Art making and Teach-in in support of Palestine by ARTogether is September 15!
Read MoreGAPA Runway sprang from an underground dance party held in 1988 for queer APIs to gather at a time when mainstream LGBTQ establishments would keep us out. As GAPA's crown jewel event, Runway is not an event to be missed!
Read More🌜Join us for the 2024 Asian American Literature Festival opening and closing ceremonies🌛There will be readers, tarot, and more as we enter and leave this space together ✨
Read MoreThe Asian American Literature Festival Collective (AALFC) will be presenting Cosmic Kinship, the 2024 Asian American Literary Festival from September 14th to 22nd. Check out our satellite event at the Chinese Culture Center!
Read MoreIn this four-part generative class with Noelani Piter,s we will read, listen, and look closely at literary and visual work that engages family and heritage through innovative and surprising methods.
Read MorePoets and activists Loa Niumeitolu, Lehua Taitano, and Kim Shuck talk about the role of poetry in bringing youth back to the land.
Read MoreThis Saturday KSW will be tabling at the Hungry Ghost Festival in SF Chinatown!
Read MoreJoin us for the closing reception of Trust the Tides, from the inaugural AVA Lab cohort.
Read MoreThe Bay Area Aloha Festival held this August 10-11, 2024. We are still at the San Mateo County Event Center (home of the San Mateo County Fair) in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area. $5 suggested admission with children 12 & under FREE. Festival parking will be $20 per vehicle and encourage everyone to carpool.
Read MoreJoin us for an evening of poetry, prose, and karaoke! This fun event will feature Christine Imperial (Author of Mistaken for an Empire), Trust the Tides exhibiting artist Michelle Lin, KSW's very own Jason Bayani, and more singer-readers to be announced.
Read MoreBomBay to the Bay: A Garba Dance Festival featuring live music by Bay Area garba legends Madhvi and Asim Mehta, a dance lesson, community dancing, and artists to explore. Garba is a Gujarati indigenous and folk dance practiced by all ages to live drumming, singing, and instrumentals during joyous celebrations.
Read MorePlease join Suzanne Tay-Kelley and Maw Shein Win for a Maker, Mentor, Muse Summer Salon Found & Lost: Generating New Work Inspired by Southeast Asian/Southeast Asian American Poetry & Art on Saturday, August 3rd, noon to 2:00pm PT.
Read MoreJoin us on July 27th for the 12th annual Beast Crawl Literary Festival in Oakland! We're thrilled to curate a round of incredible poets for this free, dynamic celebration of literary arts.
Read MoreJoin us for a day of wellness, centering, and connection with Yvonne Yeh, Peekaboo, and Mihee Kim.
Read MoreIndigenous Poets from Oceania and Turtle Island (the United States) will share poetry and stories that honor ancestral connections to land and water. Facilitated by Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu and Kim Shuck, the program’s readers include Robert Sullivan, Jayna Lizama, Nicola Andrews, Mahealani Ahia and Lehua M. Taitano.
Read MoreKearny Street Workshop presents Trust the Tides, an exhibition by the AVA (APA Visual Artists) Lab inaugural cohort.
Read MoreLet’s intersect at #Frameline48 June 19-29! Explore where unique expressions meet universal emotions with 11 days of world-renowned queer films, performances, and parties. Journey together across the intersections of LGBTQ+ identities and to theaters around the Bay Area. Discover more at frameline.org and @framelinefest
Read MoreJoin us in celebrating the launch of the Interdisciplinary Writers Lab chapbook, put together by members of the 2023 cohort! This event will feature readings of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction by contributors to the chapbook, as well as special performances by Starlight Uranus and Mama Ganuush, who will also be MC'ing the event. Light food and drink will be provided, with alcoholic beverages available for purchase. Chapbooks will be available for purchase.
Bring your good vibe and join us for a special family-friendly event in San Francisco, California, with FREE Entry and FREE parking in two lots.
Celebrate and learn about Polynesian (Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti, Cook Islands and New Zealand), Melanesian (Fiji), and Micronesian (Guåhan) islands in the South Pacific through cultural dances, songs, crafts, games, merchandise vendors, food, exhibitions, workshops, and more.
So come join the fun, reunite with others, make new friends, and leave with feeling like part of one big happy family!
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DarkHeart - A Concert Narrative by award-winning artist, singer, and songwriter Golda Sargento is a live theatrical experience that questions whether art can survive in a post-apocalyptic world.