Wednesday August 10th to Sunday August 14th -- NYC
Asian American International Film Festival
The 34th Annual AAIFF, produced by Asian CineVision, features films from more than 30 countries, a variety of topical panels and workshops, industry mixers, staged readings, exclusive interviews, receptions and more. More info, venues and schedule here.
Thursday August 11th -- Los Angeles
Food Porn Laboratory
Visual Communications presents "The Food Porn Lab," a multi-dimensional community event that will beef up your photography skills and allow you to flex your shooting muscles. This 3-in-1 event celebrating the love of food combines a community potluck, photography and food styling workshop taught by a Pulitzer prize-winning Los Angeles Times photojournalist, and a photography competition sponsored by Starry Kitchen. More info here.
5 to 9 pm
Visual Communications
120 Judge John Aiso Street, Los Angeles
FREE
To register for the competition, send an email to alexis(at)vconline(dot)org with your full name, e-mail, phone number, camera model and type (DSLR or Point & Shoot). There is no admissions fee.
Thursday August 11th -- Houston
Slant Film Festival
This annual program showcases an eclectic mix of the best short films made by emerging and mid-career Asian American artists. Curated by Melissa Hung, founding editor of Hyphen, the festival features all genres including narrative, experimental, documentary, and animation and reflects personal and cultural issues of Asian Americans. More info here.
7:30 pm
River Oaks Theater
2009 West Gray, Houston
$10; tickets here
Thursday August 11th -- NYC
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
In response to the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy's screening of Breakfast at Tiffany's and its racist depiction of Mickey Rooney's character Mr. Yunioshi, Filmwax Film Series is presenting a screening of Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, followed by an informal conversation. More info here.
7 to 9 pm
The Fifth Estate
506 5th Avenue, New York
FREE, donations welcome
Opens Friday August 12th -- Washington DC
Potraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program have collaborated to mount the Smithsonian’s first major showcase of contemporary Asian American portraiture. Through the work of seven artists (including Roger Shimomura, CYJO, and Tam Tran) from across the country and around the world, the exhibition offers thought-provoking interpretations of the Asian American experience and representations against and beyond the stereotypes that have obscured the complexity of being Asian in America. The exhibition is open August 12 through Oct. 14, 2012. More info here.
National Portrait Gallery
Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture
Eighth and F Streets N.W., Washington, D.C
Friday August 12th -- NYC
Mouth to Mouth Open Mic
Comedian Air Tabigue
This monthly open mic showcase hosted by comedian Jen Kwok and writer/actor Ed Lin features comedian Air Tabigue, and Moth Slam winner, storyteller, and blogger Saurabh Tak. More info here.
8 pm (sign up for a slot at 7:30 pm)
Asian American Writers' Workshop
110-112 W 27th St, Suite 600, New York
$ 5 suggested donation
Chinese Cinema Club: Disorder
Huang Weikai’s one-of-a-kind news documentary captures the anarchy, violence, and seething anxiety animating China’s major cities today. As urbanization in China advances at a breakneck pace, Chinese cities teeter on the brink of mayhem. One man dances in the middle of traffic while another attempts to jump from a bridge before dozens of onlookers. Unshowable on China’s controlled television networks, Disorder reveals an emerging underground media, one that has the potential to truly capture the ground-level upheaval of Chinese society. More info here.
7 to 9 pm
Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)
215 Centre St, New York
$10 general / $8 students and seniors / free for MOCA members
Saturday August 13th -- NYC
Charlie Chan in Egypt/A Conversation with Yunte Huang
Charlie Chan, a fictional Chinese detective played by white men on the silver screen, captivated American audiences for decades with his fortune cookie one-liners and is today seen as a yellowface relic. In Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History, Yunte Huang attempts to recast the maligned icon. Moderated by novelist Ed Lin. Part of the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF). More info here.
7 pm
215 Centre St, New York
LightUp Film's Music Night Out
AAIFF and LightUp Film’s annual music video showcase + live performances features new music videos from independent artists and performances by hip hop duo Blue Scholars and Jesse Boykins III. With music videos from Blue Scholars, Taiyo Na & Magnetic North, Red Datsun and more. More info here.
10 pm
DROM
85 Avenue A, New York
$20 at door, $15 advnce, tickets here
21+
Saturday August 13th -- San Francisco
Salo Salo Filipino Breakfast
The Filipina Women's Network and Filipino American Arts & Exposition present the Kick-Off Breakfast of the 18th Annual Pistahan Festival & Parade. Traditional Filipino breakfast menu designed and prepared by Cocoy Ventura, Executive Chef of Intramuros and former chef of Francis Ford Coppola. More info here.
7:30 to 9:30 am
Carnelian by the Bay at Ferry Plaza, San Francisco
Registration here
Saturday August 13th and Sunday August 14th -- San Francisco
Pistahan Parade & Festival
The largest celebration of Filipino Americans in San Francisco is back and features the return of the popular Adobo Cook-off and balut eating contests, Filipino cuisine and desserts, cultural exhibits, and the 3rd Annual San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival. Experience the best of Filipino art, dance, music and food. The Pistahan Parade will take place Saturday Aug. 13 at 11 a.m. More info here.
11 am to 5 pm
Yerba Buena Gardens
Mission between 3rd and 4th Streets, San Francisco
38th Annual Nihonmachi Street Fair
The 38th Annual Nihonmachi Street Fair takes over San Francisco's Japantown for a weekend of cultural and artisanal showcases. The fair celebrates the diverse API communities in the Bay Area, and the Nihonmachi Street Fair is dedicated to the people of Northern Japan and the many volunteers helping with the relief efforts. More info here.
11am to 6pm
Japantown on Post Street between Octavia and Webster Streets, San Francisco
Saturday August 13th and Sunday August 14th -- Queens, New York
Dragon Boat Festival
The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York is an annual sporting and multicultural event to celebrate the fifth moon (or the fifth month) of the lunar calendar. In addition to providing audiences with traditional Chinese foods and performances, the festival hosts over 120 dragon boat teams from across North America, making it one of the largest dragon boat festivals in the United States. More info and schedule here.
10 am to 4 pm
Meadow Lake
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens New York
FREE
Monday August 15th -- Los Angeles
Beyond Billboards: Attacks on the Reproductive Rights of API Women
Billboards with racially inflammatory language have appeared in Oakland, Atlanta, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. The billboards are part of a strategy connected with introducing race and sex selection abortion bans and focus on the myth that abortions occur because of the race of the fetus. Once legislation is introduced, the focus shifts to sex selection, and xenophobic language is used to alienate Asian American communities. Join National APA Women's Forum (NAPAWF) staff and chapter leaders from Los Angeles for a discussion on the impact of race and sex selection abortion bans and other attacks on the reproductive rights of API women.
11 am
RSVP to LAChapter(at)napawf(dot)org
Teleconferencing information will be provided with RSVP
Opportunities
Kollaboration Seattle Film Festival Seeks Submissions
Kollaboration Seattle Film Festival will be the first attempt among all Kollaboration cities to broaden the APIA filmmaking platform. The festival attempts to provide a fun experience for filmmakers of all kinds of background and expertise in the Northwest region to create a short film featuring Asian American talents on screen. Competitors will be given a character, a prop, and a line to create a maximum seven-minute short within three weeks’ time. The top 10 finalists will have the opportunity to see their films at the Kollaboration Seattle Film Festival held on September 14, 2011 in downtown Seattle. The final winner will receive the Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium and also have their film screened at Kollaboration Seattle’s main show. Anyone is eligible to enter as long as at least one person from each team attends the Kickoff Event and deadline on Sunday August 14th. More info and guidelines here.
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