Come See About Us
Friday night I will be tabling with other Hyphen staffers at Varnish Gallery in San Francisco for a fundraiser to aid victims of the tsunami. Check the details:
January 28th 2005
Varnish Gallery
9pm-1am
77 Natoma Street
San Francisco, CA
There will be a $15 cover. All proceeds will be donated to the victims of the tsunami disaster in Indonesia and Sri Lanka through: oneSriLanka Foundation, Padi Nasunthara, and United Way (Tsunami Aid for Sri Lanka).
Saturday I will be tabling solo at the second annual Asian American Music Conference [1] in Burlingame. Please drop by and say Hi and come check out performances by some great up-and-coming Asian American talent! (On the same day, you can catch my roommate/Hyphen's editor in chief, Melissa Hung, at the Defining a New Reader panel at 2 PM for the Independent Press Association [2]'s conference.)
Even better, on Thursday, February 3rd I will (play hooky from my evening class) speak at a panel for South Bay First Thursdays [3] ( the sister organization to San Francisco's Third Thursdays [4]). Since February is the Hallmark Month of Love and Hyphen is holding our annual speed dating fundraiser on Saturday, February 12 (have you registered [5] yet?), it seems fitting that I drop my two cents on a panel titled "Man Jose: Dating Challenges in the South Bay." It should be an interesting discussion. I hardly feel like Carrie Bradshaw from Sex & The City, but this is a favor I owe Christine and Gracie at CATS [6] and SBFT.
And finally, on Saturday, February 19, Chris Fan (Hyphen's Special Agent on the East Coast) and I will be in attendance at the East Coast Asian American Student Union conference in Philadelphia [7], at the University of Pennsylvania. Specifics are still being worked out, but Chris and I will be participating in a Q & A about Asian American media and social change. (I wonder if I'll have a Mountain Brothers sighting while I'm in Philly?)
Generally I like to be incognito--behind the scenes. But I suppose as the publisher of a magazine, that's a contradiction. I'll look at this as my "debut." I like to make new friends, so I hope to see you all in attendance at any of these upcoming events! Hyphen is friendly--we don't bite!