APAture 2008: Schedule
Thursday, September 18
7:00 - 9:00 pm: Gallery Opening & Festival Kick-Off, KSW's space180 Gallery
Friday, September 19
7:30 - 9:30 pm: Listen Up, The Make-Out Room
Saturday, September 20
4:00 - 6:00 pm: Speak Out, Manilatown Heritage Foundation
8:00 - 10:00 pm: Keep it Reel, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Sunday, September 21
12 noon - 5:00 pm: Community Day, Dolores Park - CANCELLED
1:00pm-3:00pm: LAP-POP, Theatre Rhinoceros
Monday, September 22
7:00 - 9:00 pm: Express Yourself, KSW's space 180 Gallery
Tuesday, September 23
7:00 - 9:00 pm: Laugh On, KSW's space 180 Gallery
Wednesday, September 24
8:00 - 10:00 pm: Act Out, Intersection for the Arts
Thursday, September 25
7:00 - 9:00 pm: Get Lit, the LAB
Friday, September 26
7:30 - 9:30 pm: Groove It, The Make-Out Room
Saturday, September 27
12 noon - 5:00 pm: Comic and Zine Expo, 180 Capp Street 3rd Floor
12 noon - 5:00 pm: Educational Workshops, The Actors Center of San Francisco
6:00 pm -12 midnight: Performance & Closing, KSW's space 180 Gallery
Admission to most events is $15- 25 (sliding scale).
THURS, September 18 * 7 - 9:30pm
GALLERY OPENING AND FESTIVAL KICK-OFF
visual art
KSW's space180 Gallery
180 Capp Street @ 17th Street, 3rd floor
$15.00 suggested donation
with DJ Drrrty Poonjabi
Featured Artist: Weston Takeshi Teruya
Presenting Artists:
Mark Baugh-Sasaki
Ali Dadgar
Queena Hernandez
Amy M. Ho
Barbara R. Horiuchi
Phillip Hua
Stephanie Inagaki
Takashi Kawashima
Christina Mazza
Noritaka Minami
Leilani Nisperos
Dinesh Perera
Audrey Roy
Pallavi Sharma
Lisa Solomon
Jamie L. Venci
Lawrence Yang
Imin S. Yeh
Shadi Yousefian
FRI, September 19 * 7:30 - 9:30pm
LISTEN UP
music
The Make-Out Room
3225 22nd Street
$15.00 - $25.00 Sliding Scale
Featured Artist: The Invisible Cities
Presenting artists:
Dirty Cupcakes
Bento
SAT, September 20 * 4:00 - 6:00pm
SPEAK OUT
literary art and spoken word
Manilatown Heritage Foundation
868 Kearny Street
$15.00 - $25.00 Sliding Scale
Spotlight performance: Youth Speaks!
Founded in 1996, Youth Speaks is the leading nonprofit presenter of Spoken Word performance, education, and youth development programs in the country. Presenters of local and national youth poetry slams, festivals, reading series, and more, Youth Speaks also offers a comprehensive slate of literary arts education programs during the school day and the after-school hours, and conducts numerous publications and youth development programs. All told, Youth Speaks works with 45,000 teens per year in the Bay Area alone, and has created partner programs in 36 cities across the United States.
Vision
Shift perceptions of youth by combating illiteracy, alienation, and silence to create a global movement of brave new voices bringing the noise from the margins to the core.
Mission
Youth Speaks empowers the next generation of leaders, self-defined artists, and visionary activists through written and oral literacies. We challenge youth to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of social change.
Presenting Artists:
Adrien Salazar
Yael Villafranca
G Reyes
Conrad Panganiban
SAT, September 20 * 8:00 - 10:00PM
KEEP IT REEL
film
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street @ 3rd Street
$15.00 - $25.00 Sliding Scale
Featured Artists: Richard Wong and H.P. Mendoza
Presenting Artists:
Stephanie Yang
Rui Bing Zheng
Valerie Soe
David M. Yun
Adele Pham
Kirthi Nath
Yasmine Gomez
May Balingit
Maya Lorton
Andrew Ong
Matthew Abaya
SUN, September 21 * 12noon - 5:00pm
COMMUNITY DAY
Dolores Park
Dolores Street @ 18th Street
**CANCELLED
**All artists and community groups have been moved to Closing Day.
Sunday, September 21 * 1:00pm-3:00pm
LAP-POP
Online Media Showcase
Theatre Rhinoceros
2926 16th Street
Join us for an afternoon of geekery, personal expression, and pop culture, presented by Locus at Kearny Street Workshop. Lap-POP! is an afternoon of performance, readings, film and whatnot from notable and notorious APA bloggers and artists, exploring the intersection between online media and artistry. Featuring (OMG IRL!) Eric Nakagawa and Kari Unebasami -- co-founders of the popular and addictive website, ICanHasCheezburger.com, Lap-POP! will be hosted by former director of Locus Arts, Glenda Bautista of www.agendacide.com, and guest MC & Curator of Lap-POP, Min Jung Kim of www.minjungkim.com.
Geeks:
Eric Nakagawa, Co-Founder www.icanhascheezburger.com
Kari Unebasami, Co-Founder www.icanhascheezburger.com
Ernie Hsiung, Writer www.littleyellowdifferent.com & www.8asians.com
Dino Ignacio, Multimedia Artist www.dinoignacio.com
Annie Koh, Writer www.undisclosedassociation.org
Hasan Minhaj, Comedian http://www.hasanminhaj.com
Eric Wu, Writer, Actor(!) www.emotioneric.com
MON, September 22 * 7:00 - 9:00pm
EXPRESS YOURSELF
multidisciplinary performance
KSW's space180 Gallery
180 Capp Street @ 17th Street, 3rd floor
$15.00 - $25.00 Sliding Scale
Presenting Artists:
Celeste Chan
Rice Kings
Amar Puri
Leah Lakshimi Piepzna - Samarashinha
Amir El-Chidiac
Amber Field
NaR
TUES, September 23rd * 7:00 - 9:00pm
LAUGH ON
Comedy
KSW's space180 Gallery
180 Capp Street @ 17th Street, 2nd floor
$15.00 - $25.00 Sliding Scale.
Presenting Artists:
Chris Dong, hobofish
Jeffrey Lei
Joe Nguyen
Special Guest: Hassan Minhaj
WED, September 24th * 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
ACT OUT
multidisciplinary performance
Intersection for the Arts
446 Valencia Street
$15.00 - $25.00 Sliding Scale
Featured artist: Samantha Chanse
Presenting artists:
Irene Faye Duller
Rogel Camba - Funkanometry
Philip Huang
THURS, September 25 * 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
GET LIT
literary arts
The LAB
2948 16th St.
$15.00 - $25.00 Sliding Scale
Featured Artist: Pireeni Sundaralingam
Presenting Artists:
Jennifer Chien
Chenda Duong
Michelle Ferrer
Stephen Murphy Shigamatsu
Shizue Seigel
Zuleikha Mahmood
FRI, September 26 * 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
GROOVE IT
Music
The Make-Out Room
3225 22nd Street
$15.00 - $25.00 Sliding Scale
Presenting artists:
The Autonomous Region
Lumaya
Bloodwire
Farewell Typewriter
CLOSING DAY
SAT, September 27 * 12noon - 12midnight
WORKSHOPS
SAT, Sept 27, 2:30-3:30
The Actors Center of San Francisco
180 Capp Street, 2nd floor
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Asian American Hip Hop for Dummies - Race, Popular Music, and Authenticity
with DJ Phatrick and Adriel Luis
DJ Phatrick has been involved in the Bay Area hip hop community since his escape from Texas in 2000. Since then he has gone on to co-found the Bay Unity Music Project, a digital music and recording enrichment program for youth and young adults; DJ'd for the legendary Native Guns hip hop group; hosts APEX EXPRESS, a weekly Asian Pacific Islander public affairs radio program on 94.1FM KPFA; and, oh yea, rocked hella parties. Whether in the classroom or the club, studio or streets, DJ Phatrick operates under the firm conviction of using music and hip hop as a tool for social movement, change, and justice.
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SAT, Sept 27, 12noon - 5pm
KSW's space180 Gallery
180 Capp Street, 3rd floor
MAKE YOUR OWN TOTE BAG
with Chris Bucoy Brown
Drop by Chris' sewing station for hands-on, one-on-one instruction and assistance in making your own tote bag out of APAture T-shirts.
COMMUNITY TABLES
180 Capp Street, 1st floor, 12noon - 5pm
COMIC & ZINE EXPO
KSW's space180 Gallery, 12noon - 5pm
180 Capp Street @ 17th Street, 3rd floor
Film Screening
Actors Center of San Francisco, 4.30-5.30pm
180 Capp Street @ 17th Street, 2nd floor
HAPPY HOUR
KSW's space180 Gallery, 12noon - 5pm
180 Capp Street @ 17th Street, 3rd floor
Featured Artist: Hellen Jo (Comix and Zine)
CLOSING PERFORMANCES
multidisciplinary
KSW's space180 Gallery
180 Capp Street @ 17th Street, 3rd floor
Presenting artists:
Nick Ng, music
Bina Patel, literary
May Nazareno, theatre
DJ Drrrty Poonjabi
Mandeep Sethi
Aimee Suzara
Wilson Wong
DJ Drrrty Punjabi
and more!
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