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		<title>Friends &amp; Neighbors: Weekend Roundup (Feb. 11-17, 2010)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOTS of holidays being marked this weekend: Lunar New Year, Valentine&#8217;s Day, President&#8217;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&#8217;s lists of Lunar New Year events in NYC, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>LOTS of holidays being marked this weekend: Lunar New Year, Valentine&#8217;s Day, President&#8217;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&#8217;s lists of Lunar New Year events in <a href="http://www.mocanyc.org/about/news/lunar_new_year_events_around_new_york_city">NYC</a>, and in <a href="http://www.mocanyc.org/about/news/lunar_new_year_celebrations_around_the_us">Boston, DC, LA, San Francisco, and Honolulu</a>.  Philadelphia readers can read <a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2672703/chinese_new_year_parade_in_philadelphia.html?cat=8">this helpful article</a> for more info; Seattle residents can look <a href="http://www.cidbia.org/events/snoqualmie-casino-presents-lunar-new-year-celebration-2010-2013-year-of-the-tiger">here</a>; Chicago peeps can <a href="http://www.chicagochinatown.org/cccorg/home.jsp">look here</a>.  Know of Lunar New Year Festivities in a city that we&#8217;re missing?  Comment below to tell us about it.</em></p>
<p><em><span id="more-995"></span></em><strong>Atlanta</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.creativewriting.emory.edu/series/index.html">Heather Christle (poet) and Oindrila Mukherjee (fiction writer &amp; trans. of Bengali poetry)</a><br />
Emory Reading Series<br />
February 15 | 6:30 PM<br />
Joseph W. Jones Room, 311 Woodruff Library<br />
Emory University</p>
<p><strong>Boston</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://bostonprogress.org/">East Meets Words Open Mic (feat. Payal Sharma)</a><br />
Presented by the Boston Progress Arts Collective<br />
February 12 | 8 pm<br />
East Meets West Bookstore<br />
934 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge<br />
Suggested $3 Donation</p>
<p><strong>New York City</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#!/event.php?eid=270443542943">Making Friends with Your Writing: Poetry &amp; Fiction Workshop with Ken Chen</a><br />
Thurs, Feb 11, Tuesdays, Feb 16-Mar 2, 7-8:30pm (4 sessions)<br />
Asian American Writers Workshop<br />
16 West 32nd Street Suite 10A<br />
Between Broadway and Fifth Avenue<br />
$160 General / $140 Members<br />
$40 General Deposit / $36.00 Members<br />
<a href="http://www.nycharities.org/events/EventLevels.aspx?ETID=1047">Register here.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://cwp.fas.nyu.edu/page/readingseries#14083">Poetry &amp; Prose Reading feat. Kazim Ali, Tao Lin, and Maaza Mengiste</a><br />
NYU Creative Writing Program Reading Series<br />
February 12 | 5 pm<br />
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House<br />
58 West 10th St. (btwn. 5th and 6th Ave&#8217;s)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mocanyc.org/visit/events/open_mic_love_featuring_kelly_tsai">&#8220;Love, feat. Kelly Tsai&#8221; (Open Mic at MOCA)</a><br />
Feburary 12 | 7 pm to 8:30 pm<br />
Museum of Chinese in America<br />
215 Centre St.<br />
Admission: $7/adult, $4/students &amp; seniors, free for MOCA members and open mic performers.</p>
<p><a href="http://jenkwok.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/asian-american-writers-workshop-open-mic-mouth-to-mouth/">Mouth-to-Mouth Open Mic (Hosted by Jen Kwok and Ed Lin)</a><br />
Presented by the AAWW<br />
February 12 | 9 pm<br />
16 W 32nd St, 10th Fl (btwn Bwy &amp; 5th Ave)<br />
$5 suggested donation<br />
Open to the public</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bowerypoetry.com/#Event/77610">Shab-e Sher Featuring Aida Shahghasemi and Shabnam Piryaei</a><br />
Presented by World of Poetry and PAF<br />
February 17 | 6 pm<br />
Bowery Poetry Club<br />
308 Bowery (btwn. Houston and Bleeker</p>
<p><strong>San Francisco Bay Area<br />
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<p><a href="http://kearnystreet.org/2010/01/sfiaaffdiy-launch-party/#more-1455">SFIAAFF DIY Music Video Launch Party</a><br />
Hosted by Kearny Street Workshop<br />
February 11 | 8 pm to midnight<br />
111 Minna, SF<br />
$10 | FREE for CAAM members<br />
This is a 21+ event only.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.clarahsu.com/events.html">2nd Saturday Poetry &amp; Prose (feat. Clara Hsu, Bill Mercer, Richard di Grazia)</a><br />
February 13 | 7 pm<br />
Frank Bette Center for the Arts<br />
<span style="color: #000000;">1601 Paru Street, Alameda</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.studio333.info/events.htm">Sunset Poetry By the Bay (feat. Lucille Lang Day, Kathryn Takara, Karla Brundage)</a><br />
At Studio 333<br />
February 17 | 7 to 10 PM<br />
333 Caledonia St., Sausalito</p>
<p><strong>Washington, D.C.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.hamiltoniangallery.com/exhibits.html">“Call + Response” (16 visual artists &amp; 16 writers – incl. poet Gerald Maa) at the Hamiltonian Gallery</a><br />
Closes February 13!<br />
Hamiltonian Gallery<br />
1353 U St, NW, Suite 101</p>
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