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Blood Brothers
Sunday, Mar 16, 2008 11:21AM / Members only
the SF International Asian American Film Festival is in full swing! The gala opening reception Thursday night was great (at the Asian).
Last night, caught Blood Brothers, with our native Daniel Wu. The movie was really great -- nice to see John Woo back in style. Thanks to AND for putting together the after party. It was a rocking time!
Tomorrow, I'm checking out West 32nd at 6 PM. The after party will be at Yoshi's with actor John Cho (another Cal alum - go bears!) and director Teddy Zee (who for some reason has a stellar memory for random people he meets out and about in LA).
The website for the film fest is: asianamericanmedia.org
Also, I've been put in charge in putting together a list of Asian American events between now and the fall for Kearny Street Workshop, so if you know of anything, please let me know! Thanks. :)
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APAture
Tuesday, Sep 11, 2007 2:37PM / Members only
Hey all - Kearny Street Workshop's annual art showcase, APAture, starts next week! I'm coordinating volunteers at the Music Showcase next Friday at Make-Out Room with Goh Nakamura. I'm also going to a bunch of the other events. Check it out:
Daily Schedule (click each event for more info)
September 18 Gallery Opening/APAture Kick-Off featuring Misako Inaoka at KSW's space180
September 19 Literary & Performance at Intersection for the Arts
September 20 Literary & Performance featuring Joel Barraquiel Tan at The Lab
September 21 Music Showcase featuring Goh Nakamura at the Make-Out Room
September 22 Literary & Performance at Manilatown Center
September 22 Literary Showcase with ZYZZYVA and AAWAA at KSW's space180
September 23 Fetish Friendships: Interracial Socializing & the Dangers of Being Used; Performance and Panel Discussion at Chinese Culture Center
September 24 Combatting Hate: API Hate Crimes & Self Defense Workshop at KSW's space180
September 25 Water Babies Screening and Panel Discussion at KSW's space180
September 25 KSW Press Literary Reading at the Actor's Center of San Francisco
September 26 Literary & Performance featuring Steamroller Dance Company/Jesse Bie at Intersection for the Arts
September 27 Film & Video Screening featuring Emiko Omori at Victoria Theatre
September 28 Standup Comedy Showcase featuring Tony Dijamco at the Make-Out Room
September 29 Comix, Zines & Design Expo featuring Lark Pien at KSW's space180
September 29 Open Mic at the Actors Center of San Francisco
September 29 Closing Night Gala featuring Prince Gomolvilas at KSW's space180 and BottleCapp
Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, 7 - 9.30pm
Gallery Opening / APAture Kick-Off
Kearny Street Workshop's space180
180 Capp St. @17th St., 3rd floor
$5 suggested donation; no one turned away for lack of funds.
Featured Visual Artist: Misako InaokaJoin us in celebrating the opening night of APAture, and wander through the halls of 180 Capp to explore drawings, paintings, textiles, and installations from over 30 Bay Area visual artists, including featured visual artist Misako Inaoka and sounds by DJ Zita
Featured Artist: Misako Inaoka
Sounds by DJ ZitaMark Baugh-Sasaki, Structure, sculpture
Sita K. Bhaumik, Figures, photography
Catrina Chaos, title, media
Ali Dadger, Squatting, installation
Jenny Eng, Sugar on Snow, mixed media artwork
Mayumi Hamanaka, Streak of, photography
Amy M. Ho, The Ocean Room, video and sound installation
Korina Jocson, Scattered Islands, photography
Lucien Kubo, Daydreaming, Inside the Mind of the Girl with Pony, Mixed media
Susanna Kwan, Mind Wounds (Things That Grew Inside), drawing series
Mike Lai, Crouching Jackie, Hidden Neo,installation
Stephanie Lie, Untitled, drawing series
Lucy Kalyani Lin, reception, installation
Niana Liu, World Summit, Fishmen, Chinese Emperor and Empress, paintings
Juliana Ma, Chinese American Princess, painting
Amal Mongia, from Manila to the Bay, Transgender Immigrant, photography
Yasushi Matsui, Mara, ink drawing
Mari Naomi, Cruelty to Animals, Painting on a window pane
Ben Nghia Needham, Lips, Fortune Cookie, paintings
Brian Nguyen, Title, media
Hang Phan, 1.A quiet night/ 2.An early morning, painting
Pallavi Sharma, Out of the closet, installation
Eve Shen, Title, media
Jocelyn Shu, Untitled, drawings
Charlene Tan, Untitled, media
Truong Tran,Untitled,media
Katy Tsai, Untitled, painting
Scott Tsuchitani, Happy Thanksgiving, digital print
Lawrence Yang, Snow Triptych, paintingWednesday, September 19, 2007, 8pm
Literary & Performance Showcase
Intersection for the Arts
446 Valencia St. @16th St.
$10-20 sliding scale ($8-$20 for KSW members)Arlene Biala, performance & poetry
Iu - Hui Chua, dance
Julia Graham, dance
Han Pham, prose
Rising Asterisk, hip hop performance
Adrien Salazar, theater performance
Joti Singh, dance
Thursday, September 20, 2007, 8pm
Literary & Performance
The LAB
2948 16th St. @Capp St.
$10-20 sliding scale ($8-$20 for KSW members)
Featured Literary Artist: Joel Barraquiel TanAnamude, music
Ron Quesada, Kulintronica
Saba Waheed, prose
Isabell Zevair, music & performanceFriday, Sept. 21, 2007, 7:30pm-9:30pm
Music Showcase
The Make-Out Room
3225 22nd St. @Mission St, San Francisco
$10-20 sliding scale ($8-$20 for KSW members)
Featured Music Artist: Goh Nakamura
Note: The Make-Out Room is 21+Join us for an eclectic night of pop, indie & acoustic rock from up and coming Bay Area stars including featured music artist Goh Nakamura.
PROGRAM Emceed by Connie Hwong and Lucy Kalyani Lin
Featuring
Amber Field
Dream Date
Lumayaand featured music artist Goh Nakamura.
Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007, 4 - 6pm
Literary & Performance
Manilatown Center
868 Kearny Street
$10-20 sliding scale ($8-$20 for KSW members)Join us for an afternoon of theater, music, and performance at the site of the original International Hotel.
Jason Agar, improvisational theater performance
Asiantics Improv, long– form improvisation
Robin Sukhadia, music
Jose Flipchild Saenz, songs
Wilson Wong, songs
Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007, 8pm
Literary Showcase with ZYZZYVA and the Asian American Women's Association
KSW's space180
180 Capp St. @17th St., 3rd floor
$10-20 sliding scale ($8-$20 for KSW members)Join us for an evening of literary readings featuring some of the Bay Area's most promising and distinct voices.
Neelanjana Banerjee
Katherine Ng
Mary Anne Mohanraj
Anh –Hoa Ti Nguyen
Shizue Seigel
Truong Tran
Debbie YeeProgram Emceed by Thy Tran.
Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007, 8pm
Fetish Friendships: interracial socializing and the dangers of being used
Performance and Panel Discussion
Co-presented with the Chinese Culture Center
750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor or the hotel
$10-20 sliding scale ($8-$20 for KSW members)Join us for an excerpt of David Henry Hwang's Bondage, directed by Ryan Yip and performed by Yip and another actor, followed by a panel discussion about interracial relationships.
This panel discussion will explore the complicated dynamics at play in interracial relationships, whether they are friendships, professional relationships, or more intimate relationships. How have we been fetishized by our friends, and how have we fetishized others, for certain ethnic, racial, or other kinds of characteristics? Does this kind of fetishizing/using happen at all, or is it just perception? What does this kind of behavīor look like, what is the impact on friendships and on the larger community, and what can we do to address the more disturbing elements of thisbehavīor? The panel discussion features panelists Claire Light, Joel Barraquiel Tan, Ryan Yip, and others, and is moderated by Jaime Cortez.
Kearny Street Workshop space 180, 180 Capp Street (btwn. 16th and 17th ), 3rd floor
($10)API women, compared to 18% for white women, representing the second highest percentage for all racial and ethnic groups. In addition, from 1994 to 2000, abortion rates fell for all groups except API women. Yet Asian perspectives - and the cultural stigma and issues particular to API communities - are rarely heard in the heated public debate on reproductive rights.
Abortion itself is both intensely personal and intensively politicized. It brings political and moral judgment to bear on painfully intimate personal choices -- judgment that can prevent women from making the best decisions for themselves and from coping with their experiences in healthy ways.
Come join us at KSW and learn about the Japanese ritual of addressing the experience of abortion, the API reproductive justice movement today, and Exhale, a Bay Area hotline and counseling service for women who have abortions.
Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007, 7 - 9pm
Bunsen Burnt: KSW Press Reading & Chapbook Release
The Actors Center of San Francisco
180 Capp St. @17th St., 2nd floor
$10-20 sliding scale ($8-$20 for KSW members)Join us for an evening of literary readings and the launch of a new chapbook, Bunsen Burnt, from KSW Press. Featuring readings by Neelanjana Banerjee, Susanna Kwan, Vanessa Huang, Sita K. Bhaumik, and others.
Neelanjana Banerjee
Oscar Bermeo
Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik
Vanessa Huang
Susanna Kwan
Margaret RheeWednesday, Sept. 26, 2007, 8pm
Intersection for the Arts
446 Valencia St. @16th St.
Featured Movement/Dance Artist: Steamroller Dance Company / Jesse Bie
$10-20 sliding scale ($8-$20 for KSW members)Join Intersection and KSW for an interdisciplinary evening of music, film, literary, and dance performances, including featured performance artist Steamroller Dance Company and Jesse Bie.
Brandon Bigelow, music
Jennifer Chien, prose
Aireene Espiritu and Rick Di Dia, music
Bushra Rehman, poetry,
Thursday, September 27, 2007, 8pm
Film and Video Night
Victoria Theatre
2961 16th Street, San Francisco
$10-20 sliding scale ($8-$20 for KSW members)
Featured Film Artist: Emiko OmoriJoin us for an evening of film and video screenings by Bay Area API filmmakers, including featured artist Emiko Omori, at the Victoria Theatre.
John Fong, Since You’ve Been Ong
Yasmine Gomez, Consumed
Vanessa Huang, pray ting ai fly
Jeffrey Lei, Dick Ho: Asian Male Porn Star
Minette Mangahas, Kiss My Hyphen
Nooshin Navidi, Young Republic
Danilo Parra, music video for Odessa Chen's Kill the lights
Melanie Veloria, My Bad by Kapakahi
Wilson Wong, My Dad the HairstylistFriday, September 28, 2007, 7:30-9:30pm (doors open 7pm)
Comedy Night
The Make-Out Room, 7:30-9:30 pm
3225 22nd St. @Mission St, San Francisco
$10-20 sliding scale ($8-$20 for KSW members)
Note: The Make-Out Room is 21+Raise the roof and laugh out loud at APAture's exclusive night of comedy with artists including Tony Dijamco, Edwin Li, Tapan Trivedi, Mark Zhang, and special guests.
View artist bios
Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, 12 - 6pm
Comix/Zines and Design Expo
Kearny Street Workshop's space180
180 Capp St. @17th St., 3rd floor
FREE
Featured Expo (Comix & Zines) Artist: Lark PienBrowse through a medley of comic books, zines, jewelry, clothing, and design from dozens of APAture artists. The expo also includes the work of APAture's featured comic book/zine artist, Lark Pien.
Debora Aoki, comics
Jing Lee Bentley and Mark Miyake, zines
Esy E. Casey, “the nine years for no one” and “1.22.07”, graphic stories
Brian Nguyen, Chosen One, Passion, Starlet, Soul Caster, Nava Knight, comics
MariNaomi, Estrus Comics, comics
Thien Pham, comics
Ben Seto, comics
Alexander Shen, Gashapon Shop, Mr. Goh, other comic works, comics
Philip Van Lieu, Moose River, comics
826 Valencia
Hyphen Magazine
Chinese Culture Center
Annie Yu, Nonscensical, Zine
Isabell Zeviar, Prism Pulse, mixed media
Saturday, September 29, 6-8pm
Open Mic
The Actors Center of San Francisco
180 Capp St. @17th St., 2nd floor
$5-10 sliding scale suggested; no one turned away for lack of fundsFor everyone who missed APAture's submission deadline, or who has fantasized about presenting work to a larger audience but never had the opportunity to follow through, APAture's open mic evening is right up your alley! Musicians, poets, fiction writers, playwrights, and performers of all stripes are encouraged to sign up ahead of time to be part of this special evening. Contact apature@kearnystreet.org for more details.
Saturday, September 29, 8pm-late
Closing Night Gala
Kearny Street Workshop's space180 and BottleCapp
180 Capp St. @ 17th St., 3rd floor
$10-20 sliding scale ($8-$20 for KSW members)
Featured Theater/Performing Artist: Prince GomolvilasOur closing night gala features a wide selection of talent, including featured artist and playwright Prince Gomolvilas. The gala takes place across the third floor of 180 Capp Street, starting off at KSW's space180 and moving cross the hall after 10pm to our neighbors, BottleCapp, for continued performances and music with DJ Similak Chyld.
Maile Arvin
Esther Lee
Danilo Parra, screening of music video for Odessa Chen's "Kill the lights"
Similak Chyld
Prince Gomolvilas
kearnystreet.org
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ageless beauty
Friday, Jun 15, 2007 1:42PM / Members only
my friend sent me this link today bc i've been uber stressed at work. it's a good song :)
Video: ageless beauty
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Learn Wushu!
Monday, Jun 11, 2007 2:07PM / Members only
Zhang Lingmei Wushu Exchange is starting a beginner's wushu class Sundays from 1 PM to 2 PM on July 15, 2007 at 1319 20th Ave. in SF. Wushu means "military arts" in Chinese and is the modern form of Chinese kung fu. It has been popularized by the media in films starring Jet Li and Jackie Chan. Wushu is known for its dynamic, artistic movements and is notable for its use of weaponry, primarily the straightsword, broadsword, spear and staff.
Zhang Lingmei is the head instructor at Wushu Exchange. She was formerly the coach of the all-China wushu team, of which Jet Li was a member. In 1974, when China sent its first delegation of wushu athletes to America, she was the team coach and performed in the White House. She is the highest ranked woman martial artist in China. More information about her can be found from an Asianweek article at http://www.asianweek.com/2002_01_18/arts_zhang.html.
Wushu Exchange is an informal place to learn wushu, placing emphasis on the health and safety of its members. I started Wushu Exchange when Coach Zhang moved to Las Vegas but now that she's back for the summer, there's a great opportunity to learn from her and one of our other students. The class will be taught by one of our senior students and/or Zhang Lingmei, depending on how much interest there is in the class. You can see him, me and Coach Zhang performing in the Journey to China video clips.
There will be a performance of wushu for those who are interested on June 24, 2007 at 2 PM at 1319 20th Ave. You are welcome to watch and stay afterward to ask any questions you may have about wushu.
This is a ten-week course, with no practice on Labor Day weekend. The goals for the course (which are subject to change) are:
- basic stances: horse, bow, sit, cat, drop
- basic kicks: front, side, inside, outside, snap, heel, side thrust, back sweep
- hand basics: punches, palm strikes, hooks, wheeling arm, hammer fist, waist turn
- jumps: front (others if there's time)
- Tan tui
The cost for the 10-week course is $80. Please e-mail me if you are interested or if you have any questions. -
bounce ko gals soundtrack
Monday, Jun 11, 2007 9:50AM / Members only
i have been watching a bunch of foreign films recently - saw the korean film, lady vengeance, which was ok, then two japanese films, the sea is watching , with a scrīpt written by kurosawa and bounce ko gals, both of which were pretty good.
btw - if you live in sf and like asian cinema, you should really check out greencine.com - which is a much better version of netflix with a huge foreign and indie film selection.
anyway, i really liked some of the music from bounce ko gals, which seemed to be some sort of mandarin rap/hip hop. does anyone know what this is or where i might be able to get it? thanks if you do!
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