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<\/a><\/p>\nFred reads sections from his new memoir, Diary of a Radical Cancer Warrior, which chronicles his battles against cancer and ultimately, his triumphs against it, in an exploration of what it means to truly heal. Join us as we celebrate this legendary figure in Asian American political organizing and American music.<\/p>\n
Tickets: $15, includes a free CD TIOKASIN GHOSTHORSE (\u201cGhosthorse\u201d \u201cSpirit Coming In\u201d \u201cHe Places the People First\u201d) is from the Cheyenne River Lakota (Sioux) Nation of South Dakota. He holds a Masters Degree in Native American Studies and Communications. He is a storyteller, poet, university lecturer, scholar, essayist, cultural interpreter, and a peace and Mother Earth rights activist. Tiokasin has been described as \u201ca spiritual agitator, natural rights organizer, Indigenous thinking process educator and a community activator.\u201d He is the host of First Voices Indigenous Radio and is also a master musician, having played and a teacher of magical, ancient and modern sounds.<\/p>\n MAGDALENA G\u00d3MEZ, editor, is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, and was designated a Master Artist by National Endowment for the Arts presenters, Pregones Theater, NYC. She is a multi-disciplinary artist, columnist, educator, and national keynote speaker. Magdalena is also a commentator with National Public Radio (WFCR.FM). Her publishing credits include The Progressive; The Berkshire Review; Ollantay Theater Journal; Palabra: A Magazine of Chicano and Latino Literary Art, and the Los Angeles Times. She has performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Vanderbilt University, and the Department of Social and Health Services. Her plays for children and adults have been presented nationally, including Off-broadway and in countless schools. She is a regular collaborator with composer and baritone saxophonist, Fred Ho. Learn more at www.latinapoet.net<\/a> and www.teatrovida.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n FRED HO is an American jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, bandleader, playwright, writer, and social activist. He holds a BA degree in sociology from Harvard University. He is credited with co-founding several Asian American civic groups, such as the East Coast Asian Students Union while a student at Harvard, the Asian American Arts Alliance in New York City, the Asian American Resource Center in Boston, and the Asian Improv record label. He is currently battling colon cancer and practicing an extreme raw food lifestyle, which he writes about in his forthcoming book The Extreme Raw Manifesto (Skyhorse Publishing 2012). He lives in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n QUINCY TROUPE is the author of 18 books and ten volumes of poetry. His last book of poems, The Architecture of Language was recipient of the 2007 Paterson Award for Sustained Literary Achievement. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego and was the first official Poet Laureate of the State of California. Troupe has been awarded three American Book Awards and a 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award for Sustained Literary Excellence. He is also the author of Miles and me, the co-author of The Pursuit of Happyness, with Chris Gardner, and the editor of James Baldwin: The Legacy. Currently, he is the Editor of Black Renaissance Noire, published at The Institute of African-American Affairs at New York University. His new book of poems, Erran\u00e7ities will be published in February 2012.<\/p>\n PUA ALI’I ‘ILIMA (The Royal \u2018Ilima Blossom) is the h\u0101lau hula (school of traditional Hawaiian dance) founded by Vicky Holt Takamine in 1977. The h\u0101lau participates in cultural festivals and events throughout Hawai\u2018i and the world. Our hula \u2018ohana, or family, is a diverse community of people that embraces Native Hawaiians and non-natives alike. The NYC branch of halau, Pua Ali\u2018i \u2018Ilima o Niuoka, was formed in early 2010.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dec 9th 7:00pm until 10:00pm 41-51 East 11th Street,7th Floor Between University Place and Broadway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15464"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15467,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15464\/revisions\/15467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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