The Transnational American Studies Working Group and the Xican@ Culture Working Group present a reading and conversation with
Arturo Dávila
Barbara Jane Reyes
Javier O. Huerta
TRANSNATIONAL POETICS
Friday, April 2
Barbara Christian Room, 554 Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley
3-5 p.m.
ARTURO DÁVILA is assistant professor of Spanish and Mexican-Latin American Studies at Laney College, Oakland and a visiting professor at UC Berkeley, where he received his PhD in Romance Languages and Literature. His focus is on Colonial Literature (indigenous visions of the Conquest of Mexico) and contemporary Latin American and Chicano Literature. His books have been awarded three international prizes: La ciudad dormida (Premio “Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz”, México, 1995); Catulinarias (Premio "Antonio Machado", España, 1998), y Poemas para ser leídos en el metro (Premio “Juan Ramón Jiménez”, España, 2003). He has also published book reviews and essays for the Mexican magazines Nexos, Siempre and Diva and scholarly essays for Explicación de Textos Literarios (California State University) and Revista de Crítica Literaria (Hanover-Lima), among others. Currently he is conducting research on precolumbian codices and is writing a book on the importance of Chicano poetry in Latin American literature.
BARBARA JANE REYES was born in Manila, Philippines, and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her BA in Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley and her MFA at San Francisco State University. She is the author of Gravities of Center (Arkipelago Books, 2003) and Poeta en San Francisco (Tinfish Press, 2005), which received the James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets. Her third book, entitled Diwata, is forthcoming from BOA Editions, Ltd. in September 2010. Her chapbooks, Easter Sunday (2008), Cherry (2008), and West Oakland Sutra for the AK-47 Shooter at 3:00 AM and other Oakland Poems (2008) are published by Ypolita Press, Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs, and Deep Oakland Editions, respectively. Her poetry, essays, and reviews have appeared in Latino Poetry Review, New American Writing, North American Review, Notre Dame Review, XCP: Cross Cultural Poetics, among others. She has taught Creative Writing at Mills College, and Philippine Studies at University of San Francisco. She lives with her husband, poet Oscar Bermeo, in Oakland.
JAVIER O. HUERTA was born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, and raised in Houston, Texas. He received an MFA from the Bilingual Creative Writing Program at UT El Paso and is currently a doctoral candidate in the English Department at UC Berkeley. He is the author of Some Clarifications y otros poemas (Arte Publico Press, 2007), which received the Chicano/Latino Literary Prize from UC Irvine, and Almost as Beautiful as An Immigrant Rights March down International, a chapbook published by Deep Oakland Editions in 2009. He has written on documented and undocumented poetics for Harriet, the blog for The Poetry Foundation. He is currently at work on his second full manuscript, American Copia, a book-length poem “about” going to the grocery store.
Please email Swati Rana at swati@berkeley.edu if you have any questions about the event.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Vice-Versa Journal Call for Submissions
Vice-Versa:
Vice-Versa is looking for your riffs on the theme of music, literary, cultural, family TRADITIONS.
What is tradition? What does it mean to “pass on” a tradition, how do we “protect” it? How do we create new traditions or adopt old ones into new contexts? What happens when traditions travel across language and cultural borders, how are they translated? What do traditions allow us to do and keep us from doing? How do we break or change traditions? Can we?
Send your poems, stories, essays, and artistic musings to viceversa.journal@gmail.com by April 19, 2010.
For more information, please click here.
Recently reimagined, Vice-Versa journal is now a biannual online creative works journal that houses the expected genres (fiction, poetry, visual art, interviews, nonfiction, and reviews!) along with multimedia work (videos, e-literature, and moving poetry). Based in the University of Hawai‘i, we are committed to publishing voices from Hawai‘i and the Pacific alongside work from all over the world.
Read more.
Vice-Versa is looking for your riffs on the theme of music, literary, cultural, family TRADITIONS.
What is tradition? What does it mean to “pass on” a tradition, how do we “protect” it? How do we create new traditions or adopt old ones into new contexts? What happens when traditions travel across language and cultural borders, how are they translated? What do traditions allow us to do and keep us from doing? How do we break or change traditions? Can we?
Send your poems, stories, essays, and artistic musings to viceversa.journal@gmail.com by April 19, 2010.
For more information, please click here.
Recently reimagined, Vice-Versa journal is now a biannual online creative works journal that houses the expected genres (fiction, poetry, visual art, interviews, nonfiction, and reviews!) along with multimedia work (videos, e-literature, and moving poetry). Based in the University of Hawai‘i, we are committed to publishing voices from Hawai‘i and the Pacific alongside work from all over the world.
Read more.
Episode #35: Anthem Salgado on March 26th at 10 am PST
Episode #35: Anthem Salgado on March 26th at 10 am PST:
Join Rachelle as she talks with Anthem Salgado.
Friday, March 26th at 10 am PST, 1 pm EST.
To listen live: www.blogtalkradio.com/onword
Anthem Salgado is a multi-disciplinary artist who has performed his original solo-theater creations on the stages of Asian Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Intersection for the Arts, and Kearny Street Workshop. He made his ensemble member debut as Man under the direction of Raelle Myrick-Hodges in the play Friends by Kobo Abe. Salgado has presented his spoken word throughout the Bay Area, New York, Honolulu, and Manila. As a literary artist, his fiction appears in the anthologies Field of Mirrors and I Saw My Ex at a Party. He has held teaching artist residencies for Brava Theater and at Downtown High School, and regularly guest speaks at San Francisco State University and University of San Francisco. Salgado was awarded a Philippines Fulbright-Hays scholarship via Sonoma State University’s North Bay International Studies Program, and was elected Young Leader of Color by Theatre Communications Group.
Join Rachelle as she talks with Anthem Salgado.
Friday, March 26th at 10 am PST, 1 pm EST.
To listen live: www.blogtalkradio.com/onword
Anthem Salgado is a multi-disciplinary artist who has performed his original solo-theater creations on the stages of Asian Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Intersection for the Arts, and Kearny Street Workshop. He made his ensemble member debut as Man under the direction of Raelle Myrick-Hodges in the play Friends by Kobo Abe. Salgado has presented his spoken word throughout the Bay Area, New York, Honolulu, and Manila. As a literary artist, his fiction appears in the anthologies Field of Mirrors and I Saw My Ex at a Party. He has held teaching artist residencies for Brava Theater and at Downtown High School, and regularly guest speaks at San Francisco State University and University of San Francisco. Salgado was awarded a Philippines Fulbright-Hays scholarship via Sonoma State University’s North Bay International Studies Program, and was elected Young Leader of Color by Theatre Communications Group.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
03/27/2010: Proletariat Bronze at The Loft (Minneapolis, MN)
Equilibrium: Spoken Word at the Loft presents Proletariat Bronze with Linda Her and Oskar Ly—Music
Saturday, March 27 2010, 8:00pm
Proletariat Bronze consists of three Filipino American poets, Jason Bayani, Jaylee Alde, and Mesej1.Together, they have rocked sold out audiences from Manhattan to Los Angeles, and everywhere in between. As individuals, each member of Proletariat Bronze has been a grand slam champion in the Bay Area. Jason Bayani was the Grand Slam Champion of Berkeley and San Francisco in 2003. Jaylee Alde was the Grand Slam Champion of Berkeley in 2005. Mesej1 was the Grand Slam Champion of Oakland in 2006. Jaylee has also placed second as an individual in the 2004 national slam in St. Louis where he and Mesej performed on the finals stage members of team Berkeley. Jason Bayani is in the process of completing his MFA at St Mary’s College and Mesej 1 holds a MA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State. Proletariat Bronze is still writing, workshopping, performing, paying bills, and existing in this ever-brutal global economy.
Location: The Loft, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis
$5/$3 for Loft members and students
Saturday, March 27 2010, 8:00pm
Proletariat Bronze consists of three Filipino American poets, Jason Bayani, Jaylee Alde, and Mesej1.Together, they have rocked sold out audiences from Manhattan to Los Angeles, and everywhere in between. As individuals, each member of Proletariat Bronze has been a grand slam champion in the Bay Area. Jason Bayani was the Grand Slam Champion of Berkeley and San Francisco in 2003. Jaylee Alde was the Grand Slam Champion of Berkeley in 2005. Mesej1 was the Grand Slam Champion of Oakland in 2006. Jaylee has also placed second as an individual in the 2004 national slam in St. Louis where he and Mesej performed on the finals stage members of team Berkeley. Jason Bayani is in the process of completing his MFA at St Mary’s College and Mesej 1 holds a MA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State. Proletariat Bronze is still writing, workshopping, performing, paying bills, and existing in this ever-brutal global economy.
Location: The Loft, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis
$5/$3 for Loft members and students
Review: Sasha Pimentel Chacón’s INSIDES SHE SWALLOWED
From Lantern Review: A Book Review of Sasha Pimentel Chacón’s INSIDES SHE SWALLOWED:
Insides She Swallowed by Sasha Pimentel Chacón | West End Press 2010 | $13.95
Sasha Pimentel Chacón’s debut collection, Insides She Swallowed, brims with ripe, unusual images that linger long after each poem. She explains that the collection is based “on what we consume in order not be consumed ourselves”, and powerfully portrays these ideas with vivid, tangible examples of both physical and metaphorical consumption – recurrent images of life, of seeds and ripe fruit and blooming plants, of animals and the natural world, of the human body as both intimate and gross, in a constant celebration of beauty and biology.
Chacón frequently uses present-tense verbs to evoke a sense of action, creating a quick pace that makes her pieces perfect to read aloud. Her sharp and precise language propels her poems forward. The first poem, “Learning to Eat”, opens with “A pomegranate / is opened like this: / gutted like a fish, / its entrails glow.” She doesn’t gloss over her images. The reader is presented with both the picturesque and the grotesque exactly as they are. The images may not always be beautiful, but they are always apt.
What stands out is her ability to capture these images just at the moment at which they burst from their own confines and blossom into something beyond themselves. Her poems call to the senses: they feel like they can be touched, smelled, tasted. She uses a lot of color, especially brown skin that reminds the reader whose stories she tells and grounds the pieces in the reality of the Filipino American experience. The history and connection to working the land can be seen by frequent references to slaughtering animals at home, and in the third section of “Childhood Parts” she writes, “Seeing the brownness of our joints, did she / think of a wet chicken’s leg, how to pull / the limb from the socket, how easily.” Chacón carefully and intentionally selects images that are rooted in the very identities they portray.
Read more.
Sasha Pimentel Chacón’s debut collection, Insides She Swallowed, brims with ripe, unusual images that linger long after each poem. She explains that the collection is based “on what we consume in order not be consumed ourselves”, and powerfully portrays these ideas with vivid, tangible examples of both physical and metaphorical consumption – recurrent images of life, of seeds and ripe fruit and blooming plants, of animals and the natural world, of the human body as both intimate and gross, in a constant celebration of beauty and biology.
Chacón frequently uses present-tense verbs to evoke a sense of action, creating a quick pace that makes her pieces perfect to read aloud. Her sharp and precise language propels her poems forward. The first poem, “Learning to Eat”, opens with “A pomegranate / is opened like this: / gutted like a fish, / its entrails glow.” She doesn’t gloss over her images. The reader is presented with both the picturesque and the grotesque exactly as they are. The images may not always be beautiful, but they are always apt.
What stands out is her ability to capture these images just at the moment at which they burst from their own confines and blossom into something beyond themselves. Her poems call to the senses: they feel like they can be touched, smelled, tasted. She uses a lot of color, especially brown skin that reminds the reader whose stories she tells and grounds the pieces in the reality of the Filipino American experience. The history and connection to working the land can be seen by frequent references to slaughtering animals at home, and in the third section of “Childhood Parts” she writes, “Seeing the brownness of our joints, did she / think of a wet chicken’s leg, how to pull / the limb from the socket, how easily.” Chacón carefully and intentionally selects images that are rooted in the very identities they portray.
Read more.
Book: BABAYLAN: FILIPINOS AND THE CALL OF THE INDIGENOUS
Announcing: BABAYLAN: FILIPINOS AND THE CALL OF THE INDIGENOUS
A much awaited anthology about the Babaylan tradition, will be launched at the First International Babaylan Conference to be held at Sonoma State University on April 17-18, 2010. This book has been years in the making and is the first of its kind to integrate research about primary babaylans in the Philippines; research about Kapwa psychology and the babaylan tradition; and narratives of decolonization and indigenization by Filipinos in the diaspora.
Included in this book are prominent voices who have been researching and writing about the Babaylan tradition like Sister Mary John Mananzan, Katrin de Guia, Agnes Miclat Cacayan and Tess Obusan from the Philippines. Among the writers from the diaspora are Ceres Pioquinto, Tera Maxwell, Venus Herbito, Eileen Tabios, Michelle Bautista, Maiana Minahal, Karen Villanueva, Trisha Agbulos Cabeje, Marjorie Light, Girlie Villariba and Charito Basa.
Read more.
A much awaited anthology about the Babaylan tradition, will be launched at the First International Babaylan Conference to be held at Sonoma State University on April 17-18, 2010. This book has been years in the making and is the first of its kind to integrate research about primary babaylans in the Philippines; research about Kapwa psychology and the babaylan tradition; and narratives of decolonization and indigenization by Filipinos in the diaspora.
Included in this book are prominent voices who have been researching and writing about the Babaylan tradition like Sister Mary John Mananzan, Katrin de Guia, Agnes Miclat Cacayan and Tess Obusan from the Philippines. Among the writers from the diaspora are Ceres Pioquinto, Tera Maxwell, Venus Herbito, Eileen Tabios, Michelle Bautista, Maiana Minahal, Karen Villanueva, Trisha Agbulos Cabeje, Marjorie Light, Girlie Villariba and Charito Basa.
Read more.
National Poetry Month at SJSU: Randall Mann, Justin Chin, and Many Others
Randall Mann will be reading on 04/20/2010, and Justin Chin will be reading on 04/27/2010 at
POETRY TO THE PEOPLE!
SAN JOSE CELEBRATES NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
A CENTER FOR LITERARY ARTS PRODUCTION
Every Tuesday in April - High Noon
@ DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. LIBRARY, STREET-SIDE PATIO
150 E. SAN FERNANDO ST., SAN JOSE
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POETRY TO THE PEOPLE!
SAN JOSE CELEBRATES NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
A CENTER FOR LITERARY ARTS PRODUCTION
Every Tuesday in April - High Noon
@ DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. LIBRARY, STREET-SIDE PATIO
150 E. SAN FERNANDO ST., SAN JOSE
Read more.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Russell Gonzaga is new poet laureate of Lake County
New poet laureate named - www.record-bee.com
Gonzaga facilitates a weekly writers' workshop at Harbin Hot Springs near Middletown. "Harbin has become a community of artists," Gonzaga said. "I'm proud to be part of this community of creative individuals."
Gonzaga moved to Lake County four years ago from San Francisco, where he taught poetry and took part in slam poetry events. He said he hopes to connect with people in Lake County, especially with youth. "If you are writers, mentor them," he said. "Even if you are not writers, mentor them. They need it."
Read more.
Gonzaga facilitates a weekly writers' workshop at Harbin Hot Springs near Middletown. "Harbin has become a community of artists," Gonzaga said. "I'm proud to be part of this community of creative individuals."
Gonzaga moved to Lake County four years ago from San Francisco, where he taught poetry and took part in slam poetry events. He said he hopes to connect with people in Lake County, especially with youth. "If you are writers, mentor them," he said. "Even if you are not writers, mentor them. They need it."
Read more.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Call for Submissions: Our Own Voice (Journal for Filipinos in the Diaspora)
Call for Submissions: Our Own Voice (Journal for Filipinos in the Diaspora)
We are an online literary journal for Filipinos in the Diaspora. We are now accepting submissions for an upcoming issue (December 2010) which will be on Chinese Filipino history and heritage. Such an issue would offer our readers essays, poetry, short stories, links as well as a bibliography on Philippine-Chinese materials and electronic resources housed in the Library of Congress.
REQUIREMENTS:
* Short story up to 5,000 words
* 5 poems for a single submission, not more than 50 lines per poem
* Essays, book reviews and critiques up to 5,000 words
* Excerpts from dramatic pieces or plays limited to 3,000-5,000 words
For works that significantly exceed these word count parameters, please query the editor. We will not outright reject a piece because it is too long.
WHERE TO SEND YOUR SUBMISSIONS:
Send to our.own.voice@gmail.com. Authors will be notified of the status of their submission by e-mail.
Please visit our site at http://www.ourownvoice.com.
We are an online literary journal for Filipinos in the Diaspora. We are now accepting submissions for an upcoming issue (December 2010) which will be on Chinese Filipino history and heritage. Such an issue would offer our readers essays, poetry, short stories, links as well as a bibliography on Philippine-Chinese materials and electronic resources housed in the Library of Congress.
REQUIREMENTS:
* Short story up to 5,000 words
* 5 poems for a single submission, not more than 50 lines per poem
* Essays, book reviews and critiques up to 5,000 words
* Excerpts from dramatic pieces or plays limited to 3,000-5,000 words
For works that significantly exceed these word count parameters, please query the editor. We will not outright reject a piece because it is too long.
WHERE TO SEND YOUR SUBMISSIONS:
Send to our.own.voice@gmail.com. Authors will be notified of the status of their submission by e-mail.
Please visit our site at http://www.ourownvoice.com.
Project Maganda 04/02/2010 (UC Berkeley)
We are taking art and expression to a new level….PROJECT MAGANDA, where student fashion designers are given a space to EXPRESS their work!!
When: April 2, 2010
Where: Tilden room in MLK building 5th floor
Time: 7:00-9:00PM
More info.
Kularts: April Events!
Calendar is here.
04/11/2010: PeliKULa Philippine Animated Shorts Screening.
04/13/2010: Past/Present/Future Tense: A Lively Conversation with Katrin de Guia.
04/16/2010 and 04/17/2010: Hoi! Don't I Know You? An Improv Comedy Show.
04/18/2010: Hoi! Fundamentals of Long Form Improvisation (Workshop).
04/29/2010: Kularts underCOVER.
04/11/2010: PeliKULa Philippine Animated Shorts Screening.
04/13/2010: Past/Present/Future Tense: A Lively Conversation with Katrin de Guia.
04/16/2010 and 04/17/2010: Hoi! Don't I Know You? An Improv Comedy Show.
04/18/2010: Hoi! Fundamentals of Long Form Improvisation (Workshop).
04/29/2010: Kularts underCOVER.
War, Literature & the Arts 2010 Conference
WLA 2010 Conference
The 2010 War, Literature, and the Arts Conference will take place September 16th—18th, 2010, at the United States Air Force Academy.
This international conference will offer top-tier academic presentations and keynote speakers in a variety of genres to include literary and journalistic criticism, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, film studies, photography, painting and music. The thematic center of the conference is the representation and reporting of America’s wars from 1990 to present. This timeframe presents a compelling opportunity to focus on the near past as well as current engagements: topics and creative output that directly affect all Americans in the present.
Here is the call for papers. Deadline is 05/01/2010.
The 2010 War, Literature, and the Arts Conference will take place September 16th—18th, 2010, at the United States Air Force Academy.
This international conference will offer top-tier academic presentations and keynote speakers in a variety of genres to include literary and journalistic criticism, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, film studies, photography, painting and music. The thematic center of the conference is the representation and reporting of America’s wars from 1990 to present. This timeframe presents a compelling opportunity to focus on the near past as well as current engagements: topics and creative output that directly affect all Americans in the present.
Here is the call for papers. Deadline is 05/01/2010.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Baybayin event in Houston, Texas
Baybayin event in Houston, Texas:
Artist talk: Thursday, March 25th
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 27
Installations on view: March 27, 2010 – June 20, 2010
“No longer bound to a sense of having to restrict one’s focus, material, or genre, many contemporary artists of color move back and forth between past and present, between history and fiction, between art and ritual, between high art and popular culture, and between Western and non-Western influences. In doing so they participate in multiple communities. “
-From English Is Broken Here by Coco Fusco, participating artist
Project Row Houses is excited to announce the opening of Artist Installation Round 32: eco, xiang, echo: meditations on the african, andean & asian diasporas. These Artist Installations will be on exhibit from March 27, 2010 through June 20, 2010 and are free and open to the public. There will be an Artist/Community Talk on Thursday, March 25th at 7:00 p.m. in our main building at 2521 Holman Street.
More info.
Artist talk: Thursday, March 25th
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 27
Installations on view: March 27, 2010 – June 20, 2010
“No longer bound to a sense of having to restrict one’s focus, material, or genre, many contemporary artists of color move back and forth between past and present, between history and fiction, between art and ritual, between high art and popular culture, and between Western and non-Western influences. In doing so they participate in multiple communities. “
-From English Is Broken Here by Coco Fusco, participating artist
Project Row Houses is excited to announce the opening of Artist Installation Round 32: eco, xiang, echo: meditations on the african, andean & asian diasporas. These Artist Installations will be on exhibit from March 27, 2010 through June 20, 2010 and are free and open to the public. There will be an Artist/Community Talk on Thursday, March 25th at 7:00 p.m. in our main building at 2521 Holman Street.
More info.
FREE: Women's Poetry Seminar 3/27/2010 (Oakland)
From Kenji Liu:
PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY
The Oakland Public Library presents Women's Poetry Seminar
Saturday March 27, 2-5 pm
Main Library - Magazines and Newspapers Meeting Room
125 14th St, Oakland (near Lake Merritt BART)
In this seminar we will read a diverse selection of women poets on various topics, including, love, struggle, motherhood, and other facets of womanhood. We will then write our own poems in response.
This seminar is free, but registration is required. To register, e-mail theoaklandword@gmail.com with your full name, phone number and workshop name with the workshop location. You can also leave this information at (510) 238-6572.
Instructor: Carrie Leilam Love Carrie Leilam Love is a writer and Oakland native. She has an MFA in fiction from San Francisco State University and has been published by Drunk N Sailor Press and Intersection for the Arts. She is currently a teaching artist with WritersCorps San Francisco and has worked in education for more than 10 years, teaching students from preschool to college. When she is not writing, teaching, or curating her soon to be renowned 80's boot collection, Carrie can be found roller skating in the roller derby or training for long distance running events. Carrie is thrilled to be working with Oakland Word, fulfilling her life-long dream of doing the work she loves in the city she loves!
PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY
The Oakland Public Library presents Women's Poetry Seminar
Saturday March 27, 2-5 pm
Main Library - Magazines and Newspapers Meeting Room
125 14th St, Oakland (near Lake Merritt BART)
In this seminar we will read a diverse selection of women poets on various topics, including, love, struggle, motherhood, and other facets of womanhood. We will then write our own poems in response.
This seminar is free, but registration is required. To register, e-mail theoaklandword@gmail.com with your full name, phone number and workshop name with the workshop location. You can also leave this information at (510) 238-6572.
Instructor: Carrie Leilam Love Carrie Leilam Love is a writer and Oakland native. She has an MFA in fiction from San Francisco State University and has been published by Drunk N Sailor Press and Intersection for the Arts. She is currently a teaching artist with WritersCorps San Francisco and has worked in education for more than 10 years, teaching students from preschool to college. When she is not writing, teaching, or curating her soon to be renowned 80's boot collection, Carrie can be found roller skating in the roller derby or training for long distance running events. Carrie is thrilled to be working with Oakland Word, fulfilling her life-long dream of doing the work she loves in the city she loves!
jazz and blues anthology seeks poems
CALL FOR POEMS -- DEADLINE EXTENDED TO SEPT. 1
21st Century Howlers: A New Generation Jazz and Blues Anthology edited by Tyehimba Jess, Duriel E. Harris and Patricia Smith.
In the past ten to twenty years, a new generation of poets has emerged that seeks to expand and deepen the call-and-response tradition of Jazz and Blues music into the 21st century. Many of these poets may have not experienced a time when Blues or Jazz were the country's common vernacular or were played with any heavy rotation on their local radio stations.
As we quickly approach the centennial of Jazz and Blues, this anthology seeks to gather the voices of a new generation of Howlers: those poets whose work embodies or addresses the musical traditions of Jazz and Blues, and who began actively publishing no earlier than 1995. Editors are particularly interested in innovative approaches, reinterpretations, and engagements with the contemporary socio-historical moment and/or Jazz and Blues scene. Each poet featured in the anthology will provide a short commentary or anecdote on the ways Blues and/or Jazz have affected their writing.
E-mails should contain a cover letter and submission as one attachment in Microsoft Word. Previously published work must be acknowledged in the cover letter. Submissions will be taken on an ongoing basis until September 1, 2010, c/o <21stHowlers@gmail.com>
In the past ten to twenty years, a new generation of poets has emerged that seeks to expand and deepen the call-and-response tradition of Jazz and Blues music into the 21st century. Many of these poets may have not experienced a time when Blues or Jazz were the country's common vernacular or were played with any heavy rotation on their local radio stations.
As we quickly approach the centennial of Jazz and Blues, this anthology seeks to gather the voices of a new generation of Howlers: those poets whose work embodies or addresses the musical traditions of Jazz and Blues, and who began actively publishing no earlier than 1995. Editors are particularly interested in innovative approaches, reinterpretations, and engagements with the contemporary socio-historical moment and/or Jazz and Blues scene. Each poet featured in the anthology will provide a short commentary or anecdote on the ways Blues and/or Jazz have affected their writing.
E-mails should contain a cover letter and submission as one attachment in Microsoft Word. Previously published work must be acknowledged in the cover letter. Submissions will be taken on an ongoing basis until September 1, 2010, c/o <21stHowlers@gmail.com>
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Do-It-Yourself Screen Printing
From Kearny Street Workshop:
Do-It-Yourself Screen Printing
May 1, 10 am – 2 pm & May 8, 10 am – 3 pm
Location: 1246 Folsom St.
Registration: $95 (includes cost of all materials)
This is a hands-on workshop for novice screen printers. Learn the basics of screen printing on all media and the complete screen printing process from artwork preparation to image burning to ink application. Make your own DIY notecards, business cards, or even a handy tote bag! After two Saturdays, you’ll be equipped with the savvy to screen print future projects on your own. Screen printing has been a tool for social and political change, and was one of the earliest classes offered by KSW. Workshop instructor Scott Louie will give you the historical context to appreciate this art form.
Day 1: Print Gocco with Debbie Yee
Learn how to use the Print Gocco, an all-in-one tabletop screenprinting machine from Japan. Produce your own small art prints, notecards, business cards and other small paper goods from images sized up to 3 1/2″ x 5″.
Day 2: Traditional Screen Printing and Yudu with Scott Louie
Screen print one artwork onto your choice of substrates (paper, cloth, wood, etc.) Then take your screen home to continue printing on your own. In addition to traditional screen printing, this session includes a tutorial on modern screen printing with the Yudu.
Registration fee is $95. To register by check, please send check or money order to: Kearny Street Workshop, P.O. Box 14545, San Francisco, CA 94114-0545. Register online here. Please include your full name and contact info.
Do-It-Yourself Screen Printing
May 1, 10 am – 2 pm & May 8, 10 am – 3 pm
Location: 1246 Folsom St.
Registration: $95 (includes cost of all materials)
This is a hands-on workshop for novice screen printers. Learn the basics of screen printing on all media and the complete screen printing process from artwork preparation to image burning to ink application. Make your own DIY notecards, business cards, or even a handy tote bag! After two Saturdays, you’ll be equipped with the savvy to screen print future projects on your own. Screen printing has been a tool for social and political change, and was one of the earliest classes offered by KSW. Workshop instructor Scott Louie will give you the historical context to appreciate this art form.
Day 1: Print Gocco with Debbie Yee
Learn how to use the Print Gocco, an all-in-one tabletop screenprinting machine from Japan. Produce your own small art prints, notecards, business cards and other small paper goods from images sized up to 3 1/2″ x 5″.
Day 2: Traditional Screen Printing and Yudu with Scott Louie
Screen print one artwork onto your choice of substrates (paper, cloth, wood, etc.) Then take your screen home to continue printing on your own. In addition to traditional screen printing, this session includes a tutorial on modern screen printing with the Yudu.
Registration fee is $95. To register by check, please send check or money order to: Kearny Street Workshop, P.O. Box 14545, San Francisco, CA 94114-0545. Register online here. Please include your full name and contact info.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Anthem Salgado's ACT WRITE Ensemble Performance!
ACT WRITE Ensemble Performance!
Anthem Salgado's ACT WRITE workshop series culminates in a final ensemble performance on March 24, 2010! Seven brilliant artists - a mix of veterans and beginners - take the stage, bringing to life the vibrant stories crafted during the ACT WRITE workshop series!
ACT WRITE Ensemble Performance
A Theater Showcase Directed by Anthem Salgado
8PM THU March 24, 2010
Bayanihan Community Center
1010 Mission St @ 6th St SF, CA 94103
Admission: $10 Donation
Tickets: Available @ the Door, or call 415-239-0249 to reserve in advance
Acquaint yourself with a kitchen knife with an attitude, a speculum who's seen too much, and a comedian who gets heckled by the mic itself! The stage dances with karaoke queens, funny men, eskrimadors, and Pinay poets who share secrets your best friend loves to hear, but is way too chicken to tell. This theater showcase of surprises is the collective work of Anthem Salgado's ACT WRITE workshop ensemble. The ACT WRITE workshop series was a collaboration between KULARTS and Anthem Salgado to engage community members with various levels of performance experiences to discover their unique voices through movement and storytelling.
Read more: http://kularts.org/calendar.php#event1
See this Show for Free!
Kularts is always looking for volunteers to help us with our productions - from set-up and box office reception to ushering and stage management! Not only do volunteers get to see shows for free, but they also get the hands-on, behind-the-scenes scoop into the world of non-profit arts presentation. To volunteer, please contact Kularts Program Manager, Dianne Que at program@kularts.org right away.
Kularts | 474 Faxon Ave | San Francisco | CA | 94112
Anthem Salgado's ACT WRITE workshop series culminates in a final ensemble performance on March 24, 2010! Seven brilliant artists - a mix of veterans and beginners - take the stage, bringing to life the vibrant stories crafted during the ACT WRITE workshop series!
ACT WRITE Ensemble Performance
A Theater Showcase Directed by Anthem Salgado
8PM THU March 24, 2010
Bayanihan Community Center
1010 Mission St @ 6th St SF, CA 94103
Admission: $10 Donation
Tickets: Available @ the Door, or call 415-239-0249 to reserve in advance
Acquaint yourself with a kitchen knife with an attitude, a speculum who's seen too much, and a comedian who gets heckled by the mic itself! The stage dances with karaoke queens, funny men, eskrimadors, and Pinay poets who share secrets your best friend loves to hear, but is way too chicken to tell. This theater showcase of surprises is the collective work of Anthem Salgado's ACT WRITE workshop ensemble. The ACT WRITE workshop series was a collaboration between KULARTS and Anthem Salgado to engage community members with various levels of performance experiences to discover their unique voices through movement and storytelling.
Read more: http://kularts.org/calendar.php#event1
See this Show for Free!
Kularts is always looking for volunteers to help us with our productions - from set-up and box office reception to ushering and stage management! Not only do volunteers get to see shows for free, but they also get the hands-on, behind-the-scenes scoop into the world of non-profit arts presentation. To volunteer, please contact Kularts Program Manager, Dianne Que at program@kularts.org right away.
Kularts | 474 Faxon Ave | San Francisco | CA | 94112
Filipino American Library: Coffee and Music 03/27/2010 (LA)
From the Filipino American Library:
Join us to Kick Off the 25th Anniversary of the Filipino American Library's with our opening "Coffee and Music" event. "Coffee and Music" is part of the Library's "Spring of Compassion" series of events and friendraisers.
On Saturday, March 27th, get ready to spend a cozy spring evening with a cup of Barako coffee (or other fine coffees), live entertainment and lots of friends! The Filipino American Library (FAL), a non-profit organization that has been serving the Filipino community for 25 years, is kicking off its Silver Anniversary with this free intimate friendraising coffeehouse event. We hope that you can join us.
Heading up the entertainment for the evening is pop/R&B male vocalist, J-Ricz (pronounced as J-Ricks). His debut CD titled, “Genesis” is one of the top-selling CD’s in Japan. He has shared the stage most recently at last year’s “We Are One” Benefit for Typhoon Ondoy concert with Lea Salonga, Kuh Ledesma, and Quest Crew. He will preview a couple of tunes on his upcoming sophomore project titled, “Music-Philiac” slated for release August 2010.
Also featured will be jazz guitarist Ric Ickard. He is best known as the arranger and guitarist for the "jazzipino" star Charmaine Clamor, a genuine master of the guitar, and has been said to have a certain sensitivity and emotional connection with the music he plays.
Founded in 1985 by Helen Agcaoili Summers Brown, FAL gathers the rich history and culture of Filipino Americans to provide access to the past and a path to the future. It is one of the largest repositories of Filipino and Filipino American materials in the U.S. It's collection includes more than 6,000 books, artifacts, and variety of memorabilias. FAL’s mission is to contribute to the achievement of a culturally dynamic, multiethnic America by actively promoting the history, culture, and professional achievements of Filipinos and Filipino Americans.
Come join us next Saturday at the “Spring of Compassion” event and hear about FAL's programs, book collection, leadership development projects, cultural programs and other upcoming surprise-filled events.
Welcome this season with anticipation and help spring forth compassion in our community by supporting FAL and it’s traveling Children’s Reading Program (CRP). CRP takes the books to communities to promote the love of reading and appreciation of the multicultural mosaic that makes up our world. It is intended to help students grow in understanding themselves and others. Parents and children interact to experience the commonalities shared by different cultures and the differences that make each culture valuable and unique.
Jameson Brown’s special collection of fine coffee beans that they roast daily will be complemented that evening with the unique flavor of the Philippines’ very own Barako coffee. There will also be various raffles and prize giveaways given throughout the evening.
For more information or to reserve your space, please contact Rachel Estuar at (213) 446-2935.
Join us to Kick Off the 25th Anniversary of the Filipino American Library's with our opening "Coffee and Music" event. "Coffee and Music" is part of the Library's "Spring of Compassion" series of events and friendraisers.
On Saturday, March 27th, get ready to spend a cozy spring evening with a cup of Barako coffee (or other fine coffees), live entertainment and lots of friends! The Filipino American Library (FAL), a non-profit organization that has been serving the Filipino community for 25 years, is kicking off its Silver Anniversary with this free intimate friendraising coffeehouse event. We hope that you can join us.
Heading up the entertainment for the evening is pop/R&B male vocalist, J-Ricz (pronounced as J-Ricks). His debut CD titled, “Genesis” is one of the top-selling CD’s in Japan. He has shared the stage most recently at last year’s “We Are One” Benefit for Typhoon Ondoy concert with Lea Salonga, Kuh Ledesma, and Quest Crew. He will preview a couple of tunes on his upcoming sophomore project titled, “Music-Philiac” slated for release August 2010.
Also featured will be jazz guitarist Ric Ickard. He is best known as the arranger and guitarist for the "jazzipino" star Charmaine Clamor, a genuine master of the guitar, and has been said to have a certain sensitivity and emotional connection with the music he plays.
Founded in 1985 by Helen Agcaoili Summers Brown, FAL gathers the rich history and culture of Filipino Americans to provide access to the past and a path to the future. It is one of the largest repositories of Filipino and Filipino American materials in the U.S. It's collection includes more than 6,000 books, artifacts, and variety of memorabilias. FAL’s mission is to contribute to the achievement of a culturally dynamic, multiethnic America by actively promoting the history, culture, and professional achievements of Filipinos and Filipino Americans.
Come join us next Saturday at the “Spring of Compassion” event and hear about FAL's programs, book collection, leadership development projects, cultural programs and other upcoming surprise-filled events.
Welcome this season with anticipation and help spring forth compassion in our community by supporting FAL and it’s traveling Children’s Reading Program (CRP). CRP takes the books to communities to promote the love of reading and appreciation of the multicultural mosaic that makes up our world. It is intended to help students grow in understanding themselves and others. Parents and children interact to experience the commonalities shared by different cultures and the differences that make each culture valuable and unique.
Jameson Brown’s special collection of fine coffee beans that they roast daily will be complemented that evening with the unique flavor of the Philippines’ very own Barako coffee. There will also be various raffles and prize giveaways given throughout the evening.
For more information or to reserve your space, please contact Rachel Estuar at (213) 446-2935.
Fil Am PUBLICATION PARTY - Friday, March 26, 2010 [Los Angeles]
From Linda Nietes of Philippine Expressions:
Join us to celebrate the publication of four new books by Fil Am Authors:
Readings and Booksignings
Friday, March 26, 2010 5:30pm-9:00pm
Community Room, Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC)
1145 Wilshire Boulevard corner Lucas Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Gina Apostol. The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata. Anvil Publishing, Manila. 2009. A historical fiction set in 1898 when Filipinos revolted against the Spanish regime. New York-based author plumbs the depths of one's psyche that Filipinos may never look at themselves and their history the same way again.
Peter Bacho. Leaving Yesler: A Novel. Pleasure Boat Studio: A Literary Press, NY. 2010. Set in the Pacific Northwest, this is the first coming-of-age novel by a multi-awarded author who lives in Seattle.
Arturo P. Garcia with Peter Cuasay, Ph.D. Unrecognized American Veterans: Memory, History, Equity for Filipino WWll Veterans. Justice for Filipino Americans, LA. 2009. A retelling of a historical fact and captures the spirit of WWll Filipino veterans as they struggle for what is rightfully theirs.
Florante Peter Ibanez and Roselyn Estepa Ibanez. Filipinos in Carson and the South Bay. Arcadia Publishing, SC. 2009. Part of the Series, Images of America, and this book focuses on a very significant area that is home to a lot of Filipino Americans.
This event launches our Bookshop's Authors Series for 2010, an ongoing outreach program. It is free and open to the public. Free parking. The area is close to downtown Los Angeles.
Walk in Entrance - on Lucas Avenue to Lobby/Community Room. Parking entrance - enter on Lucas Avenue. Park on rooftop of third floor. Then, follow signs, down two flights of stairs to Lobby on lst Floor.
RSVP necessary. (310) 514-9139 or email: <linda_nietes@sbcglobal.net>
BTW, the month of March being Women's History Month, we also want to celebrate the occasion by offering a toast to all women achievers in our Filipino American community all over the world, especially to our two women authors whose books we are launching at this event, and the four women guest authors: Carlene Bonnivier, Cora Claudio, Katrin de Guia, Carina Monica Montoya and Leny Strobel. Mabuhay !
Philippine Expressions Bookshop
The Mail Order Bookshop dedicated to
Filipino Americans in search of their roots.
2114 Trudie Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-2006, USA
Tel and Fax (310) 514-9139 <info@philippineexpressionsbookshop.com>
We have blazed the trail in promoting Philippine books in America. 2010 marks our 26th year of service to the Filipino American community.Mabuhay.
Join us to celebrate the publication of four new books by Fil Am Authors:
Readings and Booksignings
Friday, March 26, 2010 5:30pm-9:00pm
Community Room, Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC)
1145 Wilshire Boulevard corner Lucas Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Gina Apostol. The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata. Anvil Publishing, Manila. 2009. A historical fiction set in 1898 when Filipinos revolted against the Spanish regime. New York-based author plumbs the depths of one's psyche that Filipinos may never look at themselves and their history the same way again.
Peter Bacho. Leaving Yesler: A Novel. Pleasure Boat Studio: A Literary Press, NY. 2010. Set in the Pacific Northwest, this is the first coming-of-age novel by a multi-awarded author who lives in Seattle.
Arturo P. Garcia with Peter Cuasay, Ph.D. Unrecognized American Veterans: Memory, History, Equity for Filipino WWll Veterans. Justice for Filipino Americans, LA. 2009. A retelling of a historical fact and captures the spirit of WWll Filipino veterans as they struggle for what is rightfully theirs.
Florante Peter Ibanez and Roselyn Estepa Ibanez. Filipinos in Carson and the South Bay. Arcadia Publishing, SC. 2009. Part of the Series, Images of America, and this book focuses on a very significant area that is home to a lot of Filipino Americans.
This event launches our Bookshop's Authors Series for 2010, an ongoing outreach program. It is free and open to the public. Free parking. The area is close to downtown Los Angeles.
Walk in Entrance - on Lucas Avenue to Lobby/Community Room. Parking entrance - enter on Lucas Avenue. Park on rooftop of third floor. Then, follow signs, down two flights of stairs to Lobby on lst Floor.
RSVP necessary. (310) 514-9139 or email: <linda_nietes@sbcglobal.net>
BTW, the month of March being Women's History Month, we also want to celebrate the occasion by offering a toast to all women achievers in our Filipino American community all over the world, especially to our two women authors whose books we are launching at this event, and the four women guest authors: Carlene Bonnivier, Cora Claudio, Katrin de Guia, Carina Monica Montoya and Leny Strobel. Mabuhay !
Philippine Expressions Bookshop
The Mail Order Bookshop dedicated to
Filipino Americans in search of their roots.
2114 Trudie Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-2006, USA
Tel and Fax (310) 514-9139 <info@philippineexpressionsbookshop.com>
We have blazed the trail in promoting Philippine books in America. 2010 marks our 26th year of service to the Filipino American community.Mabuhay.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
poetry book contest for a woman poet's first or second book: Gatewood Prize
THE GATEWOOD PRIZE
http://www.switchbackbooks.com/contest.html
***There are important changes to our contest this year. Please read the new guidelines carefully.***
The Gatewood Prize is Switchback Books' annual competition for a first or second full-length (48-80 pp.) collection of poems by a woman writing in the English language. It is named after Emma Gatewood, the first woman to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail.
JUDGE: Cathy Park Hong
CATHY PARK HONG's first book, Translating Mo'um, was published in 2002 by Hanging Loose Press. Her second collection, Dance Dance Revolution, was chosen for the Barnard Women Poets Prize and was published in 2007 by W.W. Norton. Hong is also the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Her poems have been published in A Public Space, Paris Review, Poetry, American Letters & Commentary, Denver Quarterly, Jubilat, and other journals, and she has reported for the Village Voice, The Guardian, Salon, and Christian Science Monitor. She now lives in New York City and is an Assistant Professor at Sarah Lawrence College.
READING PERIOD: March 1 - June 1, 2010
GENERAL TERMS:
Poet must be a woman; our definition of "woman" is broad and includes transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, and female-identified individuals.
Entry fee of $15 must accompany each submission; scroll down for PayPal button under "Payment."
We no longer accept cash, check, or money orders.
Multiple submissions are acceptable, but each manuscript must be entered under separate cover and fee.
You must let us know immediately if your manuscript is accepted by another publisher while under our consideration.
No revisions to submitted manuscripts will be considered; the winning manuscript may be revised before publication.
Translations ineligible.
Manuscripts by close friends and former students of the judge are ineligible. If the judge would recognize your manuscript for any reason, please wait until next year to enter the contest.
Co-written collections are eligible provided both poets meet all eligibility requirements.
Submissions will be read by Switchback editors and staff members. We will select ten manuscripts to send on to the judge, who will choose the final winner.
Manuscripts remain anonymous until a winner is selected. Please remove any identifying references from your manuscript (including those in the body of the manuscript).
Entries that do not meet these terms may be disqualified. Please email becca [at] switchbackbooks [dot] com with any questions.
MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS:
Manuscripts should be between 48 and 80 pages, paginated.
Please include a cover page with ONLY the title of the manuscript.
No acknowledgments page.
NOTIFICATION:
You will be notified of the winner and finalists of the contest via email.
PAYMENT:
Please submit your $15 entry fee via PayPal here:
http://www.switchbackbooks.com/contest.html
SUBMISSION FORMAT:
Create an account at ManuscriptHub (http://www.manuscripthub.com/users/index.php) and upload your manuscript in .PDF (preferred) or .DOC format. Find Switchback Books among the listed venues and choose to submit to the Gatewood Prize.
***Please note: There is a $2 handling fee for using ManuscriptHub. This fee is separate from our contest fee, and is payable to the good folks who run the ManuscriptHub system.
DEADLINE: Manuscripts will be accepted through 11:59 p.m. on June 1st, 2010.
We strongly recommend that you familiarize yourself with our aesthetics before submitting a manuscript to our contest. You can do this by reading sample poems on our website, or checking out the work of previous contest winners and finalists:
http://www.switchbackbooks.com/contest.html
***There are important changes to our contest this year. Please read the new guidelines carefully.***
The Gatewood Prize is Switchback Books' annual competition for a first or second full-length (48-80 pp.) collection of poems by a woman writing in the English language. It is named after Emma Gatewood, the first woman to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail.
JUDGE: Cathy Park Hong
CATHY PARK HONG's first book, Translating Mo'um, was published in 2002 by Hanging Loose Press. Her second collection, Dance Dance Revolution, was chosen for the Barnard Women Poets Prize and was published in 2007 by W.W. Norton. Hong is also the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Her poems have been published in A Public Space, Paris Review, Poetry, American Letters & Commentary, Denver Quarterly, Jubilat, and other journals, and she has reported for the Village Voice, The Guardian, Salon, and Christian Science Monitor. She now lives in New York City and is an Assistant Professor at Sarah Lawrence College.
READING PERIOD: March 1 - June 1, 2010
GENERAL TERMS:
Poet must be a woman; our definition of "woman" is broad and includes transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, and female-identified individuals.
Entry fee of $15 must accompany each submission; scroll down for PayPal button under "Payment."
We no longer accept cash, check, or money orders.
Multiple submissions are acceptable, but each manuscript must be entered under separate cover and fee.
You must let us know immediately if your manuscript is accepted by another publisher while under our consideration.
No revisions to submitted manuscripts will be considered; the winning manuscript may be revised before publication.
Translations ineligible.
Manuscripts by close friends and former students of the judge are ineligible. If the judge would recognize your manuscript for any reason, please wait until next year to enter the contest.
Co-written collections are eligible provided both poets meet all eligibility requirements.
Submissions will be read by Switchback editors and staff members. We will select ten manuscripts to send on to the judge, who will choose the final winner.
Manuscripts remain anonymous until a winner is selected. Please remove any identifying references from your manuscript (including those in the body of the manuscript).
Entries that do not meet these terms may be disqualified. Please email becca [at] switchbackbooks [dot] com with any questions.
MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS:
Manuscripts should be between 48 and 80 pages, paginated.
Please include a cover page with ONLY the title of the manuscript.
No acknowledgments page.
NOTIFICATION:
You will be notified of the winner and finalists of the contest via email.
PAYMENT:
Please submit your $15 entry fee via PayPal here:
http://www.switchbackbooks.com/contest.html
SUBMISSION FORMAT:
Create an account at ManuscriptHub (http://www.manuscripthub.com/users/index.php) and upload your manuscript in .PDF (preferred) or .DOC format. Find Switchback Books among the listed venues and choose to submit to the Gatewood Prize.
***Please note: There is a $2 handling fee for using ManuscriptHub. This fee is separate from our contest fee, and is payable to the good folks who run the ManuscriptHub system.
DEADLINE: Manuscripts will be accepted through 11:59 p.m. on June 1st, 2010.
We strongly recommend that you familiarize yourself with our aesthetics before submitting a manuscript to our contest. You can do this by reading sample poems on our website, or checking out the work of previous contest winners and finalists:
http://www.switchbackbooks.com/contest.html
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of International Working Women's Day, LA Filipinas Honor Migrant and Working Class Women And Shed Light on Human Rights Violations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Reference: Terrie Cervas, Sisters of Gabriela, Awaken! (SiGAw!)
(213) 537-8278, sigawla@gmail.com
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of International Working Women's Day,
LA Filipinas Honor Migrant and Working Class Women
And Shed Light on Human Rights Violations
LOS ANGELES , CA- In the spirit of the Centennial of International Working Women's Day this past March 8, Los Angeles-based Sisters of Gabriela, Awaken (SiGAw) will take their stories to the stage. SiGAw connects life to art with their first annual production of Diwang Pinay, entitled "Pasanin Mo Pasanin Ko: Bridging the Struggle of Filipinas" on Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 3pm at Fernando's Hideaway in Downtown Los Angeles (519 S Spring St., Los Angeles , CA 90013 ).
The theme, which translates to "Your Struggle is My Struggle," draws from the idea that Filipinas share in the same struggle of migration and working towards a better life for themselves and their families. SiGAw seeks to shed light on the common issues affecting Filipinas: violence, hardship, immigration, and expectations through seven stories of working-class and migrant Filipinas. All of the stories drew inspiration from interviews SiGAw members collected of Filipina migrant workers who reside in the Valley, Central LA and Carson , and through their own personal life histories. Written and performed by members of SiGAw, these stories will include the acting talents of local Filipinas, Gina Honda, Kristine Sabella and Rena Heinrich. The afternoon will also showcase original pieces by Filipina musical and visual artists Asa Lioness, Leaf, Liza Camba, and others.
Diwang Pinay, meaning "Spirit of the Filipina," stands as part of a national project initiated by GABRIELA USA, which aims to promote the work of Pinay artists everywhere. SiGAw sees the production also as part of their efforts in raising awareness around GABRIELA's iVOW Campaign (iVOW to Fight Violence Against Women). The campaign, which launched in February 2010, urges people to take a stand and commit to ending violence against women. Photos of participants taking their vows will be incorporated into numerous photo and video projects throughout the US and Philippines . The iVOW Campaign highlights the importance of upholding human rights as violence against the people of the Philippines increases.
In the wake of the illegal arrest and detention of 43 community health workers in the province of Rizal , Philippines by the Philippine National Policy (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), it is imperative that international pressure be put on the Philippine military and government. 22 of the 43 health workers are women, two of whom are pregnant. Following the May 2009 abduction and release of health worker Melissa Roxas, and the mass murder of 62 people, including women and journalists in Maguindanao last November 2009, the case of the 43 health workers emphasizes the increased state violence against its own people. Melissa's story of valiant courage in the face of state violence will be featured in this special Diwang Pinay production.
SiGAw is outraged by the Philippine military and government's state-sponsored violence against the people, especially women. SiGAw stands in solidarity with the 43 health workers. We condemn the PNP, AFP, and Philippine government in their unfounded accusations against the 43 and for their illegal arrest, detention, and torture. We call on the US government, specifically Senator Barbara Boxer and Congressman Howard Berman, to put pressure on the Philippine government and military to release the 43 and end all human rights violations in the Philippines !
FREE THE 43!
END STATE SPONSORED VIOLENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES !
ADANCE THE MILITANT WOMEN'S STRUGGLE!
Sisters of Gabriela, Awaken! (SiGAw) presents:
Diwang Pinay
Pasanin Mo Pasanin Ko: Bridging the Struggle of Filipinas
Sunday, March 21, 2010
3:00pm
Fernando's Hideaway (F Square Print shop)
519 S Spring Street (between 5th and 6th streets)
Los Angeles, CA 90013
$10 suggested donation (No one turned away for lack of funds.)
SiGAw is a member organization of GABRIELA USA, an overseas chapter of GABRIELA Philippines (alliance of progressive women's organizations) and BAYAN USA (a multi-sectoral alliance of progressive Filipino groups in the US ).
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Reference: Terrie Cervas, Sisters of Gabriela, Awaken! (SiGAw!)
(213) 537-8278, sigawla@gmail.com
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of International Working Women's Day,
LA Filipinas Honor Migrant and Working Class Women
And Shed Light on Human Rights Violations
LOS ANGELES , CA- In the spirit of the Centennial of International Working Women's Day this past March 8, Los Angeles-based Sisters of Gabriela, Awaken (SiGAw) will take their stories to the stage. SiGAw connects life to art with their first annual production of Diwang Pinay, entitled "Pasanin Mo Pasanin Ko: Bridging the Struggle of Filipinas" on Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 3pm at Fernando's Hideaway in Downtown Los Angeles (519 S Spring St., Los Angeles , CA 90013 ).
The theme, which translates to "Your Struggle is My Struggle," draws from the idea that Filipinas share in the same struggle of migration and working towards a better life for themselves and their families. SiGAw seeks to shed light on the common issues affecting Filipinas: violence, hardship, immigration, and expectations through seven stories of working-class and migrant Filipinas. All of the stories drew inspiration from interviews SiGAw members collected of Filipina migrant workers who reside in the Valley, Central LA and Carson , and through their own personal life histories. Written and performed by members of SiGAw, these stories will include the acting talents of local Filipinas, Gina Honda, Kristine Sabella and Rena Heinrich. The afternoon will also showcase original pieces by Filipina musical and visual artists Asa Lioness, Leaf, Liza Camba, and others.
Diwang Pinay, meaning "Spirit of the Filipina," stands as part of a national project initiated by GABRIELA USA, which aims to promote the work of Pinay artists everywhere. SiGAw sees the production also as part of their efforts in raising awareness around GABRIELA's iVOW Campaign (iVOW to Fight Violence Against Women). The campaign, which launched in February 2010, urges people to take a stand and commit to ending violence against women. Photos of participants taking their vows will be incorporated into numerous photo and video projects throughout the US and Philippines . The iVOW Campaign highlights the importance of upholding human rights as violence against the people of the Philippines increases.
In the wake of the illegal arrest and detention of 43 community health workers in the province of Rizal , Philippines by the Philippine National Policy (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), it is imperative that international pressure be put on the Philippine military and government. 22 of the 43 health workers are women, two of whom are pregnant. Following the May 2009 abduction and release of health worker Melissa Roxas, and the mass murder of 62 people, including women and journalists in Maguindanao last November 2009, the case of the 43 health workers emphasizes the increased state violence against its own people. Melissa's story of valiant courage in the face of state violence will be featured in this special Diwang Pinay production.
SiGAw is outraged by the Philippine military and government's state-sponsored violence against the people, especially women. SiGAw stands in solidarity with the 43 health workers. We condemn the PNP, AFP, and Philippine government in their unfounded accusations against the 43 and for their illegal arrest, detention, and torture. We call on the US government, specifically Senator Barbara Boxer and Congressman Howard Berman, to put pressure on the Philippine government and military to release the 43 and end all human rights violations in the Philippines !
FREE THE 43!
END STATE SPONSORED VIOLENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES !
ADANCE THE MILITANT WOMEN'S STRUGGLE!
Sisters of Gabriela, Awaken! (SiGAw) presents:
Diwang Pinay
Pasanin Mo Pasanin Ko: Bridging the Struggle of Filipinas
Sunday, March 21, 2010
3:00pm
Fernando's Hideaway (F Square Print shop)
519 S Spring Street (between 5th and 6th streets)
Los Angeles, CA 90013
$10 suggested donation (No one turned away for lack of funds.)
SiGAw is a member organization of GABRIELA USA, an overseas chapter of GABRIELA Philippines (alliance of progressive women's organizations) and BAYAN USA (a multi-sectoral alliance of progressive Filipino groups in the US ).
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Lambda Literary Awards: Finalists Announced
Congratulations to Kristin Naca and Randall Mann, whose books of poetry, Bird Eating Bird and Breakfast With Thom Gunn, respectively, are finalists for the 22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Entire list of finalists here.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Call for Submissions: Seeking writing about mixed-race women
Seeking writing about mixed-race women: Submissions are sought for an anthology of writing by and about mixed-race women: OTHER TONGUES: Mixed-Race Women Speak Out. (Intended for publication in Fall 2010 by Inanna Publications). Invites stories that engage, document, and/or explore the experiences of being mixed-race, by placing inter-raciality as the center, rather than periphery, of analysis. Send up to 2500 words of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, or spoken. Deadline: April 15, 2010.. More details...
Dorina Lazo Gilmore
From the Women Writers of Color blog:
Full name: Dorina Kailani Lazo Gilmore
Birth date: 05.01.1977
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Current location: Fresno, California
Website/Blog: www.health-full.blogspot.com, www.shens.com
Genre: Children's picture book
WiP or most recently published work: Cora Cooks Pancit (Shen's Books)
Writing credits:
My most recent children's book is Cora Cooks Pancit (Shen's Books). My poem 'City Jazz' was just published in the February 2010 issue of Cricket Magazine. I also have two other picture books, including Children of the San Joaquin Valley and A Stone in the Soup: A Hmong Girl's Journey to the United States (Poppy Lane Publishing). I was the editor and a contributing poet for the anthology, Mosaic Voices: A Spectrum of Central Valley Poets (Poppy Lane Publishing). I am a frequent blogger and freelance writer for various magazines. Before I became a mother, I worked in journalism and was published in The Fresno Bee, The Arizona Republic, The Chicago Tribune and other publications.
Read more.
Full name: Dorina Kailani Lazo GilmoreBirth date: 05.01.1977
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Current location: Fresno, California
Website/Blog: www.health-full.blogspot.com, www.shens.com
Genre: Children's picture book
WiP or most recently published work: Cora Cooks Pancit (Shen's Books)
Writing credits:
My most recent children's book is Cora Cooks Pancit (Shen's Books). My poem 'City Jazz' was just published in the February 2010 issue of Cricket Magazine. I also have two other picture books, including Children of the San Joaquin Valley and A Stone in the Soup: A Hmong Girl's Journey to the United States (Poppy Lane Publishing). I was the editor and a contributing poet for the anthology, Mosaic Voices: A Spectrum of Central Valley Poets (Poppy Lane Publishing). I am a frequent blogger and freelance writer for various magazines. Before I became a mother, I worked in journalism and was published in The Fresno Bee, The Arizona Republic, The Chicago Tribune and other publications.Read more.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Kularts: Kulayan
KULAYAN
A Kularts Visual Arts Program
Open Art Studio Sessions
Fridays in March (March 5, 12, 19, 26)
Filipino Community Center
4681 Mission St (@ Persia) SF CA 94112
FREE!
Instructors:
James gaNyan Garcia
Christopher De Leon
Aimee Espiritu
Due to the overwhelming success of our February Open Art Studio Sessions, we've decided to continue the Kulayan Visual Arts program through March 2010!
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.
So, 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.
Read more here.
A Kularts Visual Arts Program
Open Art Studio Sessions
Fridays in March (March 5, 12, 19, 26)
Filipino Community Center
4681 Mission St (@ Persia) SF CA 94112
FREE!
Instructors:
James gaNyan Garcia
Christopher De Leon
Aimee Espiritu
Due to the overwhelming success of our February Open Art Studio Sessions, we've decided to continue the Kulayan Visual Arts program through March 2010!
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.
So, 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.
Read more here.
Writing & Meditation (for People of Color)
From Kenji Liu:
Write Action:
A one-day Meditation & Writing retreat for People of Color
with Mushim Ikeda-Nash and Kenji Liu
Sunday, April 11, 2010
10 am - 5 pm
East Bay Meditation Center
2147 Broadway, Oakland
(near 19th Street BART in downtown Oakland)
www.eastbaymeditation.org
About this Retreat
This daylong retreat is for any Person of Color who desires to write - whether you are an experienced writer or a novice attempting to put together your first poem or story. The day will include basic meditation instruction and writing periods with suggested exercises and time for free-writing, and will include an open-mic sign-up for those who wish to share brief samples of their work.
Please bring a bag lunch, and feel free to bring unfinished projects (short excerpts of poetry, memoirs, fiction, etc.) for small group input during the lunch period.
Registration is required and space is limited!
To register, click below or copy and paste the following link into your web browser to fill out a registration survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/P7MG3MK
If the link doesn't work, please send an email expressing your interest in registering, with your full name and "Write Action" in the subject line to: admin@eastbaymeditation.org or call (510) 268-0696.
Dana, or Generous Giving
There is no registration fee for attending this event, nor most EBMC events.
However, EBMC is not independently funded.
The center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving, or "dana"). Please donate generously, in proportion to your ability:
Either online (you will be offered an opportunity at the end of the online registration process)
Or at the event, in the two baskets at EBMC, one for the Center, the second for the Teachers
Thank you for your generosity. Giving together, our unique, diverse Center will grow and thrive!
About the Teachers
Kenji Liu is a 1.5 generation Japanese-born Taiwanese American expatriate of New Jersey suburbia. His writing arises from his work as an activist, educator and cultural worker. Liu's poetry chapbook You Left Without Your Shoes (Finishing Line Press 2009) was nominated for a California Book Award, and his poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Liu was a guest editor for Buddhist Peace Fellowship's Spring 2007 issue of Turning Wheel, "Building Alliances to Address Racism." He has practiced vipassana in Burmese and Thai traditions since 1998. For more information, go to http://liusan.wordpress.com/
Mushim Ikeda-Nash has published poetry, Buddhist essays, and autobiographical fiction widely under the names "Patricia Y. Ikeda," and "Mushim Ikeda-Nash." A core teacher at EBMC, she teaches meditation retreats for people of color and social justice activists nationally. Mushim is the first recipient of the Ragdale Foundation's Alice Hayes Writing Fellowship supporting work on a book-length manuscript, Elegy with Blue Shirt, Tie & Gun. See http://mushim.wordpress.com/
In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness, please do not wear fragranced products (including "natural" fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC.
Write Action:
A one-day Meditation & Writing retreat for People of Color
with Mushim Ikeda-Nash and Kenji Liu
Sunday, April 11, 2010
10 am - 5 pm
East Bay Meditation Center
2147 Broadway, Oakland
(near 19th Street BART in downtown Oakland)
www.eastbaymeditation.org
About this Retreat
This daylong retreat is for any Person of Color who desires to write - whether you are an experienced writer or a novice attempting to put together your first poem or story. The day will include basic meditation instruction and writing periods with suggested exercises and time for free-writing, and will include an open-mic sign-up for those who wish to share brief samples of their work.
Please bring a bag lunch, and feel free to bring unfinished projects (short excerpts of poetry, memoirs, fiction, etc.) for small group input during the lunch period.
Registration is required and space is limited!
To register, click below or copy and paste the following link into your web browser to fill out a registration survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/P7MG3MK
If the link doesn't work, please send an email expressing your interest in registering, with your full name and "Write Action" in the subject line to: admin@eastbaymeditation.org or call (510) 268-0696.
Dana, or Generous Giving
There is no registration fee for attending this event, nor most EBMC events.
However, EBMC is not independently funded.
The center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving, or "dana"). Please donate generously, in proportion to your ability:
Either online (you will be offered an opportunity at the end of the online registration process)
Or at the event, in the two baskets at EBMC, one for the Center, the second for the Teachers
Thank you for your generosity. Giving together, our unique, diverse Center will grow and thrive!
About the Teachers
Kenji Liu is a 1.5 generation Japanese-born Taiwanese American expatriate of New Jersey suburbia. His writing arises from his work as an activist, educator and cultural worker. Liu's poetry chapbook You Left Without Your Shoes (Finishing Line Press 2009) was nominated for a California Book Award, and his poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Liu was a guest editor for Buddhist Peace Fellowship's Spring 2007 issue of Turning Wheel, "Building Alliances to Address Racism." He has practiced vipassana in Burmese and Thai traditions since 1998. For more information, go to http://liusan.wordpress.com/
Mushim Ikeda-Nash has published poetry, Buddhist essays, and autobiographical fiction widely under the names "Patricia Y. Ikeda," and "Mushim Ikeda-Nash." A core teacher at EBMC, she teaches meditation retreats for people of color and social justice activists nationally. Mushim is the first recipient of the Ragdale Foundation's Alice Hayes Writing Fellowship supporting work on a book-length manuscript, Elegy with Blue Shirt, Tie & Gun. See http://mushim.wordpress.com/
In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness, please do not wear fragranced products (including "natural" fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Help Support PAWA!
From Edwin Lozada:
Dear Writers, Artists and Supporters of PAWA,
We do not have donation drives often and beginning last December and throughout this year we are accepting donations in any amount to help support PAWA continue its activities to support, promote and encourage writers and artists in their endeavors.
The PAWA Arkipelago Literary Series which officially started in December or 2008 has presented readings and workshops featuring Filipino American writers and performing artists, as well as writers and artists of other communities: Luisa Igloria, Karen Llagas, Barbara Jane Reyes, Joi Barrios, Randall Mann, Kristin Naca, Debbie Yee, Mariano Zaro, Penélope V. Flores, Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III, Kevin L. Nadal, Benito M. Vergara, Jr., Theresa Calpotura, Joseph Legaspi ,Mari L'Esperance, Oliver de la Paz, Luis H. Francia, Aimee Suzara, Rona Fernandez, Jenesha “Jinky” de Rivera, Eileen Tabios, Neelanjana Banerjee, Alejandro Murguía, Jean Vengua, Bo Razon, Carlos Ziálcita, Justin Chin, Sarah Gambito, Marianne Villanueva, Myrna del Río, Tony Robles, Rashaan Alexis Meneses, Veronica Montes, Sandy Mcintosh.
PAWA has been part of the annual San Francisco Litquake and has also collaborated with Kularts and Arkipelago Books in November of 2009 to present a successful event with Merlinda Bobis. PAWA has helped support Fil Am organizations such as the San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival and has been the fiscal sponsor for the Harana Documentary Project with Florante Aguilar, Fides Enriquez, Benito Bautista, Emma Francisco and Peggy Peralta. The organization has published three anthologies and has a blog, webpage and a listserve that share information relevant to writers, artists and their activities.
With your donations, PAWA can continue to create and support events to encourage, present and promote artists and share their artistic gifts with the many communities around us.
PAWA is a non-profit organization, and donations are tax-deductible. 100% of donations go to the cost of creating and supporting events. Board members and officers of PAWA serve purely on a voluntary basis and are not compensated financially.
[...]
We very much appreciate the enthusiasm that we have received from supporters who have attended PAWA events and look forward to more events, publications and collaborations in the future.
Very Sincerely,
Edwin Lozada
President, PAWA
***
Here is the link to the PAWA donation page.
Dear Writers, Artists and Supporters of PAWA,
We do not have donation drives often and beginning last December and throughout this year we are accepting donations in any amount to help support PAWA continue its activities to support, promote and encourage writers and artists in their endeavors.
The PAWA Arkipelago Literary Series which officially started in December or 2008 has presented readings and workshops featuring Filipino American writers and performing artists, as well as writers and artists of other communities: Luisa Igloria, Karen Llagas, Barbara Jane Reyes, Joi Barrios, Randall Mann, Kristin Naca, Debbie Yee, Mariano Zaro, Penélope V. Flores, Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III, Kevin L. Nadal, Benito M. Vergara, Jr., Theresa Calpotura, Joseph Legaspi ,Mari L'Esperance, Oliver de la Paz, Luis H. Francia, Aimee Suzara, Rona Fernandez, Jenesha “Jinky” de Rivera, Eileen Tabios, Neelanjana Banerjee, Alejandro Murguía, Jean Vengua, Bo Razon, Carlos Ziálcita, Justin Chin, Sarah Gambito, Marianne Villanueva, Myrna del Río, Tony Robles, Rashaan Alexis Meneses, Veronica Montes, Sandy Mcintosh.
PAWA has been part of the annual San Francisco Litquake and has also collaborated with Kularts and Arkipelago Books in November of 2009 to present a successful event with Merlinda Bobis. PAWA has helped support Fil Am organizations such as the San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival and has been the fiscal sponsor for the Harana Documentary Project with Florante Aguilar, Fides Enriquez, Benito Bautista, Emma Francisco and Peggy Peralta. The organization has published three anthologies and has a blog, webpage and a listserve that share information relevant to writers, artists and their activities.
With your donations, PAWA can continue to create and support events to encourage, present and promote artists and share their artistic gifts with the many communities around us.
PAWA is a non-profit organization, and donations are tax-deductible. 100% of donations go to the cost of creating and supporting events. Board members and officers of PAWA serve purely on a voluntary basis and are not compensated financially.
[...]
We very much appreciate the enthusiasm that we have received from supporters who have attended PAWA events and look forward to more events, publications and collaborations in the future.
Very Sincerely,
Edwin Lozada
President, PAWA
***
Here is the link to the PAWA donation page.
FREE creative writing classes: Oakland Word Session 2 schedule
From Kenji Liu at Oakland Word:
PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY
The Oakland Public Library presents
The Oakland Public Library presents
Oakland Word: Writing the Word, Writing the World
屋仑说: 写字， 写世界
Palabra Oakland: Escribiedo Palabras, Escribiendo el Mundo
Oakland Chữ Nghĩa: Viết ra Chữ, Viết cho Thế Giới
屋仑说: 写字， 写世界
Palabra Oakland: Escribiedo Palabras, Escribiendo el Mundo
Oakland Chữ Nghĩa: Viết ra Chữ, Viết cho Thế Giới
SESSION 2
All workshops and seminars are free to the public, but registration is required. Email theoaklandword@gmail.com with your name, phone number, and title and location of the workshop(s) you are registering for. You can also leave this information at 510-238-6572.
For more details on classes and instructors, go to http://www.oaklandword.org .
ASIAN BRANCH LIBRARY
(388 9th St, near 12 St BART)
Intro to Writing Short Fiction: What is a Story?
5 Saturdays 3/20-4/17 4-5:30 pm
Instructor: Claire Light
Food and Words: A Youth Culinary and Writing Workshop (ages 15-18)
5 Thursdays 3/25-4/22 4-7 pm
I Could Not Tell: Life Stories and Creative Non-Fiction
5 Fridays 3/19-4/16 4-5:30 pm
Instructor: Jian Hong (bilingual in Cantonese and English, class will be taught in English)
Blogging 101: Starting and Writing Your Own Blog (open to teens and adults)
Sunday April 10 12:30-3:30 pm
Instructor: Claire Light
5 Saturdays 3/20-4/17 4-5:30 pm
Instructor: Claire Light
Food and Words: A Youth Culinary and Writing Workshop (ages 15-18)
5 Thursdays 3/25-4/22 4-7 pm
I Could Not Tell: Life Stories and Creative Non-Fiction
5 Fridays 3/19-4/16 4-5:30 pm
Instructor: Jian Hong (bilingual in Cantonese and English, class will be taught in English)
Blogging 101: Starting and Writing Your Own Blog (open to teens and adults)
Sunday April 10 12:30-3:30 pm
Instructor: Claire Light
CESAR CHAVEZ BRANCH LIBRARY
(3301 E 12th, near Fruitvale BART)
Urban Fiction: Short-Story Writing
5 Saturdays 3/20-4/17 2:15-3:45 pm
Instructor: Aida Salazar (bilingual in Spanish and English, class will be taught in English)
Usted no lo va a creer: Escribiendo cuentos de su vida / You're Not Going to Believe This: Writing Your Life Stories
5 sabados 20 marzo-17 abril 4-5:30 pm / 5 saturdays 3/20-4/17 4-5:30 pm
Presentado por Linda Gonzalez / Instructor: Linda Gonzalez (bilingual in Spanish and English, class will be taught in Spanish)
5 Saturdays 3/20-4/17 2:15-3:45 pm
Instructor: Aida Salazar (bilingual in Spanish and English, class will be taught in English)
Usted no lo va a creer: Escribiendo cuentos de su vida / You're Not Going to Believe This: Writing Your Life Stories
5 sabados 20 marzo-17 abril 4-5:30 pm / 5 saturdays 3/20-4/17 4-5:30 pm
Presentado por Linda Gonzalez / Instructor: Linda Gonzalez (bilingual in Spanish and English, class will be taught in Spanish)
MAIN LIBRARY
(125 14th St, near Lake Merritt BART)
Literature of Oakland: Writing Poetry and Stories Inspired by Oakland
5 Wednesdays 3/17-4/14 6-7:30 pm
Instructor: Carrie Leilam Love
Life Stories: Tell Yours in Poetry and Prose
5 Thursdays 3/18-4/15 6-7:30 pm
Instructor: Bisola Marignay
Writing and Speaking Word: Poetry and Spoken Word
5 Saturdays 3/20-4/17 3:30-5 pm
Instructor: Bisola Marignay
Women's Poetry Seminar
Sunday, March 27 2-5 pm
Instructor: Carrie Leilam Love
Soul Song: Song-Writing Seminar
Sunday, April 11 2-5 pm
Instructor: Bisola Marignay
5 Wednesdays 3/17-4/14 6-7:30 pm
Instructor: Carrie Leilam Love
Life Stories: Tell Yours in Poetry and Prose
5 Thursdays 3/18-4/15 6-7:30 pm
Instructor: Bisola Marignay
Writing and Speaking Word: Poetry and Spoken Word
5 Saturdays 3/20-4/17 3:30-5 pm
Instructor: Bisola Marignay
Women's Poetry Seminar
Sunday, March 27 2-5 pm
Instructor: Carrie Leilam Love
Soul Song: Song-Writing Seminar
Sunday, April 11 2-5 pm
Instructor: Bisola Marignay
WEST OAKLAND BRANCH LIBRARY/Second Start Adult Literacy Program
(1801 Adeline St)
Poetry in Our Lives (for Second Start students only)
5 Thursdays 3/18-4/15 6-7:30 pm
Instructor: Amy Prevedel
5 Thursdays 3/18-4/15 6-7:30 pm
Instructor: Amy Prevedel
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Hyphen/AAWW Short Story Contest: Deadline 03/31/2010
From KSW:
Hyphen/AAWW Short Story Contest:
Hyphen and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop are very excited to present the 2010 Asian American Short Story Contest – the only, national, pan-Asian American writing competition of its kind.
PRIZE: $1000, publication in Hyphen magazine and the honor of short story of the year.
Now in its third year, the 2010 Asian American Short Story Contest will name 10 finalists and one grand prize-winner who will win a cash prize of $1000 and have the winning story published in an upcoming issue of Hyphen.
Read more.
Hyphen/AAWW Short Story Contest:
Hyphen and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop are very excited to present the 2010 Asian American Short Story Contest – the only, national, pan-Asian American writing competition of its kind.
PRIZE: $1000, publication in Hyphen magazine and the honor of short story of the year.
Now in its third year, the 2010 Asian American Short Story Contest will name 10 finalists and one grand prize-winner who will win a cash prize of $1000 and have the winning story published in an upcoming issue of Hyphen.
Read more.
Monday, March 8, 2010
FOCUS ON FILIPINO AND FILIPINO AMERICAN CINEMA AT SFIAAFF 2010 - SFIAAFF 2010
FOCUS ON FILIPINO AND FILIPINO AMERICAN CINEMA AT SFIAAFF 2010 - SFIAAFF 2010
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) will present a special focus on Filipino and Filipino American media-making this year at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) which takes place from March 11 to 21, 2010. Through retrospectives, new films and a CAAM-produced mobile game, this year’s Festival offers a vital look at the Filipino community.
In the Festival’s 28 years, dozens of pioneering Filipino filmmakers have presented works at SFIAAFF, including Raymond Red, Ramona Diaz, Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Marlon Fuentes and Brillante Mendoza. 2010 marks nine years since the groundbreaking Filipino American narrative features The Flipside (directed by Rod Pulido) and The Debut (Gene Cajayon) opened and closed the Festival. That special year also brought into focus the achievements of Filipino American filmmakers who had paved the way for Pulido and Cajayon, and set the course for many filmmakers to come.
This year the Festival presents a wide-ranging look at the past and future of Filipino media making, including a retrospective of legendary director Lino Brocka’s films; up-and-coming filmmaker Raya Martin’s INDEPENDENCIA, which screened at Cannes; an extraordinary documentary NINOY AQUINO & THE RISE OF PEOPLE POWER, which charts the tragic life of the influential Philippine senator and opposition leader; Looking to Filipino American history, MANILATOWN IS IN THE HEART profiles another pioneering figure, the Bay Area poet and activist Al Robles, who passed away last year.
Read more.
Film Program: Classic Filipino American Shorts.
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) will present a special focus on Filipino and Filipino American media-making this year at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) which takes place from March 11 to 21, 2010. Through retrospectives, new films and a CAAM-produced mobile game, this year’s Festival offers a vital look at the Filipino community.
In the Festival’s 28 years, dozens of pioneering Filipino filmmakers have presented works at SFIAAFF, including Raymond Red, Ramona Diaz, Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Marlon Fuentes and Brillante Mendoza. 2010 marks nine years since the groundbreaking Filipino American narrative features The Flipside (directed by Rod Pulido) and The Debut (Gene Cajayon) opened and closed the Festival. That special year also brought into focus the achievements of Filipino American filmmakers who had paved the way for Pulido and Cajayon, and set the course for many filmmakers to come.
This year the Festival presents a wide-ranging look at the past and future of Filipino media making, including a retrospective of legendary director Lino Brocka’s films; up-and-coming filmmaker Raya Martin’s INDEPENDENCIA, which screened at Cannes; an extraordinary documentary NINOY AQUINO & THE RISE OF PEOPLE POWER, which charts the tragic life of the influential Philippine senator and opposition leader; Looking to Filipino American history, MANILATOWN IS IN THE HEART profiles another pioneering figure, the Bay Area poet and activist Al Robles, who passed away last year.
Read more.
Film Program: Classic Filipino American Shorts.
The F Word at Evergreen Valley College (San Jose)
The F Word is an art exhibition on the theme of feminism. The intersection of art and feminism has played a leading role in visual arts and re/introduced critical awareness and discussion of relevant issues concerning women, and The F Word is actively engaging in that role. In the context of the word feminism, “the f word” is interchangeably used humorously or hideously. Feminism is defined as equal rights of the sexes in all fields. Nonetheless, to be pro-women’s equal rights is equated by some today as being anti-men. See Flyer for more details.
Location: The F Word will be on display at Evergreen Valley College’s gallery in the Visual Arts building and will be open to the public free of cost. Location: Gallery in the Visual Arts building
Participating artists: Rheim Alkadhi, Katherine Aoki, Mail Order Brides / M.O.B (Eliza “Neneng” Barrios, Reanne “Immaculata” Estrada, Jenifer “Baby” Wofford), Elizabeth Gomez, Nadja Lazansky, Haleh Niazm and Favianna Rodriguez, Bayeté Ross Smith, and Jenifer K Wofford.
Curated by Saná Makhoul, a part-time faculty of art history at Evergreen Valley College, San Jose
Location: The F Word will be on display at Evergreen Valley College’s gallery in the Visual Arts building and will be open to the public free of cost.
Date: March 1 to 26, 2010.
Hours: Monday through Thursday from 10:15 AM to 2:15 PM.
http://www.evc.edu/
Location: The F Word will be on display at Evergreen Valley College’s gallery in the Visual Arts building and will be open to the public free of cost. Location: Gallery in the Visual Arts building
Participating artists: Rheim Alkadhi, Katherine Aoki, Mail Order Brides / M.O.B (Eliza “Neneng” Barrios, Reanne “Immaculata” Estrada, Jenifer “Baby” Wofford), Elizabeth Gomez, Nadja Lazansky, Haleh Niazm and Favianna Rodriguez, Bayeté Ross Smith, and Jenifer K Wofford.
Curated by Saná Makhoul, a part-time faculty of art history at Evergreen Valley College, San Jose
Location: The F Word will be on display at Evergreen Valley College’s gallery in the Visual Arts building and will be open to the public free of cost.
Date: March 1 to 26, 2010.
Hours: Monday through Thursday from 10:15 AM to 2:15 PM.
http://www.evc.edu/
'Infix: The Grammar Of Insertion' @ SF MOMA Fort Mason
On view through March 12, Infix: The Grammar of Insertion revolves around the linguistic concept of the infix, and looks at the works of six Bay Area artists as infixes inserted within the language of the global art market. The show explores how these works and artists are changing the way we talk and think about art.
Organized by guest curator, Rico J. Reyes the show features the works of artists Renée Billingslea, E.G. Crichton, Lisa R. Gould, Willie Little, Lewis Watts and the artist collaboration, BARRIONICS (Lily Anne Perez, Johanna Poethig, and Rico Reyes). Including photography, installation, sculpture, prints, video, and performance, Infix assembles some of the Bay Area’s most dynamic artists working in these media and engaging in themes such as identity and gender, perception and humor, place and spectres, packaging and the grotesque, residue and culture.
Reyes challenges the beholders to spend time to think about how the arts in the Bay Area are articulated. Most often, Bay Area art is narrowly defined by its historical contributions to Abstract Expressionism, figurative painting, ceramics, and photography, or hyped by its surfacing underground scene; but mostly Bay Area art is confined to its perceived eccentric nature. From Thomas Albright’s, Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980, to Johnstone and Holzman’s, Epicenter: San Francisco Bay Area Art Now, to Sidra Stich’s, art-SITES San Francisco, the grand narratives that describe the San Francisco Bay Area art hinge on the intersection of eccentricity and its sporadic contributions to past art movements, creating a set language, a fixed notion, that affects the continual development of Bay Area art and its articulation.
Read more here.
Organized by guest curator, Rico J. Reyes the show features the works of artists Renée Billingslea, E.G. Crichton, Lisa R. Gould, Willie Little, Lewis Watts and the artist collaboration, BARRIONICS (Lily Anne Perez, Johanna Poethig, and Rico Reyes). Including photography, installation, sculpture, prints, video, and performance, Infix assembles some of the Bay Area’s most dynamic artists working in these media and engaging in themes such as identity and gender, perception and humor, place and spectres, packaging and the grotesque, residue and culture.
Reyes challenges the beholders to spend time to think about how the arts in the Bay Area are articulated. Most often, Bay Area art is narrowly defined by its historical contributions to Abstract Expressionism, figurative painting, ceramics, and photography, or hyped by its surfacing underground scene; but mostly Bay Area art is confined to its perceived eccentric nature. From Thomas Albright’s, Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980, to Johnstone and Holzman’s, Epicenter: San Francisco Bay Area Art Now, to Sidra Stich’s, art-SITES San Francisco, the grand narratives that describe the San Francisco Bay Area art hinge on the intersection of eccentricity and its sporadic contributions to past art movements, creating a set language, a fixed notion, that affects the continual development of Bay Area art and its articulation.
Read more here.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Bindlestiff Bindleball 03/20/2010
Bayanihan Center
1010 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Price $25.00
Info Line 415-255-0440
Website http://www.bindlestiffstudio.org
Contact Susanna Yu
(415) 255-0440
susie@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.
1010 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Price $25.00
Info Line 415-255-0440
Website http://www.bindlestiffstudio.org
Contact Susanna Yu
(415) 255-0440
susie@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.
Good to be Home – review of Lola: A Ghost Story
Good to be Home – review of Lola: A Ghost Story (Review by Paolo Chikiamco).
Read more.
Visit most any wake in the country, and you’ll realize that many of the bereaved not only treat ghostly visitations (or instances of pagparamdam on the part of the deceased) not only as expected phenomenon, but as a desirable experience—it’s not uncommon for ill feeling to arise if one of the family is favored with such a communication from beyond the veil, while another is not. When relating personal experiences of encounters with loved ones who have passed on, the stories are not those of horror, but rather of comfort and of nostalgia, of gratitude and of home. This is the sort of story which J. Torres and Elbert Or present to us in Lola: a Ghost Story, the story of a young Filipino, raised in Canada, who must return to his home province in the Philippines upon the death of his grandmother.
Read more.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Manilatown is in the Heart 3/14 and 3/15
Press Release
For Immediate Release March 3, 2010
Contact: Tony Robles
415-374-5344
Poet Al Robles Comes Home to Fillmore
Documentary on I-Hotel Activist and Filipino American poet Al Robles to be featured at The 28th Annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
San Francisco- Community members and Supervisor Eric Mar will honor poet/activist and Fillmore District native Al Robles on March 14th 2009, at 1230pm in San Francisco’s Fillmore Plaza on Fillmore and O’Farrell Streets with music, poetry and remembrance. Al Robles is recognized as a son of the Fillmore and is memorialized with a plaque in the Fillmore Plaza. The life of Al Robles is featured in Filmmaker Curtis Choy’s film, “Manilatown is in the Heart—Time Travel with Al Robles”, a poetic documentary featured at the Asian American Film Festival Sundance Kabuki Cinema March 14th at 2pm and 15th at 7pm. The documentary is the second film project between Director Choy and Robles, the first being “The Fall of the I-Hotel” which featured Robles as the film narrator. The film follows Robles growing up with the jazz of his youth in the Fillmore with zen monks, jazz musicians and youngbloods, to his life as an activist and poet. Robles chronicled the lives of Filipino immigrants, weaving their histories into his poetic and community work, which included the fight against the eviction of elders from the International Hotel—a struggle that gave Manilatown worldwide attention. “Al Robles was the poet laureate - the heart & spirit - of the Manilatown & Filipino communities. San Francisco will never forget his tireless work supporting seniors and housing justice, fighting displacement & gentrification and nurturing youth in our communities”, said S.F. District Supervisor Eric Mar. Robles passed away in May of 2009 but left a legacy of activism and community involvement that has inspired elders and youth alike. In the words of hip hop poet Jeremy Bautista, “Much love and respect…From the Hip Hop Generation to Uncle Al, our hero!”
For more information on the Asian American Film Festival: http://festival.asianamericanmedia.org/. For information on Curtis Choy’s films: www.chonkmoonhunter.com. For information on Al Robles: www.manongalrobles.org.
03/15/10: Nara Denning [Caveat Lector]
Hello,
On March 15, 2010, we will be launching our Winter/Spring 2010 issue with a performance at the Revolution Cafe, on 22nd Street between Valencia and Mission streets in San Francisco, at 8:30 pm.
We'll be featuring the art of Kim Frohsin, live music from Ho Lin's band, poetry by Jeanne Powell, Joan Gelfand with music by Marty Castleberg, and Christopher Bernard, readings by other CL contributors, screenings of films we have posted on our website by local filmmakers Nara Denning and Lisa Konzcal, and more.
Come one, come all, for a great evening of music, poetry, film, and art from San Francisco' cutting edge webzine!
And please check out the Winter/Spring issue of our website on or after March 15:
www.caveat-lector.org
Christopher Bernard and Ho Lin
Caveat Lector
On March 15, 2010, we will be launching our Winter/Spring 2010 issue with a performance at the Revolution Cafe, on 22nd Street between Valencia and Mission streets in San Francisco, at 8:30 pm.
We'll be featuring the art of Kim Frohsin, live music from Ho Lin's band, poetry by Jeanne Powell, Joan Gelfand with music by Marty Castleberg, and Christopher Bernard, readings by other CL contributors, screenings of films we have posted on our website by local filmmakers Nara Denning and Lisa Konzcal, and more.
Come one, come all, for a great evening of music, poetry, film, and art from San Francisco' cutting edge webzine!
And please check out the Winter/Spring issue of our website on or after March 15:
www.caveat-lector.org
Christopher Bernard and Ho Lin
Caveat Lector
Amistad Seeks International Contributors of Diverse Backgrounds
From the Asia Writes blog:
In keeping with the legacy after which we were named, Amistad, Howard University’s literary and art journal, aims to achieve and preserve cultural freedom through the vessel of creative expression. Our goal is to compile innovative and compelling works of different genres from a body of local, national, and international contributors of diverse backgrounds to ship to the masses. Amistad chronicles the journey from where we are as a global community to where we hope to go.
Submission Deadline: March 12, 2010
We are accepting original art in the form of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, critiques, fine and visual art, reviews, et cetera.
For poetry, please submit no more than 5 poems with a max. of 50 lines. For fiction, non-fiction, and critiques, please submit no more than 2 documents with a max. of 3000 words. Excerpts are accepted. For fine and visual art, please submit no more than 5 pieces, including title, date, and medium (.jpeg, .tif, .gif preferred).
Submissions should be typed in 12 pt. font, Times New Roman. The title should be clearly indicated in bold. Your name, address, email, and phone number should be included at the top of each page. In addition, please submit a 3-4 line bio and a .jpeg photo (photo is optional). Work should be submitted via email as an attachment. Microsoft Word documents (.doc) files are acceptable.
The subject line should follow this format: Genre/First & Last Name.
Email all submissions to amistadjournal@gmail.com
In keeping with the legacy after which we were named, Amistad, Howard University’s literary and art journal, aims to achieve and preserve cultural freedom through the vessel of creative expression. Our goal is to compile innovative and compelling works of different genres from a body of local, national, and international contributors of diverse backgrounds to ship to the masses. Amistad chronicles the journey from where we are as a global community to where we hope to go.
Submission Deadline: March 12, 2010
We are accepting original art in the form of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, critiques, fine and visual art, reviews, et cetera.
For poetry, please submit no more than 5 poems with a max. of 50 lines. For fiction, non-fiction, and critiques, please submit no more than 2 documents with a max. of 3000 words. Excerpts are accepted. For fine and visual art, please submit no more than 5 pieces, including title, date, and medium (.jpeg, .tif, .gif preferred).
Submissions should be typed in 12 pt. font, Times New Roman. The title should be clearly indicated in bold. Your name, address, email, and phone number should be included at the top of each page. In addition, please submit a 3-4 line bio and a .jpeg photo (photo is optional). Work should be submitted via email as an attachment. Microsoft Word documents (.doc) files are acceptable.
The subject line should follow this format: Genre/First & Last Name.
Email all submissions to amistadjournal@gmail.com
March 11, 7 & 7: 7 Poets Celebrate Kundiman's 7th Year
From Kundiman:
7 & 7: 7 Poets Celebrate Kundiman's 7th Year (Hossannah Asuncion, Ching-In Chen, Janine Joseph, Joseph O. Legaspi, Alison Roh Park, Soham Patel, & Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai)
7 & 7: 7 Poets Celebrate Kundiman's 7th Year (Hossannah Asuncion, Ching-In Chen, Janine Joseph, Joseph O. Legaspi, Alison Roh Park, Soham Patel, & Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai)
Kundiman poets gather to showcase a provocative range of voices and aesthetics engaging in a poetic conversation about building the imaginative capacity of our communities. Kundiman is dedicated to nurturing emerging Asian American poetry. In a culture where the lives and voices of Asian Americans are often marginalized or excluded, Kundiman works to overturn this inequality by creating a community where Asian American poets can articulate our struggles, possibilities, and liberation.
http://www.splitthisrock.org/index.htmlThursday, March 4, 2010
The Blood-Jet Writing Hour Episode #32: Kristin Naca on Friday, March 5th at 10 am PST
From The Blood-Jet Writing Hour blog:
Join Rachelle as she chats with Kristin Naca
Friday, March 5th at 10 am PST
Listen live: www.blogtalkradio.com/onword
Kristin Naca is a CFD Fellow at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she teaches Asian American and Latino poetry and creative writing. Her poems have appeared in Indiana Review, North American Review, and Rio Grande Review. She lives in Minneapolis.
Friday, March 5th at 10 am PST
Listen live: www.blogtalkradio.com/onword
Kristin Naca is a CFD Fellow at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she teaches Asian American and Latino poetry and creative writing. Her poems have appeared in Indiana Review, North American Review, and Rio Grande Review. She lives in Minneapolis.
The Page Transformed: Luisa Igloria on Ekphrasis in JUAN LUNA’S REVOLVER
From the Lantern Review blog:
Juan Luna's "Spoliarium"
As part of our exploration of ekphrastic poetry, poet Luisa Igloria (who was featured in our November 2009 interview) very graciously agreed to answer some questions about the role that ekphrasis plays in her most recent book, the Ernest Sandeen Prizewinning Juan Luna’s Revolver [UND Press 2009].
LR: In what ways did visual art inform your process in developing Juan Luna as a project?
LI: Visual art provided both a means to stimulate individual poems, as well as provide points of thematic unity between the different parts of the book. I looked at photographs, old lithographic representations, postcards, and more. Juan Luna’s Revolver could not have evolved without calling to poems that make some reference to art — after all, Juan Luna was a painter, one of several Filipino artists and intellectuals who left the Philippine colony for Spain and other European destinations in the mid to late 1800s to study and to travel. Juan Luna was perhaps most famous for his mural “Spoliarium” which depicted two defeated gladiators being dragged into a chamber where they would be stripped of their armor and prepared for burning. The painting won one of two gold medals at a Barcelona exposition and took the art world there by surprise. In truth, however, I came to the Juan Luna poems in the book more gradually — the book perhaps really began with my long-standing fascination with stories about the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, and how 1100+ indigenous Filipinos were transported to serve as live exhibits there (many of them were taken from the northern Cordillera region in the Philippines, which is where I grew up). I’d done considerable research on this and looked at archival material, and it became clearer to me as the poems came that one of the central themes in this project was colonial spectatorship. Fair-goers at St. Louis in 1904 came to see the Philippine reservation and its half-clothed savages, and protested that they had paid to see “the authentic native” when well-meaning persons out of concern for their health, wondered if they should be given warm clothing to wear. While traveling in Europe, Juan Luna and his contemporaries were similarly gawked at. But through the powerful art and literature they produced (Juan Luna’s compatriot Jose Rizal wrote the two novels that further inflamed a grassroots-led revolution which finally overthrew the Spanish colonial regime) they had found a way to return the gaze of the Other.
Read more.
Juan Luna's "Spoliarium"
LR: In what ways did visual art inform your process in developing Juan Luna as a project?
LI: Visual art provided both a means to stimulate individual poems, as well as provide points of thematic unity between the different parts of the book. I looked at photographs, old lithographic representations, postcards, and more. Juan Luna’s Revolver could not have evolved without calling to poems that make some reference to art — after all, Juan Luna was a painter, one of several Filipino artists and intellectuals who left the Philippine colony for Spain and other European destinations in the mid to late 1800s to study and to travel. Juan Luna was perhaps most famous for his mural “Spoliarium” which depicted two defeated gladiators being dragged into a chamber where they would be stripped of their armor and prepared for burning. The painting won one of two gold medals at a Barcelona exposition and took the art world there by surprise. In truth, however, I came to the Juan Luna poems in the book more gradually — the book perhaps really began with my long-standing fascination with stories about the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, and how 1100+ indigenous Filipinos were transported to serve as live exhibits there (many of them were taken from the northern Cordillera region in the Philippines, which is where I grew up). I’d done considerable research on this and looked at archival material, and it became clearer to me as the poems came that one of the central themes in this project was colonial spectatorship. Fair-goers at St. Louis in 1904 came to see the Philippine reservation and its half-clothed savages, and protested that they had paid to see “the authentic native” when well-meaning persons out of concern for their health, wondered if they should be given warm clothing to wear. While traveling in Europe, Juan Luna and his contemporaries were similarly gawked at. But through the powerful art and literature they produced (Juan Luna’s compatriot Jose Rizal wrote the two novels that further inflamed a grassroots-led revolution which finally overthrew the Spanish colonial regime) they had found a way to return the gaze of the Other.
Read more.
USF Kasamahan Presents... Barrio Fiesta 2010
USF Kasamahan presents the 37th Annual Barrio Fiesta. Join us on March 26 & 27 to celebrate Filipino & Filipino-American culture.
When: March 26 & 27, doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7 pm
Where: Presentation Theater at the University of San Francisco
Tickets: $20 general admission, student/faculty $12.
Kasamahan recommends that you reserve tickets online (http://usfkasamahan.tk).
When: March 26 & 27, doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7 pm
Where: Presentation Theater at the University of San Francisco
Tickets: $20 general admission, student/faculty $12.
Kasamahan recommends that you reserve tickets online (http://usfkasamahan.tk).
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
An LGBTQ Anthology Call For Submissions
From the Asia Writes blog:
An LGBTQ Anthology Call For Submissions
An anthology of LGBTQ writers, survivors and activists confronting heterosexual privilege and the gender binary system while creating a dialog about the limitations of the anti-sexual violence movement in hopes of creating change. Edited by Jennifer Patterson.
Queering Sexual Violence seeks 20-25 LGBTQ writers who are interested in submitting pieces that confront the current state of our anti-sexual violence climate. Part memoir / part criticism / part call to action, this anthology seeks to address the limitations of a society that is not only unequipped to deal with rape culture but also unable to look at it without the lens of heterosexual privilege and through the interests of a gender binary system. The anthology seeks to destroy the image of the "perfect survivor" and motivate the anti-sexual violence community to
embrace a more radical perspective in order to foster sustainable change.
The pieces submitted should be of the writer's personal experience and explore the intersections of ability, sexuality, race, class, religion, citizenship, gender identity, sex, age, ethnicity and how these either magnify or minimize your experience / work and your history with sexual violence. We encourage you to write about living as a "survivor" but also the ways in which you navigate and celebrate not being a "typical" survivor (as most of us are not, by the larger societal definition.)
We believe that organizing from the center of our many different and overlapping marginalized communities could do nothing but improve the current anti-sexual violence movement.
Specifications:
We are looking for pieces 1200- 2000 words, Times New Roman Size 12, double-spaced in length. Upon publication, there will be moderate compensation. Also, please provide a short bio (150 words or less) with your submission.
Deadline:
Please send submissions and / or questions to queeringsexualviolence@gmail.com by March 31, 2010. For extension requests, please write.
(More information HERE.)
An LGBTQ Anthology Call For Submissions
An anthology of LGBTQ writers, survivors and activists confronting heterosexual privilege and the gender binary system while creating a dialog about the limitations of the anti-sexual violence movement in hopes of creating change. Edited by Jennifer Patterson.
Queering Sexual Violence seeks 20-25 LGBTQ writers who are interested in submitting pieces that confront the current state of our anti-sexual violence climate. Part memoir / part criticism / part call to action, this anthology seeks to address the limitations of a society that is not only unequipped to deal with rape culture but also unable to look at it without the lens of heterosexual privilege and through the interests of a gender binary system. The anthology seeks to destroy the image of the "perfect survivor" and motivate the anti-sexual violence community to
embrace a more radical perspective in order to foster sustainable change.
The pieces submitted should be of the writer's personal experience and explore the intersections of ability, sexuality, race, class, religion, citizenship, gender identity, sex, age, ethnicity and how these either magnify or minimize your experience / work and your history with sexual violence. We encourage you to write about living as a "survivor" but also the ways in which you navigate and celebrate not being a "typical" survivor (as most of us are not, by the larger societal definition.)
We believe that organizing from the center of our many different and overlapping marginalized communities could do nothing but improve the current anti-sexual violence movement.
Specifications:
We are looking for pieces 1200- 2000 words, Times New Roman Size 12, double-spaced in length. Upon publication, there will be moderate compensation. Also, please provide a short bio (150 words or less) with your submission.
Deadline:
Please send submissions and / or questions to queeringsexualviolence@gmail.com by March 31, 2010. For extension requests, please write.
(More information HERE.)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Stephanie Syjuco: Visiting artist talk, Cal State University Long Beach: 3/3/10
Stephanie Syjuco will be giving an artist talk at CSU Long Beach tomorrow. Info ather blog.
MUSIC VIDEO: Bambu “Slow Down” feat. Prometheus Brown (Dir. Luis Ivan Garcia)
From Prometheus Brown's blog:
Bambu: Slow Down (with Prometheus Brown of Blue Scholars) from Beatrock Music on Vimeo.
Working with Bambu, director Luis Ivan Garcia and crew, Imix Bookstore, and a gang of Filipinos on this video was a great experience. Fun, professional, efficient. Lots of community support behind this one, and I’m glad to see it reflected in the final product. Cop that …Paper Cuts… album if you haven’t yet (iTunes or Beatrock Music)!
Requiem for the Orchard by Oliver de la Paz
University of Akron Press, 2010
These are vivid, visceral poems about coming of age in a place “where the Ferris Wheel/ was the tallest thing in the valley,” where a boy would learn “to fire a shotgun at nine and wring a chicken’s neck/ with one hand by twirling the bird and whipping it straight like a towel.” Looking back, the poet wrestles with the meaning of labor in the apple orchards and “the filthy dollars we’d wad into our pockets,” or the rites of passage that included sinking a knife into the flank of a dead chestnut horse. In spite of such hardscrabble cruelties—or because of them—there is also a real tenderness in these poems, the revelations of bliss driving along an empty highway “like opening a heavy book, / letting the pages feather themselves and finding a dried flower.” In line after line, poem after poem, there is an immersion in the realm of the senses. The poet has a gift for rendering his world in cinematic images: a ten-gallon hat on his head in the second grade is “an upside down chandelier;” carnival workers “snarl into the darkness on their borrowed Harleys.” In short, these poems are the stuff of life itself, ugly and beautiful, wherever or whenever we happen to live it.
—Martín Espada
Hay(na)ku Poetry Fundraiser for Haiti
From Eileen Tabios:
[Please Forward]
MARSH HAWK PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT
A Haiti Fundraiser with Complimentary New Book by Eileen R. Tabios
Marsh Hawk Press (New York) has teamed up with Meritage Press (San Francisco & St. Helena) to provide a poetry fundraiser for Haiti Relief.
Those who order five or more "Hay(na)ku for Haiti" booklets from Meritage Press' Open Palm Press will also receive a complimentary copy of Eileen R. Tabios' latest Marsh Hawk Press book, THE THORN ROSARY: Selected Prose Poems & New, edited by Thomas Fink (more information about THE THORN ROSARY at http://marshhawkpress.org/tabios4.htm ).
As five booklets are available for $15 and Ms. Tabios' book retails for $19.95, we hope poetry lovers will find this offer an attractive way to contribute to Haiti relief. The following provides details on this Haiti fundraiser:
Open Palm Press
(an imprint of Meritage Press)
is pleased to announce the series:
Hay(na)ku for Haiti
-- a fundraiser for Haiti, edited by Eileen R. Tabios and blessed by support from chapbookpublisher.com.
Poets who write in the hay(na)ku form (about which more information is available at http://haynakupoetry.blogspot.com) have consented to create hay(na)ku for helping Haiti's recovery efforts. The results are to be released as "pocket poem booklets" by Open Palm Press. Each will be sold for $3.00, reflecting the hay(na)ku's three lines, with all proceeds to be donated for Haiti relief.
The first eight of the series are:
#1: PARTICLE AND WAVE and FROM THE CHAIR, two hay(na)ku sequences by Jean Vengua
#2: On A Pyre: An Ars Poetica by Eileen R. Tabios
#3: Hay(na)ku for Haiti by Tom Beckett
#4: when the earth moves by Lars Palm
#5: After René Depestre’s “My Definition of Poetry”, as translated by Edwidge Danticat, with lines at the end by Lafcadio Hearn by John Bloomberg-Rissman
#6: Mrs. Quake by Nicole Mauro
#7: Through Having Been, Vol. 1 by William Allegrezza
#8: Through Having Been, Vol. 2 by William Allegrezza
Over time, more releases will occur as it is anticipated that Haiti's relief requirements will be prolonged and deep. Poets interested in exploring the hay(na)ku through this fundraising effort may contact the series editor at MeritagePress@aol.com.
"H for H" booklets are lovingly produced by chapbookpublisher.com (http://chapbookpublisher.com/) on lilac-colored paper to fit, at 2.75" x 4.5 X 2", on an open palm -- ideal for giving engagements.
To order some or all of the series, please send checks made out to "Meritage Press" for $3 per booklet and send to
Eileen Tabios
Meritage Press
256 North Fork Crystal Springs Rd.
St. Helena, CA 94574
This offer is also available to non-U.S. residents, but with extra arrangements required for international shipping.
For more information, including on international orders: MeritagePress@aol.com.
[Please Forward]
MARSH HAWK PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT
A Haiti Fundraiser with Complimentary New Book by Eileen R. Tabios
Marsh Hawk Press (New York) has teamed up with Meritage Press (San Francisco & St. Helena) to provide a poetry fundraiser for Haiti Relief.
Those who order five or more "Hay(na)ku for Haiti" booklets from Meritage Press' Open Palm Press will also receive a complimentary copy of Eileen R. Tabios' latest Marsh Hawk Press book, THE THORN ROSARY: Selected Prose Poems & New, edited by Thomas Fink (more information about THE THORN ROSARY at http://marshhawkpress.org/tabios4.htm ).
As five booklets are available for $15 and Ms. Tabios' book retails for $19.95, we hope poetry lovers will find this offer an attractive way to contribute to Haiti relief. The following provides details on this Haiti fundraiser:
Open Palm Press
(an imprint of Meritage Press)
is pleased to announce the series:
Hay(na)ku for Haiti
-- a fundraiser for Haiti, edited by Eileen R. Tabios and blessed by support from chapbookpublisher.com.
Poets who write in the hay(na)ku form (about which more information is available at http://haynakupoetry.blogspot.com) have consented to create hay(na)ku for helping Haiti's recovery efforts. The results are to be released as "pocket poem booklets" by Open Palm Press. Each will be sold for $3.00, reflecting the hay(na)ku's three lines, with all proceeds to be donated for Haiti relief.
The first eight of the series are:
#1: PARTICLE AND WAVE and FROM THE CHAIR, two hay(na)ku sequences by Jean Vengua
#2: On A Pyre: An Ars Poetica by Eileen R. Tabios
#3: Hay(na)ku for Haiti by Tom Beckett
#4: when the earth moves by Lars Palm
#5: After René Depestre’s “My Definition of Poetry”, as translated by Edwidge Danticat, with lines at the end by Lafcadio Hearn by John Bloomberg-Rissman
#6: Mrs. Quake by Nicole Mauro
#7: Through Having Been, Vol. 1 by William Allegrezza
#8: Through Having Been, Vol. 2 by William Allegrezza
Over time, more releases will occur as it is anticipated that Haiti's relief requirements will be prolonged and deep. Poets interested in exploring the hay(na)ku through this fundraising effort may contact the series editor at MeritagePress@aol.com.
"H for H" booklets are lovingly produced by chapbookpublisher.com (http://chapbookpublisher.com/) on lilac-colored paper to fit, at 2.75" x 4.5 X 2", on an open palm -- ideal for giving engagements.
To order some or all of the series, please send checks made out to "Meritage Press" for $3 per booklet and send to
Eileen Tabios
Meritage Press
256 North Fork Crystal Springs Rd.
St. Helena, CA 94574
This offer is also available to non-U.S. residents, but with extra arrangements required for international shipping.
For more information, including on international orders: MeritagePress@aol.com.
Monday, March 1, 2010
San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival’s special slate of Filipino films
From the Examiner:
San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival’s special slate of Filipino films
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) will present a special focus on Filipino and Filipino American media-making this year at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) which takes place from March 11 to 21, 2010. Through retrospectives, new films and a CAAM-produced mobile game, this year’s Festival offers a vital look at the Filipino community.
In the Festival’s 28 years, dozens of pioneering Filipino filmmakers have presented works at SFIAAFF, including Raymond Red, Ramona Diaz, Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Marlon Fuentes and Brillante Mendoza. 2010 marks nine years since the groundbreaking Filipino American narrative features The Flipside (directed by Rod Pulido) and The Debut (Gene Cajayon) opened and closed the Festival. That special year also brought into focus the achievements of Filipino American filmmakers who had paved the way for Pulido and Cajayon, and set the course for many filmmakers to come. This year the Festival presents a wide-ranging look at the past and future of Filipino media making.
Read more.
Tomorrow Night - Kevin Camia Live CD Recording at the Punchline San Francisco
From Allan Manalo:
Hey Folks,
Hey Folks,
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow night, Pinoy comic KEVIN CAMIA will be recording his debut CD live at the Punchline San Francisco tomorrow night, Tuesday March 2nd at 8pm. You can purchase discounted tickets at goldstar.com. Just sign-up for Goldstar here JOIN GOLDSTAR (It's free) then click here or search for Kevin Camia.
Our goal is to pack the place for Kevin, one of the original artists who help establish Bindlestiff Studio as an underground epicenter for Filipino American performers during the mid-90s and is also creator of his alter-ego Bobby Banduria and his band. He has since performed on Comedy Central's LIVE AT GOTHAM and is a rising comic in the standup comedy scene.
Get your tickets today before it's sold out and support a very funny and true Pinoy comic.
Thanks,
Allan
Please forward to those interested...... Thanks!
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