Thursday January 7th -- St. Paul
All Is Fair Staged Reading by Bao Phi
Spoken word artist Bao Phi will present a staged reading of his new play All is Fair,
about a dinner party with a Chinese American hippie Vietnam vet, a
Vietnamese American who voted for Bush, an adopted Korean American
graphic novelist, and a "fiscally conservative" Hmong American.
Directed by Robert Karimi and starring David Mura, May-Lee Yang, Sun Mee Chomet, and Thuyet Nguyen.
7 pm
Dreamland Arts
677 Hamline Ave N, St. Paul
RSVP at (651) 645-5506
Friday January 8th -- NYC
Spoken Word Almanac Project (SWAP) 2009 Encore Show
S.W.A.P. is a poetry show and
media extravaganza recapping the news events of 2009 through an array of
perspectives from some of New York's finest performance
poets. Directed by Malcolm Barrett, conceived by Darian Dauchan, and written by the
'09 S.W.A.P. Poets, including Justin Woo. Complete lineup here.
7 pm
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 East 3rd St, New York
$ 10 tickets here
Saturday January 9th -- Brooklyn
The Saturday Night Saloon
For its eighth season, Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company brings back its popular series "The Saturday Night Saloon", a monthly party featuring new genre-bending serialized plays by NY's hottest indie theatre artists. The Saloon includes six plays by six different playwrights -- including Dustin Chinn's (of Ma-Yi Writers Lab) Let's Ninja Science Ranger Team Get! -- an homage to Japanese sentai TV shows and time travel science fiction, with a hip-hop twist. More info here.
8 pm
The Battle Ranch
405 Johnson Ave, 2nd floor, Brooklyn
FREE (plus all-you-can-drink beer for $ 5)
Blending beauty and humor with tragedy and loss, The Cats of Mirikitani was the winner of the Audience Award at its premiere at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. The film explores the life of Jimmy Mirikitani, an elderly survivor of WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and homelessness, who heals the wounds of his past through creating art. 
Two screenings:
1/9: 1pm
The Art School at Old Church
Mikhail Zakin Gallery
561 Piermont, Demrest, New Jersey
FREE, followed by Q&A with Director Linda Hattendorf
1/10: 8 pm
Busboys and Poets Cafe
2021 14th St NW, Washington DC
Followed by Q&A with Director Linda Hattendorf
The API Community Leadership Foundation (ACLF) is now accepting applications for its 2010 Community Leaders Program (CLP). The CLP is an intensive curriculum that provides training and mentorship to those with an interest in and potential to step into leadership roles within API communities. Not only does ACLF focus on technical leadership skills such as public speaking, communication and media; it integrates values of community building, equity, and social justice that serve as a principle foundation to building strong communities. More info on the program here. ACLF will be holding an information session for those interested:
February 3, 2010
6 to 8 pm
611 Lane St, Room C, Seattle
RSVP to aclfnw(at)aclfnorthwest(dot)org
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