The Launch of SULU DC
Featuring: Aparna Nancherla, Adriel Luis, Alex Cena, Taiyo Na, Tala Abu Rahmeh| Host: | |
| Type: | |
| Network: | Global |
| Date: | Saturday, November 21, 2009 |
| Time: | 7:00pm - 9:00pm |
| Location: | St. Stephens Church Basement |
| Street: | 1525 Newton Street NW (corner of 16th & Newton) |
| City/Town: | Washington, DC |
Description
The first show of Sulu DC, an underground network of AAPI (Asian American and/or Pacific Islander) artists.
DOORS OPEN @ 6:30 PM
$10 general admission
$8 students
Curated and hosted by Regie Cabico, Simone Jacobson, Jenny C. Lares, and Brian Wang. With the generous support of Words Beats & Life (WBL).
Music by The Pinstriped Rebel.
FEATURING:
*APARNA NANCHERLA*
Aparna Nancherla has an intimidating name, but don't be scared! In fact, she's quite approachable onstage, from a heckler's perspective. Her credits include 2007 NBC Stand Up for Diversity Finalist, Last Comic Standing, and the Bentzen Ball. Her favorite pasttime is trying too hard.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/aparnatron
Blog: http://innerlimits.blogspot.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/aparnapkin
*ADRIEL DRIZZLETRONIUS LUIS*
After Adriel Luis had his left eye’s lens replaced due to a childhood medication-induced cataract, he knew he would never see the world the same way again. However, as an artist he has been able to use his new perspective as a jumping point for the unexplored. From his work with the groundbreaking spoken word and funk collective iLL-Literacy, to the Emmy Award-winning adaptation of his poem “Slip of the Tongue,” to his classical-contemporaryspoken-word mash-up Tragic Aviator, to his book of visual poetry How to Make Juice, Adriel avidly seeks to present things as you’ve never heard or seen before. His electronic music project, Pretty Buoyant Society, is yet another successful testament to his mission to bring his unprecedented work to all corners of the map. See, for Adriel, a surgically-injected mechanical eye isn’t a bad thing. It’s an opportunity to see the world in a fresh new light.
Website: http://www.ill-literacy.com
http://www.twitter.com/drizzletron
*ALEX CENA*
A community organizer and a poet, Alex has spent 10 years working with various Filipino American and Asian American organizations. He began his exploration of identity and community through the Filipino American Cultural Society (FACS) of Salem High School in Virginia Beach in 1998. In 2009, he helped found the Filipino Americans Creating A Dynamic Environment (FACADE) in Virginia Beach. Alex graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a B.A. in International Studies and a minor in Religious Studies. He currently works as the DC Secondary Schools Programs Coordinator for Asian American LEAD.
*TAIYO NA* (with Mark Concerto)
Born, raised and based in New York City, Taiyo Na is an MC, singer, songwriter and producer who has performed nationwide at venues such as Lincoln Center, The Public Theater, Knitting Factory and many more. Hailed as “undeniably soul-rootsy” with “storytelling through music at its finest,” his critically acclaimed debut album Love Is Growth (Issilah Productions, 2008) features the song “Lovely To Me (Immigrant Mother),” an ImaginAsian Entertainment Original Song Contest Winner. He is also Artistic Director of the monthly Sulu Series at the Bowery Poetry Club and Entertainment Series host for the PBS-syndicated TV show Asian America.
Website: http://www.taiyona.com
*TALA ABU RAHMEH*
Tala Abu Rahmeh is a Palestinian poet and writer. Originally from Yaffa, she was born in Amman in 1984. After moving to Ramallah, living through the second intifada, and graduating from Birzeit University, she moved to Washington DC to pursue an MFA in Creative Writing.She earned her degree this May. Tala's work has earned recognition from Palestine to the US and she has received the Eliav-Sirtawi Middle East Journalism Award and the Expressions of Nakba Competition 2008 Best Written Work Award. She will also be featured in the upcoming anthology 25 under 25, which is edited by Naomi Shihab Nye, and published by HarperCollins.
More info? Drop an email to: suludc@gmail.com.
DOORS OPEN @ 6:30 PM
$10 general admission
$8 students
Curated and hosted by Regie Cabico, Simone Jacobson, Jenny C. Lares, and Brian Wang. With the generous support of Words Beats & Life (WBL).
Music by The Pinstriped Rebel.
FEATURING:
*APARNA NANCHERLA*
Aparna Nancherla has an intimidating name, but don't be scared! In fact, she's quite approachable onstage, from a heckler's perspective. Her credits include 2007 NBC Stand Up for Diversity Finalist, Last Comic Standing, and the Bentzen Ball. Her favorite pasttime is trying too hard.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/aparnatron
Blog: http://innerlimits.blogspot.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/aparnapkin
*ADRIEL DRIZZLETRONIUS LUIS*
After Adriel Luis had his left eye’s lens replaced due to a childhood medication-induced cataract, he knew he would never see the world the same way again. However, as an artist he has been able to use his new perspective as a jumping point for the unexplored. From his work with the groundbreaking spoken word and funk collective iLL-Literacy, to the Emmy Award-winning adaptation of his poem “Slip of the Tongue,” to his classical-contemporaryspoken-word mash-up Tragic Aviator, to his book of visual poetry How to Make Juice, Adriel avidly seeks to present things as you’ve never heard or seen before. His electronic music project, Pretty Buoyant Society, is yet another successful testament to his mission to bring his unprecedented work to all corners of the map. See, for Adriel, a surgically-injected mechanical eye isn’t a bad thing. It’s an opportunity to see the world in a fresh new light.
Website: http://www.ill-literacy.com
http://www.twitter.com/drizzletron
*ALEX CENA*
A community organizer and a poet, Alex has spent 10 years working with various Filipino American and Asian American organizations. He began his exploration of identity and community through the Filipino American Cultural Society (FACS) of Salem High School in Virginia Beach in 1998. In 2009, he helped found the Filipino Americans Creating A Dynamic Environment (FACADE) in Virginia Beach. Alex graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a B.A. in International Studies and a minor in Religious Studies. He currently works as the DC Secondary Schools Programs Coordinator for Asian American LEAD.
*TAIYO NA* (with Mark Concerto)
Born, raised and based in New York City, Taiyo Na is an MC, singer, songwriter and producer who has performed nationwide at venues such as Lincoln Center, The Public Theater, Knitting Factory and many more. Hailed as “undeniably soul-rootsy” with “storytelling through music at its finest,” his critically acclaimed debut album Love Is Growth (Issilah Productions, 2008) features the song “Lovely To Me (Immigrant Mother),” an ImaginAsian Entertainment Original Song Contest Winner. He is also Artistic Director of the monthly Sulu Series at the Bowery Poetry Club and Entertainment Series host for the PBS-syndicated TV show Asian America.
Website: http://www.taiyona.com
*TALA ABU RAHMEH*
Tala Abu Rahmeh is a Palestinian poet and writer. Originally from Yaffa, she was born in Amman in 1984. After moving to Ramallah, living through the second intifada, and graduating from Birzeit University, she moved to Washington DC to pursue an MFA in Creative Writing.She earned her degree this May. Tala's work has earned recognition from Palestine to the US and she has received the Eliav-Sirtawi Middle East Journalism Award and the Expressions of Nakba Competition 2008 Best Written Work Award. She will also be featured in the upcoming anthology 25 under 25, which is edited by Naomi Shihab Nye, and published by HarperCollins.
More info? Drop an email to: suludc@gmail.com.
