It's going to be a weekend of song. Of course, the Art Shanty Projects continue this weekend and I am sure I will be spelling Hapa9 at the Norae Shanty as KJ (karaoke jockey). Come with your songs and a healthy set of lungs!
However, the weekend of song officially will get started on Friday night with (drum roll please) a Loverboy concert at Treasure Island Casino (courtesy of EBok).
Loverboy defined a generation with their trademark red leather pants and thundering rock sound and now they're heading to The Island for two energetic shows! Hear them live as they perform awesome hits such as “Working for the Weekend,� “Lovin' Every Minute Of It,� and “Turn Me Loose.�
After a spell at the Shanties on Saturday afternoon, HW and I, along with some other friends, will catch Young Jean Lee's play - Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven (A show about white people in love) - at the Walker Art Center.
Provocative writer/director Young Jean Lee’s worst nightmare is to make anything as predictable as a confessional, Korean American identity play with a flowery Asian-sounding title, so she decided to do just that. Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven follows a character named “Korean-American� as she navigates—like a contestant in an identity-politics video game—the increasingly disturbing levels of a pseudo-Korean world. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a white couple appears and begins having a dysfunctional relationship drama that eventually takes over the play. Full of blunt observations and unexpected turns, Lee’s warped, funny take on her heritage raises difficult questions about race, culture, and identity that leave the audience uneasy, exhilarated, and grappling for answers
Hope to see some of you at one of these song activities!
Posted by richlee at January 18, 2007 09:15 PMI immediately thought of Billy Ocean's "Loverboy" when I saw yer title. How did the "Songs of the Dragon..." play go? The summary/plot wasn't quite thorough.
Posted by: mishigis at January 20, 2007 12:34 AM