THIS WEEK AT ARC
Chapbook Launch
Wednesday, April 17 at 5pm
Join ARC in celebrating the first chapbook publications of Poetry & the Senses Fellows Marisa Lin and Cianga. Each poet will read for 25 minutes, followed by a book signing. Free & open to the public.
The Loft Hour
Thursday, April 18 at 12pm
The April Loft Hour program features Cathy Park Hong (English) and Timmia DeRoy (TDPS) in conversation with Abigail De Kosnik (TDPS) at the Arts Research Center. Free & open to the public.
This Month at ARC
Ocean Vuong: Reading
Friday, April 5, 2024
5pm| BAMPFA
Sponsored by Townsend Center and co-sponsored by ARC
Diné Nishłį
(i am a sacred being) or,
A Boarding School Play
by Blossom Johnson
APRIL 10 – 13TH, 2024
STAGED READINGS
Wed April 10th – 7pm
Fri April 12th – 7pm
Sat April 13th – 2pm
READING & TALKBACK (free)
Thurs April 11th
2pm Staged Reading
3:30pm Talk-back with Playwright Blossom Johnson & Director Daniel Leeman Smith
The Loft Hour:
Cathy Park Hong + Timmia Hearn DeRoy
in conversation with Abigail De Kosnik
Thurs, April 18, 2024
12 – 1pm
Hearst Field Annex D23
Spring 2024 Events
Feb 15–17 – Reclamation Poetry Gathering
Feb 21 – Mother Language Day
Feb 22 – The Loft Hour: Solmaz Sharif + Darian Longmire
Mar 7 – Esther Belin: Lunch Poems Reading + Craft Talk
Mar 21 – The Loft Hour: Iggy Cortez + Juan David Rubio Restrepo
Apr 5 – Ocean Vuong Reading (co-sponsored by ARC)
Apr 8 to 12––Diné Nishłį (I am a Sacred Being): A Boarding School Play by Blossom Johnson
April 17––Book Launch: Marisa Lin + Cianga
Chapbook Launch & Poetry Reading, featuring Marisa Lin and Cianga
Thurs April 17 at 5pm
Join the ARC in celebrating the first chapbook publications of Poetry & the Senses Fellows Marisa Lin and Cianga. Each poet will read for 25 minutes, followed by a book signing. Free & open to the public.
Note from the Director
Spring term is here, and with it comes another semester of learning, growing, and working together. I’m happy to share the full slate of events at the ARC, which includes a major culminating event: the Reclamation Poetry Gathering in February; and an inaugural event: the Indigenous Performing Arts Residency in April, featuring four staged reading of Diné Nishłį (I am a Sacred Being): A Boarding School Play, by Blossom Johnson. The new Indigenous Performing Arts Residency is co-created and co-sponsored with our partners in Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, and the community theater organization, AlterTheater. We are also looking forward to our ongoing collaborations with Lunch Poems, featuring Esther Belin in March; and with the Townsend Center, co-sponsoring Ocean Vuong in April. Our signature series, The Loft Hour, continues with new faculty conversations over lunch in February, March, and April. The Indigenous Poetics Lab will perform for Mother Language Day in February, keep an eye on our Instagram for poetry prompts to celebrate National Poetry Month in April, and much more!
Beth Piatote
Director, Arts Research Center
We proudly co-sponsored these events in 2023/2024!
This fall, we co-sponsor events with the:
Berkeley Center for Latin American Studies
Berkeley Theater, Dance and Performance Studies
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Culture
Dean’s Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities
Engaging the Senses Foundation
Townsend Center for Humanities
Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study
