Direct Arts' Launch Party in NY

Melissa Hung
August 4, 2006

The event will benefit the new theatre and film company and its first film “Gilded Cage,” a feature film about an Asian American executive who attempts to help an illegal immigrant pay off her smuggling debt only to find himself wrongly arrested for human trafficking.

There will be performances by Vongku Pak, a renowned traditional Korean drummer, and Kaeshi Chai, an Asian belly dancer who has performed at more places than we can tell you about. Also, DJ Jaiko Suzuki, of Vampyros Lesbos and the Mon Mon Mon Amour party at La Caverna, will be mixing 60s and 80s music with pop music from Asia and all around the world. Oh, and there's also going to be digital video by Cathryn Mazer and Jeannie H. Lee.

Let's review, shall we? Belly dancers, drums, 80s music, video. Did we mention there will be alcohol? And a silent auction for stuff like fancy-pants dinners, health club memberships and trapeze lessons? Trapeze lessons -- what more could you ask for?

Where: St Marks Church -131 E. 10th Street and 2nd Ave.
When: Monday, August 7, 2006. 7pm-11pm
How Much: $20 in advance $30 at the door
Box Office Hours: 7-10 PM
Buy tickets here.
Ages 16 and up

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Melissa Hung

Founding Editor

Melissa Hung is the founding editor of Hyphen. She was the editor in chief for the magazine's first five years and went on to serve in many other leadership roles on the staff and board for more than a decade. She is a writer and freelance journalist. Her essays and reported stories have appeared in NPR, Vogue, Pacific Standard, Longreads, and Catapult, among others. She grew up in Texas, the eldest child of immigrants. Find her on Twitter and Instagram.

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