PAC*SJ Annual Sale
Apr
17

PAC*SJ Annual Sale

Gary will be selling and signing books at the PAC*SJ annual ephemera sale of local history books, photos, memorabilia and artifacts, greeting cards, posters, pamphlets and more! PAC*SJ's collection of items commemorating San Jose's notable landmarks will also be for sale: t shirts, pins and walking tour books. Come get your signed copy of Silicon Alleys: Selected Metro Columns, 2005-2020.

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Silicon Alleys Virtual Book Release at WORKS
Dec
15

Silicon Alleys Virtual Book Release at WORKS

Hosted by WORKS/San Jose, a discussion of Gary’s new anthology, Silicon Alleys: Selected Metro Columns, 2005-2020. Details to follow. Featuring a special live performance by Thollem McDonas and ACVilla.

In 2005, the editors of Metro Silicon Valley, San Jose’s alternative weekly newspaper, offered Gary Singh his own column, “Silicon Alleys,” to explore the underbelly of San Jose from a perspective only a creative native could offer. To this day, he still writes the column every week. Now a selection of Gary’s greatest hits, nearly 300 columns in chronological order, is available in one mammoth volume, hand-picked by the columnist.

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Silicon Alleys Book Release (Virtual Event)
Dec
10

Silicon Alleys Book Release (Virtual Event)

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In 2005, the editors of Metro Silicon Valley, San Jose’s alternative weekly newspaper, offered Gary Singh his own column, “Silicon Alleys,” to explore the underbelly of San Jose from a perspective only a creative native could offer. To this day, he still writes the column every week. Now a selection of Gary’s greatest hits, nearly 300 columns in chronological order, is available in one mammoth volume, hand-picked by the columnist. Co-hosted by The Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies and the Center For Literary Arts of San Jose. Go here for Zoom link.

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Silicon Alleys Book Release (Virtual Event)
Dec
2

Silicon Alleys Book Release (Virtual Event)

Celebrate the launch of Gary Singh’s book, Silicon Alleys, Selected Metro Silicon Valley Columns, 2005–2020, which compiles the best, the craziest, and the most unbelievable—but true stories of San José’s cultural landscape and history. In a virtual event, Singh is joined by former Santa Clara County poet laureate, Mighty Mike McGee for a conversation that delves deeper into Singh’s column, focusing on the history surrounding SJMA’s building that used to house the post office and the San Jose Public Library, where Singh’s mother worked as a librarian, and how Jack Kerouac discovered the Buddhist Bible on-site! Singh will also share some stories about his favorite exhibitions as well as the parties and people who attended them.

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Cinequest Poets 'n' Film
Mar
8

Cinequest Poets 'n' Film

I will be among the poets reading at this event, which includes the premiere screening of ruth weiss: beat goddess and the Maverick Spirit Event with ruth weiss.

Celebrating the power of the spoken word in poetry, music, and film!

This very special event includes the screening of ruth weiss: beat goddess, a panel conversation with the legendary ms. weiss, and a poetry reading accompanied by her band. What a phenomenal celebration of art, poetry, film, and the legacy of the Beats we have in store for you.

Stabbydoll Media, with support from Poetry Center San José, joins Cinequest to present Poets N Film 2020. Come celebrate with us as we rebel against the norms with our gun-powdered lips and our salty tongues. The show kicks off with two Beat poems read by two Cinequest favorite poets: Kimy Martinez and Gary Singh.

After these masterful poets perform, Melody Miller’s ruth weiss: beat goddess unveils! Melody creates amazing narrative films and documentaries with social impact. Here she has beautifully captured the heart, work, and legend of ruth weiss, a female Beat poet that revolutionized and empowered the world of poetry. After this breathtaking film, ruth weiss will perform along with musicians Hal Davis, Doug O’Connor, and Rent Romus.

We are very fortunate to culminate the event with a Maverick Spirit Award presentation and panel discussion, moderated by Robert Pesich, president of Poetry Center San José. Panel discussion will include the founder of the Beat Museum, Jerry Cimino, the Author of Women of the Beat Generation, Brenda Knight, and professional photographer Daniel Nicoletta, ruth weiss, and film artists Melody Miller.

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Rolling Writers Fatherhood
Feb
15

Rolling Writers Fatherhood

Rolling Writers FATHERHOOD. A fantastic evening of stories, literature and music featuring Michael Alenyikov, Michael Crabtree, Jacqueline Doyle, Kathleen McClung, Bonnie McManis, Kalpana Mohan, Jon Sindell, Gary Singh, Richelle Lee Slota, Kathy Wall, and Sandra Wassilie. Everyone will perform a story relating to the theme, FATHERHOOD.

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Live Lit, San Jose
Jan
30

Live Lit, San Jose

I will headline the weekly Live Lit open mic on Thursday, January 30th, at Caffe Frascati one day before my birthday. For the event, I am going read a handful of old, if not classic, Gary Singh newspaper columns, perhaps dating all the way back to 2005, when Metro first gave me the Silicon Alleys page. I don’t think anything like this has ever happened in San Jose. Never has a newspaper columnist taken over an open mic event to read his own columns. It's going to be hysterical.

Going on several years now, Live Lit is unique in San Jose. While the headliner is often more established, the event is for anyone to read whatever they want -- poetry, stories, diary entries, rants, tirades, fiction, love letters, or whatever. It's a fantastic event because it gives a stage and a microphone to anyone, from any walk of life, who simply needs to be heard without any fear of criticism or judgement. Even if you don't have any desire to be a professional poet or working writer of any sort, you can jump on stage and speak your mind. That's the point. Everyone is welcome -- pros, amateurs or nincompoops. It doesn't matter. So I will be the headlining nincompoop on January 30th, one day before my birthday. I hope to see you there.

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Play On Words at Lit Crawl San Francisco
Oct
19

Play On Words at Lit Crawl San Francisco

I will have a flash fiction piece performed in a program of material curated by Play On Words, as part of the 2019 Lit Crawl in San Francisco. One of the most anticipated literary nights of the year, Lit Crawl is a massive, one-night literary pub crawl throughout the city’s Mission District, bringing together 500+ authors and close to 10,000 fans for the world’s largest free pop-up literary event. Started in 2004, Lit Crawl cultivates a unique, resonant brand: smart and silly, worldly and wacky events presented in venues usual (bars, cafes, galleries, and bookstores) and unusual (police stations, tattoo parlors, barbershops, and laundromats).

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