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Benefit

The Asian American Writers' Workshop presents

small offerings, a Tsunami Relief Benefit
curated and hosted by Ishle Yi Park, Poet Laureate of Queens, New York

Wednesday, January 12th, 2005, 7-9pm (doors open 6:30)

@ The Asian American Writers' Workshop
16 West 32nd Street, 10th floor
(between Broadway & 5th Ave)
New York City

$10-20 cover, sliding scale

In the aftermath of the tsunami, over 150,000 people have died and 5 million more are homeless in Asia. This event is but a small community offering to sustain ourselves and to try to help others far away.

Please join an incredible & diverse group of artists for a night of music, refreshments, and poetry. A silent auction and raffle will be held and informational brochures will be available. Bring your friends, your heart, and your wallet, and make your own small offering.

featuring:

Sabrina Margarita Alcantara-Tan * Founder of the amazing 'zine Bamboo Girl; Steve Cannon * Founder of A Gathering of the Tribes; Tina Chang * Author of Half-Hit Houses; Eric Gamalinda * Professor at NYU and Columbia, author of Zero Gravity; Edward Garcia * ASPIRA Program Director and Winner of a 2003 NYFA Poetry Grant; Kimiko Hahn * Winner of the American Book Award; Suheir Hammad * Author of Born Palestinian, Born Black, member of Def Poetry Jam; Bassey Ikpi * Three-time featured Nigerian American poet on HBO's Def Poetry Jam; Groove Therapy * soulful young Korean American singers; Kontrast * Filipino-American, Brooklyn-transplanted and unrepentantly radical hip-hop group; Joseph Legaspi * Founder of Kundiman, a non-profit arts organization dedicated to Asian American poetry; Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz * Tour-de-force woman and founder of Urbana, the three-time National Poetry Slam Championship Venue; Lynne Procope * Founder of the LouderArts Collective; Patrick Rosal * Winner of the AAWW's 2004 Member's Choice Award; Shappy * An amazing comedic poet, in high school Shappy was voted "Most Swinging Guy"; Prageeta Sharma * Poet and winner of the Academy of American Poets prize at Brown University; Hal Sirowitz * Former Poet Laureate of Queens '01-'04; Kevin So * singer, songwriter, guitarist, latest CD "leaving the lights on"; Florence Yoo * Lovely, original singer, songwriter, latest CD "Indelible"

...and much more!!!!

All Proceeds go to non-profit organizations actively helping with tsunami relief, including: The Sri Lanka Relief Fund and OxFam America

For more information, please email desk@aaww.org. To send a check or to donate something to the raffle/silent auction, please contact ishlepark@gmail.com.

Getting to the Workshop by Subway: N, R, Q, W, B, D, F, V trains to 34th St/Herald Sq; 6 train to 33rd St; 1, 2, 3 trains to 34th St

PS: thanks to glo for helping me with that sidebar!

posted by beXn @ 5:09 AM