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CalendarKSW programs and events. May 2003
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.  MAY 3-28Kearny Street Workshop presents A multimedia dialogue on violence, war, voice, and silence. An exhibition featuring sculpture, installations, paintings, videos and text by Asian Pacific American artists. May 3 - 28, 2003 War + Silence Panel Discussion: Tuesday, May 20, 7 - 9 PM SomArts Main Gallery This exhibition is presented in association with the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, with additional support from Grants for the Arts and individuals. Please contact KSW at 415.503.0520 or info@kearnystreet.org. MAY 8Dos Babae: From LA to the Bay Free reading featuring LA-based poet Janis Calleja and SF-based poet Melinda Corazon Foley, beginning with open mic When: Thursday, May 8th; 6-8 PM Where: CCAP, 750 Kearny St., (3rd Floor Holiday Inn) This event is produced by KSW in association with the Chinatown Community Arts Program (CCAP) and the Association of Asian American Studies Conference (May 7-11). MAY 14 - JULY 2All-Level Fiction Writing Class with Junse Kim Wednesdays, May 14 - July 2, 2003; 7-9pm, CLASS WILL BE CAPPED AT 12 STUDENTS, SO REGISTER EARLY. This eight week workshop will cover several aspects of fiction craft, including setting, characterization, dialogue, voice, and plot development. Through in-class writing exercises, students will learn how apply these craft techniques to their own works of fiction, and each student will have the opportunity to have their work analyzed by the instructor and the rest of the workshop. 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. MAY 20Tackling War + Silence: APA Artists and Journalists Discuss Creative Dissent in Times of War Panelists: Rick Godinez, Shailja Patel, Tram Nguyen, and Helen Zia Moderated by Robynn Takayama Tuesday, May 20th, 7 - 9 PM Join us for a discussion of voice, art, and war with writer/journalist Tram Nguyen, writer/journalist Helen Zia, visual artist Rick Godinez, and slam poet Shailja Patel. Moderated by Robynn Takayama, the panel will address the main topic of KSW's visual exhibit, WAR + SILENCE, by discussing the role of the artist, the history of speaking out in APA communities, and the place for artists in the current political climate. The exhibit WAR + SILENCE, which opened on May 3, will remain up at SomArts Cultural Center until May 28th. If you have any questions about the exhibit or the panel, please contact Program Manager Samantha Chanse at 415.503.0520, or at info@kearnystreet.org. Visit KSW at www.kearnystreet.org. About the panelists: RICHARD GODINEZ is a Bay Area artist and painter who received his BFA degree from San Jose State University and his MFA degree from Stanford University. He has exhibited at the San Jose Center for Latino Arts, D.P. Fong Gallery, the Triton Museum, New College of San Francisco, Galeria de la Raza, and the Matrix Gallery, Sacramento. He was the recipient of grants from the Silicon Valley Arts Council and the Rockefeller Foundation. He was also awarded the first place Juror's prize at the Halpert national Biennial, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina. His work has been reviewed in the Metro, San Jose Mercury News, Artweek magazine, and BlackFlash (Canadian Art Journal). Godinez was also a presenter at the 1994 Annual College Art Association conference, New York, NY. SHAILJA PATEL is a Kenyan Indian explosion on the national slam scene! Her work has won slam championships, including 2001 Lambda Slam Champion, Santa Cruz Slam 2000 Champion, Team Santa Cruz anchor at the National Slam Championships 2000, and featured panelist/guest poet at the National Youth Slam Championships 2001. Shailja has been published in numerous journals and anthologies, featured on Buzz Me In (film), Best of the Berkeley Slam Poets (CD), National Radio Project, Flashpoints, APEX Express, and Hard Knocks Radio (KPFA 94.1FM). Her literary awards include Outwrite 1999 Poetry Prize, Sacramento Library Poetry Prize, semifinalist for 2000 Emily Dickinson Award, and 2000 Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize. She is the recipient of Serpent Source Foundation For Women Artists Grant and Voices Of Our Nations Poetry Scholarship. Read about Shailja in depth on www.thesala.com. Contact Shailja at spp01@hotmail.com. TRAM NGUYEN, Executive ColorLines Editor, is a writer and journalist from Southern California and Vietnam. Her experience with publications has included stints as an editor of the teen newspaper LA Youth, a member of the new Gidra Magazine collective, and several gigs writing for various metropolitan dailies and student publications. She graduated from UCLA in 1996, where she first pursued her interest in working with writers and artists of color. HELEN ZIA is an award-winning journalist and a contributing editor to Ms. magazine, where she was formerly executive editor. Her articles, essays, and reviews have appeared in many newspapers and magazines. She has contributed essays to several anthologies, and was executive editor of the book, Notable Asian-Americans, by Gale Publications. She is also the author of Asian-American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People, published in March 2000. A second-generation Chinese American, Zia has been a feminist activist for more than two decades on social justice issues, and has long been active in the Asian-American civil rights movement.
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