Past Appearances

Selected 2008 Bay Area Appearances

PERVERTS PUT OUT

Saturday, January 5, 2008, 7:30 pm
CounterPULSE
1310 Mission Street, San Francisco
$10-15

With Charlie Anders, Gina de Vries, Trebor Healey, Carol Queen, Simon Sheppard, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, and more TBA.

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Tea Time at Modern Times
Tuesday, April 15 @ 7pm
Modern Times Bookstore
888 Valencia @ 20th Street
San Francisco, CA
415-282-9246

Join me, your host, for a discussion of Close to the Knives, by David Wojnarowicz, the first book I read where I finally saw a reflection of the radical queer outsider rage I felt combined with maybe a little bit of hope in a world of loss.

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STRIKE: Igniting the Fuse of Possibility
Thursday, May 1 -- Doors open 7 pm; performance begins 7:30 pm
1st Unitarian Church
Geary (near Franklin)
San Francisco, CA
Admission: $12.00 @ door
(no one turned down for lack of funds)

30 poets, performers, and fiction writers deliver 3-5 minute works exploring survival and resistance in an age of disaster capitalism

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***BOOK LAUNCH***

THAT’S REVOLTING!: Radical queer activism -- past, present, and future.

Thursday, June 5, 6pm
San Francisco Main Library
Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room (downstairs)
100 Larkin Street
(415) 557-4566
Co-sponsored by the National Queer Arts Festival.

Join Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore to celebrate the
arrival of the expanded second edition of That's
Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, with a dangerous and illuminating
discussion featuring Carol Queen, Bo Brown, Ralowe T. Ampu, Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Eric Stanley and Gina de Vries.

Has the nightmare of gay marriage sandblasted the
dreams of ‘70s gay liberation revolutionaries? Has the feverish potential of queer sexual splendor been
annihilated by the consumerist frenzy of assimilationist gay culture? Is there hope for radical
queer troublemaking in the hyper-gentrified
monoculture of current-day San Francisco? Bring your questions, ideas, plots and dreams.

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Selected 2007 Bay Area Appearances

WHY ARE FAGGOTS SO AFRAID OF FAGGOTS?
Curated by Mattilda a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore
Saturday, June 16, 7:30 p.m.
Jon Sims Center for the Arts
1519 Mission Street near 11th St, San Francisco
$8-15, no one turned away for lack of funds
www.queerculturalcenter.org

Devastating performance, spoken word and troublemaking featuring Kirk Read, Seth Eisen, Nico Dacumos, Wickie Stamps, Thandiwe Thomas. This sequel to last year's packed event will feature brand-new work and a delicious discussion to follow the show, so get your questions ready!

This event is part of the National Queer Arts Festival, and is sponsored by the Queer Cultural Center and the San Francisco Foundation.

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PERVERTS PUT OUT!
Saturday, July 28, 7:30 pm

The Dore Alley Fair edition of this notorious reading series!

With the fantastic Charlie Anders, Carol Queen, Lori Selke, Simon Sheppard, Kirk Read, Mattilda a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore, Gina DeVries and Thea Hillman.

CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission Street, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., $10-$15, no one turned away for lack of funds.

Proceeds benefit the Center for Sex & Culture.

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LitQuake LitCrawl
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Time and Location TBA

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Make/shift Magazine Release Party
Friday, October 19, 2007
Mama Buzz
2318 Telegraph, Oakland, CA

Hosted by the editorial and publishing collective, with readings by Irina Contreras, Myriam Gurba, Kaya Oakes, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore.

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K’VETCH 11-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Sunday, November 4, 9pm
Sadie's Flying Elephant, on the corner of Potrero and Mariposa, San Francisco

ALL-FEATURE EXTRAVAGANZA with Charlie Anders, Christopher Boyd, Cindy Emch, Logan Knight, Ace Morgan, Alvin Orloff, Heather Renee Russ, horehound stillpoint, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Max Wolf Valerio, Shawna Virago and Lauren Wheeler.

Cohosted by Kirk Read and special guest Samara
Halperin (Tara Jepsen is touring)

FREE

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INSTANT CITY ISSUE #5 LAUNCH PARTY (“CRIME”)

Thursday, November 8th
7:30-10:30 p.m.
Readings began at 8 p.m. SHARP!

Adobe Bookshop
3166 16th Street, between Valencia and Guerrero, San Francisco

Readings by Stephen Elliott, Sarah Fran Wisby,
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and Richard J. Martin Jr.

Followed by live music by CONES (Formerly Fierce Antler)

(415)-864-3936
FREE

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Nobody Passes Tour, Spring 2007

NOBODY PASSES IN LA
Friday, February 9 @ 7:30 p.m.
Skylight Books
1818 N. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 660-1175
with Dean Spade, Jessica Hoffmann, Ruth Blandon, Irina Contreras, Stephanie Abraham, Benjamin Shepard, Jen Cross and Jennifer Blowdryer

NOBODY PASSES IN EUGENE
Friday, February 16 @ 4:30 p.m.
University of Oregon, MultiCultural Center
Suite 33 in the Erb Memorial Union (EMU)
Eugene, OR97403
with Jen Cross

NOBODY PASSES IN PORTLAND
Monday, February 19 @ 7:30 p.m.
Powell's Books on Hawthorne
3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, OR 97214

NOBODY PASSES IN SEATTLE
Wednesday, February 21 @ 7 p.m.
Bailey/Coy Books
414 Broadway E.
Seattle, Washington 98102
(206) 323-8842
with Jennifer Blowdryer

NOBODY PASSES IN BELLINGHAM
Friday, February 23 @ 7:30 p.m.
Village Books
1200 11th Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 671-2626
with Jennifer Blowdryer

MACALESTER COLLEGE
Saturday, March 3, time and location TBA
St. Paul, Minnesota

NOBODY PASSES IN MINNEAPOLIS
Monday, March 5 @ 7 p.m.
Amazon Bookstore Cooperative
4755 Chicago Avenue So.
Minneapolis, MN 55407
(612) 821-9630

NOBODY PASSES IN CHICAGO
Thursday, March 8 @ 7:30 p.m.
Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60640
773-769-9299

NOBODY PASSES IN MILWAUKEE
Friday, March 9 @ 7:30 p.m.
Broad Vocabulary
2241 S. Kinnickinnic Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53207
(414) 744-8384

NOBODY PASSES IN ANN ARBOR
Sunday, March 11 @ 4 p.m.
Shaman Drum Bookshop
311-315 South State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 662-7407

NOBODY PASSES IN TORONTO
Tuesday, March 13 @ 8 p.m.
This Ain't the Rosedale Library
483 Church St
Toronto, Ontario
(416) 929-9912
with Stacey May Fowles, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarsinha and Zoe Whittall

NOBODY PASSES IN BOSTON
Monday, March 19 @ 7 p.m.
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
(617) 267-6272

NOBODY PASSES IN NYC
Wednesday, March 21 @ 7 p.m.
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen St (between Stanton and Rivington)
New York, NY 10002
with Helen Boyd, Rocko Bulldagger, Naeem Mohaiemen, Liz Rosenfeld, Jennifer Blowdryer and more TBA

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
DELAYED until further notice
in conversation with T. Cooper and Felicia Luna Lemus

WAGNER COLLEGE
Monday, March 26 @ 7 p.m., location TBA
Staten Island, New York

NOBODY PASSES IN HUDSON, NY
Friday, March 30
Time and Space Limited
details TBA

NOBODY PASSES IN PHILADELPHIA
Monday, April 2 @ 5:30 p.m.
Giovanni 's Room
345 South 12th Street
Corner of 12th & Pine Sts in Center City
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 923-2960
with Rocko Bulldagger

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Tuesday, April 3 @ 4:30 p.m.
location TBA
Fairfax, VA

NOBODY PASSES IN BALTIMORE
Wednesday, April 4 @ 7 p.m.
Red Emma's Bookstore
800 St. Paul St.
Baltimore, MD 21202

NOBODY PASSES IN DC
Thursday, April 5 @ 6:30 p.m.
Busboys and Poets
2021 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 387-7638

YALE UNIVERSITY
Wednesday, April 11 @ 7 p.m.
Sterling Memorial Library, Lecture Hall
in conversation with T Cooper and Felicia Luna Lemus

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Thursday, April 12 @ 8 p.m.
Location TBA
Middletown, CT

NOBODY PASSES IN BROOKLYN
Sunday, April 15 @ 5 p.m.
Vox Pop
1022 Cortelyou Road
(Cortelyou Road on the Q train)
Brooklyn, NY 11218
(718) 940-2084

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
Friday, April 20 @ 7:30 p.m.
Swift 500
Cincinnati, OH

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
Monday, April 23
location and time TBA
Chicago, IL

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Selected 2006 Bay Area Appearances

Lambda Literary Awards Reading for Bay Area Finalists with Charlie Anders, Katherine Forrest, Joshua Gamson, Randy Haynes, Tirza True Latimer, Katia Noyes, Ursula Steck, Horehound Stillpoint, Mattilda, a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore and Amber Flora Thomas, April 6, 2006
San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco (415) 557-4277

WHY ARE FAGGOTS SO AFRAID OF FAGGOTS?, Curated by Mattilda
Jon Sims Center for the Arts, 1519 Mission Street @ 11th Street

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That’s Revolting Tour, 2004
(with a few Dangerous Families readings)

San Francisco Main Library (Book Launch, That's Revolting);
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004, 6 p.m.
100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA
with Carol Queen, Charlie Anders, Ralowe T. Ampu, Mattie Udora Richardson, Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, Blake Nemec, Reginald Lamar, Eli seMbessakwini and Eric Stanley

City Lights Bookstore; Thursday, September 23rd 2004, 7 p.m.
261 Columbus Ave. at Broadway, San Francisco, CA; (415)362-8193
with Carol Queen, Charlie Anders, Reginald Lamar and Tommi Avicolli Mecca

Mills College; Friday, September 24 6:00 pm
Lucy Stern 101, 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA
with Eli seMbessakwini, Mattie Udora Richardson and Blake Nemec (OliveLucy)

Erb Memorial Union, Downstairs, Suite 34; University of Oregon, Tuesday, September 28
6:00 pm
Eugene, OR

Powell's City of Books; Wednesday, September 29th, 7:30 p.m.
1005 W Burnside, Portland, Oregon - (503)228-0540 ext 482

Bailey/Coy Bookstorem, Thursday, September 30th, 7 p.m.
414 Broadway East, Seattle, WA - (206)323-8842

Little Sisters; October 2, 2004
1238 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC - (604)669-1753

Orca Books, Monday, October 4 7:00 pm
509 E 4th Ave, Olympia, WA - (360)352-0123

Barbara's Books, Friday, Oct 8 7:30 pm
1218 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL - (312)413-2665

Rainbow Book Co-op; Saturday, Oct 9
426 West Gilman Street, Madison, WI 53703 - (608)257-6050

Talking Leaves Bookstore; Friday October 15 7:00 pm
3158 Main St, Buffalo, NY

Food for Thought; Monday, Oct 18 7:00 pm
106 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA - (413)253-5432
w/ Gina DeVries

Brown University, Sarah Doyle Women's Center; Tuesday, Oct 19 7:00 pm
Providence, RI
w/ Richard E. Bump

The Lucy Parsons Center; Wednesday, Oct 20 7:00 p.m.
549 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA - (617)267-6272
w/ Richard E. Bump

Casco Bay Books; Thursday, Oct 21 8:00 pm
151 Middle St,, Portland, ME

NYU; Saturday October 23 5:00 pm
New York, NY

Housing Works Used Book Cafe; Sunday, Oct 24 7 pm
(That's Revolting! BOOK LAUNCH) 126 Crosby Street, New York, NY - (212)966-0466, Ext. 1104
with Benjamin Shepard, Rocko Bulldagger, Jesse Heiwa, Stephanie Schroeder, Stephen Kent Jusick, Justin Rosado and more

Bluestocking Bookstore; Wednesday, Oct 27, 7:00pm
(Dangerous Families BOOK LAUNCH) New York, NY
with Betsy Andrews and more

Labyrinth Books; Friday, Oct 29 7:00 pm
536 West 112th Street, New York, NY 10025 - (212)865-1588
with Jennifer Flynn, Jesse Heiwa, Stephanie Schroeder, Blake Nemec and more

Giovanni's Room; Sunday, October 31, 5:30pm
Philadelphia, PA
(Spoooooky Dangerous Families Reading)
with Kelli Dunham and more

Robin's Books; Monday, November 1
108 S. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA - (215)735-9600
with Priyank Jindal, Rocko Bulldagger and Blake Nemec (OliveLucy)

Georgetown University; Wednesday, Nov 3
Washington, D.C.

The Brian McKenzie Center; Wednesday, November 3, 7:00pm
1426 9th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
with Blake Nemec

Chop Suey; Thurs, Nov 4 7:30 pm
1317 West Cary Street, Richmond, VA - (804)497-4705
with Blake Nemec (OliveLucy)

Internationalist Books; Friday, Nov 5, 7:00 pm
405 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC - (919)942-1740
with Eli seMbessakwini and Blake Nemec (OliveLucy)

Short Mountain Radical Faerie Sanctuary; Sunday, Nov 7, 8:00pm
247 Sanctuary Ln, Liberty, TN
with Blake Nemec and Eli seMbessakwini

Outwrite Books; Mon, November 8 8:00 pm
991 Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta, GA - (404)607-0082
with Eli seMbessakwini and Blake Nemec (OliveLucy)

Nowe Miasto; Wednesday, November 10 7:00 pm
223 Jane (near Banks and Broad), New Orleans, LA - (504)821-6721
with Eli seMbessakwini and Blake Nemec (OliveLucy)

Book People; Friday, November 12 7:00pm
603 N.Lamar, Austin, TX - (512)472-4288
with Eli seMbessakwini and Blake Nemec (OliveLucy)

Monday, Nov 15 7:00 pm; 3400 E. Speedway #114, Tucson, AZ - (520)319-7887
with Eli seMbessakwini and Blake Nemec (OliveLucy)

Obelisk Books; Wednesday, Nov 17, 7:00 pm
1029 University Avenue, San Diego, CA - (619)297-4171
with Blake Nemec (OliveLucy) and Eli seMbessakwini

UCLA; Thurs, Nov 18
Los Angeles, CA

Skylight Books - Friday, November 19 7:30 pm
1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA - (323)660-1175
with Eli seMbessakwini, Blake Nemec (OliveLucy) and Clint Catalyst

Modern Times Bookstore; Sunday, November 21
888 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 - (415)282-9246
with Rhani Remedes, Mattie Udora Richardson, Eli seMbessakwini, and more

That's Revolting! Berkeley Reading and Free Vegan Dinner; April 17, 2005
3124 Shattuck @ Woolsey, Berkeley, CA - (510)540-0751
with Tommi Avicolli-Mecca and others

Double Trouble at Modern Times! Special Advance Preview of my new novel,
So Many Ways to Sleep Badly, SF Book Launch for D. Travers Scott, author of,
One of These Things Is Not Like the Other
Modern Times Bookstore - (415)282-9866
888 Valencia St at 20th Street

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West Coast Tour with Kirk Read, 2003

Wed Aug 13, 7:30 pm - 23rd Avenue Books
1015 NW 23rd Ave, Portland, OR 503/224.5097

Thurs Aug 14, 7:00 pm - Bailey-Coy Bookstore
414 Broadway East, Seattle, WA 206/323.8842

Fri Aug 15, 7:30 pm - Village Bookstore
1210 Eleventh St, Bellingham, WA 360/671.2626

Sat Aug 16, 7:00 pm - Orca Books, w/local hero Spider
509 E 4th Ave, Olympia, WA 360/352.1456

Sun Aug 17, 8:30 pm - Performing at "Nasty" with Michael V. Smith and Tralala Farsi Sentiamo - The Penthouse
1019 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC mvs@telus.net for info

Mon Aug 18, 7:00 pm - Grass Roots Bookstore
227 Southwest 2nd St, Corvallis, OR 541/754.7668

Thurs Sept 11, 7:30 pm - Modern Times Bookstore
888 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 415/282.9246

Fri Sept 19 - A Different Light in West Hollywood
8853 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 310/854.6601

Sat Sept 20, 7:30 pm - Skylight Books in Los Feliz
1818 N. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 323/660.1175

Sun Sept 21, 5:00 pm - Obelisk Bookstore
1029 University Ave, San Diego, CA 619/297.4171

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Pulling Taffy Tour, 2003

March 11, 7:00 pm - City Lights Bookstore
261 Columbus Avenue San Francisco, CA 94133 415/362.8193

March 21, 7:30 pm - A Different Light Bookstore
489 Castro Street San Francisco, CA 94114 415/431.0891

March 29, 8:00 pm - Shaman Drum Bookshop
311-315 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104 800/490.7023

March 30, 6:30 pm - A Woman's Prerogative Bookstore
175 West Nine Mile Road Ferndale, MI 48220 248/545.5703

April 1 - Antioch College
Yellow Springs, OH

April 2 - Outward Bound
625 N. East St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 317/951.9100

April 4 - A-zone
Chicago, IL

April 5, 7:00 pm - Outwords Books, Gifts & Coffee
2710 North Murray Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53211 414/963.9089

April 6 - Quimby's
1854 W. North Avenue Chicago, IL 60622 773/342.0910

April 9, 7:30 pm - Barbara's Book Store
1350 N. Wells Street Chicago, IL 60610 312/642.5044

April 12, 7 pm - Sailor's Bar
465 Church Street Toronto, Canada

April 21 - NYC Book Launch with special guests
Housing Works Used Book Cafe
126 Crosby Street NYC, NY 10012 212/334.3324

April 22, 6:30 pm - Yale University
New Haven, CT

April 24, 5:30 pm - Giovanni's Room
345 S. 12th Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 215/923.2960

April 28, 8 pm - Brown University
Providence, RI

April 29, 7 pm - NYU Gallatin, Kimmel Center Lounge
60 Washington Square South New York, NY

May 1, 7 pm - Lambda Rising Bookstore
Connecticut Avenue Washington, DC

May 6 - Twentysomething at the Center
208 West 13th Street New York, NY 212/339.5968

May 22 - Books Inc
2275 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94114 415/864.6777

June 1 - The Parlor
Los Angeles, CA

June 5, 7:30 - Books, Inc.
2275 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94114 415/864.6777