Upcoming shows
We’re baaaack beebees!
Da Salon Dears and Darlings,
It’s been a minute since our last live event, hasn't it? A lot has happened since then, eh? Personally, collectively, politically. But surely we must persist and resist, through community activation and inspiration and collective WTFs.
So guess what time it is?! Nailed it, it’s time for another salon. LIVE! See below for deets.
Literarily yours, Alia & Shan
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NEXT UP: Da Salon #19 - Winter 2025 (live)
WHAT: Da Salon #19 - LIVE
WHEN: SUNDAY DECEMBER 14 @ 2:00-4:00 (eat lunch before? Xmas local consumerism indulgence after?)
WHERE: Life on Art Gallery: 133 Copeland St, Suite C1A, Petaluma, CA 94952
HOW:
TICKETS & COST
Entry is free, but a suggested donation of $10-30 is very welcome and will be divvied between the readers and Life on Art, our wonderful venue and host.
RSVP AND SUCH
There's plenty of space at Life on Art, but please be a doll and RSVP to this email so we can plan roughly how many chairs to unfold. (Spontaneous YESSES can also be accommodated.) Parking is available.
OTHER SUCHNESS LIKE FOOD & DRINKS
There may be drinks. Some will be hot. Some might contain alcohol. You’ll have to come to find out! Snackies, too.
WHO:
Eirine Carson
is a Black British writer living in CA. She is a mother of two children and sits on the board of The Writers Grotto in San Francisco. Her work has appeared in LitHub, Mother Magazine, The Notre Dame Review, Mortal Mag, Electric Literature, The Sonora Review and others. She was the NEA Distinguished Fellow at the Hambidge Center, and she and her work have been supported by Mesa Refuge, Hedgebrook and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Eirinie contributes to her local paper, The Argus Courier, via a column, Eirinie Asks. Social: @eirinieee.bsky.social on Bluesky, and @eirinieeee on instagram
Carlos Garbiras
is an award-winning essayist and columnist laughs at his topsy-turvy upbringing in Colombia, life in California, and raising two amazing daughters!
Cheryl King
is a multi-hyphenate theater maker from NYC, now making her home in Santa Rosa. She performs with Shannon and Alia in Forbidden Kiss, a show she produces at The California, and teaches acting, writing and improvisation at Artaluma, in Petaluma.
Lela Tuhtan
is a fabulous new-to-Petaluma writer who’s bio is forthcoming!
And as always, Alia Beeton & Shannon DeJong, doing what they do best: being Alia and Shannon.
P.S. This email was written by Shannon on behalf of Da Salon #19 producers Shannon, Alia and Carlos. Alia and Carlos have approved of this message.
MORE ABOUT OUR VENUE / HOST
Life on Art is a brilliant nonprofit that does exceptional, transformative work in our community and beyond. Alia’s production company Humans Being Media made a 24 minute documentary with them about Unbound, the stunning work of heart with hundreds of hearts that hangs in their gallery space. View the trailer.
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Shannon says she lives in France but is certainly in CA quite a lot… hmmm… well, there’s a chance she’s here in the Spring; if so, Da Salon is on! maybe.
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(And in the meantime, might we suggest getting for comfortable with uncertainty because: current state of affairs).
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Ok, Shan’s back to France (so she says) so expect this Da Salon to likely be a podcast episode… but who knows! Uncertainty! (see previous)