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DESCRIPTION:Writers With Drinks celebrates its ninth anniversary with its most mixed up 
 variety show of all! \n\nWhen: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 7:30 to 9:30 PM, 
 doors open at 6:30 PM \nWho: Pia Z. Ehrhardt, La Chica Boom, Michelle 
 Gagnon, Tessie Chua, DW Lichtenberg and Diane Lefer! \nWhere: The Make Out 
 Room, 3225 22nd. St. between Mission and Valencia, San Francisco How much: 
 $5 to $10 sliding scale, all proceeds benefit the CSC \n\nAbout the 
 readers/performers: \n\nPia Z. Ehrhardt is the author of Famous Fathers & 
 Other Stories. Her stories have appeared in McSweeney's, Norton's 2006 
 Sudden Fiction Anthology, and Narrative Magazine. She is the recipient of 
 the 2005 Narrative Prize. \n\nDiane Lefer is a writer and human rights 
 activist. She's the author of California Transit: Stories, winner of the 
 Mary McCarthy prize, plus the story collections Very Much Like Desire and 
 The Circles I Move In, and the novel Radiant Hunger. She's also the author 
 of The Blessing Next To The Wound: A Story of Art, Activism, and 
 Transformation. \n\nXandra Ibarra is a community organizer and facilitator, 
 who performs in burlesque shows as La Chica Boom, who was crowned Ms. Gay 
 Latina 2005 and was on the cover of the award-winning multicultural 
 publication Colors NW. \n\nMichelle Gagnon is the author of The Gatekeeper, 
 Boneyard and The Tunnels. She also has a story in the anthology Fresh 
 Kills. \n\nTessie Chua has performed at comedy clubs across the country, 
 and shared the stage with Robin Williams, Robert Schimmel, Brian Copeland 
 and Tom Rhodes. \n\nDW Lichtenberg wrote the poetry book The Ancient Book 
 Of Hip. He received a BFA in Film from NYU, and was associate editor on the 
 feature film Fifth Form and camera operator on the documentary Fool In A 
 Bubble. \n\nAbout Writers With Drinks: \nWriters With Drinks has won "Best 
 Literary Night" from the SF Bay Guardian readers' poll five years in a row 
 and was named "Best Literary Drinking" by the SF Weekly. The spoken word 
 "variety show" mixes genres to raise money for local worthy causes. The 
 award-winning show includes poetry, stand-up comedy, science fiction, 
 fantasy, romance, mystery, literary fiction, erotica, memoir, zines and 
 blogs in a freewheeling format. \n\nHostess Charlie Jane Anders blogs about 
 science fiction and futurism at io9.com. She's the author of the Lambda 
 Award-winning Choir Boy (2005 Soft Skull Press) and the co-editor, with 
 Annalee Newitz, of She's Such A Geek (Seal Press 2007). She also published 
 other magazine, which is on hiatus. Follow her on Twitter as charliejane.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/06/18643922.php
SUMMARY:Pia Z. Ehrhardt and La Chica Boom at Writers With Drinks
LOCATION:The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St., SF
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/06/18643922.php
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