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R.I.P.
Cody's. You will be missed.---
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BEESWAX HAS ISSUES! ---
Or rather, Issues
in Oakland officially has Beeswax! If you're local (or
visiting) and haven't been to this amazing little magazine
& miscellany spot, it's a must! And now, you can get
Beeswax 3 and 4 there. Does it get any better? Stop by
their store at Glen and Piedmont Avenue.
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ISSUE 4 OUT NOW! ---
We are extremely excited
to announce the release of Beeswax Issue 4; this issue
features a letterpressed cover, a hand-crafted block binding,
and some of the best new prose, poetry, and art around.
For the complete contributor lineup, please go here.
Order Issue 4 here.
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BEESWAX IN S.F. ---
Beeswax is now available
in San Francisco! Pick up a copy at the following amazing
Mission District bookstores (more stores and neighborhoods
coming soon, we promise):
-Modern Times,
888 Valencia
-Dog
Eared Books, 900 Valencia
-Needles
and Pens, a fantastic new book/magazine store and
gallery at 3253 16th Street
Beeswax is still available at many independent bookstores
in the East Bay, including Pegasus in Downtown Berkeley,
Black Oak in North Berkeley, Comic Relief, and Pendragon
in Oakland, with more stores being added each month.
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UTNE READER REVIEWS BEESWAX ---
Beeswax Magazine received a glowing review in the current
Utne Reader "From the Stacks" column! Read it
here
and check out other Utne-related goodies at www.utne.com.
New art by Michael Buchmiller;
Issue 3's featured artist. Read more about Issue 3 here.
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CONTRIBUTOR NEWS---
May 23: Beeswax editor John Peck will read at the
Watchword X Release Party at the Sapce Gallery in San Francisco.
Also reading are Britta Austin, David William Hill, &
Andrew Touhy, plus there'll be live music performed by The
Cool Night Air. Dancing, cocktails and general elbow rubbing
included! Friday, May 23 from 7-10pm @ the gorgeous Space
Gallery in SF @ 1141 Polk St & Hemlock. A suggested
donation of $10 gets you in the door with a copy of the
magazine in your hand. Watchword
can be found here.
January
31: Beeswax contributor Steffi Drewes reads at
an offsite AWP event: 7:30-9:30pm at Happy Ending (302 Broome
Street x Forsyth/Eldridge) in New York, NY.
January
30: Beeswax editors John Peck and Laureen Mahler
have work upcoming in two local magazines: John's poetry
will appear in Watchword Issue 10, and Laureen's fiction
will appear in Monday Night Issue 7.
October
20: Beeswax contributors Myron Hardy, Elizabeth
Terrazas, Steffi Drewes, Livia Ching, Marissa Bell Toffoli,
Aneesa Davenport, and co-editor Laureen Mahler read at "What
the Hell is Algebra?" -- 7-10pm, Philz Art Salon at
3101 24th Street @ Folsom in San Francisco. This event is
organized by AARDVARK and part of the Mission Arts &
Performance Project.
October
17: Beeswax is happy to announce that its "sister
organization" Volta Press is up and
running! Visit Volta at www.voltapress.com.
September
30 : Beeswax co-editor Laureen Mahler had a short
fiction piece featured in 971MENU's online magazine for
the month of October. Read it in the 971MENU archives here.
June
24: Issue 1 contributor Steffi Drewes reads at
3pm @ Canessa Park Gallery, 708 Montgomery Street @ Columbus
in San Francisco.
March
3:
Beeswax featured one hour
of readers at Playspace Gallery's 24-hour reading, "Don't
Mention It," on March 2nd in San Francisco. Readers
included Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Diana Aehegma, Steffi Drewes,
Patrick Duggan, Marissa Bell, Livia Ching, and John Peck.
Check back for news on upcoming readings/release parties.
September
2: We are pleased to announce that Beeswax contributor
Ben Catmull has a new book coming out this month;
it's called Monster Parade, out from Fantagraphics
and available at your local comic books vendor. "Monster
Parade" has received stellar reviews; read all about
it & see inside here.
February
9: Beeswax is very happy to announce that the work
of one of our issue one writers, Diana Aehegma, is being
featured in a collaborative art show in Oakland. The show
(Convergence) is a collection of collaborative
work by writers and printmakers from SF State, and it will
be on display at Luka's Taproom and Lounge through the end
of February. More info here.
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