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<\/a>EquAsian Arts Party!<\/p><\/div>\n
Check out some of the best spoken word artists in the city, hosted by Kit Yan (formerly of Good Asian Drivers) and featuring Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai and Roberto Santiago! We’ll also be showcasing some young, up-and-coming queer Asian\/Pacific Islander and POC talent!<\/p>\n
Free yummy Filipino food all night. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
Plus, free HIV testing, and an AMC Gold Movie Ticket for anyone who gets tested!!<\/p>\n
BIO FOR KIT:<\/p>\n
Recently Featured in the HBO Documentary Asians Aloud, Kit Yan tell stories through slam poetry from the lens of a transgender Asian American from Hawaii now lost in the big city of New York. Through touching love poems, dirty sex accounts(optional), and comedic tales of his childhood \u2013Kit takes you on a journey that is raw, real, heart-wrenching, and unforgettable.<\/p>\n
Kit\u2019s work has been taught at universities coast to coast, from San Francisco State to Harvard. He spoke to over 200,000 from the stage of the 2009 National Equality March, performed on the San Francisco Pride main stage, and is a nationally ranking slam poet. Kit Yan is first ever and reigning Mr. Transman 2010.<\/p>\n
\u201cKnockout spoken-word!\u201d
\n-New York Magazine<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/kityanpoetry<\/a> BIO FOR KELLY:<\/p>\n KELLY ZEN-YIE TSAI is a Chicago-born, Brooklyn-based, Chinese Taiwanese American spoken word artist who has performed at over 425 venues worldwide including three seasons on “Russell Simmons Presents HBO Def Poetry.” Winner of an Asian American Arts Alliance\/NYFA Urban Artist Initiative Award, she was profiled on Idealist in NYC’s Top 40 New Yorkers Who Make Positive Social Change, AngryAsianMan.com\u2019s \u201c30 Most Influential Asian Americans Under 30,\u201d and HBO’s “East of Main Street: Asians Aloud.” She has shared stages with Mos Def, KRS-One, Sonia Sanchez, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, Amiri Baraka, Harry Belafonte, and many more. (www.yellowgurl.com<\/a>, FB: Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Twitter: @yellowgurlpoet)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 8\/21 4:00pm – 8:00pm The LGBT Center 208 West 13th St. (between 7th & 8th Aves. – closer to 7th Ave.) New York, NY<\/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":[4458,4455,4465,609,4459,4453,4464,4466,4456,993,4457,4461,4460,4462,4463,4454],"class_list":["post-7854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events","tag-russell-simmons-presents-hbo-def-poetry","tag-amc-gold-movie-ticket","tag-amiri-baraka","tag-asian-american","tag-asian-american-arts-alliancenyfa-urban-artist-initiative-award","tag-equasian-arts-party","tag-erykah-badu","tag-harry-belafonte","tag-hbo-documentary-asians-aloud","tag-kelly-zen-yie-tsai","tag-kit-yan","tag-krs-one","tag-mos-def","tag-sonia-sanchez","tag-talib-kweli","tag-the-lgbt-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7854","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=7854"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7857,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7854\/revisions\/7857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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