Tao Lin reads selections from his latest offerings on September 20, 2007 at MoCA in New York.
On Thursday, Sept 20, 2007, meet author Tao Lin at the Museum of the Chinese in the Americas (MoCA), where he will be reading selections from his latest offerings. In May, 2007, the author's story-collection, Bed , and his novel, Eeeee Eee Eeee , were published simultaneously.
Lin is a poetry editor for 3 am Magazine , and has authored a best-selling poetry collection called You Are a Little Bit Happier Than I am . Tao's writing has been published by Noon, Nerve, Mississippi Review, Cincinnati Review, Other Voices, Fourteen Hills, and Punk Planet . For more info, check out the Museum's website at www.moca-nyc. org.
When: Thursday, September 20, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
Where: MoCA, 70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor (at Bayard Street)
Fee: $3/Members; $5/Non-Members
RSVP: Nancy Bulalacao, Director of Public Programs, (212) 619-4785 ext. 106 or nbulalacao@moca- nyc.org
Thinking Inside the Box: Asian Americans in the Comic Book and Graphic Novel World
Interested in the comic and graphic novel world? MoCA is hosting a exciting roundtable with giants of the Asian American comic book and graphic novel world on Saturday, September 15, 2007, that you won't want to miss.
Panelists:
Larry Hama is a writer/cartoonist/ illustrator who has worked in comics, television, and film. He is best known as the writer of Marvel's G.I. Joe and Wolverine comic book series. He is currently working on Storm Shadow for Devils Due .
Christine Norrie has worked extensively as an artist and comic illustrator since 2000. Her most noted works include her original graphic novel Cheat , the Oni Press series Hopeless Savages , and the newly released graphic novel Breaking Up .
Jann Jones is Senior Coordinating Editor for DC Comics who has worked on adding three new titles: Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam , Tiny Titans , and Super Friends to the DC comics line.
Jae Lee rose to prominence for his work on Marvel's Namor the Sub-Mariner and Inhumans (for which he won an Eisner Award), as well as his character Hellshock . He is currently working with Stephen King on the Dark Tower series for Marvel Comics.
Gene Yang's graphic novel American Born Chinese was named a 2006 finalist for the National Book Award in the young people's literature category. This was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award.
For more information, please check out the...
Actress Tang Wei and Director Ang Lee arrive at the BFI 51st London Film Festival: Lust, Caution Premiere at The Odeon Cinema, Leicester Square on October 20, 2007 in London, England.
Director Ang Lee and actress Tang Wei will appear in person for an interview and Q&A after a members' only screening of LUST, CAUTION , Lee's new film and the winner of the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion for Best Film award this year. In Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese Chinese with English subtitles. This startling sexual espionage thriller about the fate of a young patriotic woman set in Shanghai during WWII Japanese occupation is based on the short story by revered Chinese author Eileen Chang. LUST, CAUTION stars Asian cinema icon Tony Leung opposite screen newcomer Tang Wei.
Reception follows.
Date: November 4th
Time: 3:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: New York
Asia Society and Museum, Auditorium, 725 Park Avenue, New York
Cost: Note: this event is SOLD OUT.
Phone: 212-517-ASIA
Special ticketing information:
This is a free event for Asia Society members: tickets are limited to two per member. RSVP to (212) 517-ASIA or visit http://tickets.asiasociety.org by November 2 at 5:00 pm. Registered tickets can be picked up on November 4 between 1:00 pm and 2:50 pm. Tickets not picked up by 2:50 pm will be forfeited. Space is limited! Advance registration is HIGHLY recommended.
Snows of Yesterday (Neiges d'Antan) is directed by Rona Par and performed by award winning performers Yazmine Flemng and Elizabeth Ackerman. Don't Miss!
Neiges dAntan (Snows of Yesterday). A two-woman theater piece/cabaret- style entertainment.
Based on the songs of Kurt Weill. Elizabeth Ackerman, mezzo-soprano. Yazmine C. Fleming, pianist. Directed by Rona Par.
Produced by Ray Madden. Presented by hereandnow Theatre Company and Armory Center for the Arts
WHERE: Armory Northwest, 965 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, CA 91103.
WHEN: September 14, 15, 16, 2007. Friday through Sunday at 8 p.m.
ADMISSION: $20. Students and seniors: $15.
RESERVATIONS: (626) 688-7372.
Filipina American Rona Par is directing Neiges dAntan (Snows of Yesterday), a two-woman theater piece featuring award-winning performer Yazmine Fleming (who is half Filipino) and Elizabeth Ackerman opening September 14 at Armory Northwest in Pasadena.
Par received her education at UC Irvine. She has worked since 1996 with hereandnow Theater Company as an actor and producer. Other companies she has worked with include Chromolume Theatre Company, Sisyphic Art Center, East West Players Asian Pacific Tales, Imagination Company and JimJam Players.
Neiges dAntan (Snows of Yesterday) steps beyond the boundaries of cabaret entertainment to become a theatre piece performed by two women. Through their portrayal of multiple and at times conflicting aspects of a single character, the two performers expose and rework the subtle...
Marissa Labog appears in world premiere of "Ravish" at the New LATC.
Marissa Labog, Michael Gomez, Sarah Goodrich, Lilia Lopez and Carin Noland are appearing in the world premiere of "Ravish" at the New LATC in Los Angeles, with performances November 15-18, 2007. This evening-length dance theater piece, choreographed by Rosanna Gamson, was inspired by the Bronte family and re-imagines the creative hothouse in which the three youngest Bronte sisters (Emily, Charlotte and Anne) wrote intensely romantic fiction without the benefit of real-life experience ("Wuthering Heights," "Jane Eyre," "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall").
www.thenewlatc.com.