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

Berkeley

Sarita See discusses The Decolonized Eye at Eastwind Books of Berkeley
November 21 | 3 pm
2066 University Ave., Berkeley, CA

Los Angeles

BANANA AsAm Blogger Roundtable
(Hosted by Lac Su, author of I Love Yous Are For White People).
November 21 | 3-6pm
University of Southern California
University Park Campus, Taper Hall, Room 101

New York City

Faces of Tsai Ming-Liang Film Series
Nov. 13-21 | See web site for showing times
Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Ave.

Spoken Word duo Yellow Rage at Columbia’s Culture Shock charity performance
November 21 | 7 pm
Columbia University, NYC
Roone Arledge Auditorium
$10 General Admission

Beau Sia at the Bowery Poetry Club
November 21 | 7:40 pm – 9:30 pm
308 Bowery (btwn. Houston and Bleecker Sts.)
$7 Admission

Philadelphia

Family Style Open Mic Series
November 20 | 7:30 PM (Sign-ups start at 7)
$5-10 sliding scale admission
Asian Arts Initiative
1219 Vine Street

Portland

Eth-Noh-Tec at Portland’s Tapestry of Tales Festival
November 21 | FREE
North Portland Library (11am)
Holgate Library (2pm)
1st Unitarian Church; 1011 SW 12th Ave, Portland (7pm).

Sacramento

Lee Herrick & Michael Medrano read at the Sacramento Poetry Center
November 23 | 7:30 PM
1719 25th Street
FREE + Open Mic

San Francisco

FACINE16: the 16th Annual Filipino American Cinefest
1 pm on November 20 – 5 pm November 21
Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library

Tucson

Myung Mi Kim reads at The Drawing Studio
November 21 | 7 pm
33 S 6th Avenue
Tucson, AZ

Washington, D.C.

D.C. Poetry Tour, just released today by the Poetry Foundation.
Free!  Available Anytime.  (Also check out their Chicago Poetry Tour).
Download the walking audio tours to your mp3 player and print the maps on their web site to experience the nation’s capital in a new way.