“I Love You… Not!” open mic

That’s right friends. It’s that time of the year again. Lovers may know it as Valentine’s Day, while the more cynical folk refer to it as Singles’ Awareness Day a.k.a. SAD. Whichever your preference, our annual open mic to celebrate the Hallmark holiday is next Wednesday, February 13th at 7pm in 126 Barrows Hall (UC Berkeley campus). Join {m}aganda and other lovers and haters as we partake in a mind orgy of words, music, and maybe even dancing (if that one dance breaker comes from last year, that would be awesome).

Also, remember to dress in your Sunday best (or clubby best) because we may have a schmancy PHOTO BOOTH this year prior to the open mic. If you’re a hopeless romantic, odds are you may meet your soulmate at the open mic so you should be looking good anyway (as we’re sure you always do).

 

1st Annual Activism Right There Festival

Thanks to over thirty different UC Berkeley student and Bay Area organizations and their amazing capacity to organize a week-long series of events within a month (and over the winter break… wow, right?), UC Berkeley is host to the first ever annual Activism Right There Festival. The festival kicks off at 7pm in Naia Gelateria Lounge (Lower Sproul, UC Berkeley campus) tonight with an Open Mic on Gender and Sexuality, hosted by CalSlam and The Vagina Monologues. And if you can’t make it tonight, fear not! You have the opportunity on Wednesday, and Thursday, and Friday to check it out.

And Friday night in Zellerbach should be especially awesome, as it will feature a panel of well-known activists speaking on student activism at UC Berkeley, including: author of Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, Jeff Chang and Bettina Aptheker of the Free Speech Movement.  Following the panel will be a concert with such performers as world reknown spoken word group iLL-Literacy (that’s right, they came to our theme unveiling) and Bay Area hip-hop legends Zion I.

And the best part of this festival? Free Fun!!!

If you’re in the area and have some extra time on your hands this week, we command you to go!

 

This Just In: Barbara Jane Reyes to Perform at Fall Reception!

Above: {m} alumni Aims rockin’ the MC spotlight.

It’s not too late to show your stuff at Maganda’s Fall Reception this Saturday the 17th from 2-5pm in Naia Lounge (on the UC Berkeley Campus)!

Last school year’s Spring Reception was a relaxed, intimate, and vibrant celebration thanks to the genuine warmth of everyone present–whether they were up on stage, showing their artwork, running the show, or chilling on Gelateria Naia’s comfy white leather sofas with a caffe affogato. We love you, Naia.

Anyway, our featured performer for Saturday was just confirmed:

poeta Barbara Jane Reyes will be joining us, along with a great lineup of student performers. You may just be one of them. Woo!

Hope to see you there.

 

{m}20 End-of-Year Reception

You are invited to the 1st {m}aganda

End-of-the-Year Reception

for

{m}aganda issue 20: our activisms
Saturday, November 17, 2-5pm
@ Naia Lounge (Lower Sproul, UCB Campus)

… MUSIC … ART … POETRY … PERFORMANCES

… RAFFLES … GELATO … AND OPEN MIC!

Please join {m}aganda magazine and friends for a final celebration of the work and efforts of contributors, artists, and staff that put together the momentous 20th issue of maganda: our activisms, published in spring 2007.

Enjoy an an afternoon of performances, art displays, raffle prizes, and gelato in an appreciation of all 20 issues of maganda, their contributors, the artists that have transformed the world of pilipino/american literary arts in the last 18 years through and with maganda, and all the staffs that have made maganda possible!

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open gallery/artist dialogue

On October 25th, 2007, Maganda Magazine hosted an art gallery and artists’ dialogue in 100 Wheeler Hall. The event featured a discussion with acclaimed social documentary photographer, Rick Rocamora–who has photographed Filipino World War II Veterans, Muslims in America, and imprisoned children in the Philippines. Oakland painter Mari Rose Taruc was also present to discuss her work and the nature of art. Both effectively work for social justice in different mediums, and the stories they shared were intriguing and inspirational.

Maganda would like to thank everyone who contributed their work to the beautiful event; it was a genuinely exciting opportunity for any artist and social justice advocate. Creative Director Christine P. talks about her experience:

Art can bring people together (if only for three hours), and it can connect them for even longer. I was inspired and touched by what I saw last night, by the art itself and by the community effort to bring art and artists together.

Rick Rocamora’s work was especially moving (I seriously almost cried) because it really hit home for me– his photographs made me think of my dad, my grandpa, my relatives still living in the Philippines, the kids who I just wanted to hold in my arms, and all the people that I want to help, but just don’t know how to help. He made my heart ache. And that’s a good thing, because I needed to be reminded of all those things I felt.

-cp

 

Lecture by South African Photographer Pieter Hugo

What’s good world!?

So here’s the deal, I got a heads up on a lecture coming to the San Francisco Art Institute, part of the Aperture West Collaborative Lecture Series. South African photographer, Pieter Hugo, will be heading this lecture, sharing his photography of his country and its subcultures as featured on the cover of Aperture Magazine.

So here’s the skinny…

PIETER HUGO

Aperture West Collaborative Lecture Series

South African acclaimed artist Pieter Hugo will discuss his work on his country’s society including judges, entertainers, workers and albinos. His striking portraits question the art of portraiture today. He will share the underlying meaning of his thought-provoking and controversial images of South Africa and its subcultures.

Pieter Hugo has recently gained international recognition. He has been named the Standard Bank Young Artist for 2007 and he won the first prize in the portraits section of the 2006 World Press Photo competition. Featured in the Spring 2007 issue of Aperture magazine and in Colors, this young photographer has established himself as one of the best portraitists at work today.

WHEN AND WHERE :

Friday, November 2
7:30 p.m.

PhotoAlliance

San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall

800 Chestnut Street

San Francisco, California

(415) 781-8111
www.photoalliance.org

Fee: 10$; free to students and Aperture subscribers
Media contact: Yseult Chehata, Aperture Foundation 212-946-7108; ychehata@aperture.org

Personally, I’m trying to go to the lecture. I think it would be cool to check out, not only as a photographer, but as someone who just appriciates art. If you are trying to come with, shoot me an email at justgonzaga@gmail.com

Taking pictures with his new 40D,
Justin

 

Last Week: {m} Decal’s Graffiti Workshop

Last Wednesday was the Maganda decal’s first hands-on arts workshop of the semester, where everyone had a chance to claim their name whilst trying not to fill their lungs with too many paint fumes. For those of you who don’t know what a decal is–it’s “Democratic Education At Cal”–a class taught by students. (More specifically: Tricia, Christine, Elaine, Cristal, Paul, and Keith.) The panels will hopefully be displayed at Maganda’s next gallery event, which will also be featuring an Artists’ Dialogue with acclaimed photographer Rick Rocamora. More details on the event here.

Special thanks to guest speaker and tagger extraordinaire, Aaron Nebres, for his tips on bombing buses, and the wooden panels that were all over Lower Sproul Plaza last Wednesday.

Tonight’s class will take place from 6-8pm in 40 Wheeler and will cover the Art of Photography (special guest- our very own Justin Gonzaga!)…see you there.

more pictures from the event here.