Upcoming: Events at The Make-Out Room http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/8603/ All events in The Make-Out Room on Upcoming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:35:06 -0700 Upcoming 60 en-us Nov 14, 2009: Writers With Drinks w/ Javier Grillo-Marxuach and S. Bear Bergman at The Make-Out Room
When: Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, 7:30 to 9:30 PM, doors open at 6:30, we swear!
Who: Javier Grillo-Marxuach, S. Bear Bergman, Mary Robinette Kowal, Naomi Quiñonez and Kat Richardson!
Where: The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St. between Mission and Valencia, San Francisco How Much: $3 to $5 sliding scale, all proceeds benefit the EL/LA Program Para Trans-Latinas

About the readers/performers:

Javier Grillo-Marxuach created The Middleman, a comic series that became a much-loved TV show on ABC Family. He also worked as a producer on the first two seasons of Lost, and has also written for Charmed, Seaquest: DSV, Medium, Jake 2.0, Boomtown and Dark Skies. He also wrote the Marvel Comics series Annihilation: Super Skrull.

S. Bear Bergman's latest book is The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You. Bergman also wrote Butch Is A Noun, and is co-editing the forthcoming anthology Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation, with Kate Bornstein. Bergman also wrote the "Day Of Remembrance" spoken-word piece which is frequently read at the Transgender Day Of Remembrance nationwide.

Mary Robinette Kowal's first novel, Shades Of Milk And Honey, comes out in 2010 from Tor, and a sequel called Glamour In Glass is also forthcoming. Her story "Evil Robot Monkey" was a Hugo finalist, and she won the Campbell Award for best new writer. Her story collection, Scenting The Dark And Other Stories, comes out soon.

Naomi Quiñonez's books of poetry include The Smoking Mirror and Sueno De Colibri: Hummingbird Dream. She also co-edited the anthology Invocation L.A.: Urban Multicultural Poetry.

Kat Richardson's novels include the Greywalker series, and her work appears in the anthologies Wolfsbane And Mistletoe and Mean Streets.

About Writers With Drinks:
Writers With Drinks has won "Best Literary Night" from the SF Bay Guardian readers' poll five years in a row and was named "Best Literary Drinking" by the SF Weekly. The spoken word "variety show" mixes genres to raise money for local worthy causes. The award-winning show includes poetry, stand-up comedy, science fiction, fantasy, romance, mystery, literary fiction, erotica, memoir, zines and blogs in a freewheeling format.

Hostess Charlie Jane Anders blogs about science fiction and futurism at io9.com. She's the author of the Lambda Award-winning Choir Boy (2005 Soft Skull Press) and the co-editor, with Annalee Newitz, of She's Such A Geek (Seal Press 2007). She also publishes other magazine. Follow her on Twitter as charliejane.
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Recorded at San Francisco’s Closer Studios in May 2009, this limited edition LP by the veteran, post-Soviet underground band Umka & Bro features striking new versions of 10 songs spanning two decades. Umka (Russian slang for ‘clever girl’) started writing songs in the 80’s. After making some early recordings she took a break to finish her Ph.D. in early Soviet avant-garde poetry. Umka’s cassettes spread widely, and upon returning to music, she found herself an instant and slightly bewildered celebrity. Her list of influences grew to include Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan and others. After releasing nearly 20 CDs (most of them DIY) with her band Bronevichok (Little Armored Car).

Mark Matos:
A brilliant flash of southwestern pop-psych shines off the bay with the release of "Words Of The Kife", the first slice from a group of San Francisco veterans who might be insulted if you call it a debut. Like the neighborhood the band calls home, "Words Of The Knife" is a record of hybrid bloodlines. Tucson flavored pop songs meld with the sun baked chords and beats of 70s tropicalia and sleepwalk through mirrored and smoky 1970s rock venues. Every genre that emerges here is shredded and combined for you by Mark Matos & Os Beaches.
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