Arts & Entertainment Calendar A regional roundup of events of special interest to Asian Americans
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Announcements, workshops, and opportunities for community, family and career.

REGIONS:

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Northern California
Southern California


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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Pixie Dust Anyone? Children’s Fairyland in Oakland is holding auditions for its Fairyland Children’s Theatre Program: singers, dancers, actors and musicians ages 8–10 are encouraged to try out for 30 spots in the free theatre training and performance program. Deadline: Jan. 10–11. For more info: 510-238-6878 x3 or www.fairyland.org.

UC Extension Now is the time to sign up for one of the over 1,000 courses the UC Berkeley Extension program will be offering this spring. With classes in San Francisco and Berkeley, on topics as diverse as filmmaking, biotechonology, alternative power and remodeling, there’s something for nearly everyone. For more info: 1-888-UC-SMART or www.unex.berkeley.edu.

Human Rights Activist Search The San Francisco Human Rights Commission is looking for new members to serve as its eyes and ears, advising commissioners about community issues to bring to public hearing. Committees currently seeking advisors are: the employment committee, the issues committee, the LGBT committee, and the minority/women business enterprise committee. Deadlines: Jan. 16 (Jan. 29 for the business committee). For more info: janel.wong@sfgov.org.

Pride Parade Marshals Nominations are wide open to the community for the grand marshals of the San Francisco Pride Parade. The theme of this year’s search is “Who gives YOU Hope?” and nominations will be taken until Jan. 31. Remember, last year both grand marshals were APA! For more info:415-864-0831 or www.sfpride.org.

LOCAL TO GLOBAL

INS Rally Get out on the street to show your opposition to the arrest and detention of Middle Eastern and South Asian men. Join the ACLU, Global Exchange, Not in Our Name and others in front of the INS offices, 444 Washington St., San Francisco, on Fri., Jan. 10, 1 p.m. For more info: 415-225-7296 or www.nionbayarea.net.

Alternatives to Economic Globalization Until now, the critique of the opponents of globalization has been that they offer no alternative solutions. No more: the International Forum on Globalization has just finished a three-year project, and Alternatives to Economic Globalization presents ten governing principles for a new social paradigm, and lays out sustainable alternative policies. Meet the writers and hear the news at Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia St., San Francisco, on Tue., Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m. For more info: 415-282-9246 or www.moderntimesbookstore.com.

Celebrate Labor Write your own freedom song, compose some antiracist poetry, see exhibits celebrating art and work up and down the West Coast, meet labor heroes and hear Utah Phillips, all at the 17th Annual Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival, Jan. 17–19 at Union Hall, 1511 Rollins Rd., Burlingame. For more info: 831-426-4940 or 650-572-8848.

EVENTS

Benefit Bash for Venue 9 Venue 9, the theater and arts legend of SoMa, is being forced to look for a new home. Join over 25 musicians and performers in support of Venue 9 at a benefit evening of performance, dance and laughter at El Rio, the Mission’s most wicked nightclub, Sat., Jan. 11, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m. Tickets: $9–99, sliding scale. For more info: 415-289-2000 or www.venue9.com.

Youth SPEAKs The young poets and activists of Youth Speaks, San Francisco’s literary nonprofit for teenagers, invite you to Bringing the Noise for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an evening of poetry, slamming and music, benefitting Youth Speaks’ many outreach programs. The event takes place Mon., Jan. 20, 7 p.m. at the Yerba Buena Center Forum, San Francisco. Tickets: $2–10. For more info: 415-978-ARTS or www.youthspeaks.org.

Bingo for Berkeley The Cal Berkeley Alumni Club will hold a bingo night to support the Oakland Asian Students Education Services high school scholarship program on Fri., Jan. 24, 6:30 p.m. at the Lincoln Elementary School, 225 11th St., Oakland. For more info: www.ocac-board@oases.org.

Not in Our Name Benefit
Concert Tickets are on sale now for Not in Our Name’s benefit concert, featuring Ani Difranco and Spearhead, among others, at the Berkeley Community Theater, 1930 Allston Way, Berkeley on Jan. 31. Volunteers to help staff the concert are also needed. Tickets: $55–80. For more info: 510-594-4076 or www.nionbayarea.net.

VOLUNTEERING

Walk for Breast Cancer Breast cancer strikes APA women with disproportionate frequency. Be part of the solution by volunteering at the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in June 2003. An organizational meeting for this incredibly organized fundraising event will be held Wed., Jan. 22 at the group’s San Francisco office, 180 Montgomery St., Ste. 2050. For more info: 415-834-0404 x17 or www.avonwalk.org.

ymca chinese new year run The YMCA is looking for people of all ages to be course guides, start/finish line administrators and registration staff at the Year of the Ram Chinese New Year Run on Sun., Feb. 9, 6:30 – 10:30 a.m. Free t-shirts and joy to all volunteers. For more info: 415-576-9622 x249 or slouie@ymcasf.org.

Randall Museum Docent Be one of the lucky adults who gets to introduce schoolchildren to the tortoises, opossums and snakes of the Randall Musem for natural history and biology. Applications for volunteer docent positions are being accepted until Jan. 15; docent training sessions will be held from Jan. 15 – March 12, on Wednesdays, 6–8:30 p.m. For more info: 415-554-9600 or www.randallmuseum.org.

Storyreaders Needed Readers are needed for storytimes at all Oakland Library branches, including readers in Asian languages. Training sessions will be held January 27–29, Feb. 10–12, 15 at the Rockridge Branch Library. For more info: 510-238-7453.

WORKSHOPS

Lawyers Everywhere Lawyers will be on hand at the Oakland Public Library to offer free legal assistance and referrals, on Jan. 9,16 and 23, 6–8 p.m. at the Main Branch, 125 14th St., on Jan. 21, 6–8 p.m. at the Piedmont Avenue Branch, 160 41st St., and on Jan. 23, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Asian Branch, 388 9th St., Ste. 190, with Cantonese and Vietnamese interpretation available. For more info: 510-238-3134.

Words Flow Like Water Educators are invited to a special poetry workshop focusing on how to help students turn outdoor education experiences into creative poetry. The program will take place Sat., Jan. 18, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Crissy Field Center, the Presidio, San Francisco. Admission: $25. For more info: 415-561-7752.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

LOCAL TO GLOBAL

Monitor the INS Volunteer as a “INS Monitor” with the Muslim Public Affairs Council and be an official witness to the treatment of the Middle Eastern and North African men who will register with the INS on Fri., Jan.10. For more info: 213-383-3443 or www.mpac.org.

WORKSHOPS

Writer’s Workshop The Bruggemeyer Memorial Library of Monterey Park is sponsoring a free ten-session writer’s workshop, training people to write their own stories. Sessions begin Jan. 11 and registration is limited to 15 participants. For more info: 626-307-1368.

VOLUNTEERING

Chinese Lantern Festival The Chinese American Museum needs volunteer storytellers in English and other languages to help make its annual Chinese Lantern Festival a success, by staffing the storytelling booth for half-hour periods during the afternoon. The festival will be held Sat., Feb. 22, 1–7 p.m. For more info: 818-492-5237.