Thursday April 30th and Friday May 1st -- Seattle
Tiny Toones Cambodia Performances
Tiny Toones is a Cambodia-based nonprofit founded by a deportee from Long Beach, which teaches basic skills education, gang intervention, HIV/AIDS awareness, and b-boying/b-girling to youth off the streets in Phnom Penh. Tiny Toones leaders are in the US for the first time for a national tour, and will be in Seattle two dates for a community hall and fundraiser. Featuring dance performances, local art, a live auction, and an exhibit on immigration policy and deportation.
April 30
Tiny Toones Community Hall
6 to 8 pm
Wing Luke Asian Museum
719 South King St, Seattle
$12 / $10 museum members
May 1
Tiny Toones Community Fundraiser
with Massive Monkees, 2nd Language and Khmer in Action
6 to 10 pm
The Greenwood Collective
8537 Greenwood Ave North, Seattle
$15 / $10 pre-sale here
Thursday April 30th to Thursday May 7th -- Los Angeles
Los Angeles Asian Pacific American Film Festival
This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the LAAPFF, complete with over 180 films from 26 countries. Opening is Tze Chun's hit Children of Invention, So Yong Kim's Treeless Mountain as the Fest Centerpiece, and Yojiro Takita's Academy Award Winner Departures for Closing Night. The fest also includes filmmaker seminars and workshops, open to the public. Complete program and ticketing information here.
Thursday April 30th to Saturday May 2nd -- San Francisco
Single Shots
Bindlestiff Studios presents Single Shots, a collection of new solo performances by Samantha Chanse, Nicole Maxali, Sarita Ocon, and Dennis Rodis.
8 pm
Thick House
1695 18th St, San Francisco
$ 10 advance / $15 door, tickets here
Friday May 1st -- San Francisco
Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character
Thirty-one contemporary Bay Area artists, curated by Kevin B. Chen, contemplate modern Chinese culture and communities through a wide array of media. Works will be displayed at the Chinese Culture Center, as well as Chinatown storefronts. Reception on May 2nd at 1 pm. Exhibition runs through August 23.
Tuesdays -- Saturdays
10 am to 4 pm
Sundays
Noon to 4 pm
Chinese Culture Center
750 Kearny St, 3rd Floor, San Francisco
FREE
Saturday May 2nd -- Berkeley
2nd Annual Queer & Asian Conference
This year's conference theme is "Articulation: Animating Our Collective Autobiography", and will include an art show and after party. Speakers include artist and filmmaker Amber Field, Russell Leong (editor of AmerAsia Journal), and Minal Hajratwala, author of Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents. Workshops will be presented by organizations such as Out4Immigration, Trikone, and API Equality. More info here.
9:30 am to 5:30 pm
UC Berkeley
Saturday May 2nd and Sunday May 3rd -- NYC
This Will All Make Perfect Sense Someday Screening
Peter Phan's short film, based on the Harumi Murakami story The 100% Perfect Girl (which you can read here), will be playing as part of the Tribeca Film Festival. More details and ticketing here.
May 2
12:15 pm
AMC Loews Village 7
66 3rd Ave, New York
May 3
8:45 pm
Tribeca Cinemas Theater 2
54 Varick St, New York
Saturday May 2nd to Saturday May 9 -- San Francisco & Los Angeles
Brian Castro Book Readings
For those bummed about missing Brian Castro's east coast readings, fret not! The award-winning Australian novelist will be making several Cali appearances for the tour of his novel on migration and restlessness, Shanghai Dancing.
San Francisco:
May 2
2 to 4 pm
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Education Lounge
701 Mission Street
FREE with admission
with Kaya Press author Sesshu Foster
May 8
8 pm
SomArts Cultural Center, Bay Gallery
934 Brannan St
FREE
with artist Jenifer Wofford
May 9
7:30 to 9:30 pm
Writers with Drinks Reading Series
Makeout Room
3225 22nd St
$ 5
with Achy Obejas and others
Los Angeles
May 4
7 pm
Booksoup
8818 West Sunset Blvd
FREE
May 7
6 pm
South Pasadena Public Library
1414 Mission St
FREE
Saturday May 2nd -- San Francisco
All-Asian American Vagina Monologues
The Filipina Women's Network presents the first all-Asian American performance of The Vagina Monologues. This benefit show is in collaboration with V-Day's Global Campaign, and funds will go towards anti-female violence awareness and prevention.
7:30 pm
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness, San Francisco
$35 - $88 tickets here
enter code "Asian Women" for discount
Sunday May 3rd -- Seattle
Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration
The Asian Pacific Directors Coalition presents an API Heritage Month Celebration, featuring Tatum Jones, a Los Angeles based R&B group, who've appeared on the Wayne Brady Show and were a finalist for America's Got Talent. Additional performances by local groups, including Apna Bhangra Crew, Fraggle Rock Crew, Chinese and Filipino community drill teams, Cambodian dancers, and more. Also check out Legacies of War's national traveling exhibit about the war in Laos, and the film What Are You Anyways? at 1 pm, presented by the Mavin Foundation.
Noon to 5 pm
Seattle Center House
305 Harrison St, Seattle
FREE
Saturday May 2nd to Wednesday May 6th -- California
Hara Kazuo Book Readings
In support of his new memoir Camera Obtrusa: The Action Documentaries of Hara Kazou, the filmmaker will be touring the country to screen his films and discuss his four-decade career and innovative methods, which have influenced the likes of Michael Moore. More info here.
May 2 -- Berkeley
Screening of Extreme Private Eros and Emperor's.
Noon to 5 pm
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way
May 3 -- Berkeley
Panel discussion with Abe Mark Nornes
10 am to 2 pm
UC Berkeley Alumni House
May 3 -- Santa Cruz
Emperor's screening and booksigning
1 to 5 pm
UC Santa Cruz
May 4 -- Los Angeles
Emperor's screening and booksigning
7 pm
Laemmie's Sunset 5 Theater
8000 West Sunset Blvd
May 6 -- Riverside
Extreme Private Eros screening and booksigning
3 to 6 pm
UC Riverside
Sunday May 3rd -- NYC
Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans (CAPA) APA Heritage Festival
Come join CAPA's 30th annual APA Heritage festival, complete with food, art, a filmmaking competition, and booths of local APA organizations, such as the Pan Asian Rep. Emcees include comedians Air Tabigue and Jen Kwok, with performances by Magentic North, Bollywood Axion, The Jack Lords, and more. Complete schedule here.
Noon to 6 pm
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
East 47th Street and Second Ave, New York
FREE
Wednesday May 6th -- NYC
Recession, Budget Cuts, and Asian Americans
Come check out this special panel event featuring policty and nonprofit experts discussing the economic crisis' impact on APA communities, and what you can do to help with budget advocacy in NYC.
6:30 to 8:30 pm
NYU Wagner Puck Building, 2nd Floor
295 Lafayette (at Houston), New York
FREE, refreshments served
Reading and Cocktail Reception with Award-Winning Author Ha Jin
Join the Asian American Writers' Workshop (AAWW) for a special evening with National Book Award writer Ha Jin, author of War Trash and Waiting. Held at a swank West Village penthouse which has hosted Barack Obama and Yo-Yo Ma, this event will focus on Jin's newest book and first work of nonfiction, Writer as Migrant. All proceeds benefit the AAWW and Asian American literature.
6:30 to 9:30 pm
Home of Virginia Davies and Willard Taylor
299 West 12th St #PHA, New York
$45 / $25 tickets here
19th Annual Walk For Rice -- Seattle
Each year, the Walk for Rice event raises money for the Asian Counseling and Referral Service food bank, which serves low-income APIs and seniors. The walk and fun run, held at the lovely Seward Park on June 20, brings together over 1,000 community members to fight hunger. Complete information on registering to walk, starting a team, donating, and volunteering here. Because every grain counts.
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