Some events this week... for those of you in the Bay Area, Sung H. Kim's documentary Mighty Warriors of Comedy, all about the sketch comedy group 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors, is having a screening and DVD launch event on Wednesday, March 21st in San Francisco. Hosted by Kearny Street Workshop and the Center for Asian American Media. There will be a screening, a Q & A, and performances by Charlie Chin and possibly the Mighty Mountain Warriors themselves... for more information, go here or here. Good times.
For those in Los Angeles, check out the singer/songwriter showcase IndieGo, this Friday, March 23rd at Tangier, featuring the likes of Ginnicide, Scott Tang, Franki Love, Kiyoshi Graves, and a rare West Coast performance by Kevin So. Doors open at 7:00pm. More good times. It should be a lot of fun, so be there.
And this week in New York, the 14th Annual Forum on Asian/Pacific American Youth Culture is happening March 23rd at New York University's Silver Center. This year's forum title is "Breaking Free: The APAYA Revolution." Looks like a great way for enthusiastic young people to get involved with activism and empowerment, with workshops relating family, dating, gender, hate crimes, consumerism, the internet, media, music, and spoken word. For more information, go here.