{"id":995,"date":"2010-02-10T16:13:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T21:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lanternreview.com\/blog\/?p=995"},"modified":"2010-02-19T10:34:47","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T15:34:47","slug":"friends-neighbors-weekend-roundup-feb-11-17-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/10\/friends-neighbors-weekend-roundup-feb-11-17-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends & Neighbors: Weekend Roundup (Feb. 11-17, 2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOTS of holidays being marked this weekend: Lunar New Year, Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, and, as our Twitter followers have reminded us, the start of Carnival festivities (Mardi Gras for those of us in the States).\u00a0 Of particular significance to the Asian American community: check out MOCA’s lists of Lunar New Year events in NYC<\/a>, and in Boston, DC, LA, San Francisco, and Honolulu<\/a>.\u00a0 Philadelphia readers can read this helpful article<\/a> for more info; Seattle residents can look here<\/a>; Chicago peeps can look here<\/a>.\u00a0 Know of Lunar New Year Festivities in a city that we’re missing?\u00a0 Comment below to tell us about it.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Heather Christle (poet) and Oindrila Mukherjee (fiction writer & trans. of Bengali poetry)<\/a>
\nEmory Reading Series
\nFebruary 15 | 6:30 PM
\nJoseph W. Jones Room, 311 Woodruff Library
\nEmory University<\/p>\n

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

East Meets Words Open Mic (feat. Payal Sharma)<\/a>
\nPresented by the Boston Progress Arts Collective
\nFebruary 12 | 8 pm
\nEast Meets West Bookstore
\n934 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
\nSuggested $3 Donation<\/p>\n

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

Making Friends with Your Writing: Poetry & Fiction Workshop with Ken Chen<\/a>
\nThurs, Feb 11, Tuesdays, Feb 16-Mar 2, 7-8:30pm (4 sessions)
\nAsian American Writers Workshop
\n16 West 32nd Street Suite 10A
\nBetween Broadway and Fifth Avenue
\n$160 General \/ $140 Members
\n$40 General Deposit \/ $36.00 Members
\nRegister here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Poetry & Prose Reading feat. Kazim Ali, Tao Lin, and Maaza Mengiste<\/a>
\nNYU Creative Writing Program Reading Series
\nFebruary 12 | 5 pm
\nLillian Vernon Creative Writers House
\n58 West 10th St. (btwn. 5th and 6th Ave’s)<\/p>\n

“Love, feat. Kelly Tsai” (Open Mic at MOCA)<\/a>
\nFeburary 12 | 7 pm to 8:30 pm
\nMuseum of Chinese in America
\n215 Centre St.
\nAdmission: $7\/adult, $4\/students & seniors, free for MOCA members and open mic performers.<\/p>\n

Mouth-to-Mouth Open Mic (Hosted by Jen Kwok and Ed Lin)<\/a>
\nPresented by the AAWW
\nFebruary 12 | 9 pm
\n16 W 32nd St, 10th Fl (btwn Bwy & 5th Ave)
\n$5 suggested donation
\nOpen to the public<\/p>\n

Shab-e Sher Featuring Aida Shahghasemi and Shabnam Piryaei<\/a>
\nPresented by World of Poetry and PAF
\nFebruary 17 | 6 pm
\nBowery Poetry Club
\n308 Bowery (btwn. Houston and Bleeker<\/p>\n

San Francisco Bay Area
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SFIAAFF DIY Music Video Launch Party<\/a>
\nHosted by Kearny Street Workshop
\nFebruary 11 | 8 pm to midnight
\n111 Minna, SF
\n$10 | FREE for CAAM members
\nThis is a 21+ event only.<\/p>\n

2nd Saturday Poetry & Prose (feat. Clara Hsu, Bill Mercer, Richard di Grazia)<\/a>
\nFebruary 13 | 7 pm
\nFrank Bette Center for the Arts
\n1601 Paru Street, Alameda<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunset Poetry By the Bay (feat. Lucille Lang Day, Kathryn Takara, Karla Brundage)<\/a>
\nAt Studio 333
\nFebruary 17 | 7 to 10 PM
\n333 Caledonia St., Sausalito<\/p>\n

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

\u201cCall + Response\u201d (16 visual artists & 16 writers \u2013 incl. poet Gerald Maa) at the Hamiltonian Gallery<\/a>
\nCloses February 13!
\nHamiltonian Gallery
\n1353 U St, NW, Suite 101<\/p>\n

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Poetry and Fiction Workshop with Ken Chen<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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