{"id":844,"date":"2010-01-27T18:31:28","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T23:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lanternreview.com\/blog\/?p=844"},"modified":"2010-02-03T11:58:04","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T16:58:04","slug":"friends-neighbors-weekend-roundup-jan-28-feb-3-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/27\/friends-neighbors-weekend-roundup-jan-28-feb-3-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends & Neighbors: Weekend Roundup (Jan 28-Feb 3, 2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of\u00a0 readings, 2 ASL Open Mic’s,\u00a0some book release events, a panel, plays\u00a0\u2014 this week’s roundup is really quite a mix.\u00a0 Of particular interest: poet Michael Leong at Dartmouth, Diane DiPrima’s Inaugural Address as SF Poet Laureate, and the BECOMING AMERICANS Anthology reading in NYC.\u00a0 And of course, don’t forget to tune in to President Obama’s first State of the Union Address tonight at 9 PM EST.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Chicago<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Time Goes On” Release Party (presented by the Neighborhood Writing Alliance)<\/a>
\nFebruary 1 | 6-8 pm
\nSt. Andrews Church (upstairs)
\n48 N. Hoyne<\/p>\n

Hanover, NH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poets Michael Leong & Nomi Stone at Dartmouth College<\/a>
\nJanuary 28 | 4 pm
\nWren Room\/Sanborn Library
\nDartmouth College<\/p>\n

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

Refugee Nation (written and performed by Leilani Chan and Ova Saopeng)<\/a>
\npresented by the Laotion American Organization at UCLA
\nFebruary 1 | 7:30 PM (Doors open at 7 PM)
\nAckerman Grand Ballroom, UCLA
\nFREE and Open to the Public<\/p>\n

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

ASL Poetry Slam Presents: Mark Mayo – $3
\n<\/a>January 28 | 6 pm
\nBowery Poetry Club
\n308 Bowery (btwn. Houston and Bleeker)
\nAdmission: $3<\/p>\n

92nd St. Y Presents: “The Immigrant Experience” Reading & Panel [Becoming Americans <\/em>anthology event]<\/a>
\nfeat. Jessica Hagedorn, Jamaica Kincaid, Norman Manea, Gary Shteyngart
\nFebruary 1 | 8 pm
\nKauffmann Concert Hall
\nLexington Ave. at 92nd St.
\nTickets: $27 (general), $10 (age 35 and under)<\/p>\n

Asian American Arts Alliance Town Hall Meeting
\n<\/a>February 2 | 10 am – 12 pm
\nAsian American \/ Asian Research Institute (AAARI – CUNY)
\n25 West 43rd Street, 18th Fl (between 5th & 6th Avenues)
\nFREE and Open to the Public<\/p>\n

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

Kent Wong presents An Evening of Stories on Asian and Latino Labor Organizing<\/a>
\nJanuary 28 | 6-8PM
\nInternational Hotel Manilatown Center
\n868 Kearny St (at Jackson)
\nFREE<\/p>\n

Beautiful as Yesterday<\/em> Reading &\u00a0Discussion\u00a0(Fan Wu)
\n<\/a>January 30 | 2:30 – 4 pm
\nChinatown Meeting Room (San Francisco Public Library)
\n1135 Powell St. (near Jackson)<\/p>\n

SF Poet Laureate Inaugural Address (Diane DiPrima)<\/a>
\nFebruary 2 | 5-8 pm
\nSan Francisco Public Library
\nKoret Auditorium (Main Library)
\n100 Larkin St. (at Grove)<\/p>\n

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

ASL Open Mic Poetry<\/a>
\nJanuary 29 | 11pm
\nBusboys & Poets
\n14th and V
\nAdmission: $5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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