Rolling With The Punches
Rolling Writers' Take On Resilience
at Lit Crawl
October 20, 2018
Topdrawer, Valencia St., San Francisco
Clockwise from left: Clyde Always, Sean Craven,
Jon Sindell, Deborah Steinberg, Michael Crabtree
R-Dub Love
July 28, 2018
Pictures to come
RW Mash-up Oakland
A montage of some of our most memorable moments
February 13, 2018
Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland
RW Mash-up SF
A montage of some of our most memorable moments
January 27, 2018
Rolling Out Café, San Francisco
Bottom, from left: Amos White, Michael Crabtree, Steven Kacsmar
Top: Roy Mash, Tony Press, Deborah Steinberg, LJ Moore-McClelland
R-Dub Shakes
With a hey and a ho and a hey nonny YES
November 11, 2017
Rolling Out Café, San Francisco
Bottom from left: Daniel "Peter Quince" Ari, Jon "Sir Rodney Of Dangerfields" Sindell,
Minstrel Michael Crabtree, William "Jack Of All Trades" Taylor, Jr.,
Ruth "Dolabella" Crossman, Cybelle "Mythological Woman" Zufolo.
Top: Teri "Portia" Kline, Colleen "Willow Singer" McKee, Sandra "Prospero" Wassilie,
Laura "Cleo" Zink, Carina "Sigh No More" Mifuel, Roy "Marc Antony" Mash
Rolling Writers' Take On Resilience
at Lit Crawl
October 20, 2018
Topdrawer, Valencia St., San Francisco
Clockwise from left: Clyde Always, Sean Craven,
Jon Sindell, Deborah Steinberg, Michael Crabtree
R-Dub Love
July 28, 2018
Pictures to come
RW Rolling In The Aisles
A night of original literary humor
May 26, 2018
pictures to come
RW Mash-up Oakland
A montage of some of our most memorable moments
February 13, 2018
Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland
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| Front from left: Jon Sindell, Jacqueline Doyle, Colleen McKee, Steven Kacsmar Rear: Paul Corman-Roberts, Andrew Sano, Alexandra Kostoulas, Peter Bullen, Sarah Kobrinsky, Sean Craven   |
RW Mash-up SF
A montage of some of our most memorable moments
January 27, 2018
Rolling Out Café, San Francisco
Bottom, from left: Amos White, Michael Crabtree, Steven Kacsmar
Top: Roy Mash, Tony Press, Deborah Steinberg, LJ Moore-McClelland
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| Leonid Klets |
R-Dub Shakes
With a hey and a ho and a hey nonny YES
November 11, 2017
Rolling Out Café, San Francisco
Bottom from left: Daniel "Peter Quince" Ari, Jon "Sir Rodney Of Dangerfields" Sindell,
Minstrel Michael Crabtree, William "Jack Of All Trades" Taylor, Jr.,
Ruth "Dolabella" Crossman, Cybelle "Mythological Woman" Zufolo.
Top: Teri "Portia" Kline, Colleen "Willow Singer" McKee, Sandra "Prospero" Wassilie,
Laura "Cleo" Zink, Carina "Sigh No More" Mifuel, Roy "Marc Antony" Mash
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Colleen and Michael rehearse "Willow"  |
Rolling Writers' Parting The Veil
at Litcrawl, San Francisco
October 14, 2017
Rolling Writers parted the veil dividing image from reality, clarity from confusion,
life from death, dreaming from wakefulness, person from person, this from that.
LJ Moore, Genanne Walsh, Jon Sindell, Michael Crabtree, Peter Bullen, Stephen D. Gutierrez
RW Rolling Through The Ages
at Beast Crawl
September 2, 2017
The Hatch, Oakland
The Ages
Childhood: Colleen McKee
Teen: Sandra Wassilie
Young Adult: Mindela Ruby
Middle Age: Rebecca Foust
Late Middle Age: Roy Mash
Old Age: Jon Sindell
R-Dub Death
June 24, 2017
Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland
Top from left: Cassandra Dallet, Roy Mash, Sandra Wassilie, Lucille Lang Day, Laura Zink
Bottom: Michael Crabtree, Norma Smith, Susannah Clare Carlson with Nevermore, Steven Kacsmar
Let's Jew It!
April 15, 2017
Top from left: Benjamin Wachs, Michael Crabtree, Susan Cohen,
Michael Alenyikov,Richard May; Bottom: Diane Frank, Cara Yean (our Fiddler in the Loft),
Colleen McKee, Lenore Weiss
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February 4, 2017
Writers Not Writing
Local Lit-Lights Shared Other Talents
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| Ruth Crossman and Colleen McKee sang honky tonk |
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| Lisa Martinovic sang her original song "Rattlesnake Dancer" backed by Michael Crabtree |
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| Jon Sindell played Shylock to Paul Corman-Roberts' Antonio |
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| Youssef Alaoui sang with Paul on drums |
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| Sandra Wassilie played Emilia to Colleen McKee's Desdemona |
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| Jamey Genna as Lady Macbeth |
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| Deborah Steinberg sang backed by Amy Shelf |
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| "Stand By Me" ~ Finale |
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January 14, 2017
R-Dub REAL
A Moth-style evening of revelatory memoir without notes
Top, from left: Sean Craven, Paul Kimball, John Blatchford, Bradley Patterson
Middle: Christina Ingenito, Michael Crabtree, Tania Martin
Bottom: Jon Sindell
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| Sean Craven (photo by Kenneth Finberg) |
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| Michael Crabtree (photo by Kenneth Finberg) |
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| Tania Martin (photo by Kenneth Finberg) |
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| Wax Moon: John Blatchford, Paul Kimball (photo by Kenneth Finberg) |
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| Bradley Patterson (photo by Kenneth Finberg) |
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November 4, 2016
Bay Crossing
Doubles
Pairs of Performers Swapped Artistic Souls
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| Top from left: Amos White, Michael Crabtree, Andrew Sano, Lynn Mundell, Jacqueline Doyle Bottom: Apollo Papafrangou, Colleen McKee, Robert Thomas |
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September 10, 2016Doubles
Pairs of Performers Swapped Artistic Souls
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| Top row from left: Heather Bourbeau, Peter Bullen, James Warner, Anne Raeff, Lori Ostlund, Terry Lucas Bottom row: Maw Shein Win, Michael Crabtree, Steven Kacsmar, Rebecca Foust |
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| Rebecca Foust reads Terry Lucas |
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| Steven Kacsmar helps Michael Crabtree cover Steven's song |
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| Heather Bourbeau voices Maw Shein Win |
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| Anne Raeff reads Lori Ostlund |
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| As James Warner reads Peter Bullen (below) |
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| James Warner reads Peter Bullen |
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R-Dub Love
July 30, 2016
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| Top row from left: Roy Mash, Sarah Paris, Michael Crabtree, Richard Levine, Laura Zink, Jon Sindell Bottom row: Kathleen McClung, Lucille Lang Day, Ellisa Sun, Colleen McKee |
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Rolling Writers Crossing Over: Presented by Beast Crawl
July 16, 2016
We crossed the Bay to visit other realms of mind, spirit, body
Top row, from left: Jon Sindell, Candy Shue, Sandra Wassilie, James Warner
Bottom, from left: Jacqueline Doyle, Kara Vernor, Lynn Mundell
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| James Warner |
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| Candy Shue |
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June 8, 2016
RW Bay Crossing
Our first-ever roadie, an all-East Bay showcase at the Octopus Literary Salon in Oakland
Back row, from left: Stephen D. Gutierrez, Lisa Martinovic, Sarah Kobrinsky,
Peter Bullen, Hollie Hardy, SB Stokes
Front row: Michael Crabtree, Sharon Coleman,
Maw Shein Win, Sandra Wassilie
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| Maw Shein Win |
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| SB Stokes |
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| Peter Bullen, mulling ankles |
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| Sarah Kobrinsky |
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April 16, 2016
Rolling Writers Doubles Two
Writers and musicians swapped artistic souls
Our soul–swapping artists ...
Top, from left: Michael Crabtree & Nancy Hall. Olga Zilberbourg (partner Peg Alford Pursell not pictured). Richard May & Andrew Demcak.
Bottom: Stephen D. Gutierrez & Jaqueline Doyle. Fred Dodsworth & Indiana Pehlivanova (subbing for John Panzer)
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| Stephen D. Gutierrez reads Jacqueline Doyle |
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| Andrew Demcak reads Richard May |
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| Nancy Hall interprets a Michael Crabtree song |
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March 19, 2016
Rolling Writers Animal
Exemplary homo sapiens explored our shared world
Front row, from left: Diane Frank, Sandra Wassilie, Prartho Sereno
Back, from left: Paul Corman–Roberts, John Panzer, LJ Moore, Michael Crabtree
In absentia: Hugh Behm–Steinberg (read by Paul), William Taylor Jr. (read by John)
Photo courtesy of Sean McClelland
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| LJ Moore reading "St. Frank of Arizmendi" |
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January 23, 2015
Rolling Writers Bay Area
A kaleidoscope of Bay Area impressions
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| Bottom row, from left: Michael Crabtree, Rebecca Foust Amos White, Jon Sindell Top row, from left: Robert Thomas, Fred Dodsworth Evelyn Posamentier, Tauno Hagelberg, Nancy Davenport |
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Past Events
November 14, 2015
Rolling Writers Doubles
Writers and songwriters performed each other's work
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| Top picture, from left: Steven Kacsmar & Michael Crabtree ... Andrew O. Dugas & Peter Bullen ... Deborah Steinberg & Jon Sindell ... Emily Kiernan & Candy Shue ... Colleen McKee & William Taylor Jr. |
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| Candy Shue channeling Emily Kiernan |
October 24, 2015
Young Adult
Wild passion, confusion, energy, hope ...
the luxurious sense of unlimited time ...
the growing terror of time closing in.
Alexandra Kostoulas Elise Hunter Mindela Ruby
LJ Moore Colleen McKee Robin Bullard
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October 17, 2015
Rolling in on the Fog
at Litcrawl
Colleen McKee, Jon Sindell, Michael Crabtree
super image by Sean Gabriel
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September 19, 2015
RW Bay Area
A literary Bay Area mindscape
From left: Amos White, Sharon Coleman, Michael Crabtree, Sarah Kobrinsky
Diane Frank, Erik Ievins, Tony Press, Emily Kiernan
Steven Gray, Hollie Hardy (black top), Maw Shein Win
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| Hollie Hardy, Oakland lit |
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| Sharon Coleman, poetry of San Mateo |
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| Michael Crabtree, SF music |
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August 8, 2015
RW Teen
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| Top: Paul Corman-Roberts, Andrew O. Dugas, Jill Kolongowski, Jeff Von Ward, Sandra Wassilie Bottom: Michael Crabtree, Jacqueline Doyle, Lucille Lang Day
“Never again would I be so alone, so ravenous, so filled with rapture.”
From "Early Spring Rainstorm" by Jacqueline Doyle.
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July 13, 2015
RW Baseball Blast
Our lineup (man, there's no way to recreate the fun we had on a webpage) ...
Rafa "OK" Corral of Gaviotas and the Marty Lurie Show, first bass, man
Michael "Krazy" Crabtree, s(w)inger–song–righter ("Let Timmy Smoke")
Ken "Duff Man" Duffy, baseball bard
Beth "Babe" Elliott, righter
Frannie "Frenchie" Germeshausen, time–traveling s(w)inger
Steven "The Phantom" Kacsmar of Phantom City, s(w)inger–song–righter
Jim "Emperor" Norton, s(w)inger/song–righter
John "Tank" Panzer, righter
Brad "Pal" Paterson, righter
Tom "Brass Knucker" Pitts, righter (Knuckleball)
Jon "Da Mon" Sindell, s(w)inger and righter (The Mighty Roman Baseball Blast)
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June 20, 2015
RW Childhood
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Bottom, from left: Frances Lefkowitz, Peter
Bullen, Steven Kacsmar
Middle: Michael Crabtree, Peg Alford Pursell,
Candy Shue,
Charles Kruger, Jon Sindell
Back: Kristina Ten, Olga Zilberbourg
Photo by Ken Finberg
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May 23, 2015
RW Landscapes: California
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| Bottom row: Peter Greenwood, Jannie Dresser Middle: Stephen D. Gutierrez, Peggy Morrison, Michelle Cruz Gonzales, Juli C. Lasselle, Michael Crabtree, Spirit Of Steinbeck Top: William Taylor, Jr., Kristi Moos |
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| Kristi Moos, Big Sur plus; photo by Ken Finberg |
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| William Taylor, Jr., Bakersfield |
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| Michael Crabtree I–5 |
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| Jannie Dresser, Fresno |
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| Stephen D. Gutierrez, City Of Commerce |
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| Peggy Morrison, various natural settings |
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| Juli C. Lasselle, Sacramento Valley |
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| Spirit of Steinbeck, "The Harvest Gypsies"; photo by Ken Finberg Fair Food Program link here |
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| Peter Greenwood & Peggy Morrison, songs of the Californios |
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| Michelle Cruz Gonzales, Tuolumne |
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| Jon Sindell, Peter Greenwood, Peggy Morrison: "De Colores" |
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April 18, 2015
RW Queer–Nami
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| Run Yang Liu, Jon, Gennane Walsh, Michael Crabtree, Colleen McKee Vincent Meis, Blythe Baldwin, Andrew Demcak, Rick May, Michael Alenyikov |
more at ...
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| Run Yang Liu plays Tchaicovsky |
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| Blythe Baldwin |
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| Vincent Meis |
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| Michael Alenyikov |
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| Rick May |
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| Genanne Walsh |
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| Michael Crabtree |
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| Colleen McKee |
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| Andrew Demcak |
RW Landscapes: California
March 14, 2015
Rolling Writers: California, third in our Landscapes series. With literature evoking Orange County by Sarah Carpenter, Los Angeles by Courtney Moreno, the Sierra Nevadas by John Muir, Bakersfield by William Taylor Jr. , and Los Angeles by Townsend Walker. California Music by Michael Crabtree and others.
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| Townsend Walker (L.A.), Courtney Moreno (L.A.), Michael Crabtree (pan–Cali), William Taylor, Jr. (Bakersfield), Juli C. Lasselle (Sacramento Valley), Sarah Carpenter (Orange County), John Muir's Ghost (Sierra foothills) |
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| Juli C. Lasselle with lit of the Sacramento Valley |
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| William Taylor, Jr. ... Bakersfield |
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| Michael Crabtree, original Cali music |
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| Sarah Carpenter repping Orange County |
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| The Ghost of John Muir reading from My First Summer in the Sierras < free public domain copy |
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RW Landscapes Two
January 24, 2015
Literature of (from west to east): Oregon (Emily Kiernan), Nicaragua (Shane Alejandro Bendaña), Chicago (Matt Pine), Trinidad (Maisha Z. Johnson), France (Deborah Steinberg), Iran (Siamak Vossoughi)
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| Deborah Steinberg, lit of France |
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| Deborah Steinberg, French music |
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| Emily Kiernan, Oregonian excerpt from The Great Divide |
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| Maisha Z. Johnson, Trinidadian lit The story she read is in this anthology. |
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| Matt Pine, Chicago |
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| Michael Crabtree and Jon Sindell, "Sweet Home Chicago" |
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| Shane Alejandro Bendaña con un cuento nicaragüense. Shane's world debut! |
RW Landscapes
September 20, 2014
Literature of (from west to east): Salt Lake City (Jeff Von Ward), St. Louis (Colleen McKee), Brazil (Tiffany Higgins), London (James Warner), Russia (Olga Zilberbourgh), China (Li Miao Lovett)
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| Run Yang Liu, Michael Crabtree |
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| Colleen McKee |
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| James Warner |
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| Li Miao Lovett |
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| Run Yang Liu, Sarah Carpenter |
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| Leonid Klets, baritione, singing "San Franciskye Vechira" (modification of "Moscow Nights") |
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| Olga Zilberbourg |
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| Jeff Von Ward |
More at Facebook page
Rolling Writers Church of Baseball Revival Meeting
July 14, 2014
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| Sister Frannie Germeshausen with Brother James Langdell |
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| Sister Beth Elliot testifies |
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| Brother Rafa Corral of Las Gaviotas with Brother Michael Crabtree |
May 17, 2014
Flood Flood Three: The Deluge
Ten writers flooded the place with flash
From left: Andrew O. Dugas, Ethel Rohan, Grant Faulkner, Paul Corman–Roberts, singer–songwriter Nancy Hall, Lauren Traetto, Doug Bond, Meg Pokrass, Tony Press, singer–songwriter Michael Crabtree.
Facebook event page
Facebook event page
Flash Flood Two
February 1, 2014
Violinist Tom Sollinger, Paul Corman–Roberts, Lauren Traetto, Lauren Becker,
Meg Pokrass, Doug Bond, singer–songwriter Michael Crabtree
More at Facebook event page
November 9, 2013
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Five Flash Fictionistas blazed through the night
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| Tom Sollinger, Steven Kacsmar, Michael Crabtree |
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| Mackenzie Rohan |
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Moby Chicks
August 24, 2013
Two great mer–writers ...
Traci Chee, author of Consonant Sounds For Fish Songs
Caitlin Myer, author & founder of The Portuguese Artists’ Colony
headlined a seaworthy evening of nautical lit ...
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| Tony Press |
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| Caitlin |
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| Traci |
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| Michael Crabtree (not a Niner) |
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| by Brandon Evans |
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| by Ruby Guerra |
Thank you, lubbers and old salts alike, for setting sail with us!
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Traci, Skipper Jon, Caitlin  |
Made it home with legs intact but minds blown clear out of the water!
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July 13, 2013
novelist Chris Bundy
read from his wonderful new novel—wonderful new novel—about a fallen American TV star in Japan,“Baby You’re A Rich Man.”
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| Bundy blowin' |
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| Steven Kacsmar of Phantom City |
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| Hair Net Boys: Chris and Bruno |
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| Bud Gundy on the scene |
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| Chris and Jon |
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| Orion's haiku augmented with flute |
(I can't bear to delete all of the promo copy, so) ... we had ...
Japanese snacks.
Live music.
Canned music.
Bruno’s amazing baked treats and entrées.
Lotsa literature.
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| Chris's book |
Domo arigato, all who came and performed!
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Rolling Writers with Tracy DeBrincat and Maggie O'Connell, June 29, 2013, was excellent! Had a high–energy crowd which was raptly attentive during the reading. A writer's dream!
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Tracy DeB bringing it!
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Trading places: Maggie with "Roman,"
Jon with "Buckaroo" |
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Jon blowing from The Mighty Roman with the story of "Coyote Cal," the
hardest working mascot in the Cal–Hairy League |
Lina Shustarovich and the Immigrant Experience, October, 2012
Poet George Korolog, September 2012 ...
Tony Press, August 2012 ...
Launch party, Jon Sindell's The Mighty Roman, June 2012 ...
And what a ride it's been. I love seeing the nights I've missed and re-living the ones I've been part of (as either a reader or a listener). This is a real history here.
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