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Awesome Alert!
Look out in your inboxes on July 16, 2012 for an e-announcement about the Opening Concert of our Locating the Sacred Festival (Sept 12-23, 2012). Be the first to get your hands on tickets for this groundbreaking event!
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[a4 News]
Wai Look Award: Seeking Emerging Community Leaders
Photo: Deepa Purohit, 2011 Recipient of the Wai Look Award.
a4 is still accepting nominations for the second annual Wai Look Award for Outstanding Service to the Arts, honoring exceptional Asian American individuals who work as arts workers and cultural organizers and show exceptional promise as community leaders. The prize includes a $500 honorarium. The nominee will be honored at a4's 30th Anniversary Gala on October 9, 2012.
The deadline to apply online is 11:59 p.m. on Friday, August 3, 2012.
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August Town Hall
Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 6:00PM-8:00PM
The Garden at Greenwich House Music School
46 Barrow St (between Bedford and Bleecker Sts)
Subways: A B C D E F M to West 4th St, 1 to Christopher St
Join a4 in the enchanting garden of the historic Greenwich House Music School brownstone for a Midsummer Night's Town Hall. From lost princes to fairy queens, who knows what strange and fantastic characters you could meet on this midsummer night!
RSVP For August Town Hall here
For more information on Town Hall, including upcoming dates, click here
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| [Community News]
David Henry Hwang at Barnes and Noble
 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) presents a reading, discussion and book signing with David Henry Hwang, on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 7:00 pm at Barnes and Noble at 86th Street and Lexington Avenue. A 1985 NYFA Fellow in Playwrighting, Mr. Hwang is the Tony Award-winning author of Chinglish, M. Butterfly and Golden Child, among many others. He will also be honored as the 2013 Playwright in Residence at Signature Theatre Company. The event is free and open to the public. Come meet a legendary playwright.
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[Featured Events]
Alliance+ Member Events
Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 12:00pm Taiko Workshop Marco Lienhard leads workshops on how to play the Taiko, the Japanese drum. Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 8:00pm and Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 3:00pm CONTRASTS Following successful productions at The Baryshnikov Arts Center, Tribeca Performing Arts Center and other venues, BalaSole Dance Company presents a new program of 10 solos by underrepresented artists. Click here to view more events Want your events featured in a4's e-news? You are eligible when you become an Alliance+ member. Find out how here
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[Featured Alliance+ Member]
Soh Daiko
Soh Daiko was established in 1979 as the first taiko (Japanese drum) group on the East Coast under the guidance of the New York Buddhist Church. The group has performed in over 500 formal staged events and community festivals throughout the United States and abroad since its inception, including Brooklyn Botanic Gardens' Cherry Blossom Festival, Smithsonian's Folk Life Festival, The Asian/Pacific American Heritage Festival, Japan Day Festival in Central Park, and Summerstage.
Want to be featured in a4's e-news? You are eligible when you become an Alliance+ member. Find out how here |
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Posted! Opportunities on the UAI Forum
(Call for Applications) Flux Factory is accepting applications for its Residency Program. This unique program is designed for cultural producers of all kinds.
Deadline: July 15, 2012
Learn more
(Casting Call) Rent a White Guy: A Modern China Musical is casting. This new musical is about the expat experience in Beijing.
Auditions: July 30, 2012
Learn more
(Call for Submissions) The Queens Fellowship, a 9-month leadership development program dedicated to advancing and empowering emerging leaders, is now accepting applications.
(Call for Submissions) The Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Initiative at the American Diabetes Association seeks videos from people who can share either their own diabetes experience or how diabetes has impacted their family.
Learn more
(Job Opening) Danspace Project is seeking a Development Associate (Institutional Giving & Membership).
The Urban Artist Initiative (UAI) Forum is a joint project of Asian American Arts Alliance, Amerinda, Bronx Council on the Arts, Harlem Arts Alliance, New York Foundation for the Arts, and Queens Council on the Arts.
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