Linda Faigao-Hall’s God, Sex and Blue Water

April 20, 2008   |   Leave a Comment
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ONE NIGHT ONLY

GOD, SEX and BLUE WATER
by Linda Faigao-Hall
directed by Laura Smiley
April 24th, 2008 @ 5:30pm
@ The Muhlenberg Library
209 West 23rd Street @ 7th Ave. 3rd Floor
please make reservations in advance by emailing
Mia@LivingImageArts.org

STARRING
Andrew Eisenman
Luz Lor
Michael Louis Wells
Ching Valdes-Aran
Swann Gruen

LIVE MUSIC BY
Martin Kugler

$10 REQUESTED DONATION AT THE DOOR

Faigao-Hall tells a story both entertaining and illuminating. Clarita and her Mother, Laling come to the United States from a remote island in the Philippines steeped in religious mysticism and orthodoxy to join Clarita’s Uncle Dadong, in Hoboken, New Jersey, where he has lived for 20 years. Clarita meets Brian Andersen, a Wall Street broker who considers himself a “good person” with no need for religious faith. What begins as a simple love affair becomes a play about the complex issues surrounding religious diversity.

About LIA

Living Image Arts, Inc. is a New York-based, not-for-profit 501(c)3 theater and arts organization. We are proud of our growing tradition of artistic excellence and high production value, and our continuing commitment to providing affordable, accessible theater.

LIA | described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations to Living Image Arts, Inc. are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. | 1072 Lorimer Street, Suite 3R | Brooklyn | NY | 11222

longganisa links brought to you by the letter B

April 15, 2008   |   Leave a Comment
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We know we haven’t been updating lately. Don’t give up on us! We’ll be posting new features soon. In the meantime, here are some links that give us joy:

BAHALA NA: “a cream cheese bibingka that screams eat me”

BAMBOO BLITZ: “a diverse Filipina Canadian floating around in Cyber Space”

BRAIN DROPPINGS: “the pop cultural musings of an irritable, lapsed Filipino punk”

Dissent and Daybreak

April 14, 2008   |   Leave a Comment
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is a blog you should check out. We will be visiting.

http://josengayle.wordpress.com/

April 20 in Queens: LYFE, Kasama, Action: FAHSI Cultural Showcase

April 14, 2008   |   Leave a Comment
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at The Queens Museum of Art
www. queensmuseum. org

Sunday, April 20, 5:30 - 8 pm

Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Immigrant Heritage Week: LYFE, Kasama, Action: FAHSI Cultural Showcase

Each spring, the Filipino American Human Services, Inc. (FAHSI) sponsors an event that invites various community based organizations and community members to commemorate the various experiences and contributions of Filipino immigrants to New York City and America. This year, FAHSI’s youth program, Leading Youth to Find Empowerment (LYFE) will be producing a talent show titled LYFE, Kasama (friend), Action. The event will showcase the many talented performance artists in the Filipino American community. Performances will include local bands, modern and cultural dance groups, spoken word artists, and a youth step team. A community mural created by the youth participants will also be on display.

QMA INFORMATION

New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens NY 11368
TEL: 718 592 9700

WINTER Hours

SEPTEMBER 4 - JULY 3
Wednesday - Friday: 10 - 5 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 12 - 5 pm

Closed Monday & Tuesday
Admission

Admission is by suggested donation.

Adults: $5
Senior and Children: $2.

50
Members and Children
under five: Free
Unisphere Café

Open every weekend — featuring small plates, sushi, desserts and beverages. Lunch with a view of the Unisphere.

April 17, 18 NYU Symposium: Philippines: Colonial Cultural Perspectives + film screenings

April 14, 2008   |   Leave a Comment
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Thursday, April 17, 6:15 p.m.
Symposium: Philippines: Colonial Cultural Perspectives

With the participation of Edward Sullivan (NYU Professor of Fine Arts and Dean for the Humanities), Nina Capistrano Baker (Director, International Exhibitions, Ayala Museum), and Vicente Rafael (Professor of History, University of Washington).

Lectures as follow:

“The Afterlife of Empire” by Vicente Rafael
“Lost in Translation: Juan Luna between Europe and Asia” by Edward Sullivan
“Faith, Empire, Nation: Colonial Collections of Philippine Art” by Nina Capistrano Baker

Moderated by Jo Labanyi, Director, King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center.

Reception to follow.

With the support of the Ayala Foundation, Inc.
(www.ayalafoundation.org).

With the support of NYU¹s Asian/Pacific/American
Institute (www.apa.nyu.edu)

Short film about the Indio Nacional

Friday, April 18, 5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m.
Special screenings of two recent Filipino films @ 5:00- 6:45 p.m.

Short Film about the Indio Nacional (or The Prolonged Sorrow of the Filipinos)(Maicling Pelicula Nañg Ysañg Indio Nacional (O Ang Mahabang Kalungkutan ng Katagalugan))by Raya Martin(2006, in Tagalog with English subtitles, 96 mins)

This experimental feature film mixes color and sound with sequences that pay homage to the aesthetics of silent cinema. Set in the 1890s, at the time of the independence struggle against Spain, its poetic images map the psychological effects of colonization.

INTERMISSION: COFFEE & COOKIES WILL BE SERVED @ 7:00-8:30 p.m.

“IDOL”: Hero/Villain [Bida/Kontrabida]; D’ Bayani S. Makapili True Story by Khavn de la Cruz (2006, in Tagalog with English subtitles, 80 min approx.)

Bayani S. Makapili is an ordinary brown chap who is a big fan of action movies, especially the ones starring Bida, the #1 action hero in the land.
One fateful day, Bayani Makapili’s life imitates that of his idol, but with different results. Playing with the
form of the action film and examining the culture of the action hero in Philippine film, “Idol” is an action-comedy-musical meta-movie (source:kamiasroad.com). For more info on the movie check http://www.kamiasroad.com/khavn/idol.htm For a bio of the filmmaker check http://www.kamiasroad.com/khavn/bio.htm

With a response after the films by Jon Beller (Associate Professor, Department of English and Humanities, Pratt Institute).

With the support of the Ayala Foundation, Inc. www.ayalafoundation.org

With the support of NYU¹s Asian/Pacific/American Institute (www.apa.nyu.edu)

53 Washington Square South, Suite 201. NY-NY 10012 -
tel 212 998 3650 - fax 212 995 4804 - www.nyu.edu/kjc

Paolo Javier & Ernest Concepcion in Poets of the Unreeled, curated by Walter K. Lew

January 24, 2008   |   Leave a Comment
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POETS OF THE UNREELED!–A CinePoetry & Performance Extravaganza

MULTIMEDIA POETS, artists, and musicians Linh Dinh, Wang Ping, Paolo Javier (with Ernest Concepcion & Vinay Chowdhry), Kate Ann Heidelbach, dennis M. somera, Jeremy James Thompson, Mike Estabrook, and Dillon Westbrook give live reinterpretations of classic films, screen new videos, pay homage to jazz drummers, and redraw on-stage some present scenes.

FIRST SHOW:
Friday, Feb. 1st, 7-9 pm.
At the Galapagos Art Space. $6.
70 North 6th St., between Kent and Wythe, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
3.5 blocks from the Bedford Ave. stop of the L train.
For further info, see www.galapagosartspace.com


SECOND SHOW:
Saturday, Feb. 2nd, Midnight-2 am.
At the Bowery Poetry Club. $8.
308 Bowery, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
More info at www.bowerypoetry.com

A shadoWord production curated by Walter K. Lew.

The Center for Book Arts: Fine Press Publishing Seminar for Emerging Writers

January 24, 2008   |   Leave a Comment
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The Center for Book Arts invites applications for our Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar for Emerging Writers. The next section of this seminar is scheduled for Thursday through Sunday, March 13th through 16th. The seminar is tuition free for participants and includes the cost of materials. Those selected must attend the entire four-day workshop.

Participants will hear lectures from various professionals in the field – printers, fine press publishers, book artists, and dealers, to get a practical overview of letterpress printing and fine press publishing. They will learn the basics of letterpress printing, both traditional typesetting and options with new technology, by collaboratively printing a small edition of broadsides or other projects.

Each seminar will be offered to a maximum of eight students. Writers from culturally diverse backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply. Finalists may be interviewed or asked to provide supplemental information to their applications.

Applications will not be accepted from students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate degree programs during the program year (September 2007-May 2008).

Application postmark deadline is February 15th.
Complete guidelines are available at www.centerforbookarts.org/opportunities.

Call for Submissions: Marginal Bodies: Illness, Disability, and Queer Community

January 24, 2008   |   Leave a Comment
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A Conference, Community Forum, and Performance Event

National Queer Arts Festival, June 2008, San Francisco

Event Description:
What does it mean to encounter the Other within one’s own body? How do illness and disability destabilize our fixed notions of the body, and how does this impact queer sexuality? Given that queerness is already a marginal way of being, how do illness and disability frame other forms of marginality across lines of race, class, and gender? How can we define health outside of medical discourse? How do we keep each other healthy without giving in to segregation or the fear of contagion? How do we learn new modes of assemblage from illness and disability as artists, writers, lovers, and community members?

Submissions are encouraged in poetry, fiction, performance art, academic essay, visual art, video, and forms that defy genre. Please send a brief bio and samples of your work in an email attachment (3 pages for writing, 5 images for art, or links to video) to Brent
Armendinger (armedwithastinger@yahoo.com ) by March 1, 2008.

NYFA 2008 Immigrant Artist Outreach Initiative

January 23, 2008   |   Leave a Comment
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New York’s Immigrant Artists Get Needed Boost from New York Foundation for the Arts’ Mentoring Initiative

New York, NY (January, 22, 2008) – To help bolster New York’s immigrant artists, New York Foundation for the Arts has announced the launch of the 2008 Immigrant Artist Outreach Initiative.A year-long effort to support New York’s immigrant artists currently living throughout the five boroughs, the NYFA initiative features a Mentoring program matching 15 emerging, immigrant artists – painters, sculptors, filmmakers, writers and others – looking to establish themselves in New York with full-time, working New York artists.

It also includes a series of workshops, including:
How To document and Present Your Work, Tax Preparation, and Funds and Resources for Your Artistic Career.

Participating immigrant artists represent Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Japan, Korea, Switzerland and Taiwan, among others.

Said NYFA Executive Director Michael L. Royce, “Like De Kooning and Saul Steinberg, great artists come here from far around the globe to make masterpieces. We hope that this program will identify the next great immigrant artists and give them the tools they need to make a name for themselves.” The Mentoring program, which kicks off on Jan. 23 (at 155 Ave. of the Americas), matches immigrant artists with mentors according to various artistic disciplines, including: painting, film, sculpture, book art/design, new media, and literature, among others. The mentors are mostly American-born artists, and all are past NYFA Fellowship recipients and full-time New York artists. The mentor/mentee pairs will meet semi-regularly over a six-month period to work on specific projects such as assembling a portfolio, applying for grants, creating a website, and others. The pairs can meet as often as they like over the six months and can continue the relationship after the program ends.

“Life as an artist in New York right now is hard enough for those that are U.S. born,” said Brooklyn Arts Council’s Kay Turner, an advisor to the program. “Imagine being an immigrant artist in New York – having to find an affordable place to live, learn a new language, and yet still find time to do
what you were born to do – make art. It’s not easy and that’s why we’ve launched this initiative.”

Upcoming workshops include: March 7th Tax Preparation for Individual Artists and Immigrants (5:30-7:30 p.m. at NYFA, 155 Sixth Avenue); March 19th How to Document and Present Your Work (6-8 p.m.at NYFA, 155 Sixth Avenue.) which focuses on preparation of work samples for panel/grant review; and April 30th Finding Funds and Resources for Your Artistic Career (6:30-8:30 p.m. at El Museo Del Barrio).

NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Outreach Initiative is made possible by major support from the Independence Community Foundation and Deutsche Bank of the Americas. New York Foundation for the Arts provides more support and services to artists and arts organizations in all disciplines than any other private organization in the country: nearly $6 million annually. NYFA’s Fellowships are awarded to New York State artists from a field of 16 disciplines, covering the literary, media, performing, and visual arts.

www.nyfa.org

Feb 1, 2008: Celebration of New Asian American Poetry

January 23, 2008   |   Leave a Comment
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A Celebration of New Asian American Poetry

In recent years, there’s been a palpable increase in books published by Asian American poets. A flight of fancy? A movement? Has our time finally come? One thing is certain: Asian American poetry is thriving with a panoply of enigmatic individual voices. The participants will read from their respective collections published in 2007 and forthcoming in 2008. Authors include Kazim Ali, Rick Barot, Jennifer Chang, Lisa Chen , Oliver de la Paz, Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, Joseph O. Legaspi, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Jon Pineda.

Date: Fri • 1 Feb 2008
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (with reception)

Location:
New York University
19 University Place
The Great Room (101)
New York, NY 10003

Free and open to the public.
RSVP at: http://www.apa.nyu.edu/

Co-sponsored by: This event was funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. with public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Supported by Kundiman and the Asian American Writers‘ Workshop.

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