Lantern Review Blog » poetry readings

Friends & Neighbors: Weekend Roundup (Feb. 24-28, 2010)

Iris — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:57:16 +0000

Of note this weekend: Sandra Lim in Chicago, Jason Koo in Cleveland, Marilyn Chin in San Jose, Fay Chiang in NYC. Also: Hyphen #19 release party in SF. Please note that this weekend’s roundup only covers through February 28th — as we’ll be transitioning into a new format for our events listings starting on March 1st. Look out for an announcement at the beginning of next week!

Chicagoland

Sandra Lim & Travis Nichols at Danny’s Reading Series
February 24 | 7:30 to 9 pm
Danny’s Tavern
1951 W. Dickens, Chicago

RHINO Reads! Poetry in Translation — Indonesian, Arabic, Tagalog, Chinese
Feburary 26 | 6-8 pm
Bros K, 500 Main St., Evanston, IL
[Open Mic 6:00 - 6:30 | Featured Poets 6:40 - 8:00]

Cleveland

A Reading with Poets Jason Koo, Simone Muench, and Mathias Svalina
February 25 | 7:30 pm
Cleveland State University, Main Classroom134
1899 East 22 Street

New York City

Riggio Forum: Cave Canem’s Poets on Craft
February 25 | 6:30 to 8 pm
The New School
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center
Arnhold Hall
55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor

Bowery Books Presents: A Book Party & Reading by Fay Chiang for 7 Continents, 9 Lives
February 27 | 2 pm
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (btwn. Houston & Bleeker)

San Francisco

Youth Speaks Poetry Slam Championship
February 26 | 7 pm
San Francisco Public Library
Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin St.
FREE and open to the publoc/

Blaze of Glory [Hyphen #19 "Trailblazing" Release Party]
February 26 | 9 pm-2 am
111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna St.
$10 | $20 includes 1 yr subscription (50% discount)
RSVP on Facebook or Going.com

San Jose, CA

SJSU Center for Literary Arts presents Marilyn Chin
February 25 | In Conversation w/ Sarn Maio @ 1:30 pm, Reading @ 7 pm
Martin Luther King Jr. Library, Rm. 225-229
150 East San Fernando Street

St. Paul, MN

Breathin’: An Evening of Spoken Word and Music with Eddy Zheng and DOSH
February 26 | 7-9 PM
Smail Gallery, Olin-Rice Science Center
Macalester College
[See here for more info about Eddy Zheng]

Washington, D.C.

Community: Chinese, American, and German Poetry (Time Shadows Poetry Reading)
(Poetry highlighting the diversity of DC Chinatown’s immigrant population)
February 7 | 2 to 4 pm
Goethe-Institut Washington, GoetheForum
812 Seventh Street, NW
RSVP to 202-289-1200 ext. 170 or to rsvp[at]washington(dot)goethe(dot)org

Friends & Neighbors: Weekend Roundup (Feb 19-24, 2010)

Iris — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:21:58 +0000

We’re posting slightly later than usual this week, but still in time to let you know about some really interesting events! Of especial note: two AAWW events (Purvi Shah Workshop and Jason Koo Book Party) and the SULU series in NYC, Flamenco-Inspired Poetry Reading by PAWA Arkipelago in SF, Marilyn Chin in San Jose, Smithsonian Annual Day of Remembrance for Japanese Internment (marking the anniversary of Executive Order 9066) in DC. Also: don’t forget about the open mic series going on (Family Style in Philly and *SPARKLE* Queer-Friendly Open Mic in DC), and that in many cities, Lunar New Year festivities are not yet over. Check out your city’s newspaper or Chinatown web site to find out if festivities are still going on!

New York City

Creativity And Activism: Celebrating the Lives of Mine Okubo and Mishi Nishiura Weglyn
February 19 | 6-8:30 pm
New York University
5 Washington Place, Rm. 101
Please call, email, or use online form to RSVP

Quick Love: A One-Day Workshop on the Heart’s Poetry with Purvi Shah
February 20 | 1-4 pm
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
16 West 32nd Street, Suite 10A
Admission: $40 | $36 for members

Book Party for Jason Koo’s Man on Extremely Small Island
February 20 | 7-9 pm
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
16 West 32nd Street, 10th Floor
$5 Suggested donation (open to the public)

SULU Series feat. Hanalei Ramos, Jay Legaspi, Jackie Mariano, Triangle Offense, Napon Pintong
February 21 | 8 pm
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (btwn. Houston and Bleeker)
Admission: $8 | $5 for students

Page Meets Stage Presents: Yusef Komunyakaa and Tyehimba Jess
February 24 | 8 pm
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (btwn. Houston and Bleeker)

Philadelphia

Family Style Open Mic hosted by Yellow Rage (and feat. Jay Legaspi)
February 19 | 7:30 pm
Asian Arts Initiative
1219 Vine St.
$5-10 sliding scale admission
(advance sign-ups highly recommended for performers)

San Francisco

The Art of Found Objects: A Visual Art Workshop with Truong Tran
February 20 | 10 am – 2 pm
Mina Dresden Gallery
312 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
$40 Registration Fee

Duende Within: Flamenco Inspired Poetry (presented by the PAWA Arkipelago Literary Series)
feat. poets Sandy Mcintosh, Eileen Tabios, Edwin Agustín Lozada, and Michelle Bautista
February 21 | 2 pm
Bayanihan Community Center
1010 Mission Street
FREE

San Jose, CA

Marilyn Chin (presented by the SJSU Center for Literary Arts)
Februrary 24 | 3 pm
Mt. Pleasant High School
1750 South White Rd.

Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian Annual Day of Remembrance, feat. Philip Kan Gotanda and Prof. Scott Kurishage
[Marking the 68th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066]
February 20 | 2 pm
Carmichael Auditorium
National Museum of American History
14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW

*SPARKLE* Open Mic Poetry hosted by Regie Cabico and Danielle Evennou
February 24 | 9 pm
Busboys & Poets (5th & K location)
1025 5th St. NW
Admission: $3 (wristbands sold at Global Exchange store starting 10 am)

http://www.bowerypoetry.com/#Event/85051

Friends & Neighbors: Weekend Roundup (Feb. 11-17, 2010)

Iris — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:13:56 +0000

LOTS of holidays being marked this weekend: Lunar New Year, Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, and, as our Twitter followers have reminded us, the start of Carnival festivities (Mardi Gras for those of us in the States). Of particular significance to the Asian American community: check out MOCA’s lists of Lunar New Year events in NYC, and in Boston, DC, LA, San Francisco, and Honolulu. Philadelphia readers can read this helpful article for more info; Seattle residents can look here; Chicago peeps can look here. Know of Lunar New Year Festivities in a city that we’re missing? Comment below to tell us about it.

Atlanta

Heather Christle (poet) and Oindrila Mukherjee (fiction writer & trans. of Bengali poetry)
Emory Reading Series
February 15 | 6:30 PM
Joseph W. Jones Room, 311 Woodruff Library
Emory University

Boston

East Meets Words Open Mic (feat. Payal Sharma)
Presented by the Boston Progress Arts Collective
February 12 | 8 pm
East Meets West Bookstore
934 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
Suggested $3 Donation

New York City

Making Friends with Your Writing: Poetry & Fiction Workshop with Ken Chen
Thurs, Feb 11, Tuesdays, Feb 16-Mar 2, 7-8:30pm (4 sessions)
Asian American Writers Workshop
16 West 32nd Street Suite 10A
Between Broadway and Fifth Avenue
$160 General / $140 Members
$40 General Deposit / $36.00 Members
Register here.

Poetry & Prose Reading feat. Kazim Ali, Tao Lin, and Maaza Mengiste
NYU Creative Writing Program Reading Series
February 12 | 5 pm
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
58 West 10th St. (btwn. 5th and 6th Ave’s)

“Love, feat. Kelly Tsai” (Open Mic at MOCA)
Feburary 12 | 7 pm to 8:30 pm
Museum of Chinese in America
215 Centre St.
Admission: $7/adult, $4/students & seniors, free for MOCA members and open mic performers.

Mouth-to-Mouth Open Mic (Hosted by Jen Kwok and Ed Lin)
Presented by the AAWW
February 12 | 9 pm
16 W 32nd St, 10th Fl (btwn Bwy & 5th Ave)
$5 suggested donation
Open to the public

Shab-e Sher Featuring Aida Shahghasemi and Shabnam Piryaei
Presented by World of Poetry and PAF
February 17 | 6 pm
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (btwn. Houston and Bleeker

San Francisco Bay Area

SFIAAFF DIY Music Video Launch Party
Hosted by Kearny Street Workshop
February 11 | 8 pm to midnight
111 Minna, SF
$10 | FREE for CAAM members
This is a 21+ event only.

2nd Saturday Poetry & Prose (feat. Clara Hsu, Bill Mercer, Richard di Grazia)
February 13 | 7 pm
Frank Bette Center for the Arts
1601 Paru Street, Alameda

Sunset Poetry By the Bay (feat. Lucille Lang Day, Kathryn Takara, Karla Brundage)
At Studio 333
February 17 | 7 to 10 PM
333 Caledonia St., Sausalito

Washington, D.C.

“Call + Response” (16 visual artists & 16 writers – incl. poet Gerald Maa) at the Hamiltonian Gallery
Closes February 13!
Hamiltonian Gallery
1353 U St, NW, Suite 101

Poetry and Fiction Workshop with Ken Chen

Friends & Neighbors: Weekend Roundup (Feb 4-10, 2010)

Iris — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:57:15 +0000

Lots going on this week. Especially interesting this week: Kundiman & Verlaine Reading Series in NYC, Vincent Who? Documentary Screening at the AAWW, poet Truong Tran’s “Lost & Found” exhibit opening. Don’t forget to also check out the beginnings of Lunar New Year festivities, which are starting in some cities this week (The New Year itself is on Feb. 14th). The Museum of Chinese in America has a great list of New Year’s events going on in NYC and in Boston, DC, San Francisco, and Honolulu.

Boston

BU Creative Writing Faculty Reading (feat. Ha Jin, Louise Glück, Robert Pinsky, and others)
February 9th | 7:30 pm
BU School of Management Auditorum
Boston University

Chicago

Poetry Cafe at the Chicago Public Library
February 8th | 6:30-7:45 pm
Blackstone
4904 S. Lake Park Avenue
Call (312) 747-0511 to register in advance.

Dallas

Avante! (feat. Shin Yu Pai and Jerry Kelley)
2010 WordSpace Spring Reading Series
February 6th | 8 pm
Paperbacks Plus
6115 La Vista

Los Angeles

Beware of Cupid: A Valentine’s Day Show (dir. Julia Cho & Benjamin Kim)
Opening Feb. 5 (till Feb. 21) | Fridays & Saturdays @ 8 pm, Sundays @ 3 pm
The Actor’s Playpen
1514 N Gardner Street
Tickets: $14-$20

New York City

Artwall Performance (feat. Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai and Greg Tate)
Feburary 6th | 2 pm
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (btwn. Houston and Bleeker)

Jazz, the Japanese Connection at Nuyorican Poets Cafe
(Followed by Jazz Jam & Open Mic)
February 6th | 9 pm
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 E. 3rd St (btwn B & C Aves)
$15 cover ($10 for jazz jam musicians)
Reservation Recommended; Purchase advance tickets here

Kundiman & Verlaine Reading Series (feat. Vijay Seshadri, Brian Carey Chung, & Alison Roh Park)
February 7th | 5 pm (open bar from 4-5)
Verlaine
110 Rivington St.
(Ludlow & Essex Sts.)
$5 donation

Vincent Who? Documentary Screening (Hosted by the AAWW)
February 10th | 7 to 9 pm
Asian American Writers Workshop
16 West 32nd Street, Suite 10A
Light refreshments served
$5 Suggested Donation (benefits the NY chapter of APA for Progress).

Sacramento

Yuyutsu RD Sharma Reads at the Sacramento Poetry Center
February 8th | 7:30 PM
Sacramento Poetry Center
1719 25th St.

San Francisco Bay Area

Opening Reception: “The Lost and Found” Solo Exhibit (the visual art of poet Truong Tran)
Presented by Kearny Street Workshop & Mina Dresden Gallery
February 5th | 7 to 9 pm
Mina Dresden Gallery
312 Valencia Street
San Francisco

GO!STYLE 2010
(feat. poets Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu and Loa Niumeitolu, alongside other top artists)
February 5th | 8 pm
Palace of Fine Arts Theater
3301 Lyon St., San Francisco
Preordered tickets: $40 General, $36 Family & Friends Discount, $15 Student
$10 Preorder Discounts available with code (Tickets $40 at the door)

American Chinatown Book Reading
February 9th | 6 pm
CHSA Museum & Learning Center
965 Clay St
San Francisco

Seattle

W.S. Merwin & Friends – A Benefit for Copper Canyon Press
February 4 | 7 to 9 pm
Town Hall
1119 Eighth Ave.
Tickets start at $10

Washington, DC

“Call + Response” (16 visual artists & 16 writers – incl. poet Gerald Maa) at the Hamiltonian Gallery
Until February 13
Hamiltonian Gallery
1353 U St, NW, Suite 101

javascript:popUp(‘http://sfpl5.sfpl.org/scripts/publish/webevent.pl?cmd=showevent&ncmd=search&cal=cal13&id=171470&ncals=&de=1&tf=0&sib=1&sb=0&sa=0&ws=1&stz=Default&sort=e,m,t&swe=1&cf=list&set=1&m=02&d=2&y=2010′,’500′,’500′)

Friends & Neighbors: Weekend Roundup (Jan 28-Feb 3, 2010)

Iris — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:31:28 +0000

A couple of readings, 2 ASL Open Mic’s, some book release events, a panel, plays — this week’s roundup is really quite a mix. Of particular interest: poet Michael Leong at Dartmouth, Diane DiPrima’s Inaugural Address as SF Poet Laureate, and the BECOMING AMERICANS Anthology reading in NYC. And of course, don’t forget to tune in to President Obama’s first State of the Union Address tonight at 9 PM EST.

Chicago

“Time Goes On” Release Party (presented by the Neighborhood Writing Alliance)
February 1 | 6-8 pm
St. Andrews Church (upstairs)
48 N. Hoyne

Hanover, NH

Poets Michael Leong & Nomi Stone at Dartmouth College
January 28 | 4 pm
Wren Room/Sanborn Library
Dartmouth College

Los Angeles

Refugee Nation (written and performed by Leilani Chan and Ova Saopeng)
presented by the Laotion American Organization at UCLA
February 1 | 7:30 PM (Doors open at 7 PM)
Ackerman Grand Ballroom, UCLA
FREE and Open to the Public

New York City

ASL Poetry Slam Presents: Mark Mayo – $3
January 28 | 6 pm
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (btwn. Houston and Bleeker)
Admission: $3

92nd St. Y Presents: “The Immigrant Experience” Reading & Panel [Becoming Americans anthology event]
feat. Jessica Hagedorn, Jamaica Kincaid, Norman Manea, Gary Shteyngart
February 1 | 8 pm
Kauffmann Concert Hall
Lexington Ave. at 92nd St.
Tickets: $27 (general), $10 (age 35 and under)

Asian American Arts Alliance Town Hall Meeting
February 2 | 10 am – 12 pm
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI – CUNY)
25 West 43rd Street, 18th Fl (between 5th & 6th Avenues)
FREE and Open to the Public

San Francisco

Kent Wong presents An Evening of Stories on Asian and Latino Labor Organizing
January 28 | 6-8PM
International Hotel Manilatown Center
868 Kearny St (at Jackson)
FREE

Beautiful as Yesterday Reading & Discussion (Fan Wu)
January 30 | 2:30 – 4 pm
Chinatown Meeting Room (San Francisco Public Library)
1135 Powell St. (near Jackson)

SF Poet Laureate Inaugural Address (Diane DiPrima)
February 2 | 5-8 pm
San Francisco Public Library
Koret Auditorium (Main Library)
100 Larkin St. (at Grove)

Washington, D.C.

ASL Open Mic Poetry
January 29 | 11pm
Busboys & Poets
14th and V
Admission: $5

Friends & Neighbors: Weekend Roundup (Jan 21-27, 2010)

Iris — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:07:12 +0000

Lots of readings going on this week. Of note: Patrick Rosal at Cornell College; Monica Ferrell and SULU series in support of Haiti (respectively) at Bowery in NYC, Lawson Inada in Oregon, performace poetry workshop at Stanford University’s Listen to the Silence Conference. Also worth checking out: KSW/Kaya’s SF Thomassons Performance Tour.

Ashland, Oregon

Lawson Inada at William Stafford Celebration [reading his own works and Stafford's]
January 21 | 7 PM
Southern Oregon University
Hannon Library, Meese Meeting Room #305
1250 Siskiyou Blvd
*Updated 1/21; thanks to Jim Beaver for the information!*

Los Angeles

Giant Robot Bienniale 2: 15 Years
Closing reception: January 21 | 5-9 p.m.
Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street
FREE

Excerpts from Libby Emmons’ “The Girls from Afar” [Staged Reading]
presented by East West Players / Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
January 21 | 7:30 pm
Tateuchi Democracy Forum in the
National Center for the Preservation of Democracy
111 N. Central Avenue
RSVP on Facebook, or call 213-625-7000

Mount Vernon, Iowa

Patrick Rosal at Cornell College
January 20 | 7:30 PM
Shaw Conference Room
Cornell College Commons
FREE and open to the public

New York City

Monica Ferrell and others at Bowery
Presented by Four Way Books
January 24 | 2 pm
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (btwn. Houston and Bleeker)
Admission: $5

SULU Series feat. Kitchen Cabinet, Sahra Nguyen, Maya Hatch, Cynthia Lin, Sheng Wang
Partial proceeds to Haiti
January 24 | 8 pm
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (btwn. Houston and Bleeker)
Admission: $8 General | $5 Student

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle [Multimedia Theatre Production of Haruki Murakami's novel]
[Through January 30] | Wed-Sat @ 8 pm, Sun @ 2 pm
Ohio Theatre
66 Wooster St.
Tickets: $18

San Francisco Bay Area

KSW/Kaya’s SF Thomassons Performance Tour
January 23 | 12 noon to 2 pm
Tour begins at 953 Mission St. @ 5th St (Mint Mall, lower level)
Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 at the bus.

Shahid Buttar Workshop: “Breaking the Silence with Performance Poetry”
@ Listen to the Silence (Stanford AASA’s 4th Annual Asian American Issues Conference)
January 23 | 2 to 3:15 pm
Stanford University School of Education / Cubberly Auditorium
485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA
Register online here.

Beautiful as Yesterday: a Novel (book talk and signing by Fan Wu)
January 23 | 2-4 pm
San Francisco Public Library – Main Library (Latino/Hispanic A)
100 Larkin St. (at Grove)