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2008
Asian Excellence Awards
Presented by AZN Television
The stars are lining up to be a part of one
of the biggest nights for Asian Americans in Hollywood - The
2008 JCPenny Asian Excellence Awards®. Hosting the
show will be Dancing with the Stars' Carrie Ann Inaba and
MADtv's Bobby Lee. The show will be taped live from UCLA's
Royce Hall in Los Angeles and premiere on E! Entertainment
Television on May 1 at 6 p.m. ET/PT, 5 p.m. CT. In addition,
beginning May 7 and throughout the month of May, the show
will be available on Comcast's Video On Demand service, Comcast
On Demand.
The JCPenney Asian Excellence Awards® is the only nationally
televised event celebrating the outstanding achievements of
Asians and Asian Americans in film, television, music, and
the performing arts.
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An
Evening In Conversation with Paul Chan
At Hunter College: Free & open to the public!
Paul Chan was born in Hong Kong in 1973 and
grew up in Nebraska. He graduated with an MFA in Film, Video
and New Media from Bard College in 2002, having earned his
BFA in Video Digital Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago
in 1996. Chan’s teaching activities include lecturing
at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, the University of Pennsylvania;
Cooper Union; and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
His work has been exhibited internationally, including at
the 2006 Whitney Biennial; the Institute of Contemporary Art,
Boston; MoMA; and the Serpentine Gallery, London. Chan’s
most recent cycle of work, The
7 Lights, is currently on view at The New Museum,
NY.
Chan has worked with, among others, the Teamsters, Indymedia,
and the Nobel Peace Prize-nominated group Voices in the Wilderness
and their campaign against the war (and now occupation) in
Iraq. In December of 2002 he traveled to Baghdad as a member
of Voices in the Wilderness. In 2004, Chan collaborated with
the collective Friends of William Blake to produce The People's
Guide to the Republican National Convention, a free foldout
map detailing everything a protester needed to get in or out
of the way during the RNC in New York. This past fall, Chan
worked with with Creative Time and the Classical Theatre of
Harlem in re-staging Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in
New Orleans.
When: Friday, May 2, 6PM
Where: Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue (at
69th St), Lang Recital Hall, 424 Hunter North Building, Hunter
College
Info: Visit the Asian
American Studies Program (AASP)
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The
Friday Literary Salon: Ed Lin, This Is A Bust
Presented by the Asia Society
The Asia Circle’s Friday
Literary Salon series continues. Hear from the authors
your friends are talking about. Asia Circle brings you into
its Literary Salon with this series of events, featuring Asian
and Asian American authors discussing their latest works.
Step inside. Enjoy cocktails at the Leo Bar after your literary
fix.
This Is A Bust turns the conventions of hard-boiled pulp
stories on their head by exploring the unexotic and very real
complexities of New York City's Chinatown, circa 1976, through
the eyes of a Chinese-American cop. A Vietnam vet and an alcoholic,
Robert Chow's troubles are compounded by the fact that he's
basically community-relations window-dressing for the NYPD.
But when his superiors remain indifferent to a Chinese woman's
death, he takes matters into his own hands. This Is A
Bust is at once a murder mystery, a noir homage, and
portrait of a neighborhood in flux. Lin’s first novel
Waylaid was the basis of the movie THE MOTEL.
ACV's Acting Director John Woo will interview Lin, wtih a
book signing to follow.
When: Friday, May 2, 7PM
Where: Asia
Society, 725 Park Avenue (at 70th St)
Tickets: $10 Members, $10 Students w/ID,
$12 Nonmembers. Buy
tickets online
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The
3rd Annual Queer Media & Entertainment Conference NYC
2008 Women's Summit: May 9-11
Special discount to seminars for ACV members!
ACV is proud to co-sponsor The
3rd Annual Queer Media and Entertainment Conference (Q-Me
Con), the only multi-day conference specifically designed
for queer industry professionals working in, or looking to
break into the media and entertainment business arenas. Join
hundreds of like-minded Lesbian/Bi/Queer media-making women,
celesbians and their allies for a weekend of engaging seminars,
interactive workshops, networking events, and outrageous parties.
When: May 9-11
Where: Ripley Grier Studios, 520 8th Avenue
(btn 36th & 37th Sts), 17th Floor
Tickets: Special discount for ACV members!
Asian CineVision members receive $3 off seminar tickets
and $5 off workshop and VIP Seminar passes. When purchasing
tickets, use Promo Code: CINEVISION. On sale April 15.
Info: Visit www.qmecon.com
for schedule of events and to purchase tickets.
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