SO MANY EVENTS, SO LITTLE TIME!!!

Hey yall,

So much going on this weekend--this will have to be a zippy promotion!

FAMILY STYLE, FRI, NOV 20 @7:30pm

Asian Arts Initiative
1219 Vine Street
$5-$10 Sliding scale admission

The theme this month is "Bringing Down the Beast: Struggle and Resistance." Family Style is also fundraising for Fong Lee's family (please see previous posts about Fong Lee), so please come out and support!

Our feature poets is the one-and-only Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai.



Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai is a Chicago-born, Brooklyn-based, Chinese Taiwanese American spoken word artist who has performed her poetry at over 350 venues worldwide including three seasons on "Russell Simmons Presents HBO Def Poetry."

Winner of a 2007 New York Foundation for the Arts Urban Artist Initiative Award, Kelly was listed as one of Idealist in NYC's Top 40 New Yorkers Who Make Positive Social Change in 2008 and AngryAsianMan.com’s “30 Most Influential Asian Americans Under 30” in 2009. She has shared stages with Mos Def, KRS-One, Sonia Sanchez, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, Amiri Baraka, and many more.

Should be a great night!

CULTURE SHOCK, SAT, NOV 21 @ 7pm

Columbia University, NYC
Roone Arledge Auditorium
$10 General Admission

Catzie and I are performing in "Culture Shock 2009: Lost and Found" this Sat. We'll be sharing the stage with hip hop duo Magnetic North (Woo Hoo, T-Vu and Direct) and comedian Eliot Chang. Check out the flyer below.

This is a fundraiser for the Coalition for Asian American children and Families

Sponsored by Asian American Alliance

Hope to see you!

SULU SERIES, SUN, NOV 22 @ 8pm

Bowery Poetry Club, NYC
308 Bowery (btn Houston and Bleecker Sts)
$8 General Admission
$5 for students

We're supporting our friends Taiyo Na and Regie Cabico and their SULU Series events in both NYC and DC. This Sun, the party will be in NYC at the Bowery Poetry Club. Flyer below:



Hope you all can come out! Please support if you can!

Much love,
Michelle