Miller & V.E. Grenier. And video from Jake Gillespie.

more to come...

Also, Studio One was in Oakland Magazine! There is a editorial on the ceramics classes and some details about the glass classes!

Sunday, March 8, 2009

A special off-night reading with Catherine Meng and James Shea

Hey, come check this out:
Friday March 20th



Catherine Meng has lived in the Bay Area for the past 8 years. She works at a restaurant in Oakland. Her publications include the chapbooks: 15 Poems in Sets of 5 (Anchorite Press), Dokument (Petrichord Press), Lost Notebook w/ Letters to Deer (Dusie Kollectiv), and a full length collection, Tonight’s the Night (Apostrophe Books). She also co-edits the journal Mrs. Maybe with Lauren Levin and Jared Stanley. She went deep-sea fishing once and caught a haddock.





James Shea is the author of Star in the Eye, winner of the 2008 Fence Modern Poets Series. His poems have appeared in various journals, including American Letters and Commentary, Boston Review, Mrs. Maybe, and Verse. He currently teaches at Columbia College Chicago and DePaul University.

730 pm -930pm
donations appreciated
door opens at 7
wine too

Friday, February 27, 2009

March 6th

See you there!



Jared Stanley was born in Arizona, grew up in the East Bay, and lives in the San Joaquin Valley. He's written a chapbook, The Outer Bay (Trafficker Press, 2008). His first full-length book, Book Made of Forest, will be published by Salt Publishing in April. With Lauren Levin and Catherine Meng, he edits the magazine Mrs. Maybe.


Joseph Massey was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, and has lived in Humboldt County, California for the last eight years. His chapbooks include Minima St. (Range: 2003), Eureka Slough (Effing Press: 2005), Bramble (Hot Whiskey: 2005), Property Line (Fewer & Further Press: 2006), November Graph (Longhouse: 2007), Within Hours (The Fault Line Press: 2008), and Out of Light (Kitchen Press: 2008). Another chapbook, The Lack Of, will be published this winter by Nasturtium Press. His first full-length collection, Areas of Fog, will be published by Shearsman Books in the spring of 2009. His work has also appeared in American Poet: The Journal of the Academy of American Poets, The Nation, Abraham Lincoln, and Northwest Review, among various other journals and magazines.


Thomas Busch, Atticus Culver-Reese, and Conor Allen have been collaborating on comedy skits for two years. These comedy projects are a part of an on going series that premieres on getoutofmydojo.com. The ‘Gullible’ skit is the latest in that series.


Donna de la Perrière is the author of True Crime (Talisman House, 2009) and the recipient of a 2009 Fund for Poetry award. Her work has appeared in Agni, Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly, Five Fingers Review, The New England Review and Bread Loaf Quarterly, New American Writing, Volt, and other journals. She teaches in the MFA and undergraduate creative writing programs at California College of the Arts and San Francisco State University, co-curates the Bay Area Poetry Marathon reading series, and lives near downtown Oakland with the poet Joseph Lease and the cat Little Sister.


365 45 st
wine starts at 7pm
out of the door around 930
your donations are appreciated

Friday, February 20, 2009

Upcoming events at Studio One

First Friday is on March 6th with Jared Stanley, Joseph Massey & Donna de la Perriere. Video that night from Getoutofmydojo.


And a special off-night reading on March 20th with Catherine Meng & James Shea

Saturday, February 7, 2009

A Few Pictures from the February 6th event


Lisa Gschwandtner


Paige Heimsoth & Michael Israel


Rick Meier





To see more pictures, check the Studio One Reading Series Facebook group.

Monday, February 2, 2009

This friday with Paige, Lisa and Rick!


thanks to jeff boozer for this awesome poster!