Upcoming Events:
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DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities & the Hip-Hop Theater Festival: “Civic Engagement & Hip-Hop Arts and Culture” Roundtable Discussion
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint
916 G Street, N.W. (9th and G Streets, NW)
Washington, D.C.
12:00 noon -1:30 PM
Free
With Marc Bamuthi-Joseph, Rha Goddess, Regie Cabico, Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, PS24, and more! For info on the DC Hip Hop Theater Festival, go to: www.hhtf.org
SCREENING of “By-Standing…” in REEL New York Film Festival
Friday, July 11, 2008
WNET/PBS 13
12:30 AM
The thirteenth season of independent films by New Yorkers and about New York. 24 independent films that feature “the very best in documentary, narrative, animation, and experimental works.” For more info on REEL New York, go to: www.thirteen.org/reelny/
The Sulu Series Presents HEAL: A Special Benefit, Auction & Open Mic for Derek Srisaranard
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery
New York, NY
9 PM - 12 AM
$8 for General Public
$5 for students
Hosted by Regie Cabico, curated by Taiyo Na, with music by DJ Boo, Sulu Series is a monthly showcase (every third Sunday of the month) featuring established and emerging Asian American artists in music, spoken word, video and multidisciplinary performance from the local and national scenes. This month’s Sulu is a special benefit for Derek Srisaranard. To learn more about Derek’s situation, please log onto: DerekSrisaranard.wordpress.com. Featuring performances by Koba, Issil, Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Elijah Kuan Wong, Misnomer(s), Heather Park, and Taiyo Na.
THE2NDHAND: Mixtape Reading
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Asian American Writers Workshop
16 West 32nd Street, 10th Floor (btwn Broadway & 5th Avenue)
New York, NY
7:00 PM
$5 Suggested Donation
The2ndHand.com collaborates with the Workshop to bring you stories about the songs you love, the songs you hate, and the songs you say you hate but secretly love. Featuring Lisa Chen, Ed Lin, Rain Noe, Ishle Yi Park, Bushra Rehman, Patrick Rosal, Brian Kim Stefans, Anantha Sudhakar, and Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai. First 50 attendees get a mix of all the songs on a CD. For more info on the Asian American Writers Workshop, go to: www.aaww.org.
Code Pink Presents Conscious Beats, Threads, and Peace
Friday, August 1, 2008
Madam’s Organ
2461 18th Street NW
Washington, D.C.
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
$5 (includes free raffle ticket)
Fundraiser for CODEPINK, “a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq, stop new wars, and redirect our resources into healthcare, education and other life-affirming activities.” Show includes a green fashion show and performances by Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai and Baltimore’s own Son of Nun. Auction and raffle follows the show. For more info on Code Pink, check out www.codepinkalert.org.
SCREENING of “By-Standing…” at 2008 HollyShorts Film Festival
Friday August 8, 2008
Nacional
1645 Wilcox Avenue
Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
8:00 PM
Free Admission By Guest List Only
RSVP at staff@hollyshorts.com
“By-Standing…” slugged past 650 other submissions to make it to the inaugural Music Video competition category at the 2008 HollyShorts Film Festival. For more info, check out: www.hollyshorts.com.
2008 ComposersCollaborative Inc. Non-Sequitur Summer Festival
Tuesday, August 19, 2008-Saturday, August 23, 2008
The Flea Theater
41 White Street
New York, NY
8:00 PM
$25 Gen./$20 Sen. & Stu.
Discount code: “EARLY” Save $5 before August 11th
“Rejection: a series of slips and falls” – an unprecedented run of 5 performances of 5 commissions with spoken word artists Regie Cabico, Anselm Berrigan, Bakar Wilson, Cheryl Burke, Douglas A. Martin, and Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, composers David First, Jennifer Griffith, Kate Soper, Sima Wolf, and CCi Artistic Director Jed Distler, and Newspeak– Eileen Mack (clarinets), Dave Broome (synthesizer/piano), Taylor Levine (guitar), David T. Little (drums) – with Mellissa Hughes (diva). Directed by Arnold Barkus. Lighting design by David Lovett.
Word for Word Poetry in Bryant Park: Asian American Writer’s Workshop
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Bryant Park Reading Room
42nd Street Side of Bryant Park between 5th and 6th Avenues
New York, NY
6:30 PM-8:00 PM
Free
Join us for a reading in concert with the Word For Word series at Bryant Park. Featuring Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Sean Xing Wang, and John Yau. For more info on the Asian American Writers Workshop, go to: www.aaww.org.
NYC Urban Word and the Hip-Hop Theater Festival Present “Preemptive Education: Language, Identity and Power” Opening Conversation
Friday, September 26, 2008
NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
82 Washington Square East
New York, NY
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
“This Conversation is designed to feature a short series of poets, whose work will be responded to, both by them and several invited panelists-opening up conversation around language, identity and power. This evening will be be followed by a weekend of interactive, professional development workshops for NYC teachers. Artists from Urban Word and The Hip Hop Theater Festival will be joined by academics and organizers to facilitate these sessions.”
International Conference on Chinese Poetry
Friday, October 3, 2008-Sunday, October 5, 2008
Simmons College,
Boston, MA
The second international gathering of Chinese poets from all across the diaspora converging in Boston, MA. More details to come!
Lizard Lounge Poetry Night
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Lizard Lounge
1667 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA
Doors 7:30 PM
Slam & Open Mic 8:00 PM
Feature with Jeff Robinson Trio 9:30 PM
$5 (21 & over)
“Every Sunday with sultry red lights, intimate tables, and wooden church pews give this small room one of the best ambiances in town. Featuring with the Jeff Robinson Trio, who are arguably the best Jazz Poetry Band in the country.” (www.poetryjamcollective.com/)
Long Island University Voices of the Rainbow
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Long Island University
Brooklyn, NY
More details to come!
Girlfest Hawai’i
Friday, November 7, 2008-Saturday, November 15, 2008
Honolulu, HI
More details to come!
Crimejazz: Words, Poetry, and Beyond
Monday, December 15, 2008
Rotterdam, NE
Doing a series of workshops and performances out in Amsterdam for CrimeJazz, “a literary crossover program in which different styles of Spoken Word are interwoven with Hip Hop, Folk, NuSoul, Jazz and other related music genres” during it’s 10th anniversary year in the Netherlands. For more info on CrimeJazz, check out: www.crimejazz.com/cj/
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company’s thinkTank 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009-Sunday, April 4, 2009
Victory Gardens Theater
2257 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL
Four-week run of original spoken word hip hop theater show exploring race, identity and
how popular media builds and distorts our images of “the other.” Written and performed by Usman Ally, Idris Goodwin, and Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai and directed by Nick Sandys. More details to come! For more info, check out: remybumppo.org.