Arts, Books, Performance Art, Poetry, Spoken Word, Storytelling, Vietnamese, Writing
Bao Phi
WASHINGTON (April 6, 2012) — An unprecedented convergence of Asian American literature and visual art will present seven writers reading and discussing their work, commissioned in response to ‘Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter,’ the first major exhibit of Asian American visual artists at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium.
Arts, Books, Exhibition, Film, Laotian, Performance Art, Photography, Storytelling, Writing
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Approaching 40 years in the US, there are many Lao Americans who love science fiction, fantasy, horror, myths and legends.
Now several Lao American writers are looking your stories and art for the very first full-length anthology of Lao American speculative art and literature. Their goal is to publish it later this year.
Arts, Books, Community, Hmong, Journals, Poetry, Spoken Word, Storytelling, Writing
St. Paul, Minn. — On Tuesday, December 13, 2011, Hnub Tshiab: Hmong Women Achieving Together and Writer/Performance Artist May Lee-Yang invite you to join in the release party for Hmong Women Write Now: An Anthology of Creative Writing and Artwork by Hmong Women and Girls.
Chinese, Storytelling, United Nations
NEW YORK (Nov. 23, 2011) — A form of verse and prose storytelling from north-eastern China that has only five remaining masters was today placed on a United Nations List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.
Arts, Performance Art, Storytelling, Theater
Pangea World Theater and Intermedia Arts present the Indigenous Voices Series performance of Calling All Polar Bears, a one-woman show by Inupiaq Eskimo artist Allison Warden.
Performances will be held 7:30 p.m., Nov. 17-20 at Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave South Minneapolis, MN 55408. An artist discussion will follow the Friday and Saturday evening performances. The Opening Night Reception will be held from 5 ro 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17, followed by a special “pay-what-you-can” performance.
Arts, Dance, Events, Exhibition, Fashion, Music, Storytelling, Vietnamese
Pride of Vietnam: Legends & Rituals and Mid-Autumn Festival will be held Sat., Sept. 10, 2011, from 2:00 to 7:30 p.m. in the Rotunda of the Mall of America, 8100 24th Ave S, Bloomington, MN 55425.
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.
Books, Education, Library, Storytelling, Writing
Hennepin County Library is offering hundreds of free programs for children and teens this summer as incentive to keep reading during the summer break from school. The summer program theme, “Bookawocky,” is a take-off on Lewis Carroll’s classic nonsense poem, “Jabberwocky,” in “Through the Looking Glass.” Performances, book clubs, workshops, and online programs are some of the activities scheduled – all free.
Arts, Books, Council on Asian Pacific MInnesotans, Storytelling, Writing, Youth
In “Yellow: Where we can be, An Anthology of the Asian American Teenagers’ Experience,” youth from the Twin Cities Metro area tell and write of their experience growing up Asian American. Within 100 pages, the book offers photos, poetry, prose, and profiles of the members of the Asian Pacific Leadership Council in an effort to provide understanding and be a source of information for many on the lives and experiences of today’s Asian American youth.
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