Here is a great event and fundraiser to attend this week. Check it out and let me know what you think.
HOMELAND INSECURITIES: Minnesota Asian American Writers on Place, Race and Personal History
Thursday, August 11, 7 p.m. $5 - $10 sliding scale/suggested donation
At the Loft, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis
Co-hosted by Bao Phi and Julayne Eun Jin Lee
Fine art by Chamindika Wanduragala
Music by DJ Thuyet Nguyen
Featuring performances by Mooks, David Mura, Shoua Lee, Sun Yung Shin, Tou Saiko Lee, Katie Leo, Ed Bok Lee, Bao Phi and others TBA
Virtual chapbook will be on sale for $5, all proceeds will go to the Summit
As the Asian American population in the United States grows into the 21st century, so to will awareness of their unique position in society as neither Black nor White, Native nor "Founding" Father, "All-American" nor foreigner.
HOMELAND INSECURITIES: Asian American Writers on Place, Race and Personal History brings together Asian American writers from the Twin Cities for an evening of shared work and on-going dialogue around the evolving notions of Home, History, and Future.
Co-hosted by Bao Phi and Julayne Lee, this literary event and fundraiser will include single pieces from local Asian American writers and performers responding to the concepts of "Home" or "Homeland". In addition, a new, collaborative performance piece (work-in-progress) on the concept of "Home/land" will be presented by author/performance artist David Mura and poet/playwright/spoken word artist Ed Bok Lee.
All proceeds to be donated in equal part to the 2005 National Asian Pacific Islander American Spoken Word and Poetry Summit to be held this year in Boston, MA (August 18 – 21) and local, Minnesota-based Spoken Word artists who have not yet had an opportunity to attend the biennial conference.
Posted by richlee at August 10, 2005 10:35 AM