From KSW: A Place of her own: call to participate!
A Place of Her Own: Call to Participate
Requirements: Send e-Letter of Interest to participate in AAWAA's A Place of Her Own, Phase II, email: Cynthia Tom, cynthiatom6@gmail.com by January 5, 2010.
Not your ordinary call: Thought-provoking art required in response to the question: If you had a place of your own, what would it be?
Overview: As women, we tend to lose ourselves once we hit puberty. At an early age, we are taught to move away from owning our place in the world in order to be accepted, to be liked. Rarely do women have the opportunity to envision a life without boundaries, expectations, or rules. Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA) wants to provide you with that opportunity. AAWAA knows if we pose the question, “If you had a place of your own, what would it be?” and provide the creative means to explore your answers, profound answers will result.
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
Oliver de la Paz & Rick Barot at Words Expressed: Filipino Poets & Writers Reading
A CULTURE EXPOSED THROUGH THE WORDS OF WRITERS
Words Expressed - Filipino Poets & Writers Reading (Seattle, WA)
The arts serve as a vital medium of capturing history, heritage, and universal truths. On Thursday, January 14, 2010, the United Filipino Club of Seattle University, the Filipino Community of Seattle Kultura Arts, and the Seattle University English Department and Modern Languages/Women Studies Department will host "Words Expressed Filipino Poets and Writers Reading."
The reading begins at 7 pm in Seattle University's Le Roux Room (Student Center 160), located on 12th and Cherry Street, and is free to the public.
The United Filipino Club strives to bring about awareness to our own Filipino community, but also to the wider community of Seattle. This reading strives to spur dialogue and connection to and about the presence of Filipino arts within the community.
The poets and writers include Oliver de la Paz, Donna Miscolta, Toni Bajado, and Rick Barot.
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Words Expressed - Filipino Poets & Writers Reading (Seattle, WA)
The arts serve as a vital medium of capturing history, heritage, and universal truths. On Thursday, January 14, 2010, the United Filipino Club of Seattle University, the Filipino Community of Seattle Kultura Arts, and the Seattle University English Department and Modern Languages/Women Studies Department will host "Words Expressed Filipino Poets and Writers Reading."
The reading begins at 7 pm in Seattle University's Le Roux Room (Student Center 160), located on 12th and Cherry Street, and is free to the public.
The United Filipino Club strives to bring about awareness to our own Filipino community, but also to the wider community of Seattle. This reading strives to spur dialogue and connection to and about the presence of Filipino arts within the community.
The poets and writers include Oliver de la Paz, Donna Miscolta, Toni Bajado, and Rick Barot.
Read more.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Joseph Legaspi’s Imago: poems | Coal Hill Review
Joseph Legaspi’s Imago reviewed by by Katrina Vandenberg in Coal Hill Review
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In Imago, a finely-realized first collection of poems, Manhattan-based Joseph Legaspi looks back through the gates of adulthood at an Eden-like childhood in the Philippines. But these free-verse narratives are not simple, sugar-coated, or — for all their use of the word “I” — self-centered; their delicate surfaces give way to reveal a world that is primal and visceral. Legaspi wrestles with severing and connecting, violence and love, and his place between homelands and among family members living and dead.
The title poem, which opens the book, is representative of many of the poems that follow. Like all the poems in the first three of the book’s four sections, this one takes place in the Philippines — the final section is set in the United States — and begins, “As soon as we became men / my brother and I wore skirts.” It’s one of three poems about the ritual circumcision of the twelve-year-old speaker and his brother. It’s also one of Legaspi’s many poems about violent but necessary loss.
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Folkheart Press Reviews Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults
Folkheart Press reviews Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults
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What I like most about folk stories is that they tell us something important about other people. They create specific examples of universal themes that exist in all cultures; they express the uniqueness of a particular time and a particular people that enlightens us all about our own humanity.
This is what I recently experienced after reading Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults, a collection of contemporary stories for young adults collected and edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard. The 257-page book published by PALH (Philippine American Literary House) was first brought to my attention by fellow writer Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor. A bright writer herself who lives in Washington, she was able to share with me not only the beauty of her own literary work but also the richness of her cultural heritage.
Thanks to her I was allowed into the post 9/11 world of Filipino and Filipino American youth. Through this I was introduced to a culture that admittedly I knew very little about.
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Split This Rock: Poetry Contest
Split This Rock 2010 - 3rd Annual Adult Poetry Contest
Benefits Split This Rock Poetry Festival - Washington, DC, March 10-13, 2010
$1,000 awarded for poems of provocation & witness
http://www.splitthisrock.org/contests.html
Chris Abani, Judge
Prizes: First place $500; 2nd and 3rd place, $250 each. Winners will receive free festival registration, and the 1st-place winner will be invited to read the winning poem at Split This Rock Poetry Festival, 2010. First place $500; 2nd and 3rd place, $250 each. Winning poems will be published on www.SplitThisRock.org.
Deadline: January 4, 2010 (postmark)
For more info: http://www.splitthisrock.org/contests.html
Benefits Split This Rock Poetry Festival - Washington, DC, March 10-13, 2010
$1,000 awarded for poems of provocation & witness
http://www.splitthisrock.org/contests.html
Chris Abani, Judge
Prizes: First place $500; 2nd and 3rd place, $250 each. Winners will receive free festival registration, and the 1st-place winner will be invited to read the winning poem at Split This Rock Poetry Festival, 2010. First place $500; 2nd and 3rd place, $250 each. Winning poems will be published on www.SplitThisRock.org.
Deadline: January 4, 2010 (postmark)
For more info: http://www.splitthisrock.org/contests.html
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Filipino Writers Featured in Aloha Shorts Taping Sunday, January 10, 2010 6:45 PM
From Bamboo Ridge Press:
Aloha Shorts pays tribute to Filipino writers at the next live taping on Sunday, January 10, 2010, 6:45 pm, in Hawaii Public Radio’s Atherton Studio. Special guest musicians for the evening are the University of Hawai‘i Filipino Rondalla comprised of Bernard Ellorin, a Ph.D. student in Music at UH Manoa on bandurya; Stuart Nago, faculty member at Kapi‘olani Community College, on guitar; and Ricardo D. Trimillos on oktavina. Trimillos is a Professor in the Ethnomusicology Asian Studies Program at UH Manoa.
Admission to Aloha Shorts tapings is free, but seating is extremely limited and reservations must be made by calling HPR at 955-8821. Music starts at 6:45 pm and reservations will be held until 6:55 pm only. Aloha Shorts is supported in part by the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities.
The featured reading from the latest Bamboo Ridge Press publication In the Company of Strangers by Michelle Cruz Skinner is an excerpt from her short story “Beautiful,” performed by Donalyn Dela Cruz.
Other Filipino writers honored at this Aloha Shorts taping:
Eileen Tabios, “The Autobiography of Commodities: Installment No. 9: Filipina Brides” and “Force Majeure.” The latter will be read by Stephanie Kong;
Jennifer Santos Madriaga, “My Grandfather, the New American;”
Noel Abubo Mateo, “Accent Reduction” (read by Cheyne Gallarde) and “Beautiful Ilocano;”
Normie Salvador, “Waipahu One Morning” (read by Cheyne Gallarde);
Kenneth Zamora Damacion, “The Islands;”
Darlene M. Javar, “Drinking Games” (read by Stephanie Kong).
Aloha Shorts pays tribute to Filipino writers at the next live taping on Sunday, January 10, 2010, 6:45 pm, in Hawaii Public Radio’s Atherton Studio. Special guest musicians for the evening are the University of Hawai‘i Filipino Rondalla comprised of Bernard Ellorin, a Ph.D. student in Music at UH Manoa on bandurya; Stuart Nago, faculty member at Kapi‘olani Community College, on guitar; and Ricardo D. Trimillos on oktavina. Trimillos is a Professor in the Ethnomusicology Asian Studies Program at UH Manoa.
Admission to Aloha Shorts tapings is free, but seating is extremely limited and reservations must be made by calling HPR at 955-8821. Music starts at 6:45 pm and reservations will be held until 6:55 pm only. Aloha Shorts is supported in part by the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities.
The featured reading from the latest Bamboo Ridge Press publication In the Company of Strangers by Michelle Cruz Skinner is an excerpt from her short story “Beautiful,” performed by Donalyn Dela Cruz.
Other Filipino writers honored at this Aloha Shorts taping:
Eileen Tabios, “The Autobiography of Commodities: Installment No. 9: Filipina Brides” and “Force Majeure.” The latter will be read by Stephanie Kong;
Jennifer Santos Madriaga, “My Grandfather, the New American;”
Noel Abubo Mateo, “Accent Reduction” (read by Cheyne Gallarde) and “Beautiful Ilocano;”
Normie Salvador, “Waipahu One Morning” (read by Cheyne Gallarde);
Kenneth Zamora Damacion, “The Islands;”
Darlene M. Javar, “Drinking Games” (read by Stephanie Kong).
January 16, 2010 | First PAWA Event of the New Year | Growing Up Filipino II Anthology Book Launch
in conjunction with Arkipelago Books
presents a book launch of
Growing Up Filipino II:
More Stories for Young Adults
Edited and Collected by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
Saturday, January 16, 2010
2:00 – 5:00 PM
Bayanihan Community Center, 1010 Mission St., San Francisco
Featuring Readers Rashaan Alexis Meneses, Veronica Montes, Tony Robles, and Marianne Villanueva.
BOOK DESCRIPTION: A welcome addition to Filipino American literature, Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults is the second volume of the Growing Up Filipino series by PALH. In this collection of 27 short stories, Filipino and Filipino American writers explore the universal challenges and experiences of Filipino teens after the historic events of 9/11. The modern demands do not hinder Filipino youth from dealing with the universal concerns of growing up: family, friends, love, home, budding sexuality, leaving home. The delightful stories are written by well known as well as emerging writers. While the target audience of this fine anthology is young adults, the stories can be enjoyed by adult readers as well.
CONTRIBUTORS: Dean Francis Alfar, Katrina Ramos Atienza, Maria Victoria Beltran, M.G. Bertulfo, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Amalia B. Bueno, Max Gutierrez, Leslieann Hobayan, Jaime An Lim, Paulino Lim Jr., Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor, Dolores de Manuel, Rashaan Alexis Meneses, Veronica Montes, Charlson Ong, Marily Ysip Orosa, Kannika Claudine D. Peña, Oscar Peñaranda, Edgar Poma, Tony Robles, Brian Ascalon Roley, Jonathan Jimena Siason, Aileen Suzara, Geronimo G. Tagatac, Marianne Villanueva
ISBN: 978-0-9719458-2-1
ISBN: 978-0-9719458-3-8
PUBLISHED BY:
PALH
P. O. Box 5099
Santa Monica, CA 90409
Tel/fax: 310-452-1195; email: palh@aol.com; http://www.palhbooks.com
For more information on the event contact:
PAWA, Inc. at pawa@pawainc.com, http://www.pawainc.com
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Deadline Approaches for Women Fiction Writers Grant
Deadline Approaches for Women Fiction Writers Grant:
This year's round of grants for feminist writers of fiction given by the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund will close to entries on December 31.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
University Teams with Kundiman, Inc., to Support Poets
Fordham University has entered into a partnership with Kundiman, Inc., to enhance the outreach to poets by its Department of English, and to provide a new home in New York City for Kundiman’s development of the next generation of Asian American poets.
“This partnership between Kundiman and Fordham University represents an historical undertaking in the mentorship of Asian American writers,” said Sarah Gambito, assistant professor and director of creative writing at Fordham. “With this crucial support, Kundiman will be able to work toward organizational sustainability with an eye toward taking program offerings to the next level of excellence.”
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“This partnership between Kundiman and Fordham University represents an historical undertaking in the mentorship of Asian American writers,” said Sarah Gambito, assistant professor and director of creative writing at Fordham. “With this crucial support, Kundiman will be able to work toward organizational sustainability with an eye toward taking program offerings to the next level of excellence.”
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Death Angel returns - San Jose Mercury News
Death Angel returns - San Jose Mercury News
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When Death Angel began performing club shows around the Bay Area in 1981, it wasn't just a band, it was literally a family. The thrash-metal outfit consisted of five precocious Filipino-American cousins. They were all just kids at the time with 9-year-old drummer Andy Galeon being the youngest of the bunch.
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New Song: “To No One in Particular”: Kiwi Illafonte
From Kiwi: Listen and download a New Song: “To No One in Particular”
Benjamin Pimentel: Dances, songs, and the Filipino American journey - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
Kuwento Kuwento
Dances, songs, and the Filipino American journey
By Benjamin Pimentel
INQUIRER.net First Posted 08:28:00 12/20/2009
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Dances, songs, and the Filipino American journey
By Benjamin Pimentel
INQUIRER.net First Posted 08:28:00 12/20/2009
CALIFORNIA, United States—Theo Gonzalves was ten years old when he endured the typical Filipino childhood torture: His parents made him perform for visiting relatives.
“One of my aunties asked my cousin to play something on the piano. My dad asked me to do the same,” he told me a year ago. “Just awful—two kids dragged into a showdown like a couple of reluctant fighters led to a boxing match no one wanted. I played. The families applauded. My cousin cried.”
But despite the agony of those family gatherings, Theo, a professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii, and one of the foremost Filipino American intellectuals today, fell in love with performing.
He even became fascinated with the role that performance has played in the Filipino American story. His book, “The Day the Dancers Stayed,” published in November by Temple University Press, examines the Filipino American experience through that prism, probing the cultural celebrations through dance and theater that helped sustain the FilAm community over the past century.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Upcoming at Fort Mason: John Yoyogi Fortes, Jessalyn Haggenjos, Mike Narciso
John Yoyogi Fortes, Jessalyn Haggenjos, Mike Narciso
SFMOMA's Artist Gallery
January 7 - 29, 2010
Main Gallery
Opening reception:
Thursday, January 7, 2010
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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SFMOMA's Artist Gallery
January 7 - 29, 2010
Main Gallery
Opening reception:
Thursday, January 7, 2010
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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Root Division: "Security" Call for Artists
From KSW:
Root Division: "Security" Call for Artists
OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS: SECURITY
Exhibition dates: March 10-27, 2010
Curated by: Stephanie Ellis and Serena Wellen
Deadline for Submission: Monday, January 11, 2010
Root Division invites artists working in all genres to submit work for an exhibition called Security.
Curatorial statement: Security means simply, the provision of safety. Se-curity is related to the oldest menaing of curate: to care for souls. Today the business of security is a global and corporate phenomenon. The primary agenda is the production of fear; the ideal consumer is immobilized by dread. Security, the exhibition, addresses this pivot between asylum and alarm. We seek artists who touch on the care or solicitude necessary for collective action as well as artists who tackle the charms or fetishes for security's sell. How we define security for our communities and the world, will determine how we get there and where we arrive.
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Root Division: "Security" Call for Artists
OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS: SECURITY
Exhibition dates: March 10-27, 2010
Curated by: Stephanie Ellis and Serena Wellen
Deadline for Submission: Monday, January 11, 2010
Root Division invites artists working in all genres to submit work for an exhibition called Security.
Curatorial statement: Security means simply, the provision of safety. Se-curity is related to the oldest menaing of curate: to care for souls. Today the business of security is a global and corporate phenomenon. The primary agenda is the production of fear; the ideal consumer is immobilized by dread. Security, the exhibition, addresses this pivot between asylum and alarm. We seek artists who touch on the care or solicitude necessary for collective action as well as artists who tackle the charms or fetishes for security's sell. How we define security for our communities and the world, will determine how we get there and where we arrive.
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E. San Juan, Jr.: ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES: A CRITIQUE
ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES: A CRITIQUE
IJAPS Vol. 6, No. 1, 47–75, 2010 47
FROM GENEALOGY TO INVENTORY: THE SITUATION OF ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES IN THE AGE OF THE CRISIS OF GLOBAL FINANCE CAPITAL
E. San Juan, Jr.*
W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, Harvard University.
e-mail: philcsc@gmail.com
The starting point of critical elaboration is the consciousness of what one really is, and is “knowing thyself” as a product of the historical process to date, which has deposited in you an infinity of traces, without leaving an inventory, therefore it is imperative at the outset to compile such an inventory.
–ANTONIO GRAMSCI, Prison Notebooks
ABSTRACT
The onset of global capitalism’s crisis has exposed the fragile theoretical underpinnings of Asian American Studies as an academic discipline. Spellbound by deconstructive, rhetorical assumptions, all symptomatic of commodity-fetishism and alienation, mainstream Asian American critics continue to validate neoliberal pluralism while claiming to value difference and singularity. While rejecting American Exceptionalism, they ignore historical specificities and endorse individualist norms, affects, genealogical plurality, and performative discourses uncritical of free-market reification. What is needed is a return to a mode of critical inventory that takes account of historical capitalism, imperialist geopolitics, and the notion of collective agency necessary to destroy racialised ideological practices and institutions that maintain the exploitative capitalist division of labor, social injustice, and inequality of peoples based on private appropriation of social wealth.
* E. San Juan, Jr. is emeritus professor of English, Comparative Literature, and Ethnic Studies at various universities in the U.S. He was recently a fellow of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, Harvard University, and Fulbright professor of American Studies at Leuven University, Belgium. Currently he directs the Philippines Cultural Studies Center at Storrs, Connecticut, USA. His recent books are US Imperialism and Revolution in the Philippines Palgrave), Toward Filipino Self-Determination (SUNY Press), From Globalization to National Liberation (University of the Philippines Press), and Critique and Social Transformation (The Edwin Mellen Press). He is completing a book on the Abu Sayyaf Phenomenon and the Global War of Terror. IJAPS Vol. 6, No. 1, 47–75, 2010 E. San Juan Jr.
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IJAPS Vol. 6, No. 1, 47–75, 2010 47
FROM GENEALOGY TO INVENTORY: THE SITUATION OF ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES IN THE AGE OF THE CRISIS OF GLOBAL FINANCE CAPITAL
E. San Juan, Jr.*
W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, Harvard University.
e-mail: philcsc@gmail.com
The starting point of critical elaboration is the consciousness of what one really is, and is “knowing thyself” as a product of the historical process to date, which has deposited in you an infinity of traces, without leaving an inventory, therefore it is imperative at the outset to compile such an inventory.
–ANTONIO GRAMSCI, Prison Notebooks
ABSTRACT
The onset of global capitalism’s crisis has exposed the fragile theoretical underpinnings of Asian American Studies as an academic discipline. Spellbound by deconstructive, rhetorical assumptions, all symptomatic of commodity-fetishism and alienation, mainstream Asian American critics continue to validate neoliberal pluralism while claiming to value difference and singularity. While rejecting American Exceptionalism, they ignore historical specificities and endorse individualist norms, affects, genealogical plurality, and performative discourses uncritical of free-market reification. What is needed is a return to a mode of critical inventory that takes account of historical capitalism, imperialist geopolitics, and the notion of collective agency necessary to destroy racialised ideological practices and institutions that maintain the exploitative capitalist division of labor, social injustice, and inequality of peoples based on private appropriation of social wealth.
* E. San Juan, Jr. is emeritus professor of English, Comparative Literature, and Ethnic Studies at various universities in the U.S. He was recently a fellow of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, Harvard University, and Fulbright professor of American Studies at Leuven University, Belgium. Currently he directs the Philippines Cultural Studies Center at Storrs, Connecticut, USA. His recent books are US Imperialism and Revolution in the Philippines Palgrave), Toward Filipino Self-Determination (SUNY Press), From Globalization to National Liberation (University of the Philippines Press), and Critique and Social Transformation (The Edwin Mellen Press). He is completing a book on the Abu Sayyaf Phenomenon and the Global War of Terror. IJAPS Vol. 6, No. 1, 47–75, 2010 E. San Juan Jr.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Call for Entries: SLANT FILM FESTIVAL Bold Asian American Images
Call for Entries:
SLANT FILM FESTIVAL
Bold Asian American Images
10th Annual Shorts Film Festival. May 22, 2010.
Deadline: Postmark by January 30, 2010
Slant: Bold Asian American Images, an annual film festival of short films seeks works by Asian American filmmakers. Now in its 10th year, Slant will showcase an eclectic mix of the best in emerging Asian American cinema. All genres are accepted.
Slant is hosted by the Aurora Picture Show, a nonprofit microcinema dedicated to showing non-commercial film, video, and new media. Aurora’s primary interest is curating high quality group programs that give exposure to emerging artists and new works.
Guidelines are here.
Send To:
Aurora Picture Show – Slant
1524 Sul Ross
Houston, TX 77006
Postmark Deadline: January 30, 2010. Include a SASE to have submission returned.
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SLANT FILM FESTIVAL
Bold Asian American Images
10th Annual Shorts Film Festival. May 22, 2010.
Deadline: Postmark by January 30, 2010
Slant: Bold Asian American Images, an annual film festival of short films seeks works by Asian American filmmakers. Now in its 10th year, Slant will showcase an eclectic mix of the best in emerging Asian American cinema. All genres are accepted.
Slant is hosted by the Aurora Picture Show, a nonprofit microcinema dedicated to showing non-commercial film, video, and new media. Aurora’s primary interest is curating high quality group programs that give exposure to emerging artists and new works.
Guidelines are here.
Send To:
Aurora Picture Show – Slant
1524 Sul Ross
Houston, TX 77006
Postmark Deadline: January 30, 2010. Include a SASE to have submission returned.
Read more.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Amor Fati: Group Show at the Joyce Gordon Gallery (Oakland)
Group Show: Amor Fati
Curated by: Lian Ladia
Joyce Gordon Gallery
406 14th Street
oakland, CA 94612
January 8th - February 8th
Opening: January 8th 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
ARTISTS
Miju - (Michele Muennig and Juan Carlos Quintana)
Marcius Noceda
Mel Vera Curz
Carlo Ricafort
England Hidalgo
Favianna Rodriguez
Malaquias Montoya
Carlos Villa
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Curated by: Lian Ladia
Joyce Gordon Gallery
406 14th Street
oakland, CA 94612
January 8th - February 8th
Opening: January 8th 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
ARTISTS
Miju - (Michele Muennig and Juan Carlos Quintana)
Marcius Noceda
Mel Vera Curz
Carlo Ricafort
England Hidalgo
Favianna Rodriguez
Malaquias Montoya
Carlos Villa
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Monday, December 14, 2009
Randall Mann | 12/15/09 | Adobe Books (SF)
From Poetry Flash: Poetry reading by Randall Mann, Breakfast with Thom Gunn, book signing follows, Adobe Books, 3166 16th Street, SF, free, 7:30 (415/864-3936)
Meritage Press 9th Annual Holiday Poetry Contest--you are invited!
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NINTH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST
Dear Filipino Poets Worldwide:
You are invited to submit to a fun poetry contest. No submission fees. E-mail submissions. Details below:
NINTH ANNUAL HOLIDAY POETRY CONTEST
Sponsor: Meritage Press (www.meritagepress.com)
Judge: Aileen Ibardaloza
Deadline: January 5, 2010
ABOUT THE JUDGE:
Aileen Ibardaloza is the Associate Editor of Our Own Voice Literary Ezine. Her works have appeared in various online and print media including Manorborn journal (Summer 2009), 1,000 Views of Girl Singing (Leafe Press, California and U.K., 2009), A Taste of Home (Anvil, Manila, 2008), Fellowship (Summer/Fall 2008), Moria and Galatea Resurrects. She trained as a molecular biologist before job-hopping her way to the literary world. traje de boda, her first poetry collection, will be published by Meritage Press in 2010.
ABOUT THE CONTEST:
All poets are encouraged to submit by e-mailing 1 or 2 poems to MeritagePress@aol.com. (Send no more than 2 poems). Please present poems within the body of the email as we do not open attachments.) Please include your full name along with your e-mail address. However, the poems will be sent without your names to judge Aileen Ibardaloza, thereby allowing the poems to be read on their own merit. All poets are welcome to submit — it doesn't matter whether you're established or emerging as the work is read on its own merit.
There are no limitations to poetry styles or content. All types of poems are welcome. By Filipino, we include part-blooded Filipinos. We are now taking submissions up to the deadline of Jan. 5, 2010.
Only previously unpublished poems are eligible (you may, however, submit poems that you have featured on your own web sites or or blogs, or that have been published in limited edition chapbooks of no more than 250 copies).
PRIZES:
Meritage Press has asked Aileen Ibardaloza to choose one winner. However, Aileen may choose other finalist-winners, depending on the quality of the submissions. The winner(s) will have their poems published in "Babaylan Speaks" at http://meritagepress.com/babaylan/
The FIRST PLACE WINNER also will receive SELECTED FILIPINO TITLES:
traje de boda by Aileen Ibardaloza; the book is forthcoming in 2010 from Meritage Press (www.meritagepress.com)
PRAU by Jean Vengua; for more information about the book, go to http://meritagepress.com/prau.htm
MUSEUM OF ABSENCES by Luis H. Francia; for more information about the book, go to http://meritagepress.com/museum.htm
KALI'S BLADE by Michelle Bautista; for more information about the book, go to http://meritagepress.com/kalis.htm
THE HAY(NA)KU ANTHOLOGY, VOL. II, co-edited by Jean Vengua and Mark Young; for more information about the book, go to http://www.meritagepress.com/haynaku2.htm
PINOY POETICS; A Collection of Autobiographical and Critical Essays on Filipino and Filipino American Poetics, edited by Nick Carbo; for more information about the book, go to http://meritagepress.com/pinoypoetics.htm
THE THORN ROSARY: SELECTED PROSE POEMS 1998-2010 by Eileen Tabios; the book is forthcoming from Marsh Hawk Press, New York, in 2010
THE BLIND CHATELAINE'S KEYS by Eileen Tabios; for more information about the book, go to http://www.blazevox.org/bk-et.htm
I TAKE THEE, ENGLISH, FOR MY BELOVED by Eileen Tabios; for more information about the book, go to http://marshhawkpress.org/tabios2.htm
MENAGE A TROIS WITH THE 21st CENTURY by Eileen Tabios; for more information about the book, go to http://www.ourownvoice.com/books/2004xpress.shtml
REPRODUCTIONS OF THE EMPTY FLAGPOLE by Eileen Tabios; for more information about the book, go to http://www.marshhawkpress.org/backlist.htm
FINALISTS:
Other finalist-winners besides the winner, if any, will receive two of the above-listed books (the choice of books are up to Meritage Press).
PREVIOUS WINNERS:
2008: Rodrigo V. Dela Pena Jr. (Judge: Bino A. Realuyo)
2007: Naya S. Valdellon & Marcel L. MiIliam (Judge: Eric Gamalinda)
2006: Joel M. Toledo (Judge: Michelle Bautista)
2005: Arkaye Velasquez Kierulf (Judge: Jean Vengua)
2004: Joel H. Vega (Judge: Sarah Gambito)
2003: Luisa A. Igloria (Judge: Patrick Rosal)
2002: Naya S. Valdellon & Michella Rivera-Gravage (Judge: Oliver de la Paz)
2001: Carlomar Arcangel Daoana (Judge: Nick Carbo)
For questions or more information, you can email MeritagePress@aol.com
NINTH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST
Dear Filipino Poets Worldwide:
You are invited to submit to a fun poetry contest. No submission fees. E-mail submissions. Details below:
NINTH ANNUAL HOLIDAY POETRY CONTEST
Sponsor: Meritage Press (www.meritagepress.com)
Judge: Aileen Ibardaloza
Deadline: January 5, 2010
ABOUT THE JUDGE:
Aileen Ibardaloza is the Associate Editor of Our Own Voice Literary Ezine. Her works have appeared in various online and print media including Manorborn journal (Summer 2009), 1,000 Views of Girl Singing (Leafe Press, California and U.K., 2009), A Taste of Home (Anvil, Manila, 2008), Fellowship (Summer/Fall 2008), Moria and Galatea Resurrects. She trained as a molecular biologist before job-hopping her way to the literary world. traje de boda, her first poetry collection, will be published by Meritage Press in 2010.
ABOUT THE CONTEST:
All poets are encouraged to submit by e-mailing 1 or 2 poems to MeritagePress@aol.com. (Send no more than 2 poems). Please present poems within the body of the email as we do not open attachments.) Please include your full name along with your e-mail address. However, the poems will be sent without your names to judge Aileen Ibardaloza, thereby allowing the poems to be read on their own merit. All poets are welcome to submit — it doesn't matter whether you're established or emerging as the work is read on its own merit.
There are no limitations to poetry styles or content. All types of poems are welcome. By Filipino, we include part-blooded Filipinos. We are now taking submissions up to the deadline of Jan. 5, 2010.
Only previously unpublished poems are eligible (you may, however, submit poems that you have featured on your own web sites or or blogs, or that have been published in limited edition chapbooks of no more than 250 copies).
PRIZES:
Meritage Press has asked Aileen Ibardaloza to choose one winner. However, Aileen may choose other finalist-winners, depending on the quality of the submissions. The winner(s) will have their poems published in "Babaylan Speaks" at http://meritagepress.com/babaylan/
The FIRST PLACE WINNER also will receive SELECTED FILIPINO TITLES:
traje de boda by Aileen Ibardaloza; the book is forthcoming in 2010 from Meritage Press (www.meritagepress.com)
PRAU by Jean Vengua; for more information about the book, go to http://meritagepress.com/prau.htm
MUSEUM OF ABSENCES by Luis H. Francia; for more information about the book, go to http://meritagepress.com/museum.htm
KALI'S BLADE by Michelle Bautista; for more information about the book, go to http://meritagepress.com/kalis.htm
THE HAY(NA)KU ANTHOLOGY, VOL. II, co-edited by Jean Vengua and Mark Young; for more information about the book, go to http://www.meritagepress.com/haynaku2.htm
PINOY POETICS; A Collection of Autobiographical and Critical Essays on Filipino and Filipino American Poetics, edited by Nick Carbo; for more information about the book, go to http://meritagepress.com/pinoypoetics.htm
THE THORN ROSARY: SELECTED PROSE POEMS 1998-2010 by Eileen Tabios; the book is forthcoming from Marsh Hawk Press, New York, in 2010
THE BLIND CHATELAINE'S KEYS by Eileen Tabios; for more information about the book, go to http://www.blazevox.org/bk-et.htm
I TAKE THEE, ENGLISH, FOR MY BELOVED by Eileen Tabios; for more information about the book, go to http://marshhawkpress.org/tabios2.htm
MENAGE A TROIS WITH THE 21st CENTURY by Eileen Tabios; for more information about the book, go to http://www.ourownvoice.com/books/2004xpress.shtml
REPRODUCTIONS OF THE EMPTY FLAGPOLE by Eileen Tabios; for more information about the book, go to http://www.marshhawkpress.org/backlist.htm
FINALISTS:
Other finalist-winners besides the winner, if any, will receive two of the above-listed books (the choice of books are up to Meritage Press).
PREVIOUS WINNERS:
2008: Rodrigo V. Dela Pena Jr. (Judge: Bino A. Realuyo)
2007: Naya S. Valdellon & Marcel L. MiIliam (Judge: Eric Gamalinda)
2006: Joel M. Toledo (Judge: Michelle Bautista)
2005: Arkaye Velasquez Kierulf (Judge: Jean Vengua)
2004: Joel H. Vega (Judge: Sarah Gambito)
2003: Luisa A. Igloria (Judge: Patrick Rosal)
2002: Naya S. Valdellon & Michella Rivera-Gravage (Judge: Oliver de la Paz)
2001: Carlomar Arcangel Daoana (Judge: Nick Carbo)
For questions or more information, you can email MeritagePress@aol.com
Feminist blog seeks articles on hip-hop, race & gender
Gender Across Borders, a global feminist blog, is planning a series about hip-hop, resistance, and feminism for mid-January. We are seeking articles that tie together an analysis of race and gender with a consideration of the impact of music on social movements. Those with knowledge of music and/or a familiarity with resistance movements in countries that have experienced war or occupation are encouraged to submit. A broad range of material is welcome, from profiles of particular artists to commentary on the connection between hip-hop and resistance. Articles can focus on the United States or on other countries. Feel free to pitch your own ideas!
To apply, please submit your article (300 – 1500 words) along with a résumé or short summary of interests and experience to Amy at music@genderacrossborders.com by Friday, January 15, 2010.
http://genderacrossborders.com/2009/12/14/call-for-writers-hip-hop-resistance-and-feminism/
To apply, please submit your article (300 – 1500 words) along with a résumé or short summary of interests and experience to Amy at music@genderacrossborders.com by Friday, January 15, 2010.
http://genderacrossborders.com/2009/12/14/call-for-writers-hip-hop-resistance-and-feminism/
Friday, December 11, 2009
12/12/09: Tabi-Tabi Po | Closing Reception at 1AM SF
Have you checked out the Tabi-Tabi Po exhibit at the 1AM? I have. It's really good. This weekend's your last chance:
From 1AM:
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From 1AM:
We want to say farewell to “Tabi Tabi Po” in style. Join us this Saturday, December 12th, for this incredible show’s closing reception from 6-9pm. Baliktad, a two man team made up of Pu22le (aka Alex Abalos) and Mike Boo (a turntablist not only known in the Bay but around the world), will be filling the gallery with their music. They will be spinning and playing sounds incorporating break beats, traditional Filipino instruments and city noises.
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Stephanie Syjuco | Google SketchUp Sculptures Fabricated by Hand
From Core77: Google SketchUp Sculptures Fabricated by Hand, posted by Lisa Smith:
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We wanted to make sure that you didn't miss Unsolicited Fabrications, a series of sculptures by Stephanie Syjuco, who fabricated fifteen digital designs from the Google SketchUp Gallery. According to Syjuco, most of the creators were "non-artists who are just trying to figure out the software ('Something I made while I was bored')." The best part is that even when translated to the real world, by hand, these pieces retain that special, SketchUppy character.
These unsolicited fabrications were all made from simple, inexpensive materials like cardboard, plastic, paper and tape during a one week residency at Pallas Contemporary Projects in Dublin. Though Syjuco did not seek explicit permission to use their shareware creations, all collaborators were credited at the show. See all their work here.
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GEOGRAPHY: A GROUP SHOW FEATURING STELLA KALAW, JOHN MANN AND ANTHONY MARCHETTI (San Francisco)
GEOGRAPHY: A GROUP SHOW FEATURING STELLA KALAW, JOHN MANN AND ANTHONY MARCHETTI
December 17 – January 18, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, Dec. 17, 6 – 8 p.m.
Rayko Gallery
425 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
December 17 – January 18, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, Dec. 17, 6 – 8 p.m.
Rayko Gallery
425 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
PEN American Center: PEN Translation Fund Grants
PEN American Center:
PEN Translation Fund Grants
Deadline: January 14, 2010
Web site: www.pen.org/awards
E-mail address: awards@pen.org
Grants of $3,000 are given annually to support the translation of book-length works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that have not previously appeared in English or have appeared only in an “egregiously flawed” translation. Submit eight copies of 10 to 12 pages of translation and the original passage, a short biography, a curriculum vitae, and statement outlining the work by January 14, 2010. There is no entry fee. Visit the Web site for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
PEN American Center, 588 Broadway, Suite 303, New York, NY 10012.
PEN Translation Fund Grants
Deadline: January 14, 2010
Web site: www.pen.org/awards
E-mail address: awards@pen.org
Grants of $3,000 are given annually to support the translation of book-length works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that have not previously appeared in English or have appeared only in an “egregiously flawed” translation. Submit eight copies of 10 to 12 pages of translation and the original passage, a short biography, a curriculum vitae, and statement outlining the work by January 14, 2010. There is no entry fee. Visit the Web site for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
PEN American Center, 588 Broadway, Suite 303, New York, NY 10012.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Future Generation Art Prize
The Future Generation Art Prize established by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation is a worldwide contemporary art prize to discover, recognize and give long-term support to a future generation of artists. The Prize will be a major contribution to the open participation of younger artists in the dynamic cultural development of societies in global transition.
The Prize is an innovative new international award for artists up to 35 years of age, investing in the artistic development and new production of works.
Awarded through a competition, judged by a distinguished jury, the Prize is founded on the idea of generosity, a network of outstanding patron artists and institutional partners, and a highly democratic application procedure.
Organized by the PinchukArtCentre, an exhibition of 20 shortlisted artists in October 2010 gives the opportunity to discover a future generation.
The first prize will receive $100,000.
Online applications accepted 18 January – 18 April 2010.
Read more.
The Prize is an innovative new international award for artists up to 35 years of age, investing in the artistic development and new production of works.
Awarded through a competition, judged by a distinguished jury, the Prize is founded on the idea of generosity, a network of outstanding patron artists and institutional partners, and a highly democratic application procedure.
Organized by the PinchukArtCentre, an exhibition of 20 shortlisted artists in October 2010 gives the opportunity to discover a future generation.
The first prize will receive $100,000.
Online applications accepted 18 January – 18 April 2010.
Read more.
Call for Submssions | social justice poetry anthology seeks poems | Benu Press
Benu Press Editors Steve Fellner and Phil Young are in the process of creating an anthology about social justice. These are the requirements for the poems:
1) The poem deals with social justice, not simply a social issue. In other words there has to be some action or suggestion of resistance or dealing with a social issue, not justhaving a social issue somewhere in the background.
2) The poem offers an element of hope. This hope can be somewhat ambiguous, but at least some level of hope has to be detectable to the average reader. Think "Daybreak in Alabama" by Langston Hughes.
3) The poem is an "accessible narrative or lyric that contains elements of genuine drama or comedy."
4) If the poem were a movie, it would have to receive somewhere between a G and PG-13 rating.
They would really like to include a poem of yours in Love Rise Up. If interested, please send them a poem(s) for them to look at as a Word document. They would like it emailed it to sfellner@brockport.edu or pyoung@brockport.edu.
They would happily look at new work or previously published. They are responsible for paying all fees, so they would appreciate a waiver.
Contributors will include D.A. Powell, Martin Espada, Denise Duhamel, Rigoberto Gonzalez,David Kirby, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Barbara Hamby, Cheryl Dumesnil, Fady Joudah, Rebecca Livingston, Alison Joseph, Laura Kasischke, Idra Novey, Eliot Khalil Wilson, Martha Collins, David Baker, Jason Schneiderman, Minnie Bruce Pratt, among others.
When the anthology appears (in Fall 2010, tentatively), all contributors will receive one copy. Please call 585-637-4607 or e-mail if you have any questions.
The deadline is January 15, 2010. Tell anyone who might be interested.
1) The poem deals with social justice, not simply a social issue. In other words there has to be some action or suggestion of resistance or dealing with a social issue, not justhaving a social issue somewhere in the background.
2) The poem offers an element of hope. This hope can be somewhat ambiguous, but at least some level of hope has to be detectable to the average reader. Think "Daybreak in Alabama" by Langston Hughes.
3) The poem is an "accessible narrative or lyric that contains elements of genuine drama or comedy."
4) If the poem were a movie, it would have to receive somewhere between a G and PG-13 rating.
They would really like to include a poem of yours in Love Rise Up. If interested, please send them a poem(s) for them to look at as a Word document. They would like it emailed it to sfellner@brockport.edu or pyoung@brockport.edu.
They would happily look at new work or previously published. They are responsible for paying all fees, so they would appreciate a waiver.
Contributors will include D.A. Powell, Martin Espada, Denise Duhamel, Rigoberto Gonzalez,David Kirby, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Barbara Hamby, Cheryl Dumesnil, Fady Joudah, Rebecca Livingston, Alison Joseph, Laura Kasischke, Idra Novey, Eliot Khalil Wilson, Martha Collins, David Baker, Jason Schneiderman, Minnie Bruce Pratt, among others.
When the anthology appears (in Fall 2010, tentatively), all contributors will receive one copy. Please call 585-637-4607 or e-mail if you have any questions.
The deadline is January 15, 2010. Tell anyone who might be interested.
Forthcoming in January 2010: Walang Hiya Anthology
Walang Hiya: Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice, edited by Lolan Buhain Sevilla and Roseli Ilano. Forthcoming in January 2010.
Presented by Arkipelago Books Publishing, this anthology is committed to using the narrative as a departure point for personal and political transformation. Featuring short fiction and poetry from emerging Pilipino and Pilipino-American writers:
Adrien Salazar, Aimee Suzara, Aldrich Sabac, Amalia Bueno, David Maduli, Dionisio Velasco, Edene Matutina, Eileen Tabios, Ellen-Rae Cachola, Elsa Valmidiano, Emily Lawsin, Grace Talusan, Jen Palmares Meadows, Jenny C. Lares, Joan Iva Cube, Kristen Sajonas, Laurel Fantauzo, Lolan Buhain Sevilla, Melanie Dulfo, Melissa Reyes, Michael Janairo, Michelle Ferrer, Niki Escobar, Paul Ocampo, Pippi Prado, Rachel Gray, Regie Cabico, Ricco Villanueva Siasoco, Roseli Ilano, Thomas Paras, Tina Bartolome. Artwork by Arlene Rodrigo and Aimee Espiritu.
Presented by Arkipelago Books Publishing, this anthology is committed to using the narrative as a departure point for personal and political transformation. Featuring short fiction and poetry from emerging Pilipino and Pilipino-American writers:
Adrien Salazar, Aimee Suzara, Aldrich Sabac, Amalia Bueno, David Maduli, Dionisio Velasco, Edene Matutina, Eileen Tabios, Ellen-Rae Cachola, Elsa Valmidiano, Emily Lawsin, Grace Talusan, Jen Palmares Meadows, Jenny C. Lares, Joan Iva Cube, Kristen Sajonas, Laurel Fantauzo, Lolan Buhain Sevilla, Melanie Dulfo, Melissa Reyes, Michael Janairo, Michelle Ferrer, Niki Escobar, Paul Ocampo, Pippi Prado, Rachel Gray, Regie Cabico, Ricco Villanueva Siasoco, Roseli Ilano, Thomas Paras, Tina Bartolome. Artwork by Arlene Rodrigo and Aimee Espiritu.
Rashaan Alexis Meneses: “Whether you MFA or not, you still have to do the work of writing”: Reflections on the PAWA Panel for Emerging Writers
Thank you to Rashaan Alexis Meneses for her write-up on last weekend's emerging writers' panel at SFPL:
“Whether you MFA or not, you still have to do the work of writing”: Reflections on the PAWA Panel for Emerging Writers:
PAWA and Achiote Press sponsored the recent literary event at the San Francisco Main Public Library “Community and Academic Writing Programs” on Sunday, December 6, 2009. The panel was borne out of poet blogosphere discussions when the writers and organizers Barbara Jane Reyes, Oscar Bermeo, and Craig Santos Perez learned of services that charged prospective MFA applicants $300 to read manuscripts and assist in the application process. PAWA board member and poet Barbara Jane Reyes introduced the panelists, Claire Light (Fiction, SFSU), your Salonniere, Vickie Vertiz (VONA, KSW, IWL), Vanessa Huang (Poet, VONA, Kundiman, KSW), Craig Santos Perez (Poet, USF), and Oscar Bermeo (VONA, KSW IWL, louderArts). Each writer discussed their MFA experience or the non-MFA route through community programs such as Intergenerational Workshop Lab (IWL), Voices of Our Nation Art Foundtion (VONA), and Kearny Street Workshop. (Links are listed at the bottom).
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“Whether you MFA or not, you still have to do the work of writing”: Reflections on the PAWA Panel for Emerging Writers:
PAWA and Achiote Press sponsored the recent literary event at the San Francisco Main Public Library “Community and Academic Writing Programs” on Sunday, December 6, 2009. The panel was borne out of poet blogosphere discussions when the writers and organizers Barbara Jane Reyes, Oscar Bermeo, and Craig Santos Perez learned of services that charged prospective MFA applicants $300 to read manuscripts and assist in the application process. PAWA board member and poet Barbara Jane Reyes introduced the panelists, Claire Light (Fiction, SFSU), your Salonniere, Vickie Vertiz (VONA, KSW, IWL), Vanessa Huang (Poet, VONA, Kundiman, KSW), Craig Santos Perez (Poet, USF), and Oscar Bermeo (VONA, KSW IWL, louderArts). Each writer discussed their MFA experience or the non-MFA route through community programs such as Intergenerational Workshop Lab (IWL), Voices of Our Nation Art Foundtion (VONA), and Kearny Street Workshop. (Links are listed at the bottom).
Read more.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Rocket Kapre: Rochita Loenen-Ruiz on the Context of Culture
From Rocket Kapre:
Rochita Loenen-Ruiz on the Context of Culture:
Filipina writer and 2009 Octavia E. Butler Scholar Rochita Loenen-Ruiz has a guest post up at Jeff Vandermeer’s Ecstatic Days where she speaks about why she attempts to be true to her culture (as a Filipina who grew up in the Mountain Province) in her writing. Here’s an excerpt:
If you’d like to read some of Rochita’s stories, her most recent tale, “59 Beads," appears in the latest issue (December 2009) of Apex Magazine. We’re also honored to have two of her stories slated to appear in our Ruin and Resolve anthology.
Rochita Loenen-Ruiz on the Context of Culture:
Filipina writer and 2009 Octavia E. Butler Scholar Rochita Loenen-Ruiz has a guest post up at Jeff Vandermeer’s Ecstatic Days where she speaks about why she attempts to be true to her culture (as a Filipina who grew up in the Mountain Province) in her writing. Here’s an excerpt:
That a lot of Filipinos believe in the superiority of what’s foreign is a sad truth. It’s just like how Filipinos insist on bleaching their beautiful brown skin because they believe white is a superior color.
But I love the Filipino color. I love our beautiful brown skin and I don’t see why we need to be whiter. It’s just in this way that I love our beautiful Filipino culture. It is bright and colorful and filled with so many nuances. We are not just the color of earth, we are not just the beating of gongs, what we are includes the interweaving with other cultures. We are indigenous and multicultural at the same time.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Kid Heroes Productions HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Our DVD's for ONLY $5!!!
BIG DVD HOLIDAY SALE! Looking for some cool unique holiday gifts to give? Seeking some cheap stocking stuffers? Well, we have our annual HOLIDAY SPECIAL just for you with our select DVD's for only $5 each!!! This includes our last LUMPIA PALOOZA DVD, our animated music video DVD BOOTLEG VISUALS, and the films LOLO'S CHILD and LEAVE IT TO CHANCE. Grab them now while supplies last.
Visit: http://www.kidheroes.net/alicaway/holiday.html
The sale is only good through that link. Check out our other DVD's and merchandise at our official store at Blacklava.
Visit: http://www.kidheroes.net/alicaway/holiday.html
The sale is only good through that link. Check out our other DVD's and merchandise at our official store at Blacklava.
Smashwords Edition of Usok #1
From Rocket Kapre:
Smashwords Edition of Usok #1
As a publisher (digital or not) avenues of distribution are key to any strategy. It’s our job, after all, to get the stories of our authors in front of as many people as possible. Smashwords.com is one of the more open and promising ebook distribution outlets at the present (it is DRM-free as well), and we’ll be releasing our ebooks and digital files of Usok on the site. Smashwords distributes through Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Sony and Shortcovers as well (we’ll let you know when/if Usok pops up in those sites) so it’s a great place to be.
For starters we’ve got Usok #1 available as a single file download at Smashwords in a variety of formats, which I’ll discuss in a bit. Since Usok #1 is free, you don’t need to register at Smashwords in order to download it, but if you’ve got the time, feel free to go through the process so that you can review Usok on Smashwords (pretty please? ^_^), and so you’ll be all set when our non-free offerings come out.
Aside from reviews and helping spread the word, trying out the different formats and letting me hear your feedback would be of great help as well. Which format did you prefer, and what would you like us to improve on in the future? There’s a bit of a trial-and-error type learning curve involved in Smashwords’ ebook formatting system, which is why we’re testing this out with Usok, a free offering, rather than with our first anthology, Ruin and Resolve. The good thing about Smashwords is that after you purchase an ebook, if there are any updates to the file made afterward, you can re-download it for free. (This also opens interesting possibilities for a book with constantly updating content that can be made available for a flat fee, but I’ll save that for another day…)
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Smashwords Edition of Usok #1
As a publisher (digital or not) avenues of distribution are key to any strategy. It’s our job, after all, to get the stories of our authors in front of as many people as possible. Smashwords.com is one of the more open and promising ebook distribution outlets at the present (it is DRM-free as well), and we’ll be releasing our ebooks and digital files of Usok on the site. Smashwords distributes through Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Sony and Shortcovers as well (we’ll let you know when/if Usok pops up in those sites) so it’s a great place to be.
For starters we’ve got Usok #1 available as a single file download at Smashwords in a variety of formats, which I’ll discuss in a bit. Since Usok #1 is free, you don’t need to register at Smashwords in order to download it, but if you’ve got the time, feel free to go through the process so that you can review Usok on Smashwords (pretty please? ^_^), and so you’ll be all set when our non-free offerings come out.
Aside from reviews and helping spread the word, trying out the different formats and letting me hear your feedback would be of great help as well. Which format did you prefer, and what would you like us to improve on in the future? There’s a bit of a trial-and-error type learning curve involved in Smashwords’ ebook formatting system, which is why we’re testing this out with Usok, a free offering, rather than with our first anthology, Ruin and Resolve. The good thing about Smashwords is that after you purchase an ebook, if there are any updates to the file made afterward, you can re-download it for free. (This also opens interesting possibilities for a book with constantly updating content that can be made available for a flat fee, but I’ll save that for another day…)
Read more.
KSW and Kaya: SF Thomassons Holiday Party
SF Thomassons Holiday Party:
Join KSW and Kaya Press for a holiday party in celebration of the release of HYPERART: THOMASSON!
Don’t miss KSW’s last event of the year! Join us for a holiday book launch reception, and a preview of KSW’s performance tour “SF Thomassons” featuring Allan Manalo.
WHEN: Friday, December 18; 6 – 9 pm WHERE: PariSoma, 1436 Howard St. @ 10th
ADMISSION IS FREE
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Join KSW and Kaya Press for a holiday party in celebration of the release of HYPERART: THOMASSON!
Don’t miss KSW’s last event of the year! Join us for a holiday book launch reception, and a preview of KSW’s performance tour “SF Thomassons” featuring Allan Manalo.
WHEN: Friday, December 18; 6 – 9 pm WHERE: PariSoma, 1436 Howard St. @ 10th
ADMISSION IS FREE
Read more.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Cosmopolis: Jessica Hagedorn at the Brooklyn Public Library
| Where: | Central Library, Dweck Center |
| When: | Saturday, Dec 12 4 PM |
| Audience: | For Adults |
Click here for more info.
Individual Artist Grants for Women
Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund: Individual Artist Grants for Women
Deadline: December 31, 2009
Entry Fee: $20
Grants of up to $1,500 are given twice yearly to feminist writers who are citizens of the United States or Canada. The current round of grants will be awarded to fiction writers. Submit three copies of a short story or novel excerpt of up to 25 pages, a project description, a budget, and a resumé with a $20 entry fee during the month of December. Send an SASE for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Individual Artist Grants for Women, P.O. Box 309, Wilton, NH 03086. Susan Pliner, Executive Director.
Deadline: December 31, 2009
Entry Fee: $20
Grants of up to $1,500 are given twice yearly to feminist writers who are citizens of the United States or Canada. The current round of grants will be awarded to fiction writers. Submit three copies of a short story or novel excerpt of up to 25 pages, a project description, a budget, and a resumé with a $20 entry fee during the month of December. Send an SASE for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Individual Artist Grants for Women, P.O. Box 309, Wilton, NH 03086. Susan Pliner, Executive Director.
Call for Submissions: Carnival of Feminists (Theme: Reviews)
From Feminist Review:
Feminist Review has been invited to host the Carnival of Feminists on January 20, 2010. The Carnival of Feminists “aims to showcase the finest feminist posts from around the blogosphere,” and we are seeking your already published blog posts featuring feminist-oriented reviews.
Please send us your choice for the best feminist reviews to contact@feministreview.org by December 23, 2009. Include 'Carnival of Feminists submission' in the subject line. The Feminist Review Editorial Collective will review your submissions and select the reviews we feel best represents the Carnival of Feminists’ theme and mission.
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
Check out more reviews at http://www.feministreview.org
Creative Writing Workshop Instructor Position (SF)
The Central City Hospitality House (San Francisco) is looking for a Creative Writing Instructor for its Community Arts Program. Click here for more info (PDF).
CALL FOR ENTRIES: ALL WOMEN SHOW, deadline : December 31, 2009
From Joyce Gordon Gallery (Oakland):
CALL FOR ENTRIES: ALL WOMEN SHOW, deadline : December 31, 2009:
CALLING OUT ALL WOMEN !!!!
The gallery will host a celebration of women from all color, size, age, gender, local and international as a form of politics/non-politics and as a body of thought. Erasing the indistinct lines of class, gender and geography, & celebrating even the contradicting facets of womanhood.This exhibition is inspired by the work of writer Ntozake Shange.
Ntozake means “she who comes with her own things," and Shange means “who walks like a lion.”
The exhibition runs from : February 12 – March 28, 2010
Deadline for entries: received by December 31, 2009 (Click here for submission guidelines.)
ALL WOMEN GROUP SHOW
Joyce Gordon Gallery
406 14th st.
Oakland, CA 94612
For further info, you may contact us via e-mail at jvbgg@sbcglobal.net or or phone 510.465.8911
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Review: Finding God | True Stories of Spiritual Encounters | Edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Marily Ysip Orosa
From Philippine News:
Finding God: True Stories of Spiritual Encounters
Edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Marily Ysip Orosa
PUBLISHER: Anvil Publishing (Manila)
158 pages
nonfiction
Reviewed by Allen Gaborro
“Finding God: True Stories of Spiritual Encounters” is a righteous anthology of works that focus on the mark that God has made on the book’s writers. A total of 18 pieces have been contributed to “Finding God,” which was put together and edited by author Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and book publisher Marily Ysip Orosa.
Their publication is timely, depending of course on how you would identify yourself as a religious person, an agnostic, or as a non-believer. The book attempts to fill the void between Christian ideals and the confounding reality of our modern, secular existence by trying to inspire its reading audience into realizing a closer, more personal relationship with God. And in a time when Filipinos and Filipino Americans are ever-mindful of the pressing demands of the temporal world, “Finding God” seeks to rebrand humanity with God’s fullness and grace.
Read more.
Finding God: True Stories of Spiritual Encounters
Edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Marily Ysip Orosa
PUBLISHER: Anvil Publishing (Manila)
158 pages
nonfiction
Reviewed by Allen Gaborro
“Finding God: True Stories of Spiritual Encounters” is a righteous anthology of works that focus on the mark that God has made on the book’s writers. A total of 18 pieces have been contributed to “Finding God,” which was put together and edited by author Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and book publisher Marily Ysip Orosa.
Their publication is timely, depending of course on how you would identify yourself as a religious person, an agnostic, or as a non-believer. The book attempts to fill the void between Christian ideals and the confounding reality of our modern, secular existence by trying to inspire its reading audience into realizing a closer, more personal relationship with God. And in a time when Filipinos and Filipino Americans are ever-mindful of the pressing demands of the temporal world, “Finding God” seeks to rebrand humanity with God’s fullness and grace.
Read more.
Links to Resources and Programs: Follow-Up on Today's Writer Panel at SFPL
Many thanks to all of the panelists, to SFPL librarian Mitchell Yangson, and to all who attended today's writers' panel at SFPL. I'm very pleased this event was well attended, and that the discussion was very substantial. Please do keep an eye on this blog for future follow-up free events, including creative writing applications workshops covering statements of purpose and writing samples.
As promised, here is a list of websites and links to programs referenced in today's discussion:
As promised, here is a list of websites and links to programs referenced in today's discussion:
- 826 Valencia.
- Berkeley City College: English Department.
- Brava Theater Academy.
- Kearny Street Workshop.
- Kundiman.
- louderARTS.
- Oakland Word.
- Saint Mary's College of California: MFA in Creative Writing.
- San Francisco State University: Creative Writing.
- University of San Francisco: Creative Writing Graduate Program.
- The Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA).
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project Seeks Program Manager
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project
San Francisco, California
Position Title: Program Manager (starts January 20, 2010)
Organization: Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP)
Reports to: QWOCMAP Managing Director
Location: QWOCMAP Administrative Office, San Francisco
Salary: $18 to $20 per hour DOE
40 hours per week, some evenings and weekends required
POSITION SUMMARY
Under the direct supervision of the Managing Director and with oversight from the founding Executive Director, the Program Manager will coordinate essential program and administrative functions of QueerWomen of Color Media Arts Project. This includes, but is not limited to, managing the operations of QWOCMAP events, such as the free annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival.
Read more.
San Francisco, California
Position Title: Program Manager (starts January 20, 2010)
Organization: Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP)
Reports to: QWOCMAP Managing Director
Location: QWOCMAP Administrative Office, San Francisco
Salary: $18 to $20 per hour DOE
40 hours per week, some evenings and weekends required
POSITION SUMMARY
Under the direct supervision of the Managing Director and with oversight from the founding Executive Director, the Program Manager will coordinate essential program and administrative functions of QueerWomen of Color Media Arts Project. This includes, but is not limited to, managing the operations of QWOCMAP events, such as the free annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival.
Read more.
read write prompt #104: how to write the sex poem right, by nick carbó
Nick Carbó on 'The Sex Poem'
The topic for this week’s Read Write Prompt is: The Sex Poem.
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The topic for this week’s Read Write Prompt is: The Sex Poem.
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Call for Submissions: Arroyo Literary Review
Call for Submissions: Arroyo Literary Review
http://www.arroyoliteraryreview.com (go to website for submissions guidelines)
Arroyo Literary Review is now accepting submissions of poetry and fiction (7,000 word max). Arroyo looks to publish bold, honest writing from Northern California and beyond.
To learn more about Arroyo visit http://www.arroyoliteraryreview.com. Our reading period for the third issue will end May 30, 2010.
Arroyo Literary Review is now accepting submissions of poetry and fiction (7,000 word max). Arroyo looks to publish bold, honest writing from Northern California and beyond.
To learn more about Arroyo visit http://www.arroyoliteraryreview.com. Our reading period for the third issue will end May 30, 2010.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Babaylan Mandala Fine Art Series
From Babaylan Files:
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Beginning over 400 years ago, the coming of Westerner colonizers shaped the identity of Filipinos. As the gold of our ancestors and the motherland were wrested away and loaded upon Spanish galleons to be delivered to the conquerors' home across the seas, so too was the richness of Filipino identity and spirituality replaced with dysfunctional perceptions of the superiority of the Westerner's race, religion and ways and the innate inferiority of the indios'.
Filipinos today who awaken and stand strong in their identity, history, heritage and the center of their being(Loob), find their inner light, their inner gold. The Babaylan Mandalas and all their symbols of the 4 elements and baybayin scripts represent the reclaiming of the Filipinos' Inner Gold... We know when the Babaylan Spirit rises within any one of us when She guides us to help our Kapwa find theirs.
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12/06/09 | Community & Academic Writing Programs | A Panel for Emerging Writers
PAWA (Philippine American Writers and Artists) & Achiote Press Presents:
Community & Academic Writing Programs:
A Panel for Emerging Writers
When: 12/06/2009, 2 pm
Where: San Francisco Public Library, Latino Room B (lower level), 100 Larkin at Grove
Free and Open to the public, refreshments will be provided
The California Bay Area houses a diverse array of writing programs, both community-based and academic. For this event, an exciting panel of writers will provide information to emerging writers of color who are thinking of applying to various writing programs and need some guidance. We believe it’s so valuable for writers of color who have gone through community based writing programs and MFA (Masters of Fine Arts) programs to share their knowledge and experiences with others. A question and answer session will follow.
Some questions that will be discussed: Why did you decide to attend a community based writing workshop and/or an MFA program? How did you decide on where to apply? Why did you attend the program you attended? What was the structure of your program? What were the positive and negative aspects of your program?
Panelists include:
Rashaan Alexis Meneses (St Mary’s, Fiction MFA)
Claire Light (San Francisco State University, Fiction MFA)
Vickie Vertiz (VONA, KSW IWL)
Craig Santos Perez (University of San Francisco, Poetry MFA)
Oscar Bermeo (VONA, KSW IWL, louderArts)
Vanessa Huang (VONA, KSW, Kundiman)
Community & Academic Writing Programs:
A Panel for Emerging Writers
When: 12/06/2009, 2 pm
Where: San Francisco Public Library, Latino Room B (lower level), 100 Larkin at Grove
Free and Open to the public, refreshments will be provided
The California Bay Area houses a diverse array of writing programs, both community-based and academic. For this event, an exciting panel of writers will provide information to emerging writers of color who are thinking of applying to various writing programs and need some guidance. We believe it’s so valuable for writers of color who have gone through community based writing programs and MFA (Masters of Fine Arts) programs to share their knowledge and experiences with others. A question and answer session will follow.
Some questions that will be discussed: Why did you decide to attend a community based writing workshop and/or an MFA program? How did you decide on where to apply? Why did you attend the program you attended? What was the structure of your program? What were the positive and negative aspects of your program?
Panelists include:
Rashaan Alexis Meneses (St Mary’s, Fiction MFA)
Claire Light (San Francisco State University, Fiction MFA)
Vickie Vertiz (VONA, KSW IWL)
Craig Santos Perez (University of San Francisco, Poetry MFA)
Oscar Bermeo (VONA, KSW IWL, louderArts)
Vanessa Huang (VONA, KSW, Kundiman)
BABAYLAN RISING | Fundraiser | Saturday, December 5, 2009
BABAYLAN RISING | Fundraiser | Saturday, December 5, 2009:
Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: Bayanihan Center 1010 Mission Street @ 6th Street San Francisco, CA 94103
More Info: Babaylan Rising Details and RSVP page
“BABAYLAN is a Filipino word that refers specifically to an individual or a group of healers, mostly women, who were acknowledged by friends and family as possessing extraordinary gifts… having a gift of vision; an ability to see through schemes or situations and later advise on future plans... or the gift for healing; a specific touch or intuited or passed-on knowledge to specific processes of ‘fixing’ and ‘putting’ people and things together. The first priority of all Babaylan [is] her community.” --Carlos Villa
Join us for an evening of ritual gathering and ceremony.
This fundraiser's intention is to Invoke the Babaylan spirit through a ritual dance the Dugso in the tradition of the Talaandig tribe, creation myth reenactment, Eskrima martial arts, poetry, and sacred drumming.
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Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: Bayanihan Center 1010 Mission Street @ 6th Street San Francisco, CA 94103
More Info: Babaylan Rising Details and RSVP page
“BABAYLAN is a Filipino word that refers specifically to an individual or a group of healers, mostly women, who were acknowledged by friends and family as possessing extraordinary gifts… having a gift of vision; an ability to see through schemes or situations and later advise on future plans... or the gift for healing; a specific touch or intuited or passed-on knowledge to specific processes of ‘fixing’ and ‘putting’ people and things together. The first priority of all Babaylan [is] her community.” --Carlos Villa
Join us for an evening of ritual gathering and ceremony.
This fundraiser's intention is to Invoke the Babaylan spirit through a ritual dance the Dugso in the tradition of the Talaandig tribe, creation myth reenactment, Eskrima martial arts, poetry, and sacred drumming.
Read more.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Dec. 5, 2009: Dorina Lazo Gilmore at Petunia's Place
Dec. 5, 2009: Dorina Lazo Gilmore at Petunia's Place:
Join us for a fun Christmas event at Petunia's Place bookstore, including signings by local authors. This is a great opportunity to do some Christmas shopping for all the little people on your list.
Dorina Lazo Gilmore (CORA COOKS PANCIT) will be signing from 11:00am until 1:00pm. Other authors, including Margarita Engle (THE POET SLAVE OF CUBA) and Doug Hansen (MOTHER GOOSE IN CALIFORNIA), will be signing books as well.
If you are outside the Fresno area, Dorina is offering signed copies of her book at a discount of $15 plus shipping. Delight a little person with this colorful children's book.
Dorina Lazo Gilmore at Petunia's Place
Saturday, December 5, 2009
11:00am - 1:00pm
2017 W Bullard Ave. Fresno, CA 93711
Join us for a fun Christmas event at Petunia's Place bookstore, including signings by local authors. This is a great opportunity to do some Christmas shopping for all the little people on your list.
Dorina Lazo Gilmore (CORA COOKS PANCIT) will be signing from 11:00am until 1:00pm. Other authors, including Margarita Engle (THE POET SLAVE OF CUBA) and Doug Hansen (MOTHER GOOSE IN CALIFORNIA), will be signing books as well.
If you are outside the Fresno area, Dorina is offering signed copies of her book at a discount of $15 plus shipping. Delight a little person with this colorful children's book.
Dorina Lazo Gilmore at Petunia's Place
Saturday, December 5, 2009
11:00am - 1:00pm
2017 W Bullard Ave. Fresno, CA 93711
Call for Submissions: 2010 Queer Women of Color Film Festival
CALL FOR FILMS from Queer Women of Color Filmmakers
For our "TWO-SPIRITS: RECLAIMING REMEMBERANCE" screening at the 6th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) invites Two-Spirit First Nations, American Indian, Native American, Indígenas and indigenous people of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Pacific Islands who are queer women of color to submit short films to our 6th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival, to be held June 11-13, 2010 at the Brava Theater, in San Francisco.
Before Columbus arrived in the Americas, Two-Spirits: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender Native Americans were revered and honored in their cultures as ambassadors, treaty negotiators and spiritual leaders. Colonists also forced themselves into our ancestral homes in Africa, Asia and the Pacific Islands. Our powerful and tender stories were forcibly silenced, but today they can heal our communities while putting a different spin on notions like “traditional values” and issues like same-sex marriage and immigration. So send us your stories of credence, creation and creative resistance. Send us stories that allow us to remember the truth and hope for justice and love.
Click here for more information about QWOCMAP.
Read more.
For our "TWO-SPIRITS: RECLAIMING REMEMBERANCE" screening at the 6th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) invites Two-Spirit First Nations, American Indian, Native American, Indígenas and indigenous people of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Pacific Islands who are queer women of color to submit short films to our 6th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival, to be held June 11-13, 2010 at the Brava Theater, in San Francisco.
Before Columbus arrived in the Americas, Two-Spirits: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender Native Americans were revered and honored in their cultures as ambassadors, treaty negotiators and spiritual leaders. Colonists also forced themselves into our ancestral homes in Africa, Asia and the Pacific Islands. Our powerful and tender stories were forcibly silenced, but today they can heal our communities while putting a different spin on notions like “traditional values” and issues like same-sex marriage and immigration. So send us your stories of credence, creation and creative resistance. Send us stories that allow us to remember the truth and hope for justice and love.
Click here for more information about QWOCMAP.
Read more.
SF Fil-Am Jazz Series 09
SF Fil-Am Jazz Series '09
The SF Filipino American Jazz Festival would like to invite everyone to two special performances by Manila's #1 jazz singer at the 7 Mile House in Brisbane on Tuesday December 8th, and at Sheba Piano Lounge in SF on Wednesday December 9th. For more information go to www.historic7milehouse.com and www.shebalounge.com.
In addition to being a wonderful singer, Ms. Viray is also the Director of the Philippine International Jazz and Arts Festival held in Manila during the month of February. While here in the United States, she will be a featured artist at the Festivals present by JazzPhil-USA in Los Angeles (December 4-5) and New York City (December 11-12). This the premiere of a Filipino American Jazz Festival in New York City. This is a very exciting event, as it add another chapter to the growing number of cities that are part of the Filipino-American Jazz movement! For more information visit www.jazzphil-USA.com.
The SF Fil-Am Jazz Series will also continue performances at Vo's Restaurant in Uptown Oakland. Featured artists will include the Ben Luis Trio, the Joe Simiele Trio, the Little Brown Brother Trio and also the Carlos Zialcita Trio. This is a beautiful venue - with a grand piano, delicious food, and an elegant environment. Join us! www.vosrestaurant.com/events
We want to encourage you to come to these events. It is a great way to continue supporting our Filipino American Jazz artists. Happy Holidays to all of you from the San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival. Thank you very much for your continued support.
Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon
Carlos and Myrna Zialcita
San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival
www.sfpinoyjazzfest.com
Sandra Viray in SF Bay Area
Manila's #1 jazz singer to appear at two events
Her mastery of scat singing, soulful interpretation of every song, perfect rhythmic ideas, and commanding stage presence arer just some of the qualities that make her the premier jazz singer in the Philippines today!
Appearing with
The Al Molina Quintet with Rob Roth on tenor saxophone
7 Mile House
2800 Bayshore Ave, Brisbane 415-467-2343
Tuesday December 8th 7pm
Little Brown Brother Jazz Quartet
Sheba Piano Lounge
1419 Fillmore San Francisco 415-440-7414
Wednesday December 9th 8pm
These are wonderful venues that support live jazz and the San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival. There is no cover charge for these events. Bring friends and celebrate Fil-Am Jazz and the Holiday Spirit with us!
San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival | P.O. Box 30995 | Oakland | CA | 94612
The SF Filipino American Jazz Festival would like to invite everyone to two special performances by Manila's #1 jazz singer at the 7 Mile House in Brisbane on Tuesday December 8th, and at Sheba Piano Lounge in SF on Wednesday December 9th. For more information go to www.historic7milehouse.com and www.shebalounge.com.
In addition to being a wonderful singer, Ms. Viray is also the Director of the Philippine International Jazz and Arts Festival held in Manila during the month of February. While here in the United States, she will be a featured artist at the Festivals present by JazzPhil-USA in Los Angeles (December 4-5) and New York City (December 11-12). This the premiere of a Filipino American Jazz Festival in New York City. This is a very exciting event, as it add another chapter to the growing number of cities that are part of the Filipino-American Jazz movement! For more information visit www.jazzphil-USA.com.
The SF Fil-Am Jazz Series will also continue performances at Vo's Restaurant in Uptown Oakland. Featured artists will include the Ben Luis Trio, the Joe Simiele Trio, the Little Brown Brother Trio and also the Carlos Zialcita Trio. This is a beautiful venue - with a grand piano, delicious food, and an elegant environment. Join us! www.vosrestaurant.com/events
We want to encourage you to come to these events. It is a great way to continue supporting our Filipino American Jazz artists. Happy Holidays to all of you from the San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival. Thank you very much for your continued support.
Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon
Carlos and Myrna Zialcita
San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival
www.sfpinoyjazzfest.com
Sandra Viray in SF Bay Area
Manila's #1 jazz singer to appear at two events
Her mastery of scat singing, soulful interpretation of every song, perfect rhythmic ideas, and commanding stage presence arer just some of the qualities that make her the premier jazz singer in the Philippines today!
Appearing with
The Al Molina Quintet with Rob Roth on tenor saxophone
7 Mile House
2800 Bayshore Ave, Brisbane 415-467-2343
Tuesday December 8th 7pm
Little Brown Brother Jazz Quartet
Sheba Piano Lounge
1419 Fillmore San Francisco 415-440-7414
Wednesday December 9th 8pm
These are wonderful venues that support live jazz and the San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival. There is no cover charge for these events. Bring friends and celebrate Fil-Am Jazz and the Holiday Spirit with us!
San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival | P.O. Box 30995 | Oakland | CA | 94612
On Michelle Cruz Skinner's In the Company of Strangers: New book offers rich stories of life (Lee Cataluna, Honolulu Advertiser)
New book offers rich stories of life (Lee Cataluna, Honolulu Advertiser)
Late one night, Michelle Cruz Skinner wrote about a guy she didn't actually know but could imagine speaking his manifesto. His funny, pointed, self-involved rant came to her whole. The piece "Ten-Fold Path," where a young man talks about race, culture, desire and identity in such a pitch-perfect voice, is one of 16 stories in her new book, "In the Company of Strangers."Read more.
"So, you two wander around the booths, eventually buying a Coke each and stopping at a few booths selling "Born-Again Pinoy" and "100% Filipino" T-shirts, genuine-made-in-the-Philippines woven bracelets, and wood carvings of carabaos and gigantic fork and spoon sets. You vowed years ago that someday, when you had your own house, you would sure as hell not mount some gigantic fork and spoon set on the wall of your dining room. No carabaos either."
"One of my students asked if I listen to guys talk," Skinner said. "I said a lot of them talk loudly, oblivious to everyone around them, so I can't help but hear what they say."
Kweli Journal: Poems by JoAnn Balingit and Rachelle Cruz
Kweli Journal is a new online literary journal established to identify, promote and nurture emerging writers of color. We also seek to expand the audience of authors of color who already have a foothold in the industry. Our mission, as editors and publishers, is to find a broad, international audience for the artists that we publish and the work that we find engaging and uncompromising.
See their premiere issue, which includes JoAnn Balingit and Rachelle Cruz, here.
See their premiere issue, which includes JoAnn Balingit and Rachelle Cruz, here.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Witter Bynner Poetry Translation Residency
For more info, see: Witter Bynner Poetry Translation Residency.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Pinay Stories (SF) 12/04 - 12/05
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 2, 2009
Contact: Joanna Maderazo, Chair, Babae-GABRIELA USA, 415-637-4129
San Francisco Filipina Women Light Up the Blackbox Theatre
San Francisco, CA – An all Filipina cast gears up to take the stage this weekend for Babae San Francisco’s very first theatrical performance, Pinay Stories: Memory, Connection, Roots. Showing at the Off Market Theater for two nights only. The Pinay Stories show promises to leave the audience inspired, empowered, and uplifted. Stories about family, love, loss, and everything in between; the cast of Pinay Stories hold nothing back!
Partnering with award winning Dramaturg Jeannie Barroga, and Director Lorna Velasco, members of Babae San Francisco produced original writings based on their life experiences. These writings were then transformed into monologues, movement pieces, and short skits, bringing life to the stories on stage. The Babae Ensemble featured in the show consists of ten women, none of whom have never professionally acted on a stage before, but underwent several months of writing and theater training. Joanna Maderazo, Chairperson of Babae states, “A lot of heart and soul has been put into the making of this show. The stories portrayed are deeply personal, but it is our hope that by sharing them, it will prompt other Filipinas to take steps in sharing their own life experiences. It is in the weaving of our histories where we can gather strength in each other as a community.”
The Pinay Stories Project is a national effort of GABRIELA USA chapters to collect and encourage the creative efforts of Filipino women that reflect their life stories, journeys, and struggles. Babae has published a Pinay Stories zine in the past, containing short stories and poetry written by Filipina women.
Pinay Stories: Memory, Connection, Roots is showing at Off Market Theatre in San Francisco on Friday, December 4th and Saturday, December 5th from 8:00-9:30pm. For tickets and more information, visit http://brownpapertickets.com/event/89703.
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Babae (Tagalog for "woman") is a grassroots and volunteer-based organization of Filipina women in San Francisco dedicated to supporting and empowering Pinays through critical education, leadership development, and community building. We are committed to taking up local and global struggles, immediate and long-term concerns of our communities, especially those directly impacting Filipino women. As part of the Philippine women's movement for self-determination, we are committed to working towards a future of real sisterhood and international solidarity, true gender equality and opportunity for all women, and genuine sovereignty and democracy in our homeland.
info@babaesf.org | www.babaesf.org
December 2, 2009
Contact: Joanna Maderazo, Chair, Babae-GABRIELA USA, 415-637-4129
San Francisco Filipina Women Light Up the Blackbox Theatre
San Francisco, CA – An all Filipina cast gears up to take the stage this weekend for Babae San Francisco’s very first theatrical performance, Pinay Stories: Memory, Connection, Roots. Showing at the Off Market Theater for two nights only. The Pinay Stories show promises to leave the audience inspired, empowered, and uplifted. Stories about family, love, loss, and everything in between; the cast of Pinay Stories hold nothing back!
Partnering with award winning Dramaturg Jeannie Barroga, and Director Lorna Velasco, members of Babae San Francisco produced original writings based on their life experiences. These writings were then transformed into monologues, movement pieces, and short skits, bringing life to the stories on stage. The Babae Ensemble featured in the show consists of ten women, none of whom have never professionally acted on a stage before, but underwent several months of writing and theater training. Joanna Maderazo, Chairperson of Babae states, “A lot of heart and soul has been put into the making of this show. The stories portrayed are deeply personal, but it is our hope that by sharing them, it will prompt other Filipinas to take steps in sharing their own life experiences. It is in the weaving of our histories where we can gather strength in each other as a community.”
The Pinay Stories Project is a national effort of GABRIELA USA chapters to collect and encourage the creative efforts of Filipino women that reflect their life stories, journeys, and struggles. Babae has published a Pinay Stories zine in the past, containing short stories and poetry written by Filipina women.
Pinay Stories: Memory, Connection, Roots is showing at Off Market Theatre in San Francisco on Friday, December 4th and Saturday, December 5th from 8:00-9:30pm. For tickets and more information, visit http://brownpapertickets.com/event/89703.
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Babae (Tagalog for "woman") is a grassroots and volunteer-based organization of Filipina women in San Francisco dedicated to supporting and empowering Pinays through critical education, leadership development, and community building. We are committed to taking up local and global struggles, immediate and long-term concerns of our communities, especially those directly impacting Filipino women. As part of the Philippine women's movement for self-determination, we are committed to working towards a future of real sisterhood and international solidarity, true gender equality and opportunity for all women, and genuine sovereignty and democracy in our homeland.
info@babaesf.org | www.babaesf.org
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Asian American Writers' Workshop: Want to help us start a journal, open mic, and fellowships?
It's your friends at the Workshop again! We hope you had a nourishing Thanksgiving, gobbling down turkey with those you love. We know this economy hasn't been kind to your pocketbook, but did you know you can support us just by clicking a button?
Vote for The Asian American Writers' Workshop on Facebook. If we're lucky, Chase Community Giving will grant us a cool million, but even if we just make it into the top 100, we'll still get $25,000.
Vote for The Asian American Writers' Workshop!
If we make it, you can look forward to seeing us:
* Resurrect our open mic series and start a new initiative to bring writers of color to the outer boroughs of New York;
* Revamp our website into an online center for Asian American ideas, replete with video, podcast, and a literary journal; and
* Support emerging writers of talent through a fellowship that'll include an honorarium, publication and colony time.
We believe in showing every American, no matter what the color of her skin, that the Asian American story is a central chapter of the American story. We hope you can help click our way towards our a national home for Asian American ideas! Please vote by typing in "The Asian American Writers' Workshop" at the link here.
Ken Chen
Executive Director
Vote for The Asian American Writers' Workshop on Facebook. If we're lucky, Chase Community Giving will grant us a cool million, but even if we just make it into the top 100, we'll still get $25,000.
Vote for The Asian American Writers' Workshop!
If we make it, you can look forward to seeing us:
* Resurrect our open mic series and start a new initiative to bring writers of color to the outer boroughs of New York;
* Revamp our website into an online center for Asian American ideas, replete with video, podcast, and a literary journal; and
* Support emerging writers of talent through a fellowship that'll include an honorarium, publication and colony time.
We believe in showing every American, no matter what the color of her skin, that the Asian American story is a central chapter of the American story. We hope you can help click our way towards our a national home for Asian American ideas! Please vote by typing in "The Asian American Writers' Workshop" at the link here.
Ken Chen
Executive Director
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