Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck December 7, 2010

Join co-hosts Lex Leifheit & Irina Zadov at a monthly event that is part potluck, part inspiration and part quick-write. Discover local writers and featured foodies, pick up your pencil (or smartphone) to participate in quickwrite, or just sit back and enjoy the show! Tickets are $10 in advance, $5 with a potluck dish, or $12 at the door and include refreshments and delicious eats. Cash bar.

December’s theme is “Naughty or Nice.” House opens at 6:30pm and space is limited.

Future Feast of Words events will take place on the first Tuesday of each month.

This month's event will also include a quick-write comeptition of "naughty" and "nice" on-the-spot writing with special prizes for the winners!

Literary guest Simon Sheppard has been dubbed "our erotica king" by San Francisco magazine, and is the author of five books, including Kinkorama, the award-winning Hotter Than Hell and Other Stories, and his latest collection, Sodomy!. Sheppard's editing of Homosex: Sixty Years of Gay Erotica won a Lambda Literary Award. His work has also appeared in over three hundred anthologies, including several editions of The Best American Erotica and a recordbreaking eighteen appearances in the Best Gay Erotica series. He lives in San Francisco, curates the performance series Perverts Put Out!, hangs out at www.simonsheppard.com, and, if pressed, can make a mean souffle.

For Feast of Words, Sheppard will be reading an erotic story set on the 5th night of Hannukah, entitled "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel."

Culinary guest, Azalina, is the exuberant and creative proprietor of Azalina's Malaysian, a high quality catering and street food business. She has been guest chef for top San Francisco establishments such as Delfina's and has catered for top personalities in the Bay Area. Azalina creates original menues with fresh sustainable ingredients. As a caterer, Azalina has run events from over 300 people to intimate small dinners. Classically trined in Penang, Malaysia and Singapore, Azalina continues to learn and apply culinary and business skilss as she grows and expands Azalina's Malaysian. Her delicious eats have been served up in Tokyo, Japan and here in San Francisco for the past 10 years.

Lex Leifheit is the executive director of SOMArts Cultural Center. She co-founded the High Street Writers Collective in Connecticut and has organized readings online, on street corners, and in storefronts as well as hallowed institutions.

Irina Zadov is the Director of Experience and Programs at Zeum: San Francisco Children's Museum. She is a practicing artist with a passion for bringing people together through food, stories, and romps through the imagination.

About the SOMArts Studio Series

The SOMArts (South of Market Arts, Resources, Technology, and Services) Studio Series is an informal assemblage of arts classes and events designed to encourage the production of contemporary work by artists of all ages and skill levels in San Francisco.

Official Website: http://www.somarts.org/tag/feast-of-words/