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CONTACTS
Ted DeAdwyler
SFSU Office of Public Affairs
(415) 338-1665
pubcom@sfsu.edu
Christina Holmes
SFSU Office of Public Affairs
(415) 405-3803
(415) 338-1665
pubcom@sfsu.edu
Press Release published by the Office of Public Affairs
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East
Coast/West Coast II features Vietnamese American writers,
poets, choreographers
WHAT:
San
Francisco State University is the first major campus in
the country to create a Vietnamese American Studies
Center and it now has the largest Vietnamese American curriculum
in the country. For the second year running, the center brings
together some of the nation's best Vietnamese American writers,
poets and choreographers.
East
Coast/West Coast II celebrates the artistry and creativity
of the Vietnamese
American community. By providing a platform
for artists, organizers aim to inspire a new generation of
Vietnamese Americans. Tony Bui, writer, producer and award-winning
film director of “Three Seasons” will emcee the
event.
WHO:
Writers
include:
- Lê thi diem thúy, whose book of prose, “The
Gangster We Are All Looking For” was featured in “Best
American Essays ’97”
- Andrew
Lam, associate editor with the Pacific News Service and
a regular commentator on NPR
- Monique
T.D. Truong, author of “Book of Salt”
- Dao
Strom, author of “Grass Roof, Tin Roof”
- Mai
Piece, a group of young slam poets from Los Angeles who
explore the space and intersection between
gender and ethnicity.
Performers
include:
- Choreographer
director Minh Tran, described as one of “the
smoothest, silkiest, most fluid dancers in Portland.”
- Danny
Nguyen, recognized as one of the seven best creative choreographers
in the Bay Area
- Lan
Tran, a New York based writer/performer will perform “Lone
Star”
- Erin
O’Brien, who identifies herself as a queer Vietnamese-Irish-American
activist will be presenting “Sometimes I Feel.”
WHEN:
Saturday,
Nov. 1, from 6:30 - 10 p.m.
WHERE:
McKenna
Theater, Creative Arts building, San Francisco State University,
1600 Holloway Ave. (at 19th Avenue), San
Francisco.
FOR
MORE INFORMATION:
Contact Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, assistant
professor Asian American Studies, at (415) 338-7592 or visit
the Vietnamese American Studies Center website at http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~vasc/index.html.
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