January 25, 2007
Grotto Nights Returns
Mark your calendar: Grotto Nights--the reading series produced by the office co-op where I work--are back:
"Driving Obssession
Grotto Nights is back and it's furious, fast, and free. Join us for a night of reportage, science, and art in the form of a subversive Valentine to our cars.
When: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5 at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 -- seats available on a first come first served basis -- early arrival is highly recommended). After the event there will be a party for audience and performers.
Where: MEZZANINE (444 Jessie Street@ Mint, San Francisco 94103) -- No-Host Bar/21+.
Fee: Unlike gasoline, it's FREE!!
DRIVING OBSESSION is a fond, provocative look at our obsession with cars and driving, and how it's changing the world.
THE PROGRAM:
Bucky Sinister reads his show-stopping poem on NASCAR.
Lisa Margonelli reads about the unexpected perils of cheap gasoline from her new book Oil On the Brain: Adventures from Pump to Pipeline.
Dr. Graham Fleming of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory explains how he and others are using synthetic biology to create fuels for the future.
Dan Hoyle does a scene from his hit one-man show now playing at the Marsh--Tings Dey Happen-- based on the year he spent studying oil and politics in Nigeria on a Fulbright scholarship.
Baghdad taxi driver/art student Mounaf Shaker's documentary film Omar Is My Friend shows his search for gasoline, a living, and hope in today's Iraq.
Andy Raskin tells a first person story about driving, dating, and the genetic component of parking.
The musical group The Loins (featuring writer Beth Lisick) does a surprise performance of an car-based piece of literature.
JD Beltran shows two short films about love, obsession, and cars from her "Secrets" series.
Ben Baumgartner shows his latest body of NASCAR-themed art.
Matt Jalbert shows his photographs of crashed and abandoned cars."
See you there.
Posted by Rachel at January 25, 2007 03:45 PM
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