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Creative Writing Workshop Series
Stories from Where We’re From and Who We Are
MCC Lounge
This is a workshop about our diverse backgrounds and neighborhoods, about place both physically and psychically. The sense of alienation, of belonging, of community and culture. Writing in poetry or prose, writers explore through prompts and exercises their sense of location, geography and community. Facilitated by Jervey Tervalon.
Register for this workshop online: bit.ly/mccworkshop_stories
Jervey Tervalon teaches at the UCSB College of Creative Studies' Literature and Writing program. He also is the Director of 'Literature for Life,' literary magazine and educational advocacy organization.
Cup of Culture
KTOWN Cowboys
MCC Theater
Based on the wildly successful web-series of the same name, KTOWN COWBOYS is a bro-mantic dramedy that follows a group of ball-busting, hard-partying friends wrestling with their evolution into adulthood. As their individual struggles come to light, the group of friends band together in Koreatown and through late nights at seedy after-hour soju bars, karaoke, drinking, girls and even a stint in jail, each emerges as a better version of himself. Live Q&A with the filmmaker and the cast to follow the screening. (English, 2016, 81 min)
Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIzBxl1J_Uw
The MCC in IV
An Evening of Self Expression
IV Coffee Collaborative, 6560 Pardall Rd, Goleta, CA 93117
The MCC hosts an open mic for anyone to artistically express themselves through all creative outlets including music, poetry, spoken word, and dance while educating others on current issues affecting students of color, women, and all marginalized groups. This quarter’s MC is Sarah Toutant, 2016 Berkeley Champion for the Women of the World Poetry Slam.
Social Justice Workshop Series
Poetic Bodies
MCC Theater
This workshop uses poetry writing, performance, and our personal narratives to explore how we are connected to larger political, historical, social, and economic systems. In this way, attendees will leave with a richer appreciation for poetry and performance, as well as sharpen their creative and critical skills. Facilitated by Javon Johnson.Javon Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Performance and Communication Studies at San Francisco State University, and currently finishing two books: Killing Poetry: Blackness and the Making of Slam and Spoken Word Communities (Rutgers University Press, July 2017) and Towards and End to Chiraq: A Literary Mixtape (Northwestern University Press, Fall 2017)
