When: 18 September 2010
Where: Washington DC
September 18th show will be hosted by Michelle Myers of Yellow Rage. Sounds by DJ Beta-G. Featuring Dj Beta-G, Bao Phi, Shae Lim, Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay, Hawah, and Phil Good Band. 3rd Saturday of every month.
Cover: $10 general admission / $8 students
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Show starts at 7:00 pm
ALMAZ RESTAURANT
1212 U Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
Saymoukda D. Vongsay is an award-winning poet and published writer. She has performed nationally across the United States, Italy, and Japan. She’s worked with the Anchorage Urban League of Young Professionals lecturing and performing at the university-level to urge voter registration and civic engagement and also served as liaison between local government and the Southeast Asian community regarding public policy. Vongsay’s a recipient of the 2010 Alfred C. Carey Prize in Spoken Word Poetry, a Co-Founding Member of The Unit Collective: US Madness, Minneapolis Branch, a Co-Chair of the first Lao American Writers Summit in Minnesota, and a Curator of Operation Gynocracy, a quarterly performance series. http://www.refugenius.blogspot.com/
Bao Phi has been a performance poet since 1991. A two-time Minnesota Grand Slam champion and a National Poetry Slam finalist, Bao Phi has appeared on HBO Presents Russell Simmons Def Poetry, and a poem of his appeared in the 2006 Best American Poetry anthology. His poems and essays are widely published in numerous publications including Screaming Monkeys and Spoken Word Revolution Redux. He has also released several CDs of his poetry, such as the recently sold-out Refugeography to his newest CD, The Nguyens EP. He has performed in venues and schools across the country, from the Nuyorican Poets Café to the University of California, Berkeley. He was featured in the award-winning documentary feature film The Listening Project as an American listener who traveled the world to talk to every day people about global issues and politics. He also returned to acting in 2008 with a feature role in Theatre Mu’s production of Q & A. In addition to his creative work, he was recently nominated for a Facing Race Ambassador award in recognition for his community work, and has published essays in topics from Asians in hip hop to Asian representation in video games. He maintains a popular blog for the Star Tribune’s website, which he uses to bring issues and alternative perspectives on Asian American community to light. Currently he continues to perform across the country, remains active as an Asian American community organizer, and works at the Loft, where he creates and operates programs for artists and audiences of color.
Sulu DC is an underground, grassroots network for Asian American and/or Pacific Islander American (AAPI) artists, which provides a home for AAPI focused spoken word and multidisciplinary artists in Washington, D.C. On the third Saturday of every month, we host a performance showcase of emerging and established AAPI artists in music, spoken word, video, and multidisciplinary performances.
More information here.
