Spring 2010 Events

Events this season sponsored by:
beerlao            cicf
Beerlao and The Chinatown Ice Cream Factory

 

Wednesday, February 10, 2009, 7-9PM
VINCENT WHO? Documentary Screening

Vincent ChinPlease join us for a screening of Vincent Who?, followed by a discussion with Curtis Chin, one of the founders of Asian Pacific Americans for Progress and producer of the documentary for a Q and A after the film. Light refreshments will be served.

VINCENT WHO? (40 minutes) - In 1982, Vincent Chin was murdered in Detroit by two white autoworkers at the height of anti-Japanese sentiments. For the first time, Asian Americans around the country galvanized to form a real community and movement. This documentary, inspired by a series of town halls organized by Asian Pacific Americans for Progress on the 25th anniversary of the case, features interviews with the key players at the time, as well as a whole new generation of activists. "Vincent Who?" asks how far Asian Americans have come since then and how far we have yet to go.

Featured interviews include: Helen Zia (lead activist during the Chin trial), Renee Tajima Pena (director, "Who Killed Vincent Chin?"), Stewart Kwoh (Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Legal Center), Lisa Ling (journalist), Sumi Pendakur (Univ. of Southern California), Dale Minami (civic rights attorney), Frank Wu (former Dean, Wayne State Law School), Doua Thor (Executive Director, Southeast Asian Resource Action Center) and a group of five diverse young APA activists whose lives were impacted by Vincent Chin.

@ The Workshop
16 West 32nd Street, 10th Floor
(btwn Broadway & 5th Avenue)

$5 suggested donation; open to the public

Donations will support the New York Chapter of Asian Pacific Americans for Progress.

 

Friday, February 12 at 9PM
Mouth to Mouth Open Mic: Hosted by Ed Lin & Jen Kwok

jen kwok and ed linThe moon may be waning, but our lunacy is just beginning. Swing by the Workshop on Friday, February 12 to read your poems of heartbreak and new beginnings. You may even be reading between some of your favorite writers! Check back later, or better yet, show up, to find out who our special guests will be this year.

Jen Kwok is a writer and performer whose comedic exploits have been featured on CNN, PBS, MTV,The New York Times and Rolling Stone Magazine. Jen'sdistinct act - a sparkling combination of ukulele, witand sass! - has made her a favorite on the NYC performance scene. Jen was also a finalist in NBC Stand-Up for Diversity, and has an upcoming role in the film, Eat, Pray, Love.

Ed Lin is the author of Waylaid (2002) and This Is a Bust (2007), both published by Kaya Press. Snakes Can't Run (2010), the sequel to This Is a Bust, is published by Minotaur Books. Lin, who is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent, holds degrees in mining engineering and journalism from Columbia University. He lives in New York with his wife, actress Cindy Cheung.

@ The Workshop
16 West 32nd Street, 10th Floor
(btwn Broadway & 5th Avenue)

$5 suggested donation; open to the public

Sign up for a 5-minute at the event starting at 8:30pm

 

Saturday, February 20, 2010 7-9PM
Book Party for Jason Koo’s Man on Extremely Small Island

Man on Extremely Small IslandHelp us celebrate Jason Koo’s debut collection of poems, Man on Extremely Small Island, which Denise Duhamel calls "an absurdly funny meditation on loneliness, desire and the silences between us." Winner of the 2008 De Novo Poetry Prize, Koo's highly engaging collection includes thoughts on practically everything, from baseball to sandwiches to hippos to love. Koo will read briefly from his work and answer questions afterward and sign books. Food and drinks will be provided. Come listen to the work of a poet whose vision Bob Hicok calls "expansive and humane."

Jason KooJason Koo was born in New York City and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his BA in English from Yale, his MFA in creative writing from the University of Houston and his PhD in English and creative writing from the University of Missouri-Columbia. The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Vermont Studio Center, he has published his poetry and prose in numerous journals, including The Yale Review, North American Review and The Missouri Review. He teaches at NYU and Lehman College and serves as Poetry Editor of Low Rent. He lives in Brooklyn.

@ The Workshop
16 West 32nd Street, 10th Floor
(btwn Broadway & 5th Avenue)

$5 suggested donation; open to the public

 

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 6-7:30 PM & Saturday, February 27, 2010 1-3PM
Jerome Foundation Travel Grants

The Jerome Foundation's Travel and Study Grant Program awards grants to emerging artists based in New York or Minnesota and who create new work (choreographers, film and video directors, poets, spoken word artists, fiction and creative nonfiction writers). The program supports such activities as research leading to the creation of new work, the development of collaborations, participation in specific training programs, time for reflection and individualized study, investigating artistic work outside of Minnesota or New York City, and dialogue on aesthetic issues. Application deadline is March 9, 2010.

February 24, 2010 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Theater, The Kitchen
512 West 19th Street New York City
www.thekitchen.org
212.255.5793

February 27, 2010 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Poets House
10 River Terrace New York City
www.poetshouse.org
212.431.7920

Please visit the Jerome Foundation website for further details.

 

SPOILERS!
Here's a sneak peek of what else is coming your way this season.

Saturday, March 6, 2010
Speed Dating with Kavita Ramdhya, author of Bollywood Weddings.

Friday, March 13, 2010
A New Day: Iranian and Afghan American Writers

Thursday, March 25, 2010
Nami Mun reads from Miles from Nowhere. Thurs, Mar. 25.

Thursday, April 7, 2010
Book party - Ken Chen's Juvenilia with Louise Gluck..

ThursdayApril 14, 2010
The Asian American Avant-Garde: John Yau and Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, co-sponsored by The CreativeWriting Program at NYU.

Saturday, April 16, 2010
Ed Lin reads from Snakes Can’t Run,

Thursday,April 22, 2010
Meena Alexander's Poetics of Dislocation and Reetika Vazirani's Radha Says, published by Drunken Boat.

 


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