CD RELEASE PARTIES AT AAI

Press Release from AAI

SAVE THE DATES!! 

Join us for the second creation from the Asian Arts
Initiative’s new Artists & Performance in Action (APIA)
Residency Program!

Featuring APIA Resident Artists:


YELLOW RAGE

As the Asian American Female Spoken Word Duo, Michelle Myers
and Catzie Vilayphonh perform and release their new
CD, “Yellow Rage, Volume 2”, further challenging
misconceptions of Asianness.


Open Rehearsal

Watch Yellow Rage as they rehearse for their shows that
weekend.  This is an opportunity for anyone interested to
catch a glimpse of Catzie and Michelle's performance process
and preparation.  It is free and open to the public. 
Thursday, May 18, 7-8pm


Performances and CD Release Parties

Yellow Rage will be performing and officially releasing their
second CD, Yellow Rage Volume 2.  These shows will feature
work from their second CD, plus previews from their 3rd CD,
Volume 3, set for release in Fall 2006. Also performing will
be special guests artists DJ Phillee Blunt of Ill Vibe
Collective and Dan Kim of Asians Misbehavin’.
$10 admission, $5 for AAI members
Friday, May 19, 8pm
Saturday, May 20, 8pm

The shows will be audio-recorded and some cuts may be
featured on Volume 3!  Come be part of the audience!

@ Asian Arts Initiative 1315 Cherry Street, 2nd Floor,
Philadelphia


The Asian Arts Initiative is pleased to launch the second
record of Philadelphia-based artists Yellow Rage,
entitled, “Yellow Rage, Volume 2”, written and performed by
founding members Michelle Myers and Catzie Vilayphonh.  A
dynamic duo of Philly-based Asian American female spoken word
poets, Yellow Rage gained national attention when they
performed on the first season of the critically acclaimed HBO
television series Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry, which
first aired in December 2001.

Through poetry, Catzie and Michelle hope to provide an
awareness that is not often heard.  Exploring topics from
fetishes to cultural appropriation to ethnic pride, Yellow Rage
challenges mainstream misconceptions of Asianness.

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The Asian Arts Initiative is grounded in the belief that the
arts can provide an important political and cultural voice
for the Asian American community in Philadelphia. We are a
community arts center where artists and everyday people are
developing means to express our diverse experiences as Asian
Americans.

Asian Arts Initiative
1315 Cherry Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215)557-0455 or www.asianartsinitiative.org

Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 11:19:16 -0400