{"id":489,"date":"2009-12-10T17:26:45","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T22:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lanternreview.com\/blog\/?p=489"},"modified":"2009-12-16T21:21:05","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T02:21:05","slug":"friends-neighbors-weekend-roundup-dec-11-16-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/10\/friends-neighbors-weekend-roundup-dec-11-16-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends & Neighbors: Weekend Roundup (Dec. 11-16, 2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A short-ish list this time around.\u00a0 Events happening this weekend – and into next weekend\u00a0– for your perusal.\u00a0 As usual, please feel free to suggest updates and additions.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

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Boston<\/strong><\/p>\n

East Meets Words Open Mic Series feat. Kevin Nadal<\/a>
\nDecember 11 | 8 pm
\nEast Meets West Bookstore
\n934 Mass. Ave.
\nCambridge, MA
\n$3 Suggestion Donation<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Area<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Grace Kim and the Spiders from Mars<\/a> – catch it before Lodestone closes!
\nDec. 12 a| 8 p.m. (playing Saturdays through Dec. 20th)
\nLodestone Theater Company
\nGTC Burbank
\nBurbank, CA
\n$12 general admission<\/p>\n

Cold Tofu and Room to Improv together
\n<\/a>December 12 | 7 to 9 pm
\nMaryknoll Japanese Catholic Center Auditorium
\n222 S. Hewitt Street, Los Angeles 90012
\n(Located east of Alameda, between 2nd & 3rd streets)
\nFREE parking available on the property and on Hewitt Street.
\nAdmission $10 (a portion of the proceeds goes to Philippines National Red Cross to help typhoon victims)<\/span><\/p>\n

New York City<\/strong><\/p>\n

RANGOON staged reading + Q&A<\/a>
\nwith the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre
\nDecember 11 | 7 pm
\n520 Eighth Avenue – between 36th and 37th Street
\n3rd Floor – Bruce Mitchell Room
\nRSVP: info[at]panasianrep.org
\n$10 suggested donation collection at the door<\/p>\n

Rosa Loses Her Face<\/a> (Queens Theatre in the Park)
\nDecember 12 at 2 pm and 8 pm; December 13 at 3 pm
\nClaire Shulman Playhouse \/ Main Stage
\nFlushing Meadows Corona Park
\nFlushing, NY
\nRegular Tickets: $32-$38<\/p>\n

San Francisco<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hyphen Holiday Happy Hour<\/a>
\nDecember 11 | 5-10 pm
\nLot 46 Lounge
\n46 Geary Street, San Francisco
\n21+\u00a0| \u00a0$5-$10 sliding scale donation
\nFirst 50 get a free magazine<\/p>\n

Seattle<\/strong><\/p>\n

An Evening of Poetry in Translation with Robert McNamara & Carolyne Wright (feat. Bengali poetry)<\/a>
\nDecember 11 | 7 p.m.
\nVillage Books
\n1200 Eleventh Street
\nBellingham, Washington 98225<\/p>\n

Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/p>\n

K. Silem Mohammed, Lacey Hunter,\u00a0Ken Jacobs\u00a0at Bridge Street Books
\n<\/a>December 14 | 7:30 pm
\nBridge Street Books
\n2814 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 20007<\/p>\n

Konrad Ng at the Smithsonian – Brown Bag Lunch Lecture<\/a>
\nNew Media and New Asian American Cultural and Political Engagement
\nDecember 16 | 12 pm to 1:30 pm
\nPresidential Suite, National Museum of American History
\n14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
\nLimited Space.\u00a0 Call to reserve a spot: 202.633.2692.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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