Thursday December 3rd -- New Orleans
"Culture Through Spoken Word" Event
Loyola Asian Student Organization and Loyola Black Student Union present a night dedicated to Asian American and African American awareness and social issues. Featuring local spoken word artists, as well as special guests Giles Li, Bao Phi, and Kelly Tsai.
7 pm
Loyola's Satchmo Jazz Cafe
Danna Student Center
6363 Saint Charles Ave, New Orleans
FREE
Friday December 4th -- Philadelphia
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Screening
Legacies of War and Asian Arts Initiative present a screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary Nerakhoon by Thavisouk Phrasavath, about the life of a Lao immigrant family and the repercussions of America's involvement in the Vietnam War. More info here.
7 pm
Asian Arts Initiative
1219 Vine St, Chinatown Philadelphia
FREE
Dawen "American Me" Tour
Soulful R&B singer/songwriter Dawen will be performing his New York tour, with several dates in both the city and state. Check out his music here.
12/4: 8 pm (with Alfa)
Silk Road Cafe
30 Mott St, Chinatown
$ 5
12/5: 8 pm
Asian American Students' Alliance
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie
12/6: 9:45 pm
The Bitter End
147 Bleecker St
$ 5
12/7: 7:30 pm (with Cynthia Lin)
Googie's Lounge
154 Ludlow St, 2nd floor
$ 5
Saturday December 5th -- Amherst, MA
The 12th Annual Diaspora Poetry Concert will include perfromances by Liza Garza, Louie Reyes Rivera, Shaggy Flores, Americo Casiano, Deborah Magdelena, Giles Li, Mwalim Peters, and Bao Phi.
5:30 pm
Friedmann Front Room
Amherst College
FREE
Khmer Girls In Action (KGA) Holiday Gift Sale
KGA, a nonprofit which works to build a strong, progressive community institution led by Southeast Asian women and girls, will be selling fair trade silk products from Woman for Woman, a member of the world fair trade organization Cambodian Artisan Association. All proceeds will benefit KGA.
2 to 6 pm
Koreatown Immigrant Workwers Alliance (KIWA) Cultural Education Center
2471 West 8th St, Los Angeles
RSVP to suely(at)kgalb(dot)org
Sunday December 9th -- Culver City, CA
The Winter Shorts Community Screening
The Japan Film Society presents its inaugural Community Screening Series, showcasing a selection of shorts from local Japanese and Japanese-influenced filmmakers and Q&A sessions with talent. The four shorts will include "Half Kenneth" (DGA Student Film Jury Award), and "Chinese Antique". Event includes a special meal of beef curry, oyaku-don, unagi bowl, and vegan tempura don.
6 pm
Royal/T Cafe
8910 Washington Blvd, Culver City
$ 8 screening / $ 16 screening + meal
Tuesday December 8th -- New York
Noho Hewa Sreening & Talk
In the Hawaiian language, hewa means "wrong" and noho means "to occupy". This documentary is a contemporary look at Hawaiian people, politics, and resistance in the face of their systematic erasure under US laws, miltarism, economy, and real estate speculation, told from the perspectives of Hawaiians. Screening will be followed by a talk from Anne Keala Kelly, a Hawaiian journalist and filmmkaer, and Dr. Sally E. Merry, professor of Anthropology.
6:30 to 9 pm
Tisch School of the Arts
721 Broasdway, Room 648, New York
FREE, RSVP here
AAPI Momentum's "Tell Kiran" Initiative
President Obama recently appointed former NAPAWF Executive Director Kiran Ahuja to serve as Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Kiran's position begins on December 14th. Go to AAPI Momentum to tell Kiran your thoughts, advice, and feedback on what you think the Initiative should focus on in the coming months.
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