{"id":890,"date":"2010-02-03T11:57:15","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T16:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lanternreview.com\/blog\/?p=890"},"modified":"2010-02-11T14:29:46","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T19:29:46","slug":"friends-neighbors-weekend-roundup-feb-4-10-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/03\/friends-neighbors-weekend-roundup-feb-4-10-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends & Neighbors: Weekend Roundup (Feb 4-10, 2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lots going on this week. Especially interesting this week: Kundiman & Verlaine Reading Series in NYC, Vincent Who? Documentary Screening at the AAWW, poet Truong Tran’s “Lost & Found” exhibit opening.<\/em> Don’t forget to also check out the beginnings of Lunar New Year festivities, which are starting in some cities this week (The New Year itself is on Feb. 14th).\u00a0 The Museum of Chinese in America has a great list of New Year’s events going on in NYC<\/a> and in Boston, DC, San Francisco, and Honolulu<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

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

BU Creative Writing Faculty Reading (feat. Ha Jin, Louise Gl\u00fcck, Robert Pinsky, and others)<\/a>
\nFebruary 9th | 7:30 pm
\nBU School of Management Auditorum
\nBoston University<\/p>\n

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

Poetry Cafe at the Chicago Public Library<\/a>
\nFebruary 8th | 6:30-7:45 pm
\nBlackstone
\n 4904 S. Lake Park Avenue
\nCall (312) 747-0511 to register in advance.<\/p>\n

Dallas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Avante! (feat. Shin Yu Pai and Jerry Kelley)<\/a>
\n2010 WordSpace Spring Reading Series
\nFebruary 6th | 8 pm
\nPaperbacks Plus
\n6115 La Vista<\/p>\n

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

Beware of Cupid: A Valentine’s Day Show (dir. Julia Cho & Benjamin Kim)<\/a>
\nOpening Feb. 5 (till Feb. 21) | Fridays & Saturdays @ 8 pm, Sundays @ 3 pm
\nThe Actor’s Playpen
\n1514 N Gardner Street
\nTickets<\/a>: $14-$20<\/p>\n

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

Artwall Performance (feat. Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai and Greg Tate)<\/a>
\nFeburary 6th | 2 pm
\nBowery Poetry Club
\n308 Bowery (btwn. Houston and Bleeker)<\/p>\n

Jazz, the Japanese Connection at Nuyorican Poets Cafe<\/a>
\n(Followed by Jazz Jam & Open Mic)
\nFebruary 6th | 9 pm
\nNuyorican Poets Cafe
\n236 E. 3rd St (btwn B & C Aves)
\n$15 cover ($10 for jazz jam musicians)
\nReservation Recommended; Purchase advance tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n

Kundiman & Verlaine Reading Series (feat. Vijay Seshadri, Brian Carey Chung, & Alison Roh Park)<\/a>
\nFebruary 7th | 5 pm (open bar from 4-5)
\nVerlaine
\n110 Rivington St.
\n(Ludlow & Essex Sts.)
\n$5 donation<\/p>\n

Vincent Who? Documentary Screening (Hosted by the AAWW)<\/a>
\nFebruary 10th | 7 to 9 pm
\nAsian American Writers Workshop
\n16 West 32nd Street, Suite 10A
\nLight refreshments served
\n$5 Suggested Donation (benefits the NY chapter of APA for Progress).<\/p>\n

Sacramento<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yuyutsu RD Sharma Reads at the Sacramento Poetry Center<\/a>
\nFebruary 8th | 7:30 PM
\nSacramento Poetry Center
\n<\/span><\/strong>1719 25th St.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Opening Reception: “The Lost and Found” Solo Exhibit (the visual art of poet Truong Tran)<\/a>
\nPresented by Kearny Street Workshop & Mina Dresden Gallery
\nFebruary 5th | 7 to 9 pm
\nMina Dresden Gallery
\n312 Valencia Street
\nSan Francisco<\/p>\n

GO!STYLE 2010<\/a>
\n(feat. poets Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu and Loa Niumeitolu, alongside other top artists)
\nFebruary 5th | 8 pm
\nPalace of Fine Arts Theater
\n3301 Lyon St., San Francisco
\nPreordered tickets<\/a>: $40 General, $36 Family & Friends Discount, $15 Student
\n$10 Preorder Discounts available with code (Tickets $40 at the door)<\/p>\n

American Chinatown<\/em> Book Reading<\/a>
\nFebruary 9th | 6 pm
\nCHSA Museum & Learning Center
\n965 Clay St
\nSan Francisco<\/p>\n

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

W.S. Merwin & Friends – A Benefit for Copper Canyon Press<\/a>
\nFebruary 4 | 7 to 9 pm
\nTown Hall
\n1119 Eighth Ave.
\nTickets start at $10<\/p>\n

Washington, DC<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Call + Response” (16 visual artists & 16 writers – incl. poet Gerald Maa) at the Hamiltonian Gallery<\/a>
\nUntil February 13
\nHamiltonian Gallery
\n1353 U St, NW, Suite 101<\/p>\n

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