“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).

 

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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{m}aganda 21 theme unveiling

DWINELLE HALL -

September 20th, 2007.

Many lovely people turned up for Maganda’s first event of the semester. The theme and Call for Submissions for m21 was revealed (more on that later). We raffled off some mags, good vibes bounced off the walls, and talented folks came out to show their stuff at the Open Mic.

Special thanks go out to our featured performers, who rocked the small-classroom energy and kept us pumped with their truth, their style, their beats- and free tickets to the London Underground (also known as BART):

Adriel Luis & Ruby V. of iLL-Literacy

Mesej 1 & Jason Bayani of Proletariet Bronze

Deep Foundation …all the way from Queens, N.Y.

We hope y’all come again next time.

Until then-

WE LOVE (our people)!

{m}

 

Maganda Magazine: 21

A big question you guys may be asking is…

“Uh…where is magandamagazine.org?”

Well. Since our official website is going to be down indefinitely, we will now be posting news and updates on our events from this lovely wordpress site (along with our myspace, of course).

So yes, we are alive.

Friend us. Read us.

This year’s maganda staff is significantly larger than in past years’, and we are more ambitious than ever with our 21st time publishing. The theme of our next issue will be unveiled shortly, as will our official Call for Submissions, so please stay tuned. Or better yet, come to our theme unveiling. It will take place right here on the Berkeley campus, this week, on September 20th @ 6pm in 246 Dwinelle.