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CalendarKSW programs and events. April 2003
APR 4A Special Reading by KSW's All-Level, All-Genre Class When: Where: Featuring: How much: What: Questions or commments? Please contact KSW at 415.503.0520 or info@kearnystreet.org  APR 7 - APR 28 ALL-LEVEL POETRY CLASS Mondays, March 10 - April 28, 2003; 7:30-9:30 PM This is an 8-week course. There will not be a class on Monday, March 31st. REGISTRATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 28th COURSE DESCRIPTION: This class will deepen your understanding of poetry and help you apply new techniques to your own work. We will discuss the mechanics of poetry, as well as how to write honest and intelligent poems. Expect to write a new poem every week and to help each other become the best poets possible. INSTRUCTOR: Edmond Chow was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1969 and immigrated to Canada in 1971. He grew up in Toronto and also lived briefly in Waterloo (Ontario), Ottawa, and Redmond (Washington). He moved to the United States in 1993 for graduate studies at the University of Minnesota. He has lived in the Bay Area since 1998. Edmond has taught creative writing for the Asian American Renaissance and for Pleasanton Adult Education, and was on the editorial board of the Journal of the Asian American Renaissance in 1997. His poems have appeared in several journals in Canada, including Grain, The New Quarterly, The Antigonish Review, Dandelion, ARC, Prairie Fire, and The Fiddlehead. In 1997, he won an honorable mention in the League of Canadian Poets Annual Chapbook Competition. He is currently completing his first book-length poetry manuscript. HOW TO REGISTER: Checks may be made out to Kearny Street Workshop and sent to 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, 94103. Please do not call or email and ask us to reserve you a space - spaces will be reserved upon receipt of check in full amount ONLY. Call the KSW office for more details at 415.503.0520. APR 7 - JUN 2 "Slant This" Standup Comedy Class with Allan Manalo CLASS WILL BE CAPPED AT 12 STUDENTS, SO REGISTER EARLY. COURSE DESCRIPTION: So you heard the magic words from friends and relatives, "You're so funny.. YOU SHOULD BE A COMEDIAN!" Now you think you're the next Chris Rock or Margaret Cho? Fame and fortune will follow. If so, this is NOT the class for you. However, if you're a true masochist and don't mind feeling inches tall as drunk patrons heckle your every word, then welcome to "SLANT THIS" ¨ a special class for the future Asian American standup comic. This 8 WEEK workshop will cover the basics in standup comedy performance including: Comfort on Stage, Microphone Technique, Joke Writing Mechanics: Punchlines vs. Storytelling, Comic Timing, Stage Persona, Characterization and Point-Of-View, The Tight Five, Open Mic-ing, Crowd Control: Reading an audience and handling hecklers, Getting Booked: The Serious Business of Comedy, The Comedy Ladder, Other Gigs: Comedy Writer's Life, The Do's and Don'ts of the Comedy Business You will also be video-taped each class for discussion and critique. The class will culminate in a special "SLANT THIS" STANDUP COMEDY SHOW for grads of this class. The show will be in front of a live audience. (You must attend at least 6 of the 8 classes to be eligible to perform in the showcase.) INSTRUCTOR: Allan Manalo is a Filipino American performer, writer, director, producer and stand-up comic who began his stage career in Hawaii where he studied theatre and appeared in numerous productions. Manalo later moved to San Francisco in 1986 to pursue stand-up comedy. He has since performed in over 400 colleges and comedy clubs throughout 47 states and the Philippines. Manalo is the co-creator and Artistic Director of the Filipino American experimental comedy group, tongue in A mood and the former Managing and Artistic Director of Bindlestiff Studio, a theatre space dubbed as an epicenter of Pilipino American performing arts located in San Francisco. He has written for Filipinas Magazine and the ZYZZYVA Literary Journal. Manalo's comic performances draw on his ethnically-diverse childhood, his confused identity, and his place in the world - all from a twisted Filipino American perspective. HOW TO REGISTER: Checks may be made out to Kearny Street Workshop and sent to 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, 94103. Please do not call or email and ask us to reserve you a space -- spaces will be reserved upon receipt of check in full amount ONLY. For more information contact KSW. APRIL 10In Search of Watsonville What: When: Where: APRIL 15KSW Grassroots Fundraising Training Community Arts Activists,
Kearny Street Workshop is offering a Grassroots Fundraising Training to grow the base of our community fundraisers, to highlight the importance of building community and to grow donor support for our community arts programs. In the midst of an economic recession, it becomes more important than ever to build a funding base that is created by, for and from ourselves and our community. Government and foundation funding will come and go, but community support will always be the most consistent and sustainable source of funding. Come to the workshop and:
The workshop will be held on Tuesday, April 15, 2003, 6.30-9.30PM. Location TBA. Space is limited. You must RSVP to register for this workshop. Please RSVP by Friday, April 11 to info@kearnystreet.org or 415.503.0520 to register for this workshop. The workshop will begin promptly at 6:30PM. Workshop participants are expected to be on time and stay for the duration of the event. While the training is offered at no cost, participants are asked to bring their checkbooks for donations. We do ask for support to make these trainings possible. Workshop is led by Ernest Mark, KSW Board President and non-profit consultant. Ernest has been providing non-profit consulting services in facilitation, strategic planning, organizational development, and grassroots fundraising training for the past three years. He has worked with small grassroots groups to million-dollar organizations with programs in community arts, social justice, environmental justice, community development and education. APRIL 22KSW presents an Intergenerational Salon What: Where:
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