Tea Party friends at Issue 16 Release Party larger version

Litquake Festival reading at Mission Laundromat in San Francisco October 13, 2007

An amazing lineup of different literary organizations, publishers, and over two hundred authors participate in the annual Lit Crawl sponsored by the annual Litquake Literary Festival. Tea Party features Issue 17 contributors, Craig Santos Perez and Claire Light who read from their works.

 

Issue 17 Release Party at La Peña Cultural Center September 20, 2007

Tea Party family and friends pack the house for our TRANS• Issue (#17) release party held at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley! Featured contributors presenting their works include choreographer Sean Dorsey, poet Craig Santos Perez, and artist Michael Arcega.

Poet Craig Santos Perez reads his poems from Issue #17. larger version

 

Julia Brashares looks on as her artist friend and Tea Party contributor, Paz de la Calzada, reads the latest issue. larger version

 

Artist Michael Arcega describes his pun-based artwork.

 

Intersection for the Arts features Tea Party and Poor Magazine
April 11, 2007

San Francisco's oldest alternative non-profit art space, Intersection for the Arts, invites Tea Party contributors to present their work!

Tea Party board member and former contributor, The Arthur Wright, presents his “pointiflet” artwork, which employs the creative use of bleach to render images.

 

Poet Pireeni Sundaralingam and composer Colm Ó Riain perform a collaborative spoken word and violin piece. larger version

 

California College of the Arts (CCA) features Tea Party reading
March 3, 2007

California College of the Arts (CCA) invites Tea Party, along with other Bay Area-based publications, to participate in a 24-hour continuous reading event on Friday, March 2 to 6pm Saturday, March 3 at CCA's PlaySpace Gallery in Potrero Hill.

They host writers such as Kate Braverman and Truong Tran, students from CCA and San Francisco State, as well as hours devoted to local literary magazines, including Kitchen Sink and Beeswax Magazine. Tea Party features readings by our very own Poetry Editor Oscar Bermeo and Fiction Editor Courtney Arnold!

Fiction Editor Courtney Arnold. larger version

 

Poetry Editor Oscar Bermeo. larger version

 

Editor-in-Chief Esther Lee introduces Tea Party readers. larger version

Benefit for the Chaguitillo Children in Nicaragua, Feb 6, 2007

Tea Party Magazine provides fiscal sponsorship for the benefit of the children in Chaguitillo of Nicaragua under the direction of Harold Adler. Mr. Adler's photography of the children adorn the brick walls at Au Cocolait Cafe in Berkeley.

Musicians perform at the Chaguitillo Children in Nicaragua Benefit larger version