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KSW programs and events. March 2006
Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Poet
&
journalist Nguyen Qui Duc and poet & performer Robert Karimi
join two of
San Francisco’s oldest arts organizations - Kearny Street
Workshop &
Intersection for the Arts - to share their diverse literary styles and
celebrate
the opening of the 2006 Intergenerational Writers Lab, a unique program
designed
to thoroughly explore and develop the craft of writing. Over the course
of
three months, twelve emerging writers participate in workshops led by
six
accomplished writers - playwright Philip Kan Gotanda, poet &
journalist Nguyen
Qui Duc, poet Janice Mirikitani, poet & performer Robert
Karimi, poet
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, and fiction writer Mary Anne Mohanraj - and
perform at a
series of public events, culminating in a new chapbook publication. Q & A session and reception to follow readings. Date: Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 Time: 7 -9PM Location: space180, 180 Capp Street, @17th Street (San Francisco) Cost: $5 - 15, sliding scale. More about the IWL program About the artists
robert karimi is an interdisciplinary artist/activist whose Iranian/Guatemalan hybrid heritage serves as a point of departure for his work. Just recently featured on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, karimi's site specific performance work has been featured at the Artspace, Galeria de la Raza, Yerba Buena Arts Center, La Peña Cultural Center, and as part of a lecture series at the Smithsonian Institute. karimi was a memberof the 1999 National Poetry Slam Championship Team, and his poetry has been published in Callaloo, Asian American Collective- Chicago's kitchen poems, and the upcoming Longman Press- Latino Literature Today anthology. He now performs throughout the world, directs short films, lectures about issues of mixed culture and teaches poetry andperformance workshops. He currently is a drama teacher at Perspectives Charter School. More information at kaoticgood.com. Photo credit: courtesy of
kaoticgood.com 
Since November of 2000, Nguyen Qui Duc has hosted Pacific Time, KQED public radio’s national program focusing on Asia and its connections to the United States. Born in Vietnam, Nguyen Qui Duc came to America in 1975. A graduate of San Francisco State University with a bachelor's degree in Radio-Television, he has worked in public and ethnic media for twenty years. Following two years as a producer and announcer with the Far Eastern Services of the BBC in London, Nguyen worked for seven years as production manager, producer, and announcer at KALW-FM in San Francisco. He has founded, built and edited many media programs in Los Angeles and New York, serving the needs of Vietnamese Americans. Nguyen is the author of Where The Ashes Are as well as many essays and short stories. For several years, he was a regular commentator for NPR's All Things Considered, and was awarded a Citation for Excellence by the Overseas Press Club of America in 1989 for his NPR documentary series on Vietnam. He was named one of 30 Most Notable Asian Americans in 2001 by A-Media. Photo credit: KQED/Jenny Doll. Intersection
for the Arts
is San Francisco's oldest alternative art space (est. 1965) and has a
long history of presenting new and experimental work in the fields of
literature, theater, music and the visual arts, and also in nurturing
and
supporting the Bay Area's cultural community through service, technical
support, and mentorship programs. Intersection provides a place where
provocative ideas, diverse art forms, artists, and audiences can
intersect one
another. Visit Intersection at www.theintersection.org UPCOMING
PUBLIC EVENTS OF THE 2006 INTERGENERATIONAL
WRITERS LAB Wednesday
June 28th, 7 PM Chapbook
release and reading at Kearny
Street Workshop, featuring participants in the program  Opening March 2 Kearny Street Workshop
co-sponsors Dhamaal's 3rd Annual Sights & Sounds Festival!
In the last 7 years, the Dhamaal crew has created cutting edge music, video, art and events that celebrate the cultural diversity of the Bay Area and beyond. This pursuit has given birth to a number of projects that have inspired as well as entertained audiences interested in traditional Indian music renditions through to massive clubland shows at Club Six, and 1015 Folsom. For full festival information, visit dhamaalsf.com. Beginning March 17Kearny Street Workshop co-presents "Kieu," "Memoirs of a Sudoku Superstar," and "Music Video Asia," with the 24th Annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.For tickets and more information, visit http://www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org. This year’s film festival will present over 126 films from March 16-26, 2006 in San Francisco at the Castro Theatre and Kabuki 8 Theatres, with additional screenings in Berkeley at the Pacific Film Archive and San Jose at the Camera 12 Cinemas. 
MEMOIRS OF A
SUDOKU
SUPERSTAR MUSIC VIDEO
ASIA 2006 PURCHASING
TICKETS
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