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EVENTS CALENDAR: The Asians in America Events Calendar is an ongoing list of events within the APA community that encompass the arts, culture, politics, education, entertainment, philanthropy and more. If you would like to add an event to the calendar, please fill out our Calendar Submissions Form.
December 1, 2007- February 24, 2008, Los Angeles, CA "Schoolhouse Rock" was an ABC TV series that enchanted late boomers and Gen Xers for thirteen seasons from 1973 to 1986, returning to the air in 1992. A company in Chicago called Theatre BAM created the stage version of the show "Schoolhouse Rock Live!" in 1993, taking it off-Broadway in 1995, where it was a hit and ran for 11 months. The new 2007 L.A. production by Greenway Arts Alliance marks the show's professional Los Angeles Premiere. The cast includes Singaporean/Portuguese performer, Elaine Loh.
REEL 13 Shorts Seeks Short Films WNET/Thirteen is excited to announce REEL 13 Shorts, an interactive online film competition that celebrates the best in independent short films. Short films can now be submitted for consideration to be seen online. The public will then rate their favorite films online. The winning film will receive an award of $500 and be broadcast on REEL 13, Thirteen's new weekly Saturday program of classic and independent cinema. Deadline: This is an ongoing open call for submissions. Films should be in DVD format, maximum length 20 minutes. Submission form can be download from the website. Official submission form and film can be mailed to:
Duana C. Butler
February 1-29, 2008 , New York, NY A month-long performing art and visual art festival celebrates popular Asian culture in new forms.
Antique Door and Window Exhibit
Tea House Projects
Chai Found Music Ensemble
February 5, 2008 - April 11, 2008, New York, NY New partners Tribeca Film Institute and Gucci are offering finishing funds and post-production guidance to independent filmmakers, who are in need of finances to complete documentaries that promote social change and illuminate issues in need of comprehensive coverage currently missing from mainstream media. The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund is open to documentary filmmakers who have projects in production or post-production. The Tribeca Film Institute will offer $5,000 - $30,000 to a minimum of three films in 2008 totaling $80,000. Deadline: Submissions open on February 5, 2008 and must be postmarked by April 11. Filmmakers will be required to submit a proposal along with a trailer, scene assemblage or rough-cut.
February 20-3, 2008, New York, NY Poston was one of the nine internment camps built by the U.S. Government during World War II to house 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated from their homes on the West Coast. The film Passing Poston uncovers for the first time the government's intention for Poston, which was to use Japanese labor to help develop the Indian reservation where the camp was situated. The film tells the story of internment and it's lingering impact through the prism of four of its former internees.
February 23, 2008, Los Angeles, CA What is Filipino about Historic Filipinotown? In Filipino American Library's Bus Tours of Historic Filipinotown, guides narrate the significance of particular sites, events, and individuals in and around Historic Filipinotown to present an historical overview of Filipinos in Los Angeles. Please RSVP by Wednesday, February 20, 2008.
February 21-3, 2008, New York, NY Fluid Motion Theater & Film presents The Penelope Project a new play adapted from The Odyssey by Korean American playwright Christine Simpson. Penny has found herself in a peculiar position: while she waits for the safe return of her husband Eddie, she's been selected as the "face of the women and families at home." Her celebrity status does not sit well with her friend Cynthia, who isn't sure why she wasn't chosen since she's right with God. Meanwhile, Penny's son Tim has problems of his own: his father is hero to everyone but him. How does he even know that Eddie is his father at all? The Penelope Project is a reformulation of the story of Penelope from Homer's The Odyssey. The Penelope Project explores the lives of those left behind: how they cope with a war that's simultaneously half-a-world-away and at the click of their fingertips.
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February 28, 2008, 7:30 PM Old Pasadena, CA When filmmaker Linda Hattendorf turned her lens on Jimmy Mirikitani, an 80-year-old Japanese-American artist who lives and works on the streets of New York City, she got far more than she anticipated: the collapse of the World Trade Center, a family reunion more than 50 years in the making, and a series of small miracles. Visit the Laemmle Theatres website to purchase your tickets in advance.
February 29, 2008 - March 20, 2008, New York,NY Agora Gallery is proud to present "Liu Ji in Figuratively Speaking." Chinese artist Liu Ji lives, works, and teaches painting in Dalian, China. Although many of his works seem to draw from Western artists as diverse as Giorgio de Chirico, Rene Magritte, and Edvard Munch, Liu says that he has been greatly influenced by such Chinese artists as Bada Hermit and Ren Bonian, as well as Chinese poetry. Many of the Liu's works portray figures who are either alone or in states of loneliness, pitted against the elements or caught by forces beyond their control. Liu paints dystopian environments which nonetheless hint at signs of hope. His saturated color palette tempers the dark overtones of many of his works, giving them a lush, painterly appearance. Liu seeks to depicts feelings and situations that are beyond those of "ordinary life" and to give viewers a sense of situations and circumstances that might be unfamiliar to them. Liu derives much of his inspiration from his daily life in Dalian, but says that it is important for him to visit Tibet once a year to get a different perspective on his life. It is this change in perspective that he seeks to convey through his art. Opening reception for the exhibition will take place on Thursday, March 6, 2008 from 6-8 PM.
March 13-23, 2008, San Francisco, CA From new works by familiar faces to debuts by fresh new voices, the 26th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) offers another stellar lineup of the best in Asian American and Asian cinema. The Festival will open with Wayne Wang's A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and close with Tony Ayres's The Home Song Stories, a sumptuous chronicle of a young Chinese family valiantly trying to keep itself together despite the complicated world around them. Other films scheduled for screening inlcude Michael Kang's West 32nd, a stylish Koreatown noir set in the underbelly of New York, starring John Cho and Grace Park, and Jon Hurwitzon and Hayden Schlossberg's Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, a sequel to Harold And Kumar Go to White Castle starring John Cho and Kal Penn. There will also be a special sing-along presentation of Richard Wong's Colma: The Musical. In addition to the film screenings, the Festival offers a variety of special events incuding two Directions In Sound live music events, panel discussions, talk sessions, happy hours and afterparties. The Festival will also present the Festival Forum, a one-day-only program of activities taking place at the Japantown Peace Plaza on Saturday, March 15, 2008 featuring live performances by bands and dancers, guest appearances and an outdoor screening. Booths by the Festival and its sponsors and community partners will offer giveaway items as well as interactive opportunities. Tickets for the Festival go on sale beginning February 18, 2008. Please visit the Festival's website for more info on screening locations.
March 27-30, 2008, North Hollywood, CA The Asian American artists to be honored and perform at the 15th Anniversary Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival include Julia Cho, who will receive the organization's Maverick Award, Lan Tran, who will perform her Tale of the Lockpicking Child, and Laxmi Chandrasheka, who will perform Singarevva and the Palace. This narrative theatre piece depicts the folkloric story of a rural belle of India exploited by her father, husband and servant. Another artist present at the festival is Tamara Rosos, an Indonesian and Dutch extraction, and the racial mix is central to her piece, Milkwhite: The Ritual of Disguise, which depicts the experience of a brown woman in a white country (Netherlands).
Saturday, March 29, 2008, 1-9 PM, Long Island, NY In its second year, this lively day long festival delights with a celebration of Asian American cultures and life on Long Island. It features workshops, arts and crafts, an Asian Market, kung fu, tea ceremony, raffles, and performances from China, India, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand.
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April 2-12, 2008, New York, NY The Missing Woman is produced by The Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, and written and directed by Nguyen thi Minh Ngoc. Performed in Vietnamese and English, this lyrical 60-minute play centers on a painter's yearning for his portrait subject who comes to life. Using historical figures, Vietnamese legend, poetry, live music and movement, The Missing Woman examines the lives of women in contemporary Vietnamese society.
Thursday, April 10, 2008, 7PM, Long Island, NY Kristina Wong combines a zany sense of humor with biting insight in this swear-to-god-not-autobiographical portrayal of the high incidence of anxiety, depression and mental illness among Asian American women. Using monologues, movement, humor and a host of pop culture references, Wong uses a set of unfinished knitting as well as print brochures and TV advertisements dealing with mental illness, as comedic foils while probing the seriousness of the subject. Post performance discussion with Karina Kim, University Counselling, and Frances Wong, Director of Asian Services, St. Vincent's Hospital.
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May 16, 2008, 8:30 AM-4PM , New York, NY The Asian American/Asian Research Institute will host a one-day conference on May 16, 2008 titled Asian American Women: Celebrating Successes, Meeting Challenges, a forum where we will examine past, present, and future challenges and objectives for Asian American women. Asian American women's experiences and concerns illustrate the heterogeneous and complex histories and interests of this important segment of the U.S. population. This year's AAARI conference will investigate the landscape of Asian American women's historical and contemporary experiences, examining and evaluating past accomplishments while maintaining a critical and pragmatic eye to future goals. The conference seeks to explore the manifold realms of Asian American women's lives from the diverse vantage points of scholars, researchers, business professionals, educators, activists, artists, legislators, writers, and students.
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June 13-15, 2008, San Francisco, CA Does the lack of images of queer women of color leave you feeling tired and depressed? The Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) has a sexily subversive cure that really works! Sexily Subversive will screen as part of the 4th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival, presented by QWOCMAP to be held at the Brava Theater, San Francisco, June 13-15, 2008. The 3-day Queer Women of Color Film Festival is a place where queer women of color can be true to the cultural expressions of their passions and values. When they share their films with other queer women of color, they give our communities multi- layered, honest and gorgeous images of their lives. It's a powerful antidote to the Straight White Male Media Arts Project, aka Hollywood.
July 10-19, 2008, New York, NY The 31st NY Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) is now seeking entries! As the first and longest-running Asian American festival in the US, the AAIFF is the premier showcase for works by filmmakers of Asian descent, or about the Asian community. They are looking for all kinds of films: features, shorts, narrative, documentary, animation, experimental, youth.
How to submit: For online submission, please visit the ACV website.
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