End-of-the-Year Updates and Shows!
Hey-lo, lovely peoples--
OMG, there are sooo many updates! I can't even begin to get all yall caught up. This past weekend was crazy busy for me, and this one will be even crazier. Here're some important bits:
Me and my poetry fam, On Point, Ink, had a great time kickin' it in Bmore last Fri night, 12/11, with The 5th L. We met some other amazing artists, too, like WORDwide, sahffi, and mOsno. Oh, yeah, and I finally got to meet Chuck the Madd Ox who was spinnin' on the 1's & 2's. My friend Jenny, reppin' SULU DC but who hails from MD, also came out to support and bless the mic.
Thanks to The Dri Fish and Native Son of The 5th L for hosting us.
Saturday, I went to hang out with a couple of elders, Mr. Chan Kung and Mr. Lee, at a Filipino holiday party my friend Lisa helped to organize as part of the Philippine Folk Arts Society, Inc., of Philadelphia. I made a parol, a traditional Filipino holiday star lantern, and had lunch with the elders. It was so much fun.
Sunday, I was invited to come out to Center City and speak/perform at a rally to support the approximately 30 Asian American students who have been boycotting classes since last week in protest of the administrators' and school district's negligence in addressing the rising incidents of assaults that they have been experiencing since the start of the school year and which put many of them in the hospital. I will try to keep updates current on the blog, but for all the latest news on this, please check-in at Asian Americans United's website: http://www.aaunited.org/
This weekend is HUGE as far as performances. It all starts with Family Style, Fri night, 12/18:
FAMILY STYLE, Friday, 12/18/09, 7:30pm
Asian Arts Initiative
1219 Vine Street
Philly, PA
$5-10 sliding scale admission
Hosted by YELLOW RAGE (Michelle Myers and Catzie Vilayphonh), FAMILY STYLE is a new family-friendly, positive space that honors Asian American artists and extended "family" from all communities and cultures.
If you have a piece you want to share, contact Michelle@yellowrage.com or come at least 30 minutes before showtime to sign up!
December's open mic features slam poet THADDEUS RUTKOWSKI as well as ANOMALY, a film by JESSICA CHEN DRAMMEH, and the theme "HAPA HAPPY: Celebrating All That Is Mixed and Multi."
THADDEUS RUTKOWSKI was born and raised in Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Cornell University and The Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of the novels Tetched and Roughhouse. Both books were finalists for an Asian American Literary Award. His third novel, Haywire, is forthcoming from Starcherone Books.
He is the fiction and nonfiction editor of the literary journal Many Mountains Moving. He teaches fiction writing at the Writer's Voice of the West Side YMCA in New York. He is a two-time winner of the Poetry Versus Comedy slam at the Bowery Poetry Club and a one-time winner of the Syracuse poetry slam and the Nuyorican Poets Café Friday slam. He has been a featured reader in Berlin, Budapest, Hong Kong, Paris and London, as well as in a number of U.S. cities.
ANOMALY features Michelle Myers of Yellow Rage, Gabriella Callender of Mahina Movement, spoken word artist/musician Pete Shungu, poet Thaddeus Rutkowski (Roughhouse, Tetched), community organizers, and academic experts. Interweaving the personal stories of the ensemble cast with performance, expert interviews, and historical context, ANOMALY is an insider's look at multiracial identity in a changing world.
For more information and video clips, visit www.anomalythefilm.wordpress.com.
JESSICA CHEN DRAMMEH earned a B.F.A. in Film and Television Production from New York University. Her short film, Jimi's Blues, was awarded a Warner Brothers Post-Production Grant and screened at festivals nationwide and on television. She is the director and producer of ANOMALY, a documentary eight years in the making.
Jessica has been a guest lecturer, panelist, moderator, and organizer for dozens of discussions about multiethnic issues at colleges, universities, and community settings nationwide. She is eager to build a body of work telling the stories of multiracial people and communities of color.
Barack Obama's presidency highlights the continued struggles around U.S. race issues. ANOMALY provides a thought-provoking look at multiracial identity by combining personal narratives with the larger drama of mixed race in American culture.
SULU DC, Saturday, 12/19/09, 7pm
Yup, we're the feature--special thanks to our good friends Regie Cabico and Jenny Lares.
The Fridge
Rear Alley, 516 8th Street SE
Washington DC
$10 General Admission
$8 Students
SULU SERIES NYC, Sunday, 12/20, 8pm
Yeah, thas right--another Hapa-themed night! Us Hapas are extra-happy this Dec for some strange reason. Come be happy with us if you can. And Lo-and-behold, I'm a feature :)
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery St.
NYC
$8 General Admissiom
$5 Students
Special thanks to my friend Koba for inviting me up.
OK, beautiful peoples, have a wonderful day--hope to see you this weekend.
-Michelle
OMG, there are sooo many updates! I can't even begin to get all yall caught up. This past weekend was crazy busy for me, and this one will be even crazier. Here're some important bits:
Me and my poetry fam, On Point, Ink, had a great time kickin' it in Bmore last Fri night, 12/11, with The 5th L. We met some other amazing artists, too, like WORDwide, sahffi, and mOsno. Oh, yeah, and I finally got to meet Chuck the Madd Ox who was spinnin' on the 1's & 2's. My friend Jenny, reppin' SULU DC but who hails from MD, also came out to support and bless the mic.
Thanks to The Dri Fish and Native Son of The 5th L for hosting us.
Saturday, I went to hang out with a couple of elders, Mr. Chan Kung and Mr. Lee, at a Filipino holiday party my friend Lisa helped to organize as part of the Philippine Folk Arts Society, Inc., of Philadelphia. I made a parol, a traditional Filipino holiday star lantern, and had lunch with the elders. It was so much fun.
Sunday, I was invited to come out to Center City and speak/perform at a rally to support the approximately 30 Asian American students who have been boycotting classes since last week in protest of the administrators' and school district's negligence in addressing the rising incidents of assaults that they have been experiencing since the start of the school year and which put many of them in the hospital. I will try to keep updates current on the blog, but for all the latest news on this, please check-in at Asian Americans United's website: http://www.aaunited.org/
This weekend is HUGE as far as performances. It all starts with Family Style, Fri night, 12/18:
FAMILY STYLE, Friday, 12/18/09, 7:30pm
Asian Arts Initiative
1219 Vine Street
Philly, PA
$5-10 sliding scale admission
Hosted by YELLOW RAGE (Michelle Myers and Catzie Vilayphonh), FAMILY STYLE is a new family-friendly, positive space that honors Asian American artists and extended "family" from all communities and cultures.
If you have a piece you want to share, contact Michelle@yellowrage.com or come at least 30 minutes before showtime to sign up!
December's open mic features slam poet THADDEUS RUTKOWSKI as well as ANOMALY, a film by JESSICA CHEN DRAMMEH, and the theme "HAPA HAPPY: Celebrating All That Is Mixed and Multi."
THADDEUS RUTKOWSKI was born and raised in Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Cornell University and The Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of the novels Tetched and Roughhouse. Both books were finalists for an Asian American Literary Award. His third novel, Haywire, is forthcoming from Starcherone Books.
He is the fiction and nonfiction editor of the literary journal Many Mountains Moving. He teaches fiction writing at the Writer's Voice of the West Side YMCA in New York. He is a two-time winner of the Poetry Versus Comedy slam at the Bowery Poetry Club and a one-time winner of the Syracuse poetry slam and the Nuyorican Poets Café Friday slam. He has been a featured reader in Berlin, Budapest, Hong Kong, Paris and London, as well as in a number of U.S. cities.
ANOMALY features Michelle Myers of Yellow Rage, Gabriella Callender of Mahina Movement, spoken word artist/musician Pete Shungu, poet Thaddeus Rutkowski (Roughhouse, Tetched), community organizers, and academic experts. Interweaving the personal stories of the ensemble cast with performance, expert interviews, and historical context, ANOMALY is an insider's look at multiracial identity in a changing world.
For more information and video clips, visit www.anomalythefilm.wordpress.com.
JESSICA CHEN DRAMMEH earned a B.F.A. in Film and Television Production from New York University. Her short film, Jimi's Blues, was awarded a Warner Brothers Post-Production Grant and screened at festivals nationwide and on television. She is the director and producer of ANOMALY, a documentary eight years in the making.
Jessica has been a guest lecturer, panelist, moderator, and organizer for dozens of discussions about multiethnic issues at colleges, universities, and community settings nationwide. She is eager to build a body of work telling the stories of multiracial people and communities of color.
Barack Obama's presidency highlights the continued struggles around U.S. race issues. ANOMALY provides a thought-provoking look at multiracial identity by combining personal narratives with the larger drama of mixed race in American culture.
SULU DC, Saturday, 12/19/09, 7pm
Yup, we're the feature--special thanks to our good friends Regie Cabico and Jenny Lares.
The Fridge
Rear Alley, 516 8th Street SE
Washington DC
$10 General Admission
$8 Students
SULU SERIES NYC, Sunday, 12/20, 8pmYeah, thas right--another Hapa-themed night! Us Hapas are extra-happy this Dec for some strange reason. Come be happy with us if you can. And Lo-and-behold, I'm a feature :)
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery St.
NYC
$8 General Admissiom
$5 Students
Special thanks to my friend Koba for inviting me up.
OK, beautiful peoples, have a wonderful day--hope to see you this weekend.
-Michelle
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