OC LIVE invites you to join us for “Two Latina Authors Talking S*!T” on Tuesday, April 16th at 6pm in the beautiful Oxnard College Performing Arts Building. We are honored to have essayist Myriam Gurba (author of “Creep: Accusations and Confessions”) and poet Crystal AC Salas (author of “Grief Logic”) in conversation as they share passages from their own work while discussing each other’s work. These two contemporary Latinx authors will tackle themes of intersectional Latinx identity, creeping oppression, toxicity, family, what it means to navigate language, and girl/woman/hood. This event will be moderated by W. David Hall, Oxnard College’s own English professor. This is a FREE event that is open to the public and is co-sponsored by BreakBread Literacy Project.

Artists Bios:

Myriam Gurba is a writer and activist. Her first book, the short story collection Dahlia Season, won the Edmund White Award for debut fiction. O, the Oprah Magazine, ranked her true crime memoir Mean as one of the best LGBTQ books of all time. Creep, her most recent book, is a finalist for a National Book Critics’ Circle award in criticism. The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Vox, and Paris Review have published her work. She is a co-founder of Dignidad Literaria, a grassroots organization committed to combating racism in the book world. She is active in the anti-rape movement.

Crystal AC Salas is a Xicanx poet, essayist, educator, and community organizer. Her poetry chapbook Grief Logic is co-winner of the inaugural Alta California Prize, from Gunpowder Press. She has work in Omnium Gatherum Quarterly, Alta Journal, Northwest Review, [PANK] Magazine, World Literature Today, Chaparral Poetry, Acentos Review, and others. A founding member of the BreakBread Literacy Project, which elevates the voices of young creatives under 25, she serves as poetry editor for BreakBread Magazine.  She holds an M.F.A. from University of California, Riverside and is the recipient of a 2021-2022 California Arts Council Established Individual Artist Fellowship. 

W. David Hall is the CEO of BreakBread Literacy Project, a literacy non-profit dedicated to bringing forth the voices of young creatives from all over the world (www.breakbreadproject.org). He teaches English classes at Oxnard College and at a college-prep high school in Los Angeles.

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Oxnard College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or sexual orientation.

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The Oxnard College Theatre Department is proud to present: “The Footage” — a new play and sci-fi thriller by world-renowned playwright Stephen Gregg. This inaugural production will take place at 2:00pm on Saturday, March 30th in the beautiful Oxnard College Performing Arts Building. In lieu of tickets for this matinee performance, we request you pay what you can at the door. (Any donation amount will be accepted from 1¢ to $100+.)

Synopsis of The Footage: Pel 20, the first manned ship ever to go through a Fold in space, has failed to return. Pel 21, the second manned ship ever to go through a Fold in space, has also failed to return. One of the Pel 21 crew manages to get holographic footage to Earth that shows the final days on Pel 21. Those on Earth try, desperately, to figure out what happened as the incomprehensible events unfold on the ship. This Sci-Fi Thriller is sure to leave you unnerved.

Oxnard College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or sexual orientation.

El Colegio de Oxnard no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, discapacidad, edad u orientación sexual.

The Oxnard College Theatre Department is proud to present: “The Footage” — a new play and sci-fi thriller by world-renowned playwright Stephen Gregg. This inaugural production will take place at 7:00pm on Saturday, March 30th in the beautiful Oxnard College Performing Arts Building. Tickets for this evening’s performance will be $5.00 at the door.

Synopsis of The Footage: Pel 20, the first manned ship ever to go through a Fold in space, has failed to return. Pel 21, the second manned ship ever to go through a Fold in space, has also failed to return. One of the Pel 21 crew manages to get holographic footage to Earth that shows the final days on Pel 21. Those on Earth try, desperately, to figure out what happened as the incomprehensible events unfold on the ship. This Sci-Fi Thriller is sure to leave you unnerved.

Oxnard College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or sexual orientation.

El Colegio de Oxnard no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, discapacidad, edad u orientación sexual.

The Oxnard College Theatre Department is proud to present: “The Footage” — a new play and sci-fi thriller by world-renowned playwright Stephen Gregg. This inaugural production will take place at 7:00pm on Friday, March 29th in the beautiful Oxnard College Performing Arts Building. Tickets for this evening’s performance will be $5.00 at the door.

Synopsis of The Footage: Pel 20, the first manned ship ever to go through a Fold in space, has failed to return. Pel 21, the second manned ship ever to go through a Fold in space, has also failed to return. One of the Pel 21 crew manages to get holographic footage to Earth that shows the final days on Pel 21. Those on Earth try, desperately, to figure out what happened as the incomprehensible events unfold on the ship. This Sci-Fi Thriller is sure to leave you unnerved.

Oxnard College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or sexual orientation.

El Colegio de Oxnard no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, discapacidad, edad u orientación sexual.

OC LIVE invites you to join us for “The Footage” — a new play and sci-fi thriller by world-renowned playwright Stephen Gregg with a Q&A by the playwright and director, Nicholas C. Pappas, immediately following the performance. Gregg and Pappas will discuss the process of developing a play, making a living as a playwright, and what makes for good theatre. They will also take questions from the audience.

This inaugral production by Oxnard College’s Theatre Department will take place at 7:00pm on Thursday, March 28th in the beautiful Oxnard College Performing Arts Building. This particular performance will be a FREE event since it is being brought to you by OC LIVE.

Synopsis of The Footage: Pel 20, the first manned ship ever to go through a Fold in space, has failed to return. Pel 21, the second manned ship ever to go through a Fold in space, has also failed to return. One of the Pel 21 crew manages to get holographic footage to Earth that shows the final days on Pel 21. Those on Earth try, desperately, to figure out what happened as the incomprehensible events unfold on the ship. This Sci-Fi Thriller is sure to leave you unnerved.

This is a FREE event that is open to the public. Find all of our livestreams and event information on the web at oxnardcollege/oclive.

Oxnard College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or sexual orientation.

El Colegio de Oxnard no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, discapacidad, edad u orientación sexual.