Laotian, National, Performance Art, Spoken Word, Storytelling
Bryan Thao Worra
The Common Ground Open Mic series will be celebrating one year of performances at the VAALA Cultural Center on August 4th in Santa Ana, California. Lao American writer Bryan Thao Worra will be performing there alongside Jenny Yang (comedienne), Gingee (b-girl dance punk) and Anna Nguyen (spoken word).
Laotian, Spoken Word, Storytelling, Writing
This fall, three award-winning Lao American writers hope to tour across the Midwest.
On Mother’s Day, they just launched a fundraising campaign on the crowd-funding website kickstarter.com to raise $5,200 by July 7th to cover their travel and printing costs, and to bring Lao American poetry, spoken word and visual art to five states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan.
Arts, Spoken Word, Storytelling
Saymoukda Vongsay
Beyond the Pure: Color Theory for the 21st Century: will have readings by writers of color on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 7:00 p.m. at Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408. A $5 suggested donation will help support the series.
Arts, Events, Health, Hip Hop, Performance Art, Spoken Word, Youth
Dear Hope, a fundraising benefit to raise awareness about depression in the community, promises to be a night of music from young local artists, spoken word artists and speakers. The event will be held Saturday, January 15, 2011 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Dreamland Arts, 677 Hamline Ave. N., St. Paul, MN 55104. Admission is $5.
Announcements, Arts, Community, Education, Events, Exhibition, Hip Hop, Hmong, Music, Painting/Visual/Multimedia/Gallery, Performance Art, Spoken Word
From the creators of Hmonglish Musical comes a hilarious original play about a dysfunctional, lovable, honest family. A performance of “Family Portrait: Love and Saving Face” will be held Saturday, December 18, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Capri Theater, 2027 W Broadway Avenue, Minneapolis.
Arts, Hip Hop, Performance Art, Spoken Word, Theater
Tou Saiko Lee
Intermedia Arts & Kaotic Good Productions invites the public to attend The America Project Potluck of Ideas, 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave South, Minneapolis. Hosted by Robert Karimi, The America Project offers mouth-watering performances by Tou Saiko Lee & Band; Leah Nelson; BoyTron Mero Cocinero; Kathy Maxwell; Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay, and a sweet-delicious screening of Sekou Sundiata’s 51st Dream State Film.
Intermedia Arts Re-Launches Writers of Color Reading Series on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 7:00 p.m. at Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55408. The event, “Beyond the Pure – Color Theory for the 21st Century” features Sha Cage, e.g. Bailey, Beverly Cottman, Ibé, Rodrigo Sanchez-Chavarria, Bryan Thao Worra, and May Lee Yang.
Awards/Recognition, Laotian, Spoken Word, Storytelling, Writing
Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay (Photo by Joseph Forman. Hair and makeup by Ashley Vongsouvanh)
Minnesota based Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay became the first writer to receive the Alfred C. Carey Prize in Spoken Word Poetry, August 1, 2010, in recognition of her poem, “When Everything Was Everything.”
Brandon Lacy Campos, a writer and community activist, established the Prize in Spoken Word Poetry to honor the memory of his late grandfather, Alfred Charles Carey, described as a “hard working construction worker and family man from Northern Minnesota, who raised a family of eight, including three children not biologically his own.
Events, Laotian, Performance Art, Spoken Word, Storytelling, Writing
For the very first time in 30 years, leading Lao American poets, playwrights, rock stars and filmmakers from across the country will gather July 14, 2010 at the historic Loft Literary Center for a one-night-only reading and performance of art, culture, memories and dreams. Seats are limited, but there will be free refreshments and door prizes. This event is free to the public and starts from 7pm to 9pm at 1011 Washington Ave. S, Minneapolis.
Arts, Spoken Word, Theater, Writing
Saymoukda Vongsay
Minnesota writer Saymoukda Vongsay is organizing Operation Gynocracy: A 1 Night Stand With 12 Women on July 28, 7:00 p.m. at the Black Dog Cafe on 308 Prince Street in Lowertown Saint Paul. Curated with Hmong American writer May Lee-Yang and featuring DJ Kool Akiem on the 1s and 2s, “Nothing is sacred, politically correct, or too sensitive to touch as twelve women will let the kitty out of the bag through poetry, prose, song, and laughter,” according to Vongsay.
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