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Monday, December 21, 2009 from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (PT)
5:15-6:15PM Docent tours at the Guest House
*please note that the Back on the Beach Cafe is closed Monday evenings
6:30PM Reading
This fall, the Beach House welcomes its first Artist in Residence, the poet Majid Naficy, who will be working at the Marion Davies Guest House from November 23 – February 1. For his second reading on December 21st he will read from a selection of his poetry. In the spirit of the holidays, the theme of this poetry reading will be "The Homeless and Other Exiles", with a few digressions.
Majid Naficy was born in Iran in 1952. His first collection of poems in Persian, In the Tiger’s Skin, was published in 1969. One year later his book of literary criticism, Poetry as a Structure, appeared. In 1971 he wrote a children’s book, The Secret of Words, which won a national award in Iran. In the Seventies, Naficy was politically active against the Shah’s regime. After the 1979 Revolution, the new theocratic regime began to suppress the opposition, and more than ten relatives, including his first wife Ezzat Tabaian and brother Sa’id were executed. He fled Iran in 1983 and spent a year and a half in Turkey and France, settling in Los Angeles. He has since published eight collections of poems, After the Silence, Sorrow of the Border, Poems of Venice, Muddy Shoes (Beyond Baroque Books, 1999), Twelve Poems in Love: A Narrative, I Write to Bring You Back, Father & Son (Red Hen Press, 2003) and Galloping Gazelles as well as four books of essays In Search of Joy: A Critique of Death-Oriented, Male-Dominated Culture in Iran, Poetry & Politics and Twenty-Four Other Essays, The Best of Nima and I Am Iran Alone and Thirty-Five other Essays. Naficy is a co-editor of Daftarhaya Kanoon, a Persian periodical published by Iranian Writers' Association in Exile. He holds a doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from UCLA.
Azad Naficy is a 21 year old songwriter from the Los
Angeles area. He has been performing spoken word poetry and creating
hip-hop music since the beginning of his days at Santa Monica High
School. He is currently pursuing a Political Science degree at UC
Irvine while songwriting on the side.
visit his website at www.myspace.com/anpudge17 and his blog: www.threeoneoh.blogspot.com.
About the Artist Residency: In honor of Marion Davies’ own artistry and her support of artists, and to further the work of the City of Santa Monica to promote the arts, the City is sponsoring one Resident Artist for the Fall and one Resident Artist for the Spring semesters at the Beach House. The Resident will share their creative efforts with the public at intervals throughout their tenure, so please check back with us to reserve your seats to future events. The Fall Residency focuses on the discipline of writing; future residencies will explore various disciplines including visual arts, choreography, and music composition, among others.
Stop by early for Beach House tours by docents from the Santa Monica Conservancy before every evening event, first come, first served. Bring a picnic - Back on the Beach is closed on Monday evenings.
Tickets: Free but seating is limited and reservations are required. If you would like to attend, please reserve online. Please plan to arrive by 6:15pm to retain your reservation. Late seating is not guaranteed. To adjust or cancel your reservation for this event, email beachhouse@smgov.net. We appreciate your keeping in touch!
Parking and Driving directions: From the Pacific Coast Highway north of California Incline, turn at the Beach House Way traffic light into convenient parking ($3/hr, $6/day, disabled placards accepted).
Other events: Winter/Spring Beach=Culture events (November-May) generally take place on the second and third Monday of the month. To view & make reservations for future free Beach=Culture events, check http://www.eventbrite.com/org/199463539.
For more information about events at the Beach House, visit http://www.annenbergbeachhouse.com/cultural-programs/
The Annenberg Community Beach House at Santa Monica State Beach is a new public beach facility open to all - no membership required. For more information, please visit http://beachhouse.smgov.net. The Beach House is made possible by a generous gift from the Annenberg Foundation, at the recommendation of Wallis Annenberg, and in partnership with the City of Santa Monica and California State Parks. Additional funding was provided by the US Department of Housing & Urban Development and the federal Preserve America program.
General Beach House information at http://www.annenbergbeachhouse.com.
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