Main Event

Saturday September 28th, 1:00 pm - 1:00 am, $10
Doors open at 1 pm

Tables:

• Karen Eng - PekoPeko
• Tracy Held - Shades of Green
• Gennifer M. Hirano & Kristina Sheryl Wong - asianprincess artifacts / bigbadchinesemama.com Polaroids with the asianprincess and Miss Chinatown 2nd Runner Up
• Hellen Jo - komisches buch
• Annie Koh - Home For Sale
• Claire Light - Mouth, Part I
• Vincent Mora - Afterlife
• Lark M Pien - Long Tail Kitty
• Thien Q. Pham - Air / W&P
• Robynn *nonogirl* Takayama - This ASIAN American Life: Remapping Chicago
• Hsiao-Chen Tsai - SUNRISE SPRING WATER and PEEK
• Eliza Wee - dogmo.com
• Gene Yang - The Motherless One

Performance Block I: 2-4.15pm

2.05PM: Enda, music performance
2.30PM: Joyce Lu, Repeat After Me, performance
2.48PM: Meena Makhijani, Devi Neyithumai, dance performance (Bharata Natyam)
3.05PM: Steven Low. Obligations of the Living, monologues. With Evelyn Mann.
3.30PM: Kie'u, Forgive me mama, History, Vengeance, tonite, crush, lifetimes, Mother's Keys, untitled, poetry reading
3.35PM: Jane Chen, Patty Gallagher, and Janaki Ranpura, Beneath Sita's Belly, theater performance
3.55PM: Eskapo, music performance
4.15PM: Break

Performance Block II: 4.30-6.20PM

4.30PM: GAPA Dance Co., dance performance
4.40PM: Neela Banerjee, These Words, reading
4.55PM: Julia-Nate-Roger-Garner-Leon, original songs by Julia Lau
5.05PM: Soudary Kittivong-Greenbaum, untitled, reading
5.10PM: Lock and Shawl, Convention, music performance
5.30PM: Chuleenan Svetvilas, poetry reading
5.40PM: Seiichi Tsukamoto, First, film
5.45PM: Gennifer Hirano, (Hot) Girl on Girl action with Miss Chinatown 2nd Runner Up and the Asian Princess, performance. With Kristina Sheryl Wong.
6.05PM: Strangely, music performance
6.20PM: Panel Discussion with featured artists
Workshop / Break

Break/Workshops: 6:20 PM - 7:30 PM

6.20PM Community-Minded or Just Desperate for Work: a discussion with APAture artists about the reasons they create & the relevance (or irrelevance) of APA events/venues to their careers. Followed by Q & A. Panelists: Ishle Park , Anhoni Patel, B. Seiichi Tsukamoto. Moderated by Gary Chou.
6:20 PM Performing Sexuality: Experience the beauty & learn the secrets of the asian princess and Miss Chinatown 2nd Runner Up. A Discussion and Q & A with the artists.

Performance Block III: 7.30PM-1AM

7.30PM: Jenn Lim, Search & Creation: A Selection of Poems, reading
7.40PM: Charmin, music performance
8.05PM: Jeffrey Lei, stand-up comedy
8.20PM: Lisa Ko, The Boogie King of Flushing, reading
8.30PM: Janet Stickmon, Real Awakening, one-woman performance
8.50PM: Lenora Lee - FEATURED ARTIST, dance performance. Altered Depth of Perception: Stories of Love, Death, Tragedy and Transformation told through Movement and Sound. Created and performed by choreographer /dancer Lenora Lee and percussionist Jimmy Biala.
9.15PM: Scrabbel, music performance
9.40PM: Michael Premsrirat - FEATURED ARTIST, Toc Storee: Asia / Am(eric)a, theater (comedy) / improv / performance art. With Those Damn Orientals (Mike Dorado, Wernherr Goff, Allan Manalo, Dan Weil, and Yato Yoshida).
10PM: The Nervous Breakdowns, music performance
10.20PM: Sasha Hom, excerpts from The Adoption Papers, reading
10.30PM: Jolivette Mecenas, Elisabetta by the Sea, reading
10.40PM: Elizabeth/Ching-In Chen with Joya Li, Ritual, spoken word with dance
11PM-1AM: Dhamaal - FEATURED ARTIST, music, South Asian drum & bass, visual djs