Upcoming Events:
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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.
Asian Hip Hop Summit
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Public Assembly
70 N. 6th St.
Brooklyn, NY
Doors 9:00 PM
$10 in advance/$15 at the door
Will be hosting — also featuring Magnetic North, Koba, Misnomers, Deep Foundation, Heather Park, DJ Boo, Hydroponikz, Cynthia Lin.
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.
2008 College Democrats of America National Convention
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Denver Convention Center
700 14th St
Denver, CO
7:00-10:00 PM
Free with Convention Registration
Will be performing at the Speaker’s Rally during the five-day convergence of nearly 1,000 College Democrats getting ready for this year’s big election. More info to come! For more info on the College Democrats of America, go to: www.collegedems.com.
A New Voice Political Roundtable with Hill Harper and Cornel West
Monday, August 25, 2008
2401 Washington St. (In Five Points)
Denver, CO
9:30 AM
Free
Panelists include Hill Harper, Cornel West, Davey D, Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Rosa Clemente, and more. For more details go to: www.chrischristmas.com/anewvoice.
APIAVote Gala Reception Living the Dream: Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Political Leadership
Monday, August 25, 2008
Marriott City Center, Main Ballroom
1701 California St # 203
Denver, CO
8:00 pm – 12:00 am
Free
To reserve rsvp@apiavote.org or (202) 223-9170. For more info, www.apiavote.org/DNCgaladetails.html.
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, ShanXing Wang, and John Yau. For more info on the Asian American Writers Workshop, go to: www.aaww.org.
Howl Festival
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Dance Stage
4:30 PM
More details to come! For more info, go to www.howlfestival.com.
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/)
Kundiman Asian American Poets at Fordham University
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Fordham University
Bronx, NY
7:00 PM
More details to come!
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.
St. Joseph’s College
Tuesday, April 21, 2008
Auditorium, Tuohy Hall
245 Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
12:40 PM-1:35 PM Performance
6:30 PM-8:30 PM Poetry Slam
Free
More details to come!