From the Asia Writes blog:
Deadline: March 1, 2010
Basalt's next issue, published in the spring of 2010 will be a special issue, and we invite submissions in any genre, as well as documents and artifacts that record the Asian experience in the American West. We are currently reading for this issue.
All manuscripts should be typed and double-spaced (poetry may be single-spaced) with one inch margins. Please send fiction or non-fiction up to 1500 words (query first if longer), poetry up to five poems or one long poem. For reviews and interviews, please query.
We do accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know in your cover letter if your submission is being submitted elsewhere, and notify us immediately if it is accepted elsewhere. Reporting time: immediately to 12 weeks (longer if being seriously considered).
(More information HERE.)
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
13 Ways of Looking at TheBus, by Gizelle Gajelonia, Tinfish Press
An excerpt from
T H I R T E E N _ W A Y S _ O F _ L O O K I N G _ A T _ T H E _ B U S
By Gizelle Gajelonia • 2010 • $12
Design by Sumet (Ben) Viwatmanitsakul
from "He Do Da Kine In Voices":
(The Waste Land – T.S. Eliot)
Real Unreal City
Under the gray vog of a winterless dawn,
A crowd flowed over Waikīkī Beach, so many,
I had always thought Hawaiʻi had fucked so many.
The mindless pimps, with their eyes fixed on the Other,
Walked up the strip and down King Kalākaua Street,
To where Dog The Bounty Hunter kept the city safe
With prayer, Beth’s breasts, and pepper spray.
There I saw one I knew
(my uncle’s friend’s brother’s calabash cousin),
And stopped her yelling: Eh, Aunty!
What time the number 4 bus coming?”
In Thirteen Ways of Looking at TheBus, Gizelle Gajelonia discovers her muse in Honolulu's TheBus mass transit system. She takes seriously (in this seriously funny chapbook) the notion of routes—routes through Hawaiʻi's history and geography, routes through American poetry, routes through languages spoken in Hawaiʻi.. Many of the pieces parody canonical poems by T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, Hart Crane, Elizabeth Bishop, John Ashbery, and Eric Chock. Out of her parodies come marvelous revisions. Among the figures included in Gajelonia's revised canon are Hawaiʻi's last queen, Liliʻuokalani, Filipina nurses, and an honor's thesis writer very like the author who dreams of Columbia University.
Gizelle Gajelonia was born in the Philippines and raised in Wahiawā, Hawaiʻi. She is a 2004 graduate of Leilehua High School (go Mules!). She earned her BA in English with Highest Honors from the University of Hawaiʻi in 2009.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
phati'tude Submission deadline 03/01/2010
From their website:
We’re open to unsolicited submissions of fiction, nonfiction, essays and poetry. Work doesn’t always have to be serious, humor is welcome (it’s good to know we can laugh at ourselves, or that we don’t always take others’ stupidity seriously). We’re especially interested in, though not exclusively devoted to, writers of Native American, African, Hispanic/Latino and Asian descent. No specifications on form, length or style; however, work must be of the highest quality, with emphasis on language and verse. No hate/racist work, no excessive cursing, cutesy, religious or greeting card stuff. We’re not big fans of love poems, and unless it is extremely well-written, please do not send. Translations are welcome if permission for publication has been granted by the copyright holder (from either the author or the author’s estate). We’re also interested in profile pieces and interviews on poets and writers, and book reviews.
Once a year, one issue is guest-edited by a different writer of prominence, usually one whose work was previously published in the magazine. Our guest-editor policy was designed to introduce readers to different literary circles and tastes, and to offer a fuller representation of the range and diversity of contemporary letters than would be possible under a single editorship. Guest editors are invited to solicit up to half of their issues, with the other half selected from unsolicited manuscripts screened for them by staff editors. Send queries to editor[at]phatitude.org.
http://phatitude.org/online/programs/phatitude-magazine/submission-guidelines/
We’re open to unsolicited submissions of fiction, nonfiction, essays and poetry. Work doesn’t always have to be serious, humor is welcome (it’s good to know we can laugh at ourselves, or that we don’t always take others’ stupidity seriously). We’re especially interested in, though not exclusively devoted to, writers of Native American, African, Hispanic/Latino and Asian descent. No specifications on form, length or style; however, work must be of the highest quality, with emphasis on language and verse. No hate/racist work, no excessive cursing, cutesy, religious or greeting card stuff. We’re not big fans of love poems, and unless it is extremely well-written, please do not send. Translations are welcome if permission for publication has been granted by the copyright holder (from either the author or the author’s estate). We’re also interested in profile pieces and interviews on poets and writers, and book reviews.
Once a year, one issue is guest-edited by a different writer of prominence, usually one whose work was previously published in the magazine. Our guest-editor policy was designed to introduce readers to different literary circles and tastes, and to offer a fuller representation of the range and diversity of contemporary letters than would be possible under a single editorship. Guest editors are invited to solicit up to half of their issues, with the other half selected from unsolicited manuscripts screened for them by staff editors. Send queries to editor[at]phatitude.org.
http://phatitude.org/online/programs/phatitude-magazine/submission-guidelines/
Press Release: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Winners Selected
From Tarie's Asia in the Heart, World on the Mind blog:
Here are the winners in the picture book and youth literature categories:
The picture book winner is Cora Cooks Pancit, written by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore and illustrated by Kristi Valiant, published by Groundwood Books. The picture book honor was given to Tan to Tamarind, written by Malathi Michelle Iyengar and illustrated by Jamel Akib, published by Children’s Book Press.
The youth literature winner is Everything Asian, written by Sung J. Woo and published by Thomas Dunne Books. The youth literature honor was given to Tofu Quilt, written by Ching Yeung Russell and published by Lee & Low Books.
The winners and honor books were chosen from titles by or about Asian/Pacific Americans published in 2009.
The APALA was founded in 1980 by librarians of diverse Asian/Pacific ancestries committed to working together toward a common goal: to create an organization that would address the needs of Asian/Pacific American librarians and those who serve Asian/Pacific American communities.
The winners will each receive an award plaque at the APALA Award Ceremony on Sunday, June 27 during the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.
Publishers interested in submitting books for the 2010 awards should contact Dora Ho, Jury Chair, at dorah2005@gmail.com.
Press Release: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Winners Selected
Friday, February 26, 2010
The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), an affiliate of the American Library Association (ALA), has selected the winners of the 2009 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature. The awards promote Asian/Pacific American culture and heritage and are awarded based on literary and artistic merit.Here are the winners in the picture book and youth literature categories:
The picture book winner is Cora Cooks Pancit, written by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore and illustrated by Kristi Valiant, published by Groundwood Books. The picture book honor was given to Tan to Tamarind, written by Malathi Michelle Iyengar and illustrated by Jamel Akib, published by Children’s Book Press.
The youth literature winner is Everything Asian, written by Sung J. Woo and published by Thomas Dunne Books. The youth literature honor was given to Tofu Quilt, written by Ching Yeung Russell and published by Lee & Low Books.
The winners and honor books were chosen from titles by or about Asian/Pacific Americans published in 2009.
The APALA was founded in 1980 by librarians of diverse Asian/Pacific ancestries committed to working together toward a common goal: to create an organization that would address the needs of Asian/Pacific American librarians and those who serve Asian/Pacific American communities.
The winners will each receive an award plaque at the APALA Award Ceremony on Sunday, June 27 during the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.
Publishers interested in submitting books for the 2010 awards should contact Dora Ho, Jury Chair, at dorah2005@gmail.com.
03/10/2010 Performing Diaspora Nationalism: Redefining Space and Citizenship Through Philippine Poetry and Theater
Performing Diaspora Nationalism: Redefining Space and Citizenship Through Philippine Poetry and Theater
Maria-Josephine Barrios, UC Berkeley
Southeast Asia Studies, Center for
The talk interrogates the concept of "diaspora nationalism" by exploring the shift from the reform-minded 19th-century propaganda movement to the revolutionary participation of American citizens of Filipino descent in the national democratic movement in the Philippines. Among the questions posed are the following: How is "nationalism for the homeland" performed by second-generation immigrants? How are traditional theater forms such as ritual, the pasyon, and the cenaculo utilized? How does poetry, both published and performed, participate in the discourse on human rights in the Philippines? How has new media such as the internet been harnessed by those whose work are outside the homeland? What informs their decision to become members of the national democratic movement? How are the notions of citizenship, space, and nationalism redefined?
Dr. Barrios teaches Tagalog language and literature in the Department of South & Southeast Asian Studies at UC Berkeley. The author of five books, Dr. Barrios is a well-known poet and playwright as well as a translator and scholar of Philippine literature. She has won fourteen national literary awards in the Philippines for her contributions to literature, and was among the 100 women chosen as Weavers of History for the Philippine Centennial Celebration. She has a Ph.D. in Filipino and Philippine Literature from the University of the Philippines.
cseas@berkeley.edu, 510-642-3609
Performing Diaspora Nationalism: Redefining Space and Citizenship Through Philippine Poetry and Theater
Lecture | March 10 | 12:30-2 p.m. | Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton), 6F Conference RoomMaria-Josephine Barrios, UC Berkeley
Southeast Asia Studies, Center for
The talk interrogates the concept of "diaspora nationalism" by exploring the shift from the reform-minded 19th-century propaganda movement to the revolutionary participation of American citizens of Filipino descent in the national democratic movement in the Philippines. Among the questions posed are the following: How is "nationalism for the homeland" performed by second-generation immigrants? How are traditional theater forms such as ritual, the pasyon, and the cenaculo utilized? How does poetry, both published and performed, participate in the discourse on human rights in the Philippines? How has new media such as the internet been harnessed by those whose work are outside the homeland? What informs their decision to become members of the national democratic movement? How are the notions of citizenship, space, and nationalism redefined?
Dr. Barrios teaches Tagalog language and literature in the Department of South & Southeast Asian Studies at UC Berkeley. The author of five books, Dr. Barrios is a well-known poet and playwright as well as a translator and scholar of Philippine literature. She has won fourteen national literary awards in the Philippines for her contributions to literature, and was among the 100 women chosen as Weavers of History for the Philippine Centennial Celebration. She has a Ph.D. in Filipino and Philippine Literature from the University of the Philippines.
cseas@berkeley.edu, 510-642-3609
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Golda + The Guns: Shelter
From the CAAM website:
Here's Golda + The Guns, "Shelter," directed by Werner Von Goff.
LOCUS@KSW and SFIAAFF teamed up Asian American filmmakers and musicians, challenging them to make a music video in a matter of two months with little to no budget. The DIY Music Video teams are competing for a spot in the 28th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and an exciting prize provided by Toyota. Your vote by view will determine which video makes to the film festival! The two-week long voting/viewing period begins online now.
Here's Golda + The Guns, "Shelter," directed by Werner Von Goff.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Review of Peter Bacho's Leaving Yesler
Benjamin Pimentel reviews Peter Bacho's Leaving Yesler.
Read more.
In the classic “America Is in the Heart,” Carlos Bulosan chronicled the plight of the first major wave of Filipino immigrants to America, the farm workers, called the “manongs,” who endured racism, violence, and isolation.
Bacho tells the stories of their children. He is one of them, the son of a manong. Many of his generation came of age in the 1960s and 1970s, as America was reeling from the Vietnam War, the civil rights protests, and the identity-based activism that swept through many ethnic and immigrant communities, including Filipinos.
Read more.
Visual Art Exhibit: geography of transterritories (SF)
Michael Arcega's work will be exhibited from 2/25 to 5/22/2010 in geography of transterritories.
Walter and McBean Galleries
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)
800 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA 94133 -map-
415.749.4563 (tel) / 415.351.3516 (fax)
He will also be speaking on 2/24/2010. Info here.
More on Michael Arcega at his website.
Visual Communications API Screenwriting Contest
From the Hyphen blog:
Hey there, budding Asian Pacific Islander American screenwriters: dry those eyes, buck up, and dust off that short screenplay that's been sitting in your apartment.
The good folks at Visual Communications are partnering up with the Writers Guild of America, West for the 2010 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition, to promote API writers or writers who craft stories about the API community.
Your original 15-page screenplay must be submitted electronically to screenplay@vconline.org by March 22, 2010. Visit the contest website to see the official rules and guidelines. The Grand Prize Winner will be announced at the Closing Night Awards celebration at the 2010 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
I know you're just waiting for me to get to the prizes. The list isn't finalized yet, but at the very least you can expect the following:
Screenwriting consultation with Academy Award winner Chris Tashima
Write Brothers, Inc. Screenwriting software
One year membership to Visual Communications
Photo session by Brian Raimondi Photography
Not too bad for 15 pages and a $15 entry fee. No excuses, APIs! Start writing.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Likhaan Journal Now Accepting Submissions
From the Asia Writes blog:
Likhaan Journal Now Accepting Submissions
• For its fourth issue, Likhaan: the journal of Contemporary Philippine Literature 4, will accept submissions in the following genres, in both English and Filipino:
• Short stories ranging from about 12 to 30 pages double-spaced, in 11-12 points Times New Roman, New York, Palatino, Book Antiqua, Arial or some such standard font. (A suite of short pieces will be considered.)
• A suite of four to seven poems, out of which the editors might choose three to five. (Long poems will be considered in lieu of a suite.)
• Creative nonfiction (essays, memoirs, profiles, etc.), subject to the same length limitations as short stories (see above).
• Critical/ scholarly essays, subject to the same length limitations as short stories (see above).
• Excerpts from graphic novels, or full short graphic stories, for reproduction in black and white on no more than 10 printed pages, 6” x 9”. (Excerpts should be accompanied by a synopsis of the full narrative.)
• All submissions must be original, and previously unpublished.
• All submissions must be accompanied by a biographical sketch (no more than one or two short paragraphs) of the author, including contact information (address, telephone number, E-mail address).
• Submissions may be E-mailed to likhaanjournal4@gmail.com as Rich Text Format (.rtf) files, or posted to The Editors, Likhaan Journal, UP Institute of Creative Writing, Rizal Hall, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101.
• All submissions should be received (whether by E-mail or post) no later than April 30, 2010.
• Submissions which do not follow page and format requirements will be disqualified.
• All submissions will undergo a strict pre-screening and blind refereeing process by the editors, and a panel of referees composed of eminent writers and critics from within and outside the University of the Philippines.
• Writers whose work will be accepted for publication will receive a substantial cash payment and a copy of the published journal.
• The editors reserve the right to edit any and all materials accepted for publication.
• The editors may also solicit or commission special, non-refereed articles outside the aforementioned genres and categories to enhance the editorial content and balance of the journal.
• Please direct any and all inquiries to the editors at likhaanjournal4@gmail.com
Likhaan Journal Now Accepting Submissions
• For its fourth issue, Likhaan: the journal of Contemporary Philippine Literature 4, will accept submissions in the following genres, in both English and Filipino:
• Short stories ranging from about 12 to 30 pages double-spaced, in 11-12 points Times New Roman, New York, Palatino, Book Antiqua, Arial or some such standard font. (A suite of short pieces will be considered.)
• A suite of four to seven poems, out of which the editors might choose three to five. (Long poems will be considered in lieu of a suite.)
• Creative nonfiction (essays, memoirs, profiles, etc.), subject to the same length limitations as short stories (see above).
• Critical/ scholarly essays, subject to the same length limitations as short stories (see above).
• Excerpts from graphic novels, or full short graphic stories, for reproduction in black and white on no more than 10 printed pages, 6” x 9”. (Excerpts should be accompanied by a synopsis of the full narrative.)
• All submissions must be original, and previously unpublished.
• All submissions must be accompanied by a biographical sketch (no more than one or two short paragraphs) of the author, including contact information (address, telephone number, E-mail address).
• Submissions may be E-mailed to likhaanjournal4@gmail.com as Rich Text Format (.rtf) files, or posted to The Editors, Likhaan Journal, UP Institute of Creative Writing, Rizal Hall, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101.
• All submissions should be received (whether by E-mail or post) no later than April 30, 2010.
• Submissions which do not follow page and format requirements will be disqualified.
• All submissions will undergo a strict pre-screening and blind refereeing process by the editors, and a panel of referees composed of eminent writers and critics from within and outside the University of the Philippines.
• Writers whose work will be accepted for publication will receive a substantial cash payment and a copy of the published journal.
• The editors reserve the right to edit any and all materials accepted for publication.
• The editors may also solicit or commission special, non-refereed articles outside the aforementioned genres and categories to enhance the editorial content and balance of the journal.
• Please direct any and all inquiries to the editors at likhaanjournal4@gmail.com
Art Exhibit: Ganyan and Christopher de Leon at fabric8 (SF)
http://fabric8galleries.blogspot.com
( ( ( MY FAVORITE THINGS ) ) )
OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 7-10PM
@ FABRIC8
3318 22ND STREET near valencia, sf
fabric8 presents a group show featuring the new standard for our wood stain gallery -- 6 x 12 panels by::
ALICE KOSWARA
ANDY STATTMILLER
BRETT AMORY
CHRISTOPHER DE LEON
GANYAN
GRANT GILLILAND
JOSHUA ELLINGSON
JOSHUA MAYS
NINJAGRL
PHOKOS (AKA ALICE KOSWARA + PHONETICONTROL)
PHONETICONTROL
TIFFANY STAR
( ( ( SYSTEMIC: NEW WORKS BY BRIAN BARNECLO ) ) )
OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 7-10PM
@ FABRIC8 GALLERIES
3318 22ND STREET near valencia, sf
In the second solo exhibition at the new fabric8 Galleries, BRIAN BARNECLO will explore the concept of interconnectivity in urban, social, and cultural systems, as well as mark the launch of his Systems Mural Project, a 2400-square-foot public work for which he is raising funds.
( ( ( CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ) ) )
Just a reminder about the deadline for our first juried show, called SuperNatural -- March 1!
http://fabric8.blogspot.com/2010/01/call-for-submissions.html
( ( ( FABRIC8 (1)4TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW ) ) )
SHOWING THROUGH MARCH 1, 2010
http://fabric8galleries.blogspot.com
@ FABRIC8
3318 22ND STREET near valencia, sf
a group show featuring long-time collaborators and good friends::
DANIEL FLERES
ERIK OTTO
NORM MAXWELL
REUBEN RUDE
ROMANOWSKI
URSULA X YOUNG
Stay tuned for this and other events at our websites:
http://fabric8.blogspot.com
http://www.twitter.com/fabric8
Have a nice one,
fabric8
( ( ( MY FAVORITE THINGS ) ) )
OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 7-10PM
@ FABRIC8
3318 22ND STREET near valencia, sf
fabric8 presents a group show featuring the new standard for our wood stain gallery -- 6 x 12 panels by::
ALICE KOSWARA
ANDY STATTMILLER
BRETT AMORY
CHRISTOPHER DE LEON
GANYAN
GRANT GILLILAND
JOSHUA ELLINGSON
JOSHUA MAYS
NINJAGRL
PHOKOS (AKA ALICE KOSWARA + PHONETICONTROL)
PHONETICONTROL
TIFFANY STAR
( ( ( SYSTEMIC: NEW WORKS BY BRIAN BARNECLO ) ) )
OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 7-10PM
@ FABRIC8 GALLERIES
3318 22ND STREET near valencia, sf
In the second solo exhibition at the new fabric8 Galleries, BRIAN BARNECLO will explore the concept of interconnectivity in urban, social, and cultural systems, as well as mark the launch of his Systems Mural Project, a 2400-square-foot public work for which he is raising funds.
( ( ( CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ) ) )
Just a reminder about the deadline for our first juried show, called SuperNatural -- March 1!
http://fabric8.blogspot.com/2010/01/call-for-submissions.html
( ( ( FABRIC8 (1)4TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW ) ) )
SHOWING THROUGH MARCH 1, 2010
http://fabric8galleries.blogspot.com
@ FABRIC8
3318 22ND STREET near valencia, sf
a group show featuring long-time collaborators and good friends::
DANIEL FLERES
ERIK OTTO
NORM MAXWELL
REUBEN RUDE
ROMANOWSKI
URSULA X YOUNG
Stay tuned for this and other events at our websites:
http://fabric8.blogspot.com
http://www.twitter.com/fabric8
Have a nice one,
fabric8
CCP Accepts Literary Works for ANI 36
From the Asia Writes blog:
CCP Accepts Literary Works for ANI 36
The Literary Arts Division of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is accepting contributions to its ANI 36 journal. The year’s volume focuses on the theme “Disaster and Survival”.
Works accepted are poems, short stories and essays in Filipino, English or any Philippine language with translation (or gist for prose) in Filipino or English.
The first decade of the 21st century brought record-breaking disasters such as typhoons, floods and landslides that tested the resiliency, resourcefulness and spiritual strength of the Filipinos and changed the history of the nation. This year’s best literary works reflective of the lessons learned from such events will be put together in ANI 36.
Submissions must be typewritten or computer-encoded in Arial 12 points, double-spaced on short bond paper (8.5” x 11”), accompanied by a sheet containing the author’s five-sentence biographical note, contact numbers and address, and tax identification number (TIN) for payment purposes.
Contributions must be submitted by email (aniyearbook@yahoo.com) as an MSWord attachment in rich text format (.rtf) addressed to The Editor, ANI 36, Literary Arts Division, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City 1300. Deadline for submission is June 30.
(For more information, please visit their website HERE.)
CCP Accepts Literary Works for ANI 36
The Literary Arts Division of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is accepting contributions to its ANI 36 journal. The year’s volume focuses on the theme “Disaster and Survival”.
Works accepted are poems, short stories and essays in Filipino, English or any Philippine language with translation (or gist for prose) in Filipino or English.
The first decade of the 21st century brought record-breaking disasters such as typhoons, floods and landslides that tested the resiliency, resourcefulness and spiritual strength of the Filipinos and changed the history of the nation. This year’s best literary works reflective of the lessons learned from such events will be put together in ANI 36.
Submissions must be typewritten or computer-encoded in Arial 12 points, double-spaced on short bond paper (8.5” x 11”), accompanied by a sheet containing the author’s five-sentence biographical note, contact numbers and address, and tax identification number (TIN) for payment purposes.
Contributions must be submitted by email (aniyearbook@yahoo.com) as an MSWord attachment in rich text format (.rtf) addressed to The Editor, ANI 36, Literary Arts Division, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City 1300. Deadline for submission is June 30.
(For more information, please visit their website HERE.)
Friday, February 19, 2010
CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY at Manilatwon 03/06/2010
Manilatown Heritage Foundation Presents
CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
(Part of Manilatown's Rhymes & Rhythms Series)
Hosted by NANCY HOM & AVOTCJA with GENNY LIM, MYRNA ZIALCITA, NANCY HOM, AVOTCJA, MEKLIT HADERO, NELLIE WONG, TUREEDA MIKELL, MAMACOATL, ARLENE BIALA, and PIREENI SUNDARALINGAM
SATURDAY MARCH 6th
2PM – 5PM (Doors open @ 1:30 PM)
THE I-HOTEL MANILATOWN CENTER
868 Kearny Street @ Jackson
San Francisco, CA 94108
A benefit for Manilatown Heritage Foundation
$5 to $10 Sliding Scale
(No one turned away for lack of funds.)
(415) 399-9580 www.Manilatown.org
CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
(Part of Manilatown's Rhymes & Rhythms Series)
Hosted by NANCY HOM & AVOTCJA with GENNY LIM, MYRNA ZIALCITA, NANCY HOM, AVOTCJA, MEKLIT HADERO, NELLIE WONG, TUREEDA MIKELL, MAMACOATL, ARLENE BIALA, and PIREENI SUNDARALINGAM
SATURDAY MARCH 6th
2PM – 5PM (Doors open @ 1:30 PM)
THE I-HOTEL MANILATOWN CENTER
868 Kearny Street @ Jackson
San Francisco, CA 94108
A benefit for Manilatown Heritage Foundation
$5 to $10 Sliding Scale
(No one turned away for lack of funds.)
(415) 399-9580 www.Manilatown.org
Thursday, February 18, 2010
traje de boda, poems by Aileen Ibardaloza
[Please Forward]
Meritage Press Announcement
A Special Release Offer for traje de boda, poems by Aileen Ibardaloza
Meritage Press is delighted to announce the release of traje de boda, a first poetry book by Aileen Ibardaloza. Information about the book is available at http://meritagepress.com/traje.htm and "Advance Words" include:
"Aileen Ibardaloza’s first book is a charmer more than a disarmer of the complicated relationships between men and women, mothers and daughters, or colonized and colonizer. The intensity of her voice is not unlike the Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral with llantos like these: 'I say it’s all right./Yes, if I ever lose my mouth,' and 'My old same hides/her face behind a fan.' traje de boda belongs on any serious bookshelf of contemporary poetry."
—Nick Carbó, author of Chinese, Japanese, What are These?
Aileen Ibardaloza is a poet and memoirist who first trained as a molecular biologist. She grew up in Manila, and studied and traveled around Asia and Europe before joining her family in the United States in 2000. She was married in 2009; she and her husband live in the San Francisco bay area with their two cats. Also the Associate Editor of Our Own Voice Literary Ezine, she has seen writings appear in various online and print media including Manorborn; 1000 Views of Girl Singing (Leafe Press, U.K. and California, 2009); A Taste of Home (Anvil, Manila, 2008); Fellowship; Moria Poetry; and Galatea Resurrects.
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To celebrate the release of traje de boda, Meritage Press is pleased to announce a SPECIAL RELEASE OFFER good through March 31, 2010. Through this offer, you may order the book for $12.50 (a 22% discount from the regular retail price of $16.00) per book. Those who live in the U.S. also will receive free shipping/handling (usually a $5.00 charge). Please make checks out to "Meritage Press" and send to
E. Tabios,
Meritage Press
256 No. Fork Crystal Springs Rd.
St. Helena, CA 94574
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traje de boda is also available directly from Meritage Press' Lulu Account at Lulu http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/traje-de-boda/8225976
For more information, including international orders or requests for review copies, please email MeritagePress@aol.com
Meritage Press Announcement
A Special Release Offer for traje de boda, poems by Aileen Ibardaloza
Meritage Press is delighted to announce the release of traje de boda, a first poetry book by Aileen Ibardaloza. Information about the book is available at http://meritagepress.com/traje.htm and "Advance Words" include:
"Aileen Ibardaloza’s first book is a charmer more than a disarmer of the complicated relationships between men and women, mothers and daughters, or colonized and colonizer. The intensity of her voice is not unlike the Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral with llantos like these: 'I say it’s all right./Yes, if I ever lose my mouth,' and 'My old same hides/her face behind a fan.' traje de boda belongs on any serious bookshelf of contemporary poetry."
—Nick Carbó, author of Chinese, Japanese, What are These?
Aileen Ibardaloza is a poet and memoirist who first trained as a molecular biologist. She grew up in Manila, and studied and traveled around Asia and Europe before joining her family in the United States in 2000. She was married in 2009; she and her husband live in the San Francisco bay area with their two cats. Also the Associate Editor of Our Own Voice Literary Ezine, she has seen writings appear in various online and print media including Manorborn; 1000 Views of Girl Singing (Leafe Press, U.K. and California, 2009); A Taste of Home (Anvil, Manila, 2008); Fellowship; Moria Poetry; and Galatea Resurrects.
*****
To celebrate the release of traje de boda, Meritage Press is pleased to announce a SPECIAL RELEASE OFFER good through March 31, 2010. Through this offer, you may order the book for $12.50 (a 22% discount from the regular retail price of $16.00) per book. Those who live in the U.S. also will receive free shipping/handling (usually a $5.00 charge). Please make checks out to "Meritage Press" and send to
E. Tabios,
Meritage Press
256 No. Fork Crystal Springs Rd.
St. Helena, CA 94574
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Hyphen magazine seeks Books and Fiction editors
Hyphen magazine, a nationally distributed Asian American publication, is looking for editors to take over its Books and Fiction sections.
Hyphen is a volunteer-run organization, so the compensation is working with an energetic group of people dedicated to providing accurate, nuanced and fun coverage of Asian America.
Here's a description of what we're looking for:
Books
Help develop Hyphen's Books section, which covers the Asian American literary scene through author profiles, reviews and features stories on the latest trends. An ideal editor is someone steeped in Asian American literature who can convey a love of books to a wide audience. Experience with writing or editing book reviews or an MFA desired, but if you don't have that and we like you, we'll consider you anyway.
Fiction
Hyphen gives emerging writers a platform by publishing a short story in each issue, and our Fiction editor finds and nurtures this talent. The editor also helps coordinate the annual Hyphen Asian American Writer's Workshop Short Story Contest. An MFA or experience as a fiction writer desired, but not required.
Contact Editor in Chief Harry Mok if you're interested. And go to our Web site for details and information on other openings Hyphen.
Hyphen is a volunteer-run organization, so the compensation is working with an energetic group of people dedicated to providing accurate, nuanced and fun coverage of Asian America.
Here's a description of what we're looking for:
Books
Help develop Hyphen's Books section, which covers the Asian American literary scene through author profiles, reviews and features stories on the latest trends. An ideal editor is someone steeped in Asian American literature who can convey a love of books to a wide audience. Experience with writing or editing book reviews or an MFA desired, but if you don't have that and we like you, we'll consider you anyway.
Fiction
Hyphen gives emerging writers a platform by publishing a short story in each issue, and our Fiction editor finds and nurtures this talent. The editor also helps coordinate the annual Hyphen Asian American Writer's Workshop Short Story Contest. An MFA or experience as a fiction writer desired, but not required.
Contact Editor in Chief Harry Mok if you're interested. And go to our Web site for details and information on other openings Hyphen.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Al Robles
From manongalrobles.org:
We celebrate Uncle Al’s birthday this month. February 16th is when he began his journey to Ifugao Mountain. In his backpack he collected our stories and songs–celebrating them in his poetry. From Fillmore to Manilatown, from Tule Lake to Agbayani Village to Wounded Knee, his poetry and life was dedicated to the silenced voices of our youth and elders in struggle.
“I miss the brother” said close friend Pete Yamamoto, whose Issei and Nisei and I-Hotel poems fall from his lips like Cherry Blossoms in the Japantown Wind. Pete walks with salmon rivers in his eyes, following carabao footsteps to Ifugao Mountain.
Tune in to the POOR NewsNetwork Radio show on KPFA 94.1 FM on Monday Feb. 22nd at 730AM. The show is dedicated to Uncle Al. Al’s nephew Tony interviews friends and fellow poets Lou Syquia and Pete Yamamoto who will speak on Al’s poetry, the I-Hotel and Al’s legacy on our community. POOR Magazine legal scholar Marlon Crump will read his excellent poem, “Heaven is Now a Manilatown”. You can listen online at www.kpfa.org.
The Asian American film festival will feature Curtis Choy’s excellent film “Manilatown is in the Heart–Time Travel with Al Robles” on March 14th and 15th at the Sundance Kabuki Theater in Japantown in San Francisco. Please support this excellent film. For film festival info: www.asianamericanmedia.org. To purchase the film: www.chonkmoonhunter.com
Feel free to leave birthday wishes and thoughts in our guestbook. Celebrate Al’s life and journey in your own way. Eat a bowl of rice and fish, talk story, climb the rooftops and blow conch shell poems across the ocean, write a poem and let it float in the rivers of Manilatown, any way you choose–as Uncle Al always said, “Hang loose now, kid!”
Events and projects are being planned to celebrate Al’s journey, as well as the release of poems and other unpublished work. We’ll keep you posted.
Salamat,
The Robles Family
We celebrate Uncle Al’s birthday this month. February 16th is when he began his journey to Ifugao Mountain. In his backpack he collected our stories and songs–celebrating them in his poetry. From Fillmore to Manilatown, from Tule Lake to Agbayani Village to Wounded Knee, his poetry and life was dedicated to the silenced voices of our youth and elders in struggle.
“I miss the brother” said close friend Pete Yamamoto, whose Issei and Nisei and I-Hotel poems fall from his lips like Cherry Blossoms in the Japantown Wind. Pete walks with salmon rivers in his eyes, following carabao footsteps to Ifugao Mountain.
Tune in to the POOR NewsNetwork Radio show on KPFA 94.1 FM on Monday Feb. 22nd at 730AM. The show is dedicated to Uncle Al. Al’s nephew Tony interviews friends and fellow poets Lou Syquia and Pete Yamamoto who will speak on Al’s poetry, the I-Hotel and Al’s legacy on our community. POOR Magazine legal scholar Marlon Crump will read his excellent poem, “Heaven is Now a Manilatown”. You can listen online at www.kpfa.org.
The Asian American film festival will feature Curtis Choy’s excellent film “Manilatown is in the Heart–Time Travel with Al Robles” on March 14th and 15th at the Sundance Kabuki Theater in Japantown in San Francisco. Please support this excellent film. For film festival info: www.asianamericanmedia.org. To purchase the film: www.chonkmoonhunter.com
Feel free to leave birthday wishes and thoughts in our guestbook. Celebrate Al’s life and journey in your own way. Eat a bowl of rice and fish, talk story, climb the rooftops and blow conch shell poems across the ocean, write a poem and let it float in the rivers of Manilatown, any way you choose–as Uncle Al always said, “Hang loose now, kid!”
Events and projects are being planned to celebrate Al’s journey, as well as the release of poems and other unpublished work. We’ll keep you posted.
Salamat,
The Robles Family
Nara Denning's Neurotique at Other Cinema, ATA (San Francisco)
Other Cinema
ATA Gallery, 992 Valencia (@ 21st)
04/17/2010 @ 830 pm
Drawing on accounts of Conquistador Hernan Cortes' attempt to colonize Baja California, 16th Century cartographies, and a romance/adventure novel ripe with Amazons; this sneak-preview of (in person) Sarolta Cump's 20-min. experimental doc investigates the fantasies, fears, and fetishes of European explorers through a post-colonial queer lens, and with a bawdy sense of humor to boot! ALSO here for intro and Q&A, Nara Denning's Neurotique No. 6 is an 8-min. "neo silent film" of erotic fantasy, rife with surreal imagery and dark humor. Denning combines the influences of German Expressionism and avant-garde cinema to breathe new life into the notion of the cine-poem. PLUS Former SF artiste and now new faculty at UMich, Alexis Bravos' Argonaut, a 16mm biography of the 19th Century writer/explorer Eliza Farnham, in which a single event in her life is oh-so-cinematically re-imagined. AND Martha Colburn's Wonder Woman animation, Mike Kuchar's Paradise Gone, 3-D Venus Fly-Traps, and Handsome Sam Green, segueing from a Sarah Jacobson clip into an invitation to apply for the grant in her name, for emerging women makers. Sangria! *$7.
ATA Gallery, 992 Valencia (@ 21st)
04/17/2010 @ 830 pm
Drawing on accounts of Conquistador Hernan Cortes' attempt to colonize Baja California, 16th Century cartographies, and a romance/adventure novel ripe with Amazons; this sneak-preview of (in person) Sarolta Cump's 20-min. experimental doc investigates the fantasies, fears, and fetishes of European explorers through a post-colonial queer lens, and with a bawdy sense of humor to boot! ALSO here for intro and Q&A, Nara Denning's Neurotique No. 6 is an 8-min. "neo silent film" of erotic fantasy, rife with surreal imagery and dark humor. Denning combines the influences of German Expressionism and avant-garde cinema to breathe new life into the notion of the cine-poem. PLUS Former SF artiste and now new faculty at UMich, Alexis Bravos' Argonaut, a 16mm biography of the 19th Century writer/explorer Eliza Farnham, in which a single event in her life is oh-so-cinematically re-imagined. AND Martha Colburn's Wonder Woman animation, Mike Kuchar's Paradise Gone, 3-D Venus Fly-Traps, and Handsome Sam Green, segueing from a Sarah Jacobson clip into an invitation to apply for the grant in her name, for emerging women makers. Sangria! *$7.
For more on Nara Denning, check out her website.
Oakland: American Center of Philippine Arts (ACPA)
American Center of Philippine Arts (ACPA)
Located on Jefferson Street in Oakland, the American Center of Philippine Arts holds classes and workshops at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in Chinatown.
From their Mission Statement: The American Center of Philippine Arts provides a unique educational and developmental platform for multidisciplinary Philippine arts through innovative, hands-on classes, collaborations, networking opportunities, and showcasing events. We strive to nurture both traditional and progressive Philippine arts to strengthen our community and ethnic identity.
Read more.
Located on Jefferson Street in Oakland, the American Center of Philippine Arts holds classes and workshops at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in Chinatown.
From their Mission Statement: The American Center of Philippine Arts provides a unique educational and developmental platform for multidisciplinary Philippine arts through innovative, hands-on classes, collaborations, networking opportunities, and showcasing events. We strive to nurture both traditional and progressive Philippine arts to strengthen our community and ethnic identity.
Read more.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
[Mar 20] Bindleball Masquerade (Bindlestiff!)
[Mar 20] Bindleball Masquerade:
Bindlestiff Studio cordially invites you
to an evening of food, dancing, and enchantment as they present
the 3rd Annual
Bindleball Masquerade
Unmasking of a Legacy
When: Saturday, March 20th 2010
Doors Open: 7:00 PM
Dinner and Program starts at 7:30 PM
Where: Bayanihan Community Center
1010 Mission St. (at Sixth St.) San Francisco, CA 94103
Tickets: $25
Purchase tickets online at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/editevent.html?e_id=96928
Or reserve by contacting: susie@bindlestiffstudio.org
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. In 1989, Sixth Street in San Franciscos South-of-Market-Area was notorious as a roaming ground for drug dealers, crack addicts, and hookers. It is here where a group of local performing artists had the delusional idea of opening a black box theater inside the street-level storefront of a dilapidated SRO hotel. In 2004, after hundreds of shows, the hotel and the theater was torn down.
Twenty-one years later, in the same exact location, Bindlestiff Studio will open the doors to its brand new theater this coming Fall. Join us as we celebrate the artistry of live performance from those who have graced the stage of this little black box theater over the past two decades. Help us unmask a legacy at our 3rd Annual BINDLEBALL MASQUERADE taking place on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the Bayanihan Community Center, 1010 Mission St. (at Sixth St.) in San Franciscos South-of-Market-Area. Doors will open at 7pm. Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased online at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/editevent.html?e_id=96928 or by contacting Susanna Yu at Susie@bindlestiffstudio.org.
Experience an evening of special live performances, delectable cuisine, and good spirits as Bindlestiff unveils plans for the opening of its new theater. Be a part of building a new legacy through participation in Bindlestiffs Adopt-A-Theater program. This fundraising event will also feature an auction of new works by local artist Dino Ignacio, and Lorna Chui Velascoz as well as music by the popular award winning DJ Sake One.
The only required attire for the Bindleball Masquerade will be a mask. No mask, you say? Bindlestiff Studio will precede this event by offering a series of mask-making workshops conducted by local artists to take place on Sundays February 21, March 7th, and March 14th at the Mint Mall. Suggested tuition fee is $15 to $25 sliding scale. For more information about workshop participation, please contact Dianne Chui at dianne@bindlestiffstudio.org."
Bindlestiff Studio cordially invites you
to an evening of food, dancing, and enchantment as they present
the 3rd Annual
Bindleball Masquerade
Unmasking of a Legacy
When: Saturday, March 20th 2010
Doors Open: 7:00 PM
Dinner and Program starts at 7:30 PM
Where: Bayanihan Community Center
1010 Mission St. (at Sixth St.) San Francisco, CA 94103
Tickets: $25
Purchase tickets online at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/editevent.html?e_id=96928
Or reserve by contacting: susie@bindlestiffstudio.org
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. In 1989, Sixth Street in San Franciscos South-of-Market-Area was notorious as a roaming ground for drug dealers, crack addicts, and hookers. It is here where a group of local performing artists had the delusional idea of opening a black box theater inside the street-level storefront of a dilapidated SRO hotel. In 2004, after hundreds of shows, the hotel and the theater was torn down.
Twenty-one years later, in the same exact location, Bindlestiff Studio will open the doors to its brand new theater this coming Fall. Join us as we celebrate the artistry of live performance from those who have graced the stage of this little black box theater over the past two decades. Help us unmask a legacy at our 3rd Annual BINDLEBALL MASQUERADE taking place on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the Bayanihan Community Center, 1010 Mission St. (at Sixth St.) in San Franciscos South-of-Market-Area. Doors will open at 7pm. Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased online at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/editevent.html?e_id=96928 or by contacting Susanna Yu at Susie@bindlestiffstudio.org.
Experience an evening of special live performances, delectable cuisine, and good spirits as Bindlestiff unveils plans for the opening of its new theater. Be a part of building a new legacy through participation in Bindlestiffs Adopt-A-Theater program. This fundraising event will also feature an auction of new works by local artist Dino Ignacio, and Lorna Chui Velascoz as well as music by the popular award winning DJ Sake One.
The only required attire for the Bindleball Masquerade will be a mask. No mask, you say? Bindlestiff Studio will precede this event by offering a series of mask-making workshops conducted by local artists to take place on Sundays February 21, March 7th, and March 14th at the Mint Mall. Suggested tuition fee is $15 to $25 sliding scale. For more information about workshop participation, please contact Dianne Chui at dianne@bindlestiffstudio.org."
Review: Insides She Swallowed By Sasha Pimentel Chacon (2010)
Review: Insides She Swallowed By Sasha Pimentel Chacon (2010):
Read more.
"...strange as it seems, the act of eating has much in common with math and poetry. For eating is sacred too. When one dines with another human being, it is the act of covenant. And covenant is a sacred equation.
In her new book of poems – Insides She Swallowed – Sasha Chacon adds, subtracts, multiplies and divides poetry’s sacred equation. The result is a yummy cookbook of covenant.
As Chacon says, “The title is based on eating, on what we have to consume in order not to be consumed ourselves.” Like a Filipina version of David ben-Jesse – the King of Israel – who in his Psalms wrote of saving his bitter “tears in a bottle,” Chacon expresses the connection between food and memory.
Read more.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Announcing the 2010 Asian American Short Story Contest
From Hyphen magazine: 
I am SUPER excited to announce the 2010 Asian American Short Story Contest, co-sponsored by Hyphen and The Asian American Writers' Workshop (AAWW)! This is the nation's only contest dedicated to Asian American voices and an opportunity for you to win $1000.
This year's contest -- our third -- will be judged by writers Alexander Chee and Jaed Coffin, and the winning story will be published in Issue 21 of Hyphen. Along with the winning story, we will also name another nine finalists who win a year subscription to Hyphen and a year-long membership to the AAWW.
The contest deadline is March 31st, so pull out that story you've been working on or use this as an excuse to write down that story that's been haunting you forever. This contest is all about nurturing and elevating Asian American writers, so don't miss the opportunity. Also, please help us spread the word by sending the contest info to all the writers and storytellers in your life.
Go to HyphenMagazine.com/ShortStory for submission guidelines and more details.
Also, stay tuned to the Hyphen blog for interviews with the judges, the winning stories from the last two contests and more about Asian American writing.
I am SUPER excited to announce the 2010 Asian American Short Story Contest, co-sponsored by Hyphen and The Asian American Writers' Workshop (AAWW)! This is the nation's only contest dedicated to Asian American voices and an opportunity for you to win $1000.This year's contest -- our third -- will be judged by writers Alexander Chee and Jaed Coffin, and the winning story will be published in Issue 21 of Hyphen. Along with the winning story, we will also name another nine finalists who win a year subscription to Hyphen and a year-long membership to the AAWW.
The contest deadline is March 31st, so pull out that story you've been working on or use this as an excuse to write down that story that's been haunting you forever. This contest is all about nurturing and elevating Asian American writers, so don't miss the opportunity. Also, please help us spread the word by sending the contest info to all the writers and storytellers in your life.
Go to HyphenMagazine.com/ShortStory for submission guidelines and more details.
Also, stay tuned to the Hyphen blog for interviews with the judges, the winning stories from the last two contests and more about Asian American writing.
Luna Park Call for Submissions
Luna Park would like to invite editors and writers to participate in our new series on issues and representations of race, class, gender, and sexuality in independent publishing. How do these issues affect you as an literary magazine editor interested in publishing underrepresented communities, or a writer who wants to challenge dominant notions of identity? What are your thoughts, concerns, ideas about how literary communities reinforce, respond to, and confront racism, classicism, sexism, and homophobia? Contact Marcelle Heath at lunaparkonline@gmail.com.
http://www.lunaparkreview.com.
http://www.lunaparkreview.com.
Al Robles--Happy Birthday!
From Tony Robles:
Tomorrow is Uncle Al's birthday. We've updated www.manongalrobles.org with info on an upcoming radio tribute and showcasing of Curtis Choy's film, "Manilatown is in the Heart--Time travel with Al Robles" at the Asian American film festival.
Pass it along from manongs
over to the children's hands
From Manong to poet
From Manong to Friend
From Manong to Community Worker
From Manong to manang to neighbors
To the heart treading deep
--Al Robles
Pass it along from manongs
over to the children's hands
From Manong to poet
From Manong to Friend
From Manong to Community Worker
From Manong to manang to neighbors
To the heart treading deep
--Al Robles
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Fwd: JOB: Director, Center for Philippine Studies, University of Hawaii
University of Hawai'i
School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Center for Philippine Studies
Full/Associate Professor (tenure track), Center Director
We seek a dynamic, visionary leader who can help guide the Center for Philippine Studies in new directions, while continuing and enhancing its record in publications, extramural grants, undergraduate education, and outreach. The successful applicant will have the ability to make Filipino cultural sensibilities, knowledge, and epistemologies integral parts of the center's activities, and be able to work collaboratively with diverse groups within the university and in the community, including an advisory committee.
The term of director is 3-6 years, after which the director may return to faculty service in the Asian Studies Program (ASP). A faculty member in the ASP has a minimal instructional load of four courses per year, is on duty for 9 months, and expected to have an active record in research/publication, strong instructional skills, and a willingness to provide service to the institution and academic community.
The director has a reduced instructional load of two courses per year while on-duty eleven months. The director shall: administer the Center for Philippine Studies as stated by its by-laws, teach required courses in the Asian Studies Program, advise and supervise graduate students focused on the Philippines and Philippine Studies, conduct research and publication projects commensurate with Asian Studies Program standards appropriate to his/her rank, maintain relations with the Filipino community in Hawaii, and carry out curriculum development related to Philippine Studies.
Inquiries: Michael Aung-Thwin (808) 956-5962, email: aungthwi@hawaii.edu
Deadline: 3 May 2010
See also http://www.pers.hawaii.edu/wuh/nadvert.aspx?rn=9583&si=357843&pn=1&sn=postdate&so=desc
School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Center for Philippine Studies
Full/Associate Professor (tenure track), Center Director
We seek a dynamic, visionary leader who can help guide the Center for Philippine Studies in new directions, while continuing and enhancing its record in publications, extramural grants, undergraduate education, and outreach. The successful applicant will have the ability to make Filipino cultural sensibilities, knowledge, and epistemologies integral parts of the center's activities, and be able to work collaboratively with diverse groups within the university and in the community, including an advisory committee.
The term of director is 3-6 years, after which the director may return to faculty service in the Asian Studies Program (ASP). A faculty member in the ASP has a minimal instructional load of four courses per year, is on duty for 9 months, and expected to have an active record in research/publication, strong instructional skills, and a willingness to provide service to the institution and academic community.
The director has a reduced instructional load of two courses per year while on-duty eleven months. The director shall: administer the Center for Philippine Studies as stated by its by-laws, teach required courses in the Asian Studies Program, advise and supervise graduate students focused on the Philippines and Philippine Studies, conduct research and publication projects commensurate with Asian Studies Program standards appropriate to his/her rank, maintain relations with the Filipino community in Hawaii, and carry out curriculum development related to Philippine Studies.
Inquiries: Michael Aung-Thwin (808) 956-5962, email: aungthwi@hawaii.edu
Deadline: 3 May 2010
See also http://www.pers.hawaii.edu/wuh/nadvert.aspx?rn=9583&si=357843&pn=1&sn=postdate&so=desc
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Call for Photos for FILIPINOS IN SAN FRANCISCO Book
Please forward widely throughout the community!
Dear Friends,
We are seeking photo submissions for Filipinos in San Francisco (Winter 2010, Arcadia Press). Authors will be an editorial collective from the Manilatown Heritage Foundation, Pin@y Educational Partnerships/San Francisco State University, and the Filipino American National Historical Society.
Please open your photo albums and your digital archives for this project! We want to include many different segments of our community, and a wide diversity of individuals, generations, families, businesses and organizations, from every decade, from the Gold Rush to the present as possible for this book. Every kind of photograph is needed: important civic and community events and celebrations, professional and work history (every kind of profession and work!), organizations, and businesses. We also need photos of individuals, families and family reunions, cultural celebrations, weddings, baptisms, debuts, balls/dances, parties, artists, murals, block parties, bands, performances, concerts, poetry readings, protests, rallies, marches, demonstrations, parades, neighborhood scenes, and everyday life out and about in San Francisco.
How to submit:
Option 1: Please send us a CD-ROM of your photos.
- Include a separate document with as much as you know about each picture, such as captions identifying the people in the photo, the date when the photograph was taken (if known), and the name of the location where the photograph is taken.
- Include all contact info (Name, email, phone, address).
SCANNING SPECS
Resolution: 300 dpi
(600 recommended)
Cropping: crop all unnecessary borders
Output or Print size: 8 inches WIDE
Color: Grayscale (8-bit)
File Format: TIFF
Postmarked by Feb. 26, 2010. Mail to:
Prof. Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales
Dept. of Asian American Studies
1600 Holloway Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94132
Option 2: Please bring your photos to our scanning day on 2/21 in SF
We can scan your photos, return your originals immediately, and sit with you to identify each person and event in each photo accurately.
11am-2pm, Sunday, February 21
Filipino Community Center
4681 Mission St. SF, Ca 94112
415.333.6267
Light refreshments will be served.
Remember that your history, and your family and organization’s history, is San Francisco's Filipino American history! Looking forward to seeing you and hearing from you soon. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for sharing your family's or organization's pictures.
Dear Friends,
We are seeking photo submissions for Filipinos in San Francisco (Winter 2010, Arcadia Press). Authors will be an editorial collective from the Manilatown Heritage Foundation, Pin@y Educational Partnerships/San Francisco State University, and the Filipino American National Historical Society.
Please open your photo albums and your digital archives for this project! We want to include many different segments of our community, and a wide diversity of individuals, generations, families, businesses and organizations, from every decade, from the Gold Rush to the present as possible for this book. Every kind of photograph is needed: important civic and community events and celebrations, professional and work history (every kind of profession and work!), organizations, and businesses. We also need photos of individuals, families and family reunions, cultural celebrations, weddings, baptisms, debuts, balls/dances, parties, artists, murals, block parties, bands, performances, concerts, poetry readings, protests, rallies, marches, demonstrations, parades, neighborhood scenes, and everyday life out and about in San Francisco.
How to submit:
Option 1: Please send us a CD-ROM of your photos.
- Include a separate document with as much as you know about each picture, such as captions identifying the people in the photo, the date when the photograph was taken (if known), and the name of the location where the photograph is taken.
- Include all contact info (Name, email, phone, address).
SCANNING SPECS
Resolution: 300 dpi
(600 recommended)
Cropping: crop all unnecessary borders
Output or Print size: 8 inches WIDE
Color: Grayscale (8-bit)
File Format: TIFF
Postmarked by Feb. 26, 2010. Mail to:
Prof. Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales
Dept. of Asian American Studies
1600 Holloway Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94132
Option 2: Please bring your photos to our scanning day on 2/21 in SF
We can scan your photos, return your originals immediately, and sit with you to identify each person and event in each photo accurately.
11am-2pm, Sunday, February 21
Filipino Community Center
4681 Mission St. SF, Ca 94112
415.333.6267
Light refreshments will be served.
Remember that your history, and your family and organization’s history, is San Francisco's Filipino American history! Looking forward to seeing you and hearing from you soon. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for sharing your family's or organization's pictures.
Friday, February 12, 2010
KULARTS: KULAYAN Visual Arts Program
KULAYAN Visual Arts Program
OPEN ART STUDIO SESSIONS
FRIDAYS IN FEBRUARY!
"The whole world as we see it comes to us through the realm of color."
Have you always wanted to learn to draw? Do you want to take your doodling skills to the next level? Do you have an art project you've been trying to finish? Do you want to be mentored by some of the coolest Filipino American visual artists in San Francisco? Then these open art studio sessions are for you!
Bring your ideas, supplies, and creativity and our incredible team of visual artists will guide you through personal and group projects. In partnership with the Filipino Community Center.
KULAYAN
A Kularts Visual Arts Program
Open Art Studio Sessions
Fridays in February (Feb 12, 19, 26)
LOCATION:
Filipino Community Center
4681 Mission St (@ Persia) SF CA 94112
FREE!
INSTRUCTORS:
James gaNyan Garcia
Christopher De Leon
Aimee Espiritu
Kulayan will provide and promote:
· Foundation skill building workshops (drawing techniques, color theory, composition, etc.)
· Filipino Art Appreciation
· Guidance and Mentorship from Local Filipino American artists/curators.
Who can participate?
Anyone...
· with a passion and willingness to learn and create.
· who can maintain a positive and respectful demeanor in a group environment.
· who is not afraid to be challenged.
· who is open to constructive criticism.
Is that you? Then join us at the Filipino Community Center Fridays in February, STARTING TONIGHT!
www.kulayan-art.blogpost.com for updated schedule and info.
INSTRUCTOR BIOS
James Garcia, also known as gaNyan in the art world, graduated in 2002 with a BA in Art from SFSU. Since then he has participated in numerous exhibitions all over the United States and the Philippines. Known primarily as a "character" artist, he blends narratives from his cultural, spiritual, sociopolitical beliefs, and observations to create a fantastical world of creatures and beings - juxtaposed in alternate realities and environments. Other than creating gallery works, James has been active in curating exhibitions locally in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Maryland, and recently the Philippines. A big advocate in promoting Filipino visual artists, James has been active in producing Filipino specific exhibitions to explore and celebrate Filipino identity and awareness.
Aimee M. Espiritu, a queer Filipina, visual and performance artist, educator and designer, was born and raised in Seattle. She received her BFA in Industrial Design from the University of Washington and recently completed her MA in Education from Holy Names University. Now based in Oakland, California, she has been creating art workshops, writing, performing and directing theater for the past six years.
Aimee has been active in exhibit development and design for museums such as the Imagine Children's Museum and Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle, Zeum: San Francisco's Children's Museum, and the Product Development and Design Center of the Philippines. In October 2009, she returned to her passion of visual art in the Bay Area as a member of the exhibit team for "Through my Father's Eyes: The Filipino American Photographs by Ricardo Ocreto Alvarado (1914-1976)" to celebrate the passing of Senate Concurrent No. 48. This resolution designates October as Filipino-American History Month in California. Her most recent work, a series of four mixed media collages appears before each chapter in the recently published anthology, Walang Hiya...literature taking risks toward liberatory practice, edited by Lolan Buhain Sevilla and Roseli Ilano. "The Walang Hiya Chapters" (2009) featured at CounterPULSE's Performing Diaspora Festival is Aimee's first solo visual art exhibit in the Bay Area.
Christopher de Leon, was called to be an artist the first day he picked up a crayon at the young tender age of three. He has since studied at Cal Arts, Art Institute of San Francisco and the Academy Art University. He is armed with a wide variety and knowledge of traditional and non-traditional fine art mediums such as oil, gouache, acrylics and charcoal. He also is well versed in sculpture, character design, storyboarding and graphic design. His love for "street" or urban art has brought him into the urban contemporary gallery and live paint scene here in the Bay Area. Christopher is currently showing at the Lush Life Gallery in the Fillmore, exhibiting a variety of work on the Young Up and Coming wall. He recently exhibited with Filipino artists from the USA, Philippines and Norway in the Tabi Tabi Po show curated by James "gaNyan" Garcia. Labeled as one of the rising stars in the urban art community, Christopher is truly living his dream.
Kularts | 474 Faxon Ave | San Francisco | CA | 94112
OPEN ART STUDIO SESSIONS
FRIDAYS IN FEBRUARY!
"The whole world as we see it comes to us through the realm of color."
Have you always wanted to learn to draw? Do you want to take your doodling skills to the next level? Do you have an art project you've been trying to finish? Do you want to be mentored by some of the coolest Filipino American visual artists in San Francisco? Then these open art studio sessions are for you!
Bring your ideas, supplies, and creativity and our incredible team of visual artists will guide you through personal and group projects. In partnership with the Filipino Community Center.
KULAYAN
A Kularts Visual Arts Program
Open Art Studio Sessions
Fridays in February (Feb 12, 19, 26)
LOCATION:
Filipino Community Center
4681 Mission St (@ Persia) SF CA 94112
FREE!
INSTRUCTORS:
James gaNyan Garcia
Christopher De Leon
Aimee Espiritu
Kulayan will provide and promote:
· Foundation skill building workshops (drawing techniques, color theory, composition, etc.)
· Filipino Art Appreciation
· Guidance and Mentorship from Local Filipino American artists/curators.
Who can participate?
Anyone...
· with a passion and willingness to learn and create.
· who can maintain a positive and respectful demeanor in a group environment.
· who is not afraid to be challenged.
· who is open to constructive criticism.
Is that you? Then join us at the Filipino Community Center Fridays in February, STARTING TONIGHT!
www.kulayan-art.blogpost.com for updated schedule and info.
INSTRUCTOR BIOS
James Garcia, also known as gaNyan in the art world, graduated in 2002 with a BA in Art from SFSU. Since then he has participated in numerous exhibitions all over the United States and the Philippines. Known primarily as a "character" artist, he blends narratives from his cultural, spiritual, sociopolitical beliefs, and observations to create a fantastical world of creatures and beings - juxtaposed in alternate realities and environments. Other than creating gallery works, James has been active in curating exhibitions locally in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Maryland, and recently the Philippines. A big advocate in promoting Filipino visual artists, James has been active in producing Filipino specific exhibitions to explore and celebrate Filipino identity and awareness.
Aimee M. Espiritu, a queer Filipina, visual and performance artist, educator and designer, was born and raised in Seattle. She received her BFA in Industrial Design from the University of Washington and recently completed her MA in Education from Holy Names University. Now based in Oakland, California, she has been creating art workshops, writing, performing and directing theater for the past six years.
Aimee has been active in exhibit development and design for museums such as the Imagine Children's Museum and Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle, Zeum: San Francisco's Children's Museum, and the Product Development and Design Center of the Philippines. In October 2009, she returned to her passion of visual art in the Bay Area as a member of the exhibit team for "Through my Father's Eyes: The Filipino American Photographs by Ricardo Ocreto Alvarado (1914-1976)" to celebrate the passing of Senate Concurrent No. 48. This resolution designates October as Filipino-American History Month in California. Her most recent work, a series of four mixed media collages appears before each chapter in the recently published anthology, Walang Hiya...literature taking risks toward liberatory practice, edited by Lolan Buhain Sevilla and Roseli Ilano. "The Walang Hiya Chapters" (2009) featured at CounterPULSE's Performing Diaspora Festival is Aimee's first solo visual art exhibit in the Bay Area.
Christopher de Leon, was called to be an artist the first day he picked up a crayon at the young tender age of three. He has since studied at Cal Arts, Art Institute of San Francisco and the Academy Art University. He is armed with a wide variety and knowledge of traditional and non-traditional fine art mediums such as oil, gouache, acrylics and charcoal. He also is well versed in sculpture, character design, storyboarding and graphic design. His love for "street" or urban art has brought him into the urban contemporary gallery and live paint scene here in the Bay Area. Christopher is currently showing at the Lush Life Gallery in the Fillmore, exhibiting a variety of work on the Young Up and Coming wall. He recently exhibited with Filipino artists from the USA, Philippines and Norway in the Tabi Tabi Po show curated by James "gaNyan" Garcia. Labeled as one of the rising stars in the urban art community, Christopher is truly living his dream.
Kularts | 474 Faxon Ave | San Francisco | CA | 94112
Bindlestiff Studio: Tonight! Abe Lincoln is the tallest Filipino ever....
From Allan Manalo:
Greetings Everyone,
Just a quick reminder that tonight is our first comedy show of the new
year. Come check out comedians of Bindlestiff Studio. JUST ADDED to
our line: Local Favorite KEVIN CAMIA (of Comedy Central) and PHILIP
HUANG (recently featured in SF Bay Guardian) and special guest!
Join us and emancipate your laughter! Read below for more details.....
Bindlestiff Studio presents a comedy show where standup has never been
so emancipated...(whatever that means)
ABE LINCOLN was the tallest FILIPINO ever!
Join us for our first Standup Stiffies show of the year featuring
original comedy by Joe Anolin, Manny Cabrera, Dennis Rodis, Rob
Trinidad and the standup debut of Joe Cascasan....hosted by Allan
Manalo.
JUST ADDED: Kevin Camia (Comedy Central) & Philip Huang
Friday, February 12th at 830pm
SOMCAN
1070 Howard St. btw 6th & 7th in SF SOMA
Suggested donation: $5 - $10 Sliding Scale
A Bindlestiff Studio Production. Special thanks to Jasen Ildefonzo & SOMCAN
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Job: Senior Editor & Literary Programs Manager
From the NewPages blog: Job : Senior Editor & Literary Programs Manager at The Center for the Art of Translation.
Duende Within: Flamenco Inspired Poetry
You are invited to the PAWA Arkipelago Literary Series
Sunday, February 21, 2010
2:00 PM
Bayanihan Community Center
1010 Mission Street, San Francisco
A free event.
Duende Within: Flamenco Inspired Poetry
Sandy Mcintosh, managing editor of the New York City poetry press, Marsh Hawk Press. His poetry collections include the just-released ERNESTA, IN THE STYLE OF FLAMENCO.
Eileen Tabios, whose publications includes 18 poetry collections, including a flamenco-poetry collection in NOTA BENE EISWEIN. She just released THE THORN ROSARY: SELECTED PROSE POEMS 1998-2010, with essays by scholars Thomas Fink and Joi Barrios. She once took a flamenco class in New York City, and failed it with much enthusiasm.
Edwin Agustín Lozada, author of Sueños anónimos/Anonymous Dreams and Bosquejos/Sketches. He produced Field of Mirrors, PAWA's 2008 anthology. He was a member of Rosa Montoya Bailes Flamencos from 1998-2003.
With special guest performers
Roberto Campos, flamenco guitar
Alicia, flamenco dance
Michelle Bautista, poet and kali martial artist. She has released a poetry collection entitled KALI'S BLADE (Meritage Press).
Sunday, February 21, 2010
2:00 PM
Bayanihan Community Center
1010 Mission Street, San Francisco
A free event.
Duende Within: Flamenco Inspired Poetry
Sandy Mcintosh, managing editor of the New York City poetry press, Marsh Hawk Press. His poetry collections include the just-released ERNESTA, IN THE STYLE OF FLAMENCO.
Eileen Tabios, whose publications includes 18 poetry collections, including a flamenco-poetry collection in NOTA BENE EISWEIN. She just released THE THORN ROSARY: SELECTED PROSE POEMS 1998-2010, with essays by scholars Thomas Fink and Joi Barrios. She once took a flamenco class in New York City, and failed it with much enthusiasm.
Edwin Agustín Lozada, author of Sueños anónimos/Anonymous Dreams and Bosquejos/Sketches. He produced Field of Mirrors, PAWA's 2008 anthology. He was a member of Rosa Montoya Bailes Flamencos from 1998-2003.
With special guest performers
Roberto Campos, flamenco guitar
Alicia, flamenco dance
Michelle Bautista, poet and kali martial artist. She has released a poetry collection entitled KALI'S BLADE (Meritage Press).
Enlaces: El Mantón de Manila, 02/20/2010 at La Peña Cultural Center
Enlaces (Connections That Bind Us) El Mantón de Manila presented by La Peña Cultural Center in collaboration with Gabriela Shiroma (CulturARTE), Carayan Press, PAWA, Inc., Community Music Center-San Francisco
Saturday, February 20, 2010
8:00 pm
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, California
Through story, music and dance, this program will explore the cultural links that developed during the Spanish colonial period, highlighting the silk embroidered shawl or mantón de Manila as a cultural link connecting the Philippines, Mexico, Peru and Spain.
Featuring:
María de la Rosa & Rudy Figueroa - Mexican Dance
Parangal Dance Company - Philippine Folk Dance
Theresa Calpotura-Classical Guitar
Asociación Cultural Kanchis - Peruvian Dance
De Rompe y Raja - Afro-Peruvian Cultural Association
Javier Trujillo - Peruvian Guitar
Virginia Iglesias - Flamenco Dance
Jorge Liceaga - Spanish Guitar
Edwin Lozada - Poetry
Paul Flores - Narrator
Exhibition of Mantones de Manila - Courtesy of Edwin Lozada (Carayan Press)
Tickets: $15 (advance purchase), $18 (at the door)
By Phone: (510) 849-2568, Ext. 20, Wednesday-Saturday, 1-6pm.
Online: http://showboxoffice.com/index.php?db=berkeley
For more information: 510-849-2568 http://www.lapena.org
Saturday, February 20, 2010
8:00 pm
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, California
Through story, music and dance, this program will explore the cultural links that developed during the Spanish colonial period, highlighting the silk embroidered shawl or mantón de Manila as a cultural link connecting the Philippines, Mexico, Peru and Spain.
Featuring:
María de la Rosa & Rudy Figueroa - Mexican Dance
Parangal Dance Company - Philippine Folk Dance
Theresa Calpotura-Classical Guitar
Asociación Cultural Kanchis - Peruvian Dance
De Rompe y Raja - Afro-Peruvian Cultural Association
Javier Trujillo - Peruvian Guitar
Virginia Iglesias - Flamenco Dance
Jorge Liceaga - Spanish Guitar
Edwin Lozada - Poetry
Paul Flores - Narrator
Exhibition of Mantones de Manila - Courtesy of Edwin Lozada (Carayan Press)
Tickets: $15 (advance purchase), $18 (at the door)
By Phone: (510) 849-2568, Ext. 20, Wednesday-Saturday, 1-6pm.
Online: http://showboxoffice.com/index.php?db=berkeley
For more information: 510-849-2568 http://www.lapena.org
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Write to Resist
Write to Resist is a writing workshop series for high school age Asian American young women who are looking for a space where they can use writing as a tool to talk about issues of violence. It's an opportunity for those who are interested in both writing and talking about issues of violence to be in a supportive space to write, read, discuss, play, and engage in activities that will open up deep investigations into the role violence plays in our everyday lives, and what we can do to actively challenge it.
Throughout the series, we will work together to design a zine that will feature our writing and any art work we want to include. By the series' end, we will have the opportunity to read our work aloud at an end of the series performance showcase.
All that Write to Resist requires is that you come in with an open mind, a willingness to discuss some hard topics, and a creative spirit that is ready not only to develop one's own work, but to support others as well!
Read more.
Throughout the series, we will work together to design a zine that will feature our writing and any art work we want to include. By the series' end, we will have the opportunity to read our work aloud at an end of the series performance showcase.
All that Write to Resist requires is that you come in with an open mind, a willingness to discuss some hard topics, and a creative spirit that is ready not only to develop one's own work, but to support others as well!
Read more.
02/28/2010 Fruit Fly, with H. P. Mendoza in person
Fruit Fly, with H. P. Mendoza in person
Film - Feature | February 28 | 5:30 p.m. | Pacific Film Archive Theater
Speaker/Performer: H.P. Mendoza
Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum
H. P. Mendoza (U.S., 2008). A Filipina performance artist tries to make it on the San Francisco scene in an infectious, unstoppable film by the writer and star of Colma: The Musical. (95 mins) Part of the PFA series, The Kids Are Alright: Post-Fifties Musicals and the Rise of Youth Culture.
Tickets required
Event Contact: 510-642-1124
Film - Feature | February 28 | 5:30 p.m. | Pacific Film Archive Theater
Speaker/Performer: H.P. Mendoza
Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum
H. P. Mendoza (U.S., 2008). A Filipina performance artist tries to make it on the San Francisco scene in an infectious, unstoppable film by the writer and star of Colma: The Musical. (95 mins) Part of the PFA series, The Kids Are Alright: Post-Fifties Musicals and the Rise of Youth Culture.
Tickets required
Event Contact: 510-642-1124
Monday, February 8, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Poetry films and videos sought: Split This Rock
Split This Rock - Poetry Film Deadline Extended to Feb. 26th
Call for Poetry Film and Video - Deadline Extended
New Postmark deadline: Friday, February 26, 2010.
Split This Rock invites poets, writers, artists, activists, dreamers, and all concerned world citizens to submit original poetry films or videos for the 2nd Split This Rock Poetry Festival, to be held March 2010. We are looking for artistic, experimental, and challenging film/video interpretations of poetry that explore critical social issues. Selected work will be screened during the Split This Rock Poetry Festival film program. Entries can be up to 15 minutes long.
See the guidelines and entry form for full details and submission requirements.
Guidelines:
http://www.splitthisrock.org/documents/2010film_guidelines.pdf
Entry Form
http://www.splitthisrock.org/documents/2010film_entry.pdf
New Postmark deadline: Friday, February 26, 2010.
Split This Rock invites poets, writers, artists, activists, dreamers, and all concerned world citizens to submit original poetry films or videos for the 2nd Split This Rock Poetry Festival, to be held March 2010. We are looking for artistic, experimental, and challenging film/video interpretations of poetry that explore critical social issues. Selected work will be screened during the Split This Rock Poetry Festival film program. Entries can be up to 15 minutes long.
See the guidelines and entry form for full details and submission requirements.
Guidelines:
http://www.splitthisrock.org/documents/2010film_guidelines.pdf
Entry Form
http://www.splitthisrock.org/documents/2010film_entry.pdf
Friday, February 5, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Anthem Salgado: ACT WRITE workshop: It's like communications class, only its sexier cousin
FOUR TUESDAYS IN MARCH
March 2, 9, 16, 23, 24*
6:30pm-9:30pm
Born in the Philippines and raised in New York, Anthem Salgado is celebrated for his bold and energetic examinations of identity, conflict, and language in the American experience within a wide variety of genres including fiction, theater, poetry, and performance art. In this rare, one-of-a-kind workshop, Salgado will jump-start you through a series of exercises to find your unique voice in writing and performance, exploring how words move and how movements speak. We will focus on elements of storytelling and one’s overall ability to move an audience. Furthermore, participants will learn the basics of artist survival, from press releases to promotion. In culmination, graduates will have their live work presented by 25-year veteran arts organization, KULARTS. This class is perfect for all persons of any skill level and background!
Info here.
March 2, 9, 16, 23, 24*
6:30pm-9:30pm
Born in the Philippines and raised in New York, Anthem Salgado is celebrated for his bold and energetic examinations of identity, conflict, and language in the American experience within a wide variety of genres including fiction, theater, poetry, and performance art. In this rare, one-of-a-kind workshop, Salgado will jump-start you through a series of exercises to find your unique voice in writing and performance, exploring how words move and how movements speak. We will focus on elements of storytelling and one’s overall ability to move an audience. Furthermore, participants will learn the basics of artist survival, from press releases to promotion. In culmination, graduates will have their live work presented by 25-year veteran arts organization, KULARTS. This class is perfect for all persons of any skill level and background!
Info here.
Little Brown Brother: SF Filipino American Jazz
From Carlos and Myrna Zialcita:
The San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival thanks you for your support of the Festival and its mission as our community continues to grow and to flourish into our third year. We appreciate the generosity of our sponsors, donors, the dedication and hard work of our volunteers, and the gift of music from our wonderful artists.
We wish you and your families a New Year filled with the blessings of the Universe. We have planned many events for the months leading up to our 3rd Annual Festival, which will be held in October to coincide with the Filipino American History Month celebrations. We begin February with Mardi Gras--honoring African American Heritage Month and traditions and remembering early Filipino settlers in Louisiana. Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler~~Let the Good Times Roll~~Mabuhay!
San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival
www.sfpinoyjazzfest.com
Featured this month is Little Brown Brother, one of our artists from the 2008 Festival.
In addition to Latin jazz and blues, LBB's sound incorporates indigenous Filipino music and instruments as well as Spanish-influenced traditional songs.
"Little Brown Brother's newest album is a great collection of tunes that's firmly anchored in Latin jazz, soul and R&B, bossa novas, and warm ballads. LBB's considerable chops are on display with arrangements that will please both careful and casual listeners." Theo Gonzalves Filipinas Magazine
September 2009
Little Brown Brother
Concerts at the Cadillac
Cadillac Hotel
Friday February 12 12:30-1:30 pm
380 Eddy Street @ Leavenworth
Free to the Public
San Francisco 415-673-7223
www.cadillachotel.org
7 Mile House
Saturday February 20 8 pm $5
2880 Bayshore Blvd. @ Geneva
Brisbane 415-467-2342
www.historic7milehouse.com
Sheba Piano Lounge
Wednesday February 25 @ 8 pm
1419 Fillmore near Geary
San Francisco 415-440-7414
www.shebalounge.com
"... a tightly seasoned band harmonically rich and generous with percussive flavor. The music remains relaxed and cool even as the temperature begins to rise". ".. the album unfolds into many shades of warm and fluid tones making for an enjoyable and deep listening experience. If you dig variety and have a taste for the non-traditional item, "Soul Shadows" would be an excellent addition to your next music menu. Perfect to share with a friend or two". Chris Cortez Mid-day Jazz 91.1 FM KCSM
Little Brown Brother CD available at http://itunes.apple.com and www.cdbaby.com
visit us at www.littlebrownbrother.com
The San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival thanks you for your support of the Festival and its mission as our community continues to grow and to flourish into our third year. We appreciate the generosity of our sponsors, donors, the dedication and hard work of our volunteers, and the gift of music from our wonderful artists.
We wish you and your families a New Year filled with the blessings of the Universe. We have planned many events for the months leading up to our 3rd Annual Festival, which will be held in October to coincide with the Filipino American History Month celebrations. We begin February with Mardi Gras--honoring African American Heritage Month and traditions and remembering early Filipino settlers in Louisiana. Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler~~Let the Good Times Roll~~Mabuhay!
San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival
www.sfpinoyjazzfest.com
Featured this month is Little Brown Brother, one of our artists from the 2008 Festival.
In addition to Latin jazz and blues, LBB's sound incorporates indigenous Filipino music and instruments as well as Spanish-influenced traditional songs.
"Little Brown Brother's newest album is a great collection of tunes that's firmly anchored in Latin jazz, soul and R&B, bossa novas, and warm ballads. LBB's considerable chops are on display with arrangements that will please both careful and casual listeners." Theo Gonzalves Filipinas Magazine
September 2009
Little Brown Brother
Concerts at the Cadillac
Cadillac Hotel
Friday February 12 12:30-1:30 pm
380 Eddy Street @ Leavenworth
Free to the Public
San Francisco 415-673-7223
www.cadillachotel.org
7 Mile House
Saturday February 20 8 pm $5
2880 Bayshore Blvd. @ Geneva
Brisbane 415-467-2342
www.historic7milehouse.com
Sheba Piano Lounge
Wednesday February 25 @ 8 pm
1419 Fillmore near Geary
San Francisco 415-440-7414
www.shebalounge.com
"... a tightly seasoned band harmonically rich and generous with percussive flavor. The music remains relaxed and cool even as the temperature begins to rise". ".. the album unfolds into many shades of warm and fluid tones making for an enjoyable and deep listening experience. If you dig variety and have a taste for the non-traditional item, "Soul Shadows" would be an excellent addition to your next music menu. Perfect to share with a friend or two". Chris Cortez Mid-day Jazz 91.1 FM KCSM
Little Brown Brother CD available at http://itunes.apple.com and www.cdbaby.com
visit us at www.littlebrownbrother.com
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Vince Gotera: Poetry Reading at Indiana University 02/04/2010
From Vince Gotera:
Friends, I'd like to invite you to my poetry reading at Indiana University tomorrow evening (Thursday, 4 February). This event is cosponsored by IU's Creative Writing Program, Asian American Studies, the Asian Cultural Center, and the Filipino Student Organization.
The trouble begins at 8:00 P.M. at Collins Living Learning Center, in the Edmondson Formal Lounge. See you there?
Before the reading, there will be a poetry workshop for residents of the Collins dorm. That trouble begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Ed basement classroom. (Interested students should sign up in the Collins duty office.)
For more info, visit the Facebook event page or the Collins Living Learning Center's Facebook page. Many thanks to Sarah Eaton, Assistant Director at Collins LLC, for your tireless work on this event.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Review of LOLA: A Ghost Story
He sees dead people- among other horrors - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos Ruel S. De Vera reviews J. Torres's LOLA: A Ghost Story, in the Inquirer.
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