APAture Comedy Night
EVENT: Part of the 9th annual APAture Festival
DESCRIPTION: Laugh out loud at artists including Tony Dijamco, Edwin Li, Tapan Trivedi and Mark Zhang. 21 and over.
DETAILS: $8-20, Sept. 28, 7:30–9:30 p.m., The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St., San Francisco.
CONTACT: (415) 503-0520, apature@kearnystreet.org, apature.org
Asian Improv aRts’ 20th Anniversary
EVENT: “Traditions Transformation”
DESCRIPTION: Work-in-progress performance of Melody Takata’s new work, entitled Shimenawa, featuring Tatsu Aoki and Lenora Lee. Also performances by Chinese opera artist Shuang “Sabrina” Ho and Korean musician/composer Dohee Lee.
DETAILS: $15-18, Sept. 28, 8 p.m., ODC Theater, 3153 17th St., San Francisco.
CONTACT: asianimprov.org
‘Flow the Buck Up!’
EVENT: Presented by Filipino American arts group Kularts
DESCRIPTION: Comedy by TOUCHBLUE; hip-hop poetry by SF-based multidisciplinary artist Anthem Salgado, with electronica musician Innokenty; and local musical group, SEPIATONE.
DETAILS: $15-20, Sept. 28–29, 8 p.m., Zeum Theater, 221 Fourth St., San Francisco
CONTACT: (415) 239-0249, info@kularts.org, myspace.com/kularts
APAture Comix/Zines and Design Expo
EVENT: Part of the 9th annual APAture Festival
DESCRIPTION: Browse comic books, zines, jewelry, clothing and design from dozens of APAture artists. Also includes the work of APAture’s featured comic book/zine artist, Lark Pien.
DETAILS: Free, Sept. 29, 12–6 p.m., Kearny Street Workshop’s Space180, 180 Capp St., 3rd floor, San Francisco.
CONTACT: (415) 503-0520, apature@kearnystreet.org, apature.org
Francis Wong’s Persistence of Vision Project
EVENT: Part of Asian Improv aRts’ 20th anniversary
DESCRIPTION: Works for quartet and sextet, featuring Wong with Tatsu Aoki, Elliot Humberto Kavee, Jon Jang, John Carlos Perea, Hafez Modirzadeh, and poets Lawson Fusao Inada and Genny Lim.
DETAILS: $15-18, Sept. 28, 8 p.m., ODC Theater, 3153 17th St., San Francisco.
CONTACT: asianimprov.org
APAture Closing Night Gala
EVENT: Part of the 9th annual APAture Festival
DESCRIPTION: Performances and music by Maile Arvin, Esther Lee, Danilo Parra, Amber Field, Similak Chyld with Irene Faye Duller (AKA Shortyrocwell of the Rhapsodistas), and featured artist and playwright Prince Gomolvilas.
DETAILS: $8-20, Sept. 29, 8 p.m., Kearny Street Workshop’s Space180, 180 Capp St., 3rd floor, San Francisco.
CONTACT: (415) 503-0520, apature@kearnystreet.org, apature.org
‘One Way or Another’ Artist’s Talk
EVENT: Artist’s talk and demonstration by Binh Danh
DESCRIPTION: Exploring his relationship to the United States and Vietnam, San Jose–based artist Danh combines photosynthesis and found photographs.
He discusses his works in the exhibition One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now and demonstrates his art-making process.
DETAILS: $5-8, Sept. 30, 2 p.m., Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way, galleries 2 and 3, Berkeley.
CONTACT: bampfa.berkeley.edu
Eating Our Words With Thy Tran
EVENT: Eight-week creative nonfiction writing workshop
DESCRIPTION: Using food as inspiration, this intensive workshop develops your ability to project sensory experiences onto the page.
Reading, free-writing, peer critique and extensive revisions will all strengthen your own voice, while instilling good writing habits. Register at kearnystreet.org.
DETAILS: $215, Oct. 1–Nov. 19 (Mondays), 7-9 p.m., Kearny Street Workshop’s Space180, 180 Capp St., San Francisco.
CONTACT: (415) 503-0520, info@kearnystreet.org, kearnystreet.org
2007 South Asian International Film Festival
EVENT: 2007 South Asian International Film Festival
DESCRIPTION: Opening night: international premiere of Loins of Punjab Presents. Lifetime achievement award: actress Shabana Azmi.
DETAILS: See Web site for times, prices and locations. October 3-9, New York City.
CONTACT: saiff.org
Shaolin Warriors Perform
EVENT: The Shaolin Warriors
DESCRIPTION: A choreographed theatrical production performed by the Buddhist monks of the Shaolin temple. The performance features many forms of Shaolin kung fu, as well as a look at the daily temple life of the monks and their Zen Buddhist philosophy.
DETAILS: $20-$50, Oct. 5, 8p.m., Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.
CONTACT: (415) 499-6800, marincenter.org
Chin Reads From ‘Julie Black Belt’
EVENT: Author Oliver Chin book reading
DESCRIPTION: Chin will be reading his latest work, Julie Black Belt, The Kungfu Chronicles. Chin is the author of children’s books The Year of the Dog and The Adventures of WonderBaby.
DETAILS: Free, Oct. 6, 3-5p.m., Eastwind Books of Berkeley, 2066 University Ave., Berkeley.
CONTACT: (510) 548-2350
Small Press Spotlight on Hellen Jo
EVENT: Cartoonist Hellen Jo at the Cartoon Art Museum
DESCRIPTION: San Francisco cartoonist and musician Hellen Jo self-published three issues of an autobiographical comic zine, komisches buch, and regularly contributed comics to the Asian American student publication hardboiled. She also created Paralysis, a full-length teenage horror story.
DETAILS: $2-6, through Jan. 6, 2008, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (Tues.-Sun.), Cartoon Art Museum, 655 Mission St., San Francisco.
CONTACT: (415) CAR-TOON, cartoonart.org