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11/19/15 KSW’s Interdisciplinary Writers Lab

Photo by Nye Lyn Tho

Photo by Nye Lyn Tho


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Tonight we bring you powerful words from Kearny Street Workshop’s talented teachers and students of this year’s Interdisciplinary Writers Lab. IWL is a three month, multi-genre class for local writers, challenged to expand their practice by working in a variety of genres and formats. Tune in to hear the fruits of their labor.

A stellar lineup of instructors included: Chinaka Hodge (writing for performance), Nayomi Munaweera (fiction), Brynn Saito (poetry). The IWL 2015 cohort was made up of Celeste Chan, Vida Kuang, Daniel Riddle Rodriguez, Joshua Merchant, Janine Mogannam, Shelley Wong, Phuong Vuong, Helida Silva, Audrey Esquivel, Stephen Tsai, Tanea Lunsford, Irene Tu, Diego Basdeo, Hope Casareno, Paula Junn

Tonight’s show was edited by Justine Lee and produced by Nonogirl.

Community Calendar

A Place of Her Own, an exhibition that asks Asian American women, “if you had a place of your own, what would it be,” opens Thursday at SOMArts Cultural Center. Curated by Cynthia Tom, see the dreams of women brought to life through soul-inspiring sound sculpture, a forest of giant intuitive paintings, and an enormous landscape of hand-built chairs and ladders. The exhibition will be up until December 11.

Saturday at East Side Cultural Center, check out the next in the Spirit of Bandung Series: Black Liberation and Third World Solidarity, presented by Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Haiti Action Committee, Black Alliance for Just Immigration. With U.S. imperialism as a backdrop, the organizations will explore anti- Black violence and movements for resistance, liberation, and self-determination.

On Saturday at UC Berkeley’s Herbst Field Annex Room, check out the Conference on Third World`Multiracial Solidarity and Community Engagement from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. This conference, free and open to the public, will engage activists and scholars involved with the late 1960s Third World Liberation Front Strikes of San Francisco State University and UC Berkeley in issues and concerns facing younger generations.

Also on Saturday there’s the 8th Annual Bike Expo! Whether you are just starting to ride or have been cycling your whole life, the SF Bike Expo is the perfect venue to support those who share the same interest and passion for cycling with booths featuring vendors from fashion and apparel to backyard bicycle fabrications. It’s at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, with a free Bike Valet; $10 parking for cars.

10/3/13 Island of a Thousand Mirrors, Nayomi Munaweera

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Nayomi Munaweera speaks with Nonogirl and Tara Dorabji about her debut novel, Island of A Thousand Mirrors, which delves into the painful history of Sri Lanka’s civil war with unflinching honesty, compassion, and heart.

We’ll be offering Nayomi Munaweera’s novel as a gift for those of you who support KPFA during this fund drive.

Tune into Apex Express on Thursday, October 3 at 7pm on KPFA (94.1 or www.kpfa.org).

10/4/12: Island of a Thousand Mirrors, Nayomi Munaweera

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Nayomi Munaweera speaks with Nonogirl and Tara Dorabji about her debut novel, Island of A Thousand Mirrors, which delves into the painful history of Sri Lanka’s civil war with unflinching honesty, compassion, and heart.

We’ll be offering Nayomi Munaweera’s novel as a gift for those of you who support KPFA during this fund drive.  Plus, we have a pair of tickets to Dub Mission this Sunday featuring Brother Culture for the first caller to make a $25 contribution! Tune into Apex Express on Thursday, October 4 at 7pm on KPFA (94.1 or www.kpfa.org).

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Bindlestiff Studio presents the World Premiere of Luis Francia’s “The Strange Case of Citizen de la Cruz” Directed by Jeffrey Lo. “The Strange Case of Citizen de la Cruz” is a two-act political thriller that follows the evolution of the eponymous protagonist from mild-mannered husband with a sexual dysfunction to a risk-taking government agent whose virility is awakened by his missions. With measured amounts of satire, Luis Francia’s play speaks on issues of radical nationalism–its effects and its outcome–with characters and situations that take aim at the manners and mores of Philippine politics. For mature audiences only. The play continues through October 13. https://www.facebook.com/events/352243451519481/

On Friday, Go Ohana features the best talent in music, dance, poetry, and comedy at La Pena Cultural Center. This Pan-Asian line-up features Wilson Wong, Manish Vaidya, Shirley Muramoto, and The Roundups. https://www.facebook.com/events/228613470598286

On Wednesday, October 10, at the International Hotel Manilatown Center in San Francisco, in continuation with its year-long programming to commemorate its 40th anniversary, Kearny Street Workshop, the nation’s oldest Asian Pacific American multidisciplinary arts organization, in partnership with Litquake and Manilatown Heritage Foundation, proudly present I Give You My Word, an evening of literary readings and performances featuring the voices of three generations of APA writers. They are: Genny Lim, Oscar Peñaranda, Jay Ruben Dayrit, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Alice Sola Kim, and Jai Arun Ravine. Tony Robles serves as master of ceremonies and Nancy Hom will deliver the opening remarks.

http://kearnystreet.org/2012/09/i-give-you-my-word-40-years-of-ksw-writing/