Goh Nakamura with Tomo Nakayama and Odessa Chen

Singer-songwriter Goh Nakamura will be sharing a bill with fellow musician (and Seattleite) Tomo Nakayama of the band Grand Hallway. Odessa Chen will also be performing.

7 pm
Cafe Du Nord
2170 Market St, San Francisco
$ 10 tickets here

Wednesday August 26th through September 20th

Yellow Face Bay Area Premiere

TheatreWorks brings the Bay Area premiere of the Pulitzer-Prize nominated play Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang. Hwang's most recent full-length comedy is based on a semi-autobiographical imagined scenario in the aftermath of the controversy surrounding his casting of a white actor for an Asian role. Francis Jue will reprise his Obie-award winning role as the playwright's father. Previews at 8pm August 26 - 28, show runs through September 20.

Tuesdays and Wednesdays: 7:30 pm
Thursdays and Fridays: 8 pm
Saturdays: 2 pm, 8 pm
Sundays: 2 pm, 7 pm
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
500 Castro St, Mountain View CA
$ 24 (students) / $ 39 Preview tickets here
$ 26 (students) / $ 62 regular performance tickets here

Thursday August 27th -- Seattle

Marination Mobile Happy Hour and Dance Benefit

If you haven't yet feasted upon the Korean and Hawaiian curb cuisine magic that is Marination Mobile, here's your chance to chow down while benefiting a great nonprofit. On Thursday evening the Mobile will be donating its proceeds to the Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation (ACLF), which trains leaders in the API community with a commitment to social justice and public service. Eatin' will be followed by dancing to '80s/'90s/hip-hop spun by DJs Daps1, Spinja, and Bamboo.

6:30 to 9:30 pm -- Marination Mobile Happy Hour
9:30 pm to close -- DJs & Dancing
The Baltic Room
1207 Pine St, Seattle
$ 10 dance entrance

Thursday August 27th -- San Francisco

Matcha: Way of the Sword

This month's Matcha, an interactive arts mixer, features a rare appearance and talk by Esaka Sensei -- an iaidoka -- or practitioner of iaido, a 450 year-old warfare martial art stemming from samurai sword techniques. You'll have a chance to join a sword-drawing workshop, swill sake, watch a screening of Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman, and hear jams by DJ Tau. More details here.

5 to 9 pm
Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin St, San Francisco
$ 10

Thursday September 3rd -- San Jose

Panel on Hazards Facing Nail Salon Workers

This event's next week, but I wanted to give our readers ample time to RSVP and snag dinner. South Bay First Thursdays, a monthly dinner series for folks in the public sector interest in API issues, presents "The Hidden Side of beauty: Hazards Facing Nail Salon Workers". This panel, moderated by Hyphen's own Momo Chang, will uncover the true health costs and harmful chemical exposure resulting from nail salons, as well as social justice efforts within the industry. More info on panelists here.

6:30 to 9 pm
United Way Building
1922 The Alameda, Rm 107, San Jose
RSVP here